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  • 31rock — rock1 rockless, adj. rocklike, adj. /rok/, n. 1. a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like. 2. Geol. a. mineral matter of variable composition, consolidated or unconsolidated, assembled in masses or considerable… …

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  • 32Rock — /rok/, n. a male given name. * * * I In geology, a naturally occurring and coherent aggregate of minerals. The three major classes of rock igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic are based on the processes that formed them. These three classes are… …

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  • 33Charles Jean Baptiste Collin-Mezin — (1841–1923) was a distinguished French maker of violins, violas, cellos, basses and bows. He was an Officier de l Académie des Beaux Arts and won gold and silver medals at the Paris Exhibitions in 1878, 1889, and 1900. He was the son of luthier C …

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  • 34prosody — prosodic /preuh sod ik/, prosodical, adj. /pros euh dee/, n. 1. the science or study of poetic meters and versification. 2. a particular or distinctive system of metrics and versification: Milton s prosody. 3. Ling. the stress and intonation… …

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  • 35Architectural acoustics — is the science of noise control within buildings. The first application of architectural acoustics was in the design of opera houses and then concert halls. More widely, noise suppression is critical in the design of multi unit dwellings and… …

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  • 36Aurora's drift — refers to the Antarctic expedition ship SY Aurora , and its drift in the Ross Sea and Southern Ocean pack ice for a period of 282 days from 7 May 1915 to 12 February 1916. Aurora had brought the Ross Sea party mdash;a support team for Sir Ernest… …

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  • 37Gothic metal — Infobox Music genre name =Gothic metal bgcolor =#BB0022 color =white stylistic origins =Death/doom Gothic rock cultural origins =Early 1990s, Europe instruments =Vocals Electric guitar Bass guitar Drums Keyboards popularity =Europe since the late …

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  • 38Dolby noise-reduction system — A Dolby 361 A type noise reduction module Dolby NR is the name given to a series of noise reduction systems developed by Dolby Laboratories for use in analog magnetic tape recording. The first was Dolby A, a professional broadband noise reduction …

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  • 39biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …

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  • 40noise — Synonyms and related words: ALGOL, Aesopian language, Babel, Bedlam let loose, COBOL, EDP, FORTRAN, Greek, aimlessness, alphabetic data, alphanumeric code, amplitude, angular data, argot, assembler, atmospherics, auditory effect, auditory… …

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