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- Frequency is a measure of the number of occurrences of a repeating ... In SI units, the unit of frequency is hertz (Hz), named after the ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 10:59, 11 April 2024
- Colitis (or colonitis) is inflammation of the colon (or more generally ... Inflammation is a response by the body to address such challenges ...11 KB (1,475 words) - 22:31, 7 January 2024
- and have a relatively low content of silica. The Earth's mantle is thought ... in layers. These rock types do not represent the chemistry of the magma from ...7 KB (892 words) - 01:30, 3 May 2023
- in Abdera in Ancient Greece. He was one of the best known Sophists. Protagoras is best known for his dictum: "Man is the measure ...6 KB (889 words) - 08:16, 2 December 2022
- 1936) was an influential English writer of the early twentieth century. His ... Chesterton has been called the "prince of paradox." ...21 KB (3,246 words) - 07:30, 15 April 2024
- plants and fungi (Quarmby and Parker 2005). The play an important part in ... membrane and thus is not an organelle in the narrower sense of structures ...11 KB (1,624 words) - 01:44, 13 January 2023
- Fauna is all of the animals of any particular region or time period ... found in a specific time or place, such as the "Sonoran Desert fauna ...10 KB (1,515 words) - 23:37, 1 November 2023
- [[Image:Triosephosphate isomerase.jpg|thumb|350px|Ribbon diagram of ... An enzyme is a biological catalyst that regulates the rate of a chemical ...18 KB (2,741 words) - 19:04, 13 February 2024
- pH is a measure of the acidity and the basicity/alkalinity of a solution ... In aqueous systems, the hydrogen ion activity is dictated by the dissociation ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 15:20, 29 August 2023
- a college of arts, science, and commerce. The Senate of Serampore College ... unable to retrieve. --> The Latin name of the college motto, Gloriam ...14 KB (1,875 words) - 09:54, 26 January 2023
- materials at extremely low temperatures (on the order of −200 degrees Celsius ... Superconductors are used to make some of the most powerful electromagnets ...21 KB (3,041 words) - 23:46, 26 February 2023
- form is highly unstable in air. It was the "secret" element ... of its oxide, yttria (Y2O3), from one of the many unusual minerals found ...12 KB (1,634 words) - 21:34, 4 June 2023
- 3, 1924) was an American publisher who was the co-founder of the Funk & ... Both founders were Lutheran ministers. During its early years the ...7 KB (985 words) - 05:46, 15 June 2023
- Electromagnetic radiation (EM radiation or EMR) takes the form of ... subdivided into various types, according to the frequency of the wave. These ...22 KB (3,329 words) - 15:54, 13 February 2024
- Tikal (or Tik’al, according to the more current orthography) is ... In addition to the ruins of the Mayan culture, the reserve protects ...19 KB (2,902 words) - 23:34, 30 April 2023
- Phosgene is the chemical compound with the formula COCl2. This highly ... Phosgene was synthesized by the chemist John Davy (1790-1868) in 1812 ...10 KB (1,416 words) - 22:44, 28 March 2023
- Protactinium (chemical symbol Pa, atomic number 91) is a member of ... The isotope protactinium-231 occurs in pitchblende to the extent of ...9 KB (1,150 words) - 08:16, 2 December 2022
- as sulfur, oxygen, or nitrogen, as part of the ring. Aromaticity is a chemical ... More broadly, the general term purines also is used in reference to ...7 KB (928 words) - 23:49, 2 December 2022
- liquids, and solids. It is concerned with the production, control, transmission ... Knowledge gained through the field of acoustics has had great significance ...7 KB (998 words) - 07:44, 14 June 2023
- Celsius (or centigrade) is a temperature scale named after the Swedish ... The Celsius scale has been adopted as a standard for regular temperature ...23 KB (3,406 words) - 23:47, 3 December 2023
- ores and is important as a trace element in the human body. It is used in ... Cobalt compounds are used in the production of inks, paints, and varnishes ...13 KB (1,769 words) - 22:14, 7 January 2024
- 2 (two) is a number, numeral, and glyph that represents the number ... The number two also represents a pair or duality. In biology, sexual ...19 KB (2,775 words) - 06:42, 13 June 2023
- inventor. He is believed to have built the first self-propelled mechanical ... of a Jesuit mission in China, may have been the first to build a 'car ...6 KB (974 words) - 23:34, 14 November 2022
- branch of astronomy that focuses on the study of celestial objects ... Astronomers have discovered various types of X-ray sources in the ...11 KB (1,662 words) - 14:15, 20 May 2023
- There are many physical constants in science. Some of the most widely ... * the rationalized Planck's constant ħ, * the gravitational constant ...22 KB (3,290 words) - 05:07, 24 November 2022
