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loss and syllable-final
* the loss of syllable-final nasals (" mensa non mesa ") or their inappropriate insertion as a form of hypercorrection (" formosus non formunsus ").
# the maintenance of syllable-final vs. its weakening to ( called aspiration, or the more precise term debuccalization ), or its loss ; and

loss and r
: where RL ( dB ) is the return loss in dB, P < sub > i </ sub > is the incident power and P < sub > r </ sub > is the reflected power.
When the actual transmitted ( incident ) power and the reflected power are known ( i. e., through measurements and / or calculations ), then the return loss in dB can be calculated as the difference between the incident power P < sub > i </ sub > ( in dBm ) and the reflected power P < sub > r </ sub > ( in dBm ),
This effect, combined with the free-space r < sup >− 2 </ sup > propagation loss to a r < sup >− 4 </ sup > propagation loss.
Without loss of generality we can assume at least 3 of these edges, connecting to vertices r, s and t, are blue.
The loss of the reconstructed OC medial " r ", or the r-infix in Sagart's reconstruction, had not only influenced vowel quality in Middle Chinese, but had also caused the retroflexion of coronal consonants.
Most forms are easily recognized by the characteristic rattle on the end of the tail, although a few island populations form exceptions to this rule: C. catalinensis has lost its rattle entirely, C. ruber lorenzoensis usually has no rattle, and both C. r. lucasensis and C. molossus estebanensis exhibit a tendency for rattle loss.
* The loss of h in pronunciation also led to the addition of h in writing where it did not previously belong, especially in the vicinity of r, such as chorona for corona, a tendency also sometimes seen in Classical Latin.
With no loss of generality, we can pick a polar coordinate system ( r, θ ) such
He noted that New York City's " dropped ' r ' has its origins in posh British speech ", but after World War II, " with the loss of Britain ’ s imperial status “ r ”- less British speech ceased to be regarded as “ prestige speech ”".
Having endeavoured, on a former occasion, to point out the degree of admiration and respect with which the conduct of Sen ' r Quadra toward our little community had impressed us during his life, I cannot refrain, now that he is no more, from rendering that justice to his memory to which it is so amply intitled, by stating, that the unexpected melancholey event of his decease operated on the minds of us all, in a way more easily to be imagined than described: and whilst it excited our most grateful acknowledgements, it produced the deepest regret for the loss of a character so amiable, and so truly ornamental to civil society.
The two words both exhibit the loss of the final nominative marker / z /, which is retained in Proto-Norse as / R / ( i. e. a palatal " r ", similar to, though not identical with, the English / r /); this is exhibited by similar names such as HlewagastiR from the Golden Horns of Gallehus and several others.
Liguria, especially in former times, showed particularly severe lenition, with total loss of intervocalic / t /, / d /, / g /, / b /, / v /, / l /, / r / ( probably also / p /, but not / k /) in Old Genoese, hence müa ( Latin matura " early "), a éia e âe?
The Tamareaneans fought a war with the Citadel for a century until Princess Komand ' r gave up secrets which resulted in a major loss on the part of the Tamareans.
* Weakening ( and usual loss ) of final / r / and / s /: cantar (" to sing ", with the final / r / sounding like the " r " in the French name Pierre ) becomes cantá and os livros (" the books ") becomes us livru.
Despite this loss, Aksum still held territory in South Arabia, as evidenced by inscriptions of Luha ` atht Yarhum ( r. c. 230 ), which detail at least one known clash with hbšt troops in Yemen after GDRT's reign.

loss and North
Marine regression also resulted in the loss of epeiric seas, such as the Western Interior Seaway of North America.
That year the loss of North Vietnam to the communists and the rejection of his proposed European Defense Community ( EDC ) were serious defeats, but he remained optimistic in his opposition to the spread of communism, saying " Long faces don't win wars ".
The social burdens caused by war included the huge war debt, made worse by the loss of France's colonial possessions in North America and the growing commercial dominance of Great Britain.
The Taifa kingdoms lost ground to the Christian realms in the north and, after the loss of Toledo in 1085, the Muslim rulers reluctantly invited the Almoravides, who invaded Al-Andalus from North Africa and established an empire.
Mistreatment of the indigenous population in Spanish Morocco led to an uprising and the loss of this North African possession except for the enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla in 1921.
Recent wars, such as support of the American Revolutionary War, compounded by the loss of the North American colonies, had effectively bankrupted the state.
* 1863 – American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia withdraws from the battlefield after its loss at the Battle of Gettysburg, signalling an end to the Southern invasion of the North.
Stemming back from the 1996 Grand Final loss to North Melbourne, Sydney has established a minor rivalry with the over recent history.
They were returning from a road game loss at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.
* August 24 – The U. S. barque Ocean Monarch is burnt out off the Great Orme, North Wales, with the loss of 178, chiefly emigrants.
* A Vandal fleet and their allies ( Alans, Goths and Moors ) set out from Carthage for Sicily, the principal supplier of oil and grain to Italy after the loss of North Africa.
Transfer services are limited as to what they can offer the public as they do not have licenses issued for preparation embalming nor can they hold or offer services for a visitation with the remains present, however, this process is becoming more valuable in North America despite the loss of what traditional funeral service can provide a grieving family.
It has been found that the North American megafauna extinction was coincidental with the Younger Dryas impact event, possibly making hunting a less critical factor in prehistoric species loss than had been previously thought.
During the North Cape raid, the Scharnhorst and the Gneisenau sank the British carrier HMS Glorious and two destroyers, but the damage that put those ships out of action for six months when they were needed for a possible invasion of Britain easily outweighed the loss of the Glorious.
The size of this inland sea remained largely stable from the 15th century onwards due to improvements in dikes, but when storms pushed North Sea water into the inlet, the Zuiderzee became a volatile cauldron of water, frequently resulting in flooding and the loss of ships.
This diversity was achieved through influxes of puffins from the Pacific ; the later loss of species was due to major oceanographic changes in the late Pliocene due to closure of the Panamanian Seaway and the onset of severe glacial cycles in the North Atlantic.
This loss would eventually lead to the destruction of the southern regime, and resulted in North China languishing under a barbarian yoke for another 150 years.
In the 1970s, Gulf participated in the development of new oilfields in the UK North Sea and in Cabinda, although these were high-cost operations that never compensated for the loss of Gulf's interest in Kuwait.
The British desire to trade with South America grew during the Industrial Revolution and the loss of their 13 colonies in North America during the American Revolution.
Although they partially retrieved their fortunes with victories later in the year in the south of England, the loss of the North was to prove a fatal handicap the next year, when they tried unsuccessfully to link up with the Scottish Royalists under Montrose.
The loss of human life in a catastrophic flood here can be very large because there is very little warning time with North Sea storms, and so comprehensive evacuation is not a realistic option for the Holland coastal region.
It is frequently covered by the media in connection with its exposed situation in the North Sea and its ongoing loss of land during storm tides.
After the loss in Charleston, the defeats of General Isaac Huger at Moncks Corner and Lieutenant Colonel Abraham Buford at the Waxhaw massacre ( near the North Carolina border, in what is now Lancaster County ), Marion organized a small unit, which at first consisted of between 20 and 70 men and was the only force then opposing the British Army in the state.
Czyz, despite truly good efforts on his part in both challenges, lost both of them-a 12-round decision to Virgil Hill in North Dakota for the WBA version in March, and a 10th-round TKO loss to Williams in an IBF title rematch in June.

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