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- The term potash has more than one meaning. In a narrow sense, it refers ... Potash has been used since antiquity in the manufacture of glass, ...6 KB (830 words) - 05:51, 30 November 2022
- Feldspar is the name of a group of rock-forming minerals that make ... Feldspar is derived from the German Feld (field) and Spat (a rock ...5 KB (690 words) - 01:58, 26 March 2024
- occur when there are too many protons in the nucleus of an atom and insufficient ... This process leaves the atom of the daughter element in an excited ...5 KB (705 words) - 15:57, 13 February 2024
- wherein one set of substances, called the reactants, is converted into ... The reactants and products are shown using their chemical formulas ...12 KB (1,989 words) - 14:40, 5 December 2023
- The Kelvin scale is a thermodynamic (absolute) temperature scale. ... It can be shown from the laws of thermodynamics that absolute zero ...15 KB (2,316 words) - 17:20, 5 October 2022
- Umam) (c. 1500 - December 20, 1524) was the last ruler and king of the ... 1960, and is commemorated on February 20, on the anniversary of his death. ...12 KB (1,982 words) - 02:50, 19 April 2023
- The word "acid" comes from the Latin acidus meaning "sour ... An acid (often represented by the generic formula HA) is any substance ...16 KB (2,510 words) - 07:38, 14 June 2023
- areas of geometry. Intuitively, curvature is the amount by which a geometric ... The primordial example of extrinsic curvature is that of a circle ...12 KB (1,818 words) - 06:48, 12 January 2024
- In mathematics, the concept of a curve tries to capture the intuitive ... The term curve is also used in ways making it almost synonymous with ...14 KB (2,245 words) - 21:42, 23 June 2022
- Joris-Karl Huysmans; he is most famous for the novel À rebours. His style ... Huysmans," using an approximation of the Dutch equivalent of his forenames ...9 KB (1,248 words) - 03:25, 6 August 2022
- In physics, thermal conductivity, k, is the property of a material ... Conduction is the most significant means of heat transfer in a solid ...17 KB (2,527 words) - 18:28, 30 April 2023
- Neon (chemical symbol Ne, atomic number 10) is the fourth most abundant ... Neon (from the Greek word νέος, meaning "new") was discovered ...6 KB (841 words) - 16:18, 11 November 2022
- In mathematics, the parabola (from the Greek word παραβολή ... A particular case arises when the plane is tangent to the conical ...17 KB (2,651 words) - 11:24, 11 March 2023
- of considerable accomplishment, avoiding the overly pro-Slavic style of ... Tolstoy was born in Saint Petersburg to the famous family of Count ...7 KB (1,141 words) - 05:10, 17 June 2023
- The gas constant (also known as the molar, universal, or ideal gas ... Denoted by the symbol R, the value of the gas constant is: ...9 KB (1,458 words) - 04:37, 18 April 2024
- of air or aerial acid) is a weak acid with the formula H2CO3. It is formed ... The presence of carbonic acid in the blood and other body fluids helps ...13 KB (2,013 words) - 19:10, 26 November 2023
- #039;s ability to properly metabolize the sugar galactose. The disease ... Much more serious than lactose intolerance, which prevents the body ...8 KB (1,106 words) - 03:47, 18 April 2024
- In geology, the term crust is used for the outermost solid shell of ... Earth has the best characterized and perhaps the most complex crust ...13 KB (1,961 words) - 23:42, 5 May 2022
- was a Hungarian-born sociologist, one of the founding fathers of classical ... Hungary, which is now Hungary. He was the only child of a Hungarian ...10 KB (1,422 words) - 07:18, 5 October 2022
- Astatine (chemical symbol At, atomic number 85) is the rarest naturally ... The total amount of astatine in the Earth's crust has been estimated ...6 KB (808 words) - 05:08, 18 August 2023
- The term xylene refers to a group of three benzene derivatives, each ... The xylene group ranks among the top 30 chemicals produced in the ...10 KB (1,443 words) - 09:56, 22 May 2023
- Boyle's law (sometimes called the Boyle-Mariotte law) is one ... inversely proportional (while one increases, the other decreases).Ira N. Levine ...8 KB (1,241 words) - 14:53, 28 April 2020
- or contracts to a certain extent, and when the force is released, the spring ... Simple, non-coiled springs, such as the bow (used with an arrow), ...12 KB (1,789 words) - 16:14, 8 February 2023
- In the Standard Model of particle physics, a meson is a composite ... Since mesons are composed of quarks, they participate in both the ...20 KB (3,017 words) - 16:16, 9 November 2022
- Nitrogen dioxide is a chemical compound with the formula NO2. It is ... of nitric acid (HNO3) over copper metal. The reaction is the following: ...7 KB (934 words) - 02:27, 16 November 2022
- (petrol), as a feedstock component for the production of base petrochemicals ... Recent concerns regarding depletion of the ozone layer by freon gases ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 18:43, 23 November 2023
- German physicist who did most of his work in the Netherlands. This temperature ... measurements are made primarily on the Celsius scale. On the Fahrenheit ...13 KB (1,850 words) - 00:27, 25 March 2024
- to air. Less dense than water, it is the second least dense metal after ... The ions, alloys, and compounds of potassium have a wide range of ...18 KB (2,538 words) - 05:52, 30 November 2022
- Argon (chemical symbol Ar, atomic number 18) is a member of the noble ... The inertness of argon is a very useful property for a number of applications ...11 KB (1,517 words) - 06:25, 12 August 2023
- Silane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula SiH4. It is ... naming silanes. For instance, depending on the number of silicon atoms in ...8 KB (1,184 words) - 22:02, 29 January 2023
- on economics, American Capitalism (1952), The Affluent Society (1958), and ... He was one of a few two-time recipients of the Presidential Medal ...18 KB (2,525 words) - 02:28, 9 February 2023
- of properties known as superfluidity, and the material is said to be in ... Don Misener in 1937. It is a major facet in the study of quantum hydrodynamics. ...7 KB (1,079 words) - 13:54, 28 April 2023
- sophisticated musical works. Serenades of the eighteenth and nineteenth ... a type of cantata performed outdoors. From the Classical period until now ...10 KB (1,496 words) - 09:55, 26 January 2023
- rock-forming silicate minerals, belonging to the subgroup called phyllosilicates ... common substrate for sample preparation for the atomic force microscope. ...9 KB (1,317 words) - 16:34, 9 November 2022
- functions. These organelles are found in the cytoplasm of most plant cells ... Vacuoles and their contents are considered to be distinct from the ...10 KB (1,475 words) - 23:00, 13 November 2022
- (phonetic notation and transcription) for the Mandarin language used in ... Wade-Giles was the main system of transcription in the English-speaking ...13 KB (1,871 words) - 22:05, 3 May 2023
- observers of philosophy to have been one of the leading analytic philosophers ... analytic philosophical work betrays the extent of his impact on the field. ...14 KB (2,162 words) - 19:54, 23 August 2020
- , pronounced p-bar) is the antiparticle of the proton. An antiproton ... The properties of the antiproton are predicted by CPT symmetry ...8 KB (1,066 words) - 01:57, 9 January 2023
- space in a regular pattern, often involving the transfer of energy. When thinking ... have frequencies that are detectable by the human ear. Scientists, however ...13 KB (2,010 words) - 23:20, 3 May 2023
- a wide range of temperatures. They measure the temperature difference between ... In 1821, the German–Estonian physicist Thomas Johann Seebeck discovered ...22 KB (3,206 words) - 18:29, 30 April 2023
- In mathematics, an ellipse (from the Greek word ἔλλειψις ... is cut with a plane that does not intersect the base of the cone, the intersection ...10 KB (1,658 words) - 17:15, 13 February 2024
- Friction is the force that opposes the relative motion or tendency ... force. For example, it allows us to walk on the ground without slipping, it ...12 KB (1,929 words) - 11:00, 11 April 2024
- An elastomer is a polymer with the property of elasticity. In other ... Rubbers (both natural and synthetic) are widely used for the manufacture ...7 KB (1,017 words) - 07:38, 10 August 2023
- Surface science is the study of physical and chemical phenomena that ... catalysis. In addition, it is important for the production of semiconductor ...13 KB (1,826 words) - 23:53, 26 February 2023
- A modal logic was originally designed to describe the logical relations ... The languages of modal logics usually extend preexisting logics, e ...14 KB (2,164 words) - 19:24, 9 November 2022
- Ethyl acetate is an organic compound that is an ester derived from ... nail polish removers. It is also useful in the process of decaffeination ...8 KB (1,113 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- collide to produce products different from the initial particles. In principle ... In the case of radioactive decay, the transformation is spontaneous ...22 KB (3,405 words) - 00:39, 17 November 2022
- highly unstable. Consequently, knowledge of the properties of this element ... This element, which was named for France, was the last element discovered ...6 KB (795 words) - 04:56, 9 April 2024
- of molybdenum refinement, it is among the ten most expensive metals ... Rhenium is widely spread in the Earth's crust, at approximately ...10 KB (1,384 words) - 20:01, 8 December 2022
- The exponential function is one of the most important functions in ... The graph of y = e'x is shown on the right. The graph is always ...8 KB (1,160 words) - 23:57, 24 March 2024
- 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
- chemical elements known as halogens. It is the only liquid nonmetallic element ... Bromine is an important resource for the production of a wide range ...10 KB (1,346 words) - 04:33, 22 November 2023
- single-celled amoeboid protists comprising the order Foraminiferida (or Foraminifera ... relationships with algae and some use the chloroplasts from ingested ...14 KB (1,865 words) - 06:19, 1 April 2024
- and luminosity than a main sequence star of the same surface temperature. ... between 10 and 1,000 times that of the Sun.Patrick Moore, "Giant ...9 KB (1,372 words) - 07:44, 24 January 2023
- insulin), is normally readily converted from the essential amino acid phenylalanine ... In humans, the L-isomer of tyrosine, which is the only form that is ...14 KB (1,990 words) - 00:41, 3 May 2023
- Stegosaur is the common name for any of the various extinct, plated ... in 1877. These dinosaurs also reflect upon the changing history of life, ...16 KB (2,303 words) - 17:18, 21 October 2022
- (ZrSiO4), usually contain between one and five percent hafnium. Hafnium and ... Hafnium (Latin Hafnia for "Copenhagen," the hometown of ...10 KB (1,277 words) - 16:40, 21 January 2024
