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response 1. Bridge a bid replying to a partner's bid or double 2. Christianity a short sentence or phrase recited or sung by the choir or congregation in reply to the officiant at a church service 3. Electronics the ratio of the output to the input level, at a particular frequency, of a transmission line or electrical device 4. any pattern of glandular, muscular, or electrical reactions that arises from stimulation of the nervous system response [ri′späns] (communications) (control systems) A quantitative expression of the output of a device or system as a function of the input. Also known as system response. (statistics) The value of some measurable quantity after a treatment has been applied. 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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| Grant continued to read; but no response was audible. She was always watching for black and shiny and spirited horses - watching, hoping, despairing, hoping again; always giving chase and sounding her call, upon the meagrest chance of a response, and breaking her heart over the disappointment; always inquiring, always interested in sales-stables and horse accumulations in general. He had had the uncanny feeling for some time that he was being watched, and it was in response to this animal instinct that was strong within him that he had turned suddenly and surprised the eyes in the very act of watching him. |
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