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That region on a two dimensional graph of luminosity versus temperature for stars the Herzsprung Russel diagram which runs from high temperature and high luminosity to low temperature and low luminosity in which most of the stars plotted as points on the diagram are found A normal star such as the earths sun will spend most of its time over billions of years within this region of temperature and luminosity as it progressively converts more of its original hydrogen into heavier elements After the hydrogen is consumed a star may become a red giant or evolve into other types of star not within the main sequence region...
Codon
a sequence of three nucleotides in a genome or a DNA or messenger RNA molecule which specifies the incorporation of one amino acid or is a stop signal during the biosynthesis of proteins Codons occur within the protein coding segments of the DNA or RNA genome of living organisms The amino acid sequence of proteins synthesized on ribosomes is thus determined by the sequence of the nucleotides in the genome...
Intention and knowledge
Intention and knowledge, 'intention' is different from 'motive' or 'ignorance' or 'negligence'. It is the 'knowledge' or 'intention' with which the act is done that makes difference. The knowledge of the consequences which may result in doing an act is not the same thing as the intention that such con-sequences should ensue. Firstly, when an act is done by a person, it is presumed that he must have been aware that certain specified harmful con-sequences would or could follow. But that know-ledge is bare awareness and not the same thing as intention that such consequences should ensue. As compared to 'knowledge', 'intention' requires something more than the mere foresight of the con-sequences, namely the purposeful doing of a thing to achieve a particular end. The 'knowledge' as contrasted with 'intention' signify a state of mental realisation with the bare state of conscious awareness of certain facts in which human mind remains supine or inactive. On the other hand, 'intention' is a c...
cause
cause 1 : something that brings about an effect or result [the negligent act which was the of the plaintiff's injury] NOTE: The cause of an injury must be proven in both tort and criminal cases. actual cause : cause in fact in this entry but-for cause : cause in fact in this entry cause in fact : a cause without which the result would not have occurred called also actual cause but-for cause concurrent cause : a cause that joins simultaneously with another cause to produce a result called also concurring cause compare intervening cause and superseding cause in this entry di·rect cause : proximate cause in this entry ef·fi·cient in·ter·ven·ing cause : superseding cause in this entry intervening cause 1 : an independent cause that follows another cause in time in producing the result but does not interrupt the chain of causation if foreseeable called also supervening cause compare concurrent cause and superseding cause in this entry 2 : super...
continuing
continuing 1 : marked by uninterrupted extension in time or sequence [a criminal enterprise] 2 : needing no renewal [ shareholders] ...
HUD-1 settlement statement
HUD-1 settlement statement [Department of Housing and Urban Development (which publishes the form) + 1 (indicating its place in a sequence of such forms)] : a form signed at closing that sets out expenses, disbursements, and adjustments relating to the purchase of real property ...
schedule
schedule 1 a : a list or statement of supplementary details appended to another document b : a formal list, table, catalog, or inventory 2 : a plan that indicates the time and sequence of each element schedule vt ...
seriatim
seriatim [Medieval Latin, from Latin series succession of persons or things, series, from serere to join, bind together] : in a series : individually in a sequence [we will consider the complaints ] adj : occurring or following in a series [talked to the various trustees in telephone calls "Professional Hockey Corp. v. World Hockey Ass'n, 191 Cal. Rptr. 773 (1983)"] ...
succeed
succeed 1 : to come next after another in office or position 2 a : to take something by succession [ed to his mother's estate] b : to acquire the rights, obligations, and charges of a decedent in property comprising an estate [the heir, who accepts, is considered as having ed to the deceased from the moment of his death "Louisiana Civil Code"] vt 1 : to follow in sequence and esp. immediately 2 : to come after as heir or successor ...
succession
succession 1 a : the order in which or the conditions under which one person after another succeeds to a property, dignity, position, title, or throne [the sequence of to the presidency] b : the right of a person or line of ancestry to succeed c : the line of ancestry having such a right 2 a : the act or process of following in order b : the act or process of one person's taking the place of another in the enjoyment of or liability for rights or duties or both 3 : the act or process by which a person becomes entitled to the property or property interest of a deceased person and esp. an intestate : the transmission of the estate of a decedent to his or her heirs, legatees, or devisees ;also : the estate of the deceased including assets and liabilities used chiefly in the civil law of Louisiana intestate succession 1 : the transmission of property or property interests of a decedent as provided by statute as distinguished from the transfer in accordance with the decedent's wi...
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