- Tardigrade, or water bear, is any of the various very small, segmented ... Tardigrades reflect the remarkable diversity of living organisms, ...13 KB (1,883 words) - 04:32, 27 February 2023
- of southern Italy and a member of the Eleatic School, which began ... Zeno presented paradoxes in order to support the claims of Parmenides: ...8 KB (1,289 words) - 05:50, 13 June 2023
- as Wen·di, personal name Yang Jian, was the founder and first emperor ... Emperor Wen of Sui was definitely one of the most public leaders in ...8 KB (1,229 words) - 12:57, 31 January 2022
- radiation that falls on it, without any of the radiation passing through ... When heated, the black body becomes an ideal source of thermal radiation ...23 KB (3,522 words) - 18:09, 31 October 2023
- [[Image:Mach band.svg|frame|right|Notice the dark band that appears ... provide a valuable way to investigate how the eye and brain process visual ...4 KB (546 words) - 04:49, 5 November 2022
- compete against one another by gambling on the values of each player's ... several variants. Historically, Draw was the first form of poker to evolve ...21 KB (3,695 words) - 08:29, 24 November 2022
- feared for her malevolence. According the Greek legends, the goddess ... Similar to other female monsters in Greco-Roman myth (such as the ...10 KB (1,536 words) - 20:54, 22 October 2022
- [[File:Cure juvenile delinquency in the slums by planned housing 3b48917r ... yet as they are still legally children, the way of dealing with them cannot ...17 KB (2,502 words) - 21:26, 4 October 2022
- In geometry and trigonometry, an angle (or plane angle) is the figure ... The word angle comes from the Latin word angulus, meaning "a ...20 KB (3,182 words) - 18:07, 27 July 2023
- chroma, meaning "color") is the collective term for a family ... The main use of chromatography is to purify a certain material from ...17 KB (2,480 words) - 21:51, 10 December 2023
- go down an inrun with a take-off ramp (the jump), attempting to go fly ... Ski jumping, like skydiving, is a sport practiced by those who enjoy ...18 KB (2,601 words) - 22:45, 29 January 2023
- Microbat is the common name for any of the bats comprising the suborder ... Microbats provide a valuable role in the ecosystem through limiting ...11 KB (1,650 words) - 17:27, 9 November 2022
- In particle physics, a hadron (from the Greek word ἁδρός quot;) is a subatomic particle formed by the binding together of quarks ...10 KB (1,480 words) - 16:38, 21 January 2024
- acid, is a mineral (inorganic) acid having the chemical formula H3PO4. Alternatively ... There are two distinct kinds of orthophosphoric acid, based on the ...23 KB (3,466 words) - 04:24, 24 November 2022
- In physics, escape velocity is the speed of an object at which its ... The phenomenon of escape velocity is a consequence of conservation ...18 KB (2,947 words) - 21:28, 20 March 2024
- there is better visual acuity for objects in the distance than nearby. This ... This defect can be attributed to the length of the eye, if it is too ...9 KB (1,278 words) - 13:21, 4 February 2023
- Vitamins are organic (carbon-containing) nutrients obtained through ... Vitamins can act both as catalysts and participants in the chemical ...16 KB (2,456 words) - 20:40, 3 May 2023
- James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was the eleventh ... His time as U.S. president is most notable for the largest expansion ...25 KB (3,708 words) - 21:19, 20 March 2024
- performed almost entirely by computer. The term, Computer Based Learning ... once an application has been set up, the cost per additional student ...12 KB (1,752 words) - 08:09, 14 January 2023
- is a material that is highly resistant to the flow of an electric current ... An important application of dielectrics is to separate the plates ...14 KB (1,888 words) - 14:27, 29 January 2024
- its thermodynamic critical point. It has the unique ability to diffuse ... In 1822, Baron Charles Cagniard de la Tour discovered the critical ...14 KB (2,010 words) - 13:54, 28 April 2023
- is a metallic element that is a member of the lanthanide series of chemical ... Promethium has also been identified in the spectrum of the star HR ...11 KB (1,429 words) - 23:55, 1 December 2022
- Megabat is the common name for any of the largely herbivorous Old ... Many of the megabat nectarivores are important for pollination of ...12 KB (1,663 words) - 09:38, 10 March 2023
- tree, Carica papaya, that is native to the tropics of the Americas, but ... The papaya fruit is both delicious and nutritious. It provides several ...11 KB (1,652 words) - 07:31, 18 November 2022
- The element is never found as a free element but does occur in the ... in columbite ore that was sent to England in the 1750s by John Winthrop, the ...14 KB (1,909 words) - 04:59, 15 November 2022
- a distinctive scent, flavor, or essence of the plant. This large and diverse ... For the plant, essential oils are thought to be vital for the life ...16 KB (2,270 words) - 12:06, 5 March 2021
- Anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber with Ishi, the last known member of the Yahi ... 5, 1960) was an influential figure in the development of modern American ...9 KB (1,305 words) - 08:17, 20 July 2023
- Narwhal is the common name for an Arctic whale, Monodon monoceros ... The narwhal also is known as the unicorn whale because of its unique ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 01:26, 11 November 2022
- such as political changes and revolutions. The theory is mostly applied to ... it is questionable whether this represents the ideal human society. Although ...10 KB (1,445 words) - 08:14, 14 January 2023
- or neutralize its acidic properties, change the color of indicators (e.g. ... and several of them are commonly found in the home. Household ammonia is ...21 KB (3,307 words) - 11:03, 20 September 2023
- essays, and short stories, most notably in the fantasy and science fiction ... Le Guin was one of the pioneers of a sub-genre of science fiction ...24 KB (3,578 words) - 13:45, 3 May 2023
- ), covers an area of 932 km², constituting the first national park of Nepal ... The Royal Chitwan National Park is the best example of a pristine ...12 KB (1,640 words) - 20:54, 21 December 2022
- Grebe is the common name for any of the swimming and diving birds ... . Their unique forms and behaviors add to the aesthetic beauty of the aquatic ...15 KB (2,144 words) - 12:22, 24 January 2023
- blue-gray or blue-black transition metal in the platinum family and is found ... The compound osmium tetroxide is very toxic but has a number of important ...14 KB (1,905 words) - 04:43, 18 November 2022
- Uracil is one of the five main nucleobases found in the nucleic acids ... In RNA, uracil replaces thymine as the usual complement of adenine ...14 KB (1,996 words) - 19:37, 12 November 2022
- (IUPAC name)) is a chemical compound with the formula C2H4(OH)2. It is classified ... and aircraft. It is being used to inhibit the formation of natural gas clathrates ...16 KB (2,258 words) - 04:37, 22 March 2024
- * the organic functional group characterized by a carbonyl group ... Amides are the most stable of all the carbonyl functional groups. ...10 KB (1,423 words) - 06:58, 25 July 2023
- odorless, heavy noble gas that occurs in the Earth's atmosphere in ... Xenon is a trace gas in the Earth's atmosphere, occurring in ...13 KB (1,905 words) - 14:16, 20 May 2023
- Sulfur dioxide (also sulphur dioxide) is the chemical compound with ... Further oxidation of SO2, usually in the presence of a catalyst such ...13 KB (1,988 words) - 21:44, 26 February 2023
- The chemical compound nitric oxide is a gas with formula NO. It is ... The nitric oxide molecule is a free radical, which is relevant to ...12 KB (1,673 words) - 02:25, 16 November 2022
- In zoology, ray is the common name for cartilaginous fish comprising ... small fish, and even plankton (in the case of manta rays), while ...10 KB (1,328 words) - 19:06, 16 April 2023
- optical phenomenon in cold bodies, in which the molecular absorption of a ... Fluorescence is named after the mineral fluorite, composed of calcium ...15 KB (2,287 words) - 17:45, 28 March 2024
- Ice is the name given to water in the solid state. In nature, it is ... (phases) and several amorphous forms of ice. The most abundant type of ice ...24 KB (3,832 words) - 17:09, 10 February 2024
- Silkworm is the larva or caterpillar of various species of moths, ... Silkworm species vary in terms of the quality of silk they produce ...16 KB (2,383 words) - 23:22, 7 October 2022
- Infrared astronomy is the branch of astronomy and astrophysics that ... insights into processes that occur during the birth and death of stars, ...11 KB (1,589 words) - 19:23, 5 March 2024
- The peripheral drift illusion (PDI) is an optical illusion that creates ... The peripheral drift illusion was first described by Jocelyn Faubert ...4 KB (637 words) - 17:57, 26 March 2023
- Terbium is never found in nature as the free element, but it is contained ... in Yttrium-oxide, Y2O3, and named after the village Ytterby in Sweden ...9 KB (1,141 words) - 03:47, 30 April 2023
- is a soft, silvery-white metallic element of the alkali metal group. Rb-87 ... This element is considered to be the sixteenth most abundant element ...14 KB (1,892 words) - 20:57, 21 December 2022
- The Sonata (from Latin and Italian sonare, "to sound"), ... The Baroque era applied the term sonata to a variety of works, including ...27 KB (4,193 words) - 16:32, 14 October 2022
- The Greek word λόγος, or logos, is a word with various meanings ... non-western traditions, such as Dao (Tao), the Vedic notion of rta, and the ...11 KB (1,664 words) - 21:00, 3 November 2022
- A gas compressor is a mechanical device that increases the pressure ... Compressors are similar to pumps in that both increase the pressure ...13 KB (1,967 words) - 07:49, 23 January 2023
- Thulium (chemical symbol Tm, atomic number 69) is the least abundant ... The element is never found in nature in pure form, but it is found ...9 KB (1,135 words) - 23:14, 30 April 2023
- components, and business machines. The company is perhaps best known ... Seiko emphasizes the idea that "reliable quality is the starting ...18 KB (2,543 words) - 02:46, 21 April 2023
- element, classified as an actinide. It was the fourth transuranic element ... plutonium with neutrons. It was named for the Americas, by analogy with europium. ...9 KB (1,328 words) - 06:50, 25 July 2023
- military officer and politician. He was the nominee of the Democratic ... and supported President Polk throughout the Mexican-American War. Cass ...9 KB (1,272 words) - 22:19, 25 October 2022
- The Hudson River School was a mid-nineteenth century American art ... Hudson River School artists believed that nature in the form of the ...14 KB (2,021 words) - 23:21, 29 September 2021
- In chemistry, chemical synthesis is the purposeful execution of one ... types can be applied to these to synthesize the product, or an intermediate ...10 KB (1,522 words) - 14:47, 5 December 2023
