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4700 lines
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of American hemiparasitic plants (family Loranthaceae) having erect and vertically 2-celled anthers \u2014 see mistletoe sense 2a":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"New Latin, from Greek ph\u014dr thief + dendron tree; from the parasitic habit":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccf\u014dr\u0259\u02c8dendr\u0259n"
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],
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"phobia":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation":[],
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": exaggerated fear of":[
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"acro phobia"
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],
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": intolerance or aversion for":[
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"photo phobia"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"His fear of crowds eventually developed into a phobia .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"For someone who was once afraid of flying, Danny Ramirez sure picks projects that force him to push through his phobia on screen. \u2014 Brett Williams, Men's Health , 17 May 2022",
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"Since then, her phobia has put her in some mortifying situations. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"But the move is causing a mixed reaction among workers: some are happier and more productive with their furry animals by their side, while others are annoyed or have quit their jobs due to allergies or a phobia . \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Sep. 2021",
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"These are hallmarks of social anxiety, a phobia of being judged, negatively evaluated or rejected in a social or performance situation, according to the Anxiety & Depression Association of America. \u2014 Kristen Rogers, CNN , 1 Apr. 2022",
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"Conquering a decades-long phobia of plane travel, Nicky is shown digging even deeper to flirt with a beautiful, high-spirited flight attendant before takeoff. \u2014 Pamela Rafalow Grossman, Essence , 16 Mar. 2022",
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"The phobia affects hundreds of thousands of people in the United States alone. \u2014 Jennifer Billock, Good Housekeeping , 20 Jan. 2022",
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"For Anna, that meant a devastating backstory (the likes of which won't be revealed here to avoid spoiling the fun) and a debilitating phobia \u2014 in this case, ombrophobia, or a fear of the rain. \u2014 Lauren Huff, EW.com , 28 Jan. 2022",
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"Our family dynamic has blessed me with a fierce sense of independence that has also unintentionally cursed me with a phobia of asking for help or inconveniencing the people around me. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 13 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1786, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"-phobia":"Noun",
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"New Latin, from Late Latin, from Greek, from -phobos fearing, from phobos fear, flight, from phebesthai to flee; akin to Lithuanian b\u0117gti to flee, Old Church Slavonic b\u011b\u017eati":"Noun combining form"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u014d-b\u0113-\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192851",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"noun combining form"
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]
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},
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"phone sex":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": prerecorded sex-oriented telephone messages available to those who call a commercial service":[],
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": sex-oriented telephone conversations (as with an operator employed by a commercial service or with a lover)":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1982, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-085122",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"phoney":{
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"antonyms":[
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"counterfeit",
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"fake",
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"forgery",
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"hoax",
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"humbug",
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"sham"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": arousing suspicion : probably dishonest":[
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"something phony about the story"
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],
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": counterfeit , fake":[
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"\u2014 often used with up a paper phonied up on the spur of the moment \u2014 William Faulkner"
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],
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": false , sham":[
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"a phony name"
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],
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": having no basis in fact : fictitious":[
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"phony publicity stories"
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],
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": hypocritical":[],
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": intended to deceive or mislead":[],
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": intended to defraud : counterfeit":[],
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": making a false show: such as":[],
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": not genuine or real: such as":[],
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": one that is phony":[],
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": sound":[
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"tele phony"
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],
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": specious":[
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"has a phony poetic elegance",
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"\u2014 New Republic"
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],
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": speech disorder of a (specified) type":[
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"dys phonia"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"a phony watch with a designer logo",
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"she always has this phony smile just before she betrays you",
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"Noun",
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"According to him, politics is full of phonies .",
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"I don't think she ever meant to help us. What a phony !",
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"Verb",
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"the terrorists were able to move around the country using phonied driver's licenses",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"But officials quickly learned that her cover story was phony \u2014 the mental health evaluation was made up \u2014 and a manhunt began. \u2014 CBS News , 12 May 2022",
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"Despite a trail of mutilated bodies left behind, Russia has claimed that evidence uncovered by international investigators is phony . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022",
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"Assembling phony evidence after the fact was, for Trump and his band of loyalists, a formality. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 17 June 2022",
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"The Wire isn't a series about choosing sides \u2014 jaded lawmen vs. strategic gangsters \u2014 but about seeing how everyone's soul is compromised in the rat race toward a phony American dream. \u2014 refinery29.com , 9 June 2022",
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"Jordan\u2019s statement, for example, contains one of LRS\u2019s allegedly phony claims that Abbott and many other scientists have long pointed out. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022",
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"As mediated with social-app filters and judicious editing, a story doesn\u2019t have to be 100 percent false to be totally phony . \u2014 James Poniewozik, New York Times , 2 May 2022",
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"Among those newly emerging illicit substances is metonitazene, the synthetic opioid that an investigator said Moaf used to make phony oxycodone pills. \u2014 Paul Duggan, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
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"This is clearly just a move to try and rally Republican voters to go to the polls in November with this phony fear that immigrants are going to take over the state. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 18 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"It could even be said that the biggest phony of the lot is Mr. Trump himself, former ally of the Clintons and other unreliable causes. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
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"Two television ads from a super PAC called Pennsylvania Conservative Fund try to portray Oz as a phony who is merely pretending to be a conservative. \u2014 Daniel Dale, CNN , 8 Apr. 2022",
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"Professor Harold Hill is the ultimate phony \u2014 and Hugh Jackman, unfortunately, isn\u2019t playing one. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"But Nez felt like a phony even though the producers placated him by including a couple of his songs on the early albums. \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 9 Jan. 2022",
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"And there\u2019s a guy with a computerized fake eyeball that\u2019s occasionally given to popping out and rolling around\u2014everything about this phony eyeball is funny. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 29 Sep. 2021",
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"Carlson is revealed as just another phony \u2014the exact kind of person Carlson the magazine writer would have skewered. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 16 Sep. 2021",
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"And your stage persona is usually making fun of a show-business- phony -type person. \u2014 Jesse David Fox, Vulture , 16 Sep. 2021",
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"But the screen Larry saw for a bank statement was likely a phony . \u2014 Dallas News , 21 June 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"In fact, legislators and regulators are rolling back regulations designed to protect investors, who in this case are estimated to have lost $100 billion to phony Chinese firms. \u2014 Gary Thompson, Philly.com , 29 Mar. 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1889, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
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"1902, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1940, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Greek -ph\u014dnia, from -ph\u014dnos \"having a sound (of the kind or number specified)\" (derivative of ph\u014dn\u1e17 \"sound made by something living, voice, speech, utterance\") + -ia -ia entry 1 \u2014 more at phono-":"Noun combining form",
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"derivative of phony entry 1":"Noun",
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"derivative of phony entry 1 or phony entry 2":"Verb",
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"perhaps alteration of fawney gilded brass ring used in the fawney rig, a confidence game, from Irish f\u00e1inne ring, from Old Irish \u00e1nne \u2014 more at anus":"Adjective"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u014d-n\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bogus",
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"counterfeit",
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"fake",
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"false",
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"forged",
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"inauthentic",
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"queer",
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"sham",
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"snide",
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"spurious",
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"unauthentic"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082256",
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"type":[
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"adverb",
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"noun",
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"noun combining form",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"phoney-baloney":{
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"antonyms":[
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"artless",
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"candid",
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"genuine",
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"heartfelt",
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"honest",
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"sincere",
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"undesigning",
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"unfeigned"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": phony sense e":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1936, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u014d-n\u0113-b\u0259-\u02c8l\u014d-n\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"artificial",
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"backhanded",
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"counterfeit",
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"double",
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"double-dealing",
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"double-faced",
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"fake",
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"feigned",
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"hypocritical",
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"insincere",
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"Janus-faced",
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"jive",
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"left-handed",
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"lip",
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"mealy",
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"mealymouthed",
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"Pecksniffian",
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"phony",
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"phoney",
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"pretended",
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"two-faced",
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"unctuous"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203213",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"phonograph":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an instrument for reproducing sounds by means of the vibration of a stylus or needle following a spiral groove on a revolving disc or cylinder":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Voyager 1 and 2 took with them golden phonograph records with images and sounds meant to reflect human culture. \u2014 Zoe Sottile, CNN , 7 May 2022",
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"That was life up until Thomas Edison revolutionized music consumption for the first time in history with the invention of the phonograph , a 10-inch, 78 RPM cylinder disc that could only contain about three minutes of music per side. \u2014 Ryan Larry, Rolling Stone , 7 Feb. 2022",
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"When the two men brought the Koss Model 390 phonograph to a Wisconsin hi-fi show soon after, the headphones were a hit; the larger unit, not so much. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Feb. 2022",
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"Dating back to Thomas Edison\u2019s invention of the phonograph , the etched discs of polyvinyl chloride plastic became ubiquitous in the early 20th century. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 11 Jan. 2022",
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"From the phonograph to LP's, 8track, cassettes, CDs, MP3, streaming services, and now NFTs. \u2014 Yola Robert, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
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"Happenstance events in his daily life\u2014visits to s\u00e9ances, an encounter with an X-ray machine, the arrival of a phonograph \u2014are seamlessly folded into his sanatorium epic. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 17 Jan. 2022",
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"The piano company closed a few years later, and the sprawling factory complex was split up and used by other manufacturers in subsequent years, including a pasta factory and revived Steger furniture and phonograph companies. \u2014 Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com , 9 Jan. 2022",
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"Patek Has Shoehorned a Gramophone Into Its Latest Watch Patek Philippe\u2019s new audiophile minute repeater, Reference 5750, takes aural inspiration from Thomas Edison\u2019s phonograph . \u2014 Tim Barber, Wired , 18 Dec. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1877, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"phono- + -graph":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u014d-n\u0259-\u02ccgraf"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105939",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"phony":{
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"antonyms":[
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"counterfeit",
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"fake",
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"forgery",
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"hoax",
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"humbug",
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"sham"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": arousing suspicion : probably dishonest":[
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"something phony about the story"
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],
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": counterfeit , fake":[
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"\u2014 often used with up a paper phonied up on the spur of the moment \u2014 William Faulkner"
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],
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": false , sham":[
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"a phony name"
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],
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": having no basis in fact : fictitious":[
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"phony publicity stories"
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],
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": hypocritical":[],
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": intended to deceive or mislead":[],
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": intended to defraud : counterfeit":[],
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": making a false show: such as":[],
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": not genuine or real: such as":[],
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": one that is phony":[],
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": sound":[
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"tele phony"
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],
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": specious":[
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"has a phony poetic elegance",
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"\u2014 New Republic"
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],
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": speech disorder of a (specified) type":[
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"dys phonia"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"a phony watch with a designer logo",
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"she always has this phony smile just before she betrays you",
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"Noun",
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"According to him, politics is full of phonies .",
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"I don't think she ever meant to help us. What a phony !",
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"Verb",
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"the terrorists were able to move around the country using phonied driver's licenses",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"But officials quickly learned that her cover story was phony \u2014 the mental health evaluation was made up \u2014 and a manhunt began. \u2014 CBS News , 12 May 2022",
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"Despite a trail of mutilated bodies left behind, Russia has claimed that evidence uncovered by international investigators is phony . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022",
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"Assembling phony evidence after the fact was, for Trump and his band of loyalists, a formality. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 17 June 2022",
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"The Wire isn't a series about choosing sides \u2014 jaded lawmen vs. strategic gangsters \u2014 but about seeing how everyone's soul is compromised in the rat race toward a phony American dream. \u2014 refinery29.com , 9 June 2022",
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"Jordan\u2019s statement, for example, contains one of LRS\u2019s allegedly phony claims that Abbott and many other scientists have long pointed out. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022",
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"As mediated with social-app filters and judicious editing, a story doesn\u2019t have to be 100 percent false to be totally phony . \u2014 James Poniewozik, New York Times , 2 May 2022",
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"Among those newly emerging illicit substances is metonitazene, the synthetic opioid that an investigator said Moaf used to make phony oxycodone pills. \u2014 Paul Duggan, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
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"This is clearly just a move to try and rally Republican voters to go to the polls in November with this phony fear that immigrants are going to take over the state. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 18 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"It could even be said that the biggest phony of the lot is Mr. Trump himself, former ally of the Clintons and other unreliable causes. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
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"Two television ads from a super PAC called Pennsylvania Conservative Fund try to portray Oz as a phony who is merely pretending to be a conservative. \u2014 Daniel Dale, CNN , 8 Apr. 2022",
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"Professor Harold Hill is the ultimate phony \u2014 and Hugh Jackman, unfortunately, isn\u2019t playing one. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"But Nez felt like a phony even though the producers placated him by including a couple of his songs on the early albums. \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 9 Jan. 2022",
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"And there\u2019s a guy with a computerized fake eyeball that\u2019s occasionally given to popping out and rolling around\u2014everything about this phony eyeball is funny. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 29 Sep. 2021",
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"Carlson is revealed as just another phony \u2014the exact kind of person Carlson the magazine writer would have skewered. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 16 Sep. 2021",
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"And your stage persona is usually making fun of a show-business- phony -type person. \u2014 Jesse David Fox, Vulture , 16 Sep. 2021",
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"But the screen Larry saw for a bank statement was likely a phony . \u2014 Dallas News , 21 June 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"In fact, legislators and regulators are rolling back regulations designed to protect investors, who in this case are estimated to have lost $100 billion to phony Chinese firms. \u2014 Gary Thompson, Philly.com , 29 Mar. 2018"
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],
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"1889, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
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"1902, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1940, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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},
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"derivative of phony entry 1":"Noun",
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"derivative of phony entry 1 or phony entry 2":"Verb",
