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Nuclear Complex
NUCLEAR COMPLEX The expression "nuclear complex" was first used by Sigmund Freud to designate what he would later call the "Oedipus complex." While still signifying from a genetic or structural point of view the universal Oedipus complex, the notion of the nuclear complex came to be used in the... Read more |
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Vitamin B complex
Vitamin B complex Description The vitamin B complex consists of 12 related water-soluble substances. Eight are considered essential vitamins because they need to be included in the diet. Four are not essential because the body can synthesize them. Although these vitamins are chemically distinct,... Read more |
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Military-Industrial Complex
MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX. The term "military-industrial complex" (MIC) was coined by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in his farewell address of 1961. Great and sustained spending for defense and war, he warned, created power groups that could disastrously harm the... Read more |
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species group
species group (superspecies) A complex of related species that exist allopatrically (in different geographical areas from one another). They are grouped together because of their morphological similarities, and this grouping can often be supported by experimental crosses in which only certain pairs... Read more |
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conceit
conceit in literature, fanciful or unusual image in which apparently dissimilar things are shown to have a relationship. The Elizabethan poets were fond of Petrarchan conceits, which were conventional comparisons, imitated from the love songs of Petrarch, in which the beloved was compared to a... Read more |
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dictionary
dictionary published list, in alphabetical order, of the words of a language. In monolingual dictionaries the words are explained and defined in the same language; in bilingual dictionaries they are translated into another language. Modern dictionaries usually also provide phonetic transcriptions,... Read more |
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San Ildefonso
San Ildefonso or La Granja , town (1990 pop. 5,088), Segovia prov., central Spain, in Castile-León. Near the town is the Spanish royal summer residence, called La Granja, built by Philip V (1721-23) in imitation of the Grand Trianon at Versailles, where the king spent his childhood. The... Read more |
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Barbican Centre (London England)
Barbican the complex of high-rise buildings around the Barbican Centre in the City of London. A barbican is the outer defence of a city or castle, especially a double tower above a gate or drawbridge; it is recorded from the 17th century as being retained as the name of a street in London. Recorded... Read more |
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skald
skald in ancient Scandinavia, a composer and reciter of poems honouring heroes and their deeds; the complex syllabic and rhyme structure of most skaldic verses make it likely that the majority of them have come down from oral tradition uncorrupted. Typically, skalds of the 10th and 11th centuries... Read more |
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The constant author turns to Africa
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