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RAS   /ræs/   Listen
RAS

noun
1.
The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.  Synonym: reticular activating system.



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Ras Tafari
Ras Tafari Makonnen


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... heart with far different thoughts than civilized lands do." With few attendants, he writes:—"We are still slowly crawling over the world's crust. Reaching the dominions of the King of Abyssinia, we camped near Ras Alonla, and the priests used to gather at 3 a.m. in knots of two and three and chant for an hour in a wild melodious manner the Psalms of David. Awakened at this unearthly hour no one could help being ...
— General Gordon - Saint and Soldier • J. Wardle


Words linked to "RAS" :   reticular formation, Ras Tafari, Ras Tafari Makonnen, neural net, neural network, rf


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