i. The undesirable variation in pitch from root to tip caused by aerodynamic loading. ii. The twist built into a propeller or rotor blade. In the case of a propeller, it is to ensure that the pitch angle at the root is greater than the tip. In…

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Tesco Supermarkets v. Nattrass [1972] AC 153 is a leading decision of the House of Lords on the directing mind theory of corporate liability.This is a leading case on the Trade Descriptions Act 1968,(s.24(1) of the TDA) where Tesco relied upon…

pp. adj. from BESOT (Cf. besot)

1550s, from HIDE (Cf. hide) (n.1) + past tense of BIND (Cf. bind) (v.). Original reference is to emaciated cattle with skin sticking closely to backbones and ribs; metaphoric sense of restricted by narrow attitudes is first recorded c.1600

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Robert Heinaman METAPHYSICS The Theory of Forms Generality is the problematic feature of the world that led to the development of Plato’s Theory of Forms and the epistemological views associated with it.1 This pervasive fact of generality appears

(n.) late 14c., space surrouinding a building or town; precinct; 1590s, a circuit, from L. ambitus a going round, pp. of ambire to go round, to go about (see AMBIENT (Cf. ambient))

По нескольким городам Нагорного Карабаха, включая Степанакерт, были совершены обстрелы "Смерчами". Причем на столицу НКР и на город Шуши обрушились также и авиадуары.

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verb 1 recognize good qualities ADVERB ▪ really, truly ▪ fully, properly ▪ The sound quality was poor so we couldn t fully appreciate the music. ▪ especially

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c.1600, from L. sacrosanctus protected by religious sanction, from sacro, ablative of sacrum religious sanction (from neut. singular of sacer sacred ) + sanctus, pp. of sancire make sacred (see SACRED (Cf. sacred)). Earlier in partially…

stock|pile1 [ˈstɔkpaıl US ˈsta:k ] n a large supply of things that is kept ready for use in the future = ↑store stockpile of ▪ a stockpile of nuclear weapons stockpile 2 stockpile2 v [T] to keep adding to a supply of goods, weapons etc that you…

Events from the 1360s in England.IncumbentsMonarch Edward III of EnglandEvents* 1360 ** January Hundred Years War: Edward III marches on Paris. ** April Hundred Years War: English forces leave the vicinity of Paris after laying waste to the…

A clearing system, now part of Clearstream, which provides buyers and sellers of internationally traded securities with a method of settling transactions in such securities either free of or against payment in a wide range of currencies. It also…