funneling
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funneling
[′fən·əl·iŋ] (astronomy)
The convergence of the evolutionary paths of stars from different parts of the main sequence into the red giant region on a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.
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After further adjustment for cervical length, cervical
funneling no longer predicted preterm birth at any cutoff.
The government's action followed revelations over the past 6 months that the JOTN had been involved in
funneling the money since 1995 from the JOTN and the Japan Owners' Association (JOA), Japan's leading organization of horse owners, which coincidentally was also headed by Komurasaki.
The body, the only organization in Japan coordinating organ transplants, was told by the then Health and Welfare Ministry in the autumn of 1997 to stop
funneling donations.
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