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very sensitive to environmental clues and tend to
behave differently in different situations.

SEMAPHORE SYSTEMS – refers to some form of
visual codes of flags or flashing lights employed
to send messages over relatively short but
difficult-to-cross distances, such as from hilltop
to hilltop or between ships at sea.

SEMEN – a grayish-white fluid produced in the male
reproductive organs and ejaculated during orgasm;
has a chlorine like odor and dries to a starch like
consistency.

SENSOR – a device that measures or detects a real
world condition, such as motion, heat or light and
converts the condition into an analogue or digital
representation.

SENTENCED PRISONERS – offenders who are
committed to the jail or prison in order to serve
their sentence after final conviction by a competent
court. They are prisoners under the jurisdiction of
penal institutions.

SEPARATION OF POWERS – the basic concept
under the Constitution, embodying the principle of
a tripartite division of government authority where
three independent departments of government are
provided for, the legislative vested with the
lawmaking function, the executive with the
enforcement of what has been thus enacted, and
the judiciary with the administration of justice,
deciding cases according to law.

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