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- the velocity of the wave is the speed of light, 299,792,458 meters per ... The speed of light in most media is lower than in vacuum, which means ...6 KB (857 words) - 23:20, 3 May 2023
- :This article is about speed and velocity in Physics. [[Image:Virgin ... *speed of light in vacuum (symbol c) is one of the natural units ...10 KB (1,597 words) - 19:13, 7 February 2023
- to trap and dramatically reduce the speed of light, and as materials needed ... to trap and dramatically reduce the speed of light. In an experiment performed ...7 KB (1,079 words) - 13:54, 28 April 2023
- ===The speed of light=== that there was a limit to the speed of light. This premise enabled ...15 KB (2,454 words) - 00:06, 18 November 2022
- for his work on the measurement of the speed of light, particularly through ... and the problem of measuring the speed of light in particular. While ...14 KB (2,088 words) - 17:47, 19 December 2022
- apparent change in frequency and wavelength of a wave that is perceived by ... 1842 in his paper, "On the Coloured Light of Double Stars and Certain ...10 KB (1,666 words) - 19:27, 2 August 2023
- first to quantify the change in frequency of a wave motion experienced by ... century astronomer who measured the speed of light by analyzing the effect ...11 KB (1,670 words) - 17:59, 10 December 2023
- and motorboat racer who broke eight world speed records in the 1950s and ... they were able to finance their quest for speed. Campbell's engineering ...14 KB (2,274 words) - 17:19, 30 January 2024
- equation coincided with the measured speed of light, Maxwell concluded that ... about the charge travels at the speed of light. Accurate treatment thus ...22 KB (3,329 words) - 15:54, 13 February 2024
- front or simply "shock") is a type of propagating disturbance. Like ... particles accelerated beyond the speed of light in a refractive medium ...14 KB (2,249 words) - 14:22, 27 January 2023
- In physics, acceleration is defined as the rate of change of velocity—that ... gravity's effects could be limited by the speed of light. ...11 KB (1,660 words) - 07:17, 14 June 2023
- A lunar eclipse occurs whenever the Moon passes through some portion ... two times a year, whenever some portion of the Earth's shadow falls ...10 KB (1,531 words) - 10:38, 9 March 2023
- a medium is a measure of how much the speed of light (or other waves) is reduced ... ===The speed of light=== [[Image:Snells law2.svg.png|thumb|250 px|Refraction ...21 KB (3,222 words) - 03:01, 8 December 2022
- to obtain a wave speed equal to the speed of light c0. This famous calculation ... frequencies) propagate at the defined speed of light, c0. ...15 KB (2,209 words) - 19:32, 8 October 2022
- Michelson, to determine whether the speed of light was affected by the Earth ... early 1880s, to determine whether the speed of light was affected by the Earth ...11 KB (1,652 words) - 16:28, 9 August 2023
- at a velocity much smaller than the speed of light, the Newtonian (classical ... If a body's speed is a significant fraction of the speed of light ...22 KB (3,694 words) - 14:17, 5 October 2022
- [[Image:Roycestatue.jpg|thumb|200px|Statue of Sir (Frederick) Henry ... popularity among the rich and famous of the Rolls Royce and Bentley ...9 KB (1,468 words) - 22:33, 29 January 2023
- waves. He postulated that the speed of light is the maximum that can ... FitzGerald was led to postulate the speed of light as the upper limit of ...10 KB (1,556 words) - 15:45, 6 November 2022
- Frequency is a measure of the number of occurrences of a repeating ... vacuum, then v = c0 , where c0 is the speed of light in a vacuum, and this ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 10:59, 11 April 2024
- pattern, often involving the transfer of energy. When thinking about ... Examples of waves include: * Ocean surface waves, which are perturbations ...13 KB (2,010 words) - 23:20, 3 May 2023
- a three-dimensional model for the structure of simple carbon compounds. He ... Van 't Hoff was born in Rotterdam, one of seven children of a ...10 KB (1,516 words) - 17:33, 9 March 2022
- A propeller is a device used for the propulsion of a vehicle such ... oar sculling, a practice with a history of unknown length. It is part ...19 KB (3,022 words) - 01:19, 12 April 2023
- an interior that is thought to be composed of mainly neutrons. It is formed ... 000 km/s, or about 50 percent of the speed of light. Thus, matter falling ...14 KB (2,170 words) - 16:26, 11 November 2022
- Alpha decay is a type of radioactive decay in which an atomic nucleus ... speed of around 0.05 c, where c is the speed of light in a vacuum. Because ...13 KB (1,992 words) - 08:22, 23 July 2023
- increase in mass as they approach the speed of light. Either of these effects ... particles up to a few percent of the speed of light. To accommodate increased ...12 KB (1,883 words) - 06:53, 12 January 2024
- * the speed of light in a vacuum c * the electric constant ε0, ... units of dimension. For example, the speed of light in a vacuum, which is ...22 KB (3,290 words) - 05:07, 24 November 2022
- As the particles approach the speed of light, the switching rate of ... matter from traveling faster than the speed of light in a vacuum, the particles ...19 KB (2,915 words) - 18:45, 23 March 2023
- In rail transport, a train consists of rail vehicles that move along ... the steam engine was the dominant form of locomotive power through the ...16 KB (2,477 words) - 00:38, 2 May 2023
- to Maxwell's equations, the speed of light in a vacuum is a universal ... As a consequence, the square of the speed of light appears explicitly in ...14 KB (1,902 words) - 15:57, 13 February 2024
- and elegant style graced the records of many of the biggest names in ... existing styles to form a very personal way of playing that would, at the ...6 KB (859 words) - 04:40, 27 February 2023
- through a medium faster than the speed of light in that medium can produce ... ===Speed of light=== Speed of light [[Image:Speed of light from Earth ...39 KB (6,028 words) - 01:15, 26 October 2022
