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  • 31dieresis — SYN: solution of continuity. [G. diairesis, a division] * * * di·er·e·sis (di erґə sis) [Gr. diairesis a taking] 1. the division or separation of parts normally united. 2. in surgery, the operative separation of parts by incision,… …

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  • 32rupture — 1. SYN: hernia. 2. A solution of continuity or a tear; a break of any organ or other of the soft parts. [L. ruptura, a fracture (of limb or vein), fr. rumpo, pp. ruptus, to break] artificial membrane r. r. of the membranes i …

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  • 33rent — I. n. 1. Break, breach, separation, fissure, crack, crevice, rift, cleft, gap, opening, flaw, rupture, disrupture, disruption, fracture, laceration, dilaceration, divulsion, tear, solution of continuity. 2. Schism, separation. 3. Income, revenue… …

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  • 34analysis — /euh nal euh sis/, n., pl. analyses / seez /. 1. the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis). 2. this process as a method of studying the nature of something or of determining its… …

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  • 35Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… …

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  • 36Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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  • 37Navier–Stokes equations — Continuum mechanics …

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  • 38Exponentiation — Exponent redirects here. For other uses, see Exponent (disambiguation). Exponentiation is a mathematical operation, written as an, involving two numbers, the base a and the exponent (or power) n. When n is a positive integer, exponentiation… …

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  • 39France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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  • 40ZIONISM — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the word and its meaning forerunners ḤIBBAT ZION ROOTS OF ḤIBBAT ZION background to the emergence of the movement the beginnings of the movement PINSKER S AUTOEMANCIPATION settlement… …

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