Thursday, November 8, 2007

Today's Words: oxidize, parabola

oxidize
parabola

oxidize: \ŏk'sĭ-dīz'\; to combine with oxygen; make into an oxide; to increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons; to coat with oxide.

parabola: \pə-rāb'ə-lə\; a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the cone or by the locus of points equidistant from a fixed line and a fixed point not on the line.

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