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ROLE |
Acting part |
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READING |
Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of
rendering. |
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DIRECT-ACTING |
Acting directly, as one part upon another, without
the intervention of other working parts. |
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OVERACT |
To act or perform to excess; to exaggerate in acting;
as, he overacted his part. |
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FLANK |
That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that
lies within the pitch line. |
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FACE |
That part of the acting surface of a cog in a cog wheel,
which projects beyond the pitch line. |
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VIRTUAL |
Having the power of acting or of invisible efficacy
without the agency of the material or sensible part; potential;
energizing. |
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MOTHER |
Received by birth or from ancestors; native, natural; as,
mother language; also acting the part, or having the place of a mother;
producing others; originating. |
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SCENE |
The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the
part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and
decorations; the stage. |
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SHANK |
Hence, that part of an instrument, tool, or other thing,
which connects the acting part with a handle or other part, by which it
is held or moved. |
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SYMPIESOMETER |
A sensitive kind of barometer, in which the pressure
of the atmosphere, acting upon a liquid, as oil, in the lower portion
of the instrument, compresses an elastic gas in the upper part. |
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PRO- |
...un, a word instead of a noun; proconsul, a person acting in place
of a consul; proportion, arrangement according to parts. ... |
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TIDE |
... latter being three times that of the
former), acting unequally on the waters in different parts of the
earth, thus disturbing their equilibrium... |