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cheeseparing collapse: giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"

polymerization collapse: a chemical process that combines several monomers to form a polymer or polymeric compound

refund collapse: the act of returning money received previously; money returned to a payer; pay back; "Please refund me my money"

evisceration collapse: altering something (as a legislative act or a statement) in such a manner as to reduce its value; "the adoption of their amendments would have amounted to an evisceration of the act"; surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient

inversion collapse: the act of turning inside out; turning upside down; setting on end; a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex; (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa; (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed; the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer; a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa; abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth)

electromagnetism collapse: the branch of physics concerned with electromagnetic phenomena; magnetism produced by an electric current; "electromagnetism was discovered when it was observed that a copper wire carrying an electric current can magnetize pieces of iron or steel near it"

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

penalty collapse: (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game; the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition; "neglected his health and paid the penalty"; a payment required for not fulfilling a contract

switch over collapse: change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence

drawback collapse: the quality of being a hindrance; "he pointed out all the drawbacks to my plan"

abasement collapse: a low or downcast state; "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken

saving collapse: characterized by thriftiness; "wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution"- Ellen Glasgow

bread collapse: food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked; cover with bread crumbs; "bread the pork chops before frying them"

evolution collapse: (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms

hysteresis collapse: the lagging of an effect behind its cause; especially the phenomenon in which the magnetic induction of a ferromagnetic material lags behind the changing magnetic field

incineration collapse: the act of burning something completely; reducing it to ashes

rudiment collapse: the remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life; "Meckel's diverticulum is the rudiment of the embryonic yolk sac"; the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural); "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry"

anatomize collapse: analyze down to the smallest detail; "This writer anatomized the depth of human behavior"; dissect in order to analyze; "anatomize the bodies of the victims of this strange disease"

write off collapse: reduce the estimated value of something; "For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer"; concede the loss or worthlessness of something or somebody; "write it off as a loss"; write something fluently, and without hesitation; cancel (a debt)

monad collapse: (biology) a single-celled microorganism (especially a flagellate protozoan); a singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive; (chemistry) an atom having a valence of one

demobilization collapse: act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops; "demobilization of factories"; "immediate demobilization of the reserves"

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