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phalanx
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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phalanx line of battle XVI; (anat.) joint of a digit XVII; (bot.) bundle of stamens XVIII. — L. — Gr.
phálagx.
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phalange XVI. — F. — L.
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Phalanx Biotech Group Licenses the Rosetta Resolver System.
Business Wire; 3/19/2009; 700+ words
; ...informatics solutions, today announced that Phalanx Biotech Group has licensed the Rosetta Resolver[R] system. Phalanx Biotech Group will integrate the Resolver...services. The software system will enable Phalanx to meet the data management and analysis...
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Phalanx Biotech Group Licenses the Rosetta Resolver System.(Company overview)
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 4/1/2009; 700+ words
; ...informatics solutions, announced that Phalanx Biotech Group has licensed the Rosetta Resolver[R] system. Phalanx Biotech Group will integrate the Resolver...services. The software system will enable Phalanx to meet the data management and analysis...
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Intraosseous epidermoid cyst of the finger phalanx: a case report
Magazine article from: Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery; 12/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...cyst in the distal phalanx of the ring finger...Key words: finger phalanges; epidermal cyst...skull or finger phalanges and presents as...tumour of the distal phalanx of the ring finger...the skull and the phalanges. The most common...involvement is the distal phalanx of the ...
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RAM and Phalanx: System of systems testing
Magazine article from: Sea Power; 9/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Missile Weapon System (GMWS) and the Mk15 Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS), two...combined system tests last year. The RAM/Phalanx Program Office at the Naval Sea Systems...aircraft carrier USS John F Kennedy. Phalanx Globally Deployed Phalanx-a fast-reaction...
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United States: Israel seeks US Phalanx system for defense against rocket barrage.
News Wire article from: TendersInfo; 7/31/2008; 700+ words
; ...Barak intends to submit a request for the Phalanx close-in weapon system from the U...They said Barak has agreed to consider Phalanx to counter short-range enemy missiles...received reports on the effectiveness of Phalanx against mortars and Kassams," an official...
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RAYTHEON: U.S. Navy & Raytheon complete testing of Ph Phalanx Close-In Weapon System surface mode upgrade.
M2 Presswire; 9/17/1999; 700+ words
; ...Raytheon complete in-depth testing of Phalanx Close-In Weapon System surface mode...recently completed in-depth testing of the Phalanx Close-In Weapon System Block 1B surface...Warfare Center, Port Hueneme, Calif. Phalanx Block 1B was successfully tested against...
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RENSSELAER INDUCTS NEW MEMBERS INTO PHALANX HONOR SOCIETY
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 4/3/2007; 700+ words
; ...inducted into the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Phalanx honor society. Phalanx honors student leadership and celebrates those who...selected - or "tapped" - by the student members of Phalanx. Matthew Weed, president of Phalanx, and Hannah...
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Rensselaer inducts new members into Phalanx honor society.
M2 Presswire; 3/18/2005; 700+ words
; ...Institute: Rensselaer inducts new members into Phalanx honor society(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...inducted into the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Phalanx honor society. Phalanx honors student leadership and celebrates those who...
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Rensselaer Inducts New Members Into Phalanx Honor Society.
M2 Presswire; 3/17/2008; 700+ words
; ...Institute: Rensselaer Inducts New Members Into Phalanx Honor Society(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...inducted into the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Phalanx Honor Society. Phalanx honors student leadership, service, and devotion...
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Raytheon Awarded Phalanx Performance Based Logistics Contract Valued at Nearly $170 Million.
PR Newswire; 2/28/2007; 700+ words
; ...the spare parts for the U.S. Navy's Phalanx Close-In Weapon System. More than 1...amounting to more than 30,000 individual Phalanx parts are warehoused in Louisville where...Weapon Systems in Tucson, Ariz. "The Phalanx logistics contract success story aptly...
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phalanx
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
phalanx ancient Greek formation of infantry. The...Epaminondas of Thebes (d. 362 BC). Use of the phalanx reached its apex when Philip II and Alexander the Great used the great Macedonian phalanx (16 deep and armed with the sarissa...
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phalanges
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
phalanges (fă- lan -jeez) n. (sing. phalanx) the bones of the fingers and toes (digits). The first digit (thumb/big toe) has two phalanges. Each of the remaining digits has three phalanges. — phalangeal adj.
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Phalanx
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
Phalanx. An association of artists organized in...warriors advancing across a battlefield in phalanx formation. The militaristic name of the...exhibitions followed before Kandinsky dissolved Phalanx in 1904 because of lack of public support...
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phalanx growth form
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
phalanx growth form The distribution that results when the rhizomes or stolons by which a plant spreads...shoots are closely spaced and the clone advances along a densely packed front, like a Roman phalanx. Compare GUERILLA GROWTH FORM .
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Phalanx point-defense gun
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Phalanx point-defense gun an electric 20 mm gatling gun used in the Phalanx defense system, delivering 3000-4500 rounds per minute of APSD ammunition.
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