civicminded

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

(plural: trimetaspheres)

A buckminsterfullerene containing a nitrogen atom and three metal atoms. They are made from lots of carbon, a dash of nitrogen, and a pinch of metals, usually one or two from the Lanthanoid family.
"The first trimetasphere carbon nanomaterials adduct, a Diels-Alder cycloadduct of Sc3N by C80, was reported by Dorn et al. in 2002."
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megakaryocyte

(plural: megakaryocytes)

An abnormally large bone marrow cell, with a lobulated nucleus, that produces platelets through the fragmentation of its cytoplasm.
"Megakaryocyte capacitances were in the range of 64-694 pF, equivalent to 500-5500 platelets."
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makwerekwere

(alternative forms: amakwerekwere and kwerekwere)

A term used by black people to refer to foreign Africans.
""Makwerekwere" is a slur that is mostly used in South Africa."
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civic-minded

(alternative form: civicminded)

Tending to do things that help your city or town and the people who live there.
"Town officials are hoping that some civic-minded person will volunteer to organize the parade."
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monochromator

(plural: monochromators)

An optical device, consisting of one or more slits, that selects a narrow band of wavelengths from a broader spectrum.
"The plasma emission spectra were measured with the use of a monochromator device."
by CToad7 ALT March 15, 2023
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