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101notice to members — Except as otherwise specifically provided, notice shall be affected by posting on the bulletin board and by first class mail addressed in accordance with the Register of memberships. Chicago Mercantile Exchange Glossary …
102time — Except as otherwise specifically provided, any reference to time shall mean local Chicago time. Chicago Mercantile Exchange Glossary * * * time time [taɪm] noun 1. [uncountable] the quantity that is measured in minutes, hours, years etc using… …
103o, oh — Except as an infrequent variant of oh, o is used in direct address, is always capitalized, and is not followed by any mark of punctuation: O Susan, please come here. O dear! O God in Heaven. Oh is an interjection, may be followed by a comma or an …
104myself — Except when it is used for emphasis ( I’ll do it myself ) or reflexively ( I cut myself while shaving ) myself is almost always timorous and better avoided. In the following two examples, the better word is inserted in brackets: Give it to John… …
105myself — Except when it is used for emphasis ( Til do it myself ) or reflexively ( I cut myself while shaving ), myself is almost always timorous and inapt. In the following two examples, the better word is inserted in brackets: Give it to John or… …
106to the exclusion of — except, besides …
107propeller blade angle — Except when feathered, when the angle is approximately 90°, the acute angle between the chord of a propeller and the plane of the rotation. Also called pitch. See blade angle. See also propeller synchrophasing …
108but for — except for. ↘if it were not for. → but …
109short of something — except for, or unless I don t see any answer, short of selling the house. Short of winning the lottery, I don t know how we ll pay for this …
110x — • except; • extremity; • horizontal axis of a rectangular coordinate system; • mole fraction; • multiplication ×; • position; • roentgen [rays]; • sample mean; • times ; • unknown factor; • xanthine …
