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  • 121Scratch race — Scratch Scratch, a. Made, done, or happening by chance; arranged with little or no preparation; determined by circumstances; haphazard; as, a scratch team; a scratch crew for a boat race; a scratch shot in billiards. [Slang] [1913 Webster]… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 122Renewable energy commercialization — The wind, Sun, and biomass are three renewable energy sources …

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  • 123contingent — contingently, adv. /keuhn tin jeuhnt/, adj. 1. dependent for existence, occurrence, character, etc., on something not yet certain; conditional (often fol. by on or upon): Our plans are contingent on the weather. 2. liable to happen or not;… …

    Universalium

  • 124deliberate — deliberately, adv. deliberateness, n. deliberator, n. adj. /di lib euhr it/; v. /di lib euh rayt /, adj., v., deliberated, deliberating. adj. 1. carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie. 2. characterized by… …

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  • 125casual — 1. adjective /ˈkæʒuəl/ a) Happening by chance. They only had casual meetings. b) Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental. The purchase of donuts were just casual expenses. Syn: accidental …

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  • 126Hoyle , Sir Fred — (1915–) British astronomer The son of a textile merchant from Bingley in Yorkshire, England, Hoyle was educated at Cambridge. After graduating in 1936 he remained at Cambridge as a graduate student before being elected to a fellowship at St. John …

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  • 127adventitious — ad|ven|ti|tious [ˌædvənˈtıʃəs, ˌædven ] adj formal happening by chance = ↑unexpected >adventitiously adj …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 128casual — cas|u|al [ˈkæʒuəl] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(relaxed)¦ 2¦(not formal)¦ 3¦(work)¦ 4¦(relationship)¦ 5¦(without attention)¦ 6¦(not planned)¦ 7¦(not regular)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: casuel, from Late Latin casualis, from Latin …

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