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}
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"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A galileo (unit of acceleration)."
],
"links": [
[
"galileo",
"galileo"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɡæl/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gal.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ae/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-gal.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-gal.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ae/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-gal.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-gal.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æl"
}
],
"word": "gal"
}
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