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unidirectional collapse: operating or moving or allowing movement in one direction only; "a unidirectional flow"; "a unidirectional antenna"; "a unidirectional approach to a problem"

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

mentality collapse: a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations

confiding collapse: willing to entrust personal matters; "first she was suspicious, then she became confiding"

superscribe collapse: write on the outside or upper part of; "superscribe an envelope"; write on the top or outside; "superscribe one's name and address"

mysticism collapse: obscure or irrational thought; a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality

phobia collapse: an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations; "phobic disorder is a general term for all phobias"

nomination collapse: the act of officially naming a candidate; "the Republican nomination for Governor"; the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election; "there was keen competition for the nomination"; "his nomination was hotly protested"

kinescope collapse: a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen

beeline collapse: the most direct route; "he made a beeline for the bathroom"

mail collapse: a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system; the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office; "the mail handles billions of items every day"; "he works for the United States mail service"; "in England they call mail `the post'"; the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service; any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered; "your mail is on the table"; "is there any post for me?"; "she was opening her post"; cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; "send me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when it's written"; send via the postal service; "I'll mail you the check tomorrow"

gunfight collapse: a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten

behave collapse: behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"; behave well or properly; "The children must learn to behave"

third degree collapse: interrogation often accompanied by torture to extort information or a confession

concept collapse: an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

seamless collapse: perfectly consistent and coherent; "the novel's seamless plot"; used especially of skin; "his cheeks were unlined"; "his unseamed face"; not having or joined by a seam or seams; "seamless stockings"

doubt collapse: uncertainty about the truth or factuality of existence of something; "the dubiousness of his claim"; "there is no question about the validity of the enterprise"; the state of being unsure of something; consider unlikely or have doubts about; "I doubt that she will accept his proposal of marriage"; lack confidence in or have doubts about; "I doubt these reports"; "I suspect her true motives"; "she distrusts her stepmother"

capture collapse: the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property; the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board; the act of taking of a person by force; any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle; a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field; capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap toady"; succeed in representing or expressing something intangible; "capture the essence of Spring"; "capture an idea"; attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"; bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit; "This nucleus has captured the slow-moving neutrons"; "The star captured a comet"

route collapse: divert in a specified direction; "divert the low voltage to the engine cylinders"; send via a specific route; send documents or materials to appropriate destinations

lighting collapse: the craft of providing artificial light; "an interior decorator must understand lighting"; apparatus for supplying artificial light effects for the stage or a film

tax return collapse: document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability; "his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return"

taxation collapse: the imposition of taxes; the practice of the government in levying taxes on the subjects of a state

surtax collapse: an additional tax on certain kinds of income that has already been taxed; levy an extra tax on; "surtax luxury items that cost more than $1,000"

secant collapse: ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle; a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points

intelligence quotient collapse: a measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test; the ratio of a person's mental age to their chronological age (multiplied by 100)

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