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Of or referring to exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for the public discloser of the invention.

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metric century

Sports;

a 100-kilometer ride (62 miles).

subscription price

Financial services; General Finance

Price that current shareholders pay for a share of stock in a rights offering.

perturbations

Astronomy; General astronomy

Gravitational influences ("tugging" and "pulling") of one astronomical body on another. Comets are strongly perturbed by the gravitational forces of the major planets, ...

ancestor

Biology; Genetics

Any organism, population, or species from which some other organism, population, or species is descended by reproduction.

alternative media

Advertising; Billboard advertising

Outdoor formats that do not fall into the categories of: billboards, street furniture or transit. Most alternative media is used to create customized solutions for advertisers.