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alive

[ə′līv]
(electricity)
energized
(mining engineering)
That portion of a lode that is productive.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

live

1. Connected to a source of voltage.
2. Said of a room having an unusually small amount of sound absorption.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Alive

account of cannibalism among air crash survivors. [Am. Lit.: Alive]
See: Cannibalism

Alive

story of the survivors of plane crash in the Andes. [Am. Lit.: Alive]
See: Survival
Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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