CToad7 ALT's definitions

megacaryocyte

(plural: megacaryocytes)

Alternative form of megakaryocyte.

"Under appropriate culture conditions, the megacaryocyte burst-forming cell can develop into 40 to 500 megacaryocytes within 1 week."

by CToad7 ALT March 13, 2023

ne'er-do-weel

(plural: ne'er-do-weels)

Alternative form of ne'er-do-well.

"She was abandoned by her ne'er-do-weel father."

by CToad7 ALT March 13, 2023

British Indian Ocean Territory

An Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia. The territory comprises the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with over 1,000 individual islands (many very small) amounting to a total land area of 60 square kilometres (23 square miles). The largest and most southerly island is Diego Garcia, 27 square kilometres (10 square miles), the site of a Joint Military Facility of the United Kingdom and the United States.

"The only inhabitants in British Indian Ocean Territory are British and United States military personnel, and associated contractors, who collectively number around 3,000 as of 2018."

by CToad7 ALT March 13, 2023

civicminded

Alternative form of civic-minded.

"Their city, known as the Athens of the Midwest, was civicminded, proud, and increasingly prosperous."

by CToad7 ALT March 13, 2023

heterofullerene

Any compound formally derived from a fullerene by replacing one or more carbon atom by a heteroatom.

"Such heterofullerenes are expected to have applications in superconductivity."

by CToad7 ALT March 10, 2023

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If you found this, you deserve a pat on the back.

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by CToad7 ALT March 14, 2023

quasi-contract

(plural: quasi-contracts)

Another name for a contract implied in law, which acts as a remedy for a dispute between two parties that don't have a contract. A quasi-contract is a legal obligation—not a traditional contract—which is decided by a judge for one party to compensate the other. Thus, a quasi-contract is a retroactive judgment to correct a circumstance in which one party acquires something at the expense of the other.

"It is not always simple to know if there is a contract, a quasi-contract or a damage award."

by CToad7 ALT March 17, 2023