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83 lines
3.7 KiB
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{
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"xen-":{
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"type":[
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"combining form"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": guest : foreigner":[
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"xeno phobia"
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],
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": that which is not the host":[
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"xeno graft"
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],
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": strange : foreign":[
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"xeno lith"
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],
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": not being the host":[
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"xeno biotic"
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]
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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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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Late Latin, from Greek, from xenos stranger, guest, host":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-023811"
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},
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"xenon":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a heavy colorless and relatively inert gaseous element that occurs in air as about one part in 20 million and is used especially in specialized electric lamps (such as flash tubes) and in scientific research \u2014 see Chemical Elements Table":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8zen-\u02cc\u00e4n",
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"\u02c8ze-",
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"\u02c8z\u0113-\u02ccn\u00e4n"
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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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"Other colors can come from things like LED billboards or high-intensity xenon lights on deep-sea oil platforms and fishing boats. \u2014 Lee Billings, Scientific American , 20 Dec. 2016",
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"By contrast, LightStrike robots have a powerful xenon UV-C light source capable of damaging the DNA and RNA of viruses in a matter of minutes. \u2014 Dalvin Brown, Washington Post , 25 Nov. 2020",
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"Vast night vision camera is an accessory worth consideration \u2014 especially if your father\u2019s vehicle happens to be an older model and not equipped with the latest lighting technology like high-intensity xenon or LED headlights. \u2014 Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle , 19 June 2020",
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"Lauched in 2011, their LightStrike robot\u2019s pulsed xenon lamp shoots intense UV light in millisecond flashes, deactivating a whole range of microbes, including bacteria, spores, fungi and viruses. \u2014 Dinsa Sachan, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 Apr. 2020",
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"An earlier version of the experiment with 3.3 tons of xenon cost $30 million. \u2014 Dennis Overbye, New York Times , 7 Apr. 2020",
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"LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robots \u2014 already in use at more than 400 hospitals in the United States, according to their manufacturer Xenex Disinfection Services \u2014 use xenon ultraviolet light pulses to kill viruses, bacteria and fungi. \u2014 Elaine Glusac, New York Times , 28 Mar. 2020",
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"Meanwhile, dark matter hunters have enhanced an old detector design: an underground vat of liquid xenon , shielded from the noise on Earth\u2019s surface, that\u2019s designed to produce light should a dark matter particle make contact. \u2014 Wired Staff, Wired , 31 Dec. 2019",
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"In 1898, two British chemists by the names of Sir William Ramsay and Morris William Travers were credited for discovering the four gases that would eventually be used to create neon signs: neon, krypton, xenon and argon. \u2014 Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Feb. 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Greek, neuter of xenos strange":""
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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":"20220709-155129"
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},
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"xenomorphic":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": allotriomorphic":[]
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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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"history_and_etymology":{
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"xen- + -morphic":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-204811"
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}
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} |