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1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites. Synonyms: sec, second.

An abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions). Synonyms: atomic number 16, sulfur, sulphur.

The cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees. Synonyms: due south, south, southward.

A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm. Synonyms: mho, reciprocal ohm, siemens.

The 19th letter of the Roman alphabet.

(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work. Synonyms: entropy, randomness.

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... in my eagerness to tell thee how They are commixed, through what unions fit They function so, my country's pauper-speech Constrains me sadly. As I can, however, I'll touch some points and pass. In such a wise Course these primordials 'mongst one another With inter-motions that no one can be From other sundered, nor its agency Perform, if once divided by a space; ...

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... mercies of the living," strong enough to unite all his various chords of feeling into a single strain of impressive and genuine poetry. His real interest is in what may be called the curiosities of our common humanity. As another might be moved at the sight of Alexander's bones, or Saint Edmund's, or Saint Cecilia's, [158] so he is full of a fine poetical excitement at such lowly relics as the earth hides almost everywhere beneath our feet. But it is hardly fair to take our leave amid these grievous images of ...

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