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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Division; separation.
- noun (Gram.) The cutting off or suppression of a vowel or syllable, for the sake of meter or euphony; esp., in poetry, the dropping of a final vowel standing before an initial vowel in the following word, when the two words are drawn together.
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It might be a great time for TweetMeme to sell right now before Twitter releases its own retweet buttons and continues to adopt TweetMeme services. reply elison carver
Tweetmeme Adds Analytics To Make Sense Of Twitter Links Erick Schonfeld 2005
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