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Home Dictionary Name: absorbAbsorbed employee
Absorbed employee, 'absorbed employee' means a person who immediately before the 20th day of December, 1961, was holding an absorbed post and who on and after that date either served or has been serving in that or any other post in connection with the administration of the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu or in any of the Departments of the Central Government. [Goa, Daman and Diu (Absorbed Employees), 1965 (50 of 1965), s. 2(a)]...
Absorbed post
Absorbed post, 'absorbed post' means a civil service or post which existed under the former Portuguese Administration in Goa, Daman and Diu immediately before the 20th day of December 1961. [Goa, Daman and Diu (Absorbed Employees) (50 of 1965), s. 2(b)]...
energy absorbing
capable of absorbing energy as energy absorbing bumpers reduce injury and damage in vehicle collisions...
absorb
absorb 1 : to make (a right guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution) applicable to the states 2 a : to bear or assume the burden of [expenses were ed by the company] b : to lessen the tax liability for [has other losses to the income "D. Q. Posin"] ...
merger
merger 1 : the absorption of a lesser estate or interest into a greater one held by the same person compare confusion 2 : the incorporation and superseding of one contract by another 3 a : the treatment (as by statute) of two offenses deriving from the same conduct such that a defendant cannot be or is not punished for both esp. when one offense is incidental to or necessarily included in the other [a of offenses in a statute] [a of convictions] b : the doctrine according to which such offenses must be merged compare double jeopardy NOTE: Merger commonly involves the interpretation of statutes and legislative intent in deciding whether two or more offenses deriving from the same conduct remain distinct. 4 : a doctrine in civil litigation: a judgment in favor of a plaintiff incorporates and supersedes the cause of action and any claims based on it and requires that further litigation in the case by the defendant be concerned with the judgment itself compare bar estoppel by judg...
nonabsorbent
not capable of absorbing or soaking up liquids Opposite of absorbent...
absorption
absorption : the application to the states of rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution [while Powell [v. Alabama] was sometimes described as having absorbed the right to counsel, the Court there clearly limited any such "W. R. LaFave and J. H. Israel"] ...
reserve
reserve re·served re·serv·ing : to keep back or set apart: as a : to keep (a right, power, or interest) esp. by express declaration [all rights reserved] compare waive b : to defer a determination of (a question of law) [the justices reserved the question because it was not an issue in the case] n 1 : something stored or kept available for future use [an energy company with various unproven oil s] 2 : an act of reserving 3 : money kept in a separate account to meet future liabilities legal reserve : the minimum amount as determined by government standards of the deposits held by a bank or of the assets of a life insurance company required by law to be kept as reserves loss reserve 1 : a reserve allocated by a bank for the purpose of absorbing losses [a loan loss reserve] 2 : an insurance company's reserve representing the discounted value of future payments to be made on losses which may have already occurred policy reserve : an insurance company's reserve r...
Bacterium
A microscopic single celled organism having no distinguishable nucleus belonging to the kingdom Monera Bacteria have varying shapes usually taking the form of a jointed rodlike filament or a small sphere but also in certain cases having a branched form Bacteria are destitute of chlorophyll but in those members of the phylum Cyanophyta the blue green algae other light absorbing pigments are present They are the smallest of microscopic organisms which have their own metabolic processes carried on within cell membranes viruses being smaller but not capable of living freely The bacteria are very widely diffused in nature and multiply with marvelous rapidity both by fission and by spores Bacteria may require oxygen for their energy producing metabolism and these are called aerobes or may multiply in the absence of oxygen these forms being anaerobes Certain species are active agents in fermentation while others appear to be the cause of certain infectious diseases The branch of science with ...
bentonite
an absorbent aluminum silicate clay formed from volcanic ash...
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