Preceding+noun

  • 91century — noun (plural ries) Etymology: Latin centuria, irregular from centum hundred Date: 1533 1. a subdivision of the Roman legion 2. a group, sequence, or series of 100 like things 3. a period of 100 years especially of the Christian era or of the …

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  • 92common ratio — noun Date: circa 1771 the ratio of each term of a geometric progression to the term preceding it …

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  • 93easting — noun Date: 1628 1. easterly progress < make as much easting as possible Kevin Patterson > 2. difference in longitude to the east from the last preceding point of reckoning …

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  • 94enclitic — noun Etymology: Late Latin encliticus, from Greek enklitikos, from enklinesthai to lean on, from en + klinein to lean more at lean Date: circa 1663 a clitic that is associated with a preceding word • enclitic adjective …

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  • 95eve — noun Etymology: Middle English eve, even Date: 13th century 1. evening 2. the evening or the day before a special day 3. the period immediately preceding …

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  • 96feedback — noun Date: 1919 1. the return to the input of a part of the output of a machine, system, or process (as for producing changes in an electronic circuit that improve performance or in an automatic control device that provide self corrective action) …

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  • 97Fibonacci number — noun Etymology: Leonardo Fibonacci died ab1250 Italian mathematician Date: 1914 an integer in the infinite sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13,…of which the first two terms are 1 and 1 and each succeeding term is the sum of the two immediately&#8230; …

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  • 98fixation — noun Date: 14th century the act, process, or result of fixing, fixating, or becoming fixated: as a. a persistent concentration of libidinal energies upon objects characteristic of psychosexual stages of development preceding the genital stage b.&#8230; …

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  • 99foreplay — noun Date: 1929 1. erotic stimulation preceding sexual intercourse 2. action or behavior that precedes an event …

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  • 100foreshock — noun Date: 1902 any of the usually minor tremors commonly preceding the principal shock of an earthquake …

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