When the semiconductor industry was in its infancy, Robert Lorenzini turned silicon-crystal growing from an art into a science.
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One senior executive at a U.S. technology company said that as more valuable data migrate online, the cloud will become like 'Fort Knox' and will need security to match. This was, he said, a public policy issue for governments.
Fort Knox
U.S. military reservation, northern Kentucky, U.S., southwest of Louisville. Occupying an area of 110,000 acres (44,510 hectares), it was established in 1918 as Camp Knox and became a permanent military post in 1932. The U.S. Gold Bullion Depository, a bombproof structure protected by elaborate security devices, was built there in 1936 to hold the bulk of the country's gold. Since 1940 it has been the U.S. Army Armor Headquarters and the site of associated training schools.
ingot
な意味(金属の)鋳塊、延べ金のかたまり、インゴット
Ingot - Wikipedia
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An ingot is a piece of relatively pure material, usually metal, that is cast into a shape suitable for further processing. In steelmaking, it is the first step among semi-finished casting products. Ingots usually require a second procedure of shaping, ...
Is Power Principle a Russian Bullion?
強権主義はロシアの地金なのか
Bullion
n.
rag
n.
- Gold or silver considered with respect to quantity rather than value.
- Gold or silver in the form of bars, ingots, or plates.
- A heavy lace trimming made of twisted gold or silver threads.
[Middle English, ingot of precious metal, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French billon (from bille, stick; see billon) and from Old French bouillon, bubble on the surface of boiling liquid (from boilir, to boil; see boil1).]
trim[trim]
- 発音記号[trím]
[動]（〜med, 〜・ming）(他)
1 〈芝・生け垣などを〉刈り込んで整える, 手入れする；〈枯れ枝を〉おろす；〈材木などを〉削って（必要な形に）仕上げる, …のかど［ふち］を落とす
2 ［III[名]（[副]）］〈よけいなものを〉（…から）取り除く((away, off/off ...))；〈予算・経費などを〉削減する
trim (down) expenditures
出費を切り詰める.
出費を切り詰める.
3 …に（…の）飾りをつける((with ...))；((米))〈ショーウインドーなどを〉見ばえよく並べる［飾る］；((〜 -self))((古))身なりを整える((up))
4 〈方針・意見などを〉都合よく変える［調整する］.
6 《演劇》〈移動式の背景を〉適当な位置・高さに配置する.
7 〈ランプ・火力などを〉調整する.
8 ((米略式))〈人を〉ひどくしかる, 殴る；（スポーツで）…を完敗させる；〈人を〉（賭(か)け・商売などで）負かす, ごまかす；〈人から〉金をだまし取る.
━━(自)
1 〈船が〉釣り合いがとれる；（風向き・針路に合わせて）帆を調整する.
2 〈政治家などが〉中道政策をとる；日和見をする；妥協する.
━━[名]
3 飾り, 装飾（物）.
4 ((米))
(1) （ショーウインドーの）商品の飾りつけ.
(2) 《建築》内部の木造部；（窓枠・戸などの）木部.
(3) （自動車の）内装；外装.
(1) （ショーウインドーの）商品の飾りつけ.
(2) 《建築》内部の木造部；（窓枠・戸などの）木部.
(3) （自動車の）内装；外装.
5 [U][C]
(1) （船の）出航準備状態；（船の）バランス；適帆；（潜水艦の）浮上能力状態.
(2) （機体の）姿勢.
(1) （船の）出航準備状態；（船の）バランス；適帆；（潜水艦の）浮上能力状態.
(2) （機体の）姿勢.
6 服装；容姿；晴れ着；（船の）装備
7 ((米俗))敗北.
━━[形]（〜・mer, 〜・mest）
2 ((古))〈船が〉準備［装備］の整った.
━━[副]きちんと, こぎれいに, 整頓して.
［古英語trymman（trum強い＋-an不定詞語尾）］
trim・ly
[副]きちんと, こぎれいに.
trim・ness
[名]rag
(răg) 
n.
rag2 (răg)
tr.v., ragged, rag·ging, rags.
A practical joke; a prank.
rag3 (răg)
n.
rag4 (răg)
tr.v., ragged, rag·ging, rags.
To compose or play (a piece) in ragtime.
n.
A piece written in ragtime.
n.
- A scrap of cloth.
- A piece of cloth used for cleaning, washing, or dusting.
- rags Threadbare or tattered clothing.
- Cloth converted to pulp for making paper.
- A scrap; a fragment.
- Slang. A newspaper, especially one specializing in sensationalism or gossip.
- The stringy central portion and membranous walls of a citrus fruit.
on the rag Vulgar Slang.
- Menstruating.
- Irritable; grouchy.
[Middle English ragge, from Old English *ragg, from Old Norse *rögg, woven tuft of wool.]
rag2 (răg)
tr.v., ragged, rag·ging, rags.
- Slang. To tease or taunt. See synonyms at banter.
- Slang. To berate; scold.
- Chiefly British. To play a joke on.
- Sports. In ice hockey, to maintain possession of (the puck) by outmaneuvering opposing players, especially so as to kill a penalty.
A practical joke; a prank.
[Origin unknown.]
rag3 (răg)
n.
- A roofing slate with one rough surface.
- Chiefly British. A coarsely textured rock.
[Origin unknown.]
rag4 (răg)
tr.v., ragged, rag·ging, rags.
To compose or play (a piece) in ragtime.
n.
A piece written in ragtime.
[Perhaps from RAGGED.]
[名]
1
(1) [U][C]((〜s))布くず, ぼろ切れ, ぼろくず
(2) ((ふつう複合語))小切れ
(3) ((〜s))（特に）ぼろ服
(1) [U][C]((〜s))布くず, ぼろ切れ, ぼろくず
(2) ((ふつう複合語))小切れ
(3) ((〜s))（特に）ぼろ服
4 みすぼらしい風体の人；疲れきった人.
5 （かんきつ類の実の）芯(しん), 皮.
6 粗硬岩；屋根用スレート.
rag[rag2]
- 発音記号[rǽg]
((略式))[動]（〜ged, 〜・ging）(他)
1 ((米))〈人を〉しかる, にきびしく言う.
2 …を（…で）いじめる, からかう((about, for ...))；((英古風))…に悪ふざけする((on)).
━━[名]((英))冗談, からかい, （大学生などの）悪ふざけ, 「ストーム」, 騒ぎ, （権威に挑戦する）騒動；（大学生による一連の）慈善行事（▼この催しのある日［週］はrag day ［week］）.
ragged
Syllabification: (rag·ged)
Pronunciation: /ˈragid/
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