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dominance measure (medicine) and wig(3) (iou)


dominance measure (medicine)


dominance measure


The means or method by which dominance is established, including areal coverage and basal area, the total dominance measure is the sum total of the dominance measure values for all species comprising a given stratum.


wig(3) (iou)



wig noun3. L17.
[Shortened from PERIWIG noun, as WINKLE noun from PERIWINKLE noun2.]
An artificial covering of hair for the head, worn to conceal baldness, as a disguise, to enhance one's appearance, or as part of professional or ceremonial costume (now only by judges and barristers). L17.
bag-wig, full-bottomed wig, ramillie wig, etc. wigs on the green colloq. (orig. Anglo-Irish) violent or unpleasant developments, ructions.
P. Roth Over her real..hair she wears a wig.., an oversized aureole of black corkscrew curls.
b. A natural head of hair, esp. of a child (joc.). Also (US slang), the head, the brain. E20.
flip one's wig: see FLIP verb 5.
c. The wool growing above and around the eyes of a sheep, removed during shearing. Austral. M20.
A severe reprimand. Cf. WIG verb 2, WIGGING. colloq. L18.
Daily Chronicle As often as not a 'wig' ended by the offer of a cheroot.
A person who wears a wig (professionally); a dignitary. Cf. bigwig s.v. BIG adjective. colloq. E19.
The coarse hair on the shoulders of a full-grown male fur-seal; a seal bearing this. M19.
Comb.: wig-picker US slang a psychiatrist; wig-stand a support for placing a wig on when not in use; wig-tree the Venetian sumac, Cotinus coggygria.
wigless adjective L18.
wiglet noun a small wig or hairpiece M19.