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"perhaps alteration of fawney gilded brass ring used in the fawney rig, a confidence game, from Irish f\u00e1inne ring, from Old Irish \u00e1nne \u2014 more at anus":"Adjective"
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": a serious virus disease of the peach that causes dwarfing, abnormally dark green leaves, and a light crop of small but highly colored fruit, makes the trees stop bearing after a few years, and is of lesser importance on almond, apricot, nectarine, and plum":[]
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"genuine",
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"heartfelt",
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"honest",
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"sincere",
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"undesigning",
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"unfeigned"
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],
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": phony sense e":[]
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"1936, in the meaning defined above":""
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"artificial",
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"backhanded",
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"fake",
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"feigned",
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"hypocritical",
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"insincere",
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"Janus-faced",
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"jive",
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"left-handed",
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"lip",
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"mealy",
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"mealymouthed",
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"Pecksniffian",
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"phony",
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"phoney",
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"pretended",
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"two-faced",
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"unctuous"
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],
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"phonyness":{
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"Definition of phonyness variant spelling of phoniness"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-202557",
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"type":[]
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"phoo":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"\u2014 compare phew":[
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"\u2014 used to express contempt, repudiation, or astonishment"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114103",
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"type":[
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"interjection"
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[
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"phooey , I can't believe we did so poorly in the rankings of the best places to live"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1919, in the meaning defined above":""
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"faugh",
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"fie",
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"phew",
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"rats",
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"ugh",
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"yech",
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"yecch",
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"yuck",
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"yuk"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051051",
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"type":[
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"phooka":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
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"Definition of phooka variant spelling of pooka"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-022058",
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"type":[]
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"photo-realistic":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a movement in painting characterized by photographic exactness of detail":[
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"A couple of years later his friend and fellow tennis pro Vitas Gerulaitis introduced him to photorealism . Now that's really art, McEnroe thought. It looks just like photographs.",
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"\u2014 Franz Lidz"
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],
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": the quality in art (such as animation or painting) of depicting or seeming to depict real people, objects, etc. with the exactness of a photograph":[
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"Luca is largely a departure from the sort of animation style we're used to seeing in Pixar movies, swapping photorealism for something more stylised \u2026",
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"\u2014 Patrick Cremona",
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"Photorealism in gaming means the characters and scenery are supposed to mirror real life in visuals as closely as possible.",
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"\u2014 Elizabeth Gipe",
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"[Robyn] Penn works from found images \u2026 and in the process of painting brings a ghostly, ephemeral quality to the photorealism of the documented ice-scapes.",
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"\u2014 Alexandra Dodd"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1961, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u014d-\u02c8r\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccli-z\u0259m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195932",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"noun,"
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]
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},
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"photovoltage":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": electromotive force developed by a photosensitive device as a result of the incidence of radiant energy":[]
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"phot- + voltage":""
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"pronounciation":[
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"\"+"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203459",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"photovoltaic":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, or utilizing the generation of a voltage when radiant energy falls on the boundary between dissimilar substances (such as two different semiconductors)":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"China is the world\u2019s largest producer of solar panels, photovoltaic cells, and the materials necessary to make them. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 8 June 2022",
|
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"Solar energy\u2019s success depends on its business model as much as its photovoltaic cells. \u2014 James Conca, Forbes , 10 June 2021",
|
|
"The Tech Imperceptible slits in the Roman numerals allow light to reach photovoltaic cells hidden underneath. \u2014 Leena Kim And Olivia Hosken, Town & Country , 17 May 2022",
|
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"The 50,000 photovoltaic panels were customized to optimize power generation at the site. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 20 May 2022",
|
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"The building exterior had to be cut back, most notably the number of elevated structural decks above the roofs, which impacted the distribution of photovoltaic panels. \u2014 Y-jean Mun-delsalle, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Those sources of energy use minuscule amounts of water in comparison, mostly to clean turbine blades and photovoltaic panels. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 May 2022",
|
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"An array of photovoltaic solar panels on the roof provides about 90 percent of its energy needs. \u2014 Justin Fenner, Robb Report , 30 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Chan points out that rooftop spaces that would otherwise have been unusable will house photovoltaic panels instead. \u2014 Y-jean Mun-delsalle, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1889, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u014d-v\u00e4l-\u02c8t\u0101-ik",
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"-v\u014dl-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191257",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"phonestheme":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the common feature of sound occurring in a group of symbolic words":[
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"He points to a 1929 experiment by Edward Sapir in which Sapir's subjects were asked to match nonsense words with small and large versions of the same object. The subjects tended to match words with a high vowel (such as ee) to the small object and those with a low vowel (such as the o in \"cot\") to the larger object. British linguist J.R. Firth later called these links between sound and meaning \" phonesthemes .\"",
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"\u2014 Michael Erard"
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]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"f\u014d-\u02c8nes-\u02ccth\u0113m"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"blend of phoneme and esthetic":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1930, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144153"
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},
|
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"phototherapy":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": light therapy":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u014d-\u02c8ther-\u0259-p\u0113",
|
|
"-\u02c8ther-\u0259-p\u0113"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Sometimes, topicals and phototherapy aren\u2019t enough, and this is where systemic medications, like biologics, come in. \u2014 Eleesha Lockett, SELF , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Applying greasy topicals every day or making the trip to your doctor\u2019s office for phototherapy simply may be tough to maintain for your particular lifestyle. \u2014 Stephanie Watson, SELF , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Oboro founded her company Tiny Hearts in 2016, shortly after Tombra's recovery, and began developing the phototherapy cribs. \u2014 Rebecca Cairns, CNN , 21 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Ask about phototherapy treatment if other treatments don\u2019t help. \u2014 Claire Gillespie, SELF , 23 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The team is working on protective eye wear, to blindfold babies safely during phototherapy . \u2014 Rebecca Cairns, CNN , 21 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Many cases are mild and resolve on their own, but more serious cases require phototherapy , where babies are placed under blue light. \u2014 Rebecca Cairns, CNN , 21 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"About 70% of people with eczema see improvement with phototherapy , according to the National Eczema Association. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 5 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"About 70% of people with eczema see improvement with phototherapy , according to the National Eczema Association. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 5 Feb. 2020"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1899, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165646"
|
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},
|
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"phone tag":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": telephone tag":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"\u201cHave you talked to your sister about the party yet",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"After a game of phone tag with the ER and the ER\u2019s billing firm and several months of waiting, Warner received another letter from his insurer. \u2014 Aneri Pattani, Dallas News , 3 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Through its mobile-first platform, Sonder uses technology to help customers avoid typical hotel headaches like waiting in line for a physical check-in and phone tag for service and maintenance requests. \u2014 Laura Forman, WSJ , 8 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"After playing phone tag during the week, men\u2019s basketball coach Chris Collins was among the first to welcome him at Ryan Fieldhouse. \u2014 Shannon Ryan, chicagotribune.com , 7 June 2021",
|
|
"Sure, sending a brief text or email can be quicker than playing phone tag . \u2014 Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes , 11 May 2021",
|
|
"After playing phone tag with the officer, the Cleveland man was charged with theft by deception. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 2 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"The report detailed a game of phone tag between the -1 phone number and Mr. Giuliani on Aug. 8. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"If the past few weeks have been plagued with endless phone tag , emails that have gone unreplied, and general malaise, Mars\u2019s direct motion in ambitious Capricorn will make sure your career is back-on-track by the end of the month. \u2014 Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure , 30 July 2018",
|
|
"The two men played phone tag and eventually agreed to meet at Greenstreet, a popular Coconut Grove cafe, but Greenberg stood him up. \u2014 David Smiley And Glenn Garvin, miamiherald , 19 June 2018"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1984, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170829"
|
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},
|
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"photograph":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a picture or likeness obtained by photography":[],
|
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": to take a photograph of":[],
|
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": to take a photograph":[],
|
|
": to appear as an image in a photograph":[
|
|
"an actress who photographs well"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u014d-t\u0259-\u02ccgraf"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"photo",
|
|
"pic",
|
|
"print",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"snapshot"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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"mug",
|
|
"photo",
|
|
"shoot",
|
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"snap"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"I always take a lot of photographs when I travel.",
|
|
"the old photograph was faded but still clear enough to make out",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"He photographed the women sitting on the bench.",
|
|
"She was photographed in the studio.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"This is the kind of photograph that the country needs to see. \u2014 Monica Hesse, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"In the flat red frame of a photograph , a woman smiles upward. \u2014 New York Times , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"This is the transmission\u2014the rear is to the left of the photograph . \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 14 June 2022",
|
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"The entire scene looked straight out of a Tim Walker photograph . \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 5 June 2022",
|
|
"Most of the imagery associated with lynching had the opposite effect of the Till photograph \u2014serving to further distance the viewer from the victims, rather than humanize them. \u2014 The New Yorker , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"For an art director, the appeal of a distinctive photograph is obvious. \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"Kidman losing herself in the reverie of a childhood photograph , eyes glazing over with fireworks that have long since burned out). \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 11 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The court held that the use of the photograph constituted fair use. \u2014 Ariane De Vogue, CNN , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Ferrato had been commissioned by Playboy Japan to photograph a swinger couple \u2014 Elisabeth and Bengt \u2014 in their home life. \u2014 Julius Constantine Motal, NBC News , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Usually, school children send their Flat Stanleys to friends and family around the world and ask them to photograph it in interesting places \u2014 but in April 2000, the Gap paired students in Crommett's class with Gap employees. \u2014 Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Take a walk through your neighborhood and photograph everything in bloom. \u2014 Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"These larvae are transparent, fast-moving and hard to photograph , Ianniello and Mears say. \u2014 Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Less than 1 minute to photograph Marion Cotillard!). \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"On Monday evening, what began as an event to photograph like many others, slowly shifted in mood. \u2014 Matt Goul, cleveland , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"But also think about different ways to photograph the experience. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"Tyler Mitchell, the first Black photographer to ever photograph an American Vogue cover, was tapped to capture the campaign of Zara\u2019s latest beauty launch. \u2014 Greg Emmanuel, Essence , 22 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
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|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1839, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
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"1839, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-171615"
|
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},
|
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"photo opportunity":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a situation or event that lends itself to and is often arranged expressly for the taking of pictures that give favorable publicity to the individuals photographed":[]
|
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},
|
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"The mayor's visit to the hospital was a good photo opportunity .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The event turned out to be little more than a photo opportunity and a chance for a visibly angry Newsom to vent about his nemesis. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Reservations for the photo opportunity are not required, but are encouraged to reduce wait times. \u2014 Carol Kovach, cleveland , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Before hearing clemency pleas on behalf of Death Row inmates, the board issues a press release announcing it will close the meeting to the public and the press \u2014 except for a brief photo opportunity at the start. \u2014 Alan Judd, ajc , 25 Aug. 2014",
|
|
"As the fighters stood nose-to-nose for a photo opportunity , Fury\u2019s father and a member of Whyte\u2019s entourage began mouthing off to one another. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Last month, a photo opportunity went off the rails when Mr. Sunak seemed unsure how to fill up a car at a gas station. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Reading time was followed by a book signing and photo opportunity with the author. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The bats emerge daily at sunset in large groups, which is a surreal experience and cool photo opportunity . \u2014 Rebecca Treon, Chron , 15 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Hop & Bowl includes 2 games of bowling, shoe rental, small soda, photo opportunity with Easter Bunny and small gift. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 31 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1952, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172025"
|
|
},
|
|
"photo op":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": photo opportunity":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u02c8\u00e4p"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"While Princess Estelle sported a floral headband that perfectly matched her blue dress for the photo op , the other princesses sported tiaras \u2014 for the first time ever! \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"But this year\u2019s honorary Rev chair Will Power, the 2018 Indy 500 champ, went beyond the photo op and was part of the evening's entertainment lineup, playing drums with the Ed Lanier band. \u2014 Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star , 8 May 2022",
|
|
"The plaintiffs asserted the government used unnecessary force to enable a photo op of Trump holding a Bible outside of the historical St. John\u2019s Church. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 June 2021",
|
|
"Then each award recipient (26 of the 33 were in attendance) came up in alphabetical order to receive a certificate and yard sign, shake the Mayor\u2019s hand and pose for a photo op with their parent. \u2014 Rich Heileman, cleveland , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"Bukele, a prolific user of social media, has posted videos of prisoners being handcuffed and herded into prison halls, where hundreds were sandwiched together for a photo op . \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"There would be no eerie uplit gatherings around glowing orbs with rulers of dissent-crushing Arab countries like Trump's photo op with the Saudis. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 16 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Rather, the ceremony was just for fun and a photo op for the couple, who have have apparently joked about eloping in Vegas before. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Take a ride to the Elegant Farmer with onboard activities, followed by return trip to get photo op with the Easter Bunny. \u2014 Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 1 Apr. 2022"
|
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],
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"He studied both film and still photography .",
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"Landscape photography is her hobby.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"An effective website is one that instantly catches the visitor\u2019s attention, so surprise your audience by using unique photography rather than a stock image. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
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"But most of Werman\u2019s professional life has been focused on journalism, spanning radio, television, print, digital and documentary photography . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 June 2022",
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"Granted early release from the Army to study photography at the San Francisco Art Institute, Brand packed up his VW bus and, in August 1962, lit out for the Bay Area. \u2014 Benjamin Kunkel, The New Republic , 14 June 2022",
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"The successor brought Cinematic mode video recording to the selfie cam and Smart HDR 4 photography . \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 13 June 2022",
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"The company will also be required to help promote wildlife photography in the area, sponsor beach cleanups, and build wildlife crossings on the highway that leads to its site. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 13 June 2022",
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"At the invitation of Vogue\u2019s creative director Alexander Liberman, Klein returned to New York and took up street photography . \u2014 Vogue , 2 June 2022",
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"The series features many stunning backdrops with the dinosaurs created virtually in a way that mimics real photography . \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
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"In the journalism awards, Los Angeles Times foreign correspondent and photojournalist Marcus Yam received the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for his coverage of the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 May 2022"
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"\u02c8f\u014d-t\u014d"
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"We gave them a framed family photo for their anniversary.",
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"You aren't allowed to take photos inside the theater.",
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"Verb",
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"photoed the historic mansion for a decorating magazine",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"That day, Monroe posted a photo on Twitter of himself and his girlfriend in front of a mural that featured the city\u2019s name prominently \u2013 clearly depicting his whereabouts. \u2014 Annie Martin, Orlando Sentinel , 24 June 2022",
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"Carter locked down her social media channels after Kelly posted the photo of her son. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 23 June 2022",
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"The sign in front of the insurance firm first got attention on Monday, when Millinocket resident Alura Stillwagon posted a photo of the sign to Facebook. \u2014 Timothy Bella, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
