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sublimation collapse: (psychology) modifying the natural expression of an impulse or instinct (especially a sexual one) to one that is socially acceptable; (chemistry) a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid

tangent collapse: ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle; a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point

horizontal collapse: something that is oriented horizontally; parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a horizontal surface"

airline collapse: a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers; a hose that carries air under pressure

unreality collapse: the quality possessed by something that is unreal; the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact

unromantic collapse: neither expressive of nor exciting sexual love or romance

defense mechanism collapse: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

undistorted collapse: without alteration or misrepresentation; "his judgment was undistorted by emotion"

in line collapse: being next in a line of succession; "he was in line for the presidency"; awaiting something; especially something due; "people were in line at the checkout counter"; "she was in line for promotion"; one behind another in a line or queue; "they waited in line for the tickets"

public opinion collapse: a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion"

nimbleness collapse: intelligence as revealed by quickness and alertness of mind; "nimbleness of wit and imagination"

practical collapse: having or put to a practical purpose or use; "practical mathematics"; "practical applications of calculus"; concerned with actual use or practice; "he is a very practical person"; "the idea had no practical application"; "a practical knowledge of Japanese"; "woodworking is a practical art"

orthogonal collapse: having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles; "wind and sea may displace the ship's center of gravity along three orthogonal axes"; "a rectangular Cartesian coordinate system"; statistically unrelated

vector collapse: a variable quantity that can be resolved into components; any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease; "mosquitos are vectors of malaria and yellow fever"; "fleas are vectors of the plague"; "aphids are transmitters of plant diseases"; "when medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects"; a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction

diagonal collapse: (mathematics) a set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from the upper right to lower left entry; an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard; "the bishop moves on the diagonals"; a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric; (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent; at an angle; especially connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face; "a diagonal line across the page"

debunk collapse: expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"

conceit collapse: the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; an artistic device or effect; "the architect's brilliant conceit was to build the house around the tree"; a witty or ingenious turn of phrase; "he could always come up with some inspired off-the-wall conceit"; an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things

mystique collapse: an aura of heightened value or interest or meaning surrounding a person or thing

autism collapse: (psychiatry) an abnormal absorption with the self; marked by communication disorders and short attention span and inability to treat others as people

diameter collapse: the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference; a straight line connecting the center of a circle with two points on its perimeter (or the center of a sphere with two points on its surface)

undeviating collapse: used of values and principles; not subject to change; steady; "undeviating loyalty"; going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside; "some people see evolution as an undeviating upward march from simple organisms to the very complex"; "a straight and narrow tree-lined road unswerving across the lowlands"

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