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inflorescence
  • n  the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
  • n  the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk
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influence
  • n  a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
    used her parents' influence to get the job
  • n  causing something without any direct or apparent effort
  • n  a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do
    her wishes had a great influence on his thinking
  • n  the effect of one thing (or person) on another
    the influence of mechanical action
  • n  one having power to influence another
    she was the most important influence in my life
    he was a bad influence on the children
  • v  have and exert influence or effect
    The artist's work influenced the young painter
  • v  shape or influence; give direction to
  • v  induce into action by using one's charm
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influence peddler
  • n  someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)
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influential person
  • n  a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events
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infolding
  • n  the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface
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infomercial
  • n  a television commercial presented in the form of a short documentary
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informality
  • n  a manner that does not take forms and ceremonies seriously
  • n  freedom from constraint or embarrassment
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informant
  • n  a person who supplies information
  • n  someone who sees an event and reports what happened
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informatics
  • n  the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information
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information
  • n  a message received and understood
  • n  knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
  • n  formal accusation of a crime
  • n  a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
  • n  (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome
    the signal contained thousands of bits of information
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