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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
ceil .
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Examples
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Current-limiting ceils are mainly installed in the busbar branches of medium-voltage plants.
8. Protective, control and supervisory systems as important additional equipment for power installations Frank Ponemunski 1991
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From the first time, as a medical student, when I viewed those monstrous, primitive, ew/t ceils under the microscope, I was seized with that truism.
Blood Test Kellerman, Jonathan 1986
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Fermentation aerobic anaerobic Enzyme catalysis homogeneous heterogeneous Whole cell systems cell suspensions packed ceils immobilized cells
Chapter 11 1979
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From the wardroom, Hugh Lanigan showed the rabbi the ceils and then led the way back to his office.
Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry Kemelman, Harry 1966
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-- _Outwardly_, for lofty-piled is the roof that ceils over the superb head of the modern Amazon, Swanhilda -- more unlike _within_.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 Various
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The Provost's tenement, of all the lesser houses in the burgh, was the only one that stood in its outer entirety, its arched ceils proof against the malevolent fire.
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro
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Inside, these cottages were little more than ceils; only the bigger had a kitchen which was a glorious place compared with the parlor; for it was illuminated with bright pewter plates, copper vessels, brass candlesticks, and a nice clean woman, with a plain gown kilted over a quilted silk petticoat; Betty
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 Various
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Well, IIUC, that would just entail converting all floors on negative numbers to ceils:
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