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pair

(pār),

Two objects considered together because of similarity, for a common purpose, or because of some attracting force between them.

pair

(par)

1. a combination of two related, similar, or identical entities or objects.

2. in cardiology, two successive premature beats, particularly two ventricular premature complexes.

base pair either of the two pairs—guanine and cytosine, adenine and thymine —of purine-pyrimidine bases joined by hydrogen bonds that make up DNA.

pair

1 two corresponding items similar in form and function.

2 one object composed of two joined interdependent parts. See also base pair.

pair

(par)

Two of anything similar in shape, size, and conformation.

base pair

In the double-stranded helical arrangement of DNA, the complementary purine-pyrimidine nucleotide bases (adenine-thymidine or guanine-cytosine) that are linked by weak chemical bonds. The order of these base pairs encode the genetic information in each segment of DNA.

ion pair

Two particles of opposite charge, usually an electron and a proton.

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Warwickshire women 1 Surrey 8: Soumeya Anane/ Natasha Hillyer conceded match to Surrey 1st pair Lily Miyazaki/ Melanie South; beat 2nd pair Laura Peterzan/ Natasha Starling 5-7 6-3 7-6 ; lost to third pair Jasmine Ashgar/ Candida Reid 5-7 5-7.

It's tough going for the County; TENNIS

Huddersfield fought back in the third round with their first pair winning two sets against Shepley's third pair and after a closely fought set between Huddersfield's second pair of Holdsworth and Wood and Shepley's Shorthouse and McKinna, Shepley prevailed with some good play by Shepley's captain.

Last set decider in tight showdown

Through the usage of the latest social media tools, the Au Pair Sis will engage Au Pairs in anything from recipe and fitness competitions, to activity ideas for the children they tend.

New Online Community for Au Pairs

2] obtain scores for pair A (birdie, par or bogie) that are independently distributed, and we denote player [A.

Four ball best ball 1

So what sets apart your hippest pair of denims from preppy-looking khakis?

Denim 101: without chemistry, your favorite pair of jeans would be singing the blues

However, only the dominant male of a singing pair does any mating.

Just duet: biologists puzzle over birds' ensemble vocalizations

With Zelnik taking the position of Winick's right hand man at the firm--which has over 25 brokers--the pair have gone on to broker a streak of big leases over the past decade.

Store wars have happy ending for busy partners

In other words, a LUN created and accessed via pair A cannot be logically moved to pair B.

Achieving simplicity with clustered, virtual storage architectures

Instead, Carrie sat at her sewing machine and stood over her clothes washer for four straight days, altering and cleaning 500 pairs of new jeans to give kids who had never worn anything but hand-me-downs.

HERE'S TO MORE WEARING OF THE BLUE

01 Al Murray, Fri, March, 26,five pairs of tickets.

The Razz: THE RAZZ MONSTER COMEDY TICKET GIVEAWAY; More than100 tickets for The Comedy Festival

A tart and crisp Pinot Gris would pair well with the finished dish because of the wine's acidic quality, similar to that of the lime juice.

Pretty in pink

This book, written by a Catholic philosophy professor, presents a large number of pairs of words, one member of a pair facing the other on opposite pages.