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tape

1. A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied with tape.

2. A tapeline; also, a metallic ribbon so marked as to serve as a tapeline; as, a steel tape. Red tape. See Red.

(Science: botany) Tape grass, a plant (Vallisneria spiralis) with long ribbonlike leaves, growing in fresh or brackish water; called also fresh water eelgrass, and, in Maryland, wild celery. Tape needle. See bodkin.

Origin: AS. Taeppe a fillet. Cf. Tapestry, Tippet.


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... energy or, 2) contingency (that is, things just happened to fall out that way). Gould is famous for having said that if we could "rewind the tape of life" and play it again, we'd get much different results. Once the basic body plans were established in the Cambrian period, it would have ...

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Tue Feb 05, 2013 3:20 am
 
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Topic: On the number of limbs.
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On the number of limbs.

... energy or, 2) contingency (that is, things just happened to fall out that way). Gould is famous for having said that if we could "rewind the tape of life" and play it again, we'd get much different results. Once the basic body plans were established in the Cambrian period, it would have ...

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by Luxorien
Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:46 pm
 
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Re: Sound and how the brain reacts to it

... that set me off on a little wave are my colleagues hammering away at their keyboards. I don't believe the same thing would happen if I had a tape of those same noises though. Another one that sets me off is the sound of my mum ironing, or someone else wrapping presents, including the cutting ...

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Mon Nov 12, 2012 12:07 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
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... West). 2. Cover seeds with a piece of filter paper 3. Pack petri dish with moist cotton wool. 4. Put lid on the petri dish and seal it with sticky tape. 5. Stand petri dish upright attached on plasticine and near a window. 6. Let it stand for 1 week and observe. Q1 )The question asked if the above ...

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by duherro
Mon May 07, 2012 7:07 am
 
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Re: Sound and how the brain reacts to it

... the thread, I am glad you kept at it. Now I'm off to listen to some more Miss Cleo - wish I could find her and get her to made a relaxation tape for me. :)

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by chillsdownmyspine
Thu Aug 18, 2011 10:36 pm
 
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