Search results for "Units of measurement" - New World Encyclopedia
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- 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
- In physics, surface tension is an effect within the surface layer ... ==The cause of surface tension== [[Image:WassermoleküleInTröpfchen ...28 KB (4,404 words) - 23:53, 26 February 2023
- pedagogy emphasized the importance of an environment that supports ... All of the material was based on SI units of measurement (the International ...21 KB (3,176 words) - 04:11, 6 November 2022
- outstanding leader in the physical sciences of the nineteenth century widely ... father was Dr. James Thomson, a professor of mathematics at the Royal Academical ...36 KB (5,321 words) - 20:35, 13 May 2023
- Naphtha is a name given to several mixtures of liquid hydrocarbons ... The origin of the word naphtha is unclear. It was an ancient Greek ...14 KB (2,066 words) - 01:20, 11 November 2022
- the symbol. In mathematics, the definition of number has been extended over ... are called numerical operations. The study of numerical operations is called ...37 KB (5,685 words) - 00:43, 17 November 2022
- Geotechnical engineering is the branch of civil engineering concerned ... A typical geotechnical engineering project begins with a review of ...29 KB (4,284 words) - 02:56, 30 November 2022
- staff and equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital ... In accordance with the original meaning of the word, hospitals were ...34 KB (4,867 words) - 16:01, 25 April 2020
- direction. Thus, the diode can be thought of as an electronic version of ... Diodes are extremely useful devices for a variety of applications ...25 KB (3,818 words) - 17:12, 22 July 2020
- A binary star is a star system consisting of two stars orbiting around ... to orbit in a plane containing our line of sight, they will eclipse each ...43 KB (6,669 words) - 17:43, 31 October 2023
- refers to any engine used for the discharge of large projectiles in war. The ... century an artillier referred to a builder of any war equipment, and for ...76 KB (11,884 words) - 17:42, 16 August 2023
