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  • 91evanescence — [ev΄ənes′əns] n. [ML evanescentia: see EVANESCENT] 1. a gradual disappearance 2. a tendency to evanesce; evanescent quality; transitoriness …

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  • 92fade-out — ☆ fade out [fādout΄ ] n. Film Radio TV a fading out; gradual disappearance or becoming indistinct of a scene or sound …

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  • 93iris-out — /uy ris owt /, n. Motion Pictures, Television. the gradual disappearance of an image or scene through a contracting circle. [1925 30] * * * iris in, iris out see iris n. 4 c …

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  • 94fade-away — fadeˈ away noun A gradual disappearance • • • Main Entry: ↑fade …

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  • 95os|te|o|ma|la|cia — «OS tee oh muh LAY shuh», noun. a softening of the bones, usually in adults, caused by the gradual disappearance of calcium salts. ╂[< osteo + Greek malakía softness < malakós soft] …

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  • 96ḤAZZAN — (pl. Ḥazzanim) (Heb. חַזָּנִים ,חַזָּן), cantor officiating in a synagogue; used in this specific sense since the Middle Ages. History of Role and Function The word frequently occurs in talmudic sources, where it denotes various types of communal …

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  • 97LADINO — (Latino), or Judeo Spanish, the spoken and written Hispanic language of Jews of Spanish origin. It has no connection with the Rheto Romance dialect (Ladin) spoken in the Italian Tyrol. Over the centuries, various names have been given to this… …

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  • 98United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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  • 99endocrine system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction  group of ductless glands (gland) that regulate body processes by secreting chemical substances called hormones (hormone). Hormones act on nearby tissues or are carried in the bloodstream to act on specific target organs… …

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  • 100Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology       In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… …

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