Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation of
synonym or synony- - noun In chem., a prefix used to indicate that two groups or atoms in a compound are so situated in space that they can readily react with each other. See
anti- .
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- adjective chemistry Describing a
torsion angle between 0° and 90°.
Etymologies
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Examples
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A 5 l/2 lb 30-06 in syn will bust your shoulder if no meat there like on me.
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A 5 l/2 lb 30-06 in syn will bust your shoulder if no meat there like on me.
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Dr. Joyce refers to the problem as "original syn," referring to the chemist's terms syn and anti for the structures in the handed forms.
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Dr. Joyce refers to the problem as “original syn,” referring to the chemist’s terms syn and anti for the structures in the handed forms.
COSMIC SOUP News from Mad Plato 2009
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Dr. Joyce refers to the problem as “original syn,” referring to the chemist’s terms syn and anti for the structures in the handed forms.
Archive 2009-06-01 News from Mad Plato 2009
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• The words synesthesia is a hybrid of Latin and Greek -- the Latin "syn" (together) + "esthesia", from the Greek aisthesis (sensation or perception) • All babies are synesthetes • Can be induced by certain hallucinogenic
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'' syn '', the '' syntactical part '', is a partial '' n''-ary operation in '' F '' (i.e. an inference rule in the usual sense) and '' sem '', the '' the effectiveness in the ungraded approach is to refer to the set of tautologies.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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'' syn '', the '' syntactical part '', is a partial '' n''-ary operation in '' F '' (i.e. an inference rule in the usual sense) and '' sem '', the '' joing-preserving operation in [0,1].
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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'' syn '', the '' syntactical part '', is a partial '' n''-ary operation in '' F '' (i.e. an inference rule in the usual sense) and '' sem '', the '' the effectiveness in the ungraded approach is to refer to the set of tautologies.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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'' syn '', the '' syntactical part '', is a partial '' n''-ary operation in '' F '' (i.e. an inference rule in the usual sense) and '' sem '', the '' joing-preserving operation in [0,1].
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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