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ice

Solid formed by water when it freezes. It is colourless and its crystals are hexagonal. The water molecules are held together by hydrogen bonds.

The freezing point of water at 1.013 bar, used as a standard for measuring temperature, is 0° for the Celsius and Réaumur scales and 32° for the Fahrenheit scale. Ice expands in the act of freezing (hence burst pipes), becoming less dense than water (0.9175 at 5°C/41°F). There are at least six different modifications of ice, some of which can only exist at very high pressures. These forms are identified by Roman numerals, thus the ‘ordinary’ ice formed at atmospheric pressure is technically known as ice I.

ice

Form of methamphetamine that is smoked for its stimulating effect; its use has been illegal in the USA since 1989. Its use may be followed by a period of depression and psychosis.

ICE

Protocol developed in 1998 for the transfer of data to partnering Web sites. Applications based on ICE allow companies to construct syndicated publishing networks, Web superstores, and online reseller channels.

Companies that have working examples and implementations of ICE include Vignette, Kinecta, Microsoft, Xenosys, Macromedia, Intershop, Quark, and ArcadiaOne.



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And all this happened far away to the north, beyond Labrador, beyond Hudson's Strait, where the great tides heave the ice about, north of Melville Peninsula--north even of the narrow Fury and Hecla Straits--on the north shore of Baffin Land, where Bylot's Island stands above the ice of Lancaster Sound like a pudding-bowl wrong side up.
The Second Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
On the 14th of March I saw floating ice in latitude 55@, merely pale bits of debris from twenty to twenty-five feet long, forming banks over which the sea curled.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
This eye structure seemed remarkable in a beast whose haunts were upon a glaring field of ice and snow, and though I found upon minute examination of several that we killed that each ocellus is furnished with its own lid, and that the animal can at will close as many of the facets of his huge eyes as he chooses, yet I was positive that nature had thus equipped him because much of his life was to be spent in dark, subterranean recesses.
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