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  • The term xylene refers to a group of three benzene derivatives, each of which has two methyl functional groups attached to the benzene ring. ...
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  • A cult, strictly speaking, is a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies. Used in a more ...
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  • Crown ethers are heterocyclic chemical compounds that consist of a ring containing several ether groups. The most common crown ethers are oligomers ...
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  • Nitric acid (chemical formula HNO3) is one of the most important inorganic acids. Eighth-century alchemists called it aqua fortis (strong water ...
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  • In mathematics, the parabola (from the Greek word παραβολή) is a conic section generated by the intersection of a right circular conical ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology [[Image:IQ_curve.png|thumb|350px|IQ tests are designed to give approximately this Gaussian ...
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  • Gas is one of the four major states or phases of matter, along with solid, liquid, and plasma. Each state is characterized by distinct physical ...
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  • The Nuremberg Trials were a series of trials most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military and economic leadership ...
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  • Silane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula SiH4. It is the silicon analog of methane and, like methane, it is a gas at ordinary ...
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  • Category:Psychologists Jung, Carl Category:Public [[Image:Carl_Jung_(1912).png|right|thumb|Carl Jung in 1912]] Carl Gustav Jung (July 26, 1875 ...
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  • In genetics, an allele (pronounced al-eel or al-e-ul) is any one of a number of viable DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) codings occupying a given ...
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  • Toluene, also known as methylbenzene or phenylmethane, is a clear, water-insoluble liquid with the typical smell of paint thinners, redolent ...
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  • Salmonella (plural salmonellae, salmonellas, or salmonella) are any of the various rod-shaped, gram-negative bacteria that comprise the genus ...
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  • Sima Qian (c. 145 B.C.E. – 90 B.C.E.) was a prefect of the Grand Scribes of the Han dynasty. He is regarded as the father of Chinese historiography ...
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  • Valine is an α-amino acid that is found in most proteins and is essential in the human diet. It is similar to leucine and isoleucine in being ...
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  • Alienation refers to the estrangement that occurs in the relation between an individual and that to which he or she is relating. This break in ...
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  • Graphite is one of the two common but distinctively different forms or allotropes of carbon, the other being diamond. Graphite holds the distinction ...
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  • Category:Public Protagoras (in Greek Πρωταγόρας) (c. 481 B.C.E. – c. 420 B.C.E.) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher born in Abdera ...
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  • Thermodynamics (from the Greek θερμη, therme, meaning "heat" and δυναμις, dynamis, meaning "power") is a branch ...
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  • Chauncey Wright (September 10, 1830 - September 12, 1875), American philosopher and mathematician, was an early influence on the American pragmatists ...
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