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  1. serpentine
    [adj] - resembling a serpent in form
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  2. Serpentine
    snake shape, often used to describe winding wall or hedge. Also a type of green marble.
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  3. Serpentine
    1 Descriptive term for an undulating profile, especially in furniture. Serpentine fronts, with a convex curve in the centre flanked by slightly concave sides, were seen on rococo chests of drawers, cabinets and sideboards in the 18thC. From the late 17thC, some chairs had curving serpentine stretche...
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  4. Serpentine
    Ser'pen·tine adjective [ Latin serpentinus : confer French serpentin .] Resembling a serpent; having the shape or qualities of a serpent; subtle; winding or turning one way and the other, like a moving serpent; anfractuous; meandering; sinuo...
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  5. Serpentine
    Ser'pen·tine noun [ Confer (for sense 1) French serpentine , (for sense 2) serpentin .] 1. (Min.) A mineral or rock consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of magnesia. It is usually of an obscure green color, often with a...
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  6. Serpentine
    Ser'pen·tine intransitive verb To serpentize. [ R.] Lyttleton.
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  7. serpentine
    1. <chemical> A mineral or rock consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of magnesia. It is usually of an obscure green colour, often with a spotted or mottled appearance resembling a serpent's skin. Precious, or noble, serpentine is translucent and of a rich oil-green colour. ... Serpentine...
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  8. serpentine
    snaky adjective resembling a serpent in form; `a serpentine wall`; `snaky ridges in the sand`
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  9. Serpentine
    • (a.) Resembling a serpent; having the shape or qualities of a serpent; subtle; winding or turning one way and the other, like a moving serpent; anfractuous; meandering; sinuous; zigzag; as, serpentine braid. • (v. i.) To serpentize. • (n.) A mineral or rock consisting chiefly of the...
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  10. serpentine
    (from the article `matchlock`) ...igniting gunpowder developed in the 15th century, a major advance in the manufacture of small arms. The matchlock was the first mechanical firing ... ...with the development of mechanisms that applied match to hand-portable weapons. German gunsmiths apparently led t...
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  11. serpentine
    any of a group of hydrous magnesium-rich silicate minerals. The composition of these common rock-forming minerals approximates Mg3Si2O5(OH)4. ... [3 related articles]
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  12. serpentine
    serpentine Of or resembling a serpent, as in form or movement; sinuous, subtly sly, and tempting.
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  1. Serpentine
    [lake] The Serpentine (also known as the Serpentine River) is a 28-acre (11 ha) recreational lake in Hyde Park, London, England, created in 1730. Although it is common to refer to the entire body of water as the Serpentine, strictly the name refers only to the eastern half of the lake. Serpe...
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  2. Serpentine
    A compound curve with convex center and concave ends used for the fronts of chests, desks, cupboards, and similar pieces.
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  3. serpentine
    A curve named and studied by Isaac Newton in 1701 and contained in his classification of cubic curves. It had been studied earlier by de L'Hopital and Christiaan Huygens in 1692. The curve serpentine given by the Cartesian equation y(x) = abx/(x2 - a2...
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  4. serpentine
    Serpentine. Credit: Mineral Information Institute A common magnesium silicate mineral, Mg3Si2O5(OH)4, whose structure resembles that of kaolinite. There are three varieties: chrysotile, antigorite, and li...
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  5. serpentine
    serpentine (sûr'puntēn, –tīn) , hydrous silicate of magnesium. It occurs in crystalline form only as a pseudomorph having the form of some other mineral and is generally found in the form of chrysotile (silky fibers) and antigorite and lizardite (which are both tabular). C...
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  6. Serpentine
    Serpentine is a common mineral group with a relative hardness of 4. It is usually an alteration product of some magnesium silicate, especially olivine, pyroxene, and amphibole. It is frequently associated with magnesite, chromite, and magnetite. It has the formulae Mg6(Si4O10)(OH)8.
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  7. serpentine
    Member of a group of minerals, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg3Si2O5(OH)4, occurring in soft metamorphic rocks and usually dark green. The fibrous form chrysotile is a source of asbestos; other forms are an...
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  8. serpentine
    Descriptive term for an undulating profile, especially in furniture. Serpentine fronts, with a convex curve in the centre flanked by slightly concave sides, were seen on rococo chests of drawers, cabinets and sideboards in the 18thC. From the late 17thC, some chairs had curving serpentine stretchers...
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  9. Serpentine
    Series of half circles and straight lines crossing from one side of the centerline to the other, requiring a change of direction each time the horse passes over it
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  10. Serpentine
    refers to soils that are low in calcium and high in magnesium and iron, derived from greenish or gray-green rocks that are essentially magnesium silicate, other characteristics of which are a high nickel and chromium content, and a low content of nutrients such as nitrogen
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  11. Serpentine
    [album] Serpentine is the fourth album by the German gothic metal band Flowing Tears, the second under the moniker Flowing Tears. This album would also be the last album to include Stefanie Duchêne on lead vocals, because she had to leave the band in 2004 due to her pregnancy. ==Track listi...
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  12. Serpentine
    [video game] Serpentine is a 1982 action computer game developed by David Snider and published by Brøderbund. The player controls (rides, by game description ) a multi-segmented blue `good` serpent in a maze with the objective of eating all computer-controlled `evil` (red or orange or green...
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  13. Serpentine
    [song] "Serpentine" is a song by American female artist Tiffany, co-written with Chris Donohue and released in January 2011 as a digital download single. The following month, Tiffany released the song as a limited edition 1-track CD single (only 500 copies manufactured), and sold it through ...
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