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1219:Tolstoy Cup
1181:Macadam Cup
339:Vibrational
1486:Categories
1458:Wikisource
1228:Affiliates
1204:Rugby Club
1138:Bush House
1109:and places
1035:Principal:
545:Two-photon
447:absorption
329:Rotational
190:References
27:base pairs
16:Professor
1199:Boat Club
1194:newspaper
1192:Roar News
1107:Buildings
1083:Academics
866:faculties
623:Terahertz
604:Radiowave
502:Mössbauer
131:in 1943.
127:(ICI) at
62:Baltimore
53:in 1930.
1470:Wikinews
1434:Category
1071:Visitor:
864:Academic
789:Category
518:Electron
485:Emission
435:emission
392:Vibronic
178:See also
1446:Commons
1385:History
1235:Medical
933:centres
801:Commons
628:ESR/EPR
576:Nucleon
404:(REMPI)
220:: 431.
1026:People
642:Others
430:Atomic
107:Career
1390:Inkha
1348:Other
1303:Other
1059:Dean:
583:Alpha
552:Auger
530:X-ray
497:Gamma
475:X-ray
408:Raman
319:Raman
314:FT-IR
91:and
611:NMR
222:doi
143:at
99:'s
60:in
47:BSc
1488::
616:2D
535:UV
218:43
216:.
210:.
103:.
29:.
836:e
829:t
822:v
290:e
283:t
276:v
230:.
224::
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