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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to an arrangement of two identical electronic devices that that are set in opposite phase in order to minimize distortion.
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- adjective having two
electronic devices in oppositephase
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Examples
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Remember that there is a push-pull relationship that continues despite the cancer diagnosis.
Hollye Harrington Jacobs: Helping Teens When a Parent Has Cancer Hollye Harrington Jacobs 2011
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The ancient push-pull dynamic is at work everywhere.
World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011
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Yet the stories also explore the push-pull tension of romantic priority vs. mission priority.
Love Against All Odds: Kristin Landon's 'The Hidden Worlds' 2009
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In case you were wondering, yes, this is a bigger version of the push-pull experience during the toddler years.
Hollye Harrington Jacobs: Helping Teens When a Parent Has Cancer Hollye Harrington Jacobs 2011
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The case, which has garnered world-wide attention, represents one of the more stark examples of the complicated push-pull between the NYPD and the city's four shomrim safety patrols.
Civilian Patrol Was Family's First Call Sean Gardiner 2011
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"I think it's going to be push-pull like any mother-daughter relationship," Delany says.
Body of Proof: 6 Things You Need to Know About the New Season 2011
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In the push-pull universe of ¬mechanical causation, only that which is present shapes the course of events.
Rethinking Thinking Raymond Tallis 2011
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Adam's Mega Rave: Good on Castle for pulling off the Castle-Beckett kiss in a way that both satisfied Caskett fans and didn't alienate those who like the push-pull sexual tension.
Mega Buzz: A Grey's Hookup, a Dark Housewives Secret and a Vampire Romance 2011
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McBride sings more of her own songs, plus one by a friend, a lurching rocker about the push-pull between the bottle and the Bible.
Music where they live: Singer Mary McBride's unconventional tour J. Freedom duLac 2011
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The film explores the charged, push-pull relationship between two girls, 15-year-old Emma (Mathilda Paradeiser) and the slightly older Cassandra (Linda Molin), who meet as members of an equestrian acrobatic team.
Women's Intuition on the Big Screen Steve Dollar 2011
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