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Look up: Rare

  1. rare
    Latin, meaning: thinly, rarely, uncommonly.
    Found on http://archives.nd.edu/rrr.htm

  2. RARE
    RARE is an abbreviation for the European Organization of Research Networks
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. rare
    A comparative term denoting a high degree of scarcity. Often modified adverbially, e.g., very rare or extremely rare; or modified by the use of figures, e.g., R4 or R7. There is no universally accepted scale of rarity.
    Found on http://www.usrarecoin.com/wv04.html

  4. rare
    [adj] - having low density 2. [adj] - marked by an uncommon quality 3. [adj] - recurring only at long intervals 4. [adj] - (of meat) cooked a short time 5. [adj] - not widely known 6. [adj] - not widely distributed
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. RARE
    Réseaux Associés pour la Recherche Européenne
    Found on

  6. rare
    helium,neon,krypton,xenon and radon Category: Chemistry • a magnet material of two types a)samarium cobalt,a class of rare earth magnet materials that are highly resistant to oxidation and have a higher magnetic strength and temperature resistance than alnico or ceramic materials,and b)neodymium iron boron material,a class of rare earth materials with similar properties as the sumarium...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  7. Rare
    Rare (râr) adjective [ Confer Rather , Rath .] Early. [ Obsolete] « Rude mechanicals that rare and late Work in the market place.» Chapman.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/12

  8. Rare
    Rare adjective [ Compar. Rarer (râr'ẽr); superl. Rarest .] [ Confer Anglo-Saxon hrēr , or English rare early. √18.] Nearly raw; partially cooked; not thoroughly cooked; underdone; as, rare beef or mutton. « New-laid eggs, which Baucis' busy care Turned by a gentle fire, and roasted rare ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/12

  9. Rare
    Rare adjective [ Compar. Rarer (râr'ẽr); superl. Rarest .] [ French, from Latin rarus thin, rare.] 1. Not frequent; seldom met with or occurring; unusual; as, a rare event. 2. Of an uncommon nature; unusually excellent; valuable to a degree seldom found. « Rare work, all filled with t ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/12

  10. rare
    1. Not frequent; seldom met with or occurring; unusual; as, a rare event. ... 2. Of an uncommon nature; unusually excellent; valuable to a degree seldom found. 'Rare work, all filled with terror and delight.' (Cowley) 'Above the rest I judge one beauty rare.' (Dryden) ... 3. Thinly scattered; dispersed. 'Those rare and solitary, three in flocks.' (Mi ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  11. rare
    rarefied adjective having low density; `rare gasses`; `lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  12. rare
    uncommon adjective marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; `what is so rare as a day in June`-J.R.Lowell; `a rare skill`; `an uncommon sense of humor`; `she was kind to an uncommon degree`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. rare
    adjective not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness; `a rare word`; `rare books`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. rare
    adjective (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside; `rare roast beef`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  15. rare
    adjective recurring only at long intervals; `a rare appearance`; `total eclipses are rare events`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  16. rare
    adjective not widely distributed; `rare herbs`; `rare patches of green in the desert`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  17. Rare
    `Rare` is a word used to denote low numbers of abundance, uncommon, scarce. It can also refer to: *Rare species, a conservation category in biology designating the scarcity of an organism and implying a threat to its viability. *Rare (company), a video game development company *Rare (band), a band from Northern Ireland *Réseaux Associés pour la Recherche Européenne, a defunct computer networking organisation. * Ronne Antarctic Research Expediti...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare


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25 November 2009

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The Royal Suspension Chain Pier was opened on 25 November 1823 with a procession and firework display, but, to the disappointment of the town, without royalty being present. It proved an immediate success with both cross-channel travellers and also with promenaders who were charged an admission of two pence or one guinea annually. The pier also attracted many artists with its graceful outline, including Constable and Turner. read more

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