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101Snowmelt system — A snowmelt system is used to remove snow and ice via embedded electric cables or hydronic PEX tubing. Common areas for snowmelt systems are: driveways, walkways, parking areas, stairways, loading docks, and around car washes. A snowmelt system is …
102Geosynthetic clay liners — Also see Geosynthetics. Geosynthetic clay liners (or GCLs) are factory manufactured hydraulic barriers consisting of a thin layer of bentonite (or other very low permeability material) supported by geotextiles and/or geomembranes, being… …
103Goran Malmqvist — Göran Malmqvist Nils Göran David Malmqvist (en sinogrammes simplifiés 马悦然 ; en sinogrammes traditionnels 馬悅然 ; en pinyin Mǎyuèrán) est un sinologue, linguiste, grammairien, phonéticien, historien de la littérature chinoise et traducteur …
104Göran Malmqvist — Nils Göran David Malmqvist (en sinogrammes simplifiés : 马悦然 ; en sinogrammes traditionnels : 馬悅然 ; en pinyin : Mǎyuèrán) est un sinologue, linguiste, grammairien, phonéticien, historien de la littérature chinoise et… …
105dinosaur — /duy neuh sawr /, n. 1. any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals. 2. something that is… …
106earth — /errth/, n. 1. (often cap.) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 mi. (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 mi. (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million mi. (149.6 million km), and a… …
107kerogen — /ker euh jeuhn, jen /, n. the bituminous matter in oil shale, from which shale oil is obtained by heating and distillation. [1905 10; < Gk keró(s) wax + GEN] * * * or kerogen shales or kerogenites Complex mixture of compounds with large molecules …
108locomotion — /loh keuh moh sheuhn/, n. the act or power of moving from place to place. [1640 50; see LOCOMOTIVE, MOTION] * * * Any of various animal movements that result in progression from one place to another. Locomotion is classified as either… …
109magnet — /mag nit/, n. 1. a body, as a piece of iron or steel, that possesses the property of attracting certain substances, as iron. 2. a lodestone. 3. a thing or person that attracts: The park was a magnet for pickpockets and muggers. [1400 50; late ME… …
110paper — paperless, adj. paperlike, adj. /pay peuhr/, n. 1. a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc. 2. a piece, sheet, or leaf of this. 3 …
