balsa


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Synonyms for balsa

strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats

forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood

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The implemented asynchronous circuits demonstrate a good integration between the asynchronous tool Balsa and the Xilinx ISE 9.2i development platform.
BalSa features distinctive ingredient and scent combinations, including white ginger and nectarine, vanilla and coconut, and nectarine and yogurt.
At this time the worldwide market for DuraKore was showing signs of being greater than the company could handle, so Arnie grabbed the opportunity to establish a licensing arrangement with the world's largest producer of balsa products, the Baltek Corporation in the US.
La microserie completa, tal y como la recogemos en la catena de la figura 2, no aparecen en ninguna balsa, siendo la del Calabrial (Figura 3) la que presenta una mayor diversidad y numero de comunidades, ya que es la mas profunda y la unica con encharcamiento prolongado durante todo el ano.
Balsa and McGuire (2003) identified prejudice, clinical uncertainty, and stereotyping as distinct mechanisms that can operate within the clinical encounter and lead to racial disparities in care.
catapults, robots, model planes, balsa wood towers, and energy transfer gismos) that perform specified tasks under given conditions.
Using reports gathered from ships and patrolling P-3 aircraft, the Combat Information Center (CIC) aboard control ship, Stump, identified Balsa to be demonstrating suspicious behavior.
Bushman of NASA Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., built the drone from balsa wood, carbon-fiber-strengthened tubes, and colorful Mylar skin.
The bark fibers of the kenaf plant are long and stringy and the inner core is much like balsa wood.
Ornithopter Technologies' 50-centimeter (20-inch)-wide models are made of balsa wood and tissue paper, and powered by a twisted rubber band.
The purpose of this project was to determine the ease of laminar air flow around four different air foils made of balsa wood.
The home page welcomes you with a portrait shot of the great man behind a balsa model of, if I'm not mistaken, the LA art museum.
BRING UP THE TOPIC of balsa wood and you are likely to inspire some snickers.
Two adults from a trop of 10 foraging White-nosed Coati had climbed a Balsa tree and were exploring flowers, probably in search-of insects (bees and beetles were seen) and nectar.