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• instrument — noun 1 tool for a particular task ADJECTIVE ▪ precision, sensitive ▪ sophisticated ▪ reliable ▪ crude ▪ blunt …   Collocations dictionary

• crude — adj. Crude is used with these nouns: ↑approximation, ↑attempt, ↑caricature, ↑comparison, ↑copy, ↑gesture, ↑imitation, ↑indicator, ↑instrument, ↑joke, ↑language, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

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• sextant — noun a) A navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to determine latitude and longitude. For several days things went along in about the same course. I took our position every morning with my crude sextant; but the… …   Wiktionary

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• Francoist culture —    The cultural complexion of Franco s Spain is one of the outcomes of the Civil War and its aftermath. The propaganda of the Francoist side fostered the notion that in overcoming the red hordes they were also redressing the effects of two… …   Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture

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• china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …   Universalium