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Merriam-Webster s Collegiate Dictionary 10th Edition... [Pg.138]

Merriam Webster s Collegiate Dictionary 10th Edition (Springfield, Mass. Merriam Webster, Inc., 1993), 699. [Pg.125]

Consult a dictionary to resolve hyphenation questions. Merriam-Webster s Collegiate Dictionary and Webster s New World College Dictionary are the desk dictionaries used by the ACS technical editing staff. ACS staff also use the unabridged Webster s Third New International Dictionary. [Pg.135]

Merriam-Webster s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th ed. Merriam-Webster Inc. Springfield, MA, 2003. (Available as a package with a CD and online see http //www.m-w./com for information on the online product.)... [Pg.386]

Merriam-Webster (2003) Merriam-Webster s Collegiate Dictionary. Merriam-Webster, Springfield, http //www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beauty. Accessed 14 Sep 2011... [Pg.17]

Merriam Webster s Collegiate Dictionary. (2002). Retrieved 3/7/07 from http //www.merriamwebster.com/... [Pg.19]

By permission. Prom Merriam-Webster s Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition 2000 by Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. [Pg.28]

The Merriam Webster s Collegiate Dictionary defines toxicology as a science that deals with poisons and their effect and with the problems involved (as clinical, industrial, or legal). The science of toxicology has been instrumental in developing the animal and early human trials to develop new pharmaceuticals. The dose-response relationship is the defining principle of this science. [Pg.24]

What are pesticides The Merriam Webster s Collegiate Dictionary (1994) defines a pesticide as an agent used to destroy pests. ... [Pg.37]

See also Conference proceedings Melting points as analytical data, 266 mer as prefix in chemical names, 232—233 Merriam- Webster s Collegiate Dictionary, 67 meso as prefix in chemical names, 232—233, 238t... [Pg.228]

A particularly good definition for the subject of this paper can be found in a dictionary such as "Merriam Webster s Collegiate Dictionary" [1] CHAOS 1 obs Chasm, Abyss 2 a often cap a state of things in which chance is supreme esp the conjused unorganized state of primordial matter before the creation of distinct forms b the inherent unpredictability in the behavior of a natural system (as the atmosphere, boiling water, or the beating heart) 3 a a state of utter confusion b a conjused mass or mixture. The inherait unpredictability in the behavior of a natural system is the concept that we will develop in the next sections in close connection with non-equilibrium thermodynamics of chemical systems. [Pg.1]

Many of the definitions have been adapted from Merriam-Webster s Collegiate Dictionary, 10th Edn (1993-1998). If a word has several explanations, such as common language and technical meanings, the technical reference is being presented which, in some cases, has been amended by the author to more closely describe its use in mechanical process technology and/or agglomeration. [Pg.1074]

Abrasiveness o- bra-siv, ziv nes (1875) n. The property of a substance that causes it to wear or scratch other surfaces with which it is in contact. Merriam-Webster s collegiate dictionary, 11th edn. Merriam-Webster Inc., Springfield, MA, 2004. [Pg.5]

Adiabatic a-de-9- ba-tik, ia- dl-9- [Gk adia-hatos impassable, fr. a- + diabatos passable, ft, diahainein to go across, fr. dia- + hai-nein to go] (1890) adj. Denoting a process or system in heat is not added or removed, but while work may be delivered to or by the system. Merriam-Webster s collegiate dictionary, 11th edn. Merriam-Webster Inc., Springfield, MA, USA, 2004. Ready RG (1996) Thermodynamics. Pleum Publishing Company, New York. [Pg.29]

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