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- Stumbling block. For other uses, see Stumbling block (disambiguation). A stumbling block or scandal in the Bible is a metaphor for a behavior or attitude that leads another to sin.
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Work Louis XIV (1638-1715) A commission for the king of Spain. Louis XIV in fact commissioned the portrait as a gift for his grandson Philip V of Spain. The painting was shown at the 1704 Salon and then became part of the Louis XIV Collection.
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Threshold Guardians Threshold Guardians. THRESHOLD GUARDIANS: The forces that stand in the way at important turning points, including jealous enemies, professional gatekeepers, or even the hero’s own fears and doubts.
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block Definition of block for English Language Learners : a solid piece of material (such as rock or wood) that has flat sides and is usually square or rectangular in shape : an area of land surrounded by four streets in a city
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Heart Block Heart block is an abnormal heart rhythm where the heart beats too slowly (bradycardia). In this condition, the electrical signals that tell the heart to contract are partially or totally blocked between the upper chambers (atria) and the lower chambers (ventricles). For this reason, it is also called atrioventricular block (AV block).
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stagger to walk, move, or stand unsteadily. to falter or begin to give way, as in an argument or fight. to waver or begin to doubt, as in purpose or opinion; hesitate: After staggering momentarily, he recognized that he had to make a decision. to cause to reel, totter, or become unsteady: This load would stagger an elephant.
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Breaking Down Minnesota Wild's New Uniforms for 2013-14 Season By removing the white away jersey from their wardrobe, the Wild have official cut ties with the original uniform scheme from the 2000 inaugural season. Minnesota’s original dark uniform looked like the white away jersey, only it was green in color.
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BUILDING BLOCK chemical group, radical, group - (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule. molecule - (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound. ashlar - a rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposes. breeze block, cinder block, clinker block - a light concrete building block made with cinder aggregate; cinder blocks are called breeze blocks in Britain.
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Hasty Generalization (Fallacy) Definition. A hasty generalization is a fallacy in which a conclusion is not logically justified by sufficient or unbiased evidence. Also called insufficient sample, converse accident, faulty generalization, biased generalization, jumping to a conclusion, secundum quid, and neglect of qualifications.
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Block (periodic table) A block of the periodic table of elements is a set of adjacent groups. The term appears to have been first used by Charles Janet.[1] The respective highest-energy electrons in each element in a block belong to the same atomic orbital type.
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Athletes & Hoes: Before She Was Mrs. Bosh, Was Adrienne Williams Just Another Jumpoff? Damn, they’ve barely been married two weeks and folks are already throwing salt. Rumor has it that Chris Bosh fell victim to that “groupie love” when he wifed up Adrienne “Short Stacks” Williams. Every baller worth his salt in Atlanta knows who Chris Bosh’s wife, Adrienne, is. She was a fixture in the VIPs at Vision and Velvet Room nightclubs back in the day. Every pro athlete has made eye contact with her at some point in time.
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blocking 1. interruption of an afferent nerve pathway (see block). 2. inhibition of an intracellular biosynthetic process; metabolic block. 3. thought blocking or thought deprivation; sudden cessation of the train of thought or speech, such as may occur in a period of extreme emotion or when a repressed painful thought is approached.
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Heart block Heart block is a type of arrhythmia (ah-RITH-me-ah). An arrhythmia is any problem with the rate or rhythm of the heartbeat. Some people are born with heart block, while others develop it during their lifetimes. If you're born with the condition, it's called congenital (kon-JEN-ih-tal) heart block.
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block grant Definition of block grant. : an unrestricted grant made by the U.S. federal government to state and local governments to be used at their discretion to pay especially for social services that were formerly paid for through specific federal programs.
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- Definition of stonewall. 1  intransitive verb. 2  1 chiefly British : to engage in obstructive parliamentary debate or delaying tactics. 3  2 : to be uncooperative, obstructive, or evasive. 4  transitive verb. : 5  to refuse to comply or cooperate with.
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- In computer lingo, a block or sector is a section of your hard drive that records data. Bad blocks are spots that can no longer be written to or read from --essentially, they're corrupted areas on your hard drive.
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Hasty generalization For the error common in language-learning, see Errors in early word use. Hasty generalization is an informal fallacy of faulty generalization by reaching an inductive generalization based on insufficient evidence—essentially making a hasty conclusion without considering all of the variables.
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Blocking (construction) Blocking is typically made from short off-cuts or defective, warped pieces of lumber. Blocking is also sometimes used by people in construction with the sense of a shim or spacer. Names for similar materials in other forms of English include dwang, nog, noggin, and nogging.
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- Top definition cross the threshold unknown The threshold was a log or length of wood placed in the entranceway of the peasant's hut or accommodation provided by the landlord. It contained within the hut the layers of thresh i.e. waste from harvesting corn or wheat.
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DEFINITION of 'Block House' A block house is a type of brokerage firm that deals primarily in large trades, with clients ranging from corporations and banks to insurance firms and academic funds.
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- Heart Block. Heart block refers to an abnormality in the way electricity passes through the normal electrical pathways of the heart. The abnormality blocks the electrical impulse from continuing through the normal pathways and usually results in a slower heart rate. Heart block can be caused by:
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Bundle branch block A bundle branch block is a defect of the bundle branches or fascicles in the electrical conduction system of the heart.
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Blockbusting, Steering, and Redlining blockbusting An illegal practice in which licensees or others encourage homeowners to sell because of an influx or expected influx of minorities into the area redlining
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Do Bad Blocks Mean a Hard Drive Is Failing? In computer lingo, a block or sector is a section of your hard drive that records data. Bad blocks are spots that can no longer be written to or read from --essentially, they're corrupted areas on your hard drive. Although a few bad sectors don't necessarily mean your hard drive's about to go belly up, too many can negatively impact your drive's memory capacity.
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7â There are two ways by which to examine this question. First it is possible for one to be a stumbling block by standing in the way of a person receiving the truth of God's word so that he is drawn into error or even apostasy.
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block computer memory unit - a unit for measuring computer memory. block - (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted; since blocks are often defined as a single sector, the terms `block' and `sector' are sometimes used interchangeably.