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nounthe central meaning or theme of a speech or literary worktype of:
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"the gist of the prosecutor's argument"nounthe choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
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- best Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978)
- young British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829)
- break change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- break an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
- book register in a hotel booker
- book record a charge in a police register
- control verify by using a duplicate register for comparison
- rock United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)
- court a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws
- record register electronically