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For example, mainstream linguists trace the word direction to the Latin directus, which is the past participle of the verb dirigere, "to set straight."
The line between cranks and scholars Kylopod 2009
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For example, mainstream linguists trace the word direction to the Latin directus, which is the past participle of the verb dirigere, "to set straight."
Archive 2009-04-01 Kylopod 2009
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I picked up shells from large Surf clams (Spisula solidissima), a pretty little Bay scallop (Aequipectecn irradians), and a species of Razor clam (either Enis directus or Solen viridis, but I can't be sure, as the hinge, teeth, and beak were missing).
"Deep in your veins, I will not lie." greygirlbeast 2008
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On Thursday Appeal Justice Nestadt was not convinced that, even if Venter knew of the temperature of the water, he was correctly convicted of murder on the basis of "dolus directus" (direct intent).
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Ibi murus super pilarios directus cruces a choro sequestrabat, hic vero nullo intersticio cruces
The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture, Elucidated by Question and Answer, 4th ed. Matthew Holbeche Bloxam 1846
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The reason for the common name of the Eastern razor clam Ensis directus is obvious.
NYT > Home Page By FLORENCE FABRICANT 2011
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The former as the direct proprietor (dominus directus), therefore, restricts the latter as the proprietor in use (dominus utilis) to the condition of a certain continuous performance, with reference to the thing itself, without limiting him in the use of it.
The Science of Right 1790
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It's biomimetic, based on the digging behavior of the so-called "razor clam" (Ensis directus), a specimen of which is shown in the video, and to left in the photo, above.
MAKE Magazine Sean Michael Ragan 2010
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It's biomimetic, based on the digging behavior of the so-called "razor clam" (Ensis directus), a specimen of which is shown in the video, and to left in the photo, above.
MAKE Magazine Sean Michael Ragan 2010
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Ensis directus Atlantic jackknife clam (Also: Atlantic jackknife; common jackknife clam)
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