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stem

[ US /ˈstɛm/ ]
[ UK /stˈɛm/ ]
NOUN
  1. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
    thematic vowels are part of the stem
  2. a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
  3. the tube of a tobacco pipe
  4. front part of a vessel or aircraft
    he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line
  5. a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
  6. cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
VERB
  1. cause to point inward
    stem your skis
  2. grow out of, have roots in, originate in
    The increase in the national debt stems from the last war
  3. remove the stem from
    for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed
  4. stop the flow of a liquid
    staunch the blood flow
    stem the tide
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  • 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.
  • The software is also a great customization solution for those who would like to alter the look and feel of the Finder, Dock and login window, making it easy to prebind and re-prebind their entire system or selected folders, run cron scripts, change startup mode and language, force empty trash, update "whatis," locate databases, and so on. Softpedia News - Global
  • The squire took down from the mantel his long-stemmed "churchwarden" pipe. Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812
  • 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
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