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"Earlier this month, the Fabletics co-founder posted a family photo on Instagram with her children to mark Ryder's latest academic milestone, becoming a high-school graduate. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
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"On Monday, his campaign posted a photo of him at a brewery over the weekend. \u2014 Becky Bohrer, Anchorage Daily News , 21 June 2022",
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"Torres, who is Catholic, said Campo posted a photo of him with two young children. \u2014 Olivia Mitchell, cleveland , 21 June 2022",
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"Cruz posted a photo of his mom smiling, asking others to join the movement and post their own #BlackJoy moments. \u2014 Camille Fine, USA TODAY , 19 June 2022",
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"Facebook user Casey Scott posted a photo of Sriracha along with this offer. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 17 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"On May 3, The Flight Attendant actress posted a photo gallery on Instagram. \u2014 Rebecca Norris, Good Housekeeping , 13 May 2022",
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"The Salt Lake Tribune has assembled this photo gallery of some of the former Utah Pantages Theatre\u2019s past heyday and ongoing demolition. \u2014 Tony Semerad, The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 May 2022",
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"For a quick break right now, here's a photo gallery of just pretty pictures of flowers. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 5 May 2022",
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"The importance of the U.S. ambassador position to China can be seen in a photo gallery of his predecessors near in the Embassy entrance, most of whom have gone to higher positions at home. \u2014 Russell Flannery, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
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"My British parents kept a photo album of Kodak color snaps with images of our family enjoying our life in Los Angeles between 1966 and 1969. \u2014 Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times , 14 Dec. 2021",
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"And Kardashian has finally shared some photo evidence of the event. \u2014 Carrie Wittmer, Glamour , 6 Apr. 2022",
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"There\u2019s a full schedule of photo opportunities with the stars, individually and in groups. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
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"In response to the sudden firestorm of attention, VDNKh posted a photo gallery and videos of the orcas on its Facebook page. \u2014 Will Egensteiner, Outside Online , 28 Oct. 2014"
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"1868, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"1878, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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"photo phobic",
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"Anglo phobic"
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],
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": lacking chemical affinity for (see affinity entry 1 sense 2b(2) )":[
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"These polymers are like soaps, with a hydro phobic and a hydrophilic portion in the molecule.",
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"\u2014 Mercouri G. Kanatzidis"
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],
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": of, relating to, affected with, or constituting phobia":[],
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"\u2014 compare -philic":[
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"These polymers are like soaps, with a hydro phobic and a hydrophilic portion in the molecule.",
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"\u2014 Mercouri G. Kanatzidis"
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]
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"examples":[
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"She is phobic about heights.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"While not on this list, anything that is racist, sexist, homophobic, harmful, hateful, deragatory, fat- phobic , or offensive to any person or group of people has NO place anywhere. \u2014 Shauna Harrison, SELF , 14 June 2022",
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"Inflation- phobic Germany just hit 7.3 percent annually. \u2014 Douglas Carr, National Review , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Even among those who support the American- phobic and anti-Ukrainian propaganda myths, there are bitter disputes. \u2014 Stanislav Kucher, CNN , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"So does this mean spoiler- phobic viewers will have to start getting up early on Fridays, instead of Wednesdays",
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"Stuck between an oil- phobic progressive movement and a supermajority of American car-lovers, Biden has vacillated without relief. \u2014 Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review , 9 Mar. 2022",
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"Perhaps Saturday authorized even the most snow- phobic to believe that memories of Jan. 28 may now be dismissed. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Mar. 2022",
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"Next to the skin is a high-tech, moisture- phobic fiber than wicks moisture quickly out to the merino outer layer. \u2014 Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online , 23 July 2020",
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"Inflation- phobic Germany just saw prices rise in November by 5.2%, a 29-year record. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 30 Nov. 2021"
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"snap"
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|
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|
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"I always take a lot of photographs when I travel.",
|
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"the old photograph was faded but still clear enough to make out",
|
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"Verb",
|
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"He photographed the women sitting on the bench.",
|
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"She was photographed in the studio.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"This is the kind of photograph that the country needs to see. \u2014 Monica Hesse, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
|
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"In the flat red frame of a photograph , a woman smiles upward. \u2014 New York Times , 28 June 2022",
|
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"This is the transmission\u2014the rear is to the left of the photograph . \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 14 June 2022",
|
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"The entire scene looked straight out of a Tim Walker photograph . \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 5 June 2022",
|
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"Most of the imagery associated with lynching had the opposite effect of the Till photograph \u2014serving to further distance the viewer from the victims, rather than humanize them. \u2014 The New Yorker , 4 June 2022",
|
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"For an art director, the appeal of a distinctive photograph is obvious. \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"Kidman losing herself in the reverie of a childhood photograph , eyes glazing over with fireworks that have long since burned out). \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 11 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The court held that the use of the photograph constituted fair use. \u2014 Ariane De Vogue, CNN , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Ferrato had been commissioned by Playboy Japan to photograph a swinger couple \u2014 Elisabeth and Bengt \u2014 in their home life. \u2014 Julius Constantine Motal, NBC News , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Usually, school children send their Flat Stanleys to friends and family around the world and ask them to photograph it in interesting places \u2014 but in April 2000, the Gap paired students in Crommett's class with Gap employees. \u2014 Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Take a walk through your neighborhood and photograph everything in bloom. \u2014 Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"These larvae are transparent, fast-moving and hard to photograph , Ianniello and Mears say. \u2014 Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Less than 1 minute to photograph Marion Cotillard!). \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"On Monday evening, what began as an event to photograph like many others, slowly shifted in mood. \u2014 Matt Goul, cleveland , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"But also think about different ways to photograph the experience. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"Tyler Mitchell, the first Black photographer to ever photograph an American Vogue cover, was tapped to capture the campaign of Zara\u2019s latest beauty launch. \u2014 Greg Emmanuel, Essence , 22 Mar. 2022"
|
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|
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|
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"1839, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
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"1839, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-192223"
|
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},
|
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"photoaging":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the cumulative detrimental effects (such as wrinkles or dark spots) on skin that result from long-term exposure to sunlight and especially ultraviolet light":[]
|
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|
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"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u014d-\u02c8\u0101-ji\u014b",
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"-\u02c8\u0101j-i\u014b"
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"The non-greasy, softening formula delivers powerful sun protection with SPF 50 to combat photoaging . \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Other studies have found similar links between topical omega-3 and a reduction in the signs of photoaging . \u2014 A.a. Newton, SELF , 28 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"Wrinkles, thinning and sagging skin, and sun spots known collectively as photoaging have all led to explosive growth in the global anti-aging skin care market. \u2014 Dr. Melina Jampolis, CNN , 16 May 2018"
|
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"1982, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-192444"
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"definitions":{
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": a system of shorthand writing based on sound":[]
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"f\u014d-",
|
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"f\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4-gr\u0259-f\u0113"
|
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],
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"phono- + -graphy":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
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"1701, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-195621"
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},
|
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"phono-":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"combining form",
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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|
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": sound : voice : speech":[
|
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"phono graph",
|
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"phono logy"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u014d-(\u02cc)n\u014d"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The inclusion of a pair of line-in RCA phono inputs is great for connecting something like a turntable or a CD player. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
|
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"Fans of analog sources will appreciate the two pairs of RCA line-level inputs, plus there\u2019s a MM phono stage with ultra-precise RIAA equalization, extremely low noise, and high overload margins. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 21 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"The phono preamp also has an innovative circuit that suppresses the infrasonic noise present on all vinyl, without compromising bass response. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 21 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"The Solstice Series Phono Stage NVC TT is the first Naim phono stage to use the DR technology that was first used on the company\u2019s flagship Statement amplifier. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 21 June 2021",
|
|
"There are no digital inputs on the A11 other than the Bluetooth function, but all the traditional analog inputs are there including four RCA analog inputs, a moving magnet phono stage, plus two sets of speaker outputs with five-way binding posts. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 29 June 2021",
|
|
"The turntable includes the Solstice Series phono stage, a power supply and bespoke accessories set. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 21 June 2021",
|
|
"In theory, every good phono amp should sound identical. \u2014 Parker Hall, Wired , 5 June 2021",
|
|
"But many new receivers don\u2019t have a phono input for turntables. \u2014 Don Melanson, Popular Mechanics , 18 July 2018"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"by shortening":"Noun",
|
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"borrowed from Greek, combining form from ph\u014dn\u1e17 \"sound made by something living, voice, speech, utterance,\" probably going back to Indo-European *b h oh 2 -neh 2 , o-grade derivative, with a suffixal -n-, from the verbal base *b h eh 2 - \"speak, say\" \u2014 more at ban entry 1":"Combining form"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1903, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-202226"
|
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"phonic wheel":{
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"type":[
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": either of two wheels one of which is at the receiving and the other at the transmitting station that rotate synchronously in some synchronous multiplex telegraph systems":[]
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"type":[
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"noun"
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": the science of making reliable measurements by the use of photographs and especially aerial photographs (as in surveying)":[]
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"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u0259-\u02c8gra-m\u0259-tr\u0113"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"To maintain this tradition, a delegation from the opposite clan traveled to Washington, D.C., to initiate the laser and CT scanning and photogrammetry of the sculpin hat. \u2014 Rachel Parsons, Scientific American , 29 June 2022",
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"To add realism to its virtual stage, Forza Motorsport used photogrammetry and 3D material scans to render grass, rocks, weeds, and clouds into the game. \u2014 Austin Irwin, Car and Driver , 13 June 2022",
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"Using photogrammetry in this cave and at other sites could change the way scientists discover and understand Native American cave art, including the intentions and meanings behind the designs. \u2014 CNN , 4 May 2022",
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"Those overlapping photographs were stitched together into a 3D model using photogrammetry , a software technology also used in making virtual maps and environments, and virtual objects for video games such as Call of Duty. \u2014 Mike Snider, USA TODAY , 6 May 2022",
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"But photogrammetry is also having a major impact there, said Radek Palonka, a professor of archaeology at Jagiellonian University in Poland who has studied Native American rock art in the Mesa Verde region for several years. \u2014 Tom Metcalfe, NBC News , 4 May 2022",
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"The photogrammetry process involves taking thousands of photos to create a 3D model of something. \u2014 CNN , 4 May 2022",
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"The team returned to the cave to create a 3-D model of the site with photogrammetry , a technique in which thousands of high-resolution photos are stitched together. \u2014 Megan Gannon, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 May 2022",
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"His team created the tour by stitching together thousands of photos in a 3-D video game engine\u2014a process known as photogrammetry . \u2014 Emma Schkloven, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Jan. 2022"
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"International Scientific Vocabulary photogram photograph (from phot- + -gram ) + -metry":""
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"1875, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a small room that one or two people can go into to have their photograph taken by putting money into a slot":[]
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": a book that lists the names, addresses, and phone numbers of the people and businesses in a certain area":[]
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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"definitions":{
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": relating to, obtained by, or used in photography":[],
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": representing nature and human beings with the exactness of a photograph":[],
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": capable of retaining vivid impressions":[
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"a photographic memory"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u0259-\u02c8gra-fik"
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],
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"examples":[
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"photographic images of the galaxy",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"There\u2019s photographic evidence of at least two MiG-29s flying combat missions while wearing the livery of the Ukrainian air force\u2019s defunct aerobatic team, which disbanded back in 2002. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
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"This was a year and a half before the iPhone, and photographic evidence was scarce. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
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"Like a camera obscura of old times, Photolux Festival aims to display a clear and well-defined selection of work from the international photographic scene. \u2014 Vogue , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"Together, the couple became part of the lively photographic and artistic scene in New York in the mid-20th century. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Mar. 2021",
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"But most of the non- photographic works are abstract, minimalist and often three-dimensional. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"Across the room, pinned to the wall, was an enlarged photographic image of an African American woman in a floral dress, sitting at a table on which there was a jug with a grotesque human face. \u2014 The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
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"The artist will exhibit their first-ever black-and-white 16mm film in addition to new and revisited photographic works, all of which tell the story of Estes' relationship with their late parents and family home. \u2014 Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic , 2 Feb. 2022",
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"Its sign is now covered with a green Central Camera banner and the sales floor packed with cameras, lenses, photographic film and printing materials. \u2014 Lauren Zumbach, chicagotribune.com , 25 May 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1839, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-211006"
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},
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"type":[
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"noun,"
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"definitions":{
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": the quality in art (such as animation or painting) of depicting or seeming to depict real people, objects, etc. with the exactness of a photograph":[
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"Luca is largely a departure from the sort of animation style we're used to seeing in Pixar movies, swapping photorealism for something more stylised \u2026",
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"\u2014 Patrick Cremona",
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"Photorealism in gaming means the characters and scenery are supposed to mirror real life in visuals as closely as possible.",
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"\u2014 Elizabeth Gipe",
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"[Robyn] Penn works from found images \u2026 and in the process of painting brings a ghostly, ephemeral quality to the photorealism of the documented ice-scapes.",
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"\u2014 Alexandra Dodd"
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],
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": a movement in painting characterized by photographic exactness of detail":[
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"A couple of years later his friend and fellow tennis pro Vitas Gerulaitis introduced him to photorealism . Now that's really art, McEnroe thought. It looks just like photographs.",
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"\u2014 Franz Lidz"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u014d-\u02c8r\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccli-z\u0259m"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1961, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-211815"
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": to move into the frame of a photograph as it is being taken as a joke or prank":[
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"\u2026 one of his favorite pranks was to \" photobomb \" other fans\u2014sneaking into the background of their photographs \u2026",
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"\u2014 Bill Hanna",
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"It's rare to see a starlet falling down on her way to accept an award, much less photobombing on the red carpet.",
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"\u2014 Stephanie Merry"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u014d-t\u014d-\u02ccb\u00e4m"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The social media post was accompanied by an image of Goldberg and another of the couple holding their newborn with Goldberg attempting to photobomb the photo from behind. \u2014 Fox News , 4 June 2022",
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"There\u2019s a new kind of social-media experience that allows your friends to photobomb your home screen. \u2014 Dalvin Brown, WSJ , 15 May 2022",
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"SpaceX is already working to prevent its Starlink network from generating such light pollution, which can photobomb astronomy images. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 3 May 2022",
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"Don't be shocked if big colorful birds photobomb your snapshots or crash your picnic. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic , 4 Feb. 2022",
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"This has caused worries within the astronomy community, as the satellites can potentially photobomb astronomical observations, appearing as long streaks across lengthy exposures. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 28 Dec. 2021",
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"The two actresses are at their shenanigans again in this Nesquik ad, competing to photobomb each other with the iconic Nesquik Bunny's ears. \u2014 Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY , 3 July 2020",
|
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"The Fiji Water model became the night's biggest meme, photobombing several celebrities on the red carpet. \u2014 Christopher Rosa, Glamour , 6 Jan. 2019",
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"But then, out of nowhere, a flying squirrel decides to photobomb the moment, and a camera flash only adds to the mayhem. \u2014 Mary Beth Griggs, Popular Science , 1 May 2016"
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],
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"photo entry 1 + bomb entry 2":""
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},
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"2008, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-214845"
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"phone booth":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a very small room or enclosed structure with a public telephone in it":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-221126"