- philosopher, born in Elea, a Greek city on the southern coast of Italy. He ... Earlier pre-Socratic philosophers identified the ultimate principle ...11 KB (1,608 words) - 08:52, 18 November 2022
- known as halogens. Chemically, it is the most reactive and electronegative ... for a wide range of applications, including the manufacture of pharmaceuticals ...13 KB (1,855 words) - 17:47, 28 March 2024
- The Oregon boundary dispute (often called the Oregon question) arose ... Both the United Kingdom and the United States had territorial and ...14 KB (2,192 words) - 01:12, 18 November 2022
- loosely associated with and essential for the activity of enzymes, serving ... The term coenzymes is sometimes defined in such a way as to include ...22 KB (2,903 words) - 07:19, 6 June 2023
- Paul Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran. However, the element itself was not isolated ... (or lanthanide) that lies in period six of the periodic table, between terbium ...10 KB (1,193 words) - 17:27, 12 February 2024
- Crappie (plural: Crappie or crappies) is the common name for either ... Both species of crappie are very popular game fish. The Pomoxis species ...11 KB (1,545 words) - 01:11, 7 April 2022
- Melaleuca is a genus of shrubs and trees in the myrtle family Myrtaceae ... Melaleuca provides various values for the ecosystem and for humans ...18 KB (2,562 words) - 04:18, 9 November 2022
- The Battle of Buena Vista (February 23, 1847), also known as the Battle ... After the Battle of Monterrey in September 1846, most of Major General ...9 KB (1,403 words) - 03:51, 2 January 2022
- It is frequently used as a proxy for the importance of a journal to ... Impact factor was devised by Eugene Garfield, the founder of the Institute ...28 KB (3,975 words) - 15:26, 4 February 2023
- Hindi: गाँधीनगर) - the capital of the state of Gujarat ... Gandhinagar has the opportunity to incorporate twenty-first-century ...12 KB (1,834 words) - 04:23, 18 April 2024
- combined in several minerals and is one of the 26 elements that commonly ... detected spectroscopically in light from the Sun and some other stars. ...15 KB (2,022 words) - 14:18, 3 May 2023
- particularly what was later referred to as the 80-20 principle—that 80 ... In 1870, he gained an engineering degree from what is now the Polytechnic ...21 KB (3,117 words) - 20:22, 3 May 2023
- Marathi poet Sant of India, related to the Bhakti movement of Maharashtra ... Born the son of a family and traders, Tukaram was innocent of worldly ...13 KB (2,044 words) - 18:41, 2 May 2023
- Cædmon is the earliest English poet whose name is known. An Anglo ... His story is related in the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum ...20 KB (2,950 words) - 10:15, 25 November 2023
- Jasmine or Jessamine is any of the more than two hundred species of ... Jasmine is native to tropical and warm temperate regions of the Old ...11 KB (1,681 words) - 10:00, 1 April 2024
- prey, defense, and locomotion. Most of the 1,400 or so species are marine ... that is long and thin, and distinguished by the presence of an eversible proboscis ...11 KB (1,500 words) - 04:29, 11 March 2023
- Europium (chemical symbol Eu, atomic number 63) is the most reactive ... It was named after the continent Europe. == Occurrence == ...10 KB (1,254 words) - 04:34, 23 March 2024
- symbol Cs, atomic number 55) is a member of the group of chemical elements ... This element has many isotopes, of which the single stable isotope ...14 KB (1,931 words) - 00:09, 4 December 2023
- jpg|thumb|300px|The Willamette Meteorite, the largest ever to be found in ... A meteorite is a small extraterrestrial body that impacts the Earth ...5 KB (669 words) - 16:25, 9 November 2022
- painter of ancient China, is regarded as the founder of traditional Chinese ... Gu Kaizhi emphasized details that revealed the characteristics of the figures ...12 KB (1,928 words) - 16:38, 25 February 2023
- Colugo is the common name for any of the arboreal gliding mammals ... although they are not true lemurs. They are the most capable of all gliding ...14 KB (1,971 words) - 07:42, 14 January 2023
- may be labeled "all natural" in the United States. It is often ... The varieties of sweeteners listed as corn syrup differ in the amount ...18 KB (2,609 words) - 23:23, 6 April 2022
- as a limit. When used as an adjective in the vernacular, infinitesimal ... Before the nineteenth century, none of the mathematical concepts as ...9 KB (1,387 words) - 22:44, 5 February 2023
- Oregano is the common name for a perennial herbaceous plant, Origanum ... There are other aromatic plants both in and outside the mint family ...11 KB (1,590 words) - 01:11, 18 November 2022
- John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth President ... a result, most of his cabinet resigned, and the Whigs, dubbing him His Accidency ...15 KB (2,215 words) - 07:59, 3 August 2022
- - February 27, 1939) was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary. She was ... and later into Switzerland where they joined the emigre community of revolutionaries ...18 KB (2,739 words) - 23:02, 10 November 2022
- Cedar is the common name for a number of trees in different genera ... and include many with scented wood, such as the genera Calocedrus ("incense ...10 KB (1,494 words) - 23:43, 3 December 2023
- invoked this concept in his account of the causes of suicide. He suggested ... The word anomie comes from Greek, namely the prefix a-: "without ...11 KB (1,697 words) - 10:44, 30 October 2021
- Gamma rays (γ rays) is the popular name applied to gamma radiation ... By comparison, visible light occupies the middle range of the electromagnetic ...16 KB (2,549 words) - 04:20, 18 April 2024
- The name nylon is given to a family of synthetic polymers first produced ... In 1940, John W. Eckelberry of DuPont stated that the letters "nyl ...10 KB (1,452 words) - 10:12, 11 March 2023
- In classical physics, free space, sometimes called the vacuum of free ... Free space is characterized by the defined value of the parameter ...15 KB (2,209 words) - 19:32, 8 October 2022
- War I and World War II (finally supporting the latter conflict only after ... He believed steadfastly in the principles that he attested to. He ...11 KB (1,518 words) - 02:47, 16 November 2022
- white metallic element and a member of the lanthanide series of chemical ... In nature, gadolinium is found not as the free element but in various ...13 KB (1,750 words) - 07:39, 15 April 2024
- propan-2-one and β-ketopropane) is the simplest representative of ... solvent for many organic compounds and is the active ingredient in nail ...10 KB (1,364 words) - 07:34, 14 June 2023
- March 2, 1949), known as Bharatiya Kokila (The Nightingale of India), was ... Sarojini Naidu was born in Hyderabad, India as the eldest daughter ...13 KB (2,030 words) - 02:26, 21 April 2023
- The Chandrasekhar limit limits the mass of bodies made from electron ... nonrotating white dwarf can be heavier than the Chandrasekhar limit. ...23 KB (3,300 words) - 01:16, 4 December 2023
- and has important dietary implications. The L-isomer of lysine, which ... Lysine is low in concentration in the proteins of many cereal grains ...10 KB (1,432 words) - 04:39, 5 November 2022
- The Kwakiutl (kwakwaka'wakw) continue the practice of potlatch. Illustrated ... The ceremonial feast called a potlatch, practiced among a diverse ...10 KB (1,450 words) - 05:54, 30 November 2022
- 65 million years ago) reptiles comprising the suborder Pliosauroidea of ... 15 meters (49 feet) in length (Rincon 2008), the pliosaurs had disappeared ...11 KB (1,490 words) - 08:04, 24 November 2022
- Nitrogen (symbol N, atomic number 7) is the chief constituent of the ... In living organisms, nitrogen atoms are part of the molecular structures ...22 KB (3,304 words) - 02:26, 16 November 2022
- [[Image:DSCF0003.jpg|thumb|right|325px|Introspection entails the inward ... thoughts and perceptions. Introspection is the process of directly examining ...17 KB (2,469 words) - 11:00, 6 March 2024
- Fowl is the common name for any of the gamefowl or landfowl comprising ... for sport. Peafowl, such as exemplified by the extravagant tail of the peacock ...11 KB (1,511 words) - 14:35, 22 January 2023
- The solubility of a chemical substance is a physical property referring ... Solubility is measured in terms of the maximum amount of solute that ...23 KB (3,483 words) - 01:08, 4 February 2023
- formula is Cl2. Given its high reactivity, the free element is not found ... On the other hand, chloride (Cl−) ions are abundant in nature and ...15 KB (2,040 words) - 17:07, 10 December 2023
- Guarana is the common name for a South American woody vine or sprawling ... The high concentration of caffeine in the seeds, which is more concentrated ...15 KB (2,227 words) - 22:26, 2 December 2021
- Angioplasty is the mechanical widening of blood vessel that is abnormally ... Angioplasty reflects on the uniqueness of human beings, whose higher ...11 KB (1,631 words) - 18:06, 27 July 2023
- ranging from yellow to blue. It belongs to the same family of chemical elements ... In the Earth's crust, bismuth is about twice as abundant as gold ...14 KB (1,891 words) - 17:59, 31 October 2023
- metallic element that occurs naturally in the minerals celestite and strontianite ... In addition, strontium is widely used in the glass screens of color television ...14 KB (1,860 words) - 21:04, 26 February 2023
- Pedophilia (alternatively spelled paedophilia or pædophilia) is the ... The word pedophilia comes from the Greek paidophilia (παιδοφιλια ...22 KB (3,151 words) - 07:11, 23 November 2022
- Flamingo (plural: flamingos or flamingoes) is the common name for ... extant species is recognized, with four of the species native to the Americas ...17 KB (2,382 words) - 17:35, 28 March 2024
- of the actinide series. It is produced synthetically by bombarding ... amounts, making it feasible to study the element's chemical properties ...10 KB (1,354 words) - 06:46, 12 January 2024
- The South Korean military has grown from a understaffed and under ... South Korea maintains one of the largest standing armies in the world ...22 KB (3,202 words) - 10:59, 10 March 2023
- Biotite is a common phyllosilicate mineral within the mica group. ... In a broader sense, biotite refers to the dark mica series, primarily ...5 KB (694 words) - 17:56, 31 October 2023
- occurs in association with yttrium. It is the heaviest and hardest of the ... elements. Consequently, it is also one of the most expensive metals, costing ...11 KB (1,371 words) - 03:06, 5 November 2022
- a rare, hard, white metal. It is a member of the platinum group of elements ... This element is generally found in ores with the other platinum group ...13 KB (1,814 words) - 18:24, 22 December 2022
- Liverwort is the common name for any of the small, green, non-vascular ... 10,000 species of liverworts. Some of the more familiar species grow ...21 KB (3,070 words) - 11:11, 9 March 2023
