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
Figure 16.5 Transcription of the lac operon is carefully regulated so that its expression only occurs when glucose is limited and lactose is present to serve as an alternative fuel source.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Therefore it is ON by default whereas the lac operon is repressible and is OFF by default.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The trp operon is constitutive and remains ON by default, whereas the lac operon is repressible and therefore is OFF by default.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
In this kingdom they ship very fine lac which grows there.
From A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century by Duarte Barbosa
QRF Copter 76 on scene of the #FranklinFire, LAC.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 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
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
Recommendations included continuity of health input which should ideally be performed by the LAC nurse which, at times, was missing.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2021
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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