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  • 81deuteroscopic hallucination —    The term deuteroscopic hallucination is indebted to the Greek words deuteros (second) and skopeo (I am looking at). In 19th century medicine it was used as a synonym for *autoscopic hallucination. The French physician and psychologist Paul… …

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  • 82disparate — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. different, dissimilar, diverse; see different 1 , 2 . See Synonym Study at different . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. different, dissimilar, distinct, contrasting, unequal, uneven, inconsistent. ANT.: comparable III… …

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  • 83different — [dif′ər ənt, dif′rənt] adj. [ME < OFr < L differens: see DIFFERENCE] 1. not alike; dissimilar: with from, or, esp. informally, than, and, in Brit. usage, to 2. not the same; distinct; separate; other 3. various 4. unlike most others;… …

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  • 84Voltaic — Vol*ta ic, a. [Cf. F. volta[ i]que, It. voltaico.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to Alessandro Volta, who first devised apparatus for developing electric currents by chemical action, and established this branch of electric science;… …

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  • 85Voltaic arc — Voltaic Vol*ta ic, a. [Cf. F. volta[ i]que, It. voltaico.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to Alessandro Volta, who first devised apparatus for developing electric currents by chemical action, and established this branch of electric science;… …

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  • 86Voltaic battery — Voltaic Vol*ta ic, a. [Cf. F. volta[ i]que, It. voltaico.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to Alessandro Volta, who first devised apparatus for developing electric currents by chemical action, and established this branch of electric science;… …

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  • 87Voltaic circuit — Voltaic Vol*ta ic, a. [Cf. F. volta[ i]que, It. voltaico.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to Alessandro Volta, who first devised apparatus for developing electric currents by chemical action, and established this branch of electric science;… …

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  • 88Voltaic couple — Voltaic Vol*ta ic, a. [Cf. F. volta[ i]que, It. voltaico.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to Alessandro Volta, who first devised apparatus for developing electric currents by chemical action, and established this branch of electric science;… …

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  • 89Voltaic electricity — Voltaic Vol*ta ic, a. [Cf. F. volta[ i]que, It. voltaico.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to Alessandro Volta, who first devised apparatus for developing electric currents by chemical action, and established this branch of electric science;… …

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  • 90Voltaic element — Voltaic Vol*ta ic, a. [Cf. F. volta[ i]que, It. voltaico.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to Alessandro Volta, who first devised apparatus for developing electric currents by chemical action, and established this branch of electric science;… …

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