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(fiction) A generic or monopoly company.
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(obsolete) An inventory; a record.
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Autism Quotient, the score one receives on a self-quiz created in 2001 by Dr. Simon Baron-Cohen to test for autism or Asperger's syndrome.
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(science fiction) A time machine that can only allow travel to the past, but cannot also allow travel to the future.
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Secondary; supplementary.
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A visual poem in the shape of an object.
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(chiefly India) In terms of caste.
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(India) By chapter; one chapter at a time.
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In terms of character.
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In or with regard to charts, especially those that track the popularity of songs.
n
A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.
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(countable) An arrangement of events into chronological order; called a timeline when involving graphical elements.
adj
(chiefly India) In terms of class (category, social class, school group, etc.).
adv
(chiefly India) In terms of communities.
n
A normal or customary sequence.
adj
Of a crossword puzzle, or a clue in such a puzzle, using, in addition to definitions, wordplay such as anagrams, homophones and hidden words to indicate solutions.
adj
(chiefly India) In terms of dates; chronological.
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Alternative spelling of double-trouble [A very troublesome object or person.]
n
(US, military) The requirement for an incoming nuclear attack to be confirmed by both satellite and radar before retaliatory action is taken.
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A score, given to a scientific journal, that is a measure of its importance
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A particular period of history, or of a person's life, especially one considered noteworthy or remarkable.
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(advertising) The non-verbal information conveyed in a commercial to the audience via their five senses.
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(statistics) In terms of a family of related inferences.
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Alternative form of go-between [An intermediary or middleman.]
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(economics) A chart plotting the relationship between inequality and intergenerational social immobility in several countries around the world.
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An indefinite but emphatically large number.
n
A measure reflecting the average number of citations to recent articles published in an academic journal, used as an approximation of the relative importance of a journal within its field.
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Nonstandard form of in medias res. [Narrative presented in medias res.]
adj
(of a translation) Written alongside the translated text, in columns.
adj
With regard to a level
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The chronological sequence of events in a life
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The materials or empty space through which signals, waves, or forces pass.
adj
(engineering) Fulfilling an intermediate or secondary function.
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(architecture, fine arts) A motif.
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Someone who multitasks, who performs multiple tasks at the same time.
adv
In terms of a name or names.
adj
(engineering) According to plan or design.
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(now chiefly UK dialectal) A point.
n
(countable) The determination of the relative position of something or someone.
n
One of the constituent items that make up a pair.
n
A section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc.
adj
Stylistically similar to a painting, especially following the conventions of pictorialism.
adj
In terms of plot (storyline).
adv
In terms of production; where production is concerned.
adj
(in combination) Having a specified rank.
n
A number, letter, or other mark that refers to the ability of something.
n
Anything secondary or of lesser importance.
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(UK, New Zealand, Australia, mental health) An instance of a person being sectioned.
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Arranged or classified by site.
adj
(chiefly India) In terms of the state; by state.
adv
(chiefly India) By subject or topic.
adv
In the style of a telegram, using short, clipped phrases.
n
Any of various colors, or color palettes, in which a design is offered; (graphical user interface) any of various skins for an app, affecting the visuals and perhaps other elements such as sound effects.
adj
(India) By topic; one topic at a time.
n
A union of three states or political entities.
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(chiefly India) In terms of valleys.
adj
Relating to the recording of life events.
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