- Fire extinguishers have been a major part of fire prevention. The ... The typical steps for operating a fire extinguisher (described by ...15 KB (2,294 words) - 19:52, 26 March 2024
- Leucippus or Leukippos (first half of the fifth century b.c.e.) was ... explicitly credited Leucippus with the invention of atomism. His ...5 KB (714 words) - 22:04, 25 October 2022
- corrosion. It is obtained chiefly from the mineral cassiterite, in which ... lead, and zinc to prevent corrosion. As the most tonally resonant metal ...16 KB (2,335 words) - 23:38, 30 April 2023
- drop between its terminals in proportion to the current. Resistors are used ... The mathematical relationship between the electrical resistance (R ...24 KB (3,494 words) - 19:43, 16 April 2023
- to do this in order to spawn other incubi. The incubus drains energy from ... such a spirit by either males or females (the female version of the incubus ...10 KB (1,633 words) - 19:43, 28 February 2018
- and fermentation processes, and to set the proper conditions for dyeing ... The main component of a buffer solution, such as a weak acid or weak ...12 KB (1,728 words) - 18:37, 22 November 2023
- Tinnitus is the perception of sound in one or both ears or in the ... that is prolonged or present much of the time, and 0.5 percent are ...32 KB (4,615 words) - 17:17, 18 April 2023
- radioactive metallic element, belonging to the actinide series. It is the ... and the first member of this group to be produced synthetically. Its ...11 KB (1,451 words) - 16:21, 11 November 2022
- Shen-hsiu; Japanese: Jinshū) was one of the most influential Chan Buddhist ... of the 'East Mountain Teachings' (Chinese: tung-shan fa ...14 KB (2,174 words) - 09:57, 23 May 2023
- by living cells or another organism. The term sometimes is used in ... mechanism, and they can be highly complex (the venom of the cone snail contains ...15 KB (2,264 words) - 04:49, 1 May 2023
- :This article is about the astronomical term. [[Image:Solar eclips ... A corona is a type of plasma "atmosphere" of the Sun or ...16 KB (2,478 words) - 03:34, 8 January 2024
- born British entrepreneur and media owner, the founder of Reuters news agency ... An innovator in the field, he still recognized the need to cooperate ...11 KB (1,609 words) - 01:30, 23 November 2022
- Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, was the site of the American Continental ... The weather began to ease in February and Washington appointed General ...10 KB (1,539 words) - 14:15, 3 May 2023
- Magnesium (chemical symbol Mg, atomic number 12) is the eighth most ... In its ionic form, magnesium is one of the most essential elements ...17 KB (2,430 words) - 10:49, 9 March 2023
- He often drew upon his own life experiences and addressed the nature ... The novel The Man in the High Castle bridged the genres of alternate ...41 KB (6,282 words) - 03:22, 24 November 2022
- Galaxy groups and clusters are the largest gravitationally bound objects ... For example, the Virgo Cluster, located in the constellation Virgo ...13 KB (1,886 words) - 03:49, 18 April 2024
- 9, 1850) was an American military leader and the twelfth president of the United ... Virginia on November 24, 1784. He was the third of nine children of ...16 KB (2,480 words) - 10:32, 7 June 2023
- and permanent component of ribosomes, the small, cellular particles ... The formation of proteins by rRNA, mRNA, and tRNA is remarkably complex ...12 KB (1,767 words) - 20:05, 8 December 2022
- any one of a group of plants classified in the Division Pteridophyta, formerly ... Ferns are among the oldest land plants, dating back to the Carboniferous ...16 KB (2,291 words) - 17:26, 26 March 2024
- social worker and reformer. She was one of the "ladies of Halsted Street ... 12, 1859 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of U.S. congressman ...11 KB (1,660 words) - 17:41, 28 March 2024
- In zoology, cricket is the common name for any of the grasshopper ... Crickets provide values for the ecosystem and for humans. Ecologically ...14 KB (2,028 words) - 00:20, 15 January 2023
- It is found in the minerals gadolinite, monazite, and xenotime. The ... monazite sand (~0.03 percent ytterbium). The element is also found in euxenite ...11 KB (1,375 words) - 21:33, 4 June 2023
- a bright silvery metal that is a member of the lanthanide series of chemical ... techniques, and electrochemical deposition. The metal is often prepared by ...11 KB (1,437 words) - 02:07, 23 December 2022
- as stainless steel, and in chrome plating. The human body needs trace amounts ... colored and used in paints and pigments. The red color of rubies derives ...15 KB (2,106 words) - 21:52, 10 December 2023
- between that of large gas giant planets and the lowest mass stars. Unlike ... heavier than about 65 M_J also fuse lithium. The only planet known to orbit ...26 KB (3,884 words) - 04:37, 22 November 2023
- The Bhimbetka rock shelters compose an archaeological site and World ... The Bhimbetka shelters exhibit the earliest traces of human life in ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 03:37, 1 October 2023
- benthos, and plankton), they rank among the top five most abundant groups ... . For most humans, other than adding to the wonder of nature, gastrotricha ...12 KB (1,482 words) - 07:54, 23 January 2023
- It is associated with several other rare earth elements in the mineral ... exchange production techniques developed in the late twentieth century have ...11 KB (1,419 words) - 19:19, 13 February 2024
- In the discussions of ethics, courage is considered to be a moral ... Existentialists in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries approached ...6 KB (958 words) - 08:44, 10 January 2024
- Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is the third largest ... (astronomical). The first symbol derives from the name of its discoverer ...17 KB (2,530 words) - 13:36, 3 May 2023
- Dambulla Cave Temple (also known as the Golden Temple of Dambulla ... north of Kandy. The largest and best-preserved cave temple complex ...13 KB (1,949 words) - 18:09, 24 January 2024
- The Crab Nebula (catalog designations M1, NGC 1952, Taurus A) is a ... This nebula was the first astronomical object identified with a historical ...23 KB (3,450 words) - 06:15, 11 January 2024
- Helium (chemical symbol He, atomic number 2) is a minor component ... In the present-day universe, almost all new helium is created as a ...32 KB (4,897 words) - 15:19, 25 January 2023
- with other rare earth elements, it is one of the most reactive of the rare ... a wide range of applications. For instance, the element is used in motion ...11 KB (1,398 words) - 22:23, 22 October 2022
- radioactive noble gas. It is formed by the disintegration of radium and ... isolated it in 1908 and named it niton (from the Latin word nitens, meaning ...15 KB (2,200 words) - 22:50, 7 December 2022
- "nature") can refer either to the parts or functions (mechanical ... Since the function of a part is related to its structure, physiology ...6 KB (856 words) - 05:11, 24 November 2022
- Ibis is the common name for any of the long-legged wading birds of ... hawks, etc.). They also help to aerate the soil as a result of their ...12 KB (1,709 words) - 16:58, 10 February 2024
- Outer space (often called space) consists of the relatively empty ... For practical purposes, the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale ...19 KB (2,762 words) - 05:59, 18 November 2022
- of cancers that originate in lymphocytes of the lymphatic system, a secondary ... In lymphoma, the cells in the lymphatic system grow abnormally, dividing ...16 KB (2,166 words) - 03:16, 5 November 2022
- amino acid to a polypeptide chain at the ribosomal site of protein ... to a specific codon (three-base region) in the mRNA and binds on the other ...13 KB (1,936 words) - 01:34, 2 May 2023
- Part of the foundation of mathematics, Russell's paradox (also ... Consider the set R of all sets that do not contain themselves as members ...14 KB (2,342 words) - 18:15, 22 December 2022
- Hoolock gibbon is the common name for any of the arboreal, tailless ... including aerobatic movement through the forest canopy, adds to the ...12 KB (1,738 words) - 16:17, 25 January 2023
- Marmot is the common name for the stocky, short-legged, diurnal, and ... while also providing benefits to the larger ecosystem and to humans ...12 KB (1,722 words) - 16:05, 6 November 2022
- Electrolyte solutions can also result from the dissolution of some biological ... is placed into a solvent such as water, and the individual components dissociate ...13 KB (1,858 words) - 08:06, 29 December 2021
- voice and vocal range. She is one of the most celebrated ladies of ... of heritage and her last name, along with the fact that she was from New ...11 KB (1,666 words) - 04:31, 22 March 2024
- Mangabey is the common name for the various Old World monkeys comprising ... Mangabeys, which are found only in Africa, include many of the more ...13 KB (1,881 words) - 06:45, 5 November 2022
- was a Japanese pearl farmer, inventor of the cultured pearl and businessman ... and a jewelry factory in Tokyo, and hired the best designers to work there ...11 KB (1,723 words) - 17:55, 9 November 2022
- written to be performed by such a group. The string quartet is one of the ... The quartet became popular in the beginning of the Classical period ...13 KB (1,970 words) - 21:01, 26 February 2023
- The flatworms are a phylum, Platyhelminthes, of relatively simple ... about 25,000 known species, flatworms are the largest phylum of acoelomates ...12 KB (1,667 words) - 20:17, 31 July 2022
- known as Abu Sufyan, was a leading man of the Quraish of Mecca and arch ... between Sunni and Shi'a Muslims. The lateness of his conversion ...12 KB (1,857 words) - 06:56, 14 June 2023
- of functional group that contain nitrogen as the key atom. Structurally amines ... As displayed in the images below, primary amines arise when one of ...18 KB (2,577 words) - 07:02, 25 July 2023
- Mosasaur is any of the various extinct, marine reptiles comprising ... indicating a wide distribution in the oceans. Although dominant for ...12 KB (1,764 words) - 16:31, 10 November 2022
- insects, as well as ticks (arachnids). It is the most common active ingredient ... In addition to being a nuisance, the bites of a number of insects ...16 KB (2,347 words) - 08:37, 15 January 2023
- act as biological catalysts in regulating the rate of chemical reactions ... Unraveling the mystery of the ribozyme not only has scientific interest ...13 KB (1,885 words) - 20:53, 16 April 2023
- it can be a source of neutrons. In addition, the isotope polonium-210 has been ... neutrons, it was converted to bismuth-210, the parent of polonium. This procedure ...11 KB (1,554 words) - 08:39, 24 November 2022
- : This article is about the chemical element lithium. number=3 | symbol ... Lithium (chemical symbol Li, atomic number 3) is the lightest solid ...16 KB (2,302 words) - 04:29, 29 October 2022
