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1. acquire, v. View full entry a1450
...trans....
2. acquisition, n. View full entry c1400
...The action or an act of acquiring something; (also) the fact or condition of being acquired....
3. active, adj. and n. View full entry 1340
...Of a way or style of life: characterized by outward action rather than inward contemplation or speculation; practical. Esp. in active life, and chiefly in religious contexts. Opposed to ...
4. afterglow, n. View full entry 1829
...A glowing sensation or warm flush to the skin caused esp. by the therapeutic application of cold water....
5. angel, n. View full entry c950
...A ministering spirit or divine messenger; one of an order of spiritual beings superior to man in power and intelligence, who, according to the Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and other theologies, are the...
6. A-scan, n. View full entry 1946
...A radar or ultrasound scan in which the echo signals are used to generate a linear trace on an oscilloscope screen, the height of a peak being proportional to the strength of...
7. auto-, comb. form1 View full entry c1833
...Forming chiefly scientific terms relating to chemical, biological, or organic processes, with the sense ‘originating within or acting on the body or organism in question; self-produced; self-induced’;human activity or behaviour,...
8. automatic, adj. and n. View full entry 1599
...Of action, etc.: self-generated, spontaneous; (of a thing) self-acting; having the power of motion within itself. In later use (Physiol.): having intrinsic activity that is not dependent upon external stimuli...
9. AWACS, n. View full entry 1966
...An airborne long-range radar system for detecting other aircraft, including low-flying ones, and controlling weapons directed against them....
10. B, n. View full entry c1000
...The second letter of the Roman alphabet, ancient and modern, corresponding, in position and power, to the Greek Beta, and Phœnician and Hebrew Beth, whence also its form...
11. beep, n. View full entry 1951
...The sound made by a horn on a motor car or other vehicle; a short high-pitched sound such as is emitted by an echo-sounder, a radar device, etc. Also attrib....
12. blip, n.1 View full entry 1894
...Any sudden brisk blow or twitch; a quick popping sound....
13. bra, n.1 View full entry 1936
...Colloq. abbrev. of brassière Also attrib....
14. chaff, n.1 View full entry c1000
...A collective term for the husks of corn or other grain separated by threshing or winnowing....
15. clutter, n. View full entry 1580
...A clotted mass; coagulation; = clotter, clodder, cludderObs....
16. colidar, n. View full entry 1961
...A form of radar. (Cf. coherent1d.)...
17. diˈsplay, n. View full entry 1583
...The act of displaying or unfolding to view or to notice; exhibition, manifestation....
18. distant, adj. View full entry c1400
...Separate or apart in space (by a specified interval). Const. from....
19. duplexer, n. View full entry 1952
...A device by means of which signals are alternately transmitted from and received by a single radar or radio aerial....
20. echo, n. View full entry 1340
...A repetition of sounds, which is produced by the reflexion of the sound-waves due to their incidence on something denser than the aerial medium in which they are propagated; hence concr....
