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Ribonuclease
ribonuclease (ry-boh-new-kli-ayz) n. an enzyme, located in the lysosomes of cells, that splits RNA at specific places in the molecule.... Read more |
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weathering
weathering collective term for the processes by which rock at or near the earth's surface is disintegrated and decomposed by the action of atmospheric agents, water, and living things. Some of these processes are mechanical, e.g., the expansion and contraction caused by sudden, large changes in... Read more |
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Lee Teng-hui
Lee Teng-hui , 1923-, Taiwanese agricultural economist and politician, president of Taiwan (1988-2000). Born in Taiwan when it was ruled by Japan, he was educated at Kyoto Imperial, Iowa State, and Cornell universities. A member of the Kuomintang , he served on the Joint Commission on Rural... Read more |
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Hans Dietrich Genscher
Hans Dietrich Genscher , 1927-, German politician; foreign minister (1974-92). A Liberal party member in East Germany, he left the East in 1952, joining the Free Democrats (FDP) in West Germany. Elected to the Bundestag (1965), he became the party's chairman (1974), and led it into a coalition... Read more |
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Ecdysis
ecdysis (moulting) 1. The periodic loss of the outer cuticle of arthropods. It starts with the reabsorption of some materials in the inner part of the old cuticle and the formation of a new soft cuticle. The remains of the old cuticle then split; the animal emerges and absorbs water or swallows air... Read more |
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bark (plant)
bark outer covering of the stem of woody plants, composed of waterproof cork cells protecting a layer of food-conducting tissue—the phloem or inner bark (also called bast). As the woody stem increases in size (see cambium ), the outer bark of inelastic dead cork cells gives way in patterns... Read more |
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diocese of Bath and Wells
Bath and Wells, diocese of. The present see, created in 909, is roughly conterminous with the old county of Somerset. Though Wells itself was founded in c.704 as a religious centre by Ine, king of Wessex, and his nephew Aldhelm, first bishop of Sherborne, it was not until 909 that Edward the Elder... Read more |
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Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong or Mao Tse-tung , 1893-1976, founder of the People's Republic of China. Mao was one of the most prominent Communist theoreticians and his ideas on revolutionary struggle and guerrilla warfare have been extremely influential, especially among Third World revolutionaries. Of Hunanese... Read more |
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