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  • ...s a body, in reference to the frozen [[nucleus]] of ice and dust, or as an object, when describing the nucleus with its diffuse coma and tail. ...part of its life as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_star compact object]; either a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_dwarf white dwarf], [https:
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  • The inertial mass of an object determines its acceleration in the [[presence]] of an applied [[force]]. Ac On the surface of the [[Earth]], the weight W of an object is related to its mass m by
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  • ...dings), concealment (object [[Invisible|cannot be seen]]), and deception (object looks like something else); in a broad sense, all three are forms of concea The objective of hiding is often to keep the [[presence]] of an object or [[person]] [[secret]], but in other cases not the [[presence]] is a secr
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  • * A [[human]]-made object, such as a tool, weapon or ornament, especially those of archaeological or * A human-made object that is a prototype or standard of measurement.
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  • A '''cultural artifact''' is a human-made [[wiktionary:object|object]] which gives information about the [[culture]] of its creator and users. T
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  • *4 : a [[game]] of pool in which all 15 object balls are shot in numerical order ...otates around a [[center]] (or point) of rotation. A [[three]]-dimensional object rotates around an imaginary line called an [[axis]]. If the axis of rotatio
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  • :b : a heavy object (as a metal ball) thrown, put, or lifted as an [[athletic]] [[exercise]] or :b : a heavy object to hold or press something down or to counterbalance
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  • #REDIRECT [[Astronomical object]]
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  • #REDIRECT [[Astronomical object]]
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  • ...as a [[symbol]] of [[past]] [[experience]]. Without the owner's input, the object's meaning is [[invisible]] and cannot be articulated.
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  • ==Verb (used with object)== ==Verb (used without object)==
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  • ...or office <a scepter is the attribute of [[power]]>; especially : such an object used for identification in [[painting]] or [[sculpture]]
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  • :b : a manufactured object or vehicle intended to orbit the [[earth]], the moon, or another celestial In the [[context]] of spaceflight, a '''satellite''' is an object which has been placed into [[orbit]] by human endeavor. Such objects are so
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  • ...constellation], etc. is the altitude (or elevation angle) reached when the object transits over an [[observer]]'s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meridian_(as ...[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidereal_day sidereal day], an astronomical object will cross the meridian twice: once at its upper culmination, when it is at
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  • ...[[triangle]] with the object at its base. The greater the distance of the object from the eye, the greater is the height of this triangle, and the less the ...een distance and apparent height of objects is not a linear pattern. If an object were actually touching the eye, thus being no distance away, it would appea
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  • ...nsidered as distraction in situations requiring full attention on a single object (e.g. sports, [[academic]] tests, [[performance]]).
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  • ...to [[surroundings]] or conditions that are [[native]] or pertinent to the object of [[study]]; especially : foreign language instruction in which only the l ...h has the object of his/hear fear, can he/she be in the same room with the object of his/her fear, and/or can he/she be in [[physical]] [[contact]] with it?
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  • ...g against [[exposed]] surfaces". However, the resultant total motion of an object is made up of the leeway drift and the movement of the upper layer of the [ ...a liferaft, drifting debris, or a [[person]] in the water (PIW). A passive object will [[experience]] the greatest leeway drift and it is this drift that is
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  • ...ly]] either by the [[geometry]] of the [[path]], or as the position of the object over [[time]].
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  • ...of a shadow is a two-dimensional silhouette, or reverse projection of the object blocking the light. An astronomical object casts human visible shadows when its apparent magnitude is equal or lower t
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  • ...[[examine]] the image closely with a smaller eyepiece lens thus making the object look larger. ...viewing. A microscope is similar in layout to a telescope except that the object being viewed is close to the objective, which is usually much smaller than
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  • ...its state of [[relative]] [[motion]]. It is represented numerically by an object's [[mass]]. The principle of inertia is one of the fundamental principles o ...e force causes its speed or direction to [[change]]. This would include an object that is not in motion (velocity = zero), which will remain at rest until so
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  • ...s "5 meters per second east" is a vector. The [[average]] velocity v of an object moving through a displacement (Δx) during a time interval (Δt) is describ ...city is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceleration acceleration] – how an object's speed or direction [[changes]] over time, and how it is changing at a par
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  • ...stituted in itself, while the noumenon is an epistemological concept of an object of a certain mode of cognition, namely intellectual intuition. Both, howeve
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  • ...ce_(navigation) lunar distance] between the [[moon]] and another celestial object (e.g., [[star]], [[planet]]) in order to determine [https://en.wikipedia.or
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  • ...A [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-dimensional_space three-dimensional object] rotates around an [[imaginary]] line called an '''axis'''. If the axis of
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  • ...e [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark trademark] [[symbol]]. When the object forged is a record or [[document]] it is often called a [https://en.wikiped ...ect planted in a concocted situation, may substitute for a forged physical object.