- leader as a modernist composer to influence the likes of Arnold Schoenberg ... in Leipzig, where he was music director of the university until 1908, and ...5 KB (798 words) - 00:58, 9 November 2022
- 1860-61 and Secretary of War through most of the American Civil War and Reconstruction ... Stanton was born in Steubenville, Ohio, the eldest of the four children ...16 KB (2,329 words) - 23:57, 12 February 2024
- (? - 208) was a renowned physician during the Eastern Han Dynasty and Three ... Hua Tuo also developed acupuncture and devised the Wuqinxi (五禽戲 ...11 KB (1,818 words) - 01:27, 4 February 2023
- :For other meanings of the abbreviation Pr, see PR. number=59 | symbol ... silvery metallic element that is a member of the lanthanide series of chemical ...12 KB (1,535 words) - 22:14, 30 November 2022
- The thermoelectric effect is a phenomenon by which a temperature difference ... or to heat them or cook them. Because the direction of heating and cooling ...25 KB (3,886 words) - 18:30, 30 April 2023
- titanium. It is obtained chiefly from the silicate mineral zircon and ... The purified metal is primarily used by the nuclear industry to form ...16 KB (2,114 words) - 06:08, 13 June 2023
- The idea behind child welfare programs is that, in certain circumstances ... in a situation of danger, either in the form of neglect or abuse, ...23 KB (3,360 words) - 15:33, 10 December 2023
- language. Phonemes that are established by the use of minimal pairs, such ... each other in a given language. For example, the English k sounds in the words ...45 KB (6,537 words) - 15:24, 25 February 2023
- of a ring containing several ether groups. The most common crown ethers are ... Crown ethers strongly bind certain cations, forming complexes. The ...6 KB (841 words) - 23:38, 5 May 2022
- An epoxide is a cyclic ether with only three ring atoms. The simplest ... as polyethylene oxide, which is commercially the most important form of polyether. ...6 KB (852 words) - 19:13, 13 February 2024
- who traveled on foot from China to India in the early Tang period and studied ... Xuanzang’s detailed account of his travels, Journey to the West ...21 KB (3,157 words) - 14:33, 20 May 2023
- Lily is the common name for any of the herbaceous flowering plants ... While members of the genus Lilium are the "true lilies," ...20 KB (2,868 words) - 08:42, 8 March 2023
- considered a rare earth, along with yttrium, the lanthanides, and actinides. with aluminum for minor components needed by the aerospace industry and for ...12 KB (1,615 words) - 17:06, 25 January 2023
- dioxide and is not found as a mineral. The most common naturally occurring ... sulfate is useful for X-ray diagnostics of the digestive system and as a ...13 KB (1,855 words) - 08:07, 20 September 2023
- charge, known as positive and negative. The charge on an electron is, ... is, its net electric charge is zero) because the number of protons within its ...14 KB (2,244 words) - 00:13, 13 February 2024
- Buckwheat is the common name for plants in two genera of the dicot ... Despite the common name and the grain-like use of the crop, buckwheats ...21 KB (3,013 words) - 17:20, 30 April 2020
- A decimal (or denary) system is a numeral system that has the number ... A number written in decimal notation involves the use of one or more ...18 KB (2,501 words) - 09:02, 28 January 2024
- other Information Technology (IT) ventures. The technology park represents ... 3 and several ISO 9001 certified companies. The Government of Kerala promotes ...28 KB (3,882 words) - 00:49, 21 April 2023
- Pterosaurs (from the Greek "πτερόσαυρος," meaning ... Pterosaurs were the earliest vertebrates known to be capable of flight ...17 KB (2,484 words) - 23:32, 2 December 2022
- silvery metallic element that is a member of the lanthanide series of chemical ... It constitutes about 38 parts per million (ppm) of the Earth’s crust. ...12 KB (1,578 words) - 16:18, 11 November 2022
- – September 6, 1903) is a key figure in the development of library science ... Cutter was the editor of Library Journal from 1891-1893. One of the ...13 KB (2,026 words) - 01:48, 4 December 2023
- stand for a particular date when rearranged. The word, meaning "time writing ... The practice of Roman chronograms originated in the late Roman Empire ...16 KB (2,297 words) - 21:54, 10 December 2023
- also known as Lydia Kamakaeha Paki, had the royal name of Liliuokalani ... it would prove to be eventful. She was the last monarch of the Kingdom ...12 KB (1,779 words) - 15:42, 7 December 2022
- connective to form a compound sentence. The truth-value of the compound ... connectives are basic units which constitute the logical structure of an argument ...27 KB (3,934 words) - 20:59, 3 November 2022
- a pentose sugar (monosaccharide containing five carbon atoms) that is a key ... Deoxyribose is the sugar component of DNA, just as ribose serves that ...7 KB (1,045 words) - 05:24, 25 August 2020
- is a radioactive synthetic element in the periodic table. Its most stable ... The origin of the name, preferred by the American Chemical Society ...6 KB (798 words) - 17:58, 25 October 2022
- organisms. Whereas hormones affect the behavior and development of ... substances like urine, are picked up by the olfactory systems of the receivers. ...20 KB (3,009 words) - 02:59, 24 November 2022
- Blueberry is the common name for flowering plants in the genus Vaccinium ... Several other plants of the genus Vaccinium also produce blue berries ...22 KB (3,038 words) - 18:15, 31 October 2023
- Hydrogen cyanide is a chemical compound with the formula HCN. It is ... listed as a chemical warfare agent. It was the active ingredient in Zyklon ...12 KB (1,685 words) - 13:19, 4 February 2023
- Zen) master best known as a keen advocate of the use of koans to achieve enlightenment ... Japanese: Engo Kokugon) (1063-1135) and was the twelfth generation of the ...16 KB (2,594 words) - 16:55, 13 May 2020
- It was the first organic compound to be artificially synthesized from ... and animal feed; a raw material for the production of certain plastics ...16 KB (2,391 words) - 13:44, 3 May 2023
- sore throat, is a contagious infection of the mucous membranes of the pharynx ... come from organisms, reflecting the rich diversity of cures available ...14 KB (1,981 words) - 23:26, 21 October 2022
- his son, William Lawrence Bragg, pioneered the use of X-rays to determine ... Bragg was the eldest child of Robert John Bragg, a sea captain who ...13 KB (1,944 words) - 18:22, 17 April 2023
- 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
- (symbol Unu), is a synthetic element in the periodic table. A metallic ... of the actinide series, mendelevium is synthesized by bombarding einsteinium ...6 KB (778 words) - 04:30, 9 November 2022
- chemical element that plays a vital role in the structures and processes of ... The careless disposal of paints, plastics, and other carbon-containing ...21 KB (2,997 words) - 22:12, 25 November 2023
- Literature in Sanskrit, the classical language of India, represents ... literature, primarily in Hinduism, and the fact that most modern Indian ...19 KB (2,849 words) - 03:17, 23 December 2022
- white, inert metal. It is a member of the platinum group of elements ... it is a symbol of wealth and is occasionally used in the presentation ...13 KB (1,685 words) - 20:04, 8 December 2022
- Giant squid is the common name for any of the very large squid comprising ... Giant squid can grow to a tremendous size. Recent estimates put the ...27 KB (3,958 words) - 07:44, 24 January 2023
- statement of a set of business goals, the financial background and nature ... mission statement, a detailed description of the business, a marketing plan ...19 KB (2,741 words) - 18:51, 22 November 2023
- alkaline earth metal. When freshly prepared, the pure metal is brilliant white ... The applications of radium are mainly based on its radioactivity. ...13 KB (1,820 words) - 22:47, 7 December 2022
- (Vom Ursprung und Ziel der Geschichte, The Origin and the Goal of History ... Jaspers saw a crisis of time in the loss of authentic existence of ...13 KB (1,830 words) - 07:16, 5 October 2022
- anthropology and a leading figure at the London School of Economics ... Firth connected to the heart of the people whose culture he studied ...14 KB (2,002 words) - 01:37, 8 December 2022
- national park since 1982, nestled high in the West Himalayas. The park stretches ... . The Valley of Flowers has enshrined in Hindu Mythology. It won international ...14 KB (1,829 words) - 14:15, 3 May 2023
- pentose sugar (monosaccharide with five carbon atoms) that is an important ... Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a nucleic acid based on the sugar ribose ...7 KB (1,027 words) - 09:19, 10 August 2022
- A legendary child prodigy, Mozart is among the most enduringly popular of ... The young Mozart toured as a child and won the patronage of both nobility ...34 KB (5,408 words) - 16:10, 10 October 2020
- or table salt, is a chemical compound with the formula NaCl. Its mineral ... As the main ingredient in edible salt, it has long been used as a ...16 KB (2,377 words) - 15:04, 27 April 2023
- signals from other neurons and transmits the signals toward the cell body ... of twig-like dendrites that cluster near the cell body. The term dendrite ...15 KB (2,188 words) - 02:26, 25 August 2020
- major classes of cells in neural tissues, the other being neurons, for which ... Glia, which is Greek for glue, have traditionally been viewed as the ...15 KB (2,279 words) - 07:55, 24 January 2023
- rare, silver-white metal. It is a member of the platinum group of elements ... detectors for carbon monoxide and tests for the corrosion-resistance of stainless ...13 KB (1,749 words) - 06:25, 18 November 2022
- condition in which there is deterioration in the macula area of the retina ... Macular degeneration is predominately found in elderly adults and ...18 KB (2,740 words) - 04:52, 5 November 2022
- The development of the germanium transistor opened the door to numerous ... Germanium is obtained commercially from the smelter dust of zinc ore ...13 KB (1,672 words) - 09:43, 5 December 2022
- throat or scarlet fever) and can involve the heart, joints, skin, and brain ... One of the most obvious preventive actions is addressing the original ...14 KB (1,938 words) - 20:01, 8 December 2022
- segments are called its edges or sides, and the points where two edges meet ... In the computer graphics (image generation) field, the term polygon ...23 KB (3,520 words) - 08:42, 24 November 2022
- Midge is the common name for a small, fragile, flying insects belonging ... Non-biting midges are generally harmless, while the females of most ...13 KB (1,785 words) - 17:34, 9 November 2022
- The kinetic energy of an object is the extra energy it possesses due ... a non-moving observer has kinetic energy in the reference frame of this observer ...22 KB (3,694 words) - 14:17, 5 October 2022
