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perturbed Imagine a couple of snakes getting loose in a pet shop, and the manager running around trying to round up the snakes and calm down the customers, and you'll picture a perturbed person. Perturbed means flustered and confused.
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- 1 Everyone seeks to control others' impressions of themselves. This is called impression management.  Dramaturgy emphasizes the dual evaluative work that is undertaken by both the performer and the audience, thus demonstrating the inseparable link between performer and audience, individual and society.
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Definitions &Translations Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Embedded. Embedded is the debut studio album by industrial metal band Meathook Seed, released in March 1993 by Earache Records. The group was founded as side project by Napalm Death guitarist Mitch Harris in 1992, and aimed to mix industrial metal with death metal.
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batter bat·ter 1 (băt′ər) v. bat·tered, bat·ter·ing, bat·ters v.tr. 1. a. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows. See Synonyms at beat. b. To subject to repeated beatings or physical abuse. 2. To damage, as by heavy wear: a shed battered by high winds.
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- perforation. 1  a hole, or one of a series of holes, bored or punched through something, as those between individual postage stamps of a sheet to facilitate separation. 2  a hole made or passing through a thing. 3  the act of perforating. 4  the condition or state of being perforated.
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tamper To meddle, alter, or improperly interfere with something; to make changes or corrupt, as in tampering with the evidence. verb alter, change, convert, corrupt, debase, hinder, interfere, intermeddle, intervene, manipulate, meddle. Associated concepts: tamper with a jury, tamper with evidence See also: disturb.
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Chernobyl: Survivors return to ghost town of Pripyat 30 years after world's worst nuclear disaster Thirty years after the world's worst nuclear disaster, former residents of Pripyat have returned to the abandoned town in the shadow of the Chernobyl nuclear plant. Reuters photojournalist Gleb Garanich photographed the survivors as they visited the ghost town and the dusty derelict flats there that were once home.
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- 1 To disturb; to bother or unsettle. ( 2 physics) To slightly modify the motion of an object. ( astronomy) To modify the motion of a body by exerting a gravitational force.
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perplexed 1. Filled with confusion or bewilderment; puzzled. 2. Full of complications or difficulty; involved. [Middle English, from perplex, confused, from Old French perplexe, from Latin perplexus : per-, per- + plexus, past participle of plectere, to entwine; see plek- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] per·plex′ed·ly (-plĕk′sĭd-lē) adv.
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torment T o torment is to afflict or harass as by incessant repetition of vexations or annoyances: to be tormented by doubts. T o rack is to affect with such pain as that suffered by one stretched on a rack; to concentrate with painful effort: to rack one's brains.
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- The term bioturbation is frequently used in scien-. tific literature to describe how living organisms affect. the substratum in (or on) which they live. A search on. Web of Science gave >2650 bioturbation hits in late. 2011. The term originates from ichnology, to describe.
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- Definition of TAMPER. 1. : to carry on underhand or improper negotiations (as by bribery). 2. b: to try foolish or dangerous experiments —used with with. — tam·per·er \-pər-ər\ noun. — tam·per·proof \ˈtam-pər-ˌpruef\ ˌprüf. Adjective see tamper defined for. kids
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fluster disturb implies interference with one's mental processes caused by worry, perplexity, or interruption. the discrepancy in accounts disturbed me perturb implies deep disturbance of mind and emotions.
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- Parasitology Glossary Term Definition Aberrant Host One in which the parasite cannot complete its development or appropriate phase of its development. A dead end host form which it cannot continue its life cycle.Abnormal Host This term implies that the host is not the usual one.eservior Host One in which the parasites lives and is available for transmission to another host. In parasitology, the term usually refers to a host which harbors a stage of the parasite that is found in the typical host.
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perturbation perturbation. 1  a perturbing or being perturbed. 2  something that perturbs; disturbance. 3  Astron. a small change in an orbit caused by the attraction of another celestial body, other bodies, etc.
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- Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  disturbance, perturbation, upset(noun) an unhappy and worried mental state. 2  upset, derangement, overthrow(noun) the act of disturbing the mind or body. 3  disorder, upset(noun) a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning.
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Definitions &Translations Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Bioturbation. Bioturbation is the reworking of soils and sediments by animals or plants. Its effects include changing texture of sediments, bioirrigation and displacement of microorganisms and non-living particles.
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perplex Definition of perplex. 1  transitive verb. 2  1 : to make unable to grasp something clearly or to think logically and decisively about something her attitude perplexes me a perplexing problem. 3  2 : to make intricate or involved : complicate.
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- Full Definition of DISRUPT. transitive verb. 1. a: to break apart: rupture. 2. : to interrupt the normal course or unity of. — dis·rupt·er noun. — dis·rup·tion \-ˈrəp-shən\ noun. — dis·rup·tive \-ˈrəp-tiv\ adjective. — dis·rup·tive·ly adverb.
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perforate verb (used with object), perforated, perforating. 1. to make a hole or holes through by boring, punching, piercing, or the like. 2. to pierce through or to the interior of; penetrate. verb (used without object), perforated, perforating. 3. to make a way through or into something; penetrate.
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agitation ag·i·ta·tion. n. 1. The act of agitating or the state of being agitated. 2. Extreme emotional disturbance; perturbation. 3. The stirring up of public interest in a matter of controversy, such as a political or social issue. ag′i·ta′tion·al adj.
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perturbed When you're perturbed, you're upset by something, and rattled enough by it to be thrown off your usual calmness into a state of confusion. In astronomy, perturbation is defined as the effects on a large body when it is subjected to gravitational effects from more than one other large body..
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tamper (ˈtæmpə) vb (intr) 1. (usually foll by with) to interfere or meddle. 2. to use corrupt practices such as bribery or blackmail. 3. (usually foll by with) to attempt to influence or corrupt, esp by bribery: to tamper with the jury.
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perpetuate The definition of perpetuate is to cause something to be remembered or continued. An example of perpetuate is commemorating the terrorist attacks of 2001 every year on September 11th. perpetuate. perpetuate.
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perplex To perplex is defined as to confuse or complicate. An example of perplex is to challenge a class with a very difficult question. to make (a person) uncertain, doubtful, or hesitant; confuse; puzzle. to make intricate or complicated; make confusing or hard to understand: to perplex an issue.
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disruptionnoun  [ C or U] disruptionnoun [ C or U ] uk ​ /dɪsˈrʌpʃən/ us ​. › an interruption in the usual way that a system, process, or event works: It would cause a tremendous disruption to our work schedule to install a different computer system.