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dead [ded] (electricity) Free from any electric connection to a source of potential difference from electric charge; not having a potential different from that of earth; the term is used only with reference to current-carrying parts which are sometimes alive or charged. (geology) In economic geology, designating a region with no economic value. (mining engineering) An area of subsidence that has totally settled and is not likely to move.
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| Henderson Presents'' is a show-must-go-on period piece that will appeal mainly to theater lovers, people who like to watch Judi Dench chew scenery and men who ordinarily wouldn't be caught dead at this sort of thing but will go - without protest - out of a sense of duty to significant others and to secretly satisfy their own cleavage curiosity. Those kinds of restaurants wouldn't be caught dead in one of Orange County's mails, because "it would almost take away from their brand," he said. Teachers facing middle-school boys who wouldn't be caught dead reading poetry might find Koertge a life-saving ally in convincing boys that poetry can be full of life (lives like theirs) and accessible. |
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