Search results for "The Five K's" - New World Encyclopedia
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- in library and information science, which is the organization and management ... The term librarian is used often and incorrectly to refer to anyone ...23 KB (3,189 words) - 11:04, 7 March 2023
- Exocytosis is the process by which a cell packages materials in membrane ... The function of exocytosis is the opposite of endocytosis in which ...10 KB (1,533 words) - 04:40, 7 April 2021
- chemistry or biological chemistry) is the study of chemicals and chemical ... in living and nonliving systems. However, the manner in which living organisms ...24 KB (3,603 words) - 23:47, 11 January 2023
- , is a philosophical term originally used by the Stoics to signify a condition ... be almost impossible to achieve, modified the concept to distinguish certain ...9 KB (1,363 words) - 05:58, 11 August 2023
- In modern physics, the photon is the elementary particle responsible ... The photon differs from many other elementary particles, such as the ...34 KB (4,943 words) - 20:26, 27 September 2023
- an infinitely large aromatic molecule, the limiting case of the family ... be a way to construct ballistic transistors. The very high surface area to ...43 KB (6,272 words) - 19:23, 24 May 2024
- to flow in one direction but blocks it in the opposite direction. Thus, ... quot; in British English dialect). Today, the most common diodes are made ...25 KB (3,818 words) - 17:12, 22 July 2020
- Beryllium (chemical symbol Be, atomic number 4) ranks among the lightest ... and wear-resistant, and are widely used in the manufacture of such items ...16 KB (2,296 words) - 17:26, 29 September 2023
- The Yi Jing ("Book of Changes" or "Classic of Changes ... Though the Yi Jing is often cryptic to the point of obscurity (especially ...32 KB (4,741 words) - 11:13, 24 May 2023
- The terms a priori (Latin; “from former”) and a posteriori (Latin; ... The historical source for contemporary understanding of the a priori ...11 KB (1,601 words) - 07:08, 13 June 2023
- studies, and moral development. Much of the research in this field is ... Ultimately, the goal of those working in the field of educational ...35 KB (4,855 words) - 18:18, 12 February 2024
- Manifest Destiny is a nineteenth-century belief that the United States ... Originally a political catch phrase of the nineteenth century, Manifest ...40 KB (6,026 words) - 11:07, 9 March 2023
- with short, prehensile snouts comprising the Tapridae family of the odd ... There are four extant (living) species, all within the Tapirus genus: ...17 KB (2,523 words) - 00:47, 21 April 2023
- The Sun is the star at the center of the Earth's solar system ... About 74 percent of the Sun's mass is hydrogen, 25 percent is ...52 KB (7,953 words) - 22:23, 26 February 2023
- sometimes in substantial concentrations in the outer regions of soluble proteins ... The L-isomer of threonine, which is the only form that is involved ...9 KB (1,271 words) - 23:04, 30 April 2023
- novelist, and short story writer. He was the first among the great German ... 1777. After a scanty education, he entered the Prussian army in 1792, serving ...16 KB (2,396 words) - 15:02, 26 October 2022
- In Judaism, Gehenna (or Ge-hinnom) is a fiery place where the wicked ... The word derives from the Hebrew: גי(א)-הינום Gêhinnôm ...8 KB (1,334 words) - 06:33, 18 April 2024
- Birefringence, or double refraction, is the splitting of a ray of ... Birefringence was first described in calcite crystals by the Danish ...9 KB (1,136 words) - 17:57, 31 October 2023
- Emu is the common name for a large flightless Australian bird, Dromaius ... The emu is common over most of mainland Australia, although it avoids ...25 KB (3,749 words) - 16:32, 5 January 2021
- The enteric nervous system (ENS) is that part of the peripheral nervous ... The enteric nervous system is very complex and has many more neurons ...10 KB (1,480 words) - 16:48, 27 March 2022
