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  • rapid prototyping — (programming)   The creation of a working model of a software module to demonstrate the feasibility and suitability of the function. The prototype is expected to be replaced or refined before inclusion in the final product. Rapid prototyping contrasts with a DIRFT approach which emphasises careful design and implementation to avoid the overheads of debugging and testing prototype code. Rapid prototyping is appropriate when the requirements are unclear or likely to change (which is most of the time).
  • regent honeyeater — a large brightly-coloured Australian honeyeater, Zanthomiza phrygia
  • repertory catalog — a catalog containing bibliographic records that indicate locations of materials in more than one library or in several units of one library.
  • revealed theology — theology based on the doctrine that all religious truth is derived exclusively from the revelations of God to humans.
  • rocket technology — the technology of the design, operation, maintenance, and launching of rockets
  • role-playing game — a game in which participants adopt the roles of imaginary characters in an adventure under the direction of a Game Master.
  • rough puff pastry — a rich flaky pastry made with butter and used for pie-crusts, flans, etc
  • rub the wrong way — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
  • school playground — school's outdoor recreation area
  • secondary glazing — insulation by means of a second pane of glass, or a sheet of plastic: a simple form of double glazing
  • secondary sealing — Secondary sealing is a system of wiper seals used in floating roof tanks.
  • secondary winding — A secondary winding is the winding of a transformer that receives its energy by electromagnetic induction from the primary winding.
  • sensitivity group — a group of persons participating in sensitivity training.
  • separation energy — binding energy (def 1).
  • shopping bag lady — bag lady (def 1).
  • shopping-bag lady — bag lady (def 1).
  • social psychology — the psychological study of social behavior, especially of the reciprocal influence of the individual and the group with which the individual interacts.
  • soft-rock geology — geology dealing with sedimentary rocks.
  • spark photography — photography of fast-moving objects, as bullets, by the light of an electric spark.
  • spherical polygon — a closed figure formed by arcs of great circles on a spherical surface.
  • split keyboarding — the act or practice of editing data from one terminal on another terminal
  • spongy parenchyma — the lower layer of the ground tissue of a leaf, characteristically containing irregularly shaped cells with relatively few chloroplasts and large intercellular spaces.
  • spread your wings — if you spread your wings, you do something new and rather difficult or move to a new place, because you feel more confident in your abilities than you used to and you want to gain wider experience
  • stage-door johnny — a man who often goes to a theater or waits at a stage door to court an actress.
  • stand your ground — relating to or denoting a legal principle or law that eliminates the duty to retreat by allowing, as a first response, self-defense by deadly force: We’re proud to represent Florida, the first stand your ground state.
  • stationary engine — an engine mounted in a fixed position, as one used for driving generators, compressors, etc.
  • statutory meeting — company shareholders' discussion
  • steering geometry — Steering geometry is the geometric arrangement of the parts of a steering system, and the value of the lengths and angles within it.
  • stereolithography — a process for creating three-dimensional objects using a computer-controlled laser to build up the required structure, layer by layer, from a liquid photopolymer that solidifies.
  • stereophotography — photography producing stereoscopic images.
  • symbolic language — a specialized language dependent upon the use of symbols for communication and created for the purpose of achieving greater exactitude, as in symbolic logic or mathematics.
  • synthetic biology — the application of computer science techniques to create artificial biological systems
  • testimony meeting — a meeting at which persons give testimonies of religious faith and related religious experiences.
  • the good old days — When people refer to the good old days, they are referring to a time in the past when they think that life was better than it is now.
  • to drag your feet — If you drag your feet or drag your heels, you delay doing something or do it very slowly because you do not want to do it.
  • to get psyched up — to prepare mentally
  • to lose your grip — If you lose your grip, you become less efficient and less confident, and less able to deal with things.
  • to say nothing of — You use to say nothing of when you mention an additional thing which gives even more strength to the point you are making.
  • top-security wing — a wing of a prison, mental hospital, etc that has a very high level of precautions against escape
  • trick photography — photography that creates an illusion
  • uncomprehendingly — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
  • urogenital system — the urinary tract and reproductive organs
  • utagawa kuniyoshi — original name Igusa Magosabwo. 1797–1861, Japanese painter and printmaker of the ukiyo-e school, best known for his prints of warriors and landscapes
  • variable-geometry — denoting an aircraft in which the wings are hinged to give the variable aspect ratio colloquially known as a swing-wing
  • vasovagal syncope — a faint brought on by excessive activity of the vagus nerve, causing the heart to slow and the blood pressure to fall. It can be caused by fear, choking, or stomach cramps and has no lasting effects
  • verkhoyansk range — a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, in E Siberia, Russia. About 600 miles (970 km) long.
  • very large memory — (architecture)   (VLM) A processor and operating system that can use more than 4GB of RAM, which is the limit for systems using 32-bit addresses. VLM architectures allow application programs and Very Large Databases with more than 4GB of data to be placed entirely in physical memory, with large performance enhancements. Some recent processors like the DEC Alpha can process 64 bits of data at a time and use addresses wider than 32 bits. (Solaris http://sun.com/solaris/64bit.html). (SGI http://sgi.com/Technology/standard/faq.html). (Unix 98 http://UNIX-systems.org/version2/whatsnew/login_64bit.html).
  • village community — an early form of community organization in which land belonged to the village, the arable land being allotted to the members or households of the community by more or less permanent arrangements and the waste or excess land remaining undivided.
  • visitors' gallery — a balcony in a building such as a parliament or court where members of the public can sit
  • yesterday morning — during the morning of the day preceding today
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