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Forced molting — Induced molting (or forced molting) is the practice by the commercial egg industry of artificially provoking a complete flock of hen to molt simultaneously. During the molting period, the hens go out of production for a period of at least two… … Wikipedia
FORCED (Slave) LABOR — The term forced labor (Zwangsarbeit) is not well defined. Forced labor is commonly understood as an employment relationship of a member of a persecuted political or a specific ideological (weltanschauliche) grouping, or an ethnic group, or a… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
confinement — [[t]kənfa͟ɪnmənt[/t]] confinements 1) N UNCOUNT Confinement is the state of being forced to stay in a prison or another place which you cannot leave. She had been held in solitary confinement for four months... He d obviously kept himself fit… … English dictionary
confinement — UK [kənˈfaɪnmənt] / US noun Word forms confinement : singular confinement plural confinements 1) [uncountable] a situation in which someone is forced to stay in a place, especially a prison, and not allowed to leave She started writing poetry… … English dictionary
forced labour — also called Slave Labour, labour performed involuntarily and under duress, usually by relatively large groups of people. Forced labour differs from slavery in that it involves not the ownership of one person by another but rather merely… … Universalium
confinement — con|fine|ment [ kən faınmənt ] noun 1. ) uncount a situation in which someone is forced to stay in a place, especially a prison, and not allowed to leave 2. ) count or uncount OLD FASHIONED the time during which a pregnant woman gives birth … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
confinement — [kənˈfaɪnmənt] noun [U] a situation in which someone is forced to stay in a place … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
Inertial confinement fusion — (ICF) is a process where nuclear fusion reactions are initiated by heating and compressing a fuel target, typically in the form of a pellet that most often contains a mixture of deuterium and tritium.To compress and heat the fuel, energy is… … Wikipedia
solitary confinement — noun Forced isolation in a small space and the denial of contact with other persons … Wiktionary
Children of the Lamp — is a series of fantasy novels for senior children as well as adolescents and adults written by the British author P.B. Kerr. It tells the story of twin djinn, John and Philippa Gaunt, and their challenges with adapting to the world of djinn. The… … Wikipedia
