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Teresa K. Attwood Professor of Bioinformatics,
Faculty of Life Sciences & School of Computer Science,
University of Manchester
Richard Cammack (Managing Editor) Professor of
Biochemistry, King's ... constituent of the thin filaments of muscle and
of the microfilaments found in practically all eukaryotic cells – it
comprises 5–10% of the protein of such cells (see actin filament). In
solutions of ... a decade since the first edition of the OxfordDictionary of
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. It was a remarkable work
of scholarship, arising from the work of journal editors and
scientific...
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1 Introduction
The goal of the project is to enhance the database
of the
Oxford Dictionaryof English
(a forthcoming
new edition of the 1998
New OxfordDictionary of
English)
so that it contains ... Press,
Cambridge, Mass.
Judy Pearsall. 1998.
The New OxfordDictionary of
English.
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matic analysis and grading of defmitions is proving
highly productive in ... richness of a large
natural-language dictionary in providing cues and
flagging exceptions. The stylistic regularity of a
dictionary like ODE supports the enumeration of a
finite (albeit large) list of...
... (*sta-
mens) of a Ûower. Compare gynoecium.
androgen One of a group of male sex
hormones that stimulate development of
the testes and of male *secondary sexual
characteristics (such as growth of facial
and ... direction of lines of force
of the Üeld.
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motive force equal to the magnetomotive
force produced when a current of one am-
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tizing ... substance of an el-
ement, for example, is proportional to the
number of atoms present. For all entities,
the constant of proportionality is the
*Avogadro constant. The SI unit of
amount of substance...
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its among employees
profit squeeze
profit squeeze /prɒft skwiz/ noun a
strict control of the amount of profits which
companies can pay out as dividend
profit-taking
profit-taking ... an
office, house or factory for a period of time
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house, factory or piece of equipment for a
period of time
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profitability of a wide range of products sold
by a single company
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INTRODUCTION:
Web of Science
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is well known for its coverage of top tier international and regional
journal literature in the Science Citation Index Expanded (1900 to present),
the Social Sciences ... developed over decades of time
employing well-defined selection criteria in a systematic and consistent manner.
With the inclusion of The Book Citation Index in Web of Science, Thomson Reuters ... scholarly books. By careful
evaluation of the content and format of each publication, Thomson Reuters assures not only that
all citation indexes in Web ofScience contain the most relevant and...
... application to a
type of instr. mus. with a good deal of rhythmic freedom and often played on bagpipe (or rustic ob.)
and small drum.
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org. St Paul's Cath., 1796 1838; composer of th. and church mus. One of first profs. at
RAM, 1823. Founder-member of Philharmonic ... those of Dom John Stéphan, of Buckfast Abbey, Devon, who in
1947 discussed a newly-discovered MS. of the tune in the handwriting of John Francis Wade, a Lat.
teacher and music copyist of Douai...
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helpful than any other dictionaryof modern quotations.
TONY AUGARDE
(1) Discussions of the index features in this preface and in the “How to Use this Dictionary
section of this book refer to ... record of
its use. The reference usually consists of either (a) a book-title with its date of publication and a
reference to where the quotation occurs in the book; or (b) the title of a newspaper ... 1879-1970
6.62 Harry Emerson Fosdick 1878-1969
The OxfordDictionaryof Quotations
Preface
What is a “quotation”? It is a saying or piece of writing that strikes people as so true or
memorable...
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scrub of interns, a giggle of nurses, a flood of
urologists, a pile of proctologists, an eyeful of
ophthalmologists, a whiff of anesthesiologists, ... –
Professor of Clinical Gerontology, Oxford, England
The aging of an organism is a progressive loss of
adaptability as time passes.
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number of
distinguished
composers who
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off
their mortal coil in a variety
of
unusual
ways.
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remark)
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a
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story)
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the limit of decency.
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title
of
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Stella
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in
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... Editors
Teresa K. Attwood Professor of Bioinformatics,
Faculty of Life Sciences & School of Computer Science,
University of Manchester
Richard Cammack (Managing Editor) Professor of
Biochemistry, King's ... a decade since the first edition of the OxfordDictionary of
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. It was a remarkable work
of scholarship, arising from the work of journal editors and
scientific ... included
Biochemistry Illustrated, with Tony Smith. He was also one of the main driving forces behind the creation of
the first edition of the OxfordDictionaryof Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
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