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wildness

[′wīl·nəs]
(metallurgy)
A condition that exists when molten metal, during cooling, evolves so much gas that it becomes violently agitated, forcibly ejecting metal from its container.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Perhaps the lesson is that his terrors and tantrums are part of the wildness of being a child, of being human, and that, having befriended this wildness, Max can return home with a sense of safety and warmth.
In roughly chronological fashion, Johnson investigates thoughts about wildness from the prehuman West to the present in five far-reaching parts.
But there's no sign of them, or the very particular kind of "wildness" they represent, on screen.
He reflects on notions of urban wildness in chapters centered on Anchorage's neighborhoods, the city's coastal refuge, and his non-human neighbors.
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After the adventurous Martine meets a shy, magical white giraffe, their adventures together contribute to Martine's growing love for the animals and wildness of Africa.
That what qualifies for wildness today is a paltry facade of the awesome Pleistocene bestiary we stumbled upon only 13,000 years ago.
It is this "order of things," that, when juxtaposed with the wildness and freedom that ideal art embodies, presents the greatest challenges for teachers encouraging students to learn and grow, but to do so within a relatively safe environment.
Del Sol sees it as a distillation of the wildness and emptiness of the surrounding landscape, a kind of Patagonian Zen garden at the heart of the hotel.
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