- or solute (substance in solution) binds to the surface of a solid or liquid ... systems. For example, activated carbon, the most common adsorbent, is ...19 KB (2,837 words) - 06:18, 15 June 2023
- publisher, and spelling reformer. He was the co-founder of Funk & Wagnalls. Funk founded the I.K. Funk & Company in 1876. The firm's ...10 KB (1,515 words) - 19:40, 7 February 2023
- ethyl chloride is produced according to the chemical equation. ... At various times in the past, ethyl chloride has also been produced ...7 KB (906 words) - 17:08, 10 December 2023
- Fisher is the common name for a largely arboreal, North American carnivorous ... With its speed and agility, the fisher is a remarkable predator that ...12 KB (1,833 words) - 17:26, 28 March 2024
- :This article is about the hypothetical class of particles. ... serving as one possible solution to the dark matter problem. They ...10 KB (1,576 words) - 23:22, 3 May 2023
- ghosts, spirits, and black magic, based on the award-winning novel of the ... Ananthabhadram won five awards in the Kerala State Film Awards 2005 ...14 KB (1,924 words) - 18:58, 26 July 2023
- to its intense radioactivity, it glows in the dark with a pale blue light ... more commonly made in milligram amounts by the neutron irradiation of 226Ra ...7 KB (911 words) - 05:39, 15 June 2023
- According to the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, The Hertzsprung-Russell ... a red dwarf star is a small and relatively cool star of the main sequence ...10 KB (1,492 words) - 19:09, 16 April 2023
- :This article is about the geometric shape. Reg polyhedron stat table|C ... or sides, with three meeting at each vertex. The cube can also be called a ...8 KB (1,139 words) - 06:42, 11 January 2024
- Lemur is the common name for any of the prosimian primates belonging ... large eyes with a reflective layer over the retina; a tail, if present ...10 KB (1,459 words) - 19:36, 25 October 2022
- as evidence or argument for anything; the exception being when a tautology ... formal two-valued logic (i.e. logic based on the two principles: (1) that nothing ...9 KB (1,481 words) - 16:04, 23 June 2023
- was a Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese person to win ... in theoretical physics, particularly in the theory of elementary particles ...3 KB (480 words) - 13:02, 22 January 2024
- :This article is about the chemical compound. {{Chembox new ... point and a characteristic smell. It is the most common member of a class ...13 KB (1,801 words) - 14:33, 29 January 2024
- and oxygen. There are various borate ions, the simplest of which is BO33− ... Borates in the soil stimulate plant growth, as they supply boron, ...10 KB (1,587 words) - 19:37, 20 November 2023
- logician whose best-known accomplishment is the proposal about the notion ... Other relevant contributions by Church are the proofs of the undecidablility ...10 KB (1,376 words) - 08:20, 23 July 2023
- In mathematics, the Cartesian coordinate system (or rectangular coordinate ... Using the Cartesian coordinate system, geometric shapes (such as curves ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 00:41, 29 November 2023
- chemical formula is C10H16O. It is found in the bark and wood of the camphor ... The word camphor derives from the French word camphre, itself from ...11 KB (1,519 words) - 18:58, 25 November 2023
- oscillations about an equilibrium point. The oscillations may be periodic ... which most people call noise. For example, the vibrational motions of engines ...35 KB (5,669 words) - 18:04, 3 May 2023
- economic thought and his influential book, The Great Transformation. He argued ... Michael Polanyi, chemist and philosopher. The son of a prominent member ...16 KB (2,415 words) - 07:19, 5 October 2022
- and bumpy), and a fine sandpaper rash over the upper body that may spread ... with antibiotics is started, following the full course of prescribed ...11 KB (1,507 words) - 08:16, 17 September 2022
- " His work included development of the concept of anomie, derived ... Jewish immigrant family. Educated in the South Philadelphia High School ...30 KB (4,398 words) - 21:28, 16 April 2023
- Spinach is an annual plant, Spinacia oleracea, of the flowering plant ... a rich source of iron is exaggerated due to the fact that the plant contains ...11 KB (1,686 words) - 21:39, 7 February 2023
- persons based on whether or not they accept the authority of the Vedic scriptures ... Hindu philosophy asserts that it is more important to accept the authority ...8 KB (1,157 words) - 01:27, 11 November 2022
- is a clear, water-insoluble liquid with the typical smell of paint thinners ... The name toluene was derived from the older name toluol that refers ...10 KB (1,406 words) - 03:55, 1 May 2023
- As a member of the angiosperms or flowering plants, monocots (and ... Monocots dominate great parts of the earth and comprise the majority ...8 KB (1,275 words) - 13:12, 10 March 2023
