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  • 81car|ri|on — «KAR ee uhn», noun, adjective. –n. 1. dead and decaying flesh: »Some crows feed largely on carrion. 2. Figurative. rottenness; filth; garbage. –adj. 1. dead and decaying. 2. feeding on dead and decaying flesh: »a ca …

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  • 82First-order — First or der, a. decaying at an exponential rate; a mathematical concept applied to various types of decay, such as radioactivity and chemical reactions. Note: In first order decay, the amount of material decaying in a given period of time is… …

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  • 83pseudo first order — First order First or der, a. decaying at an exponential rate; a mathematical concept applied to various types of decay, such as radioactivity and chemical reactions. Note: In first order decay, the amount of material decaying in a given period of …

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  • 84fox fire — noun Date: 15th century an eerie phosphorescent light (as of decaying wood); also a luminous fungus (as Armillaria mellea) that causes decaying wood to glow …

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  • 85decay — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French decaïr, from Late Latin decadere to fall, sink, from Latin de + cadere to fall more at chance Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. to decline from a sound or prosperous condition 2. to… …

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  • 86Gautama Buddha — [ Gandhara Buddha. 1st–2nd century CE, Tokyo National Museum.] Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual teacher from ancient India and the founder of Buddhism. [ [http://www.ancientindia.co.uk/buddha/home set.html… …

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  • 87CNO cycle — Overview of the CNO I Cycle. The CNO cycle (for carbon–nitrogen–oxygen) is one of two sets of fusion reactions by which stars convert hydrogen to helium, the other being the proton–proton chain. Unlike the proton–proton chain reaction, the CNO… …

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  • 88Drosophila — This article is about the entire genus. For the most commonly used laboratory species, see Drosophila melanogaster. Drosophila Drosophila repleta Scientific classification …

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  • 89Many-worlds interpretation — The quantum mechanical Schrödinger s cat paradox according to the many worlds interpretation. In this interpretation every event is a branch point; the cat is both alive and dead, even before the box is opened, but the alive and dead cats are in… …

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  • 90Germanium — (pronEng|dʒɚˈmeɪniəm) is a chemical element with the symbol Ge and atomic number 32. It is a lustrous, hard, silver white metalloid in the carbon group, chemically similar to its group neighbors tin and silicon. Germanium has five naturally… …

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