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- Category:Sociologists Mannheim, Karl Karl Mannheim (March 27, 1893 – January 9, 1947) was a Hungarian-born sociologist, one of the founding ...10 KB (1,422 words) - 07:18, 5 October 2022
- Astatine (chemical symbol At, atomic number 85) is the rarest naturally occurring chemical element. It is a member of the halogen family of elements ...6 KB (808 words) - 05:08, 18 August 2023
- The term xylene refers to a group of three benzene derivatives, each of which has two methyl functional groups attached to the benzene ring. ...10 KB (1,443 words) - 09:56, 22 May 2023
- Boyle's law (sometimes called the Boyle-Mariotte law) is one of several gas laws and a special case of the ideal gas law. Boyle's law ...8 KB (1,241 words) - 14:53, 28 April 2020
- A spring is a flexible, elastic device used to store mechanical energy. When a force is applied to a spring, it expands or contracts to a certain ...12 KB (1,789 words) - 16:14, 8 February 2023
- In the Standard Model of particle physics, a meson is a composite subatomic particle comprising one quark and one antiquark. Mesons are part ...20 KB (3,017 words) - 16:16, 9 November 2022
- Nitrogen dioxide is a chemical compound with the formula NO2. It is one of the several nitrogen oxides. At ordinary temperatures and atmospheric ...7 KB (934 words) - 02:27, 16 November 2022
- Butane, also called n-butane (normal butane), is an unbranched alkane with four carbon atoms in each molecule. Its molecular formula may be written ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 18:43, 23 November 2023
- Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), a German physicist who did most of his work in the Netherlands ...13 KB (1,850 words) - 00:27, 25 March 2024
- Potassium (chemical symbol K, atomic number 19) is a member of a group of chemical elements known as alkali metals. It is a soft metal and is ...18 KB (2,538 words) - 05:52, 30 November 2022
- Argon (chemical symbol Ar, atomic number 18) is a member of the noble gas family of elements. It is present in the Earth's atmosphere at ...11 KB (1,517 words) - 06:25, 12 August 2023
- Silane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula SiH4. It is the silicon analog of methane and, like methane, it is a gas at ordinary ...8 KB (1,184 words) - 22:02, 29 January 2023
- John Kenneth Galbraith (October 15, 1908 – April 29, 2006) was an influential Canadian-American economist. He was a Keynesian and an institutionalist ...18 KB (2,525 words) - 02:28, 9 February 2023
- When liquid helium-4 is cooled to a temperature close to absolute zero, it acquires an unusual set of properties known as superfluidity, and ...7 KB (1,079 words) - 13:54, 28 April 2023
- In music, a serenade (or sometimes serenata) is a musical composition and/or performance in someone's honor, originally songs of courtship ...10 KB (1,496 words) - 09:55, 26 January 2023
- Mica is an important group of rock-forming silicate minerals, belonging to the subgroup called phyllosilicates. The group consists of more than ...9 KB (1,317 words) - 16:34, 9 November 2022
- Vacuoles are membrane-bound compartments within some eukaryotic cells that serve a variety of secretory, excretory, and storage functions. These ...10 KB (1,475 words) - 23:00, 13 November 2022
- Wade-Giles ( ˌweɪdˈʤaɪlz ; s=威妥玛拼音 or 韦氏拼音|t=威妥瑪拼音 or 韋氏拼音|p=wēituǒmǎ pīnyīn ), sometimes abbreviated ...13 KB (1,871 words) - 22:05, 3 May 2023
- David Kellogg Lewis (September 28, 1941 – October 14, 2001) is considered by many philosophers and observers of philosophy to have been one ...14 KB (2,162 words) - 19:54, 23 August 2020
- An antiproton (symbol Antiproton , pronounced p-bar) is the antiparticle of the proton. An antiproton is relatively stable, but it is typically ...8 KB (1,066 words) - 01:57, 9 January 2023
- A wave is a disturbance that propagates through space in a regular pattern, often involving the transfer of energy. When thinking about waves ...13 KB (2,010 words) - 23:20, 3 May 2023
- In electrical engineering and industry, thermocouples are a widely used type of temperature sensor and can also be used as a means to convert ...22 KB (3,206 words) - 18:29, 30 April 2023
- In mathematics, an ellipse (from the Greek word ἔλλειψις, which literally means "absence") is a closed curve on a plane, such ...10 KB (1,658 words) - 17:15, 13 February 2024
- Friction is the force that opposes the relative motion or tendency of such motion of two surfaces in contact. It is not, however, a fundamental ...12 KB (1,929 words) - 11:00, 11 April 2024
- An elastomer is a polymer with the property of elasticity. In other words, it is a polymer that deforms under stress and returns to its original ...7 KB (1,017 words) - 07:38, 10 August 2023
