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antitype collapse: an opposite or contrasting type; a person or thing represented or foreshadowed by a type or symbol; especially a figure in the Old Testament having a counterpart in the New Testament

elision collapse: omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next)

overview collapse: a general summary of a subject; "the treasurer gave a brief overview of the financial consequences"

paradigm collapse: the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time; "he framed the problem within the psychoanalytic paradigm"; systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word

recapitulation collapse: a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion; (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated

compression collapse: applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required; the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together; "the contraction of a gas on cooling"

summation collapse: the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers; "the summation of four and three gives seven"; "four plus three equals seven"; a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court); (physiology) the process whereby multiple stimuli can produce a response (in a muscle or nerve or other part) that one stimulus alone does not produce

syncope collapse: (phonology) the loss of sounds in the interior of a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')

genotype collapse: the particular alleles at specified loci present in an organism; a group of organisms sharing a specific genetic constitution

quintessence collapse: the most typical example or representative of a type; the purest and most concentrated essence of something; the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies

precedent collapse: an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time; a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time); preceding in time, order, or significance

retrenchment collapse: the reduction of expenditures in order to become financial stable; entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense

criterion collapse: the ideal in terms of which something can be judged; "they live by the standards of their community"

abbreviation collapse: shortening something by omitting parts of it; a shortened form of a word or phrase

fugleman collapse: a leader and organizer and spokesman (especially a political leader); "a fugleman for the radical right"

prototype collapse: a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father"

summary collapse: a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form; "he gave a summary of the conclusions"

last word collapse: an authoritative statement; "my doctor has the last word on the medicines I take"; the final statement in a verbal argument; "she always gets the last word"

resume collapse: take up or begin anew; "We resumed the negotiations"; return to a previous location or condition; "The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it"; assume anew; "resume a title"; "resume an office"; "resume one's duties"

condensation collapse: (psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams; a shortened version of a written work; atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold; the process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state

mirror collapse: polished surface that forms images by reflecting light; a faithful depiction or reflection; "the best mirror is an old friend"; reflect or resemble; "The plane crash in Milan mirrored the attack in the World Trade Center"; reflect as if in a mirror; "The smallest pond at night mirrors the firmament above"

ultimate collapse: the finest or most superior quality of its kind; "the ultimate in luxury"; being the last or concluding element of a series; "the ultimate sonata of that opus"; "a distinction between the verb and noun senses of `conflict' is that in the verb the stress is on the ultimate (or last) syllable"; furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme; "the ultimate achievement"; "the ultimate question"; "man's ultimate destiny"; "the ultimate insult"; "one's ultimate goal in life"

queen collapse: the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs; an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males; (chess) the most powerful piece; one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen; a female sovereign ruler; the wife or widow of a king; something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind; "Paris is the queen of cities"; "the queen of ocean liners"; become a queen; "her pawn queened"; promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess

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