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  • angle of deviation — the angle between the direction of the refracted ray and the direction of the incident ray when a ray of light passes from one medium to another
  • angle of elevation — elevation (def 8a).
  • anterior pituitary — a small, somewhat cherry-shaped double structure attached by a stalk to the base of the brain and constituting the master endocrine gland affecting all hormonal functions in the body, consisting of an anterior region ((anterior pituitary) or (adenohypophysis)) that develops embryonically from the roof of the mouth and that secretes growth hormone, LH, FSH, ACTH, TSH, and MSH, a posterior region ((posterior pituitary) or (neurohypophysis)) that develops from the back of the forebrain and that secretes the hormones vasopressin and oxytocin, and an intermediate part (pars intermedia) derived from the anterior region but joined to the posterior region, that secretes the hormone MSH in lower vertebrates.
  • anthropocentricity — the state or quality of being anthropocentric.
  • anthropomorphising — Present participle of anthropomorphise.
  • anthropomorphizing — Present participle of anthropomorphize.
  • anthropomorphously — In an anthropomorphous manner; in a manner resembling that of a human.
  • anti-aircraft fire — the discharging of weapons, artillery, etc aimed at destroying enemy aircraft
  • anti-authoritarian — favoring complete obedience or subjection to authority as opposed to individual freedom: authoritarian principles; authoritarian attitudes.
  • anti-commercialism — the principles, practices, and spirit of commerce.
  • anti-establishment — opposed to established authority
  • anti-globalization — a political belief opposed to the emergence of a single world market dominated by multinational companies
  • anti-masonic party — a former political party (1826–35) that opposed Freemasonry in civil affairs.
  • anti-miscegenation — marriage or cohabitation between two people from different racial groups, especially, in the U.S., between a black person and a white person: In 1968 the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that state laws prohibiting miscegenation were unconstitutional.
  • anti-revolutionary — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
  • anti-scholasticism — narrow adherence to traditional teachings, doctrines, or methods.
  • anticholinesterase — any of a group of substances that inhibit the action of cholinesterase
  • anticipated profit — the profit that one expects to make from a deal, transaction, or project
  • antidiscrimination — (legal) Opposing or disallowing discrimination.
  • antiferromagnetism — the phenomenon exhibited by substances that resemble paramagnetic substances in the value of their relative permeability but that behave like ferromagnetic substances when their temperature is varied
  • antifriction alloy — a metallic alloy, as Babbitt metal or bearing bronze, having antifriction qualities.
  • antimony pentoxide — a white or yellowish, water-insoluble powder, Sb 2 O 5 , used chiefly in the synthesis of antimonates.
  • antipatheticalness — The state or quality of being antipathetical.
  • antiprostaglandins — Plural form of antiprostaglandin.
  • antiscorbutic acid — vitamin C
  • antisegregationist — opposed to the segregation of different races in any human activity
  • antivaccinationist — One who is opposed to the practice of vaccination.
  • antivirus software — (tool)   Programs to detect and remove computer viruses. The simplest kind scans executable files and boot blocks for a list of known viruses. Others are constantly active, attempting to detect the actions of general classes of viruses. antivirus software should always include a regular update service allowing it to keep up with the latest viruses as they are released.
  • antivivisectionist — a person who is opposed to vivisection
  • aorangi-mount cook — the official name for Mount Cook
  • apartment building — An apartment building or apartment house is a tall building which contains different apartments on different floors.
  • aperture synthesis — an array of radio telescopes used in radio astronomy to simulate a single large-aperture telescope. Some such instruments use movable dishes while others use fixed dishes
  • apparent magnitude — magnitude (sense 3)
  • apparent solar day — the period of time between two successive passages of the sun's center across the same meridian.
  • appellate division — the section of a court that hears appeals, sometimes existing as an intermediate court between a trial court and a court of last resort.
  • application server — 1. A designer's or developer's suite of software that helps programmers isolate the business logic in their programs from the platform-related code. Application servers can handle all of the application logic and connectivity found in client-server applications. Many application servers also offer features such as transaction management, clustering and failover, and load balancing; nearly all offer ODBC support. 2. Production programs run on a mid-sized computer that handle all application operations between browser-based computers and an organisation's back-end business applications or databases. The application server works as a translator, allowing, for example, a customer with a browser to search an online retailer's database for pricing information. 3. The device on which application server software runs. Application Service Providers offer commercial access to such devices.
  • applied kinematics — kinematics (def 2).
  • apprentice plumber — a trainee plumber
  • appropriation bill — a bill to set apart money for a specific purpose
  • arbiter elegantiae — Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (Gaius Petronius Arbiter"Arbiter Elegantiae") died a.d. 66? Roman satirist.
  • arbitration clause — a clause in a contract laying down that disputes between the parties should be settled by arbitration
  • aristotelian logic — the logical theories of Aristotle as developed in the Middle Ages, concerned mainly with syllogistic reasoning: traditional as opposed to modern or symbolic logic
  • aristotles-lantern — a complex arrangement of muscles and calcareous teeth and plates forming an eversible organ in most echinoids, functioning in mastication.
  • arkansas toothpick — a bowie knife or similar sharp knifelike implement.
  • arm's-length price — a price of a transaction agreed in accordance with market values, disregarding any connection such as common ownership of the companies involved
  • armed intervention — an official response to a situation which involves the armed forces
  • army of occupation — an army that goes into a defeated country to enforce peace terms, keep order, etc.
  • arrest of judgment — a stay of proceedings after a verdict, on the grounds of error or possible error
  • arsenic trisulfide — a yellow or red crystalline substance, As 2 S 3 , occurring in nature as the mineral orpiment, and used as a pigment (king's yellow) and in pyrotechnics.
  • artificial horizon — an aircraft instrument, using a gyroscope, that indicates the aircraft's attitude in relation to the horizontal
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