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121Stem (skiing) — The stem technique in skiing is a method for turning the skier. It is usually credited to Mathias Zdarsky, from Austria, who invented it in the 1890s. Its variations gradually replaced the telemark technique in Alpine skiing.The technique… …
122stem cell — an undifferentiated cell that is able to renew itself and produce all the specialized cells within an organ. Stem cells occur in many tissues and organs, including the bone marrow (see haemopoietic stem cell), muscle, liver, pancreas, etc.… …
123stem cell — UK / US noun [countable, usually plural] Word forms stem cell : singular stem cell plural stem cells science a cell that is taken from a person or animal at an early stage of development and is capable of developing into cells of any type, for… …
124stem from — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms stem from : present tense I/you/we/they stem from he/she/it stems from present participle stemming from past tense stemmed from past participle stemmed from stem from something to be caused by something His… …
125stem — See stalk. Also: kū (as of a goblet); kano (as on a banana bunch); amoki i (as of fruits, tubers); aukā (long); hokua, hi anaki u (of vine); iwi (stem and midrib, as of ti leaf). ♦ Ti stem, au kī. ♦ Gourd leaf stem, hā ipu. ♦ Place… …
126Stem (ship) — The stem is the very most forward part of a boat or ship s bow and is an extension of the keel itself and curves up to the wale of the boat. The stem is more often found on wooden boats or ships, but not exclusively. The stem is part of the… …
127stem — The stem [OE] of a tree is etymologically the upright part, the part that ‘stands’ up. The word comes from prehistoric Germanic *stamniz, a derivative of the base *sta ‘stand’ (which also produced English stand). The application to the ‘front of… …
128stem the tide — If people try to stem the tide, they are trying to stop something unpleasant from getting worse, usually when they don t succeed. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If you stem the tide (of events), you stop the development of something… …
