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internment
/ɪn ˈtɜrn mənt/
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confinement during wartime
internment meaning(s)
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- (n) confinement during wartime
- (n) the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
- (n) placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law
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- To the police he arrogantly proclaimed the pro-Naziism which had earned him long internment.
- Said Commentator Davis of Author Wodehouse, released from an internment camp and put at Berlin's swank Hotel Adlon so he could broadcast for the Nazis:.
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internment camp
a camp for prisoners of war
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internode
a segment of a stem between two nodes
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internship
/ˈɪn tərn ˌʃɪp/
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the position of a medical intern
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internuncio
(Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope ranking below…
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interoception
sensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the body
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interoceptive
of or relating to interoception
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interoceptor
any receptor that responds to stimuli inside the body
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interocular lens implant
a clear plastic lens that is implanted in the eye; usually…
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interoperability
(computer science) the ability to exchange and use information (usually…
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interoperable
able to exchange and use information
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interparietal suture
the suture uniting the two parietal bones
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interpellate
/ɪn ˈtɜr pɛ lɛɪt/
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question formally about policy or government business
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interpellation
/ɪn ˌtɜr pɛ ˈlɛɪ ʃən/
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the action of interjecting or interposing an action…
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interpenetrate
/ˌɪn tɜr ˈpɛ nɪ trɛɪt/
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penetrate mutually or be interlocked
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interpenetration
/ˈɪn tɜr ˌpɛ nɪ ˈtrɛɪ ʃən/
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the action of penetrating between or among
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interpersonal
/ˌɪn tər ˈpɜr sə nəl/
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occurring among or involving several people
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interpersonal chemistry
the way two individuals relate to each other
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interphalangeal joint
any of the joints between the phalanges of the fingers or…
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interphone
a telephonic intercommunication system linking different rooms in a building…
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interplanetary
/ˌɪn tər ˈplæ nə ˌtɛ ri/
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between or among planets
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interplanetary dust
microscopic particles in the interplanetary medium
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interplanetary gas
a rarefied flow of gas and charged particles (plasma) that stream…
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interplanetary medium
interplanetary space including forms of energy and gas and…