censor | (noun) a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable | - |
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(noun) someone who censures or condemns | - |
censoring | (noun) deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances | Synonyms: censorship |
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(noun) counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy | Synonyms: censorship, security review |
censorship | (noun) deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances | Synonyms: censoring |
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(noun) counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy | Synonyms: censoring, security review |
consort | (noun) a family of similar musical instrument playing together | Synonyms: choir |
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(noun) the husband or wife of a reigning monarch | - |
consortium | (noun) an association of companies for some definite purpose | Synonyms: pool, syndicate |
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extensor | (noun) a skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part | Synonyms: extensor muscle |
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microsensor | (noun) A submicrometer- to millimeter-size device that converts a nonelectrical physical or chemical quantity, such as pressure, acceleration, temperature, or gas concentration, into an electrical signal; it is generally able to offer better sensitivity, accuracy, dynamic range, and reliability, as well as lower power consumption, compared to larger counterparts. | - |
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ostensorium | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration | Synonyms: monstrance |
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prehensor | (noun) the anterior pair of legs of a centipede that are modified to seize prey and inject venom from the toxicognaths | - |
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sensor | (noun) any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner | Synonyms: detector, sensing element |
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sensorium | (noun) the areas of the brain that process and register incoming sensory information and make possible the conscious awareness of the world | - |
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sponsor | (noun) someone who supports or champions something | Synonyms: patron, supporter |
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(noun) an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.) | Synonyms: presenter |
sponsorship | (noun) the act of sponsoring (either officially or financially) | - |
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suspensor | (noun) a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise | Synonyms: athletic supporter, jock, jockstrap, supporter |
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suspensory | (noun) a bandage of elastic fabric applied to uplift a dependant part (as the scrotum or a pendulous breast) | Synonyms: suspensory bandage |
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tensor | (noun) any of several muscles that cause an attached structure to become tense or firm | - |
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(noun) a generalization of the concept of a vector | - |