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Atkins defines work as “the constrained release of energy.”
O ne cannot but admire a standard dictionary that defines middle-aged as “between youth and old age, variously reckoned to suit the reckoner” and says that the verb perpetrate means “to execute or commit (esp.
FlyBase defines complexes of this type as two separate genes, since two non-overlapping protein products are produced.
The nearest I could find to that in a dictionary was in the Century , which defines a snipper-snapper as a small, insignificant fellow.
In particular, it was assumed that a natural taxonomic system for microorganisms was feasible [ 2 ] . The goal of a natural taxonomic system is the formation of taxonomic groups that are defined by shared ancestry [ 3 ] . By definition, an ancestor that defines a monophyletic group can only give rise to members of this group.