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Look up: mitre

  1. MITRE
    acronym: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Establishment
    Found on http://cdiac.ornl.gov/pns/acronyms.html#

  2. MITRE
    acronym: Miniature Individual Transmitter Receiver Equipment
    Found on http://cdiac.ornl.gov/pns/acronyms.html#

  3. Mitre
    Mitre is a name given to many molluscs which inhabit a small and pretty turreted shell found in the seas around hot climates.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  4. Mitre
    Applying a straight edge cut across an otherwise sharply angled corner or edge. Quite common on PCB at right angled track junctions to improve manufacturability, reduce electrical reflections, and sometimes for purely cosmetic purpose. See also Fillet
    Found on http://www.vutrax.co.uk/glossary.htm

  5. mitre
    In the Christian church, the headdress worn by bishops, cardinals, and mitred abbots at solemn services. There are mitres of many different shapes, but in the Western church they usually take the...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  6. Mitre
    Angled joint (similar to joint in picture frame)
    Found on http://www.findabuilder.co.uk/working/gl

  7. Mitre
    An angled joint, similar to joints seen in picture frames.
    Found on http://www.interbuilders.co.uk/glossary/

  8. Mitre
    diagonal (45 degree) joint formed to accommodate the meeting of two members at right angles. More commonly used with reference to mouldings. A mason's mitre is formed when one moulding is turned to butt onto the other at 90 degrees , rather than cutting both members at the 45 degree angle ...
    Found on http://www.trp.dundee.ac.uk/research/glo

  9. Mitre
    A joint between two pieces of wood formed by cutting 450 bevels at the end of each piece; also to cut such a joint.
    Found on http://www.victoriaplumb.com/bathroom_DI

  10. Mitre
    Mi'tre noun & v. See Miter .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/83

  11. mitre
    1. A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries. It has been made in many forms, the present form being a lofty cap with two points or peaks. ... 2. The surface forming the beveled end or edge of a piece where a miter joint is made; also, a joint formed or a junction effected by two beveled ends or edges; a miter joint. ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  12. Mitre
    The `mitre`, also spelled `miter` , is a type of headgear now known as the traditional, ceremonial head-dress of bishops and certain abbots in the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, some Lutherans, and also bishops and certain other clergy in the Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Catholic Churches and the Oriental Orthodox Churches.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitre

  13. Mitre
    • (v. t.) To match together, as two pieces of molding or brass rule on a line bisecting the angle of junction; to bevel the ends or edges of, for the purpose of matching together at an angle. • (n.) A sort of base money or coin. • (n.) The surface forming the beveled end or edge of a piece where a miter joint is made; also, a joint f...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  14. mitre
    liturgical headdress worn by Roman Catholic bishops and abbots and some Anglican and Lutheran bishops. It has two shield-shaped stiffened halves that ... [2 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/102

  15. Mitre
    A kind of folding cap, consisting of two like parts, each stiffened by a lining and rising to a peak, these are sewn together on the sides, but are united above by a piece of material that can fold together. Two lappets trimmed on the ends with fringe hang down from the back. The right to wear the mitre belongs by law only to the pope, the cardinals, and the bishops. The giving of the mitre is a c...
    Found on http://web.ceu.hu/medstud/manual/SRM/glo


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22 November 2009

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On Friday, November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was shot as he rode in a motorcade through the streets of Dallas, Texas. At his death, the 35th president was 46 years old and had served less than three years in office. Despite this intimate experience of events surrounding the death of John F. Kennedy, the nation failed to achieve closure. Oswald never confessed, and the facts of the case remain mysterious. The Warren Commission's conclusion Oswald acted alone failed to satisfy the public. In 1976, the House of Representatives' Select Committee on Assassinations reopened investigation of the murder. The Committee reported that Lee Harvey Oswald probably was part of a conspiracy that may have involved organized crime. read more

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