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  • 21stealth — [stelθ] n [U] [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: From an unrecorded Old English stAlth stealing ] 1.) when you do something very quietly, slowly, or secretly, so that no one notices you ▪ Cats rely on stealth to catch their prey. 2.) also Stealth a system …

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  • 22stealth — stealth·ful; stealth·i·ly; stealth·i·ness; stealth; …

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  • 23stealth — (n.) mid 13c., theft, action or practice of stealing, from O.E. *stælþ, which is related to stelen (see STEAL (Cf. steal)), from P.Gmc. *stælitho (Cf. O.N. stulþr). Sense of secret action developed c.1300, but the word also retained its… …

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  • 24stealth tax — stealth taxes N COUNT (disapproval) Journalists sometimes refer to indirect taxes as stealth taxes. [BRIT, JOURNALISM] It s good that he used direct taxation rather than stealth taxes to raise the money …

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  • 25Stealth Chess — is a fictional chess variant from Terry Pratchett s Discworld universe, played in the Ankh Morpork Assassins Guild, according to The Discworld Companion .It is similar to normal chess, with the exception of an extra piece and the widening of the… …

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  • 26Stealth-40 — ist ein Programm zur Verschlüsselung mit einer Schlüssellänge von 40 Bit, später auch 48 64 bit. Das Programm wurde in kommerziellen Produkten für die Verschlüsselung von Festplatten oder Datenübertragungen eingesetzt. Der Name leitete sich von… …

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  • 27stealth — index evasion Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 stealth n. Cautious and secretive mov …

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  • 28stealth tax — UK US noun [C] UK TAX ► a form of tax that is not noticed or seen as a tax by most people: »Critics accused the Chancellor of levelling a new stealth tax on middle Britain …

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  • 29stealth — s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} TS aer. aereo, spec. militare, difficilmente rilevabile dai radar grazie alla sua particolare conformazione e ad altri accorgimenti tecnici come vernici protettive e strumentazioni elettroniche {{line}} {{/line}}… …

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  • 30stealth — ► NOUN 1) cautious and surreptitious action or movement. 2) (before another noun ) (of aircraft) designed to make detection by radar or sonar difficult: a stealth bomber. ORIGIN originally in the sense «theft»: probably related to STEAL(Cf.… …

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