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"photogenic":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": produced or precipitated by light":[
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"photogenic dermatitis"
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],
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": producing or generating light : phosphorescent":[
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"photogenic bacteria"
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],
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": suitable for being photographed especially because of visual appeal":[
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"a photogenic smile"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02c8j\u0113-",
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"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u0259-\u02c8je-nik",
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"\u02ccf\u014dt-\u0259-\u02c8jen-ik"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"She's a very photogenic child.",
|
|
"This is the city's most photogenic park.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Midway through the dinner, J. Barclay Collins II, Chairman of the Board of The New York Botanical Garden, addressed the photogenic guests. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 5 June 2022",
|
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"The hamlet of S\u00e3o Lourenco is especially popular in the summer for its photogenic sandy stretch that's backed by a tapestry of old vineyards enclosed by black lava stone walls. \u2014 Jeanine Barone, CNN , 26 May 2022",
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"Celebrities, titans of industry and the deep pocketed set in general flock here year after year for the incredible skiing, hiking, culture and photogenic setting. \u2014 Shivani Vora, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
|
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"The photogenic pup shared the cover of Sports Illustrated with Kim in 2018, wearing her mom\u2019s Olympic gold medal around her neck. \u2014 Isabella Rosario, Outside Online , 11 May 2022",
|
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"Outside the monument but accessible from Kanab are the bottleneck narrows of Buckskin Gulch and the swoopily photogenic rock formation known as the Wave. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022",
|
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"Their photogenic brood featured sons Todd (Patrick Schwarzenegger) and Clayton (Dane DeHaan) and daughters Margaret (Sophie Turner), Martha (Odessa Young) and Caitlin (Olivia DeJonge). \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 May 2022",
|
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"Those escapades, plus his photogenic face, have helped turn P-22 into the world\u2019s most famous and beloved mountain lion. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
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"This photogenic strain of van-living does not come cheap. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1835, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-221352"
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"photino":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a hypothetical elementary particle that theories of supersymmetry require to be associated with the photon , to have mass, and to interact only very weakly with ordinary matter and that is postulated to be a constituent of the dark matter of the universe":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"f\u014d\u02c8t\u0113(\u02cc)n\u014d"
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],
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"phot on + -ino (as in neutrino )":""
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"first_known_use":{
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"1977, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-222748"
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": a quantum of electromagnetic radiation":[
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"Should a substance happen to have a lot of electrons in a higher level, and a lower level is mostly empty \u2026, then a photon can cause an electron to transfer from a higher state to a lower one. This change releases energy and creates a new photon , in addition to the one which caused the transfer. This photon can in turn induce more electrons to fall to a lower state.",
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"\u2014 Robert Gilmore"
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],
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": troland":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u014d-\u02cct\u00e4n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Using photon detectors, doctors can track how technetium-99m moves throughout the body and create images of the heart, brain, lungs and other critical organs to help diagnose diseases including cancer. \u2014 Artemis Spyrou, The Conversation , 24 May 2022",
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"To study loss, the scientists first set up an experiment where a non-important photon was bounced into a position where it would intentionally be lost in the interference noise. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Any photon that emits in the wrong direction gets reflected to either strike the thermophotovoltaic device or be absorbed by the heating element, thus helping maintain its high temperature. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
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"First five- photon entanglement demonstrated by Jian-Wei Pan's group at the University of Science and Technology in China. \u2014 Gil Press, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"And just like an electron, the antiproton can shift between orbitals by absorbing or emitting a photon . \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 16 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The electron can hop up to a higher-energy state by absorbing a photon whose frequency makes up the difference between the two states\u2019 natural frequencies. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 26 Jan. 2022",
|
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"An individual photon may be detected at any time over the entire pulse duration, which is now very long. \u2014 Chris Lee, Ars Technica , 7 Jan. 2022",
|
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"For every photon of planet light, a telescope sees 10 billion photons of starlight. \u2014 Chris Wright, Wired , 4 Jan. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"phot- + -on entry 2":""
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"first_known_use":{
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"1916, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-224522"
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"phonogenic":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": adapted to or suitable for successful production or reproduction of sound":[
|
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"some scores are more phonogenic than others",
|
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"\u2014 Saturday Review",
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"their wonderfully phonogenic hall",
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"\u2014 J. M. Conly"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6f\u014dn\u0259\u00a6jenik"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary phon- + -genic":""
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-231852"
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},
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"phototelegraphy":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": facsimile sense 2":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u014d-t\u0259-\u02c8le-gr\u0259-f\u0113"
|
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
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"first_known_use":{
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"1886, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001241"
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"photographic memory":{
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"type":[
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an unusual ability to remember things completely and exactly as they were seen, read, etc.":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-004238"
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"photographic paper":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": light-sensitive photographic printing paper":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-010657"
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"phonodeik":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an instrument for making photographic records of sound waves in air by means of a tiny mirror that is oscillated in a rotary manner by sound waves agitating a glass diaphragm and that by its reflections of a ray of light traces corresponding paths on a moving film":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u014dn\u0259\u02ccd\u012bk"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-010932"
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"photo finish":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a race or finish in which contestants are so close that a photograph of them as they cross the finish line has to be examined to determine the winner":[],
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": a close contest":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The results proved to be a photo finish for all seven elementary schools in the Cleveland Heights-University Heights School District, whose parent-teacher associations will each receive about $1,500 in race proceeds, which totaled about $10,000. \u2014 Thomas Jewell, cleveland , 18 May 2022",
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"Kingston clinched the 100m crown in a dramatic photo finish , clocking in at 10.53 seconds just ahead of Hagen and BYU target Smith Snowden of Skyridge. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 May 2022",
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"Miami Columbus edged the \u2018Noles by two hundredths of a second in a photo finish . \u2014 Buddy Collings, Orlando Sentinel , 15 May 2022",
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"Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon is causing \u2018havoc and mayhem,\u2019 and the recall effort will be a ' photo finish ,' deputy DA says. \u2014 Fox News , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"Marche Lorraine edged Dunbar Road by a nose, with the crowd anxiously waiting out the photo finish in the Distaff. \u2014 Beth Harris, ajc , 6 Nov. 2021",
|
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"But in a photo finish , Mantia, the faster sprinter of the two men, was expected to have the edge. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Alessandro Haemmerle of Austria held off Eliot Grondin of Canada in a photo finish to win the men\u2019s snowboardcross at Genting Snow Park. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 10 Feb. 2022",
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"But in the slower, more technical sections that remain, the Honda whittles away at that lead, reeling the Ford in for a photo finish . \u2014 Car and Driver , 7 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1935, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012154"
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},
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"photo-essay":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a group of photographs (as in a book or magazine) arranged to explore a theme or tell a story":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u014d-t\u014d-\u02cce-\u02ccs\u0101"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1944, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021224"
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},
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"phonics":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"noun, plural in form but singular in construction"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the science of sound : acoustics":[],
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": a method of teaching beginners to read and pronounce words by learning the phonetic value of letters, letter groups, and especially syllables":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"sense 1 is also \u02c8f\u014d-",
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"\u02c8f\u00e4-niks",
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"\u02c8f\u00e4n-iks, 1 is also \u02c8f\u014d-niks"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Green said interventions can include phonics lessons in which teachers explain, for example, how two letters in a word can produce two separate sounds. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 28 June 2022",
|
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"Some experts argue teaching early readers foundational skills, including how to sound out words using phonics is best. \u2014 Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 June 2022",
|
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"Is the charter using a program that teaches phonics and other foundational reading skills in a systematic way",
|
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"In 1995, the California State Legislature mandated that phonics be used in literacy teaching, and in 1997, Gov. Pete Wilson appointed Ms. Joseph to the California Board of Education. \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
|
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"That last quote is a misleading characterization of phonics . \u2014 Natalie Wexler, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The state Legislature later passed a bill that mandated the use of phonics in reading instruction. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Good phonics practice will not close another gap in reading instruction. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Oct. 2021",
|
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"The group settled on an approach that included whole language and phonics , a victory for Joseph. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Mar. 2022"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin ph\u014dn icus phonic + -ics":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1684, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021502"
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},
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"photoreactivation":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": repair of DNA (as of a bacterium) especially by a light-dependent enzymatic reaction after damage by ultraviolet irradiation":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u014d-r\u0113-\u02ccak-t\u0259-\u02c8v\u0101-sh\u0259n",
|
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"-r\u0113-\u02ccak-t\u0259-\u02c8v\u0101-sh\u0259n"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1949, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021551"
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},
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"photoemission":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
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": the release of electrons from a usually solid material (such as a metal) by means of energy supplied by incidence of radiation and especially light":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-i-\u02c8mish-\u0259n",
|
|
"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u014d-i-\u02c8mi-sh\u0259n"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1916, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-032247"
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},
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"phone":{
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"type":[
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"adjective combining form",
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"noun",
|
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"noun combining form",
|
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"verb"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": telephone":[],
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": earphone":[],
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": a speech sound considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the sound system of a language":[],
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": sound-transmitting device":[
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"micro phone",
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"radio phone"
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],
|
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": musical instrument":[
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"xylo phone"
|
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],
|
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": speech sound":[
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"homo phone",
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"poly phone"
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],
|
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": symbol representing a speech sound":[
|
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"homo phone",
|
|
"poly phone"
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],
|
|
": speaker of (a specified language)":[
|
|
"Franco phone"
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|
],
|
|
": of or relating to a population that speaks (a specified language)":[
|
|
"Franco phone"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u014dn"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"call",
|
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"dial",
|
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"ring (up)",
|
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"telephone"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"Someone from the newspaper will be phoning with a few questions.",
|
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"she phoned her friend to invite her over for dinner"
|
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"by shortening":"Noun",
|
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"derivative of phone entry 1":"Verb",
|
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"borrowed from Greek ph\u014dn\u1e17 \"voice, speech\" \u2014 more at phono-":"Noun",
|
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"borrowed from Greek -ph\u014dnos \"having a sound (of the kind or number specified),\" derivative of ph\u014dn\u1e17 \"sound made by something living, voice, speech, utterance\"; (sense 4) borrowed from French, borrowed from Greek -ph\u014dnos \u2014 more at phono-":"Noun combining form",
|
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"borrowed from French \u2014 more at -phone entry 1":"Adjective combining form"
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1880, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
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"1885, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
|
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"circa 1866, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-034153"
|
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},
|
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"phonocardiography":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": the process of producing a phonocardiogram":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02cck\u00e4rd-\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4g-r\u0259-f\u0113",
|
|
"\u02ccf\u014d-n\u0259-\u02cck\u00e4r-d\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4-gr\u0259-f\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"phono- + cardiography":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1916, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-034206"
|
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},
|
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"photogram":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a photographic image made by placing objects between light-sensitive paper and a light source":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u014d-t\u0259-\u02ccgram"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Across the aisle at Petzel Gallery (B1) Walead Beshty\u2019s colorful photograms are reflected in mirrored panels on the floor, which will be sold after they are sufficiently cracked and weathered. \u2014 Martha Schwendener, New York Times , 27 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"Very soon after Herschel\u2019s invention, his friend Anna Atkins (1799\u20131871) began to use the cyanotype process for making photograms of algae, placing the vegetation directly on the cyanotype paper, under a sheet of glass, and exposing it to light. \u2014 Luc Sante, The New York Review of Books , 9 May 2019",
|
|
"Golemboski uses different methods of manipulation in the dark room (drawings, photograms , vintage photographic papers) to alter her photographs and turn them into something between illusion and reality. \u2014 Grace Cote, charlotteobserver , 4 June 2019",
|
|
"Ms Parker makes sculptures and installations; her technique results not in photographs but photograms (the name for images produced by contact between objects and paper). \u2014 The Economist , 2 June 2018",
|
|
"Their catenaries hug the curves in Sheree Hovsepian\u2019s photograms , layered with stretches of arced pantyhose in what might be called femme modernism. \u2014 Lori Waxman, chicagotribune.com , 31 May 2018",
|
|
"One of Krause\u2019s resembles a lacy photogram ; another squirms with blue and pink biomorphic strands, spreading like ivy. \u2014 Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com , 15 Mar. 2018",
|
|
"The photogram was a technique favoured by surrealists like Man Ray, who made abstract compositions by simply placing objects on light-sensitive paper. \u2014 The Economist , 30 Sep. 2017",
|
|
"The series of photograms on display also offer a multifaceted portrait of light as an entity: its movement, its chemical reactions, its impact when left to its own devices. \u2014 Kt Hawbaker, chicagotribune.com , 8 Sep. 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1859, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-034752"
|
|
},
|
|
"photo shoot":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a photography session and especially one in which a professional photographer takes photographs of someone or something for commercial use (as in a magazine)":[
|
|
"\u2026 Cohen, 63, arrives at a PEOPLE photo shoot where his wife is being fawned over by hair and makeup artists \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Kate Coyne",
|
|
"The women exuded such strength and joy in front of the camera, who would have thought it was their first professional photo shoot ",
|
|
"\u2014 Essence",
|
|
"To celebrate her 90th birthday this past spring, she had a photoshoot in Reynolda Gardens that included a pink tutu, crown, and cake.",
|
|
"\u2014 Chad Tucker"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1941, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-035951"
|
|
},
|
|
"photothermal":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of or relating to both light and heat":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"phot- + thermal or thermic":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-040425"
|
|
},
|
|
"phonetic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": representing the sounds and other phenomena of speech: such as":[],
|
|
": constituting an alteration of ordinary spelling that better represents the spoken language, that employs only characters of the regular alphabet, and that is used in a context of conventional spelling":[],
|
|
": representing speech sounds by means of symbols that have one value only":[],
|
|
": employing for speech sounds more than the minimum number of symbols necessary to represent the significant differences in a speaker's speech":[],
|
|
": of or relating to spoken language or speech sounds":[],
|
|
": of or relating to the science of phonetics":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u0259-\u02c8ne-tik",
|
|
"f\u0259-\u02c8net-ik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the phonetic units of a language",
|
|
"This dictionary uses the International Phonetic Alphabet.",
|
|
"Spanish is a more phonetic language than English.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Most of the amendments appear to correct typographical errors and phonetic misspellings in the initial transcript. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Mao also spurred the creation of Pinyin, a phonetic , Romanized Chinese alphabet designed as an auxiliary aid to learning Chinese script, rather than a replacement. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The somewhat convoluted story involved someone stuck in an elevator, a backstage run-in with Goldie Hawn and a phonetic spelling of Menzel's name, which Travolta wasn't expecting. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 28 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Zhi\u2019s coding system could also include properties that are not strictly phonetic . \u2014 Jing Tsu, Wired , 23 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Either it\u2019s a misspelling of the Shawano Tribe, which were forcibly removed from the area in 1840, or a phonetic spelling of Charbonneau, the name of a local French rancher. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 13 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Such anecdotes add welcome color to the technical explanations of phonetic scripts, typewriters, telegraphy, card-catalogue systems, and computers. \u2014 Ian Buruma, The New Yorker , 10 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The phonetic values of hieroglyphs, as with the Hebrew alphabet, included consonants but not vowels. \u2014 The New Yorker , 22 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"The app also does a great job of recognizing phonetic misspelling, like blk for black or lfnt for elephant. \u2014 Suzie Glassman, Wired , 16 Oct. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"borrowed from New Latin ph\u014dn\u0113ticus \"(of written characters) representing speech sounds rather than ideas,\" borrowed from Greek ph\u014dn\u0113tik\u00f3s \"of speech, endowed with speech,\" from ph\u014dn\u0113-, variant stem of ph\u014dn\u00e9\u014d, phone\u00een \"to speak, utter \" (derivative of ph\u014dn\u1e17 \"sound made by something living, voice, speech, utterance\") + -t-, verbal adjective formative + -ikos -ic entry 1 \u2014 more at phono-":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1802, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042847"
