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ar·ti·cle
/ ˈärtikəl/
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n.
1.
a particular item or object, typically one of a specified type:
small household articles.
2.
a piece of writing included with others in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication.
3.
a separate clause or paragraph of a legal document or agreement, typically one outlining a single rule or regulation:
[as adj.]
Article 7 of the treaty.
4.
Gram.
see definite article, indefinite article.
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v. [tr.] (usu. be articled)
bind by the terms of a contract, as one of apprenticeship.
PHRASES:
an article of faith
a firmly held belief:
it was an article of faiththat women must free themselves.
the genuine article
a person or thing considered to be an authentic and excellent example of their kind.
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Monera, Protista, and Fungi Aimalia and Plantae.
Magazine article from: The Book Report; 5/1/2001; ; 465 words
; Monera, Protista, and Fungi Aimalia and Plantae 2000. 25 min. ea. $119.95. Cambridge Educational Grades 7-12 Students just learning the...
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Freshwater heliozoa (protista, heliozoa) from Indiana.
Magazine article from: Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science; 12/30/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...and Raphidiophrys were observed from various northern Indiana freshwater sites. All are new records for Indiana. Keywords: Protista, Heliozoa ********** Previous surveys of Indiana's freshwater protists which utilized electron microscopy (EM...
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Myxidium serotinum (protista: myxozoa) from a Jefferson salamander (Ambystoma jeffersonianum), in Illinois.(GENERAL NOTES)(Report)
Magazine article from: The Texas Journal of Science; 2/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; The Jefferson salamander, Ambystoma jeffersonianum (Green, 1827) ranges from southeastern New York through Pennsylvania and eastern and southern Ohio to southern Indiana, and southward to southcentral Kentucky and northern Virginia (Conant & Collins 1998). However, because of extensive
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Is It Kingdoms or Domains? Confusion & Solutions
Magazine article from: The American Biology Teacher; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...breakup of the heterogeneous kingdom Protista, and to suggest additional sorts of...This "unicellular kingdom" was named "Protista" by Haeckel (1866). Earlier, Hogg...broader conceptually than Haeckel's Protista. Various authors, including Haeckel...
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The protozoa, a kingdom by default?
Magazine article from: The American Biology Teacher; 9/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...who proposed a unicellular kingdom, Protista, Calkins (1901) followed the Linnaean...were often dropped. Recognition of the Protista; Obscuring of the Protozoa Having seemingly...Haeckel's (1866) proposal for a kingdom Protista, realization reoccurred that a number...
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TIME OFF WHEN DAYLIGHT-SAVING TIME ENDS, KEEPING UP WITH FALLING BACK BECOMES A PECULIARLY HUMAN CHALLENGE.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 11/2/1995; 700+ words
; ...were set back an hour this week, then consider the protista. Protista, in case you were wondering, are half-plant...scum. Like virtually every other creature on earth, protista have internal clocks. They happen to be on a cycle...
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BIOLOGISTS QUESTION AGES-OLD LIFE THEORIES.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 1/30/1996; 700+ words
; ...fungi and two for microorganisms, bacteria and protista. Protista are single-celled organisms with a more complicated...Distinguishing the two types of bacteria and giving the protista a kingdom of their own represented a crucial step...
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New findings overturn traditional 'kingdoms of life'.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 1/15/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...fungi and two for microorganisms, bacteria and protista. Protista are single-celled organisms with a more complicated...Distinguishing the two types of bacteria and giving the protista a kingdom of their own represented a crucial step...
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Metal extraction by bacterial oxidation.
Magazine article from: Mining Magazine; 10/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...much in common, because animals, plants and the 'higher protista' (fungi, yeasts and green algae) are all made of eucaryotes...cyanobacteria (blue-green algae), are single-celled lower protista known as procaryotes. Procaryotic cells do not have a true...
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Functional Analysis of PDX2 from Arabidopsis, a Glutaminase Involved in Vitamin B6 Biosynthesis1[W][OA]
Magazine article from: Plant Physiology; 6/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...phosphate independent, present in archaea, fungi, plants, protista, and most eubacteria. In these organisms, pyridoxal 5...1999; Bilski et al., 2000). Prokaryotes, fungi, protista, and plants are able to synthesize the vitamin de novo, but...
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Protista
Book article from: Biology
Protista The Protista, or Protoctista, are a kingdom of simple eukaryotic organisms, usually...one ancestral animal, and all fungi from one ancestral fungus. The Protista, however, are not; they are almost certainly polyphyletic and did...
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Metazoan
Book article from: Animal Sciences
...into five kingdoms: the Monera, the Protista, Fungi, Plants, and Animals. The...5 to 1.5 billion years ago. The Protista is a diverse group of single-celled...Protozoa , which are now grouped in the Protista. Multicellularity evolved in the Protista...
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Kingdom
Book article from: Biology
...Animalia but added kingdoms Monera, Protista, and Fungi (see Table). A COMPARISON...THE FIVE KINGDOMS Characteristic Monera Protista Plantae Fungi Animalia Internal cell...how they secure and process energy. Protista is a collection of single-celled eukaryotic...
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Protists
Book article from: World of Microbiology and Immunology
Protists The kingdom Protista is the most diverse of all the five...1919) first proposed the kingdom Protista in 1866. This early classification...system of classification. The kingdom Protista was one of the five proposed kingdoms...
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Kingdoms of Life
Book article from: Animal Sciences
...Whittaker's five kingdoms are Monera, Protista, Plantae, Fungi, and Animalia. One...forms Blue green algae Photosynthetic Protista Diatoms Single-celled;photosynthetic...walls, Animalia do not. The kingdom Protista contains a wide variety of organisms...
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