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cruck cruck
cruck. Blade or inclined curved timber, meeting a similar timber to form an approximately triangular frame on which the subsidiary structure rests. A full or true cruck (c) has two blades serving as the principals of a roof, rising from near ground level to the ridge, and supporting both walls and... Read more
Fetal growth retardation Fetal growth retardation
Intrauterine growth retardation Definition The term intrauterine growth retardation (also known as intrauterine growth restriction)(IUGR) is generically defined as a fetus who is at or below the tenth percentile in weight for its gestational age. There are two factors... Read more
Underweight Underweight
Underweight A person is considered underweight if his or her body mass index(BMI) falls below a certain threshold (body mass index is a measure determined by a person's age, height, and weight). For infants and children, a BMI below the 10th percentile for a specific... Read more
corbel corbel
corbel. Projection from the face of a wall, consisting of a block built into the wall, supporting any superincumbent load such as an arch, beam, parapet, truss, etc., so essentially a cantilever. Corbelling consists of successive courses of corbels forming a pseudo-vault or supporting an element... Read more
hibernation hibernation
hibernation [Lat.,= wintering], practice, among certain animals, of spending part of the cold season in a more or less dormant state, apparently as protection from cold when normal body temperature cannot be maintained and food is scarce. Hibernating animals are able to store enough food in their... Read more
di sotto in su di sotto in su
sotto in sù, di (It.: ‘from below upwards’). Term applied to an extreme form of illusionistic foreshortening in which figures or objects painted on a ceiling appear to be floating or suspended in space above the viewer. Mantegna's Camera degli Sposi in the Ducal Palace in Mantua... Read more
stabilizing selection stabilizing selection
stabilizing selection (normalizing selection) Natural selection that acts to maintain the constancy of a species over successive generations. It involves selection against the extremes of the range of phenotypes for a particular characteristic. For example, babies whose birth weight is substantially... Read more
bearing capacity bearing capacity
bearing capacity Bearing capacity is a general term used in the design of foundations for engineered structures to define the ability of a rock or soil immediately below the foundation to bear the stress that will be placed upon it when the structure is complete. Bearing capacity is defined in more... Read more
pH pH
pH range of numbers expressing the relative acidity or alkalinity of a solution. In general, p H values range from 0 to 14. The p H of a neutral solution, i.e., one which is neither acidic nor alkaline, is 7. Acidic solutions have p H values below 7; alkaline, or basic, solutions have p H... Read more

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