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embodiment
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em·bod·i·ment  (m-bd-mnt, m-)
n.
1. The act of embodying or the state of being embodied.
2. One that embodies: "The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history" Woodrow Wilson.
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Noun1.embodiment - a new personification of a familiar idea; "the embodiment of hope"; "the incarnation of evil"; "the very avatar of cunning"
personification - a person who represents an abstract quality; "she is the personification of optimism"
deification - an embodiment of the qualities of a god; "the capitalists' deification of capital"
reincarnation - embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form); "his reincarnation as a lion"
2.embodiment - a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept; "a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life"
concrete representation, concretism - a representation of an abstract idea in concrete terms
3.embodiment - giving concrete form to an abstract concept
objectification - the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing
soul - the human embodiment of something; "the soul of honor"
personification, incarnation - the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.

embodiment
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French embodiment [ɪmˈbɔdɪmənt] npersonnification f, incarnation f
German embodiment [ɪmˈbɔdɪmənt] nVerkörperung f;
to be the embodiment of ... (subj) (thing) → ... verkörpern: (person) → ... in Person sein

Italian embodiment [ɪmˈbɔdɪmənt] npersonificazione f; incarnazione f

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Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise one-part elastomeric valves which are manipulated after molding to preload the valve seal.
If I may allow myself this animism, we could imagine that they listen to what they force us to consider - the fragility of limits and, ultimately, our own fragility, of which they are nothing more than ephemeral embodiments.
Stratagene has other embodiments of its FullVelocity technology that do not infringe Third Wave's patents, and it believes that these embodiments can be applied effectively in both the research and molecular diagnostics marketplaces.
 
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