Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In biology, a double star; the caryocinetic figure which results from the aster of a nucleus before this separates into two nuclei. See
aster and caryocinesis. Alsodyaster .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) A double star; -- applied to the nucleus of a cell, when, during cell division, the loops of the nuclear network separate into two groups, preparatory to the formation of two daughter nuclei. See
karyokinesis .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biology A
double star ; applied to thenucleus of acell , when, duringcell division , the loops of thenuclear network separate into two groups, preparatory to the formation of two daughter nuclei.
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Examples
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The natural diaster is a pure windfall for you because your cost remains $.50 while your revenue explodes.
The Case for Price Gouging, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The natural diaster is a pure windfall for you because your cost remains $.50 while your revenue explodes.
The Case for Price Gouging, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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"The natural diaster is a pure windfall for you because your cost remains $.50 while your revenue explodes."
The Case for Price Gouging, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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I was helping Karen create the Jesuit character, if you remember it ended in diaster.
Map Quest 2007
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In these women's actions was the genisis of financial diaster which is the ghost of Christmas past, Christmas present and Christmas future.
Latest Articles lame cherry 2010
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Why can't we simply assert there is such a thing as 'too much inequality' just like we assert 'perfect equality' would end up being an economic diaster.
Tax Cuts for the Rich, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Same old crap from the Republican's the Contract for America was a diaster, so this won't be any differant.
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We are on the path of taking this country nation back from the brink of diaster.
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So you won't buy home insurance unless you know for sure whether or not you'll have a fire, theft or other diaster in the upcoming year?
Energy Diversification, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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If some magic fairy gives you an extra two tons of flour per week, it isn't a diaster for your economy.
Ricardo's Difficult Idea Eludes Wonks, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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