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91melting pot — {n. phr.} A country where different nationalities mingle and mix with the result that, in the second generation, most people speak the main language of the country and behave like the majority. * /It is no longer considered entirely true that the …
92melting pot — {n. phr.} A country where different nationalities mingle and mix with the result that, in the second generation, most people speak the main language of the country and behave like the majority. * /It is no longer considered entirely true that the …
93melting pot — noun Date: 1887 1. a. a place where a variety of races, cultures, or individuals assimilate into a cohesive whole b. the population of such a place 2. a process of blending that often results in invigoration or novelty • melting pot adjective …
94melting-pot — adjective see melting pot …
95melting pot — noun A place where many divergent things (often races or cultures, but also talents) come together and are homogenized. The festival is a true racial melting pot; people from dozens of countries take part speaking many languages …
96melting point — melt·ing point mel tiŋ . n the temperature at which a solid melts * * * (mp) the minimum temperature at which a solid begins to liquefy. See also freezing p. Cf. melting temperature and fusion temperature …
97melting temperature — (Tm) in molecular biology, the temperature at which half the length of a double stranded nucleic acid becomes single stranded; it is a function of the degree of match or mismatch between the two strands, the percentage of guanine cytosine pairs… …
98melting pot — Synonyms and related words: America, Columbia, Land of Liberty, US, USA, Uncle Sugar, United States, Yankeeland, agitator, alembic, anvil, beater, blender, caldron, cement mixer, churn, crucible, eggbeater, emulsifier, engine, lathe, machine,… …
99melting pot — mel·ting pot loc.s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} TS sociol. mescolanza eterogenea di persone di diverse razze, religioni, ecc. {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1992. ETIMO: comp. di melting, der. di (to) melt fondere , e pot pentola …
100melting point — The melting point or freezing point of a pure substance is the temperature at which its crystals are in equilibrium with the liquid phase at atmosphere pressure …
