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Apheresis

The dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word; e. g., cute for acute.

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Deletion 76% connected

Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction.

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Dialysis 76% connected

Diaeresis. See Diaeresis, 1.

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Omission 76% connected

The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.

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Aphaeresis 92% connected

Same as Apheresis.

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Tare noun · 78% connection

(chemical analysis) a counterweight used in chemical analysis; consists of an empty container that counterbalances the weight of the c…

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Absorbance noun · 78% connection

(physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation

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Chemical analysis noun · 78% connection

the act of decomposing a substance into its constituent elements

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Chromatography noun · 78% connection

a process used for separating mixtures by virtue of differences in absorbency

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Optical density noun · 78% connection

(physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation

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Photographic density noun · 78% connection

(physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation

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Preciseness noun · 78% connection

the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance; "he handled it with the preciseness of an automaton"; "note the meticulous…

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Precision noun · 78% connection

the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance; "he handled it with the preciseness of an automaton"; "note the meticulous…

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Qualitative analysis noun · 78% connection

the act of decomposing a substance into its constituent elements

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Quantitative analysis noun · 78% connection

chemical analysis to determine the amounts of each element in the substance

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Spectrometry noun · 78% connection

the use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra

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Spectroscopy noun · 78% connection

the use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra

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Titration noun · 78% connection

a measured amount of a solution of unknown concentration is added to a known volume of a second solution until the reaction between th…

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Transmission density noun · 78% connection

(physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation

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A unknown · 78% connection

The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the…

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Accent noun · 78% connection

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syl…

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Acute adjective · 78% connection

Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.

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Acute-angled adjective · 78% connection

Having acute angles; as, an acute-angled triangle, a triangle with every one of its angles less than a right angle.

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Alliteration noun · 78% connection

use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "initial rhyme such as ‘around the rock the r…

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Anacrusis noun · 78% connection

A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable.

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Aphetic adjective · 78% connection

Shortened by dropping a letter or a syllable from the beginning of a word; as, an aphetic word or form.

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Beginning rhyme noun · 78% connection

use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "initial rhyme such as ‘around the rock the r…

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Byzantine noun · 78% connection

A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. C (…

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Circumflex noun · 78% connection

A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or /]; and in Latin and so…

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Closed syllable noun · 78% connection

a syllable that ends with a consonant.; "The vowel in a closed syllable is short."

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Compare verb · 78% connection

To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of on…

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Elison noun · 78% connection

The cutting off or suppression of a vowel or syllable, for the sake of meter or euphony; esp., in poetry, the dropping of a final vowe…

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Emphasis noun · 78% connection

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syl…

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Head rhyme noun · 78% connection

use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "initial rhyme such as ‘around the rock the r…

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Heavy syllable noun · 78% connection

a syllable with a branching nucleus or a branching rime.; "A heavy syllable consists of a long vowel or a diphthong, or a short vowel…

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Iambic adjective · 78% connection

Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot.

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Iambus noun · 78% connection

A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, as in /mans, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one, a…

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