asmallareaof usually stillwater, or asmallamountofliquid:
pools ofwaterin thegutter
a pool ofblood
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A pool is also aswimmingpool.
poolnoun(COLLECTION)
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anamountofmoneyor anumberofpeopleor thingscollectedtogether forshareduse by severalpeopleororganizations:
Theirprofitsgetplowedback into a pool topaysubscribers’claims.
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A pool is also thetotalamountofmoneyriskedbypeopleon theresultof acardgameorsportsevent:
anofficeSuperBowlpool
poolnoun(GAME)
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agameplayedby two or morepeoplein which acue(=long, roundstick)is used tohitawhiteballagainst otherballsinordertorollthem into one of sixholesaround theedgeof aspecialtable:
Since then, joint ventures, joint stock companies, and foreign enterprises have been brought into pension pools in some cities.
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When the study samples were pooled according to river only, the differences became more marked (fig. 2).
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Typical large-scale statistical comparisons over time and space have between 2,250 and 4,850 observations, using pooled cross-section time-series datasets.
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Instead of having complete connectivity among all pools, the slots are only connected to the header and vice versa.
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The evidence indicates however, that planters managed to find alternative sources of capital, such as pooling financial resources.
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Effects of venous pooling on renal hemodynamics and water, electrolyte and aldosterone excretion during normal gestation.
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All habitats pooled, these two families included together 24% of all species and 28% of genera.
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The plasma pools were formed in 1999 and 2000, during a low incidence period.
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Males and females were pooled for the discordant twin analyses.
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Five spatially-distinct samples from each food bin were pooled for analysis.
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In the present study, when infrapopulations were pooled as temporal samples, significant differences in allele frequencies were detected.
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Outbreaks of cryptosporidiosis can be prolonged, involve multiple pools and be difficult to control.
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Because data were pooled over several years of observation, we specified random-effects models that allow for the non-independence of individual observations across time.
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The 10 swabs were tested both individually and as one pooled sample.
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The faecal samples from each day and hamster were individually pooled and weighed.
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Collocationswithpool
pool
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bathing pool
We miss the bedding of the block in the mountain so strongly described in words, and why are there closed water basins below each open bathing pool?
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circular pool
The park includes acircularpoolsurrounded by yew hedging and topiary shapes.
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deep pool
It is a big and adeeppooland has an old ladder by the weir which works well when the water gets to about 44 degrees.
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