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  • quantum electronics — the application of quantum mechanics and quantum optics to the study and design of electronic devices
  • registration number — number on vehicle licence plate
  • representationalism — Also called representative realism. Epistemology. the view that the objects of perception are ideas or sense data that represent external objects, especially the Lockean doctrine that the perceived idea represents exactly the primary qualities of the external object.
  • resistance movement — a movement fighting (for freedom, etc), often secretly or illegally, against an invader in an occupied country or against the country's government, etc
  • respiratory pigment — any of several colored protein substances, as hemoglobin and hemocyanin, in the circulatory system of animals and some plants, that combine reversibly with oxygen that is carried to the tissues
  • restriction enzymes — any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of DNA molecules at specific sites: used for gene splicing in recombinant DNA technology and for chromosome mapping.
  • saint simon zelotes — one of the 12 apostles, who had probably belonged to the Zealot party before becoming a Christian (Luke 6:15). Owing to a misinterpretation of two similar Aramaic words he is also, but mistakenly, called the Canaanite (Matthew 10:4). Feast day: Oct 28 or May 10
  • samoa standard time — a standard time used in the zone which includes American Samoa, corresponding to the mean solar time of the 165th meridian west of Greenwich, England: it is eleven hours behind Greenwich time
  • segmentation cavity — blastocoel.
  • selection committee — panel who appoint sb to a post
  • self-administration — the management of any office, business, or organization; direction.
  • self-discrimination — an act or instance of discriminating, or of making a distinction.
  • self-transformation — the act or process of transforming.
  • semibituminous coal — a coal intermediate between bituminous and anthracite coal in hardness, yielding the maximum heat of any ordinary steam coal.
  • semiconductor laser — a laser in which a semiconductor is the light-emitting source, used in many medical procedures.
  • seminiferous tubule — any of the coiled tubules of the testis in which spermatozoa are produced.
  • sensitometric curve — characteristic curve.
  • sessional indemnity — the remuneration paid to a member of the Canadian parliament.
  • simulation analysis — (language, simulation)   (SIMAN) A simulation language, especially for manufacturing systems, developed by C. Dennis Pegden in 1983.
  • smokestack industry — A smokestack industry is a traditional industry such as heavy engineering or manufacturing, rather than a modern industry such as electronics.
  • smoking compartment — a compartment of a train where smoking is permitted
  • someone's writ runs — someone has power or authority of a specified kind or scope
  • southern hemisphere — the half of the earth between the South Pole and the equator.
  • spherical astronomy — the branch of astronomy dealing with the determination of the positions of celestial bodies on the celestial sphere.
  • split-second timing — timing that depends on minute precision
  • stagnation mastitis — caked breast.
  • standing broad jump — a jump for distance from a standing position.
  • stanislavski method — method (def 5).
  • stationers' company — a company or guild of the city of London composed of booksellers, printers, dealers in writing materials, etc., incorporated in 1557.
  • sternocleidomastoid — of, relating to, or involving the sternum, the clavicle, and the mastoid process.
  • stick it to someone — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
  • store refurbishment — Store refurbishment happens when a store needs to be redecorated, modernized or the layout changed. The store will often be closed to customers during this time.
  • streaming potential — the potential produced in the walls of a porous membrane or a capillary tube by forcing a liquid through it.
  • strontium hydroxide — a white, slightly water-soluble powder, Sr(OH) 2 , or its crystalline octahydrate (strontium hydrate) used chiefly in the refining of beet sugar.
  • subsistence economy — an economy which produces only enough output for its own consumption and does not attempt to accumulate wealth
  • sugar loaf mountain — a mountain in SE Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, at the entrance to Guanabara Bay. 1280 feet (390 meters).
  • suspended animation — a state of temporary cessation of the vital functions.
  • suspension geometry — Suspension geometry is the geometric arrangement of the parts of a suspension system, and the value of the lengths and angles within it.
  • suspensory ligament — any of several tissues that suspend certain organs or parts of the body, especially the transparent, delicate web of fibrous tissue that supports the crystalline lens.
  • swimming instructor — sb who teaches people to swim
  • sympathetic contact — behavior toward an individual based on the individual's personal makeup rather than on his or her group membership.
  • symptomatic anthrax — blackleg.
  • take one's medicine — any substance or substances used in treating disease or illness; medicament; remedy.
  • take one's mind off — to stop one from thinking about; turn one's attention from
  • taming of the shrew — a comedy (1594?) by Shakespeare.
  • tehachapi mountains — a transverse (E–W) mountain range in S central California. Highest peak, Double Mountain, 7982 feet (2433 meters).
  • tempest in a teapot — a cup in which tea is served, usually of small or moderate size.
  • the compassion club — (in Canada) a nonprofit organization that provides uncontaminated cannabis for medical purposes and natural therapies in a safe environment
  • the eroica symphony — Symphony No. 3 in E flat major by Ludwig van Beethoven
  • the hampshire downs — a range of low chalk hills that crosses Hampshire in S England
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