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Sink logo #10101) Appear to move downward 2) Basement fixture, sometimes 3) Basin 4) Basin with a water supply 5) Bathroom basin 6) Be more dense than water 7) Cause to sink 8) Cleaning area 9) Darkroom fixture 10) Decline markedly 11) Defeat 12) Descend 13) Descend slowly 14) Dirty dishes locale 15) Dirty dishes site
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Sink logo #10101) Basin 2) Cesspit 3) Cesspool 4) Decline 5) Descend 6) Deteriorate 7) Godown 8) Ruin 9) Sag 10) Scuttle 11) Set 12) Sinkhole 13) Submerge 14) Submerse 15) Thrust 16) Torpedo 17) Washbasin 18) Washbowl
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sink logo #20721In environmental chemistry, an area or part of the environment in which, or a process by which, one or more pollutants is removed from the medium in which it is dispersed. Note: For example - moist ground acts as a sink for sulfur dioxide in the air.
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Sink logo #21002• (n.) The lowest part of a natural hollow or closed basin whence the water of one or more streams escapes by evaporation; as, the sink of the Humboldt River. • (v. i.) To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate. • (v. t.) To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt. • (v....
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Sink logo #21194A depression on the part surface over a thick wall feature i.e., a rib, boss, thick sprue gate or change in wall section. Caused by the delayed cooling effects of the center of the thick area. When the hot center cools, it shrinks and pulls down the skin on the surface.
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sink logo #21003(from the article `angiosperm`) ...into sieve tubes at source regions (places of photosynthesis or mobilization and exportation of storage products) raises the osmotic pressure in ...
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sink logo #21003(from the article `atmosphere, evolution of`) ...that removes gas either chemically, as in the consumption of oxygen during the process of combustion, or physically, as in the loss of hydrogen to ... The dominant pathways by which gases are removed from the present atmosphere are discussed below in the section Biogeochemical cycles. Apa...
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sink logo #21011'In a second-order [linear difference equation] system, if both roots are positive and less than one, then the system converges monotonically to the steady state. If the roots are complex and lie inside the unit circle then the system spirals into the steady state. If at least one root is negative, but both roots are less than one in absolute ...
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Sink logo #20844A stationary basin connected with a drain and water supply for washing and drainage.
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sink logo #209731. A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes. ... 2. A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving filthy water, etc, as in a kitchen. ... 3. A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; called also sink hole. Sink hole. The opening to a sink drain. A cesspoo...
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Sink logo #10444A reservoir that uptakes a chemical element or compound from another part of its cycle. For example, soil and trees tend to act as natural sinks for carbon.
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Sink logo #10444In modelling, a state variable outside the system boundary, ie. not quantified, to which outputs may go but do not return.
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Sink logo #10444a complex fold in which a corner of the model is turned inside out to become a pocket. Sinks may be either open or closed. An open sink is one in which the layers of the paper can be opened to allow the sink to be achieved in a structured manner. A closed sink is one where the layers of the paper cannot be opened and the sink must be performed in an ad hoc manner. Closed sinks can often be turned into open sinks by a careful restructuring of the layers. ...
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Sink logo #20972Sink (sĭnk) intransitive verb [ imperfect Sunk (sŭnk), or ( Sank (sănk)); past participle Sunk (obs. Sunken , -- now used as adj. ); present participle & verbal...
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Sink logo #20972Sink noun 1. A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes. 2. A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving filthy water, etc., as in a kitchen. 3. A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are los...
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Sink logo #20972Sink transitive verb 1. To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship. « [ The Athenians] fell upon the wings and sank a single ship.» Jowett (Thucyd.). 2. Figuratively: To cause to decline; to depress; t...
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Sink logo #21028(1) Site of the storage of some material. (2) Another name for sinkhole.
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sink logo #21084A stationary basin connected with a drain and water supply for washing and drainage.
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Sink logo #23802Any process, activity or mechanism which removes a greenhouse gas, an aerosol or a precursor of a greenhouse gas from the atmosphere. Forests and other vegetation are considered sinks because they remove carbon dioxide through photosynthesis.
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sink logo #20974 verb fall or drop to a lower place or level; `He sank to his knees`
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sink logo #20974 noun plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
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sink logo #21571A body or process that acts as a storage device or disposal mechanism; e.g., plants and the oceans act as sinks absorbing atmospheric carbon dioxide. Also, a location in a plant where sugar is being consumed, either in metabolism or by conversion to starch.
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Sink logo #22831In general, any process, activity, or mechanism that removes a greenhouse gas or a precursor of a greenhouse gas or aerosol from the atmosphere.
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Sink logo #24010An area in a kitchen that can contain water.
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Sink logo #23804A natural or technological process that removes carbon from the atmosphere and stores it.
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