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Manipulation

Manipulation

1. The act or process of manipulating, or the state of being manipulated; the act of handling work by hand; use of the hands, in an artistic or skillful manner, in science or art. Manipulation is to the chemist like the external senses to the mind.

2. The use of the hands in mesmeric operations.

3. Artful management; as, the manipulation of political bodies; sometimes, a management or treatment for purposes of deception or fraud.

Origin: cf. F. Manipulation.


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by PAWahid
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[Shamed mod note] Arggghh! due to a bad manipulation I erased an answer to this post for no reason. May the author forgive a tired mod and please repost his/her answer. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry! [/Shamed mod note]

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by canalon
Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:30 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Microparticles and flow cytometry
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