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  • 31Organofluorine chemistry — Some important organofluorine compounds. A: fluoromethane B: isoflurane C: a CFC D: an HFC E: triflic acid F: Teflon G: PFOS H: fluorouracil I: fluoxetine Organofluorine chemistry describes the ch …

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  • 32sleacnes — f ( se/ sa) slowness; sloth, remissness, inertness, laziness; 1. slowness of physical movement; 2. slowness in action; 3. mental inertness; 4. remissness, slowness in performance of duty; …

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  • 33inactivity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of action Nouns 1. inactivity; inaction; inertness; lull, cessation (see repose); idleness, sloth, laziness, indolence, vegetation; unemployment, dilatoriness, dawdling; malingering; passiveness,… …

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  • 34Absence of Influence — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Absence of Influence >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 impotence impotence &c. 158 Sgm: N 1 powerlessness powerlessness Sgm: N 1 inertness inertness &c. 172 Sgm: N 1 irrelevancy irrelevancy &c. 10 PARAG:Absence of Influe …

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  • 35Inactivity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Inactivity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 inactivity inactivity Sgm: N 1 inaction inaction &c. 681 Sgm: N 1 inertness inertness &c. 172 Sgm: N 1 obstinacy obstinacy &c. 606 GRP: N 2 …

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  • 36Insensibility — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Insensibility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 insensibility insensibility insensibleness Sgm: N 1 moral insensibility moral insensibility Sgm: N 1 inertness inertness inertia Sgm: N 1 vis inertiae vis inertiae Sgm: N 1… …

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  • 37inertia — n. 1. Passivity, passiveness, inertness, lack of activity. 2. Inertness, sluggishness, indisposition to move. 3. (Phys.) Vis inertiae, tendency to continuance (whether of rest or of motion), resistance to change …

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  • 38sluggishness — n. 1. Phlegm, apathy, insensibility, dulness, indifference, inertness, indolence, slothfulness, laziness, supineness, torpor, sloth. 2. Inertness. 3. Slowness …

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  • 39argentan — Nickel Nick el, n. [G., fr. Sw. nickel, abbrev. from Sw. kopparnickel copper nickel, a name given in derision, as it was thought to be a base ore of copper. The origin of the second part of the word is uncertain. Cf. {Kupfer nickel}, {Copper… …

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  • 40Argon — Ar gon, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, neut. of ? inactive; ? priv. + ? work.] (Chem.) A colorless, odorless gas occurring in the air (of which it constitutes 0.93 per cent by volume), in volcanic gases, etc.; so named on account of its inertness by… …

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