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  • 51Benjamin scale — Harry Benjamin s Sex Orientation Scale (S.O.S.) was an attempt to classify and understand various forms and subtypes of transvestism and transsexualism in biological males. [Benjamin, H. (1966). The transsexual phenomenon. New York: The Julian… …

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  • 52provisional — pro·vi·sion·al /prə vi zhə nəl/ adj 1: provided for a temporary need: suitable or acceptable in the existing situation but subject to change or nullification a provisional government provisional custody of a minor 2: of, relating to, or being… …

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  • 53circumstantiality — n. quality of being dependent on circumstances, fullness of detail …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 54contingent — I. a. 1. Accidental, fortuitous, incidental, casual, happening by chance. 2. Conditional, uncertain, dependent on circumstances. II. n. Quota, proportion, share, proportional part …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 55immediate — A word of qualification of both time and distance but having no one precise signification in either respect, being relative to the event. People v Pool, 27 Cal 573. As the word appears in a provision for forwarding papers, contained in a… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 56United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …

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  • 57France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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  • 58Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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  • 59Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …

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  • 60United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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