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41slacken — verb (slackened; slackening) Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to make less active ; slow up < slacken speed at a crossing > 2. to make slack (as by lessening tension or firmness) < slacken sail > intransitive verb …
42stretch-out — noun Date: 1930 1. a system of industrial operation in which workers are required to do extra work with slight or with no additional pay 2. the act of stretching out ; the state of being stretched out 3. an economizing measure that spreads a… …
43ease — I. noun Etymology: Middle English ese, from Anglo French eise, aise convenience, comfort, ultimately from Latin adjacent , adjacens neighboring more at adjacent Date: 13th century 1. the state of being comfortable: as a. freedom from pain or… …
44hang — I. verb (hung; also hanged; hanging) Etymology: partly from Middle English hon, from Old English hōn, verbt.; partly from Middle English hangen, from Old English hangian, verbi. & verbt.; both akin to Old High German hāhan, verbt., to hang,… …
45ritardando — I. adverb or adjective Etymology: Italian, from Latin retardandum, gerund of retardare to retard Date: circa 1811 with a gradual slackening in tempo used as a direction in music II. noun (plural dos) Date: 1889 a ritardando passage …
46surge — I. verb (surged; surging) Etymology: earlier, to ride (at anchor) probably in part from Middle French sourgir to cast anchor, land, from Catalan surgir to heave, cast anchor, from Latin surgere to rise, spring up; from sub up + regere to lead… …
47Tempo — Andante redirects here. For the public transport ticket, see Andante ticket. For the manga by Miho Obana, see Andante (manga). Tempi redirects here. For the Greek valley, see Témpi. For other uses, see Tempo (disambiguation). In musical… …
48Troll (angling) — For other uses, see troll.Trolling is a method of fishing where one or more fishing lines, baited with lures or bait fish, are drawn through the water behind a moving boat. Trolling is used to catch pelagic fish such as mackerel and… …
49Cornett — For the place in England, see Cornett, Herefordshire. Not to be confused with Cornet. Three different cornetts: mute cornett, curved cornett and tenor cornett The cornett, cornetto or zink is an early wind instrument, dating from the Medieval,… …
50Timeline of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and random processes — A timeline of events related to thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and random processes. Ancient times *c. 3000 BC The ancients viewed heat as that related to fire. The ancient Egyptians viewed heat as related to origin mythologies. One… …
