Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The amount of ionizing radiation required to produce the same biological effect as one rad of high-penetration x-rays.
- noun A unit for measuring absorbed doses of radiation, equivalent to one roentgen of x-rays or gamma rays.
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- noun
Acronym rapid eye movement , asleep state. - noun A
dose ofabsorbed radiation equivalent to oneroentgen ofX-rays orgamma rays - noun computing A
remark ; aprogramming language statement used fordocumentation (inBASIC for example); also used inDOS batch files . - abbreviation knitting
remaining
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I really liked this article, I will run it with my 243 ruger, and 3oo win - rem 700. minus the bipod set up.
Got tired of waiting and bought the online edition of the july issue of F&S. 2009
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I really liked this article, I will run it with my 243 ruger, and 3oo win - rem 700. minus the bipod set up.
Got tired of waiting and bought the online edition of the july issue of F&S. 2009
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The second Beijing Consensus theorem is that since chaos is impossible to control from the top … you need a whole set of new tools.
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i want to re-load and i heard u can re-load it 10 times safely. i'm using 150 grain rem | Field & Stream
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Customs will either return the coins or take the legal steps necessary to seize them either through an administrative process or through an “in rem” action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.”
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ACPA’s in rem provisions in general allow US governance of non-US content.
WIPIP at Seton Hall part 2 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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ACPA’s in rem provisions in general allow US governance of non-US content.
Archive 2009-10-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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My older hunting buddies are still whacking game with an older '06 and friggin rem. core-lokt and don't pay $65 a box
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My older hunting buddies are still whacking game with an older '06 and friggin rem. core-lokt and don't pay $65 a box
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I'm still trying to find this out, since these lecture notes mentioned the strength in rem, which is an old-fashioned unit of measurement, and I don't know that it is specific in wavelength, but relates to rontgen radiation, which this doesn't appear to be, and if it is, I have no idea where it would becoming from.
mikandra: crap and duh mikandra 2010
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To recap, the rem unit means "The root element's font-size". (rem stands for "root em".)
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