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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
- The terrestrial planets in our solar system all have very specific spectroscopic fingerprints that tell us quite a bit about their atmospheres.
- There are a lot of so-called "Mathematical Economic Models" in today's market, but none of them presents an inclusive and deterministic system.
- 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.
- When the new student funding system was devised in 2010 the figure was just 28%. Times, Sunday Times
- Woody stemmed plants, like Buddleia and plants that ooze sap, like Asclepias, should be cut and placed in hot water.
- One could argue that such a missile defence system would bring about the abandonment of ballistic missiles as strategic weapons.
- So, the system of existential graphs actually requires three dimensions for its representations, although the third dimension in which the torus is embedded can usually be represented in two dimensions by the use of pictorial devices that Peirce called “fornices” or “tunnel-bridges” and by the use of identificational devices that Peirce called Nobody Knows Nothing
- Here, human or mouse embryonic stem cells, in vitro representatives of the totipotent inner cell mass blastomeres, are placed into culture.
- Beyond affecting the humans and wildlife that call the area home, the Arctic's warmer temperatures and decreases in permafrost, snow cover, glaciers and sea ice also have wide-ranging consequences for the physical and biological systems in other parts of the world. Arctic is warming, NOAA report says
