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noun
Tuberculosis, especially of the lungs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
The white gold-aluminium intermetallic compound Au5Al2, which can be formed when gold and aluminium are heated in direct contact (for instance, at an electrical junction between gold and aluminium components).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: business, chemistry, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
The white gold-aluminium intermetallic compound Au5Al2, which can be formed when gold and aluminium are heated in direct contact (for instance, at an electrical junction between gold and aluminium components).
The problems caused by the formation of this compound, including an increase in electrical resistance and formation of voids at the gold-aluminium junction, potentially culminating in total failure of the junction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: business, chemistry, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: drug addiction
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: addiction, dependence, dependance, dependency, habituation
Narrower terms: alcoholism, alcohol addiction, inebriation, drunkenness, cocaine addiction, heroin addiction, caffein addiction, nicotine addiction
noun
involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pulmonary tuberculosis, consumption, phthisis, wasting disease
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tuberculosis, TB, T.B.
History
white+plague * (tuberculosis): From the white pallor of victims of the disease * (eletronics): From the colour of the deposits which cause electrical problems to plague devices