- The electromagnetic (EM) spectrum is the range of all possible electromagnetic ... * c is the speed of light, 299,792,458 m/s (exact). * h is Planck& ...16 KB (2,367 words) - 15:55, 13 February 2024
- to assist with studying the effects of air moving over or around solid ... arm apparatus to determine drag and did some of the first experiments in aviation ...21 KB (3,348 words) - 10:57, 15 May 2023
- X-ray astronomy is an observational branch of astronomy that focuses ... speed can be a sizable fraction of the speed of light. In some neutron ...11 KB (1,662 words) - 14:15, 20 May 2023
- footprint for support pillars, blocking less of the sky. In addition, modern ... have been made since the latter part of the nineteenth century. Usually ...11 KB (1,625 words) - 21:10, 9 November 2022
- An eye is an organ of vision that detects light. Different kinds of ... The construction of the human eye, with its high visual acuity and ...29 KB (4,749 words) - 03:52, 22 June 2022
- are a significant fraction of the speed of light. Special relativity has ... Einstein postulated that the speed of light is the same for all observers ...42 KB (6,653 words) - 19:12, 7 February 2023
- objects moving at speeds close to the speed of light. One concept that needs ... where c is the speed of light. This is sometimes referred to as the ...19 KB (3,055 words) - 16:18, 7 November 2022
- for the "Mach number" (aka Mach speed), and the optical illusion ... Today Mach is probably best known for his positivistic account of ...9 KB (1,301 words) - 21:22, 20 March 2024
- . Twilight also refers to the natural light observed during those time ... Recognizing the romantic quality of the ambient light at this time ...11 KB (1,709 words) - 20:41, 17 January 2024
- decrease in energy (increase in wavelength) of an X-ray or gamma ray photon ... :c is the speed of light. :\frac{h}{m_e c} = 2.43 \times 10^{-12}\ ...11 KB (1,638 words) - 00:23, 8 January 2024
- called a hadron. An electron is an example of an elementary particle; protons ... moves through space at velocity c (the speed of light) and moves through time ...20 KB (3,162 words) - 21:09, 26 February 2023
- aircraft moves from transonic to supersonic speed. The term came into use during ... are able to move faster than sound. The tip of the whip breaks the sound barrier ...16 KB (2,554 words) - 15:12, 27 April 2023
- used for producing fine finishes or making light cuts on metals and other ... The grinding machine consists of a power-driven grinding wheel and ...4 KB (644 words) - 00:16, 8 January 2024
- Speed skating (also long track speedskating or long track speed skating ... Speed skating emphasizes speed at the shorter distances and endurance ...27 KB (4,168 words) - 15:19, 27 April 2023
- In common terminology, wind is the flow of air. In a broader sense ... There are various types of winds, which may be classified in any of ...17 KB (2,718 words) - 10:56, 15 May 2023
- to any stimulus that excites our sense of hearing. The cause of sound ... sounds provides us with an important mode of perception of our environment ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 15:34, 4 February 2023
- to satisfactorily demonstrate the existence of electromagnetic radiation waves ... and showed that the waves move at the speed of light. ==Legacy== ...15 KB (2,237 words) - 15:17, 25 January 2023
- Read-only memory, usually known by its acronym ROM, is a class of ... More modern types of ROM—such as PROM (Programmable Read-Only Memory ...21 KB (3,125 words) - 19:08, 16 April 2023
- of -1; t is the time; and c is the speed of light). As the square of i ... were moving at essentially the speed of light. Special relativity states ...28 KB (4,269 words) - 19:16, 17 August 2023
- A ceiling fan is a device suspended from the ceiling of a room, with ... In the summer, the direction of rotation of the blades is set to blow ...35 KB (5,762 words) - 23:44, 3 December 2023
- blink in sequence, giving the appearance of movement.]] into surmised motion. Beta movement is one of two illusions referred to as ...5 KB (719 words) - 02:33, 21 January 2022
- to the earliest known European examples of Homo sapiens sapiens, modern ... music, and the painstaking decoration of utilitarian objects. ...8 KB (1,081 words) - 00:21, 15 January 2023
- Aerodynamics is a branch of fluid dynamics concerned with studying ... it plays an important role in the design of automobiles, large buildings ...26 KB (3,914 words) - 06:23, 15 June 2023
- it travels (in vacuum) at the speed of light (c). Photons are vital ... where h is Planck's constant, c is the speed of light, and \lambda ...34 KB (4,943 words) - 20:26, 27 September 2023
- and graphos (writing), is the art and craft of creating and filming images ... to motion pictures. Although the exposing of images on light-sensitive elements ...29 KB (4,666 words) - 22:03, 10 December 2023
- for a train. It has no payload capacity of its own and its sole purpose ... controlled from a cab at the opposite end of the train. ...22 KB (3,331 words) - 07:49, 9 March 2023
- the Latin term ex- periri, meaning "of (or from) trying") is ... of the moons was consistent with a measurable speed of light. ...15 KB (2,257 words) - 23:56, 24 March 2024
- This can be either a simple redox process such as the oxidation of ... The term redox comes from the two concepts of reduction and oxidation ...12 KB (1,809 words) - 02:49, 8 December 2022
- The term frigate has been used for warships of many sizes and roles ... == The age of sail == ===Origin=== [[Image:Tackling.png|thumb|right ...18 KB (2,809 words) - 06:46, 15 April 2024
- with high velocity, approaching the speed of light; general relativity is ... * the speed of light is not a constant in classical mechanics, nor ...33 KB (4,963 words) - 10:51, 19 December 2023
- discoveries, including the rings of the planet Saturn and Saturn ... Born in The Hague, Christiaan Huygens was the second son of Constantijn ...16 KB (2,465 words) - 17:57, 10 December 2023
- to indicate that certain properties of matter (such as a material ... The investigation of properties, whether isotropic or anisotropic ...8 KB (1,148 words) - 06:28, 28 July 2023
