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Am

The first person singular of the verb be, in the indicative mode, present tense. See Be.

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Metal 76% connected

An elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or copper, whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than acid properties, as contrasted with the nonmet…

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Modulation 76% connected

The act of modulating, or the state of being modulated; as, the modulation of the voice.

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Period 76% connected

A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a divis…

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Ma 92% connected

A child's word for mother.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Base noun · 85% connection

(electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector

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Complex noun · 85% connection

a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated

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Coordination compound noun · 85% connection

a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated

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Organometallic compound noun · 85% connection

a compound containing an alkyl or aryl radical bonded to a metal.; "Tetracarbonyl nickel, and ferrocene are examples of organometallic…

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Electrical energy noun · 85% connection

energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor; "they built a car that runs on electricity"; "The power went…

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Electricity noun · 85% connection

energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor; "they built a car that runs on electricity"; "The power went…

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Metallic element noun · 85% connection

any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.

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Power noun · 85% connection

energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor; "they built a car that runs on electricity"; "The power went…

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Signal noun · 85% connection

an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which…

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Polymer noun · 85% connection

a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers

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Hydrochloride noun · 84% connection

a complex consisting of an organic base in association with hydrogen chloride

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AC noun · 84% connection

an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally; "In the US most household current is AC at 60 cycles per second"

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Al noun · 84% connection

a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite

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Alternating current noun · 84% connection

an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally; "In the US most household current is AC at 60 cycles per second"

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Alternating electric current noun · 84% connection

an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally; "In the US most household current is AC at 60 cycles per second"

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Aluminium noun · 84% connection

a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite

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Aluminum noun · 84% connection

a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite

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Antimony noun · 84% connection

a metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite

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-s unknown · 78% connection

The suffix used to form the third person singular indicative of English verbs; as in falls, tells, sends.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: first, singular, verb, indicative, mode.
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Aorist noun · 78% connection

a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its comple…

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Are unknown · 78% connection

The present indicative plural of the substantive verb to be; but etymologically a different word from be, or was. Am, art, are, and is…

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Art unknown · 78% connection

The second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb Be; but formed after the analogy of the plural are…

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Auxiliary verb noun · 78% connection

a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with

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Compound noun · 78% connection

a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.; "Also c…

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Compound word noun · 78% connection

a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.; "Also c…

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Conditional adjective · 78% connection

Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense.

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Could imp. · 78% connection

Was, should be, or would be, able, capable, or susceptible. Used as an auxiliary, in the past tense or in the conditional present.

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Desiderative noun · 78% connection

A verb formed from another verb by a change of termination, and expressing the desire of doing that which is indicated by the primitiv…

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Enallage noun · 78% connection

A substitution, as of one part of speech for another, of one gender, number, case, person, tense, mode, or voice, of the same word, fo…

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Finite adjective · 78% connection

(of verbs) relating to forms of the verb that are limited in time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and person

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