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American Muslim Mission Tweet Definition of American Muslim Mission Like Definition of American Muslim Mission on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A Black Muslim organization allied to the Nation of Islam.
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abrasion Tweet Definition of abrasion Like Definition of abrasion on Facebook
noun 
  1. The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
  2. The substance thus rubbed off.
  3. (medicine) A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds.
  4. (geology) The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it.
Translations: 
    Etymology: (term, abrasio), from (term, abrado, abrÄdÅ); see abradeEtymology, abrade. Attested in English since 1656.

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    abscession Tweet Definition of abscession Like Definition of abscession on Facebook
    noun 
    1. (Obsolete): A separating; removal; also, an abscess. - Gauden. Barrough
    Etymology: Latin abscessio a separation; from absedere. See Abscess

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    abscision Tweet Definition of abscision Like Definition of abscision on Facebook
    noun 
    1. Variant spelling of abscission.
    Etymology: Latin abscisio

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    abscission Tweet Definition of abscission Like Definition of abscission on Facebook
    noun ((plural): abscissions)
    1. The act or process of cutting off.
    Quotations
    • Not to be cured without the abscission of a member. - w:Jeremy Taylor, Jer. Taylor
      1. The state of being cut off. - Sir T. Browne
      2. rhetoric: A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, "He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more."
      3. (botany) The separation of a part at a predetermined location, such as a leaf at the base of the petiole.
    Etymology: Latin abscissio. See abscind

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    abstersion Tweet Definition of abstersion Like Definition of abstersion on Facebook
    noun 
    1. Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.
      • The task of ablution and being performed. - Sir W. Scott
    Translations: 
    • Spanish: abstersión
    Etymology: French abstersion. See absterge.

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    abstrusion Tweet Definition of abstrusion Like Definition of abstrusion on Facebook
    noun 
    1. (rare) The act of thrusting away. - Ogilvie
    Etymology: Latin abstrusio. See Abstruse.

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    abusion Tweet Definition of abusion Like Definition of abusion on Facebook
    noun 
    1. Evil or corrupt usage; abuse; wrong; reproach; deception; cheat. - Chaucer
    Etymology: Old English abusion, abusioun, Old French abusion, from Latin abusio misuse of words, from abuti. See Abuse (transitive verb)

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    accension Tweet Definition of accension Like Definition of accension on Facebook
    noun 
    1. The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition.
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    accession Tweet Definition of accession Like Definition of accession on Facebook
    noun 
    1. A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's to a confederacy.
    2. Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an of wealth or territory.
    • The only which the Roman empire received was the province of Britain. - Gibbon
      1. A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species). Thus, the owner of a cow becomes the owner of her calf.
      2. The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers - Kent
      3. The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity; as, the of the house of Stuart; -- applied especially to the epoch of a new dynasty.
      4. (medicine) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
    Etymology: Latin accessio, from accedere: compare French accession. See accede.

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    addression Tweet Definition of addression Like Definition of addression on Facebook
    noun 
    1. (obsolete) The act of addressing or directing one's course.
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    adhesion Tweet Definition of adhesion Like Definition of adhesion on Facebook
    noun 
    1. The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
    2. A feeling of attachment (e.g. an infant to its parents).
    3. An agreement to adhere
    4. (medicine) An abnormal union of surface by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.
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    admission Tweet Definition of admission Like Definition of admission on Facebook
    noun 
    1. The act or practice of admitting.
    2. Power or permission to enter; admittance; entrance; access; power to approach.
    3. The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something aserted; acknowledgment; concession.
    4. (Law) Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry.
    5. A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence
    6. (Eng. Eccl. Law) Declaration of the bishop that he approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the cure of the church to which he is presented.
    Translations: 
      Etymology: L. admissio: cf. F. admission. See admit

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      adverse possession Tweet Definition of adverse possession Like Definition of adverse possession on Facebook
      noun 
      1. : A means of acquiring title to another's real property without compensation by occupying the property in a manner that conflicts with the true owner's rights for a certain number of years.
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      aggression Tweet Definition of aggression Like Definition of aggression on Facebook
      noun 
      1. The act of initiating hostility, hostilities or invasion.
      2. The practice or habit of launching attacks.
      3. Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.
      Translations: 
        Etymology: Borrowed from Latin aggressio, from aggressus, past participle of aggredi meaning "to approach, address, attack"

