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  • 51sap rot — Dry Dry (dr[imac]), a. [Compar. {Drier}; superl. {Driest}.] [OE. dru[yogh]e, druye, drie, AS. dryge; akin to LG. dr[ o]ge, D. droog, OHG. trucchan, G. trocken, Icel. draugr a dry log. Cf. {Drought}, {Drouth}, 3d {Drug}.] 1. Free from moisture;… …

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  • 52Starchness — Starch ness, n. The quality or state of being starched or starchy[5]; stiffness of manner; preciseness. Syn: starchedness. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 53Zamboni's — Dry Dry (dr[imac]), a. [Compar. {Drier}; superl. {Driest}.] [OE. dru[yogh]e, druye, drie, AS. dryge; akin to LG. dr[ o]ge, D. droog, OHG. trucchan, G. trocken, Icel. draugr a dry log. Cf. {Drought}, {Drouth}, 3d {Drug}.] 1. Free from moisture;… …

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  • 54precise — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French precis, from Latin praecisus, past participle of praecidere to cut off, from prae + caedere to cut Date: 15th century 1. exactly or sharply defined or stated 2. minutely exact 3. strictly… …

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  • 55Новоселов, Михаил Михайлович — (р. 14.11.1932) логик, философ; д р филос. наук, вед. н. с. Род. в Москве. Окончил филос. ф т МГУ (1961), асп. МИНХ (1970). Работает в ИФ РАН, ст. н.с, в наст. вр. вед. н. с. Канд. дисс. "Принцип абстракции, понятие тождества и "правило …

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  • 56Communications protocol — For other senses of this word, see Protocol. A communications protocol is a system of digital message formats and rules for exchanging those messages in or between computing systems and in telecommunications. A protocol may have a formal… …

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  • 57Thomas Eakins — Self portrait, National Academy of Design, New York. In 1894 the artist wrote: My honors are misunderstanding, persecution neglect, enhanced because unsought. [1] …

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  • 58Qieyun — The Qieyun (zh cpw|c=切韻/切韵|p= Qièyùn |w= Ch ieh yün ) is a Chinese rime dictionary, published in 601 CE during the Sui Dynasty. The title Qieyun literally means cutting rimes referring to the traditional Chinese fanqie (反切; reverse cutting )… …

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  • 59Nonverbal communication — is usually understood as the process of communication through sending and receiving wordless (mostly visual) messages. Messages can be communicated through gestures and touch (Haptic communication), by body language or posture, by facial… …

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  • 60Mesoamerican calendars — Stelae 12 and 13 from Monte Alban, provisionally dated to 500 400 BCE, showing what is thought to be one of the earliest calendric representations in Mesoamerica.[1] Mesoamerican calendars are the calendrical systems devised and used by the pre… …

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