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  • noun A signal to a telephone operator that both rings a bell and allows a relay to drop

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  • Such stepwise transitions have been seen by Romanini in cavity ringdown spectra of NO2 at much lower intensities

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  • Such stepwise transitions have been seen by Romanini in cavity ringdown spectra of NO2 at much lower intensities

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  • PLAR Private line automatic ringdown PLC Physical link control (IOS)

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  • So Phillips obtained his own methane detector - a state-of-the-art model called a cavity ringdown spectrometer - and put it in a car.

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