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lambda abstraction — A term in lambda-calculus denoting a function. A lambda abstraction begins with a lower-case lambda (represented as "\" in this document), followed by a variable name (the "bound variable"), a full stop and a lambda expression (the body). The body is taken to extend as far to the right as possible so, for example an expression, \ x . \ y . x+y is read as \ x . (\ y . x+y). A nested abstraction such as this is often abbreviated to: \ x y . x + y The lambda expression (\ v . E) denotes a function which takes an argument and returns the term E with all free occurrences of v replaced by the actual argument. Application is represented by juxtaposition so (\ x . x) 42 represents the identity function applied to the constant 42. A lambda abstraction in Lisp is written as the symbol lambda, a list of zero or more variable names and a list of zero or more terms, e.g. (lambda (x y) (plus x y)) Lambda expressions in Haskell are written as a backslash, "\", one or more patterns (e.g. variable names), "->" and an expression, e.g. \ x -> x.
lincoln's birthday — February 12, a legal holiday in some states of the U.S., in honor of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
madeira embroidery — broderie anglaise.
mandelbrot, benoit — Benoit Mandelbrot
master boot record — (operating system, storage) A special area on a computer's main hard disk that gives the location of the disk's boot block or bootable partition where the operating system is installed.
medicine bow range — a range of the Rocky Mountains, in Wyoming and Colorado. Highest peak, Medicine Bow Peak, 12,014 feet (3662 meters).
metabolic syndrome — Pathology. a group of medical conditions present simultaneously in a patient, as high blood pressure, low HDL cholesterol levels, and an excess of abdominal fat, that increases a person's risk of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. Also called insulin resistance syndrome.
mordovian republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga basin. Capital: Saransk. Pop: 888 700 (2002). Area: 26 200 sq km (10 110 sq miles)
motor torpedo boat — PT boat.
moving bed reactor — A moving bed reactor is a reactor in which a layer of catalyst in the form of granules is moved between a reaction area and a regeneration area.
neighborhood watch — a neighborhood surveillance program or group in which residents keep watch over one another's houses, patrol the streets, etc., in an attempt to prevent crime.
non-understandable — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
not breathe a word — to take air, oxygen, etc., into the lungs and expel it; inhale and exhale; respire.
obedience training — the training of an animal, especially a dog, to obey certain commands.
one's heart bleeds — used to express sympathetic grief, but often used ironically
open pandora's box — If someone or something opens Pandora's box or opens a Pandora's box, they do something that causes a lot of problems to appear that did not exist or were not known about before.
personal bodyguard — a person employed to protect a particular person
pileolated warbler — either of two western subspecies of Wilson's warbler.
price on sb's head — If there is a price on someone 's head, an amount of money has been offered for the capture or killing of that person.
provably difficult — The set or property of problems for which it can be proven that no polynomial-time algorithm exists, only exponential-time algorithms.
radio range beacon — a radio transmitter that utilizes two or more directional antennas and transmits signals differing with direction, permitting a flier receiving a signal to determine his or her approximate bearing from the transmitter without a radio compass.
radiocarbon dating — the determination of the age of objects of organic origin by measurement of the radioactivity of their carbon content.
ragtag and bobtail — the riffraff; rabble: The ragtag and bobtail of every nation poured into the frontier in search of gold.
reggio di calabria — a seaport in S Italy, on the Strait of Messina: almost totally destroyed by an earthquake 1908.
rheims-douay bible — Douay Bible.
ride a hobby horse — an activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation and not as a main occupation: Her hobbies include stamp-collecting and woodcarving.
row address strobe — (storage) (RAS) An input to a dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) to indicate that the row address lines are valid.
saint john's bread — carob (def 2).
schofield barracks — a town on central Oahu, in central Hawaii.
september holidays — a period of time in September when people do not have to go to school, college or work
shorthand notebook — a notebook used by a shorthand writer
simone de beauvoir — Simone [see-mawn] /siˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), (Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand) 1908–86, French playwright, novelist, and essayist.
sindbad the sailor — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments), a wealthy citizen of Baghdad who relates the adventures of his seven wonderful voyages.
sodium bicarbonate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, in powder or granules, NaHCO 3 , usually prepared by the reaction of soda ash with carbon dioxide or obtained from the intermediate product of the Solvay process by purification: used chiefly in the manufacture of sodium salts, baking powder, and beverages, as a laboratory reagent, as a fire extinguisher, and in medicine as an antacid.
sodium tetraborate — borax1 .
stand-by generator — an electrical system which operates automatically in case the usual system malfunctions
stomach sweetbread — sweetbread (def 1).
subordinate clause — a clause that modifies the principal clause or some part of it or that serves a noun function in the principal clause, as when she arrived in the sentence I was there when she arrived or that she has arrived in the sentence I doubt that she has arrived.
subsidiary company — a company whose controlling interest is owned by another company.
supraorbital ridge — browridge.
the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
to be above ground — to be alive
to be on the radar — to be noticed or important
to be said for sth — If you say there is a lot to be said for something, you mean you think it has a lot of good qualities or aspects.
to get a bad press — If someone or something gets a bad press, they are criticized, especially in the newspapers, on television, or on radio. If they get a good press, they are praised.
to sweep the board — If someone sweeps the board in a competition or election, they win nearly everything that it is possible to win.
transporter bridge — a bridge for carrying passengers and vehicles by means of a platform suspended from a trolley.
trobriand islander — a native or inhabitant of the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea
under one's breath — the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
under the jackboot — If a country or group of people is under the jackboot, they are suffering because the government is cruel and undemocratic.

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