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GRAM |
Small weight |
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OUNCE |
Small weight |
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GRAMME |
Small weight |
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MILLIGRAM |
Small weight |
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MITE |
A small weight; one twentieth of a grain. |
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GERAH |
A small coin and weight; 1-20th of a shekel. |
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TANK |
A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight;
also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls. |
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RIDER |
A small forked weight which straddles the beam of a balance,
along which it can be moved in the manner of the weight on a steelyard. |
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CLOFF |
Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundred
weight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a
general sense, of small deductions from the original weight. |
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FLEXURE |
The small distortion of an astronomical instrument caused
by the weight of its parts; the amount to be added or substracted from
the observed r... |
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RUBIDIUM |
A rare metallic element. It occurs quite widely, but in
small quantities, and always combined. It is isolated as a soft
yellowish white metal, ... |
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PINNACLE |
An architectural member, upright, and generally ending in
a small spire, -- used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a
proportion, as... |
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TUNGSTEN |
...oth acid and basic
properties. When alloyed in small quantities with steel, it greatly
increases its hardness. Symbol W (Wolframium). Atomic wei... |
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SUCKER |
A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string
attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed
upon a stone or o... |
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SELENIUM |
...nalogous
to sulphur in its compounds. It is found in small quantities with
sulphur and some sulphur ores, and obtained in the free state as a da... |
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CAMEL |
...ying
burdens and for riding. The camel is remarkable for its ability to go a
long time without drinking. Its hoofs are small, and situated at th... |