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Dictionary definition: R
The Oxford American College Dictionary;      318 words ...R 1 / är / (also r ) • n. ( pl. Rs or R's ) the eighteenth letter of the alphabet. PHRASES: the three Rs reading, writing, and arithmetic. R 2 • abbr. ∎  rand ...

Dictionary definition: r or R
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      185 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 r or R (r) n., r's, R's 1. the eighteenth letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek rho, a borrowing from the Phoenician 2. any of the speech sounds that this letter represents ...

Article: Highfield Road ready to party to sound of Moroccan roll; Gordon ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  August 7, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... has set next month as his target date to resume training. As for the battle for shirts up front, it looks like a simple mathematical sum of three into two won't go. Noel Whelan and Darren Huckerby are once again pressured by the man handed the No 9 shirt ...

Article: WE'RE ON THE WAY UP SAY HOPEFUL ROVER.
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  August 18, 1999 ;     480 words ... ... research which shows Longbridge trailing Europe's big car factories in productivity was today dismissed as a "meaningless mathematical sum" by bosses at the Rover plant. The survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit revealed that the number of cars built per ...

Article: Watchdog to probe cash for Rod's gig
Belfast Telegraph;  May 10, 2002 ;     481 words ... ... put the ticket prices up [Pound]5. These events attract between 18,000 and 20,000 people. "It's a very simple mathematical sum and in my view a price increase is preferable to having the money paid out of the public purse." Northern Ireland Events ...

Article: Whiteboards being replaced by gizmos
The Press;  February 16, 2006 ;     589 words ... ... using a normal marker pen with a special fitting and the information -- whether the subject of a classroom discussion or a mathematical sum -- goes directly to her laptop where it is stored. "The Mimio is particularly useful for things like social studies ...

Article: Durban to host the World Cup of data in 2009.(Business Report)
The Star (South Africa);  August 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Statistics SA is developing two programmes under the auspices of the ISI's scientific section: ISIbalo, (isiZulu for a mathematical sum), and ISIbane (isiZulu for light). These innovative projects, dealing with capacity building and social responsibility ...