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noun
- (archaic, slang, in old westerns) A Gatling gun.
- (slang, 1920's gangster) Any type of gun though usually in reference to a pistol.
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- (Irish, slang, North Kerry circa 1989) Forms: 1 gating, gatting: " Used in the progressive tense i.e. Gating or Gatting; primarily with the verb "to go" . 1. To set out to drink (alcohol) with the intention of getting drunk.
- Let's get a flagon of cider and go gatting tonight.
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| geochronometry |
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noun
- the science of the measurement of the age of rocks etc. based on the radioactive decay of naturally occurring isotopes
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| geodynamics |
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noun
- the branch of geophysics that studies the deformation processes of planetary mantle and crust, and the resulting earthquakes and volcanism
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| geologic |
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adjective
- of, or relating to geology or a geologic timescale
- Portuguese: geológico
- Russian: геологи�е�кий
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| geologist |
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noun
- A person who is skilled at geology
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| geology |
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noun (geologies)
- The study of earth and land.
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| geomorphology |
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noun
- The study of landforms, their classification, origin, development, and history.
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| geothermal |
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adjective - pertaining to heat energy extracted from reservoirs in the earth's interior
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| geyser |
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noun
- A boiling spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud, etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam.
- (context, British, archaic) An instantaneous, and often dangerous, hot water heater.
- 1902: William Paton Buchan, Plumbing: A Text-book to the Practice of the Art Or Craft of the Plumber - Where a Geyser or hot-water heater is used it is a good and wise precaution to see that the bath-room, &c., when it is used is well ventilated.
- 1998: Gordon S Riess, Confessions of a Corporate Centurion: Tales of International Adventures - Water was heated either on the gas stove, or on a wall mounted gas-fired "" heater.
- 2002: Alaine Polcz, One woman in the war: Hungary, 1944-1945 - It was here I saw a gas water heater in a bathroom for the first time. (I was afraid of it).
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adjective
- of, or relating to glaciers
- We examined the deposits
- suggesting the slow speed of a glacial
- Work on the new dictionary proceeded at a pace
- cold and icy
- After the rain and frost, the pavements were
- having the appearance of ice
- On cold days, acetic acid will freeze in the bottle
- cool and unfriendly
- He gave me a stare
Glacial
- (geology) of the Pleistocene period dominated by the presence of glaciers
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| glacier |
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noun (plural glaciers)
- A large body of ice which moves under its own mass, usually downhill, acting as a juggernaught to all in its path.
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| graben |
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noun - (geology) an elongated block of the Earth's crust that has dropped relative to the surrounding blocks
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| gradation |
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noun
- A sequence of gradual, successive stages; a systematic progression.
- A passing by small degrees from one tone or shade, as of color, to another. See Synonyms at nuance.
- The act of gradating or arranging in grades.
- (music) a gradual change within one parameter, or an overlapping of two blocks of sound.
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| grain |
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noun
- (uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.
- We stored a thousand tons of for the winter.
- (countable) A single seed of grain.
- a of wheat
- (context, countable, uncountable) The crops from which grain is harvested.
- The fields were planted with .
- (uncountable) A linear texture of a material or surface.
- Cut along the of the wood.
- (countable) A single particle of a substance.
- a of sand
- a of salt
- (uncountable) A very small unit of weight, in England equal to 1/480 of an ounce troy, 0.0648 grams or, to be more exact, 64.79891 milligrams. A carat grain or pearl grain is 1/4 carat or 50 milligrams. The old French grain was 1/9216 livre or 53.11 milligrams, and in the mesures usuelles permitted from 1812 to 1839, with the livre redefined as 500 grams, it was 54.25 milligrams.
- (materials) a region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction
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| graphic |
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noun
- a drawing or picture
- (in the plural) computer generated images as viewed on a screen forming part of a game or a film etc.
- I've just played this new computer game, the graphics are amazing.
adjective
- drawn, pictorial
- vivid, descriptive
- grotesque or otherwise repulsive gory
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| gravity meter |
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noun - (physics) an instrument that measures the local acceleration due to gravity (strength of the gravitational field)
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| group |
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noun
- A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.
- There is a of houses behind the hill.
- A of people gathered in front of the Parliament to demonstrate against the Prime Minister's proposals.
- He left town to join a Communist
- (grouptheory) A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element, and such that each element has an inverse.
- A (usually small) group of people who perform music together.
- Did you see the new jazz ?
- (astronomy) A small number (up to about fifty) of galaxy, galaxies that are near each other.
- (chemistry) A column in the periodic table of chemical elements.
- (chemistry) A functional entity consisting of certain atoms whose presence provides a certain property to a molecule, such as the methyl group.
- (sociology) A subset of a culture or of a society.
- (military) An air force formation.
- (geology) A collection of formations or rock strata.
- (computing) In the Unix operating system, a number of users with same rights with respect to accession, modification, and execution of files, computers and peripherals.
verb
- (transitive) To put together to form a group.
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| gumbo |
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noun (gumbos, -)
- (countable) The okra plant or its pods.
- (uncountable) A soup or stew made with okra.
- (uncountable) A fine silty soil that when wet becomes very thick and heavy.
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