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Dictionary » V » Vacation Vacationvacation 1. The act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter. 2. Intermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office; a period of intermission; rest; leisure. It was not in his nature, however, at least till years had chastened it, to take any vacation from controversy. (Palfrey) Hence, specifically: - Intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm; recess. With lawyers in the vacation. The intermission of the regular studies and exercises of an educational institution between terms; holidays; as, the spring vacation. The time when an office is vacant; especially. The time when a see, or other spiritual dignity, is vacant. Origin: F, fr. L. Vacatio a being free from a duty, service, etc, fr. Vacare. See Vacate. ![]()
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Results from our forumNeed help with this one. What is it?My dad and I were on vacation in Wisconsin when we came across this apparently dead life form. We were on the banks of a freshwater river (forgive me, I don't know the name of the river). The pics aren't that good, they were taking ...
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Re: Important unknown nanotech within humans... to advise on animal health issues. —Circumstance of Death: She died of asphyxiation after being smothered by a pillow in her hotel room while on vacation in Arizona. Aril 18, 2005: Douglas Passaro, 43 —Expertise: He was an associate professor of epidemiology at the University of Illinois at Chicago ...
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Re: Genomic Scan, Frequency & Distribution of SEED... I wonder what it will be like though if I decide to go back to Europe, time will tell. Mith you're a legend for helping out people during your vacation. With great appreciation, my best regards! #!/usr/local/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; use Carp; # Make sure the program is called with ...
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Genomic Scan, Frequency & Distribution of SEEDI don't have perl with me right now(on vacation) but here's how I would do it(no testing done so it's probably buggy). #!/usr/local/bin/perl #fastastream from http://search.cpan.org/~reneeb/Bio-FastaStream-0.03/lib/Bio/FastaStream.pm ...
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fiber/hair moving thru water... happens despite the water remaining perfectly still. it can be witnessed time and time again no matter where i am at. first noticed it while on vacation in Florida. have seen it happen in various other states as well as my home. i guess that eliminates water being the culprit. i also should ...
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