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| low-cal |
containing few calories, or fewer calories than normal. |
| lurch2 |
in certain card games, a situation in which the loser has fewer than half the points of the winner. |
| natural selection |
a natural process of evolution in which the organisms that are best adapted to their environment survive and are able to reproduce, while those that are weak leave fewer or no offspring. (See survival of the fittest). |
| negative |
in physics, indicating something that has fewer protons than electrons. (Cf. positive.) [1/14 definitions] |
| small-scale |
constructed with fewer details as a smaller version of an original or of a proposed model. [1/2 definitions] |
| Wankel engine |
an internal combustion engine that features a triangular rotor revolving in a chamber, and that requires fewer moving parts and is lighter and less efficient than a piston-driven engine. |
| weakside |
in basketball, the side of the court with fewer players. [1/2 definitions] |
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