- A chain is a series of connected links, usually made of metal. Chains ... == Types of chains and their uses == There are various types of chains ...6 KB (898 words) - 01:13, 4 December 2023
- is a type of multihulled boat or ship consisting of two hulls, or ... Catamarans are a relatively recent introduction to the design of boats ...20 KB (3,218 words) - 17:50, 30 November 2023
- combined in several minerals and is one of the 26 elements that commonly ... has also been detected spectroscopically in light from the Sun and some other stars. ...15 KB (2,022 words) - 14:18, 3 May 2023
- Pneumatic tires are used on all types of vehicles, from cars to earthmovers ... 1890 - Dunlop and William Harvey Du Cros began production of pneumatic ...28 KB (4,401 words) - 03:48, 1 May 2023
- usually known by its acronym RAM, is a class of media used in computers for ... In today's computers, the main memory takes the form of a RAM ...15 KB (2,297 words) - 17:22, 16 April 2023
- A quasar (contraction of QUASi-stellAR radio source) is an extremely ... found to have a redshift of 37 percent the speed of light. ...16 KB (2,372 words) - 15:39, 7 December 2022
- in power and the established institutions of society, often in a sensationalist ... #039; Pilgrim's Progress, the task of such writers is to expose the ...11 KB (1,585 words) - 17:31, 11 May 2020
- information, using standardized sequences of short and long elements to ... beginning in the 1890s. For the first half of the twentieth century, the ...27 KB (4,108 words) - 13:14, 10 March 2023
- and digests animal prey consisting mostly of insects and arachnids. The ... #039;s Green Swamp. The nutritional poverty of the soil is a reason for the ...15 KB (2,279 words) - 17:48, 3 May 2023
- Holography is the science of producing holograms; it is an advanced ... while working to improve the resolution of an electron microscope at the ...21 KB (3,201 words) - 10:54, 2 February 2024
- which is now defined in terms of the speed of light. The centimeter and the ... *light travel time (that is, the constancy of the speed of light) ...18 KB (2,703 words) - 15:29, 29 January 2024
- :*c \, is the speed of light; and :*k \, is Boltzmann's constant. ... observer-source direction, and c is the speed of light. ...23 KB (3,522 words) - 18:09, 31 October 2023
- ) is used for a class of materials that consist of continuous filaments ... plant, animal, and mineral sources. Examples of natural fibers and their sources ...10 KB (1,428 words) - 17:32, 26 March 2024
- Teriyaki (照り焼き, テリヤキ) is a method of Japanese cooking ... Most of the well-known dishes of modern Japanese cuisine appeared ...6 KB (957 words) - 14:46, 30 April 2023
- is an object that is attached to the end of the fishing line and designed ... an angler has to control the movement of the lure to attract fish. Anglers ...10 KB (1,609 words) - 17:31, 28 March 2024
- Skydiving is a type of parachuting done for recreational purposes ... and aircraft in flight, later as a way of delivering soldiers to the ...19 KB (3,068 words) - 22:48, 29 January 2023
- Transportation in South Korea refers to all modes of transportation ... Korea began to develop an extensive networks of railways, highways, bus routes ...22 KB (2,978 words) - 16:03, 31 October 2023
- changing an exponent; for example, the speed of light may be expressed as 299 792 ... In addition, the speed of light in a vacuum turns out to be astonishingly ...26 KB (4,128 words) - 16:28, 9 November 2022
- proton = first) is a subatomic particle with an electric charge of ... Protons are spin-1/2 fermions and are composed of three quarks, making ...10 KB (1,600 words) - 08:20, 2 December 2022
- Chameleon is any of the tropical, New World lizards comprising the ... Chameleon's add to the human wonder of nature, given their ability ...12 KB (1,901 words) - 02:06, 13 January 2023
- are emitted from matter after the absorption of energy from electromagnetic ... Hertz, although the term has generally fallen out of use. ...23 KB (3,443 words) - 04:26, 24 November 2022
- In physical cosmology, dark energy is a hypothetical form of energy ... velocity becomes greater than the speed of light. This is not a violation ...26 KB (3,829 words) - 22:20, 25 January 2024
- into kinetic energy. The reverse task, that of converting kinetic energy into ... Correctly, the armature is that part of the motor across which the ...46 KB (7,150 words) - 00:15, 13 February 2024
- Turkish tea (çay) is a type of tea originating in Turkey and popular ... In fact, tea has become an integral part of Turkish culture. The serving ...11 KB (1,771 words) - 00:24, 3 May 2023
- atomic number 4) ranks among the lightest of all known metals. Steel-gray ... Alloys of beryllium with copper or nickel are strong and wear-resistant ...16 KB (2,296 words) - 17:26, 29 September 2023
- For radar, the speed of signal is the speed of light, making the round trip ... length of the pulse multiplied by the speed of light, divided by two. In order ...32 KB (4,862 words) - 22:43, 7 December 2022
- properties are intermediate between those of metals and nonmetals. It is ... The development of the germanium transistor opened the door to numerous ...13 KB (1,672 words) - 09:43, 5 December 2022
- :c is the speed of light. Note that this definition is consistent with ... as the object approaches the speed of light. == Units of Measurement == ...15 KB (2,438 words) - 01:41, 6 September 2022
- Outer space (often called space) consists of the relatively empty ... has established the Kármán line, at an altitude of 100|km|mi ...19 KB (2,762 words) - 05:59, 18 November 2022
- quot; (specialized clamp) at one end of the drill grips the drill bit ... water wheels, and windmills, often with the use of belts. ...16 KB (2,609 words) - 21:09, 30 January 2024
- character, or "cell," is made up of six dot positions, arranged ... Louis Braille, himself blinded at the age of three, developed his ...14 KB (2,290 words) - 22:35, 20 November 2023
