| hookworm |
a intestinal parasitic infection caused by larval hookworms that penetrate the host's skin; heavy infection with hookworm can create serious health problems for newborns, children, and persons who are undernourished; hookworm infections occur mostly in tropical and subtropical climates and are estimated to infect about 1 billion people -- about one-fifth of the world's population.
Ãâó: www.amnh.org/exhibitions/epidemic/glossary.html
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| Hooke's law |
Stress is directly proportional to strain. Hooke's law assumes perfectly elastic behavior. It does not take into account plastic or dynamic loss properties.
Ãâó: unistates.com/rmt/explained/glossary/rmtglossarygh...
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| hook |
A ball that breaks sharply to the left for a right-hander, to the right for a left-hander.
Ãâó: www.specialolympics.org/Special+Olympics+Public+We...
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| hook |
A bent piece of metal or other material, bent back at an angle or with a round bend, for catching fish (fish-hook).
Ãâó: www.mi.mun.ca/mi-net/terms/nautical.htm
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| hook |
A term borrowed from songwriting that describes that thing that catches the public's attention and keeps them interested in the flow of a story.
Ãâó: www.playwriting101.com/glossary
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