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diaster

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diaster [daɪˈæstə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) Cytology Now rare the stage in cell division at which the chromosomes are in two groups at the poles of the spindle before forming daughter nuclei
[from di-1 + Greek astēr star]
diastral  adj


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But very few insurers thought about aggregating liabilities that might materialize out of a man-made diaster.
That is a problem she hopes the World Diaster Vulnerability Report will help mitigate, because the issue of risk management lies, in a way, in the lack of linking disasters and their impact on development.
It will enable the deployment of high-performance SANs spanning multiple remote physical locations and make possible new types of SAN applications that previously could not be implemented over long distances, including diaster recovery, remote data replication, remote data backup, and digital content distribution.
 
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