- chemical changes occur. These changes cause the clay to be hardened. A fireplace ... Clay soils are distinguished from other types of soil such as silt ...7 KB (1,004 words) - 11:01, 19 December 2023
- a mountainous equatorial rainforest setting. The Sarawak chamber, in Gua Nasib ... The park, famous for its caves, has been renown for the expeditions ...13 KB (1,774 words) - 17:58, 12 July 2023
- Tungsten (formerly wolfram) is a chemical element with the symbol ... by Peter Woulfe in 1779, when he examined the mineral wolframite and concluded ...17 KB (2,431 words) - 18:45, 2 May 2023
- a Russian chemist. He is credited as being the primary creator of the first ... Mendeleeva (nee Kornilieva). Mendeleev was the thirteenth surviving child ...13 KB (1,999 words) - 16:30, 29 January 2024
- a traditional plucked string instrument of the zither family. It is related ... The kantele has a long history in Finnish balladry and is experiencing ...6 KB (959 words) - 02:48, 5 October 2022
- The Deutsches Museum (German Museum) in Munich, Germany, is the world ... The museum was founded on June 28, 1903 at a meeting of the Association ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 10:09, 29 January 2024
- Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published ... Under Budge's directorship, the British Museum came to hold arguably ...13 KB (1,982 words) - 22:08, 3 May 2023
- that uses radio waves to determine and map the location, direction, and/or ... The term RADAR was coined in 1941 as an acronym for Radio Detection ...32 KB (4,862 words) - 22:43, 7 December 2022
- related materials. It is found on Earth, the Moon, some asteroids, and ... it is found to host many minerals and is the zone through which aquifers ...13 KB (1,996 words) - 03:04, 8 December 2022
- – November 18, 1886) was a politician of the United States who served as ... Arthur had been Collector of Customs for the Port of New York. He was appointed ...13 KB (1,928 words) - 18:32, 8 December 2023
- fish, shellfish, or other aquatic organisms. The activity of catching the aquatic ... The focus of a fishery may be fish, but the definition is expanded ...13 KB (1,881 words) - 17:27, 28 March 2024
- ), also called "Sher-e-Punjab" ("The Lion of the Punjab ... in Gujranwala in modern day Pakistan, into the Sansi-Sandhawalia family. ...14 KB (2,163 words) - 05:26, 5 November 2022
- 624 – 546 b.c.e.), also known as Thales the Milesian, was a pre-Socratic ... ascribed social and natural phenomena to the arbitrary will, tricks, anger ...7 KB (978 words) - 15:05, 30 April 2023
- c.e.) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, the third of the philosophers ... Thales, the first philosopher of Ionia, conceived the original being ...7 KB (1,024 words) - 19:08, 26 July 2023
- Rosemary is the common name for a woody, perennial herbaceous plant ... dressings, and stuffings. As reflected by the name officinalis, it is known ...12 KB (1,782 words) - 19:17, 16 December 2022
- district, Uttar Pradesh, India, is a town on the site of an ancient forest ... Vrindavan sacred, Vaisnavisisim stands as the major Hindu branch, serving ...13 KB (1,859 words) - 21:50, 3 May 2023
- and religious arenas, including the Unification Church, founded ... synagogue in Long Beach, he began attending the Baptist Church and converted ...15 KB (2,047 words) - 10:33, 11 April 2024
- A bleach is a chemical that can remove or lighten the color of an ... Household bleach (chlorine bleach) is used in the home for whitening ...7 KB (964 words) - 18:12, 31 October 2023
- lamps always require a ballast to regulate the flow of power through the ... governments and industry are encouraging the replacement of traditional ...43 KB (6,681 words) - 17:46, 28 March 2024
- in western Massachusetts from 1786 to 1787. The rebels, led by Daniel Shays ... The United States may be unique as a nation because it was formed ...14 KB (2,090 words) - 13:24, 27 January 2023
- was an American sociologist who established the sociology department at Harvard ... was a Congregational minister, active in the social reform movement "Social ...14 KB (1,904 words) - 21:04, 13 November 2020
- The term supersonic is used to define a speed that exceeds the speed ... At a typical temperature, such as 21 °C (70 °F), the value of ...7 KB (968 words) - 23:49, 26 February 2023
- and reacting violently with water to produce the alkali sodium hydroxide and ... Moreover, the compounds of sodium have numerous applications. Common ...21 KB (3,204 words) - 21:54, 30 January 2023
- Xenophanes made a major breakthrough in the conception of God in the polytheistic ... among humans and should not be ascribable to the divine. He found the origin ...7 KB (1,024 words) - 14:28, 20 May 2023
- ) was a Indian philosopher-sage who founded the Dvaita (dualistic) school ... Little is known about the actual life of Shri Madhvacharya, save for ...15 KB (2,212 words) - 04:55, 5 November 2022
- and typically characterized by swelling of the salivary glands and, particularly ... Once a person has had mumps, he or she becomes immune to the disease ...18 KB (2,588 words) - 18:21, 10 November 2022
- In cosmology, the cosmic microwave background radiation CMB (also ... The CMBR is well explained by the Big Bang theory - when the universe ...47 KB (6,936 words) - 08:12, 10 January 2024
- mostly as a strong chemical base in the manufacture of pulp and paper ... and also readily absorbs carbon dioxide from the air, so it should be stored ...19 KB (2,762 words) - 15:05, 27 April 2023
- rare chemical element that belongs to the group of metalloids—its ... instance, when added to lead, it enhances the metal's strength and ...14 KB (1,880 words) - 05:35, 27 February 2023
- Balsa is the common name for a fast-growing, tropical American tree ... relationship tied to pollination of the trees. ==Description== ...6 KB (941 words) - 04:22, 11 January 2023
- proteins such as hemoglobin, is essential in the human diet and normally is ... Phenylalanine (in the L-isomer form, which is the only form involved ...15 KB (2,091 words) - 02:59, 24 November 2022
- Igneous rocks form when magma (molten rock) cools and solidifies. ... Igneous rocks make up approximately 95 percent of the upper part of ...25 KB (3,680 words) - 13:42, 4 February 2023
- Nitric acid (chemical formula HNO3) is one of the most important inorganic ... NH4NO3) for fertilizers. It is also used for the manufacture of explosives ...19 KB (2,942 words) - 02:25, 16 November 2022
- The Statue of Zeus at Olympia is one of the classical Seven Wonders ... The seated statue occupied the whole width of the aisle of the temple ...7 KB (1,101 words) - 04:40, 28 April 2023
- using a variety of different principles. The word thermometer is derived ... fixed points and interpolating thermometers. The most recent official temperature ...25 KB (3,599 words) - 01:20, 19 April 2023
- Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is a chemical compound with the formula ... pulping. It was first synthesized in 1866 by the Russian scientist Alexander ...12 KB (1,770 words) - 16:50, 22 July 2020
- 8 (eight) is a number, numeral, and glyph that represents the number ... ==Evolution of the glyph== In the beginning, various groups in India ...21 KB (2,909 words) - 06:48, 13 June 2023
- A planarian is any flatworm (phylum Platyhelminthes) of the suborder ... The term "planarian" is most often used as a common name ...7 KB (1,024 words) - 20:44, 9 April 2023
- mystic, and a mathematician, known best for the Pythagorean theorem. The earliest Greek philosophers in Ionia, known as the Ionians, such ...15 KB (2,230 words) - 03:55, 7 December 2022
- Calcium (chemical symbol Ca, atomic number 20) is the fifth most plentiful ... in its elemental state. Rather, it occurs in the form of various compounds: ...18 KB (2,626 words) - 18:21, 25 November 2023
- been used in a number of murders, earning the nickname "inheritance ... Some thallium compounds were used in the past as rat poisons and insecticides ...13 KB (1,784 words) - 15:06, 30 April 2023
- amounts of propylene, butane, and butylene. The odorant (ethanethiol) is also ... in gasoline by Dr. Walter O. Snelling of the U.S. Bureau of Mines in 1910 ...13 KB (1,941 words) - 00:08, 2 December 2022
- growth; they are usually applied either via the soil, for uptake by plant ... Fertilizers typically provide, in varying proportions, the three major ...33 KB (4,735 words) - 17:28, 26 March 2024
- introduced Christianity and Western ideas to the Chinese Empire in the sixteenth ... In 1601, Ricci became the first foreigner from the West to enter the ...19 KB (2,924 words) - 16:54, 7 November 2022
- Rajendra Chola I, the son of Rajaraja Chola I, the great Chola king ... armies exacted tribute from Thailand and the Khmer kingdom of Cambodia ...15 KB (2,288 words) - 00:10, 8 December 2022
- The Tathāgatagarbha doctrine is an important teaching in Mahayana ... The Tathagatagarbha doctrine is significant because it reiterates ...16 KB (2,284 words) - 04:35, 27 February 2023
- is 30-50 times sweeter than sugar, making it the least potent of the commercially ... 1 part saccharin is commonly used and masks the off-tastes of both sweeteners. ...7 KB (974 words) - 06:52, 12 January 2024
- critics and philosophers. He was a master of the Kula school of Shaivism, but ... His Tantra-Âloka (Light on the Tantras), which appears to have been ...14 KB (2,124 words) - 04:48, 14 June 2023
- slightly above room temperature and melts in the hand. It is one of only a ... Gallium is most commonly used in the form of the compound gallium ...15 KB (2,122 words) - 04:06, 18 April 2024
- carbide tools for metalworking, and for the production of superalloys ... Tantalum occurs principally in the minerals tantalite [(Fe, Mn) Ta2O6 ...14 KB (1,813 words) - 03:03, 19 April 2023
- Catastrophism is the idea that Earth's features have remained ... Recently, however, the scientific consensus has been changing toward ...15 KB (2,089 words) - 17:51, 30 November 2023
- synthetically from sodium silicate. Despite the name, silica gel is a solid ... of silica gel usually bear warnings for the user not to eat the contents ...7 KB (1,044 words) - 22:03, 29 January 2023
- , (May 3, 1899 – May 10, 1960) was a Russian novelist during the ... was brought up in Odessa where he moved with the family in 1902. He studied ...7 KB (1,003 words) - 10:31, 7 June 2023
- :This article is about plasma in the sense of an ionized gas. The ... In physics and chemistry, a plasma is one of the four principal states ...35 KB (5,311 words) - 07:58, 24 November 2022
- radioactive metal and is a member of the actinide series. It can be ... thorium. Thorium occurs in several minerals, the most common being the rare ...14 KB (1,909 words) - 23:00, 30 April 2023
- The deep Web (also called Deepnet, the invisible Web, or the hidden ... Michael Bergman mentioned that Jill Ellsworth used the term "invisible ...16 KB (2,418 words) - 18:13, 4 June 2020
