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1. Full of or showing high-spirited merriment; SYN. jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful.
2. Given to social pleasures often including dissipation.
3. Homosexual or arousing homosexual desires; SYN. queer, homophile.
1. Full of or showing high-spirited merriment; SYN. jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful.
2. Given to social pleasures often including dissipation.
3. Homosexual or arousing homosexual desires; SYN. queer, homophile.
(1685-1732) English poet and dramatist. He wrote Trivia 1716, a verse picture of 18th-century London. His The Beggars Opera 1728, a Newgate pastoral using traditional songs and telling of the love of Polly for highwayman Captain Macheath, was an extraordinarily popular success. Its satiric political touches led to the banning of Polly, a sequel.
He was a friend of the writers Alexander Pope and John Arbuthnot.
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The movement aimed at liberating homosexuals from legal or social or economic oppression; SYN. gay lib.
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Political activity by homosexuals in pursuit of equal rights and an end to discrimination. A gay political movement first emerged in the late 1960s in New York with the founding of the Gay Liberation Front. It aimed to counter negative and critical attitudes to homosexuality and encouraged pride and solidarity among homosexuals.
The appearance of the AIDS virus in the early 1980s produced a new wave of hostility toward homosexuals but also put them in the forefront of formulating an effective response to the epidemic and raising the public's awareness of its dangers.
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(1778-1850) French physicist and chemist who investigated the physical properties of gases, and discovered new methods of producing sulfuric and oxalic acids. In 1802 he discovered the approximate rule for the expansion of gases now known as Charles's law; see also gas laws.
Gay-Lussac was born near Limoges and studied at the Ecole Polytechnique. He became assistant to chemist Claude Berthollet 1801, made balloon ascents to study the weather in 1804, and accompanied Alexander von Humboldt on an expedition 180506 to measure terrestrial magnetism. In 1809 Gay-Lussac became professor of chemistry at the Ecole and professor of physics at the Sorbonne. He held various government appointments, including that of superintendent of a gunpowder factory (1818) and chief assayer to the Mint (1829). He was a member of the chamber of deputies for a short time in the 1830s.
With Humboldt he accurately determined the proportions of hydrogen and oxygen in water, showing the volume ratio to be 2:1; they also established the existence of explosive limits in mixtures of the two gases.
In 1808 he formulated Gay-Lussacs law of combining volumes, which states that gases combine in simple proportions by volume and that the volumes of the products are related to the original volumes.
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The density of an ideal gas at constant pressure varies inversely with the temperature; Also called: Charles' law, law of volumes.
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Ancient city in Bihar state, NE India; It is a center of pilgrimage for Buddhists and Hindus with many temples and shrines. A bo tree at Buddh Gaya is said to be a direct descendant of the original tree under which the Buddha sat.
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The ability to recognize homosexuals through observation or intuition.
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(1939-1984) US pop singer and songwriter. His hits, including Stubborn Kinda Fellow 1962, I Heard It Through the Grapevine 1968, and Whats Goin On 1971, exemplified the Detroit Motown sound.
He was killed by his father.
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