Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Releasing ingredients gradually to produce a sustained effect.
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- adjective that releases its
active ingredients gradually , so as to produce asustained effect
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Examples
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London's Tube went into a deep freeze on Tuesday, part of a timed-release chaos plan to strike at numerous points during the fall.
Michelle Chen: Cracks in the American Way, as Labor Stands Strong in Europe Michelle Chen 2010
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London's Tube went into a deep freeze on Tuesday, part of a timed-release chaos plan to strike at numerous points during the fall.
Michelle Chen: Cracks in the American Way, as Labor Stands Strong in Europe Michelle Chen 2010
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London's Tube went into a deep freeze on Tuesday, part of a timed-release chaos plan to strike at numerous points during the fall.
Michelle Chen: Cracks in the American Way, as Labor Stands Strong in Europe Michelle Chen 2010
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London's Tube went into a deep freeze on Tuesday, part of a timed-release chaos plan to strike at numerous points during the fall.
Michelle Chen: Cracks in the American Way, as Labor Stands Strong in Europe Michelle Chen 2010
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The next night, timed-release bombs fell in the Tiergarten; prisoners from concentration camps removed them.
Human Smoke Nicholson Baker 2008
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Clear5 is based on preliminary research into timed-release vitamin B5, which caused remarkable remissions in most cases of acne in a Singapore study.
The Truth About Beauty Kat James 2007
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At other trauma centers, when doctors discovered that a resistant strain of Iraqi bacteria was attacking wounds, they dreamed up a string of dissolvable, timed-release capsules full of antibiotics that can be tucked deep into open cavities to disinfect wounds for 72 hours at a time.
Healing the Wounded 2007
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Clear5 is based on preliminary research into timed-release vitamin B5, which caused remarkable remissions in most cases of acne in a Singapore study.
The Truth About Beauty Kat James 2007
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The torpedoes tumbled freely into the core of the wormhole and, on their timed-release detonators, blew up.
The Search Diane Carey 2000
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The torpedoes tumbled freely into the core of the wormhole and, on their timed-release detonators, blew up.
The Search Diane Carey 2000
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