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ratio collapse: the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)

poltergeist collapse: a ghost that announces its presence with rapping and the creation of disorder

legitimacy collapse: lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law

space collapse: the unlimited expanse in which everything is located; "they tested his ability to locate objects in space"; "the boundless regions of the infinite"; a blank area; "write your name in the space provided"; a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing; "he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet"; one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff; "the spaces are the notes F-A-C-E"; an area reserved for some particular purpose; "the laboratory's floor space"; an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things); "the architect left space in front of the building"; "they stopped at an open space in the jungle"; "the space between his teeth"; place at intervals; "Space the interviews so that you have some time between the different candidates"

mirage collapse: something illusory and unattainable; an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects

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

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)

forbidden fruit collapse: originally an apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden; it is now used to refer to anything that is tempting but dangerous (as sexuality)

way collapse: a journey or passage; "they are on the way"; a course of conduct; "the path of virtue"; "we went our separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart"; "genius usually follows a revolutionary path"; any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out"; the property of distance in general; "it's a long way to Moscow"; "he went a long ways"; doing as one pleases or chooses; "if I had my way"; a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'; "they didn't have much in the way of clothing"; a portion of something divided into shares; "the split the loot three ways"; the condition of things generally; "that's the way it is"; "I felt the same way"; to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States); "way over budget"; "way off base"; "the other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on"

incorporeal collapse: without material form or substance; "an incorporeal spirit"

spook collapse: frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action; "The noise spooked the horse"

oracle collapse: a shrine where an oracular god is consulted; a prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess; believed to be infallible

purport collapse: have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming; "The letter purports to express people's opinion"

nuance collapse: a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude; "without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning"

calibrate collapse: make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder"; measure the caliber of; "calibrate a gun"; mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units; "he calibrated the thermometer for the Celsius scale"

theophany collapse: a visible (but not necessarily material) manifestation of a deity to a human person

ambition collapse: a strong drive for success; a cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own business"; have as one's ambition

bubble collapse: a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic; an impracticable and illusory idea; "he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble"; a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide); form, produce, or emit bubbles; "The soup was bubbling"

hallucination collapse: an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode; "he refused to believe that the angel was a hallucination"; illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder

blind spot collapse: the point where the optic nerve enters the retina; not sensitive to light; a subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment; "golf is one of his blind spots and he's proud of it"

conception collapse: the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon

amplitude collapse: greatness of magnitude; the property of copious abundance; (physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave

maggot collapse: the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter

overtone collapse: a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency; (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality; "overtones of despair"

iris collapse: diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening; muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil; it forms the colored portion of the eye; plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals

haunt collapse: a frequently visited place; haunt like a ghost; pursue; "Fear of illness haunts her"; follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to; "her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother haunted her"

undertone collapse: a pale or subdued color; a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning; a quiet or hushed tone of voice; "spoke in undertones"

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