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  • ...]] proper motion between the background 'source' and the foreground 'lens' object. ...g [[observations]] do not rely on [[radiation]] received from the [[lens]] object, this effect therefore allows astronomers to study massive objects no matte
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  • ...uality. Newton's law of universal gravitation states that the weight of an object is dictated by the attraction of the Earth to said collection of atoms and ...s related either to subjective feelings or to objective facts. The subject-object in question might be
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  • ...pse''' is an [[astronomical]] [[event]] that occurs when one [[celestial]] object moves into the [[shadow]] of another. The term is derived from the ancient
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  • ...the ground. This is accomplished by excavating a pit or trench, placing an object in it, and covering it over.
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  • ...object in an [[interval]] of [[time]] is the distance [[traveled]] by the object divided by the duration of the interval; the instantaneous speed is the [[l
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  • *1: an object (as a stone or tree) that marks the [[boundary]] of [[land]] *2a : a conspicuous object on land that marks a locality
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  • ...is +4.83; however, as the star closest to Earth, the Sun is the brightest object in the sky with an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparent_magnitude appare
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  • # An object made by human hand or shaped by it. ...haeology|archaeological]] or [[History|historical]] interest, esp. such an object found at an archaeological excavation.
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  • ...e dimensions of space, because the rate at which time passes depends on an object's [[velocity]] relative to the speed of light and also the strength of inte
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  • *3: (of a noun) denoting a material object as opposed to an [[abstract]] [[quality]], [[state]], or [[action]]. ...s is called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_object_theory abstract object theory].
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  • ...[magical]] [[power]] to protect or aid its owner; broadly : a [[material]] object regarded with [[superstitious]] or extravagant [[trust]] or [[reverence]] :b : an object of irrational [[reverence]] or obsessive [[devotion]] : prepossession
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  • ...an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical [[fear]] of a particular object, class of objects, or situation ...is]]. The DSM-IV-TR states that if a phobic [[stimulus]], whether it be an object or a [[social]] situation, is absent entirely in an [[environment]] - a [[d
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  • '''Flight''' is the [[process]] by which an object moves, through an [[atmosphere]] (especially the [[air]]) or beyond it (as
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  • ...voidance of observation – that allows an otherwise visible [[organism]] or object to remain indiscernible from the surrounding environment through deception.
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  • ...]] or of outer [[space]] visible from the [[surface]] of any astronomical object. It is [[difficult]] to define precisely for several reasons. During daylig
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  • 85:1.1 The first object to be [[worshiped]] by evolving man was a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ro ...[ceremony]]. Such [[fetishes]] are many times mere [[symbols]] of the real object of [[worship]].
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  • ...se]] to do for attainment, [[power]], or superiority. Ambition is also the object of this desire. A poor example of 'Ambition' could be 'to become a Confetti 2 : the object of ambition <her ambition is to start her own business>
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  • ...t) Zacharias] met them and disclosed his [[belief]] that [[Jesus]] was the object of their quest and sent them on to [[Bethlehem]], where they found the babe
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  • ...ipedia.org/wiki/Impact_crater impact craters]. Despite being the brightest object in the sky after the [[Sun]], its [[surface]] is actually very [[dark]], wi
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  • An '''amulet''' is an object whose most important characteristic is the [[power]] ascribed to it to prot ...pedia.org/wiki/Natural_History_(Pliny) Natural History]'', [[meaning]] "an object that [[protects]] a person from trouble".[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amu
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  • ...and reflected (but not resized) so as to coincide precisely with the other object. Two line segments are congruent if and only if they have the same length.
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  • ...bservation]]al [[data]]. The parsec is defined as the distance at which an object will appear to move one [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcsecond arcsecond]
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  • * ''Occlusion of one object by another'' * ''Subtended visual angle of an object of known size''
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  • *1: a [[lens]] or system of lenses that forms an [[image]] of an object ...n end, which is an object, either a [[physical]] object or an [[abstract]] object, that has [[intrinsic]] [[value]].
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  • ...p everybody to better understand the information gathering about any space object and various [[phenomena]] connected with those space objects. *[[Information]] on every object maybe complemented and edited.
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  • ...ronomical object is sometimes referred to as a celestial body or celestial object.
