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US
/ˈstɛm/
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[ UK /stˈɛm/ ]
[ UK /stˈɛm/ ]
NOUN
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(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
thematic vowels are part of the stem - a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
- the tube of a tobacco pipe
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front part of a vessel or aircraft
he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line - a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
- cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
VERB
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cause to point inward
stem your skis -
grow out of, have roots in, originate in
The increase in the national debt stems from the last war -
remove the stem from
for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed -
stop the flow of a liquid
staunch the blood flow
stem the tide
How To Use stem In A Sentence
- It would almost be better to have no backbench bills at all than the current system, which offers a false glimmer of hope. Times, Sunday Times
- A substantial element of the system is the set of physical exercises performed in pairs and again based on the idea of the power of co-operation.
- There are a lot of so-called "Mathematical Economic Models" in today's market, but none of them presents an inclusive and deterministic system.
- The terrestrial planets in our solar system all have very specific spectroscopic fingerprints that tell us quite a bit about their atmospheres.
- One could argue that such a missile defence system would bring about the abandonment of ballistic missiles as strategic weapons.
- Botanical species in this ancient ecosystem included sagebrush, bluegrass, sedges, and herbs.
- The authors of the second paper admit that “other variables … influence the binding avidity (preference), such as type of SA (sialic acid of the receptor site) and glycosylation and sialylation of the hemagglutinin close to the receptor binding site. †These factors all vary obviously and there are other variables in the equation as well including the status of specific areas of the immune system. Think Progress » An Inconvenient Truth and An Intolerable Summer
- When the new student funding system was devised in 2010 the figure was just 28%. Times, Sunday Times
- So there is mounting concern at the top of government about how close to meltdown the prison system is. The Sun
- Some of these chemicals may mimic hormones, thereby disrupting the endocrine system.