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  • 71quick-trig|gered — «KWIHK TRIHG uhrd», adjective. 1. that shoots fast: »He had made his way, by jeep and on foot, into the wild, roadless fastness of Cuba s Sierra Maestra…dodging quick triggered army patrols (Newsweek). 2. Figurative. quickly put in action or set… …

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  • 72hair-trig·ger — /ˈheɚˌtrıgɚ/ adj, always used before a noun : becoming angry very easily He has a hair trigger temper …

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  • 73trigamy — trig·a·my …

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  • 74trigly — trig·ly …

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  • 75trigger — trig|ger1 [ trıgər ] or ,trigger off verb transitive ** 1. ) to make something happen: Further violence was triggered by news of his death. a ) to cause someone to have particular feelings or memories: You find that strangely familiar smells… …

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  • 76trigonometry — trig•o•nom•e•try [[t]ˌtrɪg əˈnɒm ɪ tri[/t]] n. math. the branch of mathematics that deals with the relations between the sides and angles of plane or spherical triangles, and the calculations based on them • Etymology: 1605–15; < NL… …

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  • 77Trigonometry — Trig redirects here. For other uses, see Trig (disambiguation). The Canadarm2 robotic manipulator on the International Space Station is operated by controlling the angles of its joints. Calculating the final position of the astronaut at the end… …

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  • 78trigger area — trig·ger area trig ər n TRIGGER POINT * * * see under zone …

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  • 79triggered — trig·gered (trigґərd) having an output that is set in motion by a smaller input …

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  • 80trigonocephalia — trig·o·no·ce·pha·lia (trig″o no sə faґle ə) trigonocephaly …

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