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  • ...lly, a meteorite on the [[surface]] of any [[celestial]] body is a natural object that has come from elsewhere in [[space]]. Meteorites have been found on th
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  • ...fantasies and a [[desire]] to form or maintain a [[relationship]] with the object of love and have one's feelings reciprocated. Psychologist [https://en.wiki ...aviors]] that are contingent on perceived emotional reciprocation from the object of interest".
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  • ...edieval [[legend]] by [[Christ]] at the [[Last Supper]] and thereafter the object of knightly [[quests]] *2: the object of an extended or [[difficult]] quest
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  • [94.8] And make your Lord your exclusive object.
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  • ...dio waves or microwaves which bounce off any object in their [[path]]. The object returns a tiny part of the [[wave]]'s [[energy]] to a dish or antenna which
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  • ...hermodynamics]). The transfer of energy by heat from one object to another object with an equal or higher temperature can happen only with the aid of a heat
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  • ...(TNO), [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scattered-disc_object scattered-disc object] (SDO), and so on. These inhabit the cold outer reaches of the [[Solar Syst ...assical asteroids: objects of the main asteroid belt, Jupiter trojans, and near-Earth objects.</blockquote>
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  • ...stituted in itself, while the noumenon is an epistemological concept of an object of a certain mode of cognition, namely intellectual intuition. Both, howeve
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  • ...the form of such a [[monument]], any [[structure]] of this shape, natural object of this form < ancient Greek πυραμίδ-, πυραμίς monumental str :b : a [[structure]] or object of similar form
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  • ...presents]] not the object pictured but some [[thing]] or [[idea]] that the object pictured is supposed to suggest ...s convey their [[meaning]] through pictorial resemblance to a [[physical]] object, and thus may also be referred to as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictogr
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  • *1. An [[image]] or similitude of a [[deity]] or [[divinity]], used as an object of [[worship]]: applied to those worshipped by [[pagan]]s, whence, in [[scr ...figures of [[divine]] [[beings]] and, more generally, to any [[material]] object of [[worship]] in a Christian church.
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  • ...t is equal to the weight of the displaced soil/water mix and the submerged object floats due to its [[buoyancy]].
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  • ...ility''' is the [[state]] of an object which cannot be [[vision|seen]]. An object in this state is said to be Invisible ([[literally]], "not visible"). The t ...he most natural form of invisibility (whether real or [[fiction]]al) is an object which neither reflects nor absorbs light (that is, it allows light to pass
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  • :b : the [[process]] or [[technique]] of reproducing a spatial object upon a plane or curved surface or a line by projecting its points; also : a *6a : the act of [[perceiving]] a mental object as spatially and sensibly objective; also : something so perceived
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  • ...[[motion]] which is contrary to the rotation of the primary, that is, the object which forms the [[system]]'s [[Center|hub]]. ...grees has a perpendicular orbit which is neither direct nor retrograde. An object with an inclination beyond 90 degrees up to 270 degrees is in a ''retrograd
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  • ...ion]] of an object or organization. It is used in order to ensure that the object or organization will do only what it is meant to do.
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  • ...nk another cup example. Here cup as an utterance [[signifies]] a cup as an object, but cup as a term of the [[language]] [[English]] is being used to supposi ...improper supposition, if it is suppositing for an object, but a different object than it signifies, as in my example Drink another cup.[https://en.wikipedia
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  • * If an object travels at a constant [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed speed], then the ...rce]] acting on a certain object due to [[gravity]] is proportional to the object's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass mass]; the constant of proportionalit
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  • *3: an object of uncritical [[devotion]] : idol ...[[symbol]] on a computer display screen that usually suggests the type of object [[represented]] or the [[purpose]] of an available [[function]]
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  • ...f observing [[scientific]]ally; esp. the careful watching and noting of an object or [[phenomenon]] in regard to its cause or effect, or of objects or phenom ...ec. The measurement of the altitude of the [[sun]] (or other [[celestial]] object) by means of an [[astronomical]] instrument, in order to ascertain [[latitu
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  • *2: to locate and hold (a [[desire]]d object) in a detector <acquire a target by [[radar]]>
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  • ...of the outline and a basically featureless interior, with the silhouetted object usually being black. Although the [[art]] form has been popular since the m ...extended to describe the [[sight]] or [[representation]] of a [[person]], object or scene that is backlit, and appears dark against a lighter background. An
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  • A comfort object is an item used to provide [[psychological]] '''comfort''', especially in u Closely [[related]] to the [[concept]] of a comfort object is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_blanket security blanket], a t
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  • ...hers. In the spiritual life of a human being the search goes on until the object of desire is found, for this yearning is placed in the human soul. It is t ...tisfied once they pass into eternal life, where the agelong search for the object of their being continues with greater clarity. There their eyes will be op
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  • ..., that has a similar [[appearance]] to some subject—usually a [[physical]] object or a [[person]]. ...alled a hard [[copy]], is one that has been [[record]]ed on a [[material]] object, such as [[paper]] or textile by photography or digital processes.
