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deciphered

dis ahy ferd

  • v  convert code into ordinary language
  • v  read with difficulty
  • a  converted from cryptic to intelligible language

  • For instance, it was Koolhaas, in his 1978 book Delirious New York, who deciphered what he called Manhattan's "culture of congestion.
  • Coded messages that the State Department sends its embassies, for example, could only be deciphered in the embassy buildings themselves, greatly reducing the risk of interception.
  • More often than not, their taste ran to shots that were crisp as an apple, easily deciphered, and put a bright spin on things.
News & Articles

  • Scientists map process by which brain cells form long-term memories
    Scientists have deciphered how a protein called Arc regulates the activity of neurons -- providing much-needed clues into the brain's ability to form long-lasting memories. These findings also offer newfound understanding as to what goes on at the molecular level when this process becomes disrupted.
    June 10, 2013 - Science Daily
  • Gladstone scientists map process by which brain cells form long-term memories
    ( Gladstone Institutes ) Scientists have deciphered how a protein called Arc regulates the activity of neurons--providing much-needed clues into the brain's ability to form long-lasting memories. These findings, reported today in Nature Neuroscience, also offer newfound understanding as to what goes on at the molecular level when this process becomes disrupted.
    June 9, 2013 - EurekAlert!
Quotes

  • Gene Zwozdesky in Calgary Herald
    ...Health Minister Gene Zwozdesky said the reason the wait-time site was taken off-line was because the nine health authorities in the province collected information for their own needs that then had to be "deciphered and decoded" to be...

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