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121rotate — rotate1 rotatable, adj. rotatably, adv. /roh tayt/ or, esp. Brit., /roh tayt /, v., rotated, rotating. v.t. 1. to cause to turn around an axis or center point; revolve. 2. to cause to go through a cycle of changes; cause to pass or follow in a… …
122undersea exploration — Introduction the investigation and description of the ocean waters and the seafloor and of the Earth beneath. Primary objectives and accomplishments Included in the scope of undersea exploration are the physical and chemical… …
123Nucleic acid tertiary structure — Example of a large catalytic RNA. The self splicing group II intron from Oceanobacillus iheyensis.[1] The tertiary structure of a nucleic acid is its precise three dimensional structure, as defined by the atomic coordinates.[2] …
124rotate — I ro•tate [[t]ˈroʊ teɪt[/t]] esp. brit. [[t]roʊˈteɪt[/t]] v. tat•ed, tat•ing 1) to turn around on or as if on an axis; revolve 2) to proceed in a fixed routine of succession 3) to cause to turn around an axis or center point 4) agr. to cause to… …
125swing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. oscillate, sway, wag; depend, dangle; pivot, turn; informal, be hanged; slang, [wife or husband ]swap. See oscillation,punishment, impurity, sex. n. sweep, sway, oscillation; rhythm, lilt, scope,… …
126Boy's surface — In geometry, Boy s surface is an immersion of the real projective plane in 3 dimensional space found by Werner Boy in 1901 (he discovered it on assignment from David Hilbert to prove that the projective plane could not be immersed in 3 space).… …
127wheel — I. v. n. 1. Move on wheels, roll. 2. Revolve, rotate, turn, roll, turn on an axis. 3. Gyrate, turn round, move round. 4. Revolve, move round, move in a circle, turn. 5. Fetch a compass. 6. Deviate, deflect, diverge, turn aside, alter one s course …
128rotary — /roh teuh ree/, adj., n., pl. rotaries. adj. 1. turning or capable of turning around on an axis, as a wheel. 2. taking place around an axis, as motion. 3. having a part or parts that turn on an axis, as a machine. n. 4. a rotary device or machine …
