n-type semiconductor | a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of electrons |
p-type semiconductor | a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of positive holes |
pump-type pliers | a type of pliers |
type | a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end, produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper, he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up |
type slug slug | a strip of type metal used for spacing |
body type somatotype | a category of physique |
asthenic type ectomorphy | slender, weak, and lightweight |
endomorphy pyknic type | round, fat, and heavy |
athletic type mesomorphy | muscular and big-boned |
absorptivity absorption factor | (physics) the property of a body that determines the fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed or absorbable by the body |
blood group blood type | human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens |
A type A group A | the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen |
B type B group B | the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen |
AB type AB group AB | the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens |
O type O group O | the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens, people with type O blood are universal donors |
Rh-positive blood type Rh positive | the blood group (approximately % of people) whose red cells have the Rh factor (Rh antigen) |
Rh-negative blood type Rh-negative blood Rh negative | the blood group whose red cells lack the Rh factor (Rh antigen) |
preoccupation preoccupancy absorption engrossment | the mental state of being preoccupied by something |
concentration engrossment absorption immersion | complete attention, intense mental effort |
self-absorption | preoccupation with yourself to the exclusion of everything else |
type | a subdivision of a particular kind of thing, what type of sculpture do you prefer? |
architectural style style of architecture type of architecture | architecture as a kind of art form |
type specimen holotype | the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made |
type | all of the tokens of the same symbol, the word `element' contains five different types of character |
type | printed characters, small type is hard to read |
type family | a complete set of type suitable for printing text |
roman roman type roman letters roman print | a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions |
type genus | (biology) genus from which the name of a family or subfamily is formed, it is not necessarily the most representative genus but often the largest or best known or earliest described |
type | (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon |
type species | (biology) the species that best exemplifies the essential characteristics of the genus to which it belongs |
Alpine glacier Alpine type of glacier | a glacier that moves down from a high valley |
Piedmont glacier Piedmont type of glacier | a type of glaciation characteristic of Alaska, large valley glaciers meet to form an almost stagnant sheet of ice |
character eccentric type case | a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities), a real character, a strange character, a friendly eccentric, the capable type, a mental case |
absorption band | a dark band in the spectrum of white light that has been transmitted through a substance that exhibits absorption at selective wavelengths |
absorption spectrum | the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation that has passed through a medium that absorbed radiation of certain wavelengths |
absorption soaking up | (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another, a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid |
absorption | (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium, the absorption of photons by atoms or molecules |
assimilation absorption | the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion |
assimilation absorption | the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another |
absorption coefficient coefficient of absorption absorptance | a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance, the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber, absorptance equals minus transmittance |
absorption unit | a unit for measuring absorption |
type I diabetes insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus IDDM juvenile-onset diabetes juvenile diabetes growth-onset diabetes ketosis-prone diabetes ketoacidosis-prone diabetes autoimmune diabetes | severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset, characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis, diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease |
d type II diabetes non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus NIDDM non-insulin-dependent diabetes ketosisesistant diabetes mellitus ketosisesistant diabetes ketoacidosisesistant diabetes mellitus ketoacidosisesistant diabetes adult-onset diabetes mellitus adult-onset diabetes maturity-onset diabetes mellitus maturity-onset diabetes mature-onset diabetes | mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults, can be precipitated by obesity or severe stress or menopause or other factors, can usually be controlled by diet and hypoglycemic agents without injections of insulin |
catatonic schizophrenia catatonic type schizophrenia catatonia | a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods, the catatonia may give way to short periods of extreme excitement |
hebephrenia hebephrenic schizophrenia disorganized schizophrenia disorganized type schizophrenia | a form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and bizarre behavior, usually becomes evident during puberty, the most common diagnostic category in mental institutions |
paranoid schizophrenia paranoic type schizophrenia paraphrenic schizophrenia paraphrenia | a form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy), symptoms may include anger and anxiety and aloofness and doubts about gender identity, unlike other types of schizophrenia the patients are usually presentable and (if delusions are not acted on) may function in an apparently normal manner |
immediate allergy atopy atopic allergy type I allergic reaction | an allergic reaction that becomes apparent in a sensitized person only minutes after contact |
delayed allergy type IV allergic reaction | an allergic reaction that becomes apparent only hours after contact |
absorption indicator | an indicator used in reactions that involve precipitation |
type metal | an alloy of tin and lead and antimony used to make printing type |