- and which cannot be explained in terms of another interaction. Currently ... the issue of the constancy of the speed of light, and Einstein also explained ...16 KB (2,260 words) - 09:25, 18 October 2022
- under an applied shear stress regardless of the magnitude of the applied ... is made by evaluating the viscosity of the matter: for example silly ...15 KB (2,275 words) - 17:44, 28 March 2024
- Trawling is a method of fishing that involves pulling a large fishing ... There are two types of trawling: bottom trawling and midwater trawling ...14 KB (2,235 words) - 14:52, 2 May 2023
- Jousting is a sport consisting of martial competition, usually between ... The joust permitted a display of individual skill and often offered ...13 KB (2,087 words) - 01:59, 8 September 2022
- to. Although the model had a large number of supporters among cosmologists ... and thus, because of the finite speed of light, in the past), not in ...10 KB (1,466 words) - 19:55, 9 February 2023
- Michael Faraday was one of the pioneers of modern electromagnetic ... field predicted waves moving at the speed of light. This monumental triumph ...17 KB (2,503 words) - 16:54, 9 November 2022
- direction. Thus, the diode can be thought of as an electronic version of ... Diodes are extremely useful devices for a variety of applications ...25 KB (3,818 words) - 17:12, 22 July 2020
- to black tea: it lacks the rosy, sweet aroma of black tea but it likewise does ... benefits. While the actual effectiveness of oolong tea's medicinal ...14 KB (2,206 words) - 10:33, 11 March 2023
- A meteoroid is a small body of debris in the Solar System, roughly ... == Definitions of meteoroid, meteor, meteorite == [[Image:IMG 8505n3 ...13 KB (2,001 words) - 16:25, 9 November 2022
- Impala (plural impala or impalas) is the common name for a light-built ... meat. As such, impalas reflect the principle of bi-level functionality, providing ...10 KB (1,571 words) - 16:37, 12 February 2024
- reptiles that belong to the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae and ... sinensis in the Yangtze River, People's Republic of China. ...15 KB (2,172 words) - 18:37, 21 July 2023
- #039;Oresme (c.1323 - July 11, 1382) was one of the most original thinkers ... Oresme evolved a geometrical method of plotting speed or intensity ...30 KB (4,510 words) - 09:44, 11 March 2023
- A gear is a wheel with teeth around its circumference, the purpose ... with another gear. In this case, rotation of one gear necessarily causes ...33 KB (5,689 words) - 06:30, 18 April 2024
- refer to a road tractor. Other common uses of the term include the lawn tractor ... to drive mechanical farm machinery by way of a flexible belt. Around 1850 ...28 KB (4,353 words) - 04:53, 1 May 2023
- An aurora is a natural display of glowing light in the night sky, ... combines the name Aurora, the Roman goddess of the dawn, with the word Boreas ...25 KB (3,925 words) - 17:52, 22 August 2023
- Scientific notation is a compact form of writing numbers that are ... written as 9.1093826×10−31 kg. The speed of light, which is approximately ...9 KB (1,279 words) - 17:25, 25 January 2023
- Photocopying is a process that makes paper copies of documents and ... other duplicating machines. The prevalence of its use is one of the factors ...16 KB (2,312 words) - 22:46, 28 March 2023
- a nuclear reaction can involve the collision of more than two nuclei or subatomic ... In the case of radioactive decay, the transformation is spontaneous ...22 KB (3,405 words) - 00:39, 17 November 2022
- The sport of Fencing is a sport of armed combat that is one of the ... ancient times as fencing was an ancient form of combat in warfare. Today the ...26 KB (4,245 words) - 17:16, 26 March 2024
- "analog shift register") made up of semiconductors that enables ... Today, charge-coupled devices are most widely used in arrays of photoelectric ...19 KB (2,914 words) - 01:46, 4 December 2023
- orientation, based on the principle of conservation of angular momentum ... The rotor and the two rings are mounted so the plane of rotation for ...15 KB (2,368 words) - 08:50, 29 July 2023
- In physics, magnetism is one of the phenomena by which materials exert ... this figure is nearly equal to the speed of light, Maxwell wrote in 1865 ...22 KB (3,366 words) - 05:09, 5 November 2022
- and an assistant tried to measure the speed of light. They stood on different ... of motion and is the "infinite speed of light" approximation to ...28 KB (4,354 words) - 03:55, 18 April 2024
- Athletics also known as track and field is a collection of sporting ... While most recognize the Olympic Games as the start of track and field ...24 KB (3,812 words) - 04:52, 1 May 2023
- one celestial object moves into the shadow of another. When an eclipse occurs ... was used to obtain the first estimate of the speed of light. ...20 KB (3,193 words) - 18:01, 12 February 2024
- is a bread product traditionally made of yeasted wheat dough in the ... Jewish specialty, in part because its method of preparation made it popular ...17 KB (2,751 words) - 05:40, 26 August 2023
- #039;s equator, and the apparent position of the Sun at that moment. are taken to be used in the definition of a celestial coordinate system—see ...25 KB (4,132 words) - 19:17, 13 February 2024
- In astrophysics and cosmology, dark matter is a major component of ... According to present observations of structures larger than galaxies ...31 KB (4,554 words) - 22:23, 25 January 2024
- type is the returning boomerang, a kind of throwing stick that, when thrown ... have also been used by various other peoples of the world. Boomerangs can be ...18 KB (2,904 words) - 19:33, 20 November 2023
- British gentleman scientist and inventor of the Victorian period. applying its principles to a novel form of illumination, the Bude light; ...27 KB (4,255 words) - 22:32, 29 January 2023
- device used for the remote operation of a machine. Remote controls ... One of the earliest examples of a remote control was developed in ...20 KB (3,126 words) - 03:59, 8 December 2022
- and music. The dance has earned a reputation of beauty and grace in performance ... Geom-mu originated during the later portion of the Three Kingdoms ...7 KB (1,083 words) - 06:54, 18 April 2024
- Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from ... cars and breaking speeds faster than the speed of light. ...28 KB (4,136 words) - 02:08, 2 May 2023
- In nuclear physics, beta decay is a type of radioactive decay involving ... There are two forms of beta decay: "beta minus" (β−) ...10 KB (1,458 words) - 17:45, 29 September 2023
- battle grounds have earned him the love of his country man and the respect ... Contrary to public belief, however, the mainstay of the Korean navy ...17 KB (2,637 words) - 00:27, 3 May 2023
- data. Modems can be used over any means of transmitting analog signals ... that turns the digital '1s and 0s' of a personal computer into sounds ...43 KB (6,933 words) - 19:24, 9 November 2022
- Edwin Powell Hubble (November 20, 1889 – September 28, 1953) was ... Born the son of John P. Hubble, an insurance executive in Marshfield ...14 KB (2,031 words) - 23:56, 12 February 2024
- thrust. The most common propellants consist of a fuel and an oxidizer that ... The development of extremely powerful rocket propellants has enabled ...24 KB (3,649 words) - 02:28, 16 December 2022
- derived from oil extracted from the rind of the bergamot orange, a fragrant ... tea, and its taste and aroma evoke the scent of perfume more than a beverage ...15 KB (2,263 words) - 01:25, 16 January 2023
- the proper fuel/air mixture for a wide range of engine-operating conditions ... Bánki in 1893. Frederick William Lanchester of Birmingham, England experimented ...26 KB (4,190 words) - 19:11, 26 November 2023
- Radio astronomy is a subfield of astronomy that studies celestial ... to detect them due to technical limitations of his apparatus ...12 KB (1,739 words) - 22:45, 7 December 2022
- Its melting point is higher than that of any other non-alloy, and it ... Torbern Bergman suggested the possibility of obtaining a new metal by reducing ...17 KB (2,431 words) - 18:45, 2 May 2023
- who was the first to observe four of Saturn's moons. He compiled ... near Sanremo, at that time in the Republic of Genoa. His father was James ...12 KB (1,827 words) - 20:28, 26 September 2023
- Asparagus is the name a genus of plants within the flowering plant ... As a vegetable, the tender, succulent shoots of asparagus not only ...14 KB (2,081 words) - 04:48, 18 August 2023
- All tape-based camcorders have removable media in the form of video ... eventually enabled the construction of portable video-cameras and ...34 KB (5,130 words) - 18:53, 25 November 2023
- device for transporting people, consisting of a staircase whose steps move ... with Trav-O-Lator®, a registered trademark of United Technologies), or moveator ...37 KB (6,013 words) - 21:28, 20 March 2024
- Switches have been built in a wide range of sizes and types, from subminiature ... The switch may also take the form of a "logic gate." Logic ...28 KB (4,495 words) - 14:19, 28 April 2023
- A laser (an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission ... in reality a laser beam travels at the speed of light and would seem to appear ...41 KB (6,333 words) - 06:55, 4 March 2023
- by one or more horizontal rotors—each of which comprises two or more ... Their range is subject only to availability of a refueling site and limitations ...42 KB (6,643 words) - 23:04, 3 February 2022
- quot;) is a general term for the variety of phenomena resulting from the ... that drives them propagates at close to the speed of light. ...20 KB (2,998 words) - 15:53, 13 February 2024
- Anti-tank warfare refers to any method of combating military armored ... In the area of anti-tank warfare, three terms are often used: "Mobility ...26 KB (4,166 words) - 06:22, 31 July 2023
- and adding a filler material to form a pool of molten material (the weld puddle ... A variety of energy sources can be used for welding, including a gas ...41 KB (6,376 words) - 23:28, 3 May 2023
- Originally, "Dasa" denoted enemies of the ancient Aryan peoples described ... The primary association of the word Dasa, however, is with the controversial ...15 KB (2,317 words) - 20:43, 19 May 2020
- voyage, in 1912. This event ranks as one of the worst peacetime maritime ... In the early part of the twentieth century, White Star Line sought ...33 KB (4,881 words) - 21:06, 16 April 2023
- Framing, in construction known as light frame construction, is a building ... Modern light-frame structures usually gain strength from rigid panels ...26 KB (4,085 words) - 06:40, 1 April 2024
- obtains thrust by reaction to the ejection of fast-moving fluid from within ... In chemically powered rockets, the combustion of propellant produces ...39 KB (5,911 words) - 02:27, 16 December 2022
- using electromagnetic induction. The source of mechanical energy may be a ... The Van de Graaff generator uses either of two mechanisms: ...16 KB (2,450 words) - 15:52, 13 February 2024
- telegraphy traffic. Subsequent generations of cables carried telephone traffic ... their working telegraph in 1839, the idea of a submarine line across the ...19 KB (2,734 words) - 21:23, 26 February 2023
- [[Image:Gem.pebbles.800pix.labelled.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A selection ... light), refractive index (ratio of the speed of light in the material to that ...19 KB (2,649 words) - 06:40, 18 April 2024
- 9, 1867 - December 9, 1916) was the pen name of Natsume Kinnosuke (夏目金之助 ... just one year and a half before the start of the Meiji Reformation, in Edo ...14 KB (2,244 words) - 15:18, 11 November 2022
- ) is a branch of physics involving study of the movement of physical ... of material objects approach the speed of light, which cannot be exceeded. ...11 KB (1,457 words) - 03:51, 9 November 2022
- Gamma-ray astronomy is a branch of astronomy that deals with the detection ... Astronomers have found that the universe contains a uniform background ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 04:09, 18 April 2024
- A parachute is a device used to slow the descent of a person or object ... controlled descent similar to that of a glider. In addition, smaller ...30 KB (4,644 words) - 07:42, 18 November 2022
