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PRONUNCIATION OF SLIME MOULD

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLIME MOULD

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Slime mould is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SLIME MOULD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Slime mold

Slime mold or slime mould is a broad term describing some organisms that use spores to reproduce. Slime molds were formerly classified as fungi but are no longer considered part of this kingdom. Although not related to one another, they are still sometimes grouped for convenience within the paraphyletic group referred to as kingdom Protista. Found in a wide variety of colors, more than 900 species of slime mold occur all over the world. Their common name refers to part of some of these organisms' life cycles where they can appear as gelatinous "slime". This is mostly seen with the myxogastria, which are the only macroscopic slime molds. Most slime molds are smaller than a few centimeters, but some species may reach sizes of up to several square meters and masses of up to 30 grams. Many slime molds, namely the "cellular" slime molds, actually do not spend most of their time in this state. As long as food is abundant, these slime molds exist as single-celled organisms. When food is in short supply, many of these single-celled organisms will congregate and start moving as a single body.

Definition of slime mould in the English dictionary

The definition of slime mould in the dictionary is any of various simple spore-producing organisms typically found as slimy masses on rotting vegetation, where they engulf food particles by amoeboid movements. Formerly regarded as fungi, they are now classified as protoctists of the phyla Myxomycota or Acrasiomycota.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SLIME MOULD

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SLIME MOULD

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Synonyms and antonyms of slime mould in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «slime mould» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SLIME MOULD

Find out the translation of slime mould to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of slime mould from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «slime mould» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

粘菌
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

moho de fango
570 millions of speakers

English

slime mould
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कीचड़ ढालना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سال لعابه العفن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

слизевики
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

molde de limo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নুড়ি ছাঁচ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

myxomycète
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Acuan lendir
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schleimpilz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

粘菌
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

점균류
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cetakan slime
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

chất nhờn khuôn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சாம்பல் அச்சு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिखल ढालना
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sümük kalıbı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

slime stampo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szlam formy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

слизовики
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

noroi mucegai
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

γλοιώδες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

slyk vorm
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

slime mold
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

slime mold
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of slime mould

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SLIME MOULD»

The term «slime mould» is normally little used and occupies the 143.860 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SLIME MOULD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about slime mould

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLIME MOULD»

Discover the use of slime mould in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to slime mould and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Physarum Machines: Computers from Slime Mould
This book demonstrates how to create experimental Physarum machines for computational geometry and optimization, distributed manipulation and transportation, and general-purpose computation.
Andrew Adamatzky, 2010
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The Uses of Slime Mould: Essays of Four Decades
There is a strange organism, both vegetable and animal, that is found on the floor of the forest; it is known as slime mould. This is an unprepossessing name for something that lives and moves so mysteriously; perhaps humans have a need to  ...
Nicholas Mosley, 2004
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Raising a Ladder to the Moon: The Complexities of Corporate ...
Slime mould A colleague told me a story from the natural environment. Alan Feest is a leading expert on slime moulds, akin to fungi. He can often be heard on BBC radio talking enthusiastically about their sex and reproductive lives. But this is ...
Malcolm McIntosh, 2003
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Bioevaluation of World Transport Networks
This lavishly illustrated text will be appreciated by readers from all walks of life.
Andrew Adamatzky, 2012
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Collaborative Leadership: Building relationships, sharing ...
Lessons from slime mould One ofthe most powerful examples ofcollaboration comes from one ofthe world's most primitive life forms — it's called slime mould, the sticky, reddish jelly—like stuff you sometimes find under half—rotted bark. Slime ...
David Archer, Alex Cameron, 2013
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Collaborative Leadership: Building Relationships, Handling ...
Lessons from slime mould One ofthe most powerful examples ofcollaboration comes from one ofthe world's most primitive life forms — it's called slime mould, the sticky, reddish jelly—like stuff you sometimes find under half—rotted bark. Slime ...
David Archer, Alex Cameron, 2013
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Mathematics of Life
For a start, it can't read or write: it is a species of slime mould. Its name means ' many-headed slime', and that's what it's often called. It can't compete in the intelligence stakes with humans, dolphins, octopuses or even mantis shrimp. There is ...
Ian Stewart, 2012
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Microtas 2004
LOCALISED STIMULATION OF SLIME MOULD USING MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES Sander Koster1 2, Tobias Kraus1 3 Atsuko Takamatsu4 5, Teruo Fujii1 4, Elisabeth Verpoorte1 : and Nico de Rooij ' 'institute of Microtechnology, University ...
Johan Nilsson, Thomas Laurell, Klavs F. Jensen, 2005
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Principles of Biomolecular Organization
from your slime mould? Have you tried to combine the F-actin which you have isolated from your slime mould with myosin from rabbit skeletal muscle? Oosawa: S. Hatano and H. Tazawa in my laboratory (unpublished observations) extracted  ...
CIBA Foundation Symposium, 2009
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Aid on the Edge of Chaos: Rethinking International ...
The basic slime mould 'unit' closely resembles an amoeba, and they are found in woodlands and forests in dark, damp, northern, temperate zones. When foraging, a slime mould will put out feelers, create nodes and branches, and grow ...
Ben Ramalingam, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLIME MOULD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term slime mould is used in the context of the following news items.
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Slime Molds Help Researchers Map Ancient Roadways
Published in The Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, a new study details how “slime mould imitates development” of these roads, by figuring out the ... «Popular Science, Mar 15»
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Slime mould and researcher set to play piano duet
Professor Miranda's duettist, the slime mould, Physarum polycephalum, is a ... This is probably the first time that a slime mould and a human researcher have ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
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108 Media Buys Rights to 'The Creeping Garden' Slime Mould
108 Media has acquired the worldwide rights to the British documentary “The Creeping Garden” which shows the world of plasmodial slime mould through ... «Variety, Oct 14»
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Computer building blocks made using slime mould
The units were constructed using the slime mould Physarum polycephalum by exploiting networks of interconnected tubes, used by the organism to span its ... «E&T magazine, Mar 14»
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Robot face lets slime mould show its emotional side
Slime mould is clever stuff. It finds the quickest path between food and has even shown signs of having memory – despite not having a brain. Now we know what ... «New Scientist, Aug 13»
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Taste Plasmodial Slime Mould in THE CREEPING GARDEN
The slime mould is being used to explore biological-inspired design, emergence theory, unconventional computing and robot controllers, much of which borders ... «Twitch, Jan 13»
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Brainless slime mould has an external memory
Slime moulds use a form of spatial "memory" to navigate, despite not having a brain, a study has found. Scientists in Australia studied the organisms in an ... «BBC News, Oct 12»
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Slime mould spreads through world's motorways
The slime mould is surprisingly good at finding the most efficient route to food, despite being a single-celled organism with no brain or central nervous system. «New Scientist, Mar 12»
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'Intelligent' slime able to navigate its way out of maze
The findings highlight how slime mould possesses information processing abilities shared by humans which are more sophisticated than the most advanced ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 11»
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Slime blobs appear in Ockbrook
The slime-like substance was spotted in fields and in gardens near The ... The substance, commonly known as "dog vomit slime mould", appeared in early ... «BBC News, Dec 11»

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