The Hindu Editorial (A gift horse’s teeth) – Feb 10, 2025

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The Hindu Editorial (A gift horse’s teeth) – Jan 10, 2025:

1. don’t look a gift horse in the mouth (phrase) – don’t criticize something that has been received as a gift; instead of finding fault with a gift, be grateful for it even if you don’t like.
2. allocation (verb) – allotment, granting, grant, distribution, doling out, budgeting, earmarking, setting aside (especially of money, that is given to a particular person or used for a particular purpose).
3. suggest (verb) – indicate, denote, point to, signify.
4. bonanza (noun) – windfall, jackpot, unexpected fortune/gain; a lot of money that you win or get unexpectedly.   
5. Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) (noun) – These are miniaturised versions of large nuclear power plants.
6. ready (verb) – prepare, get ready, organize.
7. Department of Science and Technology (DST) (noun) – It was established in May 1971, with the objective of promoting new areas of Science & Technology and to play the role of a nodal department for organising, coordinating and promoting S&T activities in the country.
8. substantial (adjective) – considerable, significant, large.
9. sunrise sector/industry (noun) – a new industry/sector that is growing rapidly.
10. undefined (adjective) – unspecified, unexplained, undetermined.
11. entity (noun) – organization, establishment, outfit, set-up, structure, system. 
12. domain (noun) – arena, sphere, realm, field, territory, area; an area/field of activity.
13. landscape (noun) – the distinctive features of a field of activity.
14. participation (noun) – engagement, involvement, taking part, association.
15. drive (verb) – cause to happen.
16. advancement (noun) – growth, development, evolution, improvement, expansion, progress, step forward.
17. Gross domestic product (GDP) (noun) – a measure of economic activity in a country. It is the total value of a country’s annual output of goods and service.
18. enterprise (noun) – company, firm, organization.
19. account for (phrasal verb) – constitute, make up, comprise, form.
20. infusion (noun) – the introduction/ instilling/imbuing of a new thing.
21. capital infusion (noun) –  introduction of additional funding from successful divisions of a business to the weak division which is is not doing well.
22. hike (verb) – increase, raise sharply.
23. figure (noun) – number, amount.
24. encouraging (adjective) – exciting, heartening, exhilarating, fascinating, inspiring, reassuring, favourable, optimistic, promising, hopeful.
25. key (adjective) – crucial, essential, important.
26. effectively (adverb) – successfully, usefully, helpfully, valuably.
27. absorb (adverb) – use up, take up, subsume, consume, include, incorporate
28. technology-driven (adjective) – determined/controlled by technology.
29. metallurgy (noun) – the scientific study of the properties and uses of metals.
30. returns (noun) – proceeds, profits, earnings, receipts, income, revenue, gain, yield, turn over.
31. core (adjective) – central, basic, key, vital, essential.
32. intellectual property (IP) (noun) – a category of property that includes intangible (non-physical) creations of the human intellect. The most well-known types are copyrights, patents, trademarks and trade secrets.
33. intellectual property rights (IPRs) (noun) – the rights given to persons over the creations of their minds. The IPRs are legal rights that protect creations and/or inventions resulting from intellectual activity in the industrial, scientific, literary or artistic fields.
34. meagre (adjective) – insufficient, inadequate, scanty, paltry, sparse.
35. ambitious (adjective) – formidable, difficult, challenging, demanding.
36. mission (noun) – assignment, undertaking, operation, task, work, job.
37. quantum computing (noun) – an area of study focused on the development of computer-based technologies centered around the principles of quantum theory. Quantum computing harnesses the phenomena of quantum mechanics to deliver a huge leap forward in computation to solve certain problems. Classical computers, which include smartphones and laptops, encode information in binary “bits” that can either be 0s or 1s. In a quantum computer, the basic unit of memory is a quantum bit or qubit.
38. quantum-physical (adjective) – relating the branch of physics concerned with quantum theory (the study of matter and energy at the most fundamental level).
39. quantum mechanics (noun)- it is the field of physics that explains how extremely small objects simultaneously have the characteristics of both particles (tiny pieces of matter) and waves (a disturbance or variation that transfers energy). It is the study of matter and energy at the most fundamental level.
40. artificial intelligence (AI) (noun) – an area of computer science that deals with giving machines the ability to seem like they have human intelligence.
41. cutting-edge (adjective) – advanced, state-of-the-art, innovational, pioneering, pathbreaking.
42. infrastructure (noun) – the basic physical or organisational structure or framework that a country or organization needs in order to function properly. For a whole nation, it includes all the physical systems such as buildings, roads & railways networks, utilities, etc.
43. lack (verb) – be without, be deficient in, require, want.
44. building block (noun) – a basic unit/component/part.
45. chipset (noun) – a collection of electronic components that work together to enable the functioning of a computer system.
46. semiconductor (noun) – a substance that has specific electrical properties that enable it to serve as a foundation for computers and other electronic devices. Semiconductors are materials (silicon or germanium) which have a conductivity between conductors (generally metals like copper) and nonconductors or insulators (such as most ceramics/plastics).
47. fab (noun) – a semiconductor fabrication facility (or) a manufacturing plant that makes microchips/chips.
48. workforce (noun) – workers, employees, staff.
49. ecosystem (noun) – complex situation/environment.
50. capitalise on (phrasal verb) – take advantage of, use, make use of, benefit from.
51. lofty (adjective) – tall, very high, giant, imposing, magnificent.
52. fall short (phrase) – fail to meet/reach; be deficient/inadequate/insufficient.
53. roadmap (noun) – plan/strategy to do something successfully.
54. tangible (adjective) – real, actual, solid, concrete, substantial, well defined.
55. structural (adjective) – organizational, formational, systemic.
56. bottleneck (noun) – a condition which appears as not solvable and so delays the process; setback, problem, issue, snag, difficulty.
57. address (verb) – tackle, deal with, attend to, try to sort out.
58. powerhouse (noun) – a person/organisation/country/state with a lot of energy, power & influence.
59. incentivise (verb) – encourage, motivate, galvanize.
60. sustainable (adjective) – relating to practices or conditions that can be maintained or continued over the long term without causing significant negative impacts on the environment, society, or economy.
61. sustainable (adjective) – reasonable, sensible, well-founded (without disturbing the balance of nature and then without exhausting all of the natural resources).
62. engagement (noun) – participation, taking part, involvement.

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