Write the chemical equation for the overall process of photosynthesis. a. Identify the reactants, products, and the meaning of the several arrows. 8. Explain what the equation of photosynthesis means. Carbon dioxide and water, the reactants, enter photosynthesis. A six carbon sugar and oxygen are formed, the products.
oppression noun [ U ] (RULE) âº a situation in which people are governed in an unfair and cruel way and prevented from having opportunities and freedom: Every human being has the right to freedom from oppression. War, famine and oppression have forced people in the region to flee from their homes. the oppression of women.
The Oxford English Dictionary offers alternative definitions: a ruler, an illegitimate ruler (a usurper), an absolute ruler (despot) or an oppressive, unjust or cruel ruler. The term is usually applied to vicious dictators who achieve bad results for the governed. The definition of a tyrant is cursed by subjectivity. Oppression, injustice and cruelty do not have standardized measurements or thresholds. The Greeks defined both usurpers and those inheriting rule from usurpers as tyrants.