- An electron microscope is a type of microscope that uses electrons ... the specimen in a manner similar to how a light microscope uses glass lenses ...20 KB (2,873 words) - 15:58, 13 February 2024
- or oscillate. The most common applications of fans are for creature comfort ... fan), winnowing (such as separating chaff of cereal grains), removing dust ...28 KB (4,570 words) - 00:41, 25 March 2024
- used globally for the finish construction of interior walls and ceilings ... The use of drywall offers the advantages of speed in construction ...23 KB (3,511 words) - 21:16, 30 January 2024
- The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. Natural satellites ... surface reaches Earth in 1.3 seconds (at the speed of light). ...39 KB (6,162 words) - 13:13, 10 March 2023
- or electronic device with a set of "keys" that, when ... For much of the twentieth century, typewriters were indispensable ...36 KB (5,574 words) - 00:40, 3 May 2023
- more advanced designs became a major source of mechanical power during the ... although other sources of heat such as solar power, nuclear power ...41 KB (6,343 words) - 19:56, 9 February 2023
- caliber gun. Heavy armor and a high degree of mobility give it survivability ... First used in World War I to break the deadlock of the trenches, tanks ...57 KB (9,115 words) - 04:01, 27 February 2023
- Earth's atmosphere. Almost 90 percent of all the incoming cosmic ray ... with velocity almost equal to the speed of light, and its observation ...37 KB (5,720 words) - 08:13, 10 January 2024
- by the multiple parallel fermentation of polished rice. The production ... ==Description of sake== Sake is widely referred to in English as "rice ...26 KB (4,206 words) - 00:58, 23 December 2022
- Diesel intended the engine to use a variety of fuels including coal ... for spark-ignite engines. At near the end of the compression stroke, diesel ...60 KB (9,401 words) - 14:31, 29 January 2024
- illusion. Both circles are the same shade of yellow, just as both squares ... Illusions are distortions of a sensory perception, revealing how the ...32 KB (4,837 words) - 16:27, 12 February 2024
- Jellyfish are marine invertebrates belonging to the Scyphozoan class ... Theoretically, members of Cnidaria have life cycles that alternate ...13 KB (1,960 words) - 18:03, 2 April 2024
- field. Electric current over time is a form of energy (electricity) that may ... The electron is one of a class of subatomic particles called leptons ...10 KB (1,515 words) - 15:57, 13 February 2024
- A computer is a machine for manipulating data according to a list ... Early electronic computers were the size of a large room, consuming as ...50 KB (7,240 words) - 00:24, 8 January 2024
- used to transfer copies (facsimiles) of documents, especially using ... The fax machine is an example of a democratizing technology, allowing ...13 KB (2,039 words) - 01:51, 26 March 2024
- to attempt to detect the change in the speed of light caused by the Earth moving ... *The speed of light approaches 299,792,458 m/s, but is always slower. ...37 KB (5,624 words) - 20:38, 21 April 2020
- on July 24, 1897 (missing in flight as of July 2, 1937), daughter of ... Daughter of a railroad attorney, she grew up as a tomboy in the American ...24 KB (3,751 words) - 02:50, 24 July 2023
- General relativity (GR) is a theory of gravitation that was developed ... present in Newtonian gravity; c is the speed of light, the key constant in ...66 KB (9,838 words) - 15:01, 26 September 2022
- important semiconductor, though dozens of others are important as well. that exploit the electronic properties of semiconductor materials, principally ...37 KB (5,657 words) - 17:50, 25 January 2023
- changes, usually increases, the amplitude of a signal. The "signal ... A related device that emphasizes conversion of signals of one type ...18 KB (2,580 words) - 09:26, 18 June 2021
- to move goods or people vertically. Because of elevators, humankind has been ... e.g. lifting aircraft to the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. There ...49 KB (7,939 words) - 16:09, 13 February 2024
- self-taught, Tatum played with the speed of light, adding complex chordal ... his mother owned, playing by ear by the age of three. Tatum would learn both ...16 KB (2,414 words) - 12:07, 7 November 2021
- from 1981 to 2011. At launch, it consisted of three main assemblies: a reusable ... was designed for a projected lifespan of 100 launches, or 10 years, ...43 KB (6,281 words) - 15:42, 4 February 2023
- a long tail. The cheetah is unique in its speed, being the fast land animal ... The unique adaptations of the cheetah allows them to capture fast ...32 KB (4,927 words) - 07:51, 13 January 2023
- the Swedish Parliament in 1634) was founder of the Swedish Empire (or Stormaktstiden ... own time, widely regarded as the archetype of what a king should be and one ...20 KB (3,242 words) - 02:41, 27 July 2023
- – Xenon] Thermophysical properties of neon, argon, krypton, and xenon ... This element can be extracted by fractional distillation of liquid ...13 KB (1,905 words) - 14:16, 20 May 2023
- for metalworking, and for the production of superalloys for jet engine ... Egypt, Canada, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Nigeria ...14 KB (1,813 words) - 03:03, 19 April 2023
- Gazelle is the common name for any of the various small, swift antelopes ... running ability requires stealth on the part of the predators to get close ...11 KB (1,577 words) - 07:59, 23 January 2023
- fields, which are measured in the units of Teslas (T), vary widely in ... speed (except at velocities approaching the speed of light). ...54 KB (8,712 words) - 10:50, 9 March 2023
- Etching is the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into ... The plate is then dipped in a bath of acid, technically called the ...21 KB (3,460 words) - 01:27, 19 March 2022
- cockpit, which is an opening near the center of the deck, and propels the boat ... garment is attached securely to the edges of the cockpit, preventing the ...36 KB (5,715 words) - 17:16, 5 October 2022
