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  • 1Recent — Re cent (r[=e] sent), a. [L. recens, entis: cf. F. r[ e]cent.] 1. Of late origin, existence, or occurrence; lately come; not of remote date, antiquated style, or the like; not already known, familiar, worn out, trite, etc.; fresh; novel; new;… …

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  • 2RÉCENT — ENTE. adj. Nouveau, nouvellement fait, nouvellement arrivé. Un événement récent. Une découverte récente. Mettre un appareil sur une plaie pendant qu elle est encore récente. Cela est d une écriture toute récente. Plus ces drogues là sont récentes …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 3recent — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin recent , recens; perhaps akin to Greek kainos new Date: 15th century 1. a. having lately come into existence ; new, fresh b. of or relating to a time not long past 2. capitalized Holocene •… …

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  • 4Recent African origin of modern humans — One model of human migration based on Mitochondrial DNA In paleoanthropology, the recent African origin of modern humans is t …

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  • 5Recent Songs — Infobox Album | Name = Recent Songs Type = Studio album Artist = Leonard Cohen Released = September 1979 Recorded = April–May 1979, A M Studios, Hollywood Genre = Folk Length = 52:55 Label = Columbia Records Producer = Leonard Cohen, Henry Lewy… …

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  • 6RÉCENT, ENTE — adj. Qui s’est produit depuis peu de temps. Un événement récent. Une découverte récente. Cela est d’une écriture toute récente. Une mort récente. Avoir la mémoire récente de quelque chose, S’en ressouvenir comme d’une chose nouvellement arrivée …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 7Attribution of recent climate change — Further information: Global warming, Climate change, and Climate change denial Attribution of recent climate change is the effort to scientifically ascertain mechanisms responsible for recent changes observed in the Earth s climate …

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  • 8Most recent common ancestor — Part of a series on Genetic genealogy Concepts Population genetics Haplogroup/ Haplotype Most recent common ancestor Human mitochondrial DNA haplogroups Human Y chromosome DNA haplogroups Genomics Other Y chromosome haplogroups by po …

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  • 9Uses of torture in recent times — Torture, the infliction of severe physical or psychological pain upon an individual to extract information, a confession or as a punishment, is prohibited by international law and illegal in most countries. However, it is still used by many… …

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  • 10Swampland — Recent developments in string theory suggest that the string theory landscape of vacua is vast. It is natural to ask if this landscape is as vast as allowed by consistent looking effective field theories. Some authors (like Cumrun Vafa [… …

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