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121carbon tetrachloride — a colorless, nonflammable, vaporous, toxic liquid, CCl4, usually produced by the reaction of chlorine with carbon disulfide, methane, or other carbon containing compounds: used mainly as a refrigerant, fire extinguisher, cleaning fluid, solvent,… …
122cluster — clusteringly, adv. clustery, adj. /klus teuhr/, n. 1. a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch: a cluster of grapes. 2. a group of things or persons close together: There was a cluster of tourists at the gate. 3. U.S …
123death — /deth/, n. 1. the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism. Cf. brain death. 2. an instance of this: a death in the family; letters published after his death. 3. the state of being …
124fume — fumeless, adj. fumelike, adj. fumer, n. fumingly, adv. /fyoohm/, n., v., fumed, fuming. n. 1. Often, fumes. any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, esp. of an odorous or harmful nature: tobacco fumes; noxious fumes of… …
125measure — measurer, n. /mezh euhr/, n., v., measured, measuring. n. 1. a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures. 2. a system of measurement: liquid measure. 3. an instrument, as a graduated rod or a container of standard capacity, for… …
126optical activity — Physical Chem. the ability of a substance to rotate the plane of polarization of plane polarized light. [1875 80] * * * Ability of a substance to rotate the plane of polarization of a beam of light passed through it, either as crystals or in… …
127Tintoretto — /tin teuh ret oh/; It. /teen taw rddet taw/, n. Il /eel/, (Jacopo Robusti), 1518 94, Venetian painter. * * * orig. Jacopo Robusti born с 1518, Venice, Republic of Venice died May 31, 1594, Venice Italian painter. His father was a silk dyer… …
128vaporific — /vay peuh rif ik/, adj. 1. producing vapor; tending to form vapor. 2. of, pertaining to, or of the nature of vapor; vaporous. [1775 85; VAPOR + I + FIC] * * * …
