First recorded in 1400–50; Middle English lacca, from Dutch lak or French lac, laque, from Old French lacce, lache, from Medieval Latin lac, lacca, from Arabic lakk, from Persian lak, from Hindi lākh, from Prakrit lākkhā, from Sanskrit lākṣā
From Latin
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The 80-seat cafe serves Vietnamese classics such as fish sauce wings and luc lac shaking beef along with fusion dishes, such as the fried chicken with pandan waffles.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2024
In E. coli, the trp operon is on by default, while the lac operon is off.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The lac operon is a typical inducible operon.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
When lactose is not present in the bacterium’s environment, the lac genes are transcribed in small amounts.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
The vizier replied: "Because you entrusted a lac of rupees to men you didn't know, and who will never come back."
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 June 1906 by Various
"The Prime Minister underlined that maintenance of peace and tranquility in the border areas and observing and respecting the LAC are essential for the normalisation of the India-China relationship," Mr Kwatra said.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2023
Modi also "underlined that the maintenance of peace and tranquillity in the border areas, and observing and respecting the LAC are essential for the normalisation of the India-China relationship," the foreign secretary said.
From Reuters ● Aug. 24, 2023
Both countries have been trying to de-escalate tensions along the LAC since then.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 21, 2022
Since 2020, corps commanders from the two militaries have met 16 times to negotiate a pullback from the LAC in Ladakh.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2022
You see in that region that I have been speaking of, there is a province called LAC, which is conterminous with Rosia, and has a king of its own.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Henry Yule
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