Search results for "The Five K's" - New World Encyclopedia
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- 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
