chelate | (noun) a heterocyclic compound having a metal ion attached by coordinate bonds to at least two nonmetal ions | Synonyms: chelate compound |
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chelation | (noun) the process of forming a ring by forming one or more hydrogen bonds | - |
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(noun) (medicine) the process of removing a heavy metal from the bloodstream by means of a chelate as in treating lead or mercury poisoning | - |
congelation | (noun) the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing | Synonyms: congealment |
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correlate | (noun) either of two or more related or complementary variables | Synonyms: correlative |
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correlation | (noun) a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlation) to +1 (perfect positive correlation) | Synonyms: coefficient of correlation, correlation coefficient |
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(noun) a statistical relation between two or more variables such that systematic changes in the value of one variable are accompanied by systematic changes in the other | Synonyms: correlational statistics |
(noun) a reciprocal relation between two or more things | Synonyms: correlativity |
correlative | (noun) either of two or more related or complementary variables | Synonyms: correlate |
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correlativity | (noun) a reciprocal relation between two or more things | Synonyms: correlation |
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crenelation | (noun) the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows | Synonyms: crenellation |
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(noun) a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns | Synonyms: battlement, crenellation |
denivelation | (noun) the difference in level (depth) between two parts of a cave system, usually the highest and lowest known point. | - |
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elater | (noun) any of various widely distributed beetles | Synonyms: elaterid, elaterid beetle |
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elaterid | (noun) any of various widely distributed beetles | Synonyms: elater, elaterid beetle |
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elation | (noun) a feeling of joy and pride | Synonyms: high spirits, lightness |
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(noun) an exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism; an absence of depression | - |
gelatin | (noun) a thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects | Synonyms: gel |
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(noun) an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods | Synonyms: jelly |
(noun) a colorless water-soluble glutinous protein obtained from animal tissues such as bone and skin | Synonyms: gelatine |
gelatine | (noun) a colorless water-soluble glutinous protein obtained from animal tissues such as bone and skin | Synonyms: gelatin |
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gelatinousness | (noun) the property of having a viscosity like jelly | Synonyms: glutinosity, glutinousness |
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glycerogelatin | (noun) a medicated skin preparation made from glycerin and glycerinated gelatin | Synonyms: glycerogel |
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interrelatedness | (noun) mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness | Synonyms: interrelation, interrelationship |
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interrelation | (noun) mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness | Synonyms: interrelatedness, interrelationship |
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interrelationship | (noun) mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness | Synonyms: interrelatedness, interrelation |
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melatonin | (noun) hormone secreted by the pineal gland | - |
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myelatelia | (noun) any developmental defect of the spinal cord | - |
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prelate | (noun) a senior clergyman and dignitary | Synonyms: archpriest, hierarch, high priest, primate |
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prelature | (noun) the office or station of a prelate | Synonyms: prelacy |
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(noun) prelates collectively | Synonyms: prelacy |
relatedness | (noun) a particular manner of connectedness | - |
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relation | (noun) an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together | - |
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(noun) (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups | - |
(noun) sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur | Synonyms: carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, copulation, intercourse, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation |
(noun) (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time | Synonyms: relation back |
(noun) an act of narration | Synonyms: recounting, telling |
(noun) a person related by blood or marriage | Synonyms: relative |
relations | (noun) mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups | Synonyms: dealings |
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relationship | (noun) a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness) | Synonyms: human relationship |
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(noun) (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption | Synonyms: family relationship, kinship |
(noun) a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection) | - |
(noun) a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries | - |
relative | (noun) an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) | Synonyms: congenator, congener, congeneric |
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(noun) a person related by blood or marriage | Synonyms: relation |
relativisation | (noun) the act or result of making relative or regarding as relative rather than absolute. | Synonyms: relativization |
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relativism | (noun) (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that all criteria of judgment are relative to the individuals and situations involved | - |
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relativity | (noun) the quality of being relative and having significance only in relation to something else | - |
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(noun) (physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts | Synonyms: Einstein's theory of relativity, relativity theory, theory of relativity |
relativization | (noun) the act or result of making relative or regarding as relative rather than absolute. | Synonyms: relativisation |
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relatum | (noun) a term in a proposition that is related to the referent of the proposition | - |
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revelation | (noun) an enlightening or astonishing disclosure | - |
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(noun) communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency | Synonyms: divine revelation |
(noun) the speech act of making something evident | Synonyms: disclosure, revealing |
steprelationship | (noun) a family relationship by virtue of remarriage | - |
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unrelatedness | (noun) the lack of any particular manner of connectedness | - |
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