- Surface science is the study of physical and chemical phenomena that occur at the interface of two phases, including solid-liquid, solid-gas ...13 KB (1,826 words) - 23:53, 26 February 2023
- A modal logic was originally designed to describe the logical relations of modal notions. The list of the notions includes metaphysical modalities ...14 KB (2,164 words) - 19:24, 9 November 2022
- Ethyl acetate is an organic compound that is an ester derived from the combination of ethanol and acetic acid. Its chemical formula may be written ...8 KB (1,113 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- In nuclear physics, a nuclear reaction is a process in which two atomic nuclei or nuclear particles collide to produce products different from ...22 KB (3,405 words) - 00:39, 17 November 2022
- Francium (chemical symbol Fr, atomic number 87) is a radioactive metal found in minute amounts in uranium and thorium ores. Although many isotopes ...6 KB (795 words) - 04:56, 9 April 2024
- Rhenium (chemical symbol Re, atomic number 75) is a silvery-white, lustrous, rare metal. Obtained as a byproduct of molybdenum refinement, it ...10 KB (1,384 words) - 20:01, 8 December 2022
- The exponential function is one of the most important functions in mathematics. For a variable x, this function is written as exp(x) or ex, where ...8 KB (1,160 words) - 23:57, 24 March 2024
- Frequency is a measure of the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time. It is also referred to as temporal frequency. The period ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 10:59, 11 April 2024
- Colitis (or colonitis) is inflammation of the colon (or more generally the large intestine). Various types of colitis have been identified, such ...11 KB (1,475 words) - 22:31, 7 January 2024
- Ultramafic (or ultrabasic) rocks are dark-colored igneous and meta-igneous rocks that are rich in minerals containing magnesium and iron ("mafic ...7 KB (892 words) - 01:30, 3 May 2023
- Category:Public Protagoras (in Greek Πρωταγόρας) (c. 481 B.C.E. – c. 420 B.C.E.) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher born in Abdera ...6 KB (889 words) - 08:16, 2 December 2022
- Gilbert Keith Chesterton (May 29, 1874 – June 14, 1936) was an influential English writer of the early twentieth century. His prolific and ...21 KB (3,246 words) - 07:30, 15 April 2024
- A centriole is a small, barrel-shaped, sub-cellular structure typically consisting of nine triplet microtubules (nine groups of three fused microtubules ...11 KB (1,624 words) - 01:44, 13 January 2023
- Fauna is all of the animals of any particular region or time period, considered as as group. The term is contrasted with flora, which refers ...10 KB (1,515 words) - 23:37, 1 November 2023
- Category:Public [[Image:Triosephosphate isomerase.jpg|thumb|350px|Ribbon diagram of the enzyme [[triosephosphateisomerase|TIM]]. Each enzyme has ...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 terms of activity of hydrogen (H+) (strictly speaking, there is no ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 15:20, 29 August 2023
- Serampore College, located in Serampore Town, in Hooghly District, West Bengal, India, consists of a theological college and a college of arts ...14 KB (1,875 words) - 09:54, 26 January 2023
- Superconductivity, discovered in 1911 by Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, is a phenomenon occurring in certain materials at extremely low temperatures ...21 KB (3,041 words) - 23:46, 26 February 2023
- Yttrium (chemical symbol Y, atomic number 39) is a lustrous, silvery metal that is found in most rare-earth minerals. It is relatively stable ...12 KB (1,634 words) - 21:34, 4 June 2023
- Adam Willis Wagnalls (September 24, 1843 – September 3, 1924) was an American publisher who was the co-founder of the Funk & Wagnalls Company ...7 KB (985 words) - 05:46, 15 June 2023
- Electromagnetic radiation (EM radiation or EMR) takes the form of self-propagating waves in a vacuum or in matter. EM radiation has both electric ...22 KB (3,329 words) - 15:54, 13 February 2024
- Tikal (or Tik’al, according to the more current orthography) is the largest of the ancient ruined cities of the Mayan peoples—a people who ...19 KB (2,902 words) - 23:34, 30 April 2023
- Phosgene is the chemical compound with the formula COCl2. This highly toxic gas gained infamy as a chemical weapon during World War I, but it ...10 KB (1,416 words) - 22:44, 28 March 2023
- Protactinium (chemical symbol Pa, atomic number 91) is a member of the actinide series of chemical elements. It is a toxic, highly radioactive ...9 KB (1,150 words) - 08:16, 2 December 2022
- Purine is a heterocyclic, aromatic, organic compound, consisting of a pyrimidine ring fused to an imidazole ring. Heterocyclic compounds are ...7 KB (928 words) - 23:49, 2 December 2022