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  • ...an object (in [[Geometry]]) is a point in some sense in the middle of the object. If geometry is regarded as the [[study]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
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  • 88:2.1 It was a supposed [[preference]] of [[ghosts]] to indwell some object which had belonged to them when alive in the [[flesh]]. This [[belief]] exp ...arrant fetishism. To take an [[oath]] on a "holy book" or to swear by some object of supreme [[veneration]] is a form of refined fetishism.
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  • ...[[geometrical]] [[description]] of the part of that space occupied by the object, as determined by its external boundary – [[abstracting]] from location a ...ns when location, scale[2] and rotational effects are filtered out from an object.’</blockquote>
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  • ...smooth one drawn with a compass. In the world in general, each particular object ought to become more like it's ideal. In [[ethics]], by [[analogy]], each p
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  • ...or exposing [[differences]]; especially : to distinguish from another like object
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  • ...ublications within the '' Until the mid-19th century, any newly discovered object orbiting the Sun was listed with the planets by the scientific community, a ...the recently-created [[International Astronomical Union|IAU]] accepted the object as a planet. Further monitoring found the body was actually much smaller, b
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  • *6 : a [[person]] or [[thing]] that is an object of [[attention]], [[anxiety]], or solicitude
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  • An '''anomaly''' is any occurrence or object that is strange, unusual, or [[unique]]. It can also mean a discrepancy or
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  • ...l'' may not necessarily be falling down in the usual sense of the term. An object moving upwards would not normally be considered to be falling but if it is
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  • ...action (philosophy)|action]]s or [[reaction]]s of an [[object (philosophy)|object]] or [[organism]], usually in [[relation]] to the [[natural environment|env
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  • Air '''propulsion''' is the [[act]] of moving an object through the air. The most common [[types]] are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wi .... A propulsion [[system]] is a [[machine]] that produces thrust to push an object forward. On airplanes, thrust is usually generated through some [[applicati
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  • ...s a body, in reference to the frozen [[nucleus]] of ice and dust, or as an object, when describing the nucleus with its diffuse coma and tail. ...part of its life as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_star compact object]; either a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_dwarf white dwarf], [https:
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  • ...tal believing with total [[trust]] and [[security]] in the out come of the object of your desired [[belief]]. Faith is power. Real [[power]]. The Power of th
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  • ...ical [[processes]] were described as being the spirits of the [[original]] object. When processes akin to distillation were carried out by [[accident]] alcoh :verb (used with object)
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  • ...[[religion]] provides a [[stabilizing]] [[loyalty]] to a [[transcendent]] object, a steadying goal beyond and above the [[immediate]] and temporal objective
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  • ...we say it is connected; otherwise it is disconnected. When a disconnected object can be split naturally into connected pieces, each piece is usually called ...atics are typically concerned with special kinds of objects. Often such an object is said to be connected if, when it is considered as a [https://en.wikipedi
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  • The science of [[Astronomical object|celestial objects]] and [[phenomena]] that originate outside the [[Earth's
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  • ...ry]] [[attitudes]] or [[feelings]] (as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, [[person]], or [[action]] ...ously experienced and openly [[expressed]] – while his 'hate' for the same object might be heavily repressed and only indirectly expressed, and thus only rev
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  • *3 : an object of envious notice or [[feeling]] <his new car made him the envy of his [[fr ...ier that it just as well could have been he or she who had the [[desired]] object.
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  • ...s), or, sometimes, the closest point (the short or minimum radius). If the object does not have an obvious [[center]], the term may refer to its circumradius ...sphere]] contained in it. The inner radius of a ring, tube or other hollow object is the radius of its cavity.
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  • ...[[practice]] of veneration distracts the Christian [[soul]] from its true object, the worship of [[God]]. In his ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutes ...e them. [[Creation]], being regarded as an icon of the Creator, is a valid object of veneration.
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  • * a "natural" ''object'' cluster is the set of all objects that share a common subset of attribute ...operty'' cluster is the set of all attributes shared by one of the natural object clusters.
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  • ...arrival or departure of the object and recording the identification of the object, the location where [[observed]], the time, and the status. This approach l
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