Look up: Blast

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   BLAST
   BLAST is an abbreviation for BLocked ASynchronous Transmission
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   Blast
   Blast is Black-American slang for 'to smoke marijuana'
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   Blast
   A plant disease similar to blight.
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   blast
   [n] - an explosion (as of dynamite) 2. [n] - a long and hard-hit fly ball 3. [v] - make a strident sound 4. [v] - use explosives on
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   BLAST
   Bell Labs Layered Space Time + Blocked Asynchronous Transmission (protocol) [Communications Research Group]
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   Blast
   Compressed Air used to drive various kinds of machinery.
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   blast
   1. BLT, used especially for large data sends over a network or comm line. Opposite of snarf. Usage: uncommon. The variant 'blat' has been reported. 2. [HP/Apollo] Synonymous with nuke. Sometimes the message 'Unable to kill all processes. Blast them (y/n)?' would appear in the command window upon logout.
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   BLAST
   BLAST: Abbreviation for Basic Local Alignment Search Tool, a computer program that identifies homologous genes in different organisms (such as worms, the fruit fly, mice, and humans). Homologous genes are genes in different species that share similar structures and functions. A surprisingly large proportion of the human genome shares homology with ...
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   blast
   1)mechanical effects caused by a blast wave or high-velocity jet, or other very rapidly moving fluid; 2)the rapid and brief movement of air from a centre of outward pressure Category: Transport • generally, an explosion; Specifically, the instantaneous rise in pressure, followed by its sudden decrease, that results from an explosion; Can cause considerable bodily harm and damage to str...
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    Blast
    The breaking up of the quarry face with the use of explosives.
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    Blast
    Blast (blȧst) noun [ Anglo-Saxon blǣst a puff of wind, a blowing; akin to Icelandic blāstr , Old High German blāst , and from a verb akin to Icelandic blāsa to blow, Old High German blâsan , Goth. blēsan (in comp.); all probably from the same root as English blow . See Blow to eject air.] 1. ...
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    Blast
    Blast transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Blasted ; present participle & verbal noun Blasting .] 1. To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit-bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to shrivel. « Seven thin ears, and blasted with ...
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    Blast
    Blast intransitive verb 1. To be blighted or withered; as, the bud blasted in the blossom. 2. To blow; to blow on a trumpet. [ Obsolete] « Toke his blake trumpe faste And gan to puffen and to blaste . Chaucer. »
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    blast
    1. <biology, suffix> A suffix or terminal formative, used principally in biological terms, and signifying growth or formation. An immature precursor cell of the type indicated by the preceding word, for example; bioblast, epiblast, mesoblast, etc. ... 2. A violent gust of wind. A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the m ...
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    blast
    noun a very long fly ball
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    blast
    noun an explosion (as of dynamite)
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    blast
    shell verb use explosives on; `The enemy has been shelling us all day`
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    blast
    verb make a strident sound; `She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone`
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    BLAST
    In bioinformatics, `B`asic `L`ocal `A`lignment `S`earch `T`ool, or `BLAST`, is an algorithm for comparing primary biological sequence information, such as the amino-acid sequences of different proteins or the nucleotides of DNA sequences. A `BLAST search` enables a researcher to compare a query sequence with a library or database of sequences, and identify library sequences that resemble the query sequence above a certain threshold. For example, ...
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    blast
    (blast) an immature stage in cellular development before appearance of the definitive characteristics of the cell; used also as a word termination, as in ameloblast and trophoblast. blast cell. the wave of air pressure produced by the detonation of high-explosive bombs or shells or by other e...
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    Blast
    • (v. t.) To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks. • (n.) A flatulent disease of sheep. • (n.) A violent gust of wind. • (n.) The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, a...
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    blast
    (from the article `plant disease`) Low winter temperatures and late spring or early fall freezes cause blasting (sudden death) of leaf and flower buds or sudden blighting ...
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    blast
    General term for immature or precursor cell. [G. blastos, germ]
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    blast
    
    1. a long and hard-hit fly ball
    2. a sudden very loud noise
    3. a strong current of air
    4. an explosion (as of dynamite)
    5. intense adverse criticism
    
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    BLAST
    A computer program that identifies homologous (similar) genes in different organisms, such as human, fruit fly, or nematode.
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