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11Montagu's Harrier — Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1 …
12Flue pipe — Four flue pipes of a diapason rank. A flue pipe (also referred to as a labial pipe) is an organ pipe that produces sound through the vibration of air molecules, in the same manner as a recorder or a whistle. Air under pressure (referred to as… …
13rarefaction — rarefactional, adj. rarefactive /rair euh fak tiv/, adj. /rair euh fak sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of rarefying. 2. the state of being rarefied. [1595 1605; < ML rarefaction (s. of rarefactio), equiv. to L rarefact(us) (ptp. of rarefacere;… …
14rarefy — rarefiable, adj. rarefier, n. /rair euh fuy /, v., rarefied, rarefying. v.t. 1. to make rare or rarer; make less dense: to rarefy a gas. 2. to make more refined, spiritual, or exalted. v.i. 3. to become rare or less dense; become thinned:… …
15Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel — • Inventor; b. at Vidalon lez Annonay, 26 August, 1740; d. at Balaruc les Bains, France, 26 June, 1810 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Montgolfier, Joseph Michel …
16Joseph-Michel Montgolfier — Joseph Michel Montgolfier † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Joseph Michel Montgolfier Inventor; b. at Vidalon lez Annonay, Department of Ardèche, France, 26 August, 1740; d. at Balaruc les Bains, Department of Hérault, France, 26 June, 1810.… …
17Osteitis fibrosa cystica — A condition associated with hyperparathyroidism in which bone tissue is gradually replaced by cysts and fibers. * * * osteitis fibrosa cys·ti·ca sis tə kə n OSTEITIS FIBROSA * * * osteitis fibrosa cystica generalisata rarefying osteitis with… …
18medullization — Enlargement of the medullary spaces in the treatment of various skeletal disorders. * * * med·ul·li·za·tion (med″ə lĭ zaґshən) 1. the enlargement of the haversian canals in rarefying osteitis, followed by their conversion… …
19rarefaction — 1. The process of becoming light or less dense; the condition of being light; opposed to condensation. 2. In vascular physiology, the process that results in a reduction in the density of capillaries in a tissue. [L. rarus, thin, s …
20Metaphysics and science in the thirteenth century: William of Auvergne, Robert Grosseteste and Roger Bacon — Steven Marrone By the third decade of the thirteenth century there emerge the first signs of a new metaphysics. Alongside Neoplatonizing idealism we now see attempts to lay greater emphasis on the ontological density of the created world and to… …
