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• react — v. 1 intr. (foll. by to) respond to a stimulus; undergo a change or show behaviour due to some influence (how did they react to the news?). 2 intr. (often foll. by against) be actuated by repulsion to; tend in a reverse or contrary direction. 3… …   Useful english dictionary

• React — Re*act (r[ e]*[a^]kt ), v. i. 1. To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force; as, every body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state. [1913 Webster] 2. To act upon each other; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• react — /ree akt /, v.i. 1. to act in response to an agent or influence: How did the audience react to the speech? 2. to act reciprocally upon each other, as two things. 3. to act in a reverse direction or manner, esp. so as to return to a prior… …   Universalium

• react — re•act [[t]riˈækt[/t]] v. i. 1) to act in response to an agent, influence, stimulus, etc.: to react to a drug; reacted to the noise by jumping[/ex] 2) to act reciprocally upon each other, as two things 3) to act in a reverse direction or manner,… …   From formal English to slang

• react — /riˈækt / (say ree akt) verb (i) 1. to act in return on an agent or influence; act reciprocally upon each other, as two things: to react to the government s new position. 2. to act in opposition, as against some force. 3. Physics to exert an… …  

• biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …   Universalium

• frontogenesis — noun Etymology: New Latin Date: 1931 the coming together into a distinct front of two dissimilar air masses that commonly react upon each other to induce cloud and precipitation …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• frontogenesis — |frəntō, rän + noun Etymology: New Latin, from fronto + Latin genesis : the coming together of two dissimilar masses or currents of air in such a way that a distinct front is formed or sharpened between them and that they commonly react upon each …   Useful english dictionary

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• chemistry — /kem euh stree/, n., pl. chemistries. 1. the science that deals with the composition and properties of substances and various elementary forms of matter. Cf. element (def. 2). 2. chemical properties, reactions, phenomena, etc.: the chemistry of… …   Universalium

• Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …   Universalium