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psi

Sports; Bicycle & electric bicycle

abbreviation for pounds per square inch. The unit of measure for tire inflation and air pressure in some suspensions.

Chrome-plate

Kitchen & dining; Cooking tools

A finish created by a three-step electrolytic process, in which copper, nickel chromium are applied to a steel core.

two-tier bid

Financial services; General Finance

Takeover bid in which the acquirer offers to pay more for the shares needed to gain control than for the remaining shares, or to pay the same price but at different times in the ...

astronomical unit (A.U.)

Astronomy; Mars

A measure for distances within the solar system, equal to the mean ditance of the earth from the sun, which is about 93,000,000 miles.

antineutrino

Astronomy; General astronomy

The antiparticle of a neutrino.

microphyll

Plants; Flowers

A kind of leaf, specifically one which has a single, unbranched vein in it. Microphylls are only found in the lycophytes.

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