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  • 31erect — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin erectus, past participle of erigere to erect, from e + regere to lead straight, guide more at right Date: 14th century 1. a. vertical in position; also not spread out or decumbent < an erect&#8230; …

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  • 32Acromion — Bone: Acromion Plan of ossification of the scapula. Posterior side. From seven centers. (Acromion visible at upper left, in blue.) …

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  • 33Ported barrel — In firearms, the term ported relates to holes that are precision drilled into the forward part of the barrel (and slide on pistols). These holes are designed to divert a portion of the gases expelled during firing in the direction that reduces&#8230; …

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  • 34Bovichtus variegatus — Taxobox | name = Thornfish image caption = Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes familia = Bovichtidae genus = Bovichtus species = B. variegatus binomial = Bovichtus variegatus&#8230; …

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  • 35Head of fibula — Infobox Bone Name = Head of fibula Latin = c. fibulae GraySubject = 62 GrayPage = 260 Caption = Right knee joint. Posterior view. Caption2 = Left knee joint from behind, showing interior ligaments. System = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = c …

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  • 36ascending — ascendingly, adv. /euh sen ding/, adj. 1. moving upward; rising. 2. Bot. growing or directed upward, esp. obliquely or in a curve from the base. [1350 1400; ME; see ASCEND, ING2] * * * …

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  • 37Conjugate beam method — (0) real beam, (1) shear and moment, (2) conjugate beam, (3) slope and displacement The conjugate beam method is an engineering method to derive the slope and displacement of a beam. The conjugate beam method was developed by H. Müller Breslau in …

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  • 38ascending — as•cend•ing [[t]əˈsɛn dɪŋ[/t]] adj. 1) moving upward; rising 2) bot Bot. growing or directed upward • Etymology: 1350–1400 …

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  • 39upcast — [up′kast΄] n. 1. something cast or thrown up 2. Geol. UPTHROW (sense 2) 3. Mining a ventilating shaft for returning air to the surface adj. 1. thrown upward 2. directed upward …

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  • 40up|cast — «UHP KAST, KAHST», adjective, noun. –adj. turned or directed upward. –n. 1. the act of casting or state of being cast upward. 2. something that is cast or thrown up, such as in digging a trench or pit. 3. the shaft by which the ventilating air of …

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