frontiers (noun)

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• frontier — noun 1 the frontier an area where people have never lived before, that not much is known about, especially in the western US before the 20th century: the settlement of the Oklahoma frontier | space, the final frontier 2 (C) especially BrE the… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• frontier — noun 1 (BrE) border between countries ADJECTIVE ▪ common ▪ Neither country would guarantee the integrity of their common frontier. ▪ eastern, northern, etc. ▪ There were very …   Collocations dictionary

• gene flow — noun : the passage and establishment of genes typical of one breeding population into the gene complex of another through hybridization and backcrossing * * * Ecol. the alteration of the frequencies of alleles of particular genes in a population …   Useful english dictionary

• frontier — noun Etymology: Middle English fronter, from Anglo French frountere, fronter, from front Date: 15th century 1. a. a border between two countries b. obsolete a stronghold on a frontier 2. a. a region that forms the margin of settled or developed… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Qishlaq — noun a tribal confederation of clans of Turkic origin in Iran According to the Encyclopædia Iranica: Like most present day tribal confederacies in Persia, the Il e Qašqāʾi is a conglomeration of clans of different ethnic origins, Lori, Kurdish,… …   Wiktionary

• Qashqai — noun a tribal confederation of clans of Turkic origin in Iran According to the Encyclopædia Iranica: Like most present day tribal confederacies in Persia, the Il e Qašqāʾi is a conglomeration of clans of different ethnic origins, Lori, Kurdish,… …   Wiktionary

• marquis — noun A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke, but above a count. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has ceased, and the name is… …   Wiktionary

• geekasm — noun Any extremely pleasurable feeling one experiences after seeing, or hearing, something particularly cool within the realm of information technology, or related fields that require intimate knowledge of complex systems. When they build a… …   Wiktionary

• Mœsia — noun Region and former that was located in the . The conquest of Dacia by Trajan removed the frontiers of the empire farther north, beyond Mœsia ; but after the loss of the province of Dacia, about A.D. 250, Mœsia became again a border country,… …   Wiktionary

• Yailaq — noun a tribal confederation of clans of Turkic origin in Iran According to the Encyclopædia Iranica: Like most present day tribal confederacies in Persia, the Il e Qašqāʾi is a conglomeration of clans of different ethnic origins, Lori, Kurdish,… …   Wiktionary

• Kashka — noun a tribal confederation of clans of Turkic origin in Iran According to the Encyclopædia Iranica: Like most present day tribal confederacies in Persia, the Il e Qašqāʾi is a conglomeration of clans of different ethnic origins, Lori, Kurdish,… …   Wiktionary