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adjective
- nonliving, Nonliving.
- Of inorganic matter.
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| acidophilic |
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adjective
- of, relating to, or being an acidophile
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| aerial |
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noun
- A device for receiving or transmitting radio, television signals etc.
adjective
- of, or in, the air
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| aerobic |
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adjective
- Living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen e.g. aerobic bacteria
- Involving or improving oxygen consumption by the body e.g. aerobic exercise
- Of, or relating to aerobics
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| affect |
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noun
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(psychology) Emotion.
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(colloquial, psychology) A strong emotional experience. See
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(psychology) external, External display of emotion or mood.
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He seemed completely devoid of .
verb
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(transitive) To influence or alter.
The experience affected me deeply.
The heat of the sunlight affected the speed of the chemical reaction.
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(transitive) To move to emotion.
He was deeply affected by the themes in the play.
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(transitive) To make a false display of.
He managed to a smile despite feeling quite miserable.
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(transitive) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
Hepatitis affects the liver.
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| aggregation |
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noun
- The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated
- collection into a mass or sum
- a collection of particulars
- an aggregate
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(networking) summarizing multiple routes into one route
- {Veterinary Epidemiology} the majority of the parasite population concentrated into a minority of the host population
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| allowable |
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adjective
- Appropriate; satisfactory; acceptable.
- Intellectually admissible; valid; probable.
- Able to be added or deducted in consideration of something.
- Permissible; tolerable; legitimate.
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(obsolete) Praiseworthy.
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| anaerobic |
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adjective
- Without oxygen; especially of an environment or organism.
- Of, or relating to an anaerobe
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| aquatic |
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adjective
- Relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water.
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| arenicolous |
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adjective
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(biology) living or burrowing in sand
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| association |
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noun
- The act of associating.
- The state of being associated.
- A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.
- A connection to or an affiliation with something.
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| autecology |
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noun
- one of two broad subdivisions of ecology, which studies the individual organism or species.
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1959 CE: Odum,
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In regard to subdivisions, ecology is commonly divided into and synecology.''
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| autochthon |
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noun (pl2=autochthones)
- The earliest inhabitant of an area, an aboriginal.
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(geology) An autochthonous rock formation.
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