- Acoustics is a branch of physics that studies sound, or more precisely, mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids. It is concerned with ...7 KB (998 words) - 07:44, 14 June 2023
- Celsius (or centigrade) is a temperature scale named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744), who first proposed such a system ...23 KB (3,406 words) - 23:47, 3 December 2023
- – ferromagnetic 62.4 n 100 13.0 4720 209 75 180 0.31 5.0 1043 700 7440-48-4 isotopesof=cobalt | color1=#ffc0c0 | color2=black mn=56 | sym=Co ...13 KB (1,769 words) - 22:14, 7 January 2024
- 2 (two) is a number, numeral, and glyph that represents the number. It is the natural number A natural number is any number that is a positive ...19 KB (2,775 words) - 06:42, 13 June 2023
- Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (February 26, 1725 – October 2, 1804) was a French inventor. He is believed to have built the first self-propelled mechanical ...6 KB (974 words) - 23:34, 14 November 2022
- X-ray astronomy is an observational branch of astronomy that focuses on the study of celestial objects based on their X-ray emissions. These ...11 KB (1,662 words) - 14:15, 20 May 2023
- In physics, a physical constant is a physical quantity with a value that is generally believed to be both universal in nature and to remain unchanged ...22 KB (3,290 words) - 05:07, 24 November 2022
- Adsorption, not to be confused with absorption, is a process by which a gas, liquid, or solute (substance in solution) binds to the surface of ...19 KB (2,837 words) - 06:18, 15 June 2023
- Isaac Kaufmann Funk (Sept. 10, 1839 - April 4, 1912) was an American Lutheran minister, editor, lexicographer, publisher, and spelling reformer ...10 KB (1,515 words) - 19:40, 7 February 2023
- Chloroethane or monochloroethane, commonly known by its old name ethyl chloride, is a chemical compound once widely used in producing tetra-ethyl ...7 KB (906 words) - 17:08, 10 December 2023
- Fisher is the common name for a largely arboreal, North American carnivorous mammal, Martes pennanti, of the marten genus (Martes) and weasel ...12 KB (1,833 words) - 17:26, 28 March 2024
- In astrophysics, weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs, are hypothetical particles serving as one possible solution to the dark matter ...10 KB (1,576 words) - 23:22, 3 May 2023
- Ananthabhadram (also spelled Anandabhadram; in Malayalam: അനന്തഭദ്രം ) - a Malayalam film released in 2005 about ghosts, ...14 KB (1,924 words) - 18:58, 26 July 2023
- Actinium (chemical symbol Ac, atomic number 89) is a silvery, radioactive, metallic element. Due to its intense radioactivity, it glows in the ...7 KB (911 words) - 05:39, 15 June 2023
- According to the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, The Hertzsprung-Russell diagram shows the relationship between absolute magnitude, luminosity, classification ...10 KB (1,492 words) - 19:09, 16 April 2023
- A cube English cube from Old French, Latin cubus, Greek kubos, "a cube, a die, vertebra." In turn from PIE *keu(b)-, "to bend, ...8 KB (1,139 words) - 06:42, 11 January 2024
- Lemur is the common name for any of the prosimian primates belonging to the infraorder Lemuriformes, which comprises the families Lemuridae ...10 KB (1,459 words) - 19:36, 25 October 2022
- A Tautology is a statement that is always true because of its structure—it requires no assumptions or evidence to determine its truth. A tautology ...9 KB (1,481 words) - 16:04, 23 June 2023
- Category:Public [[Image:Yukawa.jpg|thumb|Hideki Yukawa]] Yukawa, Hideki Hideki Yukawa FRSE (湯川 秀樹, January 23, 1907 – September 8, 1981 ...3 KB (480 words) - 13:02, 22 January 2024
- Diethyl ether, also known as ether and ethoxyethane, is a clear, colorless, and highly flammable liquid with a low boiling point and a characteristic ...13 KB (1,801 words) - 14:33, 29 January 2024
- Borates are chemical compounds containing borate anions, that is, anions composed of boron and oxygen. There are various borate ions, the simplest ...10 KB (1,587 words) - 19:37, 20 November 2023
- Alonzo Church (June 14, 1903 – August 11, 1995) was an American mathematician and logician whose best-known accomplishment is the proposal ...10 KB (1,376 words) - 08:20, 23 July 2023
- In mathematics, the Cartesian coordinate system (or rectangular coordinate system) is used to determine each point uniquely in a plane through ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 00:41, 29 November 2023
- Camphor is a waxy, white or transparent solid with a strong, aromatic odor. J. Mann, et al., Natural Products: Their Chemistry and Biological ...11 KB (1,519 words) - 18:58, 25 November 2023
