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clock collapse: a timepiece that shows the time of day; measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time; "he clocked the runners"

long time collapse: a prolonged period of time; "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years"

acreage collapse: an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming); "he wanted some acreage to build on"

versification collapse: the art or practice of writing verse; the form or metrical composition of a poem; a metrical adaptation of something (e.g., of a prose text)

transposition collapse: (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards; the act of reversing the order or place of; (electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance; "he wrote a textbook on the electrical effects of transposition"; (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign; (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome; any abnormal position of the organs of the body

relatively collapse: in a relative manner; by comparison to something else; "the situation is relatively calm now"

incompletely collapse: not to a full degree or extent; "words incompletely understood"; "a form filled out incompletely"

quantification collapse: the act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something; a limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers `some' or `all' or `no')

so far collapse: used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time; "So far he hasn't called"; "the sun isn't up yet"; used after a superlative; "this is the best so far"; "the largest drug bust yet"

time signature collapse: a musical notation indicating the number of beats to a measure and kind of note that takes a beat

strophe collapse: one section of a lyric poem or choral ode in classical Greek drama

arrears collapse: an unpaid overdue debt; the state of being behind in payments; "an account in arrears"

premise collapse: a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"; take something as preexisting and given; set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand"

greatly collapse: to an extraordinary extent or degree; "he improved greatly"

legislation collapse: the act of making or enacting laws; law enacted by a legislative body

dispense collapse: grant a dispensation; grant an exemption; "I was dispensed from this terrible task"

poundage collapse: weight expressed in pounds; a fee charged for the recovery of impounded animals; a charge based on weight measured in pounds

highly collapse: in a high position or level or rank; "details known by only a few highly placed persons"; to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect; "highly successful"; "He spoke highly of her"; "does not think highly of his writing"; "extremely interesting"; at a high rate or wage; "highly paid workers"

telemetry collapse: automatic transmission and measurement of data from remote sources by wire or radio or other means

inside out collapse: with the inside facing outward; "she turned the shirt inside out"; thoroughly; from every perspective; "she knows this town inside out"

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