Search results for "The Five K's" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Frequency is a measure of the number of occurrences of a repeating ... In SI units, the unit of frequency is hertz (Hz), named after the ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 10:59, 11 April 2024
- Colitis (or colonitis) is inflammation of the colon (or more generally ... Inflammation is a response by the body to address such challenges ...11 KB (1,475 words) - 22:31, 7 January 2024
- and have a relatively low content of silica. The Earth's mantle is thought ... in layers. These rock types do not represent the chemistry of the magma from ...7 KB (892 words) - 01:30, 3 May 2023
- in Abdera in Ancient Greece. He was one of the best known Sophists. Protagoras is best known for his dictum: "Man is the measure ...6 KB (889 words) - 08:16, 2 December 2022
- 1936) was an influential English writer of the early twentieth century. His ... Chesterton has been called the "prince of paradox." ...21 KB (3,246 words) - 07:30, 15 April 2024
- plants and fungi (Quarmby and Parker 2005). The play an important part in ... membrane and thus is not an organelle in the narrower sense of structures ...11 KB (1,624 words) - 01:44, 13 January 2023
- Fauna is all of the animals of any particular region or time period ... found in a specific time or place, such as the "Sonoran Desert fauna ...10 KB (1,515 words) - 23:37, 1 November 2023
- [[Image:Triosephosphate isomerase.jpg|thumb|350px|Ribbon diagram of ... An enzyme is a biological catalyst that regulates the rate of a chemical ...18 KB (2,741 words) - 19:04, 13 February 2024
- pH is a measure of the acidity and the basicity/alkalinity of a solution ... In aqueous systems, the hydrogen ion activity is dictated by the dissociation ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 15:20, 29 August 2023
- a college of arts, science, and commerce. The Senate of Serampore College ... unable to retrieve. --> The Latin name of the college motto, Gloriam ...14 KB (1,875 words) - 09:54, 26 January 2023
- materials at extremely low temperatures (on the order of −200 degrees Celsius ... Superconductors are used to make some of the most powerful electromagnets ...21 KB (3,041 words) - 23:46, 26 February 2023
- form is highly unstable in air. It was the "secret" element ... of its oxide, yttria (Y2O3), from one of the many unusual minerals found ...12 KB (1,634 words) - 21:34, 4 June 2023
- 3, 1924) was an American publisher who was the co-founder of the Funk & ... Both founders were Lutheran ministers. During its early years the ...7 KB (985 words) - 05:46, 15 June 2023
- Electromagnetic radiation (EM radiation or EMR) takes the form of ... subdivided into various types, according to the frequency of the wave. These ...22 KB (3,329 words) - 15:54, 13 February 2024
- Tikal (or Tik’al, according to the more current orthography) is ... In addition to the ruins of the Mayan culture, the reserve protects ...19 KB (2,902 words) - 23:34, 30 April 2023
- Phosgene is the chemical compound with the formula COCl2. This highly ... Phosgene was synthesized by the chemist John Davy (1790-1868) in 1812 ...10 KB (1,416 words) - 22:44, 28 March 2023
- Protactinium (chemical symbol Pa, atomic number 91) is a member of ... The isotope protactinium-231 occurs in pitchblende to the extent of ...9 KB (1,150 words) - 08:16, 2 December 2022
- as sulfur, oxygen, or nitrogen, as part of the ring. Aromaticity is a chemical ... More broadly, the general term purines also is used in reference to ...7 KB (928 words) - 23:49, 2 December 2022
- liquids, and solids. It is concerned with the production, control, transmission ... Knowledge gained through the field of acoustics has had great significance ...7 KB (998 words) - 07:44, 14 June 2023
- Celsius (or centigrade) is a temperature scale named after the Swedish ... The Celsius scale has been adopted as a standard for regular temperature ...23 KB (3,406 words) - 23:47, 3 December 2023
