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sub-minimal inhibitory concentration |
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Nadsonieae
vulcanite
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1. <prefix> A prefix signifying under, below, beneath, and hence often, in an inferior position or degree, in an imperfect or partial state, as in subscribe, substruct, subserve, subject, subordinate, subacid, subastringent, subgranular, suborn. Sub- in Latin compounds often becomes sum- before m, sur before r, and regularly becomes suc-, suf-, sug-, and sup- before c, f, g, and p respectively. Before c, p, and t it sometimes takes form sus- (by the dropping of b from a collateral form, subs-). 2. <chemistry> A prefix denoting that the ingredient (of a compound) signified by the term to which it is prefixed,is present in only a small proportion, or less than the normal amount; as, subsulphide, suboxide, etc. Prefixed to the name of a salt it is equivalent to basic; as, subacetate or basic acetate. Origin: L. Sub under, below; akin to Gr, Skr. Upa to, on, under, over. Cf. Hypo-, Super-. (29 Oct 1998) |
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bomber: a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States submarine: a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes substitute: be a substitute; "The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"; "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet"
ó: wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
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Renders the text as a subscript. (smaller and lowered)
ó: www.geocities.com/Augusta/3335/tags.html
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is prefixed to many of the terms used in Entomology, and signifies that the term is not exactly applicable, in its strictly defined sense, to the subject spoken of, but that it must be understood with some latitude; thus subovate is somewhat egg-shaped.
ó: www.biology.lsu.edu/heydrjay/ThomasSay/terms.html
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prefix which used to mean "under." Now it means "more or less," "approximately," or "sort of." In other words, the writer is too gutless to commit to a description, wants to hide uncertainty or ignorance with a pseudoscientific polysyllable, or has had some nit-picking reviewer go over his manuscript with a micron caliper. Thus: "subrectangular" = square-ish, "subequal" = similar, "subparallel" = oriented kind of the same way.
ó: www.palaeos.com/Vertebrates/Lists/Glossary/Glossar...
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subordinate
ó: www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/arm...
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