- proportions. In nature, it occurs mainly in the form of a black-brown oxide ... The greatest demand for manganese is for the production of iron and ...14 KB (1,946 words) - 11:03, 9 March 2023
- The May Fourth Movement (五四運動, 五四运动, wǔ sì yùn ... The May Fourth Movement led to the New Cultural Movement and a drastic ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 02:19, 9 November 2022
- 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
- Wolverine is the common name for a solitary, carnivorous mammal, Gulo ... The wolverine is the largest land-dwelling species of the Mustelidae ...15 KB (2,106 words) - 14:50, 17 April 2023
- that are not considered standard in the speaker's dialect or ... The origins of slang are usually found in the desire of those members ...15 KB (2,298 words) - 22:49, 29 January 2023
- Dark romanticism is a literary subgenre that emerged from the Transcendental ... Works in the dark romantic spirit were influenced by Transcendentalism ...15 KB (2,145 words) - 20:30, 19 May 2020
- Ilaiyaraaja had been the most prominent composer of film music in ... broader Western musical sensibilities into the South Indian musical mainstream ...25 KB (3,368 words) - 16:17, 12 February 2024
- "Golgotha" meaning: "place of the skull") is the English ... The New Testament describes Calvary as being located close to Jerusalem ...7 KB (1,139 words) - 18:36, 25 November 2023
- Tolstoy is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all novelists ... on Christian love and an idealized image of the Russian peasantry. His later ...19 KB (2,888 words) - 07:47, 6 March 2023
- Nāgārjuna (c. 150 – 250 C.E.) was arguably the most influential ... Nagarjuna's writings had a major influence not only on the development ...14 KB (2,110 words) - 23:10, 10 November 2022
- The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove ( c=竹林七賢 writers, and musicians who came together in the bloody third century C.E. ...14 KB (2,127 words) - 19:50, 21 April 2023
- The carbon cycle is the biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is exchanged ... The cycle is usually thought of as four main reservoirs of carbon ...17 KB (2,593 words) - 23:46, 20 April 2023
- Mercury is the innermost and smallest planet in the solar system, ... This planet is heavily cratered and appears similar to the Moon. It ...35 KB (5,451 words) - 16:12, 9 November 2022
- Yu joined the March 1st Movement for Korea's independence from ... Yu's efforts for independence and justice would presage the later ...7 KB (1,048 words) - 14:11, 28 November 2022
- characteristic. It is a precursor to the neurotransmitter serotonin ... In humans, the L-isomer of tryptophan, which is the only form that ...18 KB (2,592 words) - 18:31, 2 May 2023
- Diatom is the common name for a major group of unicellular or (less ... The silica shells (frustules) of diatoms show a wide diversity in ...26 KB (3,706 words) - 11:59, 29 January 2024
- a silvery white, soft metal. It has one of the highest melting points of ... The element molybdenum (from the Greek molybdos, meaning "lead ...14 KB (1,925 words) - 19:51, 9 November 2022
- silvery metallic element that is a member of the lanthanide series of chemical ... cerium is used in carbon-arc lighting in the motion picture industry and ...15 KB (2,039 words) - 23:59, 3 December 2023
- ) is a Hindu temple complex, located in the village of Duy Phú in ... wide, surrounded by two mountain ranges. The site of religious ceremony ...14 KB (2,135 words) - 02:40, 11 March 2023
- c.e.) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, the second of the philosophers ... Thales, the first philosopher in Western philosophy, according to ...7 KB (1,099 words) - 19:08, 26 July 2023
- Empedocles conceived the ultimate reality as the unity of four permanent ... Empedocles was the first pluralist in Greek philosophy. He was an ...8 KB (1,150 words) - 18:28, 13 February 2024
- Limnology is a discipline that concerns the study of inland aquatic ... (2003) recognizes a distinction based on the fact that limnology is not ...8 KB (1,108 words) - 08:43, 8 March 2023
- Amaranth is the common name for any of the typically annual (rarely ... Although several species are often considered weeds, people around ...27 KB (3,937 words) - 00:49, 9 January 2023
- Like the other seed plants traditionally grouped as gymnosperms (conifers ... Cycads offer a unique reflection of the diversity in nature. They ...26 KB (3,809 words) - 06:52, 12 January 2024
- atomic number 99) is a synthetic element in the periodic table. A metallic ... (seventh in the series) in the actinides, einsteinium is produced ...7 KB (940 words) - 00:06, 13 February 2024
- Acetylene (systematic name: ethyne) is a hydrocarbon belonging to ... chemist Marcellin Berthelot, who coined the name "acetylene." ...14 KB (2,038 words) - 07:36, 14 June 2023
- physics. His accomplishments include the co-discovery of the density ... when he was not familiar with calculus. At the age of 14 (delayed at his ...7 KB (1,038 words) - 22:05, 25 October 2022
- and from tissues. Erythrocytes are formed in the red bone marrow and afterward ... biconcave (flattened and depressed in the center), and anucleate when ...16 KB (2,383 words) - 02:30, 8 December 2022
- The Mi'kmaq ([miːgmaɣ]; (also spelled Míkmaq, Mi'gmaq ... Although early reports made the Micmac appear fierce and warlike, ...22 KB (3,368 words) - 10:36, 10 March 2023
- Hedgehog is the common name for any of the small spiny, mammals comprising ... There are sixteen extant species of spiny hedgehog in five genera ...20 KB (2,961 words) - 15:14, 25 January 2023
- arrow frog, dart frog, or poison frog) is the common name for any of the ... red, yellow, or black pigments; however, the majority are not brightly ...21 KB (3,197 words) - 02:10, 10 April 2023
- (symbol Unb), is a synthetic element in the periodic table. A radioactive ... in the actinide series, it is synthesized by bombarding curium with ...7 KB (962 words) - 02:34, 16 November 2022
- Frederick Charles Louis Constantine, prince and landgrave of the House ... His election as king of Finland resulted from the temporary ascendancy ...7 KB (1,132 words) - 07:09, 6 June 2021
- and was named after Berkeley, California and the University of California, ... to be synthesized. Currently, the main interest in this element lies ...7 KB (911 words) - 11:01, 28 September 2023
- Naturally occurring platinum appears to have been used by the craftsmen ... Toward the end of the seventeenth century, when the Spanish conquistadors ...14 KB (2,002 words) - 08:01, 24 November 2022
- ions that gush into space from regions near the Earth's poles. The faint ... a net negative charge is called an anion. The atoms of metals tend to form ...17 KB (2,619 words) - 11:09, 6 March 2024
- popular "Pistachio nut." The term also is used for this ... The pistachio plant has been known and appreciated for centuries as ...15 KB (2,243 words) - 06:19, 24 November 2022
- The Battle of Yorktown or Siege of Yorktown was fought from April ... On April 5, the IV Corps of Brigadier General Erasmus D. Keyes was ...15 KB (2,213 words) - 01:43, 26 September 2023
- The Sermon on the Mount is believed to be a sermon given by Jesus ... Recent scholarship has led some to conclude that the sermon was meant ...16 KB (2,654 words) - 10:04, 26 January 2023
- 1806) was an Austrian composer and organist, the younger brother of (Franz ... Michael Haydn was born in 1737 in the Austrian village of Rohrau near ...7 KB (1,073 words) - 17:05, 9 November 2022
- rink, a basketball court, or a tether ball. The "playscape" is a ... Educators and child psychologists in the nineteenth and twentieth ...16 KB (2,295 words) - 08:03, 24 November 2022
- Roman Emperor from 238 to 244. Gordian was the son of Antonia Gordiana and ... over half a decade, however, he was one of the most powerful men in the world ...15 KB (2,360 words) - 02:07, 22 December 2022
- who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry in England ... == The Historical figure == Lady Godiva was the wife of Leofric (968–1057 ...16 KB (2,352 words) - 05:33, 4 March 2023
- based comedy duo who became famous during the early half of the twentieth ... The two comedians worked together briefly in 1919, on The Lucky Dog ...22 KB (3,556 words) - 17:50, 25 October 2022
- Although the term is generally reserved for professional space travelers ... exclusively by governments, either by the military or by civilian space ...15 KB (2,112 words) - 18:25, 19 August 2023
- contributions to Holocaust theology. He was the first American Jewish theologian ... frontiers in Jewish thought. He argued that the experience of the Holocaust ...16 KB (2,308 words) - 20:55, 16 April 2023
- Reverse engineering (RE) is the process of discovering the technological ... * Lost documentation: Reverse engineering often is done because the ...15 KB (2,267 words) - 19:59, 8 December 2022
- ::For the Roman god Neptune please click here. : Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun in our solar ...30 KB (4,444 words) - 16:20, 11 November 2022
- :This article is about the star. {{Starbox begin | name =Betelgeuse ... Orionis, α Orionis, or α Ori) is one of the brightest and largest known ...16 KB (2,302 words) - 17:58, 29 September 2023
- and forceful singing, his powerful use of the 12-string guitar, and the ... Lead Belly was one of the most colorful, albeit notorious figures ...14 KB (2,199 words) - 18:43, 25 October 2022
- a discovery that proved to be one of the most significant medical advances ... for centuries in China and had spread to the Ottoman Empire and then England ...25 KB (3,573 words) - 19:51, 17 November 2021
- It comes in many allotropic forms, of which the yellow, black, and gray forms ... Given its high toxicity and the ease with which it could be used surreptitiously ...21 KB (2,920 words) - 04:00, 15 August 2023
- The liver is a large vertebrate organ positioned in the upper region ... class of cells, called Kupffer cells, line the vascular networks; their primary ...15 KB (2,224 words) - 20:54, 3 November 2022
- In zoology, a turkey is any of the large birds comprising the subfamily ... Members of the two extant species have a distinctive, fleshy caruncle ...15 KB (2,323 words) - 18:52, 6 November 2022
- stars, are marine invertebrates that make up the class Crinoidea of the echinoderms ... system, adhesive "tube feet," and five-rayed radial symmetry (at ...8 KB (1,152 words) - 16:49, 31 May 2020
- In metaphysics, a universal is a type, a property, or a relation. ... Throughout the history of philosophy, and particularly in ancient ...9 KB (1,457 words) - 12:01, 3 May 2023
- Collation is the assembly of written information into a standard order ... *one can easily find the first n elements (e.g. the five smallest ...17 KB (2,611 words) - 22:32, 7 January 2024
