Search results for "Units of measurement" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Health care is a vital aspect of human society and a noble profession ... The healthcare workforce comprises a wide variety of professions and ...24 KB (3,245 words) - 17:08, 17 June 2020
- charcoal, or activated coal) is a form of carbon that has been processed ... Activated carbon is valuable for a variety of applications. Examples ...23 KB (3,406 words) - 05:41, 15 June 2023
- used to generate a three-dimensional image of the inside of an object from ... CT produces a volume of data that can be manipulated, through a process ...61 KB (9,364 words) - 00:24, 8 January 2024
- A cowboy is an animal herder, usually in charge of the horses and/or ... It appears to be a direct English translation of vaquero, the Spanish ...23 KB (3,523 words) - 06:14, 11 January 2024
- cockpit, which is an opening near the center of the deck, and propels the boat ... garment is attached securely to the edges of the cockpit, preventing the ...36 KB (5,715 words) - 17:16, 5 October 2022
- Creativity is a process involving the generation of new ideas or concepts ... authoritative perspective, or definition of creativity; nor is there a ...52 KB (7,713 words) - 06:21, 11 January 2024
- The Culture of China (Chinese: 中國文化) is home to one of the ... :*Chinese units of measurement :*Chinese measure word ==Gallery== ...24 KB (3,727 words) - 06:47, 11 January 2024
- produces a three-dimensional image or map of functional processes in the ... is FDG ([18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose), an analog of glucose, the concentrations ...26 KB (3,835 words) - 05:46, 30 November 2022
- finding directions on the earth. It consists of a magnetized pointer free to ... using a needle to indicate the direction of the magnetic north of a planet ...26 KB (3,954 words) - 00:20, 8 January 2024
- Vitamin E is the generic descriptor for any of a group of several ... from damage, and in particular the membranes of nerves. Other health benefits ...53 KB (7,528 words) - 20:41, 3 May 2023
- Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy (August ... Over the course of little more than a decade, the armies of France ...53 KB (8,268 words) - 01:21, 11 November 2022
- Classical mechanics is used for describing the motion of macroscopic ... with high velocity, approaching the speed of light; general relativity is ...33 KB (4,963 words) - 10:51, 19 December 2023
- with a wavelength shorter than that of visible light, but longer than ... insects such as bees, can see into a portion of the ultraviolet region (the ...28 KB (4,293 words) - 11:30, 18 April 2023
- A laser (an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission ... in which the laser scans the surface of the disc. Other common applications ...41 KB (6,333 words) - 06:55, 4 March 2023
- Greenhouse gases (GHGs) is the name given to a number of gases present ... vapor which creates clouds. The vast bulk of this is produced by the natural ...34 KB (4,898 words) - 17:16, 16 February 2023
- In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an object that has been ... Satellites are useful for a number of purposes. They are used for ...35 KB (4,993 words) - 00:11, 8 January 2024
- is the capital and most populous city of the Italian region of Tuscany ... more than 2000 years. Initially a small city of moneylenders and textile merchants ...28 KB (4,082 words) - 17:40, 28 March 2024
- is accompanied by the release or absorption of energy. Iron and nickel nuclei ... called nucleosynthesis. Whereas the fusion of light elements in the stars ...39 KB (6,029 words) - 23:53, 16 November 2022
- payment for goods and services and repayment of debts, such as taxes, in a ... The primary functions which distinguish money are as a medium of exchange ...51 KB (7,687 words) - 16:23, 18 June 2023
- The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal ... Each of the 435 members of the House of Representatives represents ...50 KB (7,439 words) - 11:53, 3 May 2023
- General relativity (GR) is a theory of gravitation that was developed ... Previously, Newton's law of universal gravitation (1686) had ...66 KB (9,838 words) - 15:01, 26 September 2022
- The Matenadaran or Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts in Yerevan ... Antioch, Alexandria, and other centers of learning to study the Greek ...39 KB (5,646 words) - 09:18, 10 March 2023
- Social psychology is a branch of psychology that studies cognitive ... impact not only on the academic worlds of psychology, sociology, and ...46 KB (6,640 words) - 21:45, 30 January 2023
- site in Istanbul, Turkey. The last of three church buildings to be ... Eastern Orthodox until the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453. It ...227 KB (32,955 words) - 20:31, 5 May 2024