- Rationalism is a broad family of positions in epistemology. Perhaps ... distinction revolves is one of the oldest and most continuous ...12 KB (1,850 words) - 01:30, 8 December 2022
- In the most general terms, convection refers to the movement of molecules ... of black holes, at speeds that may approach the speed of light. ...11 KB (1,793 words) - 02:51, 8 January 2024
- The nucleus of an atom is the very dense region at the center of the ... the term to refer to the "central point of an atom." The modern atomic ...13 KB (1,903 words) - 06:57, 21 August 2023
- may also be used for a canal or a flow of water—for consumption, for ... the construction in the twentieth century of such undersea tunnels as the ...17 KB (2,599 words) - 00:21, 3 May 2023
- a very long neck and legs and is the tallest of all land-living animal species ... for near-by animals regarding the presence of predators. Giraffes have been ...17 KB (2,568 words) - 07:47, 24 January 2023
- :This article elaborates on the central technology of generating nuclear ... the chain reaction occurs in a fraction of a second and is uncontrolled ...45 KB (6,704 words) - 00:40, 17 November 2022
- Bootlegging is an informal term for the smuggling, sale, or transport ... unauthorized audio or video recording, often of a concert, distributed without ...25 KB (3,823 words) - 17:51, 27 April 2020
- because radio waves travel at the speed of light. In addition, it eliminates ... case, the radio waves travel at the speed of light, not only moving along ...35 KB (5,160 words) - 22:45, 7 December 2022
- in 1876, building on the pioneering efforts of Elisha Gray, Antonio Meucci ... on March 3, 1847. He was the middle of three children, all boys. Both ...26 KB (4,070 words) - 13:48, 18 July 2023
- to generate and receive the sound. The study of underwater sound is known as ... There are two kinds of sonar — active and passive. The frequencies ...46 KB (7,281 words) - 01:12, 4 February 2023
- is situated at the north-eastern end of the Houses of Parliament building ... demonstrate the difference between the speed of light and the speed of sound ...22 KB (3,639 words) - 22:14, 23 November 2023
- sphere is an imaginary rotating sphere of gigantic radius, concentric ... models, the celestial sphere was thought of as a physical reality rather ...58 KB (9,037 words) - 23:45, 3 December 2023
- the aircraft carrier as the capital ship of the fleet, a role previously ... 000 tonnes or more, has been the pinnacle of carrier development since their ...53 KB (8,096 words) - 07:01, 16 June 2023
- that utilizes the behavior and effects of electrons for the production ... to cover electronic engineering amongst some of the older (notably American ...28 KB (3,902 words) - 16:01, 13 February 2024
- plasma that produces short-wave ultraviolet light. This light then causes a ... require a ballast to regulate the flow of power through the lamp. In ...43 KB (6,681 words) - 17:46, 28 March 2024
- and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation of Taurus. Located at a distance ... moving at speeds up to half the speed of light. Iosif Shklovskii, On ...23 KB (3,450 words) - 06:15, 11 January 2024
- Health is a term that refers to a combination of the absence of illness ... In any organism, health can be said to be a "state of balance ...21 KB (3,080 words) - 15:09, 25 January 2023
- (8.31 minutes at the speed of light) |- ! align="left" | ... The Sun is the star at the center of the Earth's solar system ...52 KB (7,953 words) - 22:23, 26 February 2023
- Gas is one of the four major states or phases of matter, along with ... Gas exists in the middle of a heating continuum in which heating the ...20 KB (3,107 words) - 04:37, 18 April 2024
- Nuclear fission is the splitting of the nucleus of an atom into parts ... are moving at about 7 percent of the speed of light, and even moderated neutrons ...31 KB (4,827 words) - 10:09, 11 March 2023
- to transport material from the surface of a celestial body, particularly ... ) However, current technology is not capable of manufacturing practical materials ...39 KB (5,875 words) - 15:17, 27 April 2023
- gnu, is the common name for an antelope of the genus Connochaetes, characterized ... those migrating in the Serengeti of Tanzania, are key components ...11 KB (1,661 words) - 21:08, 21 November 2022
- The Battle of Jutland (German: Skagerrakschlacht (Battle of the Skagerrak ... Fourteen British and eleven German ships were sunk with great loss ...56 KB (8,672 words) - 09:48, 22 September 2023
- sizable ungulate ("hoofed") mammal of the family Equidae and the ... Horses, one of the most historically vital domesticated animals to ...30 KB (4,944 words) - 19:37, 21 February 2022
- another object while under the influence of a source of centripetal force ... who formulated his results in his three laws of planetary motion based on Tycho ...29 KB (4,580 words) - 01:05, 18 November 2022
- night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of -4.6. As an inferior planet ... The planet is covered with an opaque layer of highly reflective clouds and ...45 KB (7,026 words) - 17:37, 3 May 2023
- developed the Wankel rotary engine as a way of differentiating itself from ... for sale worldwide; nearly one million of these were produced in the ...29 KB (4,390 words) - 09:28, 10 March 2023
- Snow is a type of precipitation in the form of crystalline water ice ... Snow can act as an insulator that conserves the heat of the Earth ...18 KB (2,780 words) - 21:42, 30 January 2023
- containing an electron gun (a source of electrons) and a fluorescent ... (television, computer monitor), echoes of aircraft detected by radar ...37 KB (6,021 words) - 16:18, 3 December 2023
- electronic circuit (consisting mainly of semiconductor devices, as well ... to the brain to repair different types of brain damage. With this kind ...29 KB (4,001 words) - 06:15, 6 March 2024
- Measurement is the estimation of the magnitude of some attribute of ... * Speed of light * Planck's constant * Gravitational constant ...18 KB (2,732 words) - 14:42, 5 December 2023
