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  • 71Solide de Johnson — La gyrobicoupole octogonale allongée (J37), un solide de Johnson …

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  • 72Solide de johnson — La gyrobicoupole octogonale allongée (J37), un solide de Johnson …

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  • 73Électro-optique — Effet électro optique Un effet électro optique correspond à une modification de la propagation d une onde électromagnétique dans un matériau. Cette modification est due à la présence d un champ électrique quasi statique. Ce terme couvre un… …

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  • 74sinistrogyration — SYN: sinistrotorsion. [sinistro + L. gyratio, a turning around (gyration)] * * * sin·is·tro·gy·ra·tion (sin″is tro ji raґshən) [sinistro + gyration] a turning to the left, as a movement of the eye or the plane of polarization …

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  • 75revolution — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. uprising (see revolution); rotation; cycle. See circuit. II Radical change Nouns 1. revolution, radical or sweeping change, clean sweep, foquismo; coup, coup d état, uprising, counterrevolution,… …

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  • 76rotation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Motion around a center axis Nouns 1. rotation, revolution, gyration, turning, circulation, roll; circum rotation, circumvolution, circumgyration, turbination, convolution. 2. whir, whirl, turn, pirouette …

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  • 77girandole — 1630s, a type of fireworks; 1825 as a type of earring or pendant, from Fr. girandole, from It. girandola, dim. of giranda a revolving jet, from L. gyrandus, gerundive of gyrare to turn round in a circle, revolve (see GYRATION (Cf. gyration)) …

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  • 78girasole — 1580s, from It. girasole, lit. turning toward the sun, from girare to rotate (see GYRATION (Cf. gyration)) + sole (see SOL (Cf. Sol)) …

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  • 79gyrate — (v.) 1822 (implied in gyrated), back formation from GYRATION (Cf. gyration). Related: Gyrated; gyrating …

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  • 80gyrate — [[t]ʤaɪre͟ɪt, AM ʤa͟ɪreɪt[/t]] gyrates, gyrating, gyrated 1) VERB If you gyrate, you dance or move your body quickly with circular movements. The woman began to gyrate to the music. [V ing] ...a room stuffed full of gasping, gyrating bodies.… …

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