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  • 21MANIAC II — The MANIAC II (Mathematical Analyzer Numerical Integrator and Computer Model II) was a first generation electronic computer, built in 1957 for use at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.MANIAC II was built by the University of California and the Los …

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  • 22Maniac — El término Maniac puede referirse a: Sven Erik Kristiansen, también conocido como Maniac, vocalista de la banda de black metal Skitliv y ex vocalista de Mayhem. La canción Maniac, de Michael Sembello La película Maniac (1980), de William Lustig.… …

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  • 23maniac — ma|ni|ac [ˈmeıniæk] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Late Latin; Origin: maniacus, from Greek maniakos, from mania; MANIA] 1.) informal someone who behaves in a stupid or dangerous way = ↑lunatic ▪ He leapt into the car and drove like a maniac to the… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 24maniac — UK [ˈmeɪnɪæk] / US noun [countable] Word forms maniac : singular maniac plural maniacs 1) informal someone who behaves in a stupid and dangerous way Slow down! You re driving like a maniac. 2) informal someone who is considered strange because… …

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  • 25maniac — noun (C) 1 informal someone who behaves in a stupid or dangerous way: Some maniac overtook us on a bend. 2 a religious maniac/sex maniac etc informal someone who thinks about religion, sex etc all the time: The woman s a sex maniac if you ask me …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26maniac —    This is often used in modern times of someone who does things in an erratic, uncontrolled way, as in ‘He drives like a maniac.’ The word is used vocatively by people who are affected by such behaviour, though there must be countless cases… …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 27maniac — ma|ni|ac [ meıni,æk ] noun count 1. ) INFORMAL someone who behaves in a stupid and dangerous way: LUNATIC: Slow down! You re driving like a maniac. 2. ) INFORMAL someone who is considered strange because they have an extremely strong enthusiasm… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 28maniac — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ sex ▪ genocidal, homicidal, suicidal ▪ religious PREPOSITION ▪ like a  …

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  • 29maniac — n. a homicidal; sex maniac * * * [ meɪnɪæk] sex maniac a homicidal …

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  • 30Maniac — Ma|ni|ac [ meiniæk] der; s, s <aus gleichbed. engl. maniac zu maniac »wahnsinnig, krankhaft«, dies über mlat. maniacus zu spätlat. mania, vgl. ↑Manie> Person mit einer besonders starken Leidenschaft für eine Sache, die bis zur krankhaften… …

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