- Nuclear physics is a field of physics that involves investigation ... are the most commonly known applications of nuclear physics, but the research ...18 KB (2,740 words) - 00:29, 17 November 2022
- 19, 1433 – October 1, 1499) was one of the most influential humanist ... Ficino introduced the concept of the immortality of the soul into ...12 KB (1,803 words) - 16:15, 6 November 2022
- Johnny Weissmuller (June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was one of ... also inspired people through his portrayal of Tarzan, who always protected ...18 KB (2,678 words) - 14:44, 15 April 2023
- to cuttlefish. This large, diverse group of invertebrates comprise the ... suckers as their tips only.) The suckers of squids also have hooks and/or ...13 KB (1,807 words) - 15:45, 27 April 2023
- who is generally regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential ... Mathematica, Newton enunciated his law of universal gravitation and three ...38 KB (5,841 words) - 19:00, 7 March 2024
- Varnish is traditionally a combination of a drying oil, a resin, and ... evaporated, or harden after evaporation of the solvent through certain ...13 KB (2,023 words) - 14:37, 3 May 2023
- Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Case citation 347 U.S. 483 ... A companion case dealt with the constitutionality of segregation in ...25 KB (3,783 words) - 04:40, 22 November 2023
- first woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. She co-owned the Newark ... The only female owner in the history of the Negro Leagues, Manley ...13 KB (2,001 words) - 02:46, 17 January 2023
- and two toes on each foot, with the nail of the larger inner toe resembling ... The ostrich is the only living species of its family, Struthionidae ...28 KB (4,283 words) - 10:51, 11 March 2023
- public") is a symbolic, figurative mode of representation of abstract ... The allegory is one of the most popular narrative forms in literature ...16 KB (2,444 words) - 18:26, 21 July 2023
- large-capacity magazine, typically at a rate of several hundred rounds per ... the massive and impassive destructive power of the machine guns changed the ...29 KB (4,662 words) - 04:50, 5 November 2022
- The Battle of Leyte Gulf, also known as the Second Battle of the Philippine ... The "Battle" of Leyte Gulf was actually a campaign consisting ...48 KB (7,546 words) - 10:05, 22 September 2023
- called Kessler Syndrome. Also, clouds of very small particles may cause ... Several other strategies have been proposed to minimize the generation ...13 KB (1,862 words) - 15:16, 27 April 2023
- least expensive and most widespread forms of motorized transport in many ... practical uses. They have been a source of unity in the formation of motorcycle ...41 KB (6,307 words) - 01:44, 11 March 2023
- Jogging is a form of trotting or running which is conducted at a slow ... Running may be considered more of a competitive sport, while jogging ...12 KB (1,901 words) - 06:42, 5 April 2024
- by many to be the greatest racehorse of all time: Secretariat not only ... Sired by Bold Ruler out of the dam Somethingroyal, Secretariat was ...29 KB (4,653 words) - 17:43, 25 January 2023
- that carries its own motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles ... The automobile is one of the technologies—along with such others ...30 KB (4,553 words) - 07:06, 23 August 2023
- Amsterdam, located in the south of the province North Holland in the ... with Amsterdam at the center. The use of soft drugs was tolerated, making ...29 KB (4,176 words) - 17:26, 26 July 2023
- EADS, high-technology and parent company of the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes ... survival during the German economic crisis of the 1920s. Its automobiles ...22 KB (3,044 words) - 00:05, 24 June 2022
- measurements are taken from the fingers of multi-day pass users to ensure ... quot;) is the study and development of automated methods for the identification ...14 KB (2,173 words) - 17:56, 31 October 2023
- Placozoa is a phylum of very simple, small, balloon-like marine animals ... Placozoans are the simplest in structure of all known multicellular ...38 KB (5,754 words) - 16:47, 2 May 2023
- was a major figure in the development of bebop, or modern jazz. and gifted improviser, building on the style of trumpeter Roy Eldridge but ...17 KB (2,671 words) - 09:19, 15 January 2023
- Eared seal is the common name for any of the marine mammals comprising ... Eared seals are one of the three main groups of mammals within the ...14 KB (2,040 words) - 01:25, 16 January 2023
- is distinctly different from the vision of molecular nanotechnology or ... transmissions, displays for certain types of projectors, and optical switching ...14 KB (2,096 words) - 10:39, 10 March 2023
- outstanding leader in the physical sciences of the nineteenth century widely ... father was Dr. James Thomson, a professor of mathematics at the Royal Academical ...36 KB (5,321 words) - 20:35, 13 May 2023
- ABMT) was a treaty between the United States of America and the Soviet Union ... are purely designed to protect the citizens of the Russian capital. The U ...15 KB (2,315 words) - 06:19, 31 July 2023
- An avalanche is a huge, rapid slide of snow, ice, rock, or soil down ... An avalanche is one of the major dangers faced in the mountains. A ...28 KB (4,333 words) - 07:09, 23 August 2023
- James A. Naismith, (November 6, 1861 – November 28, 1939) Bachelor ... November 6, 1861. James was the eldest son of Scottish immigrants John and ...14 KB (2,207 words) - 08:49, 18 March 2024
- to determine the receiver's location, speed and direction. ... GPS signals propagate nearly at the speed of light, this represents an error ...54 KB (8,113 words) - 20:37, 29 December 2023
- Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of electricity, which typically ... moving up or down at 1 to 10 percent of the speed of light. ...51 KB (7,568 words) - 08:38, 8 March 2023
- The forge or smithy is the workplace of a smith or a blacksmith. Forging ... and steel in particular often get some type of heat treatment. This can result ...15 KB (2,453 words) - 06:32, 1 April 2024
