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  2. Concretion - Wikipedia

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    This concretionary cement often makes the concretion harder and more resistant to weathering than the host stratum. There is an important distinction to draw between concretions and nodules. Concretions are formed from mineral precipitation around some kind of nucleus while a nodule is a replacement body.

  3. Reification (fallacy) - Wikipedia

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    Pathetic fallacy (also known as anthropomorphic fallacy or anthropomorphization) is a specific type [dubious – discuss] of reification. Just as reification is the attribution of concrete characteristics to an abstract idea, a pathetic fallacy is committed when those characteristics are specifically human characteristics, especially thoughts or feelings. [13]

  4. Glossary of geology - Wikipedia

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    An example is the Pleistocene Epoch of the Quaternary Period. erosion The displacement of solids (sediment, soil, rock and other particles) usually by the agents of currents such as wind, water, or ice by downward or down-slope movement in response to gravity or by living organisms (in the case of bioerosion ).

  5. Cementation (geology) - Wikipedia

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    For example, a land on a major Project is marked as glacier on contract drawings. It was so hard that it had to be detonated. The contractor claimed that the soil was cemented during excavation as it was formed due to the clay matrix as well as the gravel. The owner concluded that this was due to the weathering of the pebbles.

  6. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    applied to describing processes and parts of the body as likened or similar to horns Latin cornū, horn greater cornu: coron-pertaining to the heart: Latin corōna: coronary heart disease: cortic-cortex, outer region Latin cortex, bark of a tree corticosteroid: cost-of or pertaining to the ribs: Latin costa, rib costochondral: cox-

  7. Members of extreme body modification ring can challenge ... - AOL

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    Barristers for the six men – whose sentences range from four years to life with a minimum term of 22 years – have asked the Court of Appeal for the green light to challenge the length of the ...

  8. Doctors Say This Nighttime Behavior Can Be A Sign Of Dementia

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    There are plenty of reason you might feel off in the late afternoon and evening. Maybe you’re mentally wiped after socializing all day, or your brain is fried from hours of work.

  9. Atomic sentence - Wikipedia

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    For example, "The dog ran" is an atomic sentence in natural language, whereas "The dog ran and the cat hid" is a molecular sentence in natural language. From a logical analysis point of view, the truth or falsity of sentences in general is determined by only two things: the logical form of the sentence and the truth or falsity of its simple ...