Perfect-participle
noun
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noun
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another name for past participle
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- Perfect-progressive
noun, Grammar. (in English) 1. a verb form including the auxiliary have followed by been and a present participle, noting the continuation of an activity or event, its incompleteness or interruption, and its connection to the temporal point of reference, as in I’ve been waiting for over an hour, They had been talking about her […]
- Perfect-radiator
noun, Physics. 1. . [blak-bod-ee] /ˈblækˈbɒd i/ noun, plural blackbodies. Physics. 1. a hypothetical body that absorbs without reflection all of the electromagnetic radiation incident on its surface. blackbody (blāk’bŏd’ē) A theoretically perfect absorber and emitter of every frequency of electromagnetic radiation. The radiation emitted by a blackbody is a function only of its temperature. […]
- Perfect-ream
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