Search results for "Units of measurement" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Advanced FES systems have rotors made of high strength carbon-composite ... A typical system consists of a rotor suspended by bearings inside ...17 KB (2,549 words) - 06:12, 1 April 2024
- Lavender is the common name for any of the various plants of the flowering ... While the flowers of the lavender serve the plant's need of reproduction ...11 KB (1,715 words) - 17:55, 25 October 2022
- In physics, there are two kinds of dipoles (from the Greek terms di ... dipole is produced by a closed circuit of electric current. ...20 KB (3,037 words) - 15:26, 29 January 2024
- is the oldest and most fundamental branch of mathematics. It is used by ... In common usage, arithmetic refers to a branch of mathematics that ...35 KB (4,898 words) - 02:39, 15 August 2023
- to generate and receive the sound. The study of underwater sound is known as ... There are two kinds of sonar — active and passive. The frequencies ...46 KB (7,281 words) - 01:12, 4 February 2023
- that sounds after each set interval of time. The sound could be the ... The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, requiring a physical ...26 KB (3,970 words) - 22:10, 7 January 2024
- to magnify the Copenhagen Interpretation of quantum experiments to the ... and Georgine Emilia Brenda (daughter of Alexander Bauer, Professor ...17 KB (2,571 words) - 21:27, 20 March 2024
- The kinetic energy of an object is the extra energy it possesses due ... has kinetic energy in the reference frame of this observer, but the same ...22 KB (3,694 words) - 14:17, 5 October 2022
- Piezoelectricity is the ability of some materials (notably crystals ... in response to applied mechanical stress. This may take the form of ...25 KB (3,464 words) - 06:13, 24 November 2022
- Measures of national income and output are used in economics to measure ... to its history, and may provide comparisons of economies in different countries ...33 KB (5,148 words) - 19:46, 7 July 2023
- In business, administration consists of the performance or management ... schools” began offering a Master of Business Administration (MBA ...13 KB (1,727 words) - 06:01, 15 June 2023
- with chemical explosives. Other methods of causing explosions include ... unstable or produces a sudden expansion of the material usually accompanied ...41 KB (6,258 words) - 23:56, 24 March 2024
- Georg Simmel (March 1, 1858 – September 28, 1918) was one of the ... social groupings were no more than the sum of their parts, a view that is ...13 KB (2,026 words) - 08:04, 23 January 2023
- The equator is the intersection of the Earth's surface with the ... hemispheres and providing an important point of calculation, for the sea-going ...14 KB (2,035 words) - 07:25, 6 September 2023
- 210 B.C.E.), personal name Zheng, was king of the Chinese State of Qin from ... his prime minister Lǐ Sī passed a series of major reforms aimed at cementing ...27 KB (4,481 words) - 23:18, 3 November 2023
- function, microphones may be based on any of several principles, including ... microphone, the diaphragm acts as one plate of a capacitor, and the vibrations ...49 KB (7,389 words) - 10:39, 10 March 2023
- Magnetic fields, which are measured in the units of Teslas (T), vary widely ... and mass spectrometers use the effects of magnetic fields for studying ...54 KB (8,712 words) - 10:50, 9 March 2023
- A thermostat is a device for regulating the temperature of a system ... Thermostats can be constructed in many ways and may use a variety ...21 KB (3,178 words) - 18:31, 30 April 2023
- Fuzzy logic, when construed in a wider sense, is the theory of fuzzy ... When construed in a narrower sense, fuzzy logic is an extension of ...15 KB (2,285 words) - 07:24, 15 April 2024
- as referring to the happiness or well being of individuals. Utilitarianism ... back to Plato and ancient Greek discussions of eudaimonia. The most important ...37 KB (5,971 words) - 13:49, 3 May 2023