|
|
},
|
|
"phonautograph":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an instrument by which a sound can be made to produce a visible record of itself":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u014d\u02c8n\u022ft\u0259\u02ccgraf",
|
|
"-r\u0227f"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"phon- + aut- + -graph":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-043034"
|
|
},
|
|
"phonographic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of or relating to phonography":[],
|
|
": of or relating to a phonograph":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"sense 1 is also \u02ccf\u00e4-",
|
|
"\u02ccf\u014d-n\u0259-\u02c8gra-fik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"phonograph(y) or phonograph + -ic entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1828, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-044741"
|
|
},
|
|
"phonetics":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun, plural in form but singular in construction"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the system of speech sounds of a language or group of languages":[],
|
|
": the study and systematic classification of the sounds made in spoken utterance":[],
|
|
": the practical application of this science to language study":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u0259-\u02c8net-iks",
|
|
"f\u0259-\u02c8ne-tiks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"While at Oxford, Hayes plans to study for graduate degrees in mathematical science as well as linguistics, philology and phonetics , according to the university. \u2014 Ruth Serven Smith | Rserven@al.com, al , 23 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"The class is held on Wednesdays via Zoom and will be covering Moses-Columbian language history, phonetics /orthography, vocabulary, and grammar. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Francis Andrade, who lives in Woodbridge, Va., had planned to use the Barbie Pond display as a visual aide for her students, who are deaf children learning to communicate with their Hispanic parents through phonetics . \u2014 Washington Post , 27 June 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"phonet(ic) + -ics":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1836, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-045838"
|
|
},
|
|
"phonic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of, relating to, or producing sound : acoustic":[],
|
|
": of or relating to the sounds of speech":[],
|
|
": of or relating to phonics":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00e4-nik",
|
|
"also \u02c8f\u014d-",
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00e4n-ik, except 2b also \u02c8f\u014d-nik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"French, which has a much more restricted phonic range than English, generates puns naturally\u2014whole sentences can be turned into homonymic equivalents with very different meanings. \u2014 Luc Sante, Harper's magazine , 10 Jan. 2019",
|
|
"An orca hears with its face and talks with its head: Plunging below 100 feet, K35 used phonic lips on either side of his blowhole as deftly as a horn player. \u2014 The Seattle Times , 19 May 2019",
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"The video, diving into the phonic craze, represented a rarity for the Trump White House, a jokey parody perhaps targeted at social media that did not delve deeply into anything overtly political. \u2014 Eli Rosenberg, Washington Post , 17 May 2018",
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"Tics can also be phonic such as grunting, throat-clearing or sniffing. \u2014 Kate Murphy, New York Times , 14 Sep. 2017",
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"Jeremiah Lockwood Friday, February 2, 7:00pm & 8:30pm, Joe Henderson Lab Lockwood mixes blues and multi- phonic African singing with the cantorial tradition of his Jewish heritage. \u2014 Jim Harrington, The Mercury News , 15 June 2017",
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"The clicks, produced in organs known as phonic lips at rates of up to 1,000 clicks per second, are inaudible to the human ear, but detectable through special, underwater microphones. \u2014 Joanna Klein, New York Times , 9 Nov. 2016"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from New Latin ph\u014dnicus (in centrum ph\u014dnicum \"place where the speaker stands when an echo is produced\" and parallel terms), from Greek ph\u014dn\u1e17 \"sound made by something living, voice, speech\" + New Latin -icus -ic entry 1":""
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"phospholipid":{
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": any of various phosphorus-containing complex lipids (such as lecithins and phosphatidylethanolamines ) that are derived from glycerol and are major constituents of the membranes of cells and intracellular organelles and vesicles":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccf\u00e4s-f\u014d-\u02c8li-p\u0259d",
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"-\u02c8lip-\u0259d"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Cheng\u2019s team, for example, used a commercially available phospholipid reagent to slip a peptide known to home to heart cells into exosome membranes. \u2014 Amanda B. Keener, Scientific American , 17 June 2020",
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"One group of researchers mixed phospholipid vesicles\u2014an assembly of the molecule that is a crucial component of cell membranes\u2014with DNA and repeatedly dehydrated then rehydrated the mixture. \u2014 Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books , 17 Nov. 2020"
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"1925, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
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"verb"
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],
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": to alter (a digital image) with Photoshop software or other image-editing software especially in a way that distorts reality (as for deliberately deceptive purposes)":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u014d-(\u02cc)t\u014d-\u02ccsh\u00e4p"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Overnight a copy of your r\u00e9sum\u00e9 with something clever, funny or interesting\u2014 photoshop yourself into a team photo, send your brag book, create a QR code with an introduction video or solve a problem, for example\u2014make an effort. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"Some fans even went so far as to photoshop Chandran out of Bridgerton key art that featured the central trio. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 27 Mar. 2022",
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"The lack of impulse control to photoshop your picture as a coxswain for crew is beyond comprehension. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2021",
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"The meme-maker then photoshops in their top four favourite or recently listened to albums in place of the four that are pictures. \u2014 Asia Ewart, refinery29.com , 21 Apr. 2020",
|
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"The meme-maker then photoshops in their top four favorite or recently listened to albums in place of the four that are pictures. \u2014 Asia Ewart, refinery29.com , 20 Apr. 2020",
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"After posting a picture of her (gorgeous)(beautiful) cellulite on Instagram last week, the singer is staying true to her pledge to no longer photoshop her photos. \u2014 Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen , 16 Sep. 2019",
|
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"Here is the team photo at Pearl TV Tower in China where Kyrie Irving refused to remove his hat and instructed the Nets to photoshop it out. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 Oct. 2019",
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"Visual artists who photoshop images for effect also see their work hijacked by people who seek to misrepresent, particularly in highly emotional stories such as Australia\u2019s bushfires. \u2014 National Geographic , 17 Jan. 2020"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Photoshop , trademark for an image-manipulation software product":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1992, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-054429"
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},
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"photooxidation":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": oxidation under the influence of radiant energy (such as light)":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u014d-\u02cc\u00e4k-s\u0259-\u02c8d\u0101-sh\u0259n",
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"-\u02cc\u00e4k-s\u0259-\u02c8d\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"This is because when hops in beer are exposed to strong light, a photooxidation reaction takes place, creating the compound 3-methyl-2-butene-1-thiol. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 9 Apr. 2022",
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"When hops in beer are exposed to strong light, a photooxidation reaction takes place, creating the compound 3-methyl-2-butene-1-thiol. \u2014 Ada Wood, CNN , 6 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1888, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-054446"
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": phonetic":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"|\u0259\u0307k\u0259l"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"phonetic entry 1 + -al":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-055933"
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-ri-\u02c8sep-sh\u0259n",
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"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u014d-ri-\u02c8sep-sh\u0259n"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1902, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-060837"
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},
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"photoetch":{
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"type":[
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"transitive verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": photoengrave":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\"+"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"phot- + etch":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-061942"
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},
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"photo-offset":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": offset printing from photolithographic plates":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u014d-\u02c8\u022ff-\u02ccset"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1922, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-062832"
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},
|
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"phone directory":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a book that lists the names, addresses, and phone numbers of the people and businesses in a certain area":[]
|
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},
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-065015"
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a colorless gas COCl 2 of unpleasant odor that is a severe respiratory irritant that has been used in chemical warfare":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u00e4z-\u02ccj\u0113n"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"In addition to chlorine, both sides used phosgene and mustard gas, which blistered the skin. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Aug. 2014",
|
|
"The company later said chemicals released to the air included 0.62 pounds of phosgene and 0.1 pound of chlorobenzene. \u2014 Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com , 3 Jan. 2021",
|
|
"The LaPorte Chemical Complex is the largest merchant producer of specialty and custom phosgene derivatives in North America, according to the company's website. \u2014 Hannah Dellinger, Houston Chronicle , 23 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"The sounds were deafening \u2014 the thunderous detonations of exploding munitions, the loud staccato bursts of machine gun fire, the shriek of whistles as German chlorine and phosgene gas were unleashed, and the screams of the wounded. \u2014 Special To The Oregonian, OregonLive.com , 28 May 2018",
|
|
"Mustard gas crawling over the trenches caused debilitating injuries, while soldiers exposed to chlorine and phosgene gases suffocated in a most gruesome manner. \u2014 Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star , 20 Apr. 2018",
|
|
"It is widely reported to possess a large arsenal of chemical weapons, including mustard, phosgene and sarin gas, a United States Congressional Research Service report said last year. \u2014 Richard C. Paddock And Choe Sang-hun, New York Times , 23 Feb. 2017"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Greek ph\u014ds light + -gen\u0113s born, produced \u2014 more at fancy , -gen ; from its originally having been obtained by the action of sunlight":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
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"1812, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-070250"
|
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},
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"phone tapping":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the act of secretly placing a microphone inside a telephone in order to hear and record private conversations":[]
|
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},
|
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|
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|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-071338"
|
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},
|
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"photonuclear":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": relating to or caused by the incidence of radiant energy (such as gamma rays) on atomic nuclei":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02c8ny\u00fc-",
|
|
"nonstandard -ky\u0259-l\u0259r",
|
|
"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u014d-\u02c8n\u00fc-kl\u0113-\u0259r",
|
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"\u02ccf\u014dt-\u014d-\u02c8n(y)\u00fc-kl\u0113-\u0259r"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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|
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|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1941, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-072711"
|
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},
|
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"phonate":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": to produce vocal sounds and especially speech":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u014d-\u02ccn\u0101t"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"back-formation from phonation, borrowed from French, from Greek ph\u014dn\u1e17 \"voice, speech\" + French -ation -ation \u2014 more at phono-":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1876, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-080251"
|
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},
|
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"phone card":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a prepaid card used to pay for the phone calls one makes":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"For years, John Susoeff walked from his home two blocks to the Walgreens at Bush and Larkin streets - to pick up prescriptions for him and less mobile neighbors, to get a new phone card and to snag senior discounts the first Tuesday of the month. \u2014 Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 May 2021",
|
|
"Some imposters demand immediate payment only with a prepaid phone card or wire transfer. \u2014 David Lyons, sun-sentinel.com , 31 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"Along with his job at the IRS, Zilevu ran his own phone card company called MacroTele. \u2014 Rachel Weiner, Washington Post , 6 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"The phone card saved you money, not time, requiring the input of a long account number, followed by an equally long password, and a no less extensive foreign phone number. \u2014 Pipposts, Longreads , 18 Dec. 2019",
|
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"Items included gaming electronics and phone card products, which were rang up as cash sales. \u2014 cleveland , 20 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"Any corner store that\u2019s been around for decades has an awning that reads like a time capsule: newspapers, faxes, phone cards , stationery. \u2014 Allie Conti, New York Times , 29 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"For most Cubans, tapping the Internet meant traveling to a public hotspot, buying a scratch-off phone card and surfing on a cut-rate smartphone. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 July 2019",
|
|
"For most of our childhood, my parents sold phone cards to convenience stores in Houston and then later, in New York City. \u2014 Fiza Pirani, Teen Vogue , 13 Sep. 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1981, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-081533"
|
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},
|
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"photoengraving":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a photomechanical process for making linecuts and halftone cuts by photographing an image on a metal plate and then etching":[],
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": a plate made by photoengraving":[],
|
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": a print made from such a plate":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u014d-in-\u02c8gr\u0101-vi\u014b"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Although photoengraving had been developed by 1890, woodcuts and metal casts of line drawings were used until 1904, especially in advertising. \u2014 Roger Showley, sandiegouniontribune.com , 15 Apr. 2018"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1864, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-081744"
|
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},
|
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"phototonus":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": tonic condition (as of musculature) resulting from exposure to particular conditions of lighting":[
|
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"phototonus in plants usually results in curvature towards a source of light"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"f\u014d\u02c8t\u00e4t\u1d4an\u0259s"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from phot- + tonus":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-082650"
|
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},
|
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"phototopography":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": photogrammetry":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u00a6f\u014dt(\u02cc)\u014d+"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"International Scientific Vocabulary phot- + topography":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-083908"
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},
|
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"photomural":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": an enlarged photograph usually several yards long used on walls especially as decoration":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u014d-\u02c8myu\u0307r-\u0259l"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"The museum makes such comparisons easy with informative labels and graphic illustrations that highlight where to look in the photomurals to see how Michelangelo translated his drawings into finished works. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 22 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"In old age Stojka would treat her tattoo almost as an insignia; a photomural at the Reina Sof\u00eda shows her smiling for a portrait, cigarette between her fingers, her decades-old number proudly visible. \u2014 Jason Farago, New York Times , 27 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"The drawings themselves occupy frames, most of them double-sided, set atop free-standing bases in front of the photomurals . \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 22 Sep. 2019",
|
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"Zanele Muholi, based in South Africa, is represented by a pair of 2015 self-portraits, including a photomural that exaggerates the blackness of her skin, contrasting with beaded necklaces and crucifixes, as a form of defiant affirmation and pride. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland.com , 14 July 2019",
|
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"Mounted high up on the gallery walls at the Transformer Station, his photomurals portray bodies liberated from the ground, surrounded by air, without any reference to the horizon or what lies outside of the images. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland.com , 14 July 2019",
|
|
"Large photomurals show the imposing Mehrangarh Fort and Museum from Rajasthan from which most of the artifacts are drawn. \u2014 Sharmila Mukherjee, The Seattle Times , 2 Jan. 2019",
|
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"Photographs by the three artists, and photomurals installed around campus by them and others, are luminous. \u2014 Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com , 9 May 2018",
|
|
"In photomurals around the Brown University campus and photographs and a sound installation in the gallery, six international artists document the deliquescence of icebergs and glaciers. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 Apr. 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1927, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-085936"
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},
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"phone-in":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a call-in show (as on radio)":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u014dn-\u02ccin"
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],
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"f\u0259\u02c8n\u0113m\u0259l"
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"phoneme + -al":""
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"phosphorescent":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": exhibiting phosphorescence":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u1d4ant",
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"\u02ccf\u00e4s-f\u0259-\u02c8re-s\u1d4ant"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In sequence three, Searcher and the dog explore their new surroundings, the phosphorescent landscape looking like a coral refer painted bright pink. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 17 June 2022",
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"The sandy cavities of the bunkers were lightly dusted with snow and looked phosphorescent . \u2014 Colin Barrett, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
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"Its towering 86-foot tall sign features more than 1,000 cold cathode neon lights, while inside the theater, phosphorescent black light murals highlight scenes of Texas and Mexico history. \u2014 Ren\u00e9 A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News , 6 Oct. 2021",
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"Luminostics specializes in phosphorescent materials that glow in the dark, and the hope is that the test results could be easily viewed at home using just a smartphone and an attachment that blocks out light. \u2014 Tien Nguyen, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Aug. 2020",
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"The eponymous story from A Bright Green Field describes a steep meadow of monstrous, fast-growing, phosphorescent grass mowed by unskilled workers drawn across its surface by ropes and pulleys. \u2014 Lidija Haas, Harper's magazine , 20 Jan. 2020",
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"Let\u2019s hope it\u2019s those hideous phosphorescent uniforms Michigan State wore last week. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, azcentral , 9 Sep. 2019",
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"Vieques Best known for Mosquito Bay, whose waters glitter at night with phosphorescent algae at night, this lush, placid island also has wild horses, deserted beaches and nearly 18,000 acres of National Wildlife Preserve. \u2014 Sara Clemence, WSJ , 26 Dec. 2018",
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"Brendal, who\u2019s led tours every day for more than 30 years, brought our group to a stunning reef filled with phosphorescent fish, purple fan coral, and even a black-tip shark. \u2014 Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping , 30 Aug. 2018"
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"1767, in the meaning defined above":""
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"definitions":{
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": an abnormality (as snow blindness) caused by exposure to light":[]
