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empiricism collapse: the application of empirical methods in any art or science; (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience

imbecility collapse: retardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as an idiot

product collapse: an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production"; a quantity obtained by multiplication; "the product of 2 and 3 is 6"; a consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances; "skill is the product of hours of practice"; "his reaction was the product of hunger and fatigue"; a chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction; "a product of lime and nitric acid"

tumescence collapse: tumidity resulting from the presence of blood or other fluid in the tissues

event collapse: something that happens at a given place and time; a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory; a special set of circumstances; "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled"

genesis collapse: the first book of the Old Testament: tells of creation; Adam and Eve; the Fall of Man; Cain and Abel; Noah and the flood; God's covenant with Abraham; Abraham and Isaac; Jacob and Esau; Joseph and his brothers; a coming into being

design collapse: the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan); "he contributed to the design of a new instrument"; a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors"; a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something; "the design of a building"; an arrangement scheme; "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for living"; "a plan for seating guests"; intend or have as a purpose; "She designed to go far in the world of business"; design something for a specific role or purpose or effect; "This room is not designed for work"; conceive or fashion in the mind; invent; "She designed a good excuse for not attending classes that day"; make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form; "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum"; create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner; "Chanel designed the famous suit"; create designs; "Dupont designs for the house of Chanel"

termination collapse: the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement"; a coming to an end of a contract period; "the expiry of his driver's license"

buildup collapse: the act of building up an accumulation; "I envied his rapid buildup of assets"; "a military buildup in preparation for the invasion"; highly favorable publicity and praise; "his letter of recommendation gave her a terrific buildup"; the result of the process of accumulation; "the buildup of leaves blocked the drain pipes"

globe collapse: a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented

expansion collapse: the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope; adding information or detail; a discussion that provides additional information

housing collapse: structures collectively in which people are housed; a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component

movement collapse: the act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel"; the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock); "it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement"; a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; "the second movement is slow and melodic"; a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something; a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals; "he was a charter member of the movement"; "politicians have to respect a mass movement"; "he led the national liberation front"

unfolding collapse: a developmental process; "the flowering of antebellum culture"

vegetation collapse: inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life; "their holiday was spent in sleep and vegetation"; an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart); all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China"; the process of growth in plants

maturity collapse: state of being mature; full development; the date on which a financial obligation must be repaid

tone collapse: (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages; "the Beijing dialect uses four tones"; the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author; "the general tone of articles appearing in the newspapers is that the government should withdraw"; "from the tone of her behavior I gathered that I had outstayed my welcome"; a steady sound without overtones; "they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies"; a musical interval of two semitones; the quality of a person's voice; "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice"; give a healthy elasticity to; "Let's tone our muscles"; change to a color image; "tone a photographic image"; change the color or tone of; "tone a negative"; vary the pitch of one's speech; utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again"

reproduction collapse: the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring; the act of making copies; "Gutenberg's reproduction of holy texts was far more efficient"; recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall; the process of generating offspring

embellishment collapse: a superfluous ornament; elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail; "the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings"

growth collapse: vegetation that has grown; "a growth of trees"; "the only growth was some salt grass"; something grown or growing; "a growth of hair"; (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"; a progression from simpler to more complex forms; "the growth of culture"; (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

fixation collapse: (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body; the activity of fastening something firmly in position

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