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AppetenciesAppetency Ap"pe*ten*cy, n.; pl. Appetencies. [L. appetentia,
fr. appetere to strive after, long for. See Appetite.]
1. Fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving;
an eager appetite.
They had a strong appetency for reading. --Merivale.
2. Specifically: An instinctive inclination or propensity in
animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to
suck, in aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim;
the tendency of an organized body to seek what satisfies
the wants of its organism.
These lacteals have mouths, and by animal selection
or appetency the absorb such part of the fluid as is
agreeable to their palate. --E. Darwin.
3. Natural tendency; affinity; attraction; -- used of
inanimate objects. AppetencyAppetency Ap"pe*ten*cy, n.; pl. Appetencies. [L. appetentia,
fr. appetere to strive after, long for. See Appetite.]
1. Fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving;
an eager appetite.
They had a strong appetency for reading. --Merivale.
2. Specifically: An instinctive inclination or propensity in
animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to
suck, in aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim;
the tendency of an organized body to seek what satisfies
the wants of its organism.
These lacteals have mouths, and by animal selection
or appetency the absorb such part of the fluid as is
agreeable to their palate. --E. Darwin.
3. Natural tendency; affinity; attraction; -- used of
inanimate objects. Appetent
Appetent Ap"pe*tent, a. [L. appetens, p. pr. of appetere.]
Desiring; eagerly desirous. [R.]
Appetent after glory and renown. --Sir G. Buck.
Centripetence
Centripetence Cen*trip"e*tence, n.
Centripetency.
Centripetency
Centripetency Cen*trip"e*ten*cy, n.
Tendency toward the center.
Competently
Competently Com"pe*tent*ly, adv.
In a competent manner; adequately; suitably.
Incompetently
Incompetently In*com"pe*tent*ly, adv.
In an competent manner; inadequately; unsuitably.
repetendDecimal Dec"i*mal, n.
A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and
almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal
fraction.
Circulating, or Circulatory, decimal, a decimal
fraction in which the same figure, or set of figures, is
constantly repeated; as, 0.354354354; -- called also
recurring decimal, repeating decimal, and repetend. Repetend
Repetend Rep`e*tend (r?p`?-t?nd"), n. [L. repetendus to be
repeated, fr. repetere to repeat.] (Math.)
That part of a circulating decimal which recurs continually,
ad infinitum: -- sometimes indicated by a dot over the first
and last figures; thus, in the circulating decimal .728328328
+ (otherwise .7..8...), the repetend is 283.
Meaning of Peten from wikipedia
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Petén or
Peten may
refer to:
Petén Department, a
department of
Guatemala Petén Basin, the geographical/archaeological
region of
Mesoamerica and a center...
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Petén (from the itz'a, Noj
Petén, 'Great Island') is a
department of Guatemala. It is
geographically the
northernmost department of Guatemala, as well...
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Flores is the
capital of the
Petén Department, Guatemala's landlocked,
northernmost department. The po****tion is 13,700 (2003).
Flores is the seat of...
- The
Spanish conquest of
Petén was the last
stage of the
conquest of Guatemala, a
prolonged conflict during the
Spanish colonisation of the Americas. A...
- The
Petén region consists of
densely forested low-lying
limestone plain; a
chain of
fourteen lakes runs
across the
central drainage basin of
Petén. To...
- The
Petén Basin is a
geographical subregion of the Maya Lowlands,
primarily located in
northern Guatemala within the
Department of El
Petén, and into...
- Isla de
Flores is an
island located in Lake
Petén Itzá,
belongs to the
Petén Department, Guatemala. The city of
Flores is
located on this island, which...
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Geraldine Peten (December 14, 1947 –
December 13, 2023) was an
American politician who
served in the
Arizona House of Representatives,
representing District...
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Poecilia petenensis, the
Petén molly, is a
poeciliid fish
species endemic to Guatemala. The
Petén molly is a short-finned
molly (part of the
Poecilia sphenops...
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Peten Castle (also:
Castle Peten-Van Halen) is a 19th-century
castle in Velm (Sint-Truiden), Belgium.
Formerly a
closed farm (gesloten boerderij), it was...