- Vibration refers to mechanical oscillations about an equilibrium point. The oscillations may be periodic, such as the motion of a pendulum, or ...35 KB (5,669 words) - 18:04, 3 May 2023
- Category:Economists Polanyi, Karl Karl Paul Polanyi (October 21, 1886 – April 23, 1964) was a Hungarian intellectual known for his opposition ...16 KB (2,415 words) - 07:19, 5 October 2022
- Scarlet fever or scarlatina is an acute, contagious infectious disease caused by an erythrogenic toxin producing strain of Streptococcus pyogenes ...11 KB (1,507 words) - 08:16, 17 September 2022
- Category:Sociologists Category:Image wanted Merton, Robert K. Robert King Merton (July 4, 1910 – February 23, 2003) was a distinguished American ...30 KB (4,398 words) - 21:28, 16 April 2023
- Spinach is an annual plant, Spinacia oleracea, of the flowering plant family of Amaranthaceae and order Caryophyllales, which is popularly cultivated ...11 KB (1,686 words) - 21:39, 7 February 2023
- Nastika ( sa|नास्तिक , nāstika ; "heterodox") and Astika (Sanskrit: sa|आस्तिक , IAST: āstika ...8 KB (1,157 words) - 01:27, 11 November 2022
- Toluene, also known as methylbenzene or phenylmethane, is a clear, water-insoluble liquid with the typical smell of paint thinners, redolent ...10 KB (1,406 words) - 03:55, 1 May 2023
- Monocotyledons or monocots are a major group of flowering plants (angiosperms) whose members typically have one cotyledon, or embryonic leaf ...8 KB (1,275 words) - 13:12, 10 March 2023
- Bromine (chemical symbol Br, atomic number 35) is a nonmetal that belongs to a group of chemical elements known as halogens. It is the only liquid ...10 KB (1,346 words) - 04:33, 22 November 2023
- Foraminifera, abbreviated as forams, are single-celled amoeboid protists comprising the order Foraminiferida (or Foraminifera of supergroup Rhizaria ...14 KB (1,865 words) - 06:19, 1 April 2024
- A giant star is a star with substantially larger radius and luminosity than a main sequence star of the same surface temperature. It is, therefore ...9 KB (1,372 words) - 07:44, 24 January 2023
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- Stegosaur is the common name for any of the various extinct, plated tetrapods (four-legged vertebrates) comprising the taxonomic group Stegosauria ...16 KB (2,303 words) - 17:18, 21 October 2022
- Hafnium (chemical symbol Hf, atomic number 72) is a lustrous, silvery gray metal. Chemically, it resembles zirconium and is found in zirconium ...10 KB (1,277 words) - 16:40, 21 January 2024
- Tardigrade, or water bear, is any of the various very small, segmented invertebrates comprising the phylum Tardigrada, characterized by bilateral ...13 KB (1,883 words) - 04:32, 27 February 2023
- According to Genesis [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=genesis%2011;&version=31; Chapter 11] of the Bible, the Tower of Babel ( ...34 KB (5,579 words) - 04:46, 1 May 2023
- Category:Public Zeno of Elea (Greek. Ζήνων)(c. 490 B.C.E. – 430 B.C.E.) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher of southern Italy and a member ...8 KB (1,289 words) - 05:50, 13 June 2023
- Emperor Wen of Sui (541 C.E. – 604 C.E.), known as Wen·di, personal name Yang Jian, was the founder and first emperor of China's Sui ...8 KB (1,229 words) - 12:57, 31 January 2022
- In physics, a black body (in an ideal sense) is an object that absorbs all electromagnetic radiation that falls on it, without any of the radiation ...23 KB (3,522 words) - 18:09, 31 October 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology Category:Illusion [[Image:Mach band.svg|frame|right|Notice the dark band that appears ...4 KB (546 words) - 04:49, 5 November 2022
- Poker is a popular card game, or group of card games, in which players compete against one another by gambling on the values of each player& ...21 KB (3,695 words) - 08:29, 24 November 2022
- In Greek mythology, Lamia was a Queen of Libya who became a child-murdering monster feared for her malevolence. According the Greek legends, ...10 KB (1,536 words) - 20:54, 22 October 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law Category:Sociology [[File:Cure juvenile delinquency in the slums by planned housing 3b48917r ...17 KB (2,502 words) - 21:26, 4 October 2022
- In geometry and trigonometry, an angle (or plane angle) is the figure formed by two rays sharing a common endpoint. The endpoint is called the ...20 KB (3,182 words) - 18:07, 27 July 2023
- Chromatography (from Greek χρώμα chroma, meaning "color") is the collective term for a family of laboratory techniques for the ...17 KB (2,480 words) - 21:51, 10 December 2023
- Ski jumping is a winter sport in which skiers go down an inrun with a take-off ramp (the jump), attempting to go fly through the air and land ...18 KB (2,601 words) - 22:45, 29 January 2023
