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  • 111latéralité — [ lateralite ] n. f. • 1846; de latéral ♦ Didact. Préférence systématisée, droite ou gauche, dans l utilisation de certains organes pairs (main, pied, œil). ● latéralité nom féminin (de latéral) Fait d utiliser plus facilement une moitié du corps …

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  • 112rétraction — [ retraksjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1515; « action de se retirer » fin XIVe; lat. retractio 1 ♦ Acte par lequel certains animaux, certains organes, en présence de situations ou d excitations déterminées, se contractent et se déforment de façon à occuper le… …

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  • 113Voyelle labialisée — ● Voyelle labialisée voyelle dont l articulation principale s accompagne d un arrondissement et d une protraction des lèvres (par exemple en français [y], [ø] et [ɶ] …

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  • 114chronic exposure — a long term radiation exposure, either continuous (protraction exposure) or intermittent (fractionation exposure), usually referring to exposure to low intensity radiation; effects may include accelerated aging, neoplastic disease, and genetic… …

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  • 115mandibular retraction — 1. drawing back or retracting the mandible, accomplished by contraction of the middle and posterior parts of the temporal muscles and the suprahyoid muscle. the condition of the mandible in which it lies posterior to the orbital plane. Cf.… …

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  • 116continuation — Synonyms and related words: PS, Parthian shot, accession, accessory, accompaniment, addenda, addendum, additament, addition, additive, additory, additum, adjournal, adjournment, adjunct, adjuvant, afterthought, annex, annexation, appanage,… …

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  • 117continuity — Synonyms and related words: accordance, action, anagnorisis, angle, architectonics, architecture, argument, atmosphere, background, book, calm, catastrophe, ceaselessness, characterization, chattering, chronology, color, coming after,… …

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  • 118endurance — Synonyms and related words: abidingness, acceptance, age, antiquity, application, assiduity, assiduousness, bulldog tenacity, changelessness, concentration, constancy, continualness, continuance, continuation, continuity, decisiveness, defeat of… …

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  • 119extension — Synonyms and related words: L, access, accession, accessory, accompaniment, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, acreage, addenda, addendum, additament, addition, additive, additory, additum, adjunct, adjuvant, advance, affective meaning …

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  • 120lengthening — Synonyms and related words: continualness, continuance, continuation, continuity, crescendoing, crescent, elongation, endurance, expanding, extension, growing, increasing, incremental, intensifying, lingering, maintenance, multiplying, on the… …

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