Search results for "Units of measurement" - New World Encyclopedia
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- to indicate that certain properties of a part of nature (such as a ... The investigation of properties, whether isotropic or anisotropic ...5 KB (748 words) - 21:30, 7 February 2023
- nothing could be colder. The unit increment of the Kelvin scale is the kelvin ... It can be shown from the laws of thermodynamics that absolute zero ...15 KB (2,316 words) - 17:20, 5 October 2022
- The degree Celsius is also a unit increment of temperature for use in indicating ... temperature measurements by most countries of the world and by the entire ...23 KB (3,406 words) - 23:47, 3 December 2023
- Sedimentology encompasses the study of modern sediments such as sand, ... It also compares these observations to studies of ancient sedimentary ...11 KB (1,469 words) - 17:45, 25 January 2023
- A number written in decimal notation involves the use of one or more ... apparent when compared with the system of using Roman numerals. The decimal ...18 KB (2,501 words) - 09:02, 28 January 2024
- Mass, in classical mechanics, is the measure of an object's resistance ... Probing into the depths of classical mechanics, physicists have conceptualized ...19 KB (3,055 words) - 16:18, 7 November 2022
- called the x-coordinate and the y-coordinate of the point. To define the coordinates ... where it is common to not use any units of measurement. In physics, it is ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 00:41, 29 November 2023
- Electrical conductivity or specific conductivity is a measure of a ... Conductivity is the reciprocal (inverse) of electrical resistivity ...11 KB (1,570 words) - 15:50, 13 February 2024
- In physics, magnetism is one of the phenomena by which materials exert ... steels, and the mineral lodestone (an oxide of iron). Objects with such properties ...22 KB (3,366 words) - 05:09, 5 November 2022
- pH is a measure of the acidity and the basicity/alkalinity of a solution ... is dictated by the dissociation constant of water (Kw = 1.011 × 10−14 ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 15:20, 29 August 2023
- In classical physics, free space, sometimes called the vacuum of free ... ==Properties of free space== Free space is characterized by the defined ...15 KB (2,209 words) - 19:32, 8 October 2022
- action come in quanta, that is, in discrete units. While one can detect an ... Thus, in quantum physics, the outcome of even an ideal measurement ...26 KB (4,014 words) - 01:33, 3 May 2023
- if both can be measured in the same unit of measurement. For example, a ... In the philosophy of science, two theories are said to be incommensurable ...17 KB (2,394 words) - 00:08, 8 January 2024
- electric voltage and vice versa. On the measurement-scale of everyday life ... them or cook them. Because the direction of heating and cooling is determined ...25 KB (3,886 words) - 18:30, 30 April 2023
- ==Evolution of the glyph== like an uppercase H with the bottom half of the left line and the upper ...21 KB (2,909 words) - 06:48, 13 June 2023
- was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology ... precise method of determining the units of measurement used in constructing ...13 KB (1,892 words) - 16:43, 13 May 2024
- water, air, or mercury. From the variation of air pressure, one can forecast ... This concept of "decreasing atmospheric pressure predicts stormy ...9 KB (1,410 words) - 08:09, 20 September 2023
- quot;) is a general term for the variety of phenomena resulting from the ... Human ability to harness electricity is one of the keys for the establishment ...20 KB (2,998 words) - 15:53, 13 February 2024
- two drainage basins; that is, the ridge of high land or boundary separating ... People live particular watersheds (in the sense of drainage basin ...9 KB (1,433 words) - 23:19, 3 May 2023
- Genotype is the genetic makeup (set of genes) of an individual organism ... dynamic, and constantly changing collection of proteins that interacts with ...10 KB (1,463 words) - 08:02, 23 January 2023
- Genome is one complete set of hereditary information that characterizes ... genetic content stored on a complete set of nuclear DNA (i.e., the "nuclear ...18 KB (2,592 words) - 15:43, 11 February 2023
- was a German mathematician and scientist of profound genius who contributed ... with strong convictions, but was tolerant of those with other views. His ...24 KB (3,635 words) - 06:45, 5 April 2024
- A vacuum is a volume of space that is essentially empty of matter ... The quality of a vacuum is measured by how closely it approaches a ...37 KB (5,624 words) - 20:38, 21 April 2020
- Viscosity is a measure of the resistance of a fluid to deform under ... The study of viscosity is known as rheology. ==Etymology== ...36 KB (5,462 words) - 20:38, 3 May 2023
- and military engineer whose formulation of the laws on the theoretical ... Although Carnot operated outside the mainstream of the scientific ...15 KB (2,378 words) - 23:36, 14 November 2022
- is commonly regarded as the fundamental unit of counting and measurement. For ... known as the "identity element" of multiplication (or multiplicative ...16 KB (2,188 words) - 06:29, 13 June 2023
- Concepts are the categorization of objects, events, or people that ... at least, if not other species, are capable of concept formation, and computers ...32 KB (5,041 words) - 02:42, 8 January 2024
- difference between our experience of time and space. Modern physics ... The basic property of spacetime is 'the metric' that describes ...28 KB (4,269 words) - 19:16, 17 August 2023
- such as lamps and natural illumination of interiors with daylight. Lighting ... Lighting fixtures come in a wide variety of styles for various functions ...20 KB (3,109 words) - 01:38, 26 October 2022
- In Euclidean geometry, a circle is the set of all points in a plane ... into an interior and exterior. The interior of the circle is called a disk. ...14 KB (2,241 words) - 22:03, 10 December 2023
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
