confines

  • 91perimeter — I noun ambit, border, borderline, boundary, bounds, brink, circuit, circumference, compass, configuration, confines, contour, curb, delineation, edge, enclosure, frontier, girdle, limit, limitations, margin, outline, outside edge, pale, periphery …

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  • 92NUCLÉAIRES (FORCES) — Les noyaux atomiques sont formés de nucléons (neutrons et protons). Ces derniers sont liés par des forces dites nucléaires, de nature différente de celles, gravitationnelles et électromagnétiques, qui sont connues depuis plus longtemps. Dans un… …

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  • 93TRIAS — Le terme «Trias» a été créé en 1834 par F. von Alberti pour grouper en un seul système stratigraphique les trois formations connues en Allemagne sous les noms de Buntsandstein , Muschelkalk et Keuper . Cette séquence repose sur le Zechstein [cf.… …

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  • 94boundary — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. limit, border, confines. See edge. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. outline, border, verge, rim, beginning, end, terminal, confines, limit, limits, bounds, radius, terminus, landmark, march, extremity, fence,… …

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  • 95Nearness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Nearness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 nearness nearness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 proximity proximity propinquity Sgm: N 1 vicinity vicinity vicinage Sgm: N 1 neighborhood neighborhood adjacency …

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  • 96confine — 01. The prisoners were [confined] to their cells after an inmate was found murdered. 02. A medical team has successfully [confined] the disease to one village. 03. At the present time, the conflict seems to be [confined] to the area around the… …

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  • 97confine — con•fine [[t]kənˈfaɪn[/t]] for 1, 2, 5, 6; [[t]ˈkɒn faɪn[/t]] for 3, 4 v. fined, fin•ing, n. 1) to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict: Confine your remarks to the subject at hand[/ex] 2) to shut or keep in; prevent from leaving a place… …

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  • 98con|fin´er — con|fine «verb. kuhn FYN; noun. KON fyn», verb, fined, fin|ing, noun. –v.t. 1. to keep within limits; restrict: »He confined his reading to biography. He confined himself to two meals a day. SYNONYM(S): restrain. 2. to …

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  • 99con|fine´less — con|fine «verb. kuhn FYN; noun. KON fyn», verb, fined, fin|ing, noun. –v.t. 1. to keep within limits; restrict: »He confined his reading to biography. He confined himself to two meals a day. SYNONYM(S): restrain. 2. to …

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  • 100con|fin´a|ble — con|fine «verb. kuhn FYN; noun. KON fyn», verb, fined, fin|ing, noun. –v.t. 1. to keep within limits; restrict: »He confined his reading to biography. He confined himself to two meals a day. SYNONYM(S): restrain. 2. to …

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