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81die — I. /daɪ / (say duy) verb (i) (died, dying) 1. to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions. 2. (of something inanimate) to cease to exist: the secret died with him. 3. to lose force, strength, or active… …
82die away — verb become less in amount or intensity (Freq. 2) The storm abated The rain let up after a few hours • Syn: ↑abate, ↑let up, ↑slack off, ↑slack • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
83David Hartley (philosopher) — For other people of the same name, see David Hartley (disambiguation). David Hartley David Hartley Full name David Hartley Born 21 June 1705 Halifax, Yorkshire, England Died …
84Orion Nebula — The entire Orion Nebula in visible light. Credit: NASA/ESA Observation data: J2000 epoch …
85Spiral galaxy — A spiral galaxy is a galaxy belonging to one of the three main classes of galaxy originally described by Edwin Hubble in his 1936 work “The Realm of the Nebulae” [cite book |last=Hubble |first=E. P. |authorlink=Edwin Hubble |title=The Realm of… …
86Astronomical seeing — Schematic diagram illustrating how optical wavefronts from a distant star may be perturbed by a layer of turbulent mixing in the atmosphere. The vertical scale of the wavefronts plotted is highly exaggerated. Astronomical seeing refers to the… …
87Flatness problem — The local geometry of the universe is determined by whether the relative density Ω is less than, equal to or greater than 1. From top to bottom: a spherical universe with greater than critical density (Ω>1, k>0); a hyperbolic, underdense… …
88Common Waxbill — Adult Conservation status …
89pick — 1 /pIk/ verb (T) 1 CHOOSE STH to choose someone or something good or suitable from a group or range of people or things: Students have to pick three courses from a list of 15. | Let me pick a few examples at random. | pick your words (=be careful …
90die — 1. v. (dies, died, dying) 1 intr. (often foll. by of) (of a person, animal, or plant) cease to live; expire, lose vital force (died of hunger). 2 intr. a come to an end, cease to exist, fade away (the project died within six months). b cease to… …
