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Quasimodo (iou) and homogenize (iou)


Quasimodo (iou)



Quasimodo noun. Pl. -os. E18.
[In sense 1 from Latin quasi modo, the first words of the introit for this day. In sense 2 from the name of the hunchback in Victor Hugo's novel Notre-Dame de Paris.]
In full Quasimodo Sunday. The Sunday after Easter, Low Sunday. obsolete exc. Hist. E18.
Surfing. An act of riding on a wave in a crouched position with one arm forward and one arm back. M20.

homogenize (iou)



homogenize verb. Also homogenise. L19.
[from HOMOGENE + -IZE.]
verb trans. Make homogeneous or uniform; incorporate into a whole of uniform composition. L19.
b. Subject (milk, cream, or another emulsion) to a process by which suspended droplets are broken up and dispersed through the liquid, so preventing separation of the constituents. E20.
c. Metallurgy. Render (an alloy) more uniform in composition by heating and slow cooling. E20.
d. Prepare a suspension of cell constituents from (tissue) by physical treatment (as grinding) in a liquid. M20.
verb intrans. Become homogeneous. M20.
homogenized ppl adjective (a) that has been homogenized; esp. (of milk etc.) having the globules of fat reduced in size and distributed throughout the liquid; (b) (of abstract notions) not readily differentiated; similar in Nature: E20.
homogenizer noun a machine or apparatus designed to homogenize some material (as milk or tissue) L19.