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Roland(dictionary)
Chanson de Roland(encyclopedia)
Le Roland Garros(tourism)
Petit, Roland(encyclopedia)
Roland (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Somerset Roland Gardens(tourism)
Smith, David (Roland)(encyclopedia)
Barthes, Roland (Gerard)(encyclopedia)
Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen(tourism)

polar fibres (medicine) and Roland (iou)


polar fibres (medicine)


polar fibres


Those fibres of the mitotic spindle extending from the two poles of the spindle toward the equator.

Compare: astral fibres, kinetochore fibres.


Roland (iou)



Roland noun. E16.
[The legendary nephew of Charlemagne, celebrated with his comrade Oliver in the Chanson de Roland, a medieval romance.]
A person comparable to Roland in respect of courage; a person who is a full match for another.
a Roland for an Oliver an effective retort; an effective retaliatory blow; a quid pro quo.