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
Glucose must not be present, and lactose must be available for the lac operon to be transcribed.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Lactose acts as an inducer of the lac operon when glucose is absent.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
When lactose and glucose are present in the medium, transcription of the lac operon is induced.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Rubber is grown in government plantations and is also brought in by the hill tribes; while lac, mustard and potatoes are also produced.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
Following the clashes, both Delhi and Beijing increased troop movement and built massive military infrastructure along the LAC.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2024
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
ALANIA, the country of the Alans on the northern skirts of the Caucasus and towards the Caspian; LAC, the Wallachs as above.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry
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