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noun
- The sixth letter of the Appendix:Roman script, English alphabet, preceded by E and followed by G.
- A failing grade in a class or course. The next best grade is a D. Some institutions issue Es instead of Fs.
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noun
- A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization
- The of the trading post bought the furs.
- An integral part
- The greatest in the decision was the need for public transportation.
- The economy was a in this year's budget figures.
- (mathematics) Any of various objects multiply, multiplied together to form some whole
- 3 is a of 12, as are 2, 4 and 6.
- The factors of the Klein four-group are both cyclic of order 2.
- (Root Cause Analysis) Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence
- The launch temperature was a of the Challenger disaster.
verb
- (transitive) To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).
- (context, of a number or other mathematical object, intransitive) To be a product of other objects.
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| fatty acid |
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noun
- (chemistry) Any of a class of aliphatic carboxylic acids, of general formula CnH2n+1COOH, that occur combined with glycerol as animal or vegetable oils and fats. Only those with an even number of carbon atoms are normally found in natural fats
- Note: The above general formula applies to the saturated fatty acids. Remove 2 hydrogen atoms for an unsaturated fatty acid, and 2 hydrogen atoms for every double bond in a polyunsaturated fatty acid.
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noun
- Something, such as a yeast that causes fermentation.
- A state of agitation or of turbulent change.
- A catalyst.
verb
- To produce alcohol by allowing yeast to act on sugars in a mixture, to brew.
- To stir up, agitate, cause unrest.
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| fermentation |
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noun
- The process of undergoing an effervescent change, as by the action of yeast; in a wider sense.
- (context, physiology, chemistry) The transformation of an organic substance into new compounds by the action of a ferment, either formed or unorganized. It differs in kind according to the nature of the ferment which causes it.
- A state of agitation or excitement, as of the intellect or the feelings.
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noun - A white, albuminous, fibrous substance, formed in the coagulation of the blood .
2. An elastic, insoluble, whitish protein Produced by the action of thrombin on fibrinogen and foming an interlacing fibrous network in the coagulation of blood.
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| fingerprint |
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noun
- the pattern of ridges on the tips of the fingers
- the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched
- (computing) Unique identification for public key in asymmetric cryptosystem.
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| Flavin |
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proper noun
- A surname, of southern Irish descent, from the Gaelic í� Flaithimhín
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| folic acid |
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noun
- (context, vitamin, organic compound) A polycyclic heterocyclic carboxylic acid, one of the vitamin B complex, essential for cell growth and reproduction
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| fumarate |
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noun - any salt or ester of fumaric acid; they are produced in the body as part of the urea cycle
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| furocoumarin |
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noun - (chemistry) any derivative of the psoralen skeleton or its angular isomer angelicin
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