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101prompt book — /ˈprɒmpt bʊk/ (say prompt book) noun the script of a play, containing cues, etc., used by a prompter. Also, prompt copy …
102prompt note — noun Etymology: prompt (IV) : a memorandum of a sale given by a seller to a purchaser specifying the sum to be paid and the time when payment is due * * * prompt note, a note reminding a person of the date a loan is due …
103prompt radiation — The gamma rays produced in fission and as a result of other neutron reactions and nuclear excitation of the weapon materials appearing within a second or less after a nuclear explosion. The radiations from these sources are known either as prompt …
104Prompt Global Strike — Die Fähigkeit zu einem „Global Strike“ (etwa: weltweiten Schlag) ist seit der Jahrtausendwende Kernbestandteil der Militärstrategie der US Streitkräfte, siehe auch unter Nuklearstrategie. Das Pentagon plant unter anderem, ballistische… …
105prompt side — Theat. the part of the stage that in the U.S. is to the right and in Britain to the left as one faces the audience. Abbr.: P.S. Also, prompt side. [1830 40] * * * …
106prompt neutron — ▪ nuclear particle in nuclear fission reactions, neutron emitted instantaneously by a nucleus undergoing fission in contrast to a delayed neutron, which is emitted by an excited nucleus among the fission products at an appreciable time… …
107prompt someone to/to do something — cause someone to take a course of action. → prompt …
108prompt box — /ˈprɒmpt bɒks/ (say prompt boks) noun the place in a theatre where a prompter sits …
109prompt neutron — /prɒmpt ˈnjutrɒn/ (say prompt nyoohtron) noun a neutron emitted during a nuclear fission process without measurable delay, i.e., in less than a millionth of a second …
110prompt side — /ˈprɒmpt saɪd/ (say prompt suyd) noun that part of the stage to the actor s left as he or she faces the audience …