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"f\u014d\u02c8t\u00e4n\u0259s\u0259s"
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"New Latin, from phot- + Greek nosos disease":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-101829"
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a device used for making a photographic copy of graphic matter":[
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"Photostat machines , which were introduced in the early 1900s and which make copies photographically on sensitized paper, were much too expensive for ordinary office use.",
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"\u2014 David Owen"
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],
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": a copy made by a photostat machine":[
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"I showed him the photostat of my license, complete with my picture.",
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"\u2014 Robert B. Parker"
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],
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": to copy by a photostat":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u014d-t\u0259-\u02ccstat"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"from Photostat , a trademark":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1911, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1914, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-102926"
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},
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"photoelement":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": photovoltaic cell":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\"+"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary phot- + element":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-110517"
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},
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"photosphere":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a sphere of light or radiance":[],
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": the luminous surface layer of the sun or a star":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u014d-t\u0259-\u02ccsfir"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"These are where large, beautiful plasma loops \u2014 commonly seen as solar prominences \u2014 extend far away from the Sun\u2019s photosphere and can even enter the Sun\u2019s corona. \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 8 June 2021",
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"At its peak, the photosphere was moving at around 7 kilometers per second, reversing the outward push as the dimming of the star became more dramatic. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Wired , 18 June 2021",
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"The findings last year showed that an outer layer of the star, called the photosphere , had begun unevenly accelerating outward right before Betelgeuse began to dim. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Wired , 18 June 2021",
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"Coronal mass ejections are the largest, connecting the photosphere to the corona, where reconnection can cause an enormous release of energy. \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 8 June 2021",
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"That friendly yellow photosphere boils like oatmeal and is pocked with dark magnetic storms (the infamous sunspots) that crackle, whirl and lash space with showers of electrical particles and radiation. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2021",
|
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"The scientists paired this data with measurements of the photosphere in the same stretch of the sun taken by the co-observing Hinode satellite. \u2014 Chris Wright, Wired , 15 Mar. 2021",
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"This type of photography is an incredible challenge due to the overwhelming light of the photosphere below. \u2014 Mike Wehner, BGR , 8 Mar. 2021",
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"In addition, there\u2019s a tenuous, very hot plasma separated from the photosphere : the Sun\u2019s corona, which is hundreds of thousands of kelvin, and the Sun\u2019s chaotic, irregular magnetic field frequently connects the two. \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 26 Feb. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"photo- + -sphere ; in sense 2 probably as translation of German Lichtatmosph\u00e4re":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1664, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-110855"
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},
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"phospholipase":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of several enzymes that hydrolyze lecithins or phosphatidylethanolamines":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccf\u00e4s-f\u014d-\u02c8l\u012b-\u02ccp\u0101s",
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"-\u02c8l\u012b-\u02ccp\u0101s, -\u02ccp\u0101z",
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"-\u02ccp\u0101z"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"However, the spitting species\u2019 venom contained higher levels of another group of proteins known as phospholipase A2 toxins, which nonspitters produce only in small quantities, or not at all. \u2014 Mitch Leslie, Science | AAAS , 21 Jan. 2021",
|
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"The researchers determined the three-finger toxins triggered more pain when combined with phospholipase A2 toxins than alone. \u2014 Mitch Leslie, Science | AAAS , 21 Jan. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1945, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-111141"
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},
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"photopathic":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": of or relating to photopathy":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u00a6f\u014dt\u0259\u00a6pathik"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"photopathy +-ic":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-112352"
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},
|
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"photofabrication":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a process for manufacturing components (such as microcircuits) in which a design is photographed , reduced, and chemically etched on a surface (as of a semiconductor)":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6f\u014dt\u02cc\u014d+"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"phot- + fabrication":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1967, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-112449"
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},
|
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"phonetic law":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a formula deduced from observed uniformity in the development under given conditions of a sound or combination of sounds within a linguistic area at or during a given time":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-112634"
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},
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"phonemic":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a phoneme":[],
|
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": constituting members of different phonemes (such as \\n\\ and \\m\\ in English)":[],
|
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": distinctive sense 2":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"f\u014d-",
|
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"f\u0259-\u02c8n\u0113-mik"
|
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"phoneme + -ic entry 1":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1921, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-113322"
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},
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"photogravure":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a process for printing from an intaglio plate prepared by photographic methods":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u0259-gr\u0259-\u02c8vyu\u0307r"
|
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"But in one notable instance, the library allotted money specifically to purchase 40 volumes of photogravure prints of Native Americans created by Edward Curtis in the first decades of the 20th century. \u2014 Travis Mcdade, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Aug. 2020",
|
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"The exhibition includes three of her photogravures cropping or recombining Lange images. \u2014 Arthur Lubow, New York Times , 13 Feb. 2020",
|
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"An English artist, Cornelia Parker, has revived Talbot\u2019s photogravure process: a sheet of metal is covered in light-sensitive chemicals, then objects are laid directly onto it. \u2014 The Economist , 2 June 2018",
|
|
"The fair, which runs March 30-April 2, will host more than a hundred dealers, with works ranging from mid-nineteenth-century photogravures to video, mixed media, and beyond. \u2014 The New Yorker , 31 Mar. 2017",
|
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"For 30 years, beginning in 1906, Curtis traveled the United States, photographing portraits, landscapes and the daily lives of 80 Native American tribes, images that were collated in a 20-volume history and 723 photogravure prints. \u2014 Judith H. Dobrzynski, New York Times , 15 Mar. 2017"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"French, from phot- + gravure":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1879, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-114126"
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},
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"phonematic":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": phonemic":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccf\u014d-n\u0113-\u02c8ma-tik"
|
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"phonemat-, taken as stem in derivation of phoneme (based on its Greek source ph\u014dn\u0113mat-, ph\u1e53n\u0113ma ) + -ic entry 2":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1935, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-115435"
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},
|
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"phosphatidylethanolamine":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": any of a group of phospholipids that occur especially in blood plasma and the white matter of the central nervous system and are similar to lecithins":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u02c8n\u014d-",
|
|
"-\u02c8n\u014dl-",
|
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"-\u02cceth-\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4l-\u0259-\u02ccm\u0113n",
|
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"\u02ccf\u00e4s-f\u0259-\u02cct\u012b-d\u1d4al-\u02cce-th\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4-l\u0259-\u02ccm\u0113n",
|
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"(\u02cc)f\u00e4s-\u02ccfa-t\u0259-d\u1d4al-"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1942, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-120048"
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},
|
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"photographic magnitude":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the magnitude of a celestial body as determined by observations with an ordinary blue-sensitive photographic plate":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-120230"
|
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},
|
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"phosphation":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": phosphatization":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"f\u00e4\u02c8sf\u0101sh\u0259n"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"phosphate + -ion":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-121128"
|
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},
|
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"photomultiplier tube":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a vacuum tube that detects light especially from dim sources through the use of photoemission and successive instances of secondary emission to produce enough electrons to generate a useful current":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccf\u014dt-\u014d-\u02c8m\u0259l-t\u0259-\u02ccpl\u012b(-\u0259)r-",
|
|
"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u014d-\u02c8m\u0259l-t\u0259-\u02ccpl\u012b(-\u0259)r-"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The tank is lined with 13,000 photomultiplier tubes , which detect brief flashes of light when neutrinos speed through the tank. \u2014 Dennis Overbye, New York Times , 15 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"IceCube, an international observatory run by 300 scientists from 12 countries, consists of more than 5,000 sensitive photomultiplier tubes embedded in grid encompassing a cubic kilometer of ice at the South Pole. \u2014 Dennis Overbye, New York Times , 12 July 2018",
|
|
"The Florida team came up with a simpler approach using a cheap, low-power laser and a common light detector called a photomultiplier tube , which records the total intensity of photons falling on it. \u2014 Prachi Patel, Scientific American , 1 Sep. 2017"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1941, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-121151"
|
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},
|
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"photomechanical":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"adverb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": relating to or involving any of various processes for producing printed matter from a photographically prepared surface":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u014d-mi-\u02c8ka-ni-k\u0259l"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Your print may indeed be a steel engraving, or perhaps a collotype, which is produced by a photomechanical process. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 Sep. 2020",
|
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"The fakes, on the other hand, are typically photomechanical reproductions of the originals. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Jan. 2020"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1870, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-122516"
|
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},
|
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"photographer":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"f\u0259-\u02c8t\u00e4-gr\u0259-f\u0259r"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"lensman",
|
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"photog",
|
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"shooter",
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"shutterbug"
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"He worked for the magazine as a fashion photographer .",
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"we'll need to choose a photographer for the wedding",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"White piloted the car around Mission Bay for our photo shoot, and at one point was forced off the narrow pavement by the Cullinan SUV serving as the photographer \u2019s rolling platform, the left-side tires digging into the soft soil. \u2014 Mark Ewing, Forbes , 3 July 2022",
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"Treworgy\u2019s post-running career included designing and selling sports bras, and 20 years as a photographer for running events across the country. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 28 June 2022",
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"That experience also further helped define how Ferrato sees herself as a photographer . \u2014 Julius Constantine Motal, NBC News , 23 June 2022",
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"After the service, the newlyweds did a quick photo session with their photographer Jay Collier while their guests enjoyed signature cocktails and hor d'oeuvres. \u2014 Alexandra Macon, Vogue , 3 June 2022",
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"Kai, his photographer , even the owner of the house, Monte (no last name), all sat for a dose. \u2014 William Finnegan, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
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"About 10 minutes later, Jeremy, who had been waiting outside, walked in (on time) when our photographer realized Zach was already inside. \u2014 Prachi Gupta, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
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"Folks should really check out the photos from our photographer , Josh gunner. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 11 May 2022",
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"Emma, 43, also credited Mabel for serving as their photographer . \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 7 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"And then there's the more common ruta graveolens, a phototoxic plant with sap that can make your hands blister in bright sunlight, and so on and so on. \u2014 Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics , 30 May 2017"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-130750"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02c8sep-t\u0259r",
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"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u014d-ri-\u02c8sep-t\u0259r"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The researchers captured photos and videos of light beaming through these microlenses into darkness where, in a living animal, photoreceptor pigments would have waited. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 5 Apr. 2022",
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"When a photon of light is absorbed by a photopigment molecule in a photoreceptor , the energy in the photon is used to break a specific chemical bond in the photopigment. \u2014 Gabriel A. Silva, Forbes , 8 Sep. 2021",
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"Oakley and his colleagues found that in all nine of those cases, many of the molecular components of the photoreceptor cells, pigment cells and lens cells had previous roles in the stress response to light. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 16 Aug. 2021",
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"The patient in the study was diagnosed at age 18 with an eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa, which causes the photoreceptor cells to die. \u2014 Caroline Seydel, Forbes , 14 June 2021",
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"The nocturnal nature of the species predating the evolution of mammals may have led to a reduction in the number of photoreceptor types enabling human color perception. \u2014 Adrian Woolfson, WSJ , 31 May 2021",
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"Interfering in photoreceptor signaling, the circadian clock and chloroplast-derived light signals did cause problems in some genes\u2019 expression, but there was a large proportion of genes still unaffected. \u2014 Mike Wehner, BGR , 8 June 2021",
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"When light enters the eye, it is captured by photoreceptor cells. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 May 2021",
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"Retinitis pigmentosa causes the photoreceptor cells to break down, resulting in vision loss. \u2014 Amy Dockser Marcus, WSJ , 24 May 2021"
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": photogenic":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-141020"
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"adverb"
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": representing nature and human beings with the exactness of a photograph":[],
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": capable of retaining vivid impressions":[
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"a photographic memory"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u0259-\u02c8gra-fik"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"photographic images of the galaxy",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"There\u2019s photographic evidence of at least two MiG-29s flying combat missions while wearing the livery of the Ukrainian air force\u2019s defunct aerobatic team, which disbanded back in 2002. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
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"This was a year and a half before the iPhone, and photographic evidence was scarce. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
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"Like a camera obscura of old times, Photolux Festival aims to display a clear and well-defined selection of work from the international photographic scene. \u2014 Vogue , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"Together, the couple became part of the lively photographic and artistic scene in New York in the mid-20th century. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Mar. 2021",
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"But most of the non- photographic works are abstract, minimalist and often three-dimensional. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"Across the room, pinned to the wall, was an enlarged photographic image of an African American woman in a floral dress, sitting at a table on which there was a jug with a grotesque human face. \u2014 The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
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"The artist will exhibit their first-ever black-and-white 16mm film in addition to new and revisited photographic works, all of which tell the story of Estes' relationship with their late parents and family home. \u2014 Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic , 2 Feb. 2022",
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"Its sign is now covered with a green Central Camera banner and the sales floor packed with cameras, lenses, photographic film and printing materials. \u2014 Lauren Zumbach, chicagotribune.com , 25 May 2021"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-141602"
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"(\u02cc)f\u00e4s-\u02ccfa-t\u0259-d\u1d4al-",
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"\u02ccf\u00e4s-f\u0259-\u02cct\u012b-d\u1d4al-\u02c8k\u014d-\u02ccl\u0113n"
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The natural protein occurring super nutrient, lecithin, contains phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylserine which supports both brain function and cellular health. \u2014 Kimberly Wilson, Essence , 26 Sep. 2019",
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"Kurzweil gets phosphatidylcholine intravenously, on the theory that this will rejuvenate all his body's tissues. \u2014 Gary Wolf, WIRED , 24 Mar. 2008"
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"1948, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-150738"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-152912"
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"a photostatic copy",
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"a photostatic process"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u0259-\u02c8sta-tik"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-154414"
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"photographist":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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"f\u0259\u02c8t\u00e4gr\u0259f\u0259\u0307st",
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"f\u014d\u02c8-"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-160733"
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},
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"photoetching":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": photoengraving":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\"+"
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"from gerund of photoetch":""
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-162135"
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},
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"phono":{
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"type":[
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"combining form",
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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|
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": sound : voice : speech":[
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"phono graph",
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"phono logy"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u014d-(\u02cc)n\u014d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The inclusion of a pair of line-in RCA phono inputs is great for connecting something like a turntable or a CD player. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
|
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"Fans of analog sources will appreciate the two pairs of RCA line-level inputs, plus there\u2019s a MM phono stage with ultra-precise RIAA equalization, extremely low noise, and high overload margins. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 21 Sep. 2021",
|
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"The phono preamp also has an innovative circuit that suppresses the infrasonic noise present on all vinyl, without compromising bass response. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 21 Sep. 2021",
|
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"The Solstice Series Phono Stage NVC TT is the first Naim phono stage to use the DR technology that was first used on the company\u2019s flagship Statement amplifier. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 21 June 2021",
|
