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  • 41Devastavit — Dev as*ta vit, n. [L., he has wasted.] (Law) Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or an administrator. Bouvier. [1913 Webster] || …

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  • 42Misuse — Mis*use (m[i^]s*[=u]s ), n. 1. Wrong use; misapplication; erroneous or improper use. [1913 Webster] Words little suspected for any such misuse. Locke. [1913 Webster] 2. Violence, or its effects. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 43misuse — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, partly from mis + usen to use; partly from Middle French mesuser to abuse, from Old French, from mes + user to use Date: 14th century 1. to use incorrectly ; misapply < misused his talents > 2. abuse …

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  • 44Lossless data compression — is a class of data compression algorithms that allows the exact original data to be reconstructed from the compressed data. The term lossless is in contrast to lossy data compression, which only allows an approximation of the original data to be&#8230; …

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  • 45Optics — For the book by Sir Isaac Newton, see Opticks. Optical redirects here. For the musical artist, see Optical (artist). Optics includes study of dispersion of light. Optics is the branch of …

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  • 47Robert Lowth — FRS (27 November, 1710 ndash; 3 November, 1787) was a Bishop of the Church of England, a professor of poetry at Oxford University and the author of one of the most influential textbooks of English grammar.Lowth was born in Hampshire, England, the …

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  • 48Cognitive bias — For an article about the conceptual problems of the mind see Cognitive closure (philosophy). Psychology …

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  • 49Precautionary principle — The precautionary principle is a moral and political principle which states that if an action or policy might cause severe or irreversible harm to the public or to the environment, in the absence of a scientific consensus that harm would not&#8230; …

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  • 50Acme Corporation — The Acme Corporation is a fictional corporation that exists in several cartoons, films and TV series, most significantly in the Looney Tunes universe, where it appeared most prominently in the Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote cartoons, which made Acme&#8230; …

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