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        air suspension Tweet Definition of air suspension Like Definition of air suspension on Facebook
        noun 
        1. Vehicle suspension in which compressed air is used as a spring.
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        allision Tweet Definition of allision Like Definition of allision on Facebook
        noun 
        1. The act of dashing against or strike, striking upon.
        2. (context, maritime) The act of striking a fixed object, compare collision: the act of striking another vessel.
        Etymology: From (term, allisio), (term, allidere, , to strike or dash against).

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        allusion Tweet Definition of allusion Like Definition of allusion on Facebook
        noun 
        1. Indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication.
        Translations: 
          Etymology: From allusionem (nominative of allusio f), from alludere, allude, from prefix al-, combining form of ad, to, + ludere, play: compare with French allusion.

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          alpha version Tweet Definition of alpha version Like Definition of alpha version on Facebook
          noun 
          1. A development status that usually means the first feature complete version of a program or application, that is most likely unstable, but is useful to show what the product will do to, usually, a selected group. Sometimes this stage is referred to as a preview version. Sometimes no more features are added after this release, but bug fixes continue. This release comes after a pre-alpha version and before a beta version.
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          ambiversion Tweet Definition of ambiversion Like Definition of ambiversion on Facebook
          noun 
          1. A personality trait having balanced characteristics of both extroversion and introversion.
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          apprehension Tweet Definition of apprehension Like Definition of apprehension on Facebook
          noun 
          1. (rare) The physical act of seize, seizing or take hold, taking hold of; seizure.
            • 2006, Phil Senter, "Comparison of Forelimb Function between Deinonychus and Babiraptor (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridea)", Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. 26, no. 4 (Dec.), p. 905,
            • :The wing would have been a severe obstruction to of an object on the ground.
              1. The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.
            • 1855, w:Elizabeth_Gaskell, Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South, ch. 37,
            • :The warrant had been issued for his on the charge of rioting.
              1. The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception.
            • 1815, w:Percy_Bysshe_Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, "On Life," in A Defence of Poetry and Other Essays (1840 edition),
            • :We live on, and in living we lose the of life.
              1. opinion, Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
            • 1901, w:Kate Douglas Wiggin, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Penelope's English Experiences, ch. 8,
            • :We think we get a kind of vague of what London means from the top of a 'bus better than anywhere else.
              1. The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding.
            • 1854, w:Charles_Dickens, Charles Dickens, Hard Times, ch. 7,
            • :Strangers of limited information and dull were sometimes observed not to know what a Powler was.
              1. anticipation, Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; dread or fear at the prospect of some future ill.
            • 1846, w:Herman_Melville, Herman Melville, Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life, ch. 32,
            • :Every circumstance which evinced the savage nature of the beings at whose mercy I was, augmented the fearful apprehensions that consumed me.
          Translations: 
            Etymology: From apprehensio, compare with French appréhension. See apprehend.

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            arithmetic progression Tweet Definition of arithmetic progression Like Definition of arithmetic progression on Facebook
            noun 
            1. (analysis) A sequence in which each term except the first is obtained from the previous by adding a constant value, known as the common difference of the arithmetic progression.
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              ascension Tweet Definition of ascension Like Definition of ascension on Facebook
              noun 
              1. The act of ascending; an ascent
              He made an in the balloon to get a better view.
              1. (Christianity) The miracle in which the resurrected Jesus rise, rose to heaven.
              Translations: 
              • Spanish: Ascensión
                (trans-bottom)
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              asexual division Tweet Definition of asexual division Like Definition of asexual division on Facebook
              noun 
              1. The process of binary fission in cells where a cell divides to form daughter cells.
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              aspersion Tweet Definition of aspersion Like Definition of aspersion on Facebook
              noun 
              1. a slanderous remark, or the act of slander, slandering; a slur or calumny
              2. a sprinkling of holy water
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