Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Action play
Bodily movements associated with verse for the purpose of developing a child’s sense of rhythm and large muscles and releasing tensions and stress
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Action at law
Court action in a law case, equity.
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Actionable
In a law, which furnishes legal grounds for action.
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Action
In law, a lawsuit. Performance of a function or process.
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Acting
In psychology, to actually do something about a decision that a person values when the opportunity arises. The third step in the valuing process.
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Acrylonitrate
A plastic material formerly used as a food container. In 1977, the Food and Drug Administration suspended use of these containers because studies showed that test animals fed had significantly lowered body weight, growths in the ear ducts, and lesions of the central nervous system.
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Acrostic
A mnemonic device made up of a sentence consisting of words that begin with the same letter as a set of words to be memorized.
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Acrosome
A chemical reservoir in the head of the spermatozoa. The caplike structure on the front end of a spermatozoon. It breaks down just before fertilization, releasing a number of enzymes that assist penetration between the follicle cells that still surround the ovum. A specialized lysosome on the head of a sperm cell that contains enzymes…
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Acronym
A mnemonic device made up of the first letter of a set of several words to be memorized. Word formed from first letters of all or key words in a phrase, as rad for radiation absorbed dose.
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Acromion
The bony process on the superior/lateral region of the scapula. Sideward extension of shoulder blade forming high point of shoulder in contact with collarbone. The pointed top of the scapula, which forms the tip of the shoulder. High point of the shoulder; an extension of the spinous part of the scapula. A long, bladelike spine…
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