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Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium(medicine)
Pore(medicine)

Weinberg-Salam (iou) and pore(1) (iou)


Weinberg-Salam (iou)



Weinberg-Salam noun. L20.
[from Steven Weinberg (b. 1933), US physicist + Abdus Salam (1926-96), Pakistani physicist.]
Particle Physics. Used attrib. with ref. to the unified field theory (or electroweak theory) postulated by Weinberg and Salam.

pore(1) (iou)



pore noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin porus from Greek poros passage, pore.]
A minute, usu. microscopic, opening in a surface (the skin of an animal, the epidermis of a plant, etc.), through which fluids or gases can pass. Also (Botany), a small opening in an anther or capsule for the discharge of pollen or seeds. LME.
Anthony Huxley Plants..in dry conditions..have pores sunk well into the leaf surface. J. C. Oates Sweat broke out through every pore of his body. V. Bramwell During your bath, the heat will help widen skin pores.
b. A minute interstice in the soil or between particles of matter, esp. through which liquid can penetrate. LME.
A passage, a duct (esp. in an animal body). rare. LME-E17.
In a celestial object: a small point or dot resembling a pore. M19.
Comb.: pore pressure the pressure of pore water; pore water water contained in pores in soil or rock.
pored adjective having pores (of a specified kind) L17.