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"There are no digital inputs on the A11 other than the Bluetooth function, but all the traditional analog inputs are there including four RCA analog inputs, a moving magnet phono stage, plus two sets of speaker outputs with five-way binding posts. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 29 June 2021",
|
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"The turntable includes the Solstice Series phono stage, a power supply and bespoke accessories set. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 21 June 2021",
|
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"In theory, every good phono amp should sound identical. \u2014 Parker Hall, Wired , 5 June 2021",
|
|
"But many new receivers don\u2019t have a phono input for turntables. \u2014 Don Melanson, Popular Mechanics , 18 July 2018"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"by shortening":"Noun",
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"borrowed from Greek, combining form from ph\u014dn\u1e17 \"sound made by something living, voice, speech, utterance,\" probably going back to Indo-European *b h oh 2 -neh 2 , o-grade derivative, with a suffixal -n-, from the verbal base *b h eh 2 - \"speak, say\" \u2014 more at ban entry 1":"Combining form"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1903, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-163059"
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"photocoagulation":{
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a surgical process of coagulating tissue by means of a precisely oriented high-energy light source (such as a laser)":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u0259-k\u014d-\u02cca-gy\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101-sh\u0259n",
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"-k\u014d-\u02ccag-y\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1958, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-163437"
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"photo-call":{
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an arranged session at which photographs of individuals are taken usually for publicity":[]
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"first_known_use":{
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"1958, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172503"
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"Photinia":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of small trees and shrubs (family Rosaceae) native to Asia that have shining, evergreen leaves, showy white paniculate or corymbose flower clusters, and typically red fruits and that are widely cultivated as ornamentals":[],
|
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": any plant of the genus Photinia":[
|
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"Photinia has long been a standout among shrubs because of one peculiar characteristic: Its leaves, when first formed, are a bright scarlet red\u2014before they eventually turn to a prosaic green.",
|
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"\u2014 Joshua Siskin , Daily News of Los Angeles , 20 Dec. 2003",
|
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"Overgrown photinias are not so tolerant to severe pruning, so need to be cut back selectively to allow sunlight into the interior.",
|
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"\u2014 Tony Tomeo , San Jose (California) Mercury News , 8 Sept. 2011"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"f\u014d\u02c8tin\u0113\u0259"
|
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Greek ph\u014dteinos shining, bright (from ph\u014dt-, ph\u014ds light) + New Latin -ia":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-173457"
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},
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"phosphatidyl":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": any of several monovalent groups (RCOO) 2 C 3 H 5 OPO(OH) that are derived from phosphatidic acids":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccf\u00e4s-f\u0259-\u02c8t\u012b-d\u1d4al",
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"\u02ccf\u00e4s-f\u0259-\u02c8t\u012bd-\u1d4al",
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"f\u00e4s-\u02c8fat-\u0259d-\u1d4al",
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"f\u00e4s-\u02c8fa-t\u0259-d\u1d4al"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1941, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175811"
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},
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"phosphomolybdate":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a salt of a phosphomolybdic acid":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6f\u00e4(\u02cc)sf\u014d+"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary phosphomolybd- (in phosphomolybdic acid ) + -ate":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180303"
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},
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"phonal":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, or producing speech sounds":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u014dn\u1d4al"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"phon- + -al":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180422"
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},
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"photoengrave":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": to make a photoengraving of":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u014d-in-\u02c8gr\u0101v"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"back-formation from photoengraving":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1885, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182736"
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},
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"photog":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": one who takes photographs : photographer":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"f\u0259-\u02c8t\u00e4g"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"lensman",
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"photographer",
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"shooter",
|
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"shutterbug"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"my friend's a photog for that supermarket tabloid",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Whether your giftee is a budding photog or an avid lensperson, the cult-favorite brand\u2019s D-Lux 7 compact point and shoot camera \u2014 bundled with a carrying bag and a 64GB memory card \u2014 makes a great addition to their collection. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"The Huntsville native draws photog inspiration from the likes of Michelle Shiers and Gered Markowitz. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 19 Nov. 2021",
|
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"Not the same for our trusty Globe photog , of course. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 31 July 2020",
|
|
"But that doesn't mean that Hollywood's fashion lovers are phoning it in\u2014even if their looks are being photographed via iPhones rather than Getty photog lenses. \u2014 Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"There were no phones allowed inside, but thankfully, photogs were there to capture James' ensemble. \u2014 Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen , 11 Sep. 2019",
|
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"The deadline is growing nigh \u2014 6 p.m. Sept. 6 \u2014 so take a look at the submission rules and picture your photo, name and city of residence among the works of talented amateur photogs . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Aug. 2019",
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|
"There are smiles, there is glad-handing, and multiple keepsakes from the track photog , then Champagne in a special room upstairs where owners and trainers retreat to watch a replay and toast one another for their good fortune. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 July 2019",
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|
"The Brooklyn-Based photog became the first black woman to shoot for ESPN's Body Issue with a stunning editorial featuring Tori Bowie. \u2014 Jessica Andrews, Teen Vogue , 7 Aug. 2018"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"short for photographer":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1898, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-184024"
|
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},
|
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"phonocardiogram":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a graphic representation of heart sounds made by means of a microphone, amplifier, and recording equipment":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccf\u014d-n\u0259-\u02c8k\u00e4rd-\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccgram",
|
|
"\u02ccf\u014d-n\u0259-\u02c8k\u00e4r-d\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccgram"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"borrowed from German Phonokardiogramm, from phono- phono- + Kardiogramm cardiogram":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1911, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-190233"
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},
|
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"phosphokinase":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": kinase":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccf\u00e4s-f\u014d-\u02c8k\u012b-\u02ccn\u0101s",
|
|
"-\u02ccn\u0101z",
|
|
"\u02ccf\u00e4s-f\u014d-\u02c8k\u012b-\u02ccn\u0101s, -\u02ccn\u0101z"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"He was not released until his levels of CPK -- creatine phosphokinase , an enzyme that leaks into the blood when muscle tissue is damaged -- were normal. \u2014 Daniella Emanuel, CNN , 9 Mar. 2018"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1946, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-190736"
|
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},
|
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"phosphatidic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": phospholipid":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00e4s-f\u0259-\u02cct\u012bd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1884, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-192149"
|
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},
|
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"photoreconnaissance":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": reconnaissance in which aerial photographs are taken":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u014d-ri-\u02c8k\u00e4-n\u0259-z\u0259n(t)s",
|
|
"also -s\u0259n(t)s"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"As a lieutenant colonel in the Vietnam War, McGee flew 172 combat missions in the RF-4, a photoreconnaissance jet. \u2014 Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News , 6 Dec. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1920, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-193443"
|
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},
|
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"photogalvanic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": photovoltaic":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6f\u014dt(\u02cc)\u014d+"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"phot- + galvanic":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-193557"
|
|
},
|
|
"photosynthesis":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"intransitive verb",
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u014d-\u02c8sin(t)-th\u0259-s\u0259s",
|
|
"\u02ccf\u014dt-\u014d-\u02c8sin(t)-th\u0259-s\u0259s",
|
|
"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u0259-\u02c8sin-th\u0259-s\u0259s"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Here\u2019s the process: How does photosynthesis work in plants",
|
|
"While other forests often burn in wildfires, releasing the carbon sequestered by photosynthesis right back into the atmosphere, the rainforest of Southeast Alaska is different. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Like plants growing on land, kelp uses sunlight for photosynthesis , absorbing carbon in the process. \u2014 Carol Leonetti Dannhauser, Hartford Courant , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Nitrogen allows your grass to grow thicker and greener by helping create chlorophyll for photosynthesis . \u2014 Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"According to the brand, the red light is supposed to make the photosynthesis process more efficient, resulting in better growth and healthier plants; the white lights provide plants with a spectrum of light that's optimal for growth. \u2014 Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"Your tomatoes are growing so quickly right now, that the younger leaves will make up for any photosynthesis deficit from the older leaves. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Some farms may create a future out of thin air with industrial-scale photosynthesis that captures carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and with sunlight, converts it into the fuel additive ethanol. \u2014 Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 19 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Today's oxygen levels in the atmosphere are a stable balance between processes that produce oxygen - like photosynthesis by plants and microorganisms - and those that consume it - like rock weathering and oxygen-breathing organisms. \u2014 David Bressan, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1898, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-195835"
|
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},
|
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"phonetic change":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a phonological development in a language that affects one or more allophones of a phoneme but causes no alteration in the phoneme constituents":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-195937"
|
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},
|
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"photoelectric cell":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an electronic device whose electrical properties are modified by the action of light":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"In 2016, Gabor and his colleagues modeled the best conditions for a photoelectric cell that regulates energy flow. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 30 July 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1890, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200515"
|
|
},
|
|
"phose":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a subjective visual sensation (as of light or color)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u014dz",
|
|
"-\u014ds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Greek ph\u014ds light":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201559"
|
|
},
|
|
"phoebe":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": artemis":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u0113-b\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Reports from Crane WMA in Falmouth included 2 American kestrels, 9 Eastern phoebes , 2 grasshopper sparrows, 18 Eastern towhees, 2 bobolink, 4 Eastern meadowlarks, a dickcissel, and 2 blue grosbeaks. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 11 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"Parker River National Wildlife Refuge: Among reports were four Northern shovelers, a Eurasian wigeon, a ruddy duck, a pectoral sandpiper, three American woodcocks, an Eastern phoebe , and a Lapland longspur. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"They are joined by birds such as phoebes and hermit thrushes who have the amazing ability to switch from insect diets to fruits and seeds. \u2014 Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 7 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"Birds are adaptable and make nests in countless buildings in the city, but not every nesting site has a staff that takes a keen interest in the welfare of the phoebes and their chicks. \u2014 Weldon Johnson, azcentral , 4 June 2019",
|
|
"In 2011, a U.S. attorney in North Dakota charged Hamm with a criminal misdemeanor after a Say\u2019s phoebe got stuck and died in a pond of oil waste. \u2014 Dino Grandoni, Washington Post , 12 Jan. 2018",
|
|
"In 1804, a young naturalist named John James Audubon tied silver threads to the legs of the eastern phoebes , tiny white-and-brown songbirds, that lived in a nest near his home near Philadelphia. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 20 Sep. 2017",
|
|
"DEAR JOAN: Last summer a neighbor removed some evergreens and several displaced black phoebes found their way to our yard. \u2014 Joan Morris, The Mercury News , 14 Mar. 2017",
|
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"A phoebe is a kind of bird, and my little girl also happened to arrive 8 weeks before her due date, making her a true early bird. \u2014 Liz Krieger, Town & Country , 10 July 2017"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"imitative":"Noun",
|
|
"Latin, from Greek Phoib\u0113 , from phoib\u0113 , feminine of phoibos":"Noun"
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1700, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
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"1567, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201821"
|
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},
|
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"photopia":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": vision in bright light with light-adapted eyes believed to be mediated by the cones of the retina":[
|
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"\u2014 opposed to scotopia"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"f\u014d\u02c8t\u014dp\u0113\u0259"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from phot- + -opia":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-202222"
|
|
},
|
|
"photomeson":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a meson ejected from an atomic nucleus as a result of the incidence of a gamma ray or other high energy photon":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\"+"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"phot- + meson":""
|
|
},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-202332"
|
|
},
|
|
"photomask":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a pattern of opaque material used to shield selected areas of a surface (as of a semiconductor) in deposition or etching (as in producing an integrated circuit) : mask sense 3d":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u014d-t\u014d-\u02ccmask"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"photo- + mask entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1963, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-202741"
|
|
},
|
|
"phoneme":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of the abstract units of the phonetic system of a language that correspond to a set of similar speech sounds (such as the velar \\k\\ of cool and the palatal \\k\\ of keel ) which are perceived to be a single distinctive sound in the language":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u014d-\u02ccn\u0113m"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"The sounds represented by \u201cc\u201d and \u201cb\u201d are different phonemes , as in the words \u201ccat\u201d and \u201cbat.\u201d",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"To build his dictation engine, Chen broke Mandarin down into its smallest elements, called phonemes . \u2014 Mara Hvistendahl, Wired , 18 May 2020",
|
|
"For languages that use phonemes , pictographs, or characters, all bets are off. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 27 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"Some have contrasting tones while others do not; Japanese and Spanish have 25 phonemes (distinct units of sound) compared to 40 in English and Thai; and there are a few hundred distinct syllables in Japanese, versus almost 7,000 English. \u2014 Olivia Goldhill, Quartz , 8 Sep. 2019",
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"While phonemes help convey meaning, speech-recognition software does not account for unintended repetitions of them, according to Rudzicz. \u2014 Kevin Wheeler, Curbed , 12 Dec. 2018",
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"This involves breaking up speech samples into distinct sounds (known as phonemes ) and then stitching them back together to form new words and sentences. \u2014 James Vincent, The Verge , 20 Nov. 2018",
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"Ryabov suggests that the variation seen in these pulses represents the equivalent of phonemes , or words, and that the strings of pulses could reasonably be considered dolphin sentences. \u2014 National Geographic , 15 Sep. 2016",
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"Next up, game mode challenges the child to identify certain letters, phonemes and pictures \u2014 such as asking for the picture that begins with a certain letter or letter sound. \u2014 Leander Kahney, WIRED , 12 Dec. 2002",
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"The resultant voice, which is comprised of the person\u2019s phonemes , or the distinct units of sound that distinguish one word from another in each language, doesn\u2019t sound even remotely computer-generated or made up. \u2014 Nick Bilton, The Hive , 26 Jan. 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from French phon\u00e8me, borrowed from Greek ph\u014dn\u0113mat-, ph\u1e53n\u0113ma \"sound made by a person or animal, utterance, speech, language,\" from ph\u014dn\u0113-, variant stem of ph\u014dn\u00e9\u014d, phone\u00een \"to speak, utter, (of animals) make a sound, (of instruments) sound\" (derivative of ph\u014dn\u1e17 \"sound made by something living, voice, speech, utterance\") + -mat-, -ma, resultative noun suffix \u2014 more at phono-":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1879, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-202751"
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"photorecord":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a photographic record":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u014dt\u014d+\u02cc-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"phot- + record":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-204913"
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"Phomopsis":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a form genus of imperfect fungi (family Sphaeropsidaceae) producing pycnospores and also filiform scolecospores":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"f\u014d\u02c8m\u00e4ps\u0259\u0307s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Phoma + -opsis":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-210701"
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},
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"photics":{
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"type":[
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"noun plural but usually singular in construction"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a science that deals with light \u2014 compare optics":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-ks"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"photic + -s":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-211404"
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},
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"photorecorder":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an apparatus (as a camera) for making photorecords":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6f\u014dt(\u02cc)\u014d+"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212159"
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},
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"phonetic alphabet":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a set of symbols (such as the IPA) used for phonetic transcription":[],
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": any of various systems of identifying letters of the alphabet by means of code words in voice communication":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Her latest story focuses on a phonetic alphabet created by early Latter-day Saints in Utah. \u2014 Saige Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 May 2022",
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"The 38-character phonetic alphabet was created by early members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints living in Utah. \u2014 Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 May 2022",
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"The creation of the phonetic alphabet , in contrast, forced our eyes to do the work. \u2014 Nick Ripatrazone, The Week , 14 Mar. 2022",
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"In the 1920s, a special agency of the United Nations, called the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), produced the first official version of a phonetic alphabet . \u2014 Kimberly Hickok, Popular Mechanics , 7 Mar. 2022",
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"Nothing about the unit suggests a connection to NATO other than the name, Lima, which is the NATO phonetic alphabet designation for the letter L. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Barbier tinkered with several options over the years, ranging from shorthand to a phonetic alphabet . \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Forbes , 4 Jan. 2022",
|
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"Fun fact: Spirits are named following the military phonetic alphabet \u2014 Romeo Rum, Victor Vodka, Golf Gin and more. \u2014 Sarah Bahr, Indianapolis Star , 11 July 2018",
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"However, in the Atlantic Basin the practice of naming tropical cyclones did not begin until 1950 when the previously anonymous storms were named using a phonetic alphabet (Able, Baker, Charlie, etc.). \u2014 Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com , 5 June 2018"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1848, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-213807"
