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Barn: Hockey arena.

Barn Doors: A term used in television production to describe the effect that occurs when a 4:3 image is viewed on a 16:9 screen. Viewers see black bars ('barn doors') on the sides of the screen. Cf. Let . . . View Full Definition

Barn Door: Any favorable WOOD directly in front of the key pin(s), (ROAD BLOCK.)

BAS: Barnes Akathisia Rating Scale – an assessment tool to assess the presence and severity of drug-induced akathisia.

Historical Romance: A narrative that takes a small episode or group of episodes from some ancient or famous chronicle and then independently develops those events in much greater detail. Greek writers, for inst . . . View Full Definition

Yttrium (Y): Atomic number: 39, Atomic mass: 88.9059 g.mol -1, Electronegativity: 1.2, Density: 4.47 g.cm-3 at 20°C, Melting point: 1500 °C, Boiling point: 3336 °C, Vanderwaals radius: 0.106 nm (+3), Iso . . . View Full Definition

Weather Vane: Originally used as a wind vane, it is an instrument that indicates the wind direction. The name developed based on observations on what kind of weather occurred with certain wind directions. . . . View Full Definition

Benthic: Refers to organisms that live on or in the ocean bed. Benthic epifauna are organisms that live on the ocean floor or upon bottom objects sch as sea anemones and barnacles, whereas benthic in . . . View Full Definition

Benthos: Organisms that live associated with the sea bottom. Examples include burrowing clams, sea grasses, sea urchins, acorn barnacles.