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niche collapse: (ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species); a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it; "he found his niche in the academic world"

electrolysis collapse: removing superfluous or unwanted hair by passing an electric current through the hair root; (chemistry) a chemical decomposition reaction produced by passing an electric current through a solution containing ions

assumed collapse: accepted as real or true without proof; "an assumed increase in population"; "the assumed reason for his absence"; "assumptive beliefs"; "his loyalty was taken for granted"; adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"; taken as your right without justification; "was hearing evidence in an assumed capacity"; "Congress's arrogated powers over domains hitherto belonging to the states"

triangulate collapse: composed of or marked with triangles; survey by triangulation; "The land surveyor worked by triangulating the plot"; measure by using trigonometry; "triangulate the angle"; divide into triangles or give a triangular form to; "triangulate the piece of cardboard"

greeting collapse: (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)

artificial collapse: artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"; contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"; not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes

embellished collapse: rich in decorative detail; excessively elaborate or showily expressed; "a writer of empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "speech embellished with classical quotations"; "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away"

hell to pay collapse: dire consequences; "when the pig ran away there was hell to pay"

subgroup collapse: (mathematics) a subset (that is not empty) of a mathematical group; a distinct and often subordinate group within a group

pickle collapse: vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar; preserve in a pickling liquid

prelude collapse: music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera; play as a prelude; serve as a prelude or opening to

catalysis collapse: acceleration of a chemical reaction induced the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction; "of the top 50 commodity chemicals, 30 are created directly by catalysis and another 6 are made from raw materials that are catalytically produced"

modality collapse: a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment; a particular sense; a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility

party line collapse: a telephone line serving two or more subscribers; the policy of a political group; "He won in a vote along party lines"

implicated collapse: culpably involved; "all those concerned in the bribery case have been identified"; "named three officials implicated in the plot"; "an innocent person implicated by circumstances in a crime"

illegitimate collapse: contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures"; of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful

tin collapse: a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide; prepare (a metal) for soldering or brazing by applying a thin layer of solder to the surface; plate with tin

allocate collapse: distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose; "I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis"; "I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip"

apocryphal collapse: being of questionable authenticity; of or belonging to the Apocrypha

sextant collapse: a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects; resembles an octant; a unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees

exposure collapse: the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience; "she denounced the exposure of children to pornography"; abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving as infant out in the open); presentation to view in an open or public manner; "the exposure of his anger was shocking"; the act of exposing film to light; vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain; "exposure to the weather" or "they died from exposure";; aspect re light or wind; "the studio had a northern exposure"; the disclosure of something secret; "they feared exposure of their campaign plans"; the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate; "he used the wrong exposure"

phase collapse: (astronomy) the particular appearance of a body's state of illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the part of Earth's moon that is illuminated by the sun); "the full phase of the moon"; (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary; "the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system"; a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle; any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected"; adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition; "he phased the intake with the output of the machine"; arrange in phases or stages; "phase a withdrawal"

hot water collapse: a dangerous or distressing predicament; "his views on race got him into political hot water"

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