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  • multithreading — (parallel)   Sharing a single CPU between multiple tasks (or "threads") in a way designed to minimise the time required to switch threads. This is accomplished by sharing as much as possible of the program execution environment between the different threads so that very little state needs to be saved and restored when changing thread. Multithreading differs from multitasking in that threads share more of their environment with each other than do tasks under multitasking. Threads may be distinguished only by the value of their program counters and stack pointers while sharing a single address space and set of global variables. There is thus very little protection of one thread from another, in contrast to multitasking. Multithreading can thus be used for very fine-grain multitasking, at the level of a few instructions, and so can hide latency by keeping the processor busy after one thread issues a long-latency instruction on which subsequent instructions in that thread depend. A light-weight process is somewhere between a thread and a full process.
  • murrhine glass — glassware believed to resemble the murrhine cups of ancient Rome.
  • musculophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm.
  • neo-malthusian — a view or doctrine advocating population control, especially by contraception.
  • neurochemicals — Plural form of neurochemical.
  • norman english — the dialect of English used by the Norman conquerors of England
  • oligomenorrhea — abnormally infrequent menstruation.
  • omphalocentric — Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing.
  • orthonormalize — (mathematics) To make a set of vectors both orthogonal and normalized.
  • overwhelmingly — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
  • oxyhaemoglobin — the bright red product formed when oxygen from the lungs combines with haemoglobin in the blood
  • pamphleteering — the occupation of a pamphleteer
  • pavement light — a windowlike structure set in a pavement or the like to illuminate areas beneath, consisting of thick glass blocks set in a metal frame.
  • phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
  • photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
  • pinhole camera — a simple camera in which an aperture provided by a pinhole in an opaque diaphragm is used in place of a lens.
  • poison hemlock — hemlock (defs 1, 3).
  • polysynthesism — the synthesis of various elements.
  • relinquishment — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
  • shallow-minded — lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial
  • sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
  • simple machine — machine (def 3b).
  • soil mechanics — the branch of civil engineering that deals with the mechanical behavior of soil and similar materials when they are compressed or sheared or when liquids flow through them.
  • something else — sth different
  • something like — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
  • spanish omelet — an omelet served with a sauce of tomatoes, onions, and green peppers.
  • sulphanilamide — a white odourless crystalline compound formerly used in medicine in the treatment of bacterial infections. Formula: NH2C6H4SO2NH2
  • the milk train — a very early morning train, that traditionally transported milk, on which passengers also travelled
  • the millennium — the period of a thousand years of Christ's awaited reign upon earth
  • thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
  • thermoanalysis — thermal analysis.
  • trihalomethane — a type of chemical compound in which three of the hydrogen atoms in a methane molecule have been replaced by halogen atoms, esp by chlorine in drinking water. Trihalomethanes are thought to be carcinogenic
  • trimethylamine — a colourless, flammable liquid with a strong, fishy odour
  • triphenylamine — a molecule consisting of a nitrogen atom with three phenyl groups attached to it
  • unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
  • undiminishable — unable to be diminished
  • unemphatically — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
  • unmathematical — not characterized by or using the precision of mathematics; inexact; imprecise
  • unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
  • unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
  • welsh mountain — a common breed of small hardy sheep kept mainly in the mountains of Wales
  • wheel clamping — the practice of attaching wheel clamps to vehicles
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