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meteorological rocket

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A small rocket system used for extending observations of the atmosphere above feasible limits for balloon-borne and telemetering instruments. Synoptic exploration of the ...

suctoria

Science; General science

A small specialized subclass of the protozoan class Ciliatea whose members were long considered entirely separate from the “true” ciliates. The sole order of this subclass is ...

hamamelidae

Science; General science

A small subclass of the class Magnoliopsida (dicotyledons) in the division Magnoliophyta (Angiospermae), the flowering plants, consisting of 11 orders (Trochodendrales, ...

tea

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A small tree (in cultivation, constant pruning makes it a shrub 3–4 ft or 0.9–1.2 m tall); a preparation of its leaves dried and cured by various processes; and a beverage made ...

mystacocarida

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A small, aberrant subclass of Crustacea within the class Maxillopoda. These animals are cryptic meiobenthos (small benthic animals ranging in size between macrofauna and ...

globule

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A small, opaque nebula seen in silhouette against a rich star field or a bright nebula. Globules were first cataloged in the 1920s. In 1947, B. J. Bok called attention to ...

petrolatum

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A smooth, semisolid blend of mineral oil with waxes crystallized from the residual type of petroleum lubricating oil. The wax molecules contain 30–70 carbon atoms and are straight ...

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