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},
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"photovoltaic cell":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a cell having a photovoltaic element mounted for exposure to light and provided with terminals for connection with a sensitive current meter":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-215132"
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},
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"phosphatize":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to treat with phosphoric acid or a phosphate":[],
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": to change to a phosphate or phosphates":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u00e4s-f\u0259-\u02cct\u012bz"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1866, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-215450"
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},
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"photogeology":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a branch of geology concerned with the identification and study of geologic features through the study of aerial or orbital photographs":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u014d-j\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4-l\u0259-j\u0113"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1941, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220031"
|
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},
|
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"phonolite":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a gray or green volcanic rock consisting essentially of orthoclase and nepheline":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u014d-n\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bt"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"borrowed from French, from phono- phono- + -lite -lite , as loan translation of German Klingstein ; so called from the metallic ringing sound it makes when struck":""
|
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1831, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221208"
|
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},
|
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"photosynthate":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a product of photosynthesis":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u014d-\u02c8sin-\u02ccth\u0101t"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"photosynth esis + -ate entry 1":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1906, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221604"
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},
|
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"phosphatic slag":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": basic slag":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223338"
|
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},
|
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"phosgenite":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a mineral Pb 2 Cl 2 CO 2 consisting of lead chloroformate occurring in tetragonal crystals of a white, yellow, or grayish color and adamantine luster (hardness 3, specific gravity 6.0\u20136.3)":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u00e4z\u02ccj\u0113\u02ccn\u012bt",
|
|
"-j\u0259\u02ccn-"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"German phosgenit , from phosgen phosgene + -it -ite":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224539"
|
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},
|
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"photic":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of, relating to, or involving light especially in relation to organisms":[],
|
|
": penetrated by light especially of the sun":[
|
|
"the photic zone of the ocean"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u014d-tik",
|
|
"\u02c8f\u014dt-ik"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Called photic sneeze reflex, this reaction is somewhat of a mystery. \u2014 Rebecca Strong, Health.com , 17 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"More than 35% of us sneeze when suddenly exposed to a bright light, according to Scientific American \u2014 a phenomenon that's commonly known as photic sneeze reflex, or ACHOO (Autosomal Compelling Helio-Ophthalmic Outburst). \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 10 Feb. 2020",
|
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"Each time the whale shark came up to the photic zone to trawl for plankton, the bob would rise to the surface and (with luck) be detected by one of a network of orbiting satellites. \u2014 Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian , 8 May 2018",
|
|
"Most such solar, or photic , retinopathy is temporary, manifesting as spots in the visual field\u2014like after a camera flashes in your eyes. \u2014 James Hamblin, The Atlantic , 21 Aug. 2017"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1843, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224547"
|
|
},
|
|
"photocathode":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a cathode that emits electrons when exposed to radiant energy and especially light":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u014d-\u02c8ka-\u02ccth\u014dd",
|
|
"-\u02c8kath-\u02cc\u014dd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1930, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-230959"
|
|
},
|
|
"phosphatic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of, relating to, or containing phosphoric acid or phosphates":[
|
|
"phosphatic fertilizers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02c8f\u0101t-",
|
|
"f\u00e4s-\u02c8fa-tik",
|
|
"f\u00e4s-\u02c8fat-ik",
|
|
"-\u02c8f\u0101-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Such phosphatic fossilization sometimes preserves detail down to the level of single cells. \u2014 Colin Dickey, New Republic , 21 Sep. 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1818, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-232406"
|
|
},
|
|
"photoexcitation":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the process of exciting the atoms or molecules of a substance by the absorption of radiant energy":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02ccek-s\u0259-",
|
|
"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u014d-\u02ccek-\u02ccs\u012b-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1914, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-232412"
|
|
},
|
|
"phosphoric":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of, relating to, or containing phosphorus especially with a valence higher than in phosphorous compounds":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"f\u00e4s-\u02c8f\u022fr-ik",
|
|
"-\u02c8f\u00e4r-; \u02c8f\u00e4s-f(\u0259-)rik",
|
|
"-\u02c8f\u00e4r-",
|
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"\u02c8f\u00e4s-f(\u0259-)rik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1765, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233704"
|
|
},
|
|
"photosynthetic ratio":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the ratio of the volume of oxygen given off to the volume of carbon dioxide absorbed by a plant during photosynthesis, this ratio being theoretically near 1 when the primary product of photosynthesis is a simple carbohydrate":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-235342"
|
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},
|
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"Phoebe":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": artemis":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8f\u0113-b\u0113"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Reports from Crane WMA in Falmouth included 2 American kestrels, 9 Eastern phoebes , 2 grasshopper sparrows, 18 Eastern towhees, 2 bobolink, 4 Eastern meadowlarks, a dickcissel, and 2 blue grosbeaks. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 11 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"Parker River National Wildlife Refuge: Among reports were four Northern shovelers, a Eurasian wigeon, a ruddy duck, a pectoral sandpiper, three American woodcocks, an Eastern phoebe , and a Lapland longspur. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 Nov. 2019",
|
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"They are joined by birds such as phoebes and hermit thrushes who have the amazing ability to switch from insect diets to fruits and seeds. \u2014 Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 7 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"Birds are adaptable and make nests in countless buildings in the city, but not every nesting site has a staff that takes a keen interest in the welfare of the phoebes and their chicks. \u2014 Weldon Johnson, azcentral , 4 June 2019",
|
|
"In 2011, a U.S. attorney in North Dakota charged Hamm with a criminal misdemeanor after a Say\u2019s phoebe got stuck and died in a pond of oil waste. \u2014 Dino Grandoni, Washington Post , 12 Jan. 2018",
|
|
"In 1804, a young naturalist named John James Audubon tied silver threads to the legs of the eastern phoebes , tiny white-and-brown songbirds, that lived in a nest near his home near Philadelphia. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 20 Sep. 2017",
|
|
"DEAR JOAN: Last summer a neighbor removed some evergreens and several displaced black phoebes found their way to our yard. \u2014 Joan Morris, The Mercury News , 14 Mar. 2017",
|
|
"A phoebe is a kind of bird, and my little girl also happened to arrive 8 weeks before her due date, making her a true early bird. \u2014 Liz Krieger, Town & Country , 10 July 2017"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"imitative":"Noun",
|
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"Latin, from Greek Phoib\u0113 , from phoib\u0113 , feminine of phoibos":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1700, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
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"1567, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-235422"
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},
|
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"phosphoric acid":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a syrupy or deliquescent tribasic acid H 3 PO 4 used especially in preparing phosphates (as for fertilizers), in rust-proofing metals, and especially formerly as a flavoring in soft drinks":[],
|
|
": a compound (such as pyrophosphoric acid or metaphosphoric acid) consisting of phosphate groups linked directly to each other by oxygen":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"One cure promised immortality through a concoction of phosphoric acid & lime \u2014 in other words, soda. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 2 Mar. 2022",
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"On average, more than 5 tons of phosphogypsum waste are produced for every ton of phosphoric acid created for fertilizer. \u2014 Larry Brand, The Conversation , 8 Apr. 2021",
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"If the pH level is too high, add two to three drops of phosphoric acid to the water to lower it. \u2014 Angela Watson, chicagotribune.com , 26 Mar. 2021",
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"Phosphogypsum is the waste left behind when phosphate rock is crushed and treated to create phosphoric acid for the manufacture of fertilizers and other products. \u2014 Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com , 18 Dec. 2020",
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"Past proposals have called for 3D-printing with Sorel cement, which requires significant amounts of chemicals and water (consumables), and a rocklike material that would require both water and phosphoric acid as a liquid binder. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 22 Sep. 2020",
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"Some sodas, in particular colas, also add phosphoric acid or citric acid for flavor and to act as a preservative as well as caffeine. \u2014 Rahel Mathews, The Conversation , 7 May 2020",
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"Past proposals have called for 3D printing with Sorel cement, which requires significant amounts of chemicals and water (consumables), and a rocklike material that would require both water and phosphoric acid as a liquid binder. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 31 Mar. 2020",
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"Phosphogypsum is a waste by-product of phosphoric acid production. \u2014 Jill Kiedaisch, Popular Mechanics , 7 Mar. 2019"
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": of, relating to, or resulting from the chemical action of radiant energy and especially light":[
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": of or relating to photochemistry":[
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"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u014d-\u02c8ke-mi-k\u0259l",
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"\u02ccf\u014dt-\u014d-\u02c8kem-i-k\u0259l"
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],
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"And now, sunlight has a critical role, because the many, many photochemical reactions that are needed, at least in the Sutherland chemistry, to bring you up to the level of nucleotides, amino acids, lipids. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 1 June 2022",
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"Basically, this means that birds have photoreceptors in their eyes that are sensitive to radical pairs\u2019 photochemical reactions. \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 6 Apr. 2022",
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"For example, a brownish-haze called photochemical smog forms in Los Angeles when nitrogen oxide from car exhaust reacts with sunlight in Earth's lower atmosphere. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 Feb. 2022",
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"And half of them are actual photochemical restorations. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 23 Feb. 2022",
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"This photochemical process occurs on Venus, Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn as well, per Science Alert. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 Feb. 2022",
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"The team used photochemical methods to graft the cavitand receptors onto the surface of a micrometre-scale silicon microcantilever. \u2014 Simon Hadlington, Scientific American , 19 June 2014",
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"In the upper atmospheres of both worlds, photochemical reactions from the Sun destroy ammonia, creating nitrogen gas and hydrogen. \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 25 June 2021",
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"Each star emits a unique spectrum of light that interacts with the atmospheres of orbiting planets and causes photochemical reactions. \u2014 Meghan Herbst, Wired , 4 Mar. 2021"
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": of, relating to, or caused by photonasty":[]
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"\u00a6f\u014dt\u014d\u00a6nastik"
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": the act or process of phonologizing or the state of being phonologized":[]
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"f\u0259\u02ccn\u00e4l\u0259j\u0259\u0307\u02c8z\u0101sh\u0259n"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-004430"
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},
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to make phonetic : spell phonetically":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"f\u014d\u02c8net\u0259\u02ccs\u012bz"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-004712"
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a photochemical reaction":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-r\u0113-\u02c8ak-sh\u0259n",
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"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u014d-r\u0113-\u02c8ak-sh\u0259n"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1909, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010601"
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": a zooid of the sexual generation of some free-swimming tunicates which though it becomes free-swimming does not mature sexually":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6f\u014dr\u0259+"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"phoro- + zooid":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010631"
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},
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"photochemistry":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": a branch of chemistry that deals with the effect of radiant energy in producing chemical changes":[],
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": photochemical properties":[
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"the photochemistry of gases"
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],
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": photochemical processes":[
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"photochemistry of vision"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u014d-\u02c8ke-m\u0259-str\u0113",
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"-\u02c8kem-\u0259-str\u0113"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1860, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011337"
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"phone phreak":{
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"first_known_use":{
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"1971, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011723"
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},
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"photosystem":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": either of two photochemical reaction centers consisting chiefly of photosynthetic pigments complexed with protein and occurring in chloroplasts:":[],
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": one that absorbs light with a wavelength of about 700 nanometers":[],
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": one that absorbs light with a wavelength of about 680 nanometers":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u014d-t\u014d-\u02ccsi-st\u0259m"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Instead, for a safe, steady energy output, the pigments of the photosystem had to be very finely tuned in a certain way. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 30 July 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1961, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-012230"
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},
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"photostationary":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": of, relating to, or being a stationary state in which the rate of photochemical dissociation of reactants is equaled by the rate of recombination":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u00a6f\u014dt(\u02cc)\u014d+"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"phot- + stationary":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013331"
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},
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"photofluoroscopy":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": photofluorography":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\"+"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"phot- + fluoroscopy":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013527"
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},
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"photogene":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an afterimage or retinal impression":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u014dt\u0259\u02ccj\u0113n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary phot- + -gene ; probably originally formed in French":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014426"
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},
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"phosphatidylethanolamines":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": any of a group of phospholipids that occur especially in blood plasma and the white matter of the central nervous system and are similar to lecithins":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccf\u00e4s-f\u0259-\u02cct\u012b-d\u1d4al-\u02cce-th\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4-l\u0259-\u02ccm\u0113n",
|
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"-\u02c8n\u014dl-",
|
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"(\u02cc)f\u00e4s-\u02ccfa-t\u0259-d\u1d4al-",
|
|
"-\u02c8n\u014d-",
|
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"-\u02cceth-\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4l-\u0259-\u02ccm\u0113n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1942, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021920"
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},
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"photostage":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a phase of plant development during which light exerts a dominant effect":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8f\u014dt\u014d+\u02cc-"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"phot- + stage":""
|
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024655"
|
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},
|
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"photometeor":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a temporary luminous phenomenon (as lightning, a rainbow, a halo) in the sky":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\"+"
|
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary phot- + meteor":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-044603"
|
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},
|
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"photocompose":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to set (something, such as reading matter) by photocomposition":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccf\u014d-t\u014d-k\u0259m-\u02c8p\u014dz"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1929, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-045548"
|
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},
|
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"phosphorescence":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": luminescence that is caused by the absorption of radiations (such as light or electrons) and continues for a noticeable time after these radiations have stopped \u2014 compare fluorescence":[],
|
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": an enduring luminescence without sensible heat":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccf\u00e4s-f\u0259-\u02c8re-s\u1d4an(t)s",
|
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"-\u02c8res-\u1d4an(t)s"
|
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Last was the stadium wave and sparkling light rolled around Bryant-Denny like phosphorescence in a boat wake. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 20 Nov. 2021",
|
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"Luminescence in general can come from different sources\u2014like the biochemical reaction that happens in fireflies, or the phosphorescence of the 2021 glowing plant. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 11 Oct. 2021",
|
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"The show\u2019s one flaw, at least for me, was Celeste\u2019s efforts to find and combine three different sources of light \u2014 phosphorescence , incandescence and iridescence \u2014 in order to create luminescence, which isn\u2019t really how that works. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Apr. 2021",
|
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"Unfortunately, the phosphorescence also gives the sails the slightest green tinge in daylight. \u2014 Kriston Capps, Washington Post , 28 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"With the eerie phosphorescence of her signature watercolor technique, her paintings carry both a sense of otherworldliness and a playful, winking humor. \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 26 Oct. 2020",
|
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"All things are one thing and that one thing is all things\u2014plankton, a shimmering phosphorescence on the sea and the spinning planets and an expanding universe, all bound together by the elastic string of time. \u2014 Smithsonian , 22 Aug. 2019",
|
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"On one overnight trip across the Channel, the ship\u2019s paddle wheels churned up the glowing phosphorescence in the water, leaving a visible wake that made the 180-foot ship an easy target for German bombers. \u2014 Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian , 19 July 2017",
|
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"On one overnight trip across the Channel, the ship\u2019s paddle wheels churned up the glowing phosphorescence in the water, leaving a visible wake that made the 180-foot ship an easy target for German bombers. \u2014 Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian , 19 July 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1770, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-050428"
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"photohalide":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": any of a series of variously colored products formed by the action of radiant energy on silver halide or obtained by the introduction of colloidal silver into silver halide during its preparation":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6f\u014dt(\u02cc)\u014d+"
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"phot- + halide":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-050546"
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