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51Fuster, Joan — b. 1922, Sueca (Valencia); d. 1992, Sueca Historian and critic Joan Fuster is without doubt one of the most eminent figures to emerge from the País Valenciá in the twentieth century. His stature in the Catalan cultural and ideological… …
52RAME — 1. Rarefied Flow Aerodynamics Measurement Experiment Contributor: LaRC 2. Rarified flow Aerodynamic Measurement Experiment (AFE) Contributor: LaRC …
53Psellus, Michael — (1018–ca. 1078) Byzantine scholar, philosopher, author, and statesman, who undertook a classification of DEMONs in his work On the Work of Demons. Michael Psellus was born in Constantinople, where he rose to prominence in the royal court as …
54gas — {{11}}gas (n.) 1650s, from Du. gas, probably from Gk. khaos empty space (see CHAOS (Cf. chaos)). The sound of Dutch g is roughly equivalent to that of Greek kh. First used by Flemish chemist J.B. van Helmont (1577 1644), probably influenced by… …
55Red Wagon — by Ted Berrigan (1976) This collection of poems captures ted berrigan in the mode that has made him something of a cult figure among young poets 20 plus years after his death the uncanny ability to juggle the highs and lows of culture while… …
56abstruse — a. Recondite, remote, occult, profound, hidden, transcendental, obscure, difficult, dark, vague, indefinite, enigmatical, mysterious, mystic, mystical, high, abstract, abstracted, subtile, refined, attenuated, rarified …
57rarefied — /ˈrɛərəfaɪd/ (say rairruhfuyd) adjective 1. belonging to or reserved for a small group; esoteric. 2. (of air) having only a small amount of oxygen present. 3. (of language) arcane; lofty. Also, rarified …
58attenuate — v.t. make thin; dilute; weaken; a. thin; tapering; rarified. ♦ attenuation, n. ♦ attenuator, n. resistance diminishing amplitude of oscillations in electric circuit. ♦ attenuant, a. diluting; n. drug diluting the blood …
59STRUMINSKY — RUSSIA (see also List of Individuals) 29.4.1914 Orenburg/RU 22.2.1998 Moscow/RU Vladimir Vasilievich Struminsky graduated as a physicist from Moscow State University and there continued with a PhD thesis that he submitted in 1941 to become a… …
60rarify — [rer′ə fī΄] vt., vi. rarified, rarifying alt. sp. of RAREFY …
