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  • 101Anticathode — An ti*cath ode, n. (Phys.) The part of a vacuum tube opposite the cathode. Upon it the cathode rays impinge. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 102Bottom — Bot tom, v. i. 1. To rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded; usually with on or upon. [1913 Webster] Find on what foundation any proposition bottoms. Locke. [1913 Webster] 2. To reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to… …

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  • 103Impact — Im*pact , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impacted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impacting}.] [L. impactus, p. p. of impingere to push, strike against. See {Impinge}.] 1. To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place. Woodward. [1913 Webster] 2. To… …

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  • 104Impacted — Impact Im*pact , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impacted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impacting}.] [L. impactus, p. p. of impingere to push, strike against. See {Impinge}.] 1. To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place. Woodward. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 105Impacting — Impact Im*pact , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impacted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impacting}.] [L. impactus, p. p. of impingere to push, strike against. See {Impinge}.] 1. To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place. Woodward. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 106Oxidator — Ox i*da tor, n. 1. An oxidizer. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. A contrivance for causing a current of air to impinge on the flame of the Argand lamp; called also {oxygenator}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 107oxygenator — Oxidator Ox i*da tor, n. 1. An oxidizer. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. A contrivance for causing a current of air to impinge on the flame of the Argand lamp; called also {oxygenator}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 108fall — I. verb (fell; fallen; falling) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English feallan; akin to Old High German fallan to fall and perhaps to Lithuanian pulti Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. to descend freely by the force of… …

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  • 109impingement — noun see impinge …

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  • 110List of characters in Atlas Shrugged — This is a list of characters in Ayn Rand s novel, Atlas Shrugged. Balph EubankCalled the literary leader of the age , despite the fact that he is incapable of writing anything that people actually want to read. What people want to read, he says,… …

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