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disorder [dis′ȯrd·ər] (crystallography) Departures from regularity in the occupation of lattice sites in a crystal containing more than one element. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| "My public servants have been fools and rogues from the date of your accession to power," replied the State; "my legislative bodies, both State and municipal, are bands of thieves; my taxes are insupportable; my courts are corrupt; my cities are a disgrace to civilisation; my corporations have their hands at the throats of every private interest - all my affairs are in disorder and criminal confusion. I have been to pay the parents a visit of condolence, and found them living in the direst poverty and disorder. But the new King soon found, that during the long years he had been kept a prisoner in England his kingdom had fallen into wild disorder. |
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