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  • 91Volcanism on Mars — Mariner 9 image of Olympus Mons[1]. This is one of the first images to show that Mars has large volcanoes. Volcanic activity, or volcanism, has played a significant role in the geologic evolution of Mars.[ …

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  • 92consolidate — con·sol·i·date /kən sä lə ˌdāt/ vt dat·ed, dat·ing: to join together into one whole: as a: to combine (two or more lawsuits or matters that involve a common question of law or fact) into one compare class action ◇ Consolidation of matters in the… …

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  • 93cake — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. harden; consolidate, cohere; thicken, congeal, condense. See coherence. n. mass, brick, block, floe; torte. See density, food. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A flattish, compact mass] Syn. cube, bar, block …

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  • 94melt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. disappear, vanish; fuse, thaw, dissolve, soften; dwindle; blend. See pity, disappearance, liquefaction. Ant., freeze, solidify. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To liquefy] Syn. dissolve, liquefy, thaw,… …

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  • 95petrify — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. calcify, turn to stone, lapidify, fossilize; stun, astonish; stupefy, shock; stiffen, harden, paralyze. See density, hardness, fear, inorganic matter. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To harden] Syn.… …

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  • 96thicken — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To become thicker] Syn. coagulate, curdle, petrify, ossify, solidify, freeze, clot, set, congeal, gel, grow thick; see also harden 2 , stiffen 1 . Ant. flow*, thaw, weaken. 2. [To make thicker] Syn. reinforce, add, expand,… …

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  • 97Density — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Density >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 density density solidity Sgm: N 1 solidness solidness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 impenetrability impenetrability impermeability Sgm: N 1 incompressibility incompressibility Sgm …

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  • 98solidification — 1811; noun of action from SOLIDIFY (Cf. solidify) …

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  • 99fix — I. v. a. 1. Set, place, establish, plant, fasten, make firm or stable. 2. Attach, tie, connect, fasten, make fast. 3. Determine, define, limit, appoint, settle. 4. Direct steadily, rivet, fasten. 5. Solidify, consolidate. II. v. n. 1 …

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  • 100harden — 1 Harden, solidify, indurate, petrify, cake are comparable when they mean to make or to become physically hard or solid. Harden usually expresses an opposition to soften and therefore may be as often used of the process as of the effect. The term …

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