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53 words match “TABU”

STATISTIC; STATISTICAL a.
Of or pertaining to statistics; as, statistical knowledge, statistical tabulation.
STATISTICS n.
specially, those facts which can be stated in numbers, or in tables of numbers, or in any tabular and classified arrangement.
SWAMP n.
rphyrio bellus); -- called also goollema. (b) An Australian water crake, or rail (Porzana Tabuensis); -- called also little swamp hen.
SYNCHRONISM n.
The tabular arrangement of historical events and personages, according to their dates.
TABLE v.
To form into a table or catalogue; to tabulate; as, to table fines.
TABLE WORK n.
Typesetting of tabular nmatter, or the type matter set in tabular form.
TABOO n. 2 definitions
n and authority, formerly common in the islands of Polynesia; interdiction. [Written also tabu.]
TIME-TABLE n.
A tabular statement of the time at which, or within which, several things are to take place, as the recitations in a school, the departure and arrival of railroad trains or other public conveyances, the rise and fall of the tides, etc.
TORBERNITE n.
A mineral occurring in emerald-green tabular crystals having a micaceous structure. It is a hydrous phosphate of uranium and copper. Called also copper uranite, and chalcolite.
VOLBORTHITE n.
A mineral occurring in small six-sided tabular crystals of a green or yellow color. It is a hydrous vanadate of copper and lime.
WEATHER MAP n.
fallen. Other lines inclose areas where the temperature has fallen or risen markedly. In tabular form are shown changes of pressure and of temperature, maximum and minimum temperatures, and total rain for each weather station since the last issue, usually 12 hours.
WOLLASTONITE n.
a white to gray, red, or yellow color, occurring generally in cleavable masses, rarely in tabular crystals; tabular spar.
WULFENITE n.
Native lead molybdate occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually tabular, and of a bright orange-yellow to red, gray, or brown color; -- also called yellow lead ore.
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