- Food chains, along with food webs and food networks, describe the ... Food chains and food webs reveal the balance, complexity, and harmony ...8 KB (1,247 words) - 10:18, 10 November 2023
- The Gurmukhī (ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ) script is derived from the Later ... ), and one symbol which duplicates the sound of any consonant (addak ...20 KB (2,621 words) - 06:17, 10 January 2024
- The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a New World mammal of the Felidae family ... The jaguar's present range extends from Mexico (with occasional ...38 KB (5,659 words) - 01:30, 8 February 2023
- alcohol, wood naphtha, or wood spirits, is the simplest alcohol. Its chemical ... and antifreeze. Its main use, however, is in the production of other chemicals ...20 KB (2,894 words) - 16:26, 9 November 2022
- 1612) was co-founder, with Thomas Helwys of the modern Baptist denomination ... Smyth was born in Lincolnshire in 1570, and educated locally at the ...8 KB (1,224 words) - 00:38, 10 February 2023
- Gija Joseon (? - 194 B.C.E.) describes the period after the legendary ... with Dangun. Dangun may have appeared on the scene in Manchuria as early ...8 KB (1,218 words) - 06:55, 14 December 2022
- His plays and poetry are primarily based on the Vedas, the Rāmāyaṇa, the ... but they were most likely authored before the fifth century C.E. ...29 KB (4,367 words) - 18:38, 26 January 2023
- Chinese Chan master in Tang-era China. He founded one of the five ... practice. He is also known for expressing the entire Zen teachings in one ...14 KB (2,283 words) - 10:26, 7 June 2023
- significantly higher than other children of the same age. The focus was initially ... is often distributed unevenly across the various intellectual spheres ...28 KB (4,026 words) - 06:24, 11 December 2022
- service, frequently youth service, in the community. As a teaching methodology ... back to 1862 when President Lincoln signed the Morrill Act donating public ...26 KB (3,814 words) - 19:49, 21 April 2023
- use a lariat so well that he was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records ... By the mid-1930s, Rogers was beloved by the American people and was ...30 KB (4,512 words) - 12:01, 5 May 2023
- those of metals and nonmetals. It can take the form of a brown, amorphous ... Elemental boron is used as a dopant in the semiconductor industry ...16 KB (2,239 words) - 19:45, 20 November 2023
- :In British English, “geyser” can also refer to the water heating ... a column of hot water and steam into the air. The name geyser comes ...16 KB (2,391 words) - 02:41, 6 December 2022
- tried to relate it to other activities of the human mind. Influenced by ... her doctrine has become an integral part of the "collective unconsciousness” ...17 KB (2,624 words) - 00:28, 27 February 2023
- The main group elements of the periodic table are groups 1, 2 and ... The alkali metals are the series of elements in Group 1 of the periodic ...30 KB (4,368 words) - 00:41, 24 November 2022
- that can be explained by processes lower on the evolutionary scale, without ... and anti-anecdotal and rather as promoting the use of accurate observation ...18 KB (2,586 words) - 21:54, 12 February 2024
- 28, 551 B.C.E. – 479 B.C.E.) is one of the world's foremost exemplary ... such as Legalism and Daoism during the Han Dynasty. Confucius's ...28 KB (4,530 words) - 19:00, 15 May 2020
- is best known for his book of short stories, The Kolyma Tales, which was based ... minister and a teacher. In 1914, he entered the academic gymnasium of St. ...8 KB (1,126 words) - 14:36, 3 May 2023
- called a numeral. In common usage, however, the word number is used for both ... a number are called numerical operations. The study of numerical operations ...37 KB (5,685 words) - 00:43, 17 November 2022
- atomic number 100) is a synthetic element in the periodic table. A highly radioactive ... of the actinide series, it is made by bombarding plutonium with neutrons ...7 KB (998 words) - 17:26, 26 March 2024
- 24, 1862), nicknamed Old Kinderhook, was the eighth president of the United ... He was the first of a series of eight presidents between Andrew Jackson ...22 KB (3,321 words) - 15:53, 7 November 2022
- Guo Moruo studied at Sixth Higher School and the Medical School of ... against Confucianism and Lin Biao. When the Gang of Four (Mao and four ...20 KB (2,989 words) - 19:48, 12 July 2023
- ) is a protein derived from the seed of the castor oil plant (Ricinus ... over 1,500 ribosomes per minute, killing the cell (Cornell 2001), ricin ...25 KB (3,716 words) - 18:51, 11 August 2022
- fine-grained due to rapid cooling of lava on the Earth's surface. It may ... Basalt magmas form by decompression melting of peridotite in the Earth ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 03:22, 1 January 2022
- The Pandyan kingdom was an ancient Tamil state in South India of unknown ... The early Pandyan dynasty went into obscurity during the invasion ...21 KB (3,154 words) - 06:36, 18 November 2022
- Carbon monoxide, with the chemical formula CO, is a colorless, odorless ... oven, air is passed through a bed of coke. The initially produced CO2 equilibrates ...20 KB (2,871 words) - 19:08, 26 November 2023
- He opposed government interference in the natural functioning of social ... Sumner was born on October 30, 1840, in Paterson, New Jersey, the ...16 KB (2,256 words) - 12:13, 8 May 2023
- characterizes an organism, as encoded in the DNA (or, for some viruses ... In eukaryotes, the term genome can be applied specifically to mean ...18 KB (2,592 words) - 15:43, 11 February 2023
- Ethane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula C2H6. It is ... The chief use of ethane is as a petrochemical feedstock for ethylene ...16 KB (2,309 words) - 01:40, 19 March 2022
- is a type of radioactive decay involving the emission of beta particles ... "beta minus" (β−), involving the release of electrons; and ...10 KB (1,458 words) - 17:45, 29 September 2023
- It is not matter itself, but it involves the reaction of different types ... Human beings, among all the species on Earth, have the unique ability ...16 KB (2,510 words) - 19:51, 26 March 2024
- bonghwang; Vietnamese: Phượng Hoàng) is the name of two Chinese mythological ... Often viewed as the sacred union of male and female, Feng being male ...9 KB (1,360 words) - 17:17, 26 March 2024
- with Leucippus. Democritus identified the real existence of the cosmos ... different only in form, shape, and size. The qualitative diversity of the ...8 KB (1,214 words) - 09:28, 28 January 2024
- Natural gas in the broad sense is a gaseous material consisting primarily ... in marshes, bogs, landfills, sewage, the stomachs of ruminants such ...25 KB (3,786 words) - 04:20, 11 March 2023
- April 26, 1938), philosopher, is known as the "father" of phenomenology ... Modern philosophy discarded the framework of thought of medieval philosophy ...17 KB (2,508 words) - 18:15, 12 February 2024
- that can be steered and propelled through the air. It is classified as an ... Airships were the first form of aircraft to make controlled, powered ...40 KB (6,108 words) - 07:11, 16 June 2023
- it is essential in trace amounts for the function of certain enzymes ... color to glasses and enamels, and to remove the blue-green tinge in glass ...23 KB (3,335 words) - 17:47, 25 January 2023
- First described by Anna Eliza Bray in the early nineteenth century, ... beings but with abilities that transcend the physical realm, find correlation ...8 KB (1,284 words) - 06:21, 24 November 2022
- on July 30, 1965, through Title XIX of the Social Security Act. By structure ... a social insurance program aimed to benefit the elderly and individuals with ...22 KB (3,201 words) - 09:36, 10 March 2023
- of Homo erectus, an extinct species of the genus to which modern humans ... years ago (mya) to 50-70,000 years ago, the early phase in Africa, from ...8 KB (1,212 words) - 17:11, 26 March 2023
- Uncle Sam is a national personification of the United States, with ... and dressed in clothing that recalls the design elements of the flag ...8 KB (1,272 words) - 01:35, 3 May 2023
- 1916) was an American educator, dedicated to the education of young children ... Susan Blow was born in St. Louis, Missouri, as the oldest of six children ...9 KB (1,286 words) - 23:57, 26 February 2023
- mathematician who is regarded as one of the most brilliant mathematicians ... mathematics, Ramanujan devoted himself to the subject he loved and submitted ...35 KB (5,270 words) - 16:14, 5 November 2023
- partner, or other family member within the household. Domestic violence ... Occurring within the home, the place where people naturally expect ...31 KB (4,715 words) - 16:43, 29 January 2024
- Copper (symbol Cu, atomic number 29) is one of the oldest known metals ... doorknobs are used in hospitals to prevent the transfer of germs, and copper ...21 KB (3,086 words) - 17:35, 21 May 2020
- * Tephritidae, the family of large fruit flies. * Drosophilidae, the family of small fruit flies or vinegar flies ...25 KB (3,676 words) - 09:54, 3 December 2023
- sociology and political science referring to the way that the administrative ... ==Origin of the Concept== Bureaucracy is derived from the word bureau ...17 KB (2,464 words) - 18:44, 22 November 2023
- Turmeric is the common name for a herbaceous perennial plant, Curcuma ... orange juice, and yellow cakes. It gives the bright yellow color to American ...16 KB (2,344 words) - 19:02, 6 November 2022
- ) (c. 446 B.C.E. – c. 388 B.C.E.) was a Greek dramatist of the Old ... The place and exact date of his birth are unknown, but he was around ...16 KB (2,554 words) - 06:29, 12 August 2023
- best remembered for his play, Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up ... quot; both literally and figuratively, after the traumatic death of his brother ...16 KB (2,361 words) - 08:18, 13 March 2024
- pain is a critical component of the human body's defense ... According to the International Association for the Study of Pain ...18 KB (2,786 words) - 10:58, 11 March 2023
- Rocket propellant is the material used by a rocket engine to generate ... The development of extremely powerful rocket propellants has enabled ...24 KB (3,649 words) - 02:28, 16 December 2022
- Kana is a general term for the syllabic Japanese scripts hiragana ... In addition, kana were borrowed into Taiwanese to indicate the pronunciation ...25 KB (3,410 words) - 02:35, 5 October 2022
- The Kingdom of Lunda (c. 1665-1887), also known as the Lunda Empire ... The empire's participation in and profit from the immoral slave ...16 KB (2,448 words) - 03:03, 5 November 2022
- is a figure from Greek mythology called by Pindar "the minstrel ... His name does not occur in Homer or Hesiod, though he was known by ...19 KB (3,011 words) - 02:17, 18 November 2022
- Cadmium-containing ores are rare. The only cadmium mineral of importance ... Zinc sulfide ores are roasted in the presence of oxygen, thereby converting ...16 KB (2,248 words) - 10:14, 25 November 2023
