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dissection [də′sek·shən] (geology) Destruction of the continuity of the land surface by erosive cutting of valleys or ravines into a relatively even surface. 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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| The internal anatomy, I may remark here, as dissection has since shown, was almost equally simple. The unhappiness of Philip's life at school had called up in him the power of self-analysis; and this vice, as subtle as drug-taking, had taken possession of him so that he had now a peculiar keenness in the dissection of his feelings. As no trace of an opening could be found, Doctor Ponnonner was preparing his instruments for dissection, when I observed that it was then past two o'clock. |
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