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  • 51stereometry — 1. Measurement of a solid object or the cubic capacity of a vessel. 2. Determination of the specific gravity of a liquid. * * * ster·e·om·e·try (ster″e omґə tre) the measurement of the cubic or solid contents of a solid body, or of the …

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  • 52canning — /kan ing/, n. the act, process, or business of preserving cooked food by sealing in cans or jars. [1870 75, Amer.; CAN2 + ING1] * * * Method of preserving food from spoilage by storing it in containers that are hermetically sealed and then… …

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  • 53Canning — /kan ing/, n. 1. Charles John, 1st Earl, 1812 62, British statesman: governor general of India 1856 62. 2. his father, George, 1770 1827, British statesman: prime minister 1827. 3. Sir Stratford. See Stratford de Redcliffe, 1st Viscount. * * *… …

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  • 54Solidity — So*lid i*ty, n. [L. soliditas: cf. F. solidit[ e].] 1. The state or quality of being solid; density; consistency, opposed to {fluidity}; compactness; fullness of matter, opposed to {openness} or {hollowness}; strength; soundness, opposed to… …

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  • 55solidity — n. 1. Hardness, firmness, solidness, density, compactness, consistency. 2. Density, compactness, fulness. 3. Strength, stability, massiveness. 4. Reality, truth, weight, validity, justice, gravity, importance, firmness, soundness, strength,… …

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  • 56Duodecimal — Du o*dec i*mal, n. 1. A twelfth part; as, the duodecimals of an inch. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. (Arch.) A system of numbers, whose denominations rise in a scale of twelves, as of feet and inches. The system is used chiefly by artificers in computing… …

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  • 57Stereometer — Ste re*om e*ter, n. [Stereo + meter.] (Physics) 1. An instrument for measuring the solid contents of a body, or the capacity of a vessel; a volumenometer. [1913 Webster] 2. An instrument for determining the specific gravity of liquid bodies,… …

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  • 58Os du Randt — (No. 1) Full name Jacobus Petrus du Randt …

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  • 59Garbure — is a thick French soup of bacon with cabbage and other vegetables, usually with cheese and stale bread added. It originated in Gascony in south west France. It is similar to potée .] Garbure was the daily sustenance of Gascon peasantry. It… …

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  • 60Methven —    METHVEN, a parish, in the county of Perth; containing, with the villages or hamlets of Almond Bank, Balwherne, Bellstown, Bragrum, Gibbiestown, Glack, Meckphin, Scrogiehill, and Wood end, 2446 inhabitants, of whom 935 are in the village of… …

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