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1. Sustain
   The USS Sustain was an American Auk Class minesweeper of 890 tons displacement launched in 1942. The USS Sustain was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 18 knots and carried a complement of 105. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun and two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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2. sustain
   [Verb] To keep something going.
   Example: The runner was not able to sustain her early pace during the marathon and after 10 miles she had to give up.
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3. sustain
   [v] - supply with necessities and support 2. [v] - admit as valid
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4. Sustain
   1) A holding out of the sounding of a pitch by an instrument.
   2) The level that a sound will continue to play at when a synthesizer key is held down.
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5. Sustain
   the period of an envelope during which a sound's attribute (such as volume) holds at a constant level. The sustain period starts at the end of the decay period and holds until the release period is started (usually by a keyboard note release). Unlike the other periods of an envelope, the sustain per...
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6. Sustain
   Sus·tain' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Sustained ; present participle & verbal noun Sustaining .] [ Middle English sustenen , susteinen , Old French sus...
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7. Sustain
   Sus·tain' noun One who, or that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer. [ Obsolete] « I waked again, for my sustain was the Lord.» Milton.
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8. sustain
   1. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight. 'Every pillar the temple to sustain.' (Chaucer) ... 2. Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support. 'No comfortable ex...
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9. sustain
   verb undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); `She suffered a fracture in the accident`; `He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars`; `She got a bruise on her leg`; `He got his arm broken in the scuffle`
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10. Sustain
    • (v. t.) To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight. • (v. t.) Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support. • (v. t.) To maintain; to keep alive; to ...
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11. Sustain
    1. Something which is accepted or agreed. When a judge admits to the objection raised by one lawyer, its is said to be objection sustain. 2) to provide with supply of basic neccessities.
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12. sustain
    v. in trial practice, for a judge to agree that an attorney's objection, such as to a question, is valid. Thus, an attorney asks a witness a question, and the opposing lawyer objects, saying the question is "irrelevant, immaterial and incompetent," "leading," "argumentative," or some other objection...
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13. Sustain
    In music, `sustain` is a parameter of musical sound over time. As its name implies, it denotes the period of time during which the sound remains before it becomes inaudible, or silent. Additionally, sustain is the third of the four segments in an ADSR envelope. The sustain portion of the ADSR envelo...
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14. SUSTAIN
    (military) `Small Unit Space Transport and Insertion` or `SUSTAIN` is a concept first proposed in 2002 by the United States Marine Corps to deploy Marines via spaceflight to any location on Earth. `Project Hot Eagle`, launched by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Air Force...
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15. Sustain
    (album) `Sustain` is the fifth studio album from Buck-O-Nine and was released in the United States on August 7, 2007 on archivedate=2007-10-12 -->--> and in Canada on September 6, 2007 by Union Label Group|Stomp Records-->. Track listing: #I`m Not Dead #Cook Me Into The Bowl #Screamin`...
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