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There are some dozens of lipids, each with its distinctive (or peculiar, or own) chemical pattern.
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Most of the amino acids contain an asymmetric carbon in a particular configuration called "".
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The sand-sized grains may bear distinctive surface markings such as microstriations, ...
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In the special case where the exchanged quantum is massless the range is infinite.
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The generation of hydroelectric power is a distinctive industrial use of water in that it is entirely unconsumptive.
Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика. Михаил Циммерман, Клавдия Веденеева. 2003.