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Allometry
Allometry The relationship of the growth of one part of an organism to the growth of another part or the growth of the whole organism is called allometry. The term also applies to the measure and study of such growth relationships. Allometry comes from the Greek word allos,... Read more |
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lay figure
lay figure. A doll-like model of the human figure, jointed so that it can be given all kinds of poses. It may be anything from a few inches in height to life-size (an example about half life-size that belonged to the sculptor Roubiliac is in the Museum of London). Articulated dolls and marionettes... Read more |
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Historical Demography
HISTORICAL DEMOGRAPHY Historical demography is the quantitative study of the size and structure of past populations, the components of population change (fertility, mortality, and migration), and the factors that influenced them. In its broadest sense, historical demography covers the entire... Read more |
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gel filtration
gel filtration A column-chromatographic technique that normally employs as a stationary phase polymeric carbohydrate-gel beads of controlled size and porosity. Mixture components are separated on the basis of their sizes and rates of diffusion into the beads. Smaller molecules tend to diffuse more... Read more |
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Cutty Sark
Cutty Sark, the only survivor of the British tea clippers, is now preserved as a museum ship at Greenwich, London, as an example of the great days of sail. She was built to the order of Captain Jock Willis, son of the Captain Willis who was known as ‘Old Stormy’ and immortalized in... Read more |
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loudspeaker
loudspeaker or speaker, device used to convert electrical energy into sound. It consists essentially of a thin flexible sheet called a diaphragm that is made to vibrate by an electric signal from an amplifier . The vibrations create sound waves in the air around the speaker. In a dynamic... Read more |
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dwarf tree
dwarf tree in horticultural practice, a tree artificially kept to a smaller size than is normal for average members of the species. This is usually accomplished either by limiting its root space and food and by careful pruning or by grafting it on the rootstock of a smaller species. Dwarf trees... Read more |
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Shock metamorphism
Shock metamorphism Except for certain laboratory experiments and outdoor detonations of high explosives (including nuclear weapons), evidence of shock metamorphic conditions of extreme pressure and heat on Earth exist only within and around impact craters. Only hypervelocity impact between objects... Read more |
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kraken
kraken, a mythical sea monster of enormous size said to inhabit the waters off the coasts of Norway and Sweden. According to one legend the kraken lies sleeping on the seabed battening on huge sea worms in its sleep; when the waters at the bottom of the sea grow warm from the fires of hell, the... Read more |
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pupillary reflex
pupillary reflex An alteration in the size of the pupil in response to a change in the light intensity. An increase in light intensity causes both pupils to contract (see iris) even if only one retina is directly stimulated. This is known as a consensual reflex. Conversely, a decrease in light... Read more |
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Carle Museum exhibits fit every size imagination
...The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book...in words I can only paraphrase now...flashy video. Only simple whimsies: In a small box for donations...The museum is for looking and dreaming...told me, without ... |
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WAX NOSTALGIC LIFE-SIZE ANGELS, FONZIE AND THE KING -- AND PLENTY OF OTHERS...
...Movieworld Wax Museum in Lake George...years. The museum features life-size replicas of John...what you're looking for. If so...If you're looking for something smaller, there are several...wax replicas, only ... |
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Sweeping change for the Gardner ; Museum to present design for its $118m wing...
...Stewart Gardner Museum will unveil the...than double the size of the museum...the building. A smaller second structure...Bill Egan, a museum trustee who chaired...respects the existing museum. "The whole...the palace, and ... |
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Bowling museum's location draws fans of all stripes.
...International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame...museum _ there's only a handful of...museum _ the only one of its size and scope in...Congress was looking for a home for...last year, a small ... |
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North Suburban Museum - Worth a Trip
...compact. Call it small. But for an institution of its size, the Mitchell Museum of the American...re not an art museum. We're not...home, he heard only disparaging...with a cozy-looking, constantly...which means not ... |
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Children's Museum asks kids to fly a kite
...that's so small there's...re really looking forward to...believe the new museum's arrival...new kids' museums in the Chicago...suburban museums are housed...times the size of the new...too were only a gleam ... |
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TOUR NATION'S ART MUSEUMS-FROM HOME.(Lifestyle)
...s top art museums, the Minneapolis...to visit a museum in person...prestigious museums in the world...happy hours looking at and learning...offers not only generous text...history. Other museums also stood...Milwaukee Art ... |
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NEW CHILDREN'S MUSEUM BENEFITS FAMILIES, SQUARE ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL REWARDS...
...programs of interest only to kids up to...increasing in size, the museum plans...the museum's small size. In a bigger...potential not only as a center for...Madison Children's Museum should ... |
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UO nears fund-raising goal for art museum.(Higher Education)(Renovation: An...
...expansion of the UO Museum of Art, assuming...than double the size of the museum...000 donation only if at least an...even though the museum was at or near...drive that saw only one gift top the...success to the many ... |
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Museums for the madding crowd.
...the British Museum's Great...concourse, looking as comfortable...now, the only new exhibition area is a small carpeted cave...bodies into museums. It means...doubling in size, to dimensions...state-funded ... |