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blink [bliŋk]
(mechanics)
A unit of time equal to 10-5day or to 0.864 second.
(meteorology)
A brightening of the base of a cloud layer, caused by the reflection of light from a snow- or ice-covered surface.


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"We have discovered happiness"--say the last men, and blink thereby.
It was idle to blink facts: here was John home again, and Beatson - Old Beatson - did not care a rush.
But the survivor could not forget that his name was still in the newspapers, nor blink the fact that he was an unworthy hero of the passing hour.
 
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