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Financial markets have grown more VOLATILE since exchange rates were freed in 1973.
(Adj) that can change suddenly and unexpectedly
(Adj) that can easily change into a gas
(Adj) changing quickly from one mood to another
At the same time, companies' profit margins have been SQUEEZED.
(Verb) to press something hard for a particular purpose
(Noun) an act of pressing something firmly
(Verb) to force sb/sth into or through a small space
(Noun) the amount of liquid that you can get from squeezing an orange
At the same time, companies' profit MARGINS have been squeezed.
(Noun) the empty space at the side of a page in a book
(Noun) the amount of time, space, votes etc by which you win something
(Noun) the difference between the amount of money a company earns and the amount it spends
Secure transactions across the Internet have three GOALS.
(Noun) the area between two posts into which the ball must be kicked or hit for a point to be scored
(Noun) a point that is scored when the ball goes into the goal
(Noun) your purpose or aim
For a system to work two PARTIES engaging in a secure transaction across the Internet must know each other's public keys.
(Noun) a social occasion to which people are invited in order to eat, drink and enjoy themselves
(Noun) a group of people who have the same poitical aims and ideas
(Noun) one of the people or groups of people involved in a legal case
Tiny "computers" on a CHIP are used in medical equipment, home appliances, cars and toys
(Noun) the place where a small piece of stone, glass, wood etc. has broken off
(Noun) a thin piece of potato fried in hot fat or oil
(Noun) a small piece of silicon that is used inside a computer to make it work
(Verb) to break a small piece off the edge or surface of something
(Verb) to kick or hit a ball a short distance through the air
During the last hundred years, though, a completely new CLASS of instruments has appeared.
(Noun) a group of students who are taught together
(Noun) the way people are divided into social groups
(Noun) a group of words, plants, animals etc. of a similar type
(Verb) to put something or somebody into a particular group or type
(Adj) informal - high quality
Blood is a major body TISSUE that carries food and oxygen to other TISSUES.
(Noun) a thin piece of paper that you use to clean your nose and throw away after you have used it
(Noun) thin soft paper that you use for putting around things that may break
(Noun) the mass of cells that form the bodies of humans, animals and plants
TABLES that give the daily positions of the Sun, Moon and other planets can easily be obtained.
(Noun) a piece of furniture with a flat top suported by legs
(Noun) a list of facts or figures, usually arranged in rows and columns down a page
(Verb) UK to suggest something for discussion
(Verb) USA to leave discussion to a lagter time
A WAVE is a disturbance that moves through a medium without causing the medium itself to move significantly.
(Noun) a line of water moving across the surface of water, especially the sea, that is higher than the rest of the surface
(Verb) to move your hand from side to side, usually to attract attention
(Noun) the form that some types of energy, such as sound, heat and light etc take when they move
(Noun) a gentle curve in your hair
So one of the main targets for preventive medicine today must be to keep old people MOBILE.
(Noun) UK a telephone that you can carry with you and use anywhere - mobile phone
(Noun) a decoration made of small objects that is hung up and moves when the wind blows
(Adj) able to move or be moved quickly and easily
(Adj) able to move easily from one job, place or social class to another
There are several classic and well known periodic SOLUTIONs to the three body problem of Newtonian mechanics.
(Noun) a way of dealing with a problem, an answer
(Noun) a liquid mixed with a solid or a gas
(Noun) a way of dealing with a difficult situation
If you are quite active physically then you can maintain a sense of comfort if you turn down your room thermostat a few DEGREEs in the evening or if you roll up your sleeves and aid heat loss this way.
(Noun) a unit for measuring anlges
(Noun) a unit for measuring temperature
(Noun) the amount or level of something
(Noun) a university qualification
Some built-in nonlinear solvers, such as ode or optim, require a specific function as ARGUMENT
(Noun) a conversation or discussion in which two or more poeple disagree.
(Noun) a reason or set of reasons used to show that something is true.
(Noun) one of the parameters on which a function's value depends.
This server covers the Commodore range of 8 BIT computers, but mainly the Commodore 64.
(Noun) the smallest unit of information used by a computer.
(Noun) a small amount
(Noun) a part of something.
(Verb) use your teeth to cut through something (past tense)