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[ adverb ] (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
Examples "therefore X must be true" "the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory" "we were young and thence optimistic" "it is late and thus we must go" Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)Thus in Prokofieff the Union_of_Soviet_Socialist_Republics produced one of the great composers of the Twentieth Century . (Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)The travel time of sound in tissue is about 1500 meters per second thus it takes about 16 msec. to traverse 25 mm. of tissue . (Bern Dibner, "Oerstad and the Discovery of Electro...)Thus , 1745 corresponded to the invention of the `` Leiden '' jar by Kleist , 1764 that of the electrophorus by Wilcke , 1782 produced the condenser of Volta , and 1801 the voltaic_pile . ([Anonymous,] "The Attack on Employee Services"...)The blue-collar worker thus knows his insurance package , for_example , costs $ 227.72 . Thus , there is an added incentive to stay on_the_job . |
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[ adverb ] in the way indicated
Examples "hold the brush so" "set up the pieces thus" (`thusly' is a nonstandard variant) Used in print (Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)But He set a bound to his [ state of ] sin , by interposing death , and thus causing sin to cease , putting an end to it by the dissolution of the flesh , which should take_place in the earth , so_that man , ceasing at_length to live in sin , and dying to it , might live to God '' . One night , so some of these theories run , Adam would have fallen_asleep , much_as he fell_asleep for the creation of Eve ; and thus he would have been carried_over into the life_eternal . (Mr. America, 4:6...)It speeds muscle growth and power development even for the advanced bodybuilder because each hip and leg is exercised separately , thus enabling a massive , concentrated effort to be focused_on each . (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)If a nation wished to get a head_start in physical fitness over all other nations , it would start its kindergarten students on a program of gymnastics the day they entered and thus eliminate a large_number of the problems that plague American schools . (Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)In response , the industry allowed the discovery of the motion_picture as a form of fiction and thus gave the movies the essential form they have had to this day . |
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[ noun ] an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
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