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Functions which occur often enough to acquire a name. Some of these, such as the exponential, logarithmic, and the various trigonometric functions, are extensively taught in school and occur so frequently that routines for calculating them are built into many pocket calculators.
Industry:Science
Igneous rocks rich in leucite but lacking or poor in alkali feldspar. Those types with essential alkali feldspar are classed as phonolites, feldspathoidal syenite, and feldspathoidal monzonite. The group includes an extremely wide assortment both chemically and mineralogically.
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Evergreen tree belonging to the genus <i>Picea</i> of the pine family. The needles are single, usually four-sided, and borne on little peglike projections; the cones are pendulous. Resin ducts in the wood may be seen with a magnifying lens, but they are fewer than in <i>Pinus</i>.
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Common name in California for several species of marine gastropod mollusks in the family Haliotidae; also known as ear shells in many tropical and warm-temperate seas, as awabi in Japan, as paua in New Zealand, and as ormers in the Mediterranean region, Spain, and the English Channel.
Industry:Science
Correlative inhibition of the growth of lateral (axillary) shoots exerted by the growing apical bud of the plant stem. Partial or complete apical dominance can also occur in the initiation of lateral roots and in the orientation of lateral organs such as branches, leaves, and stolons.
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Benign and malignant lesions of the human mammary glands. Benign breast disorders are often symptomatic and bothersome but do not have malignant potential. Malignant disorders have the potential to grow locally in the breast and spread through the bloodstream to other parts of the body.
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Genes that contribute to the conversion of a normal cell into a cancerous cell. Oncogenes can derive from cellular genes that undergo mutations that alter their expression or activity, or from viruses that carry oncogenes within their genome and are transferred into the cell by infection.
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Distributed dynamic systems for querying the Web that depend on dynamic run-time planning have the advantage that flexible and extensible queries can be specified. Use of metadata and agents allows the system to unify data from heterogeneous sources. User efficiency can be greatly improved.
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An underground space of substantial length, usually having a tubular shape. Tunnels can be either constructed or natural and are used as passageways, storage areas, carriageways, and utility ducts. They may also be used for mining, water supply, sewerage, flood prevention, and civil defense.
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Deployable systems have the ability to change their geometries to meet different application requirements. They range from very common items like scissors to highly specialized ones like a space antenna boom. An umbrella is an example of a common deployable system that can be opened and folded.
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