(dated) A machine for projecting chronophotographs upon a screen for the purpose of producing the effect of an animated picture, sometimes with an accompanying soundtrack.
leptokurtic
leptokurtic
adj
(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having positive excess kurtosis.
pedricktown
perestroika
perestroika
noun
(countable, singularity theory) A situation where a small variation of parameters leads to a sudden change in properties.
(historical, uncountable) A program of political and economic reform carried out in the Soviet Union in the 1980s and early 1990s under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev.
(historical, uncountable) The period of time in the Soviet Union during which these reforms were carried out and in effect.
perovskites
perovskites
noun
plural of perovskite
piatigorsky
pitchforked
pitchforked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pitchfork
politickers
politickers
noun
plural of politicker
postmarking
postmarking
verb
present participle of postmark
poultrylike
poultrylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of poultry.
prokaryotic
prokaryotic
adj
Of cells, lacking a nucleus.
Of or having the characteristics of prokaryotes, especially bacteria.
prophetlike
prophetlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a prophet.
protonickel
realpolitik
realpolitik
noun
(politics) Pragmatic government policy concerned with perceived interests of the state.