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  • 121bulk — [14] Formally, bulk comes from Old Norse búlki, which meant ‘cargo’ or ‘heap’: the original connotation of the English word in this sense was thus of goods loaded loose, in heaps, rather than neatly packed up. That is the source of the phrase in… …

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  • 122bulk — [14] Formally, bulk comes from Old Norse búlki, which meant ‘cargo’ or ‘heap’: the original connotation of the English word in this sense was thus of goods loaded loose, in heaps, rather than neatly packed up. That is the source of the phrase in… …

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  • 123bulk — [bʌlk] noun [U] the fact of being large • the bulk of sth the majority or largest part of something[/ex] Women still do the bulk of domestic work in the home.[/ex] in bulk in large quantities[/ex] large companies that buy and sell in bulk[/ex] …

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  • 124Bulk Richardson number — DefinitionThe Bulk Richardson Number (BRN) is a dimensionless number in meteorology relating vertical stability and vertical shear (generally, stability divided by shear). It represents the ratio of thermally produced turbulence and turbulence… …

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  • 125bulk — noun 1》 the mass or magnitude of something large.     ↘a large mass or shape.     ↘[as modifier] large in quantity: a bulk supplier. 2》 the greater part: the bulk of the traffic had passed. 3》 roughage in food. 4》 cargo in an unpackaged mass.… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 126Bulk temperature — In fluid dynamics, the bulk temperature, or the average fluid bulk temperature, is a convenient reference point for evaluating properties related to convective heat transfer, particularly in applications related to flow in pipes and ducts. The… …

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  • 127The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club — infobox Book | name = The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club title orig = translator = image caption = Cover of the BBC Adaptation author = Dorothy L. Sayers cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = Lord Peter Wimsey… …

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  • 128The Herbalist — Soon to be celebrating it s 100th anniversary, the Indiana Botanic Gardens is the nation s largest and oldest retailer of herbs. The Founder, Joseph MeyerBorn in Wisconsin in 1878, Joseph Meyer acquired a curiosity about plants and nature at a… …

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