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  • 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 ...
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  • blink in sequence, giving the appearance of movement.]] into surmised motion. Beta movement is one of two illusions referred to as ...
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  • to the earliest known European examples of Homo sapiens sapiens, modern ... music, and the painstaking decoration of utilitarian objects. ...
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  • Aerodynamics is a branch of fluid dynamics concerned with studying ... it plays an important role in the design of automobiles, large buildings ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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. ...
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  • the Latin term ex- periri, meaning "of (or from) trying") is ... of the moons was consistent with a measurable speed of light. ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • discoveries, including the rings of the planet Saturn and Saturn ... Born in The Hague, Christiaan Huygens was the second son of Constantijn ...
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  • to indicate that certain properties of matter (such as a material ... The investigation of properties, whether isotropic or anisotropic ...
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  • with high velocity, approaching the speed of light; general relativity is ... * the speed of light is not a constant in classical mechanics, nor ...
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  • The term frigate has been used for warships of many sizes and roles ... == The age of sail == ===Origin=== [[Image:Tackling.png|thumb|right ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • is a type of multihulled boat or ship consisting of two hulls, or ... Catamarans are a relatively recent introduction to the design of boats ...
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  • 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. ...
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  • Pneumatic tires are used on all types of vehicles, from cars to earthmovers ... 1890 - Dunlop and William Harvey Du Cros began production of pneumatic ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • A quasar (contraction of QUASi-stellAR radio source) is an extremely ... found to have a redshift of 37 percent the speed of light. ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • information, using standardized sequences of short and long elements to ... beginning in the 1890s. For the first half of the twentieth century, the ...
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  • Holography is the science of producing holograms; it is an advanced ... while working to improve the resolution of an electron microscope at the ...
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  • 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) ...
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  • :*c \, is the speed of light; and :*k \, is Boltzmann's constant. ... observer-source direction, and c is the speed of light. ...
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  • ) is used for a class of materials that consist of continuous filaments ... plant, animal, and mineral sources. Examples of natural fibers and their sources ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • Skydiving is a type of parachuting done for recreational purposes ... and aircraft in flight, later as a way of delivering soldiers to the ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • Transportation in South Korea refers to all modes of transportation ... Korea began to develop an extensive networks of railways, highways, bus routes ...
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  • proton = first) is a subatomic particle with an electric charge of ... Protons are spin-1/2 fermions and are composed of three quarks, making ...
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  • Chameleon is any of the tropical, New World lizards comprising the ... Chameleon's add to the human wonder of nature, given their ability ...
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  • are emitted from matter after the absorption of energy from electromagnetic ... Hertz, although the term has generally fallen out of use. ...
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  • In physical cosmology, dark energy is a hypothetical form of energy ... velocity becomes greater than the speed of light. This is not a violation ...
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  • into kinetic energy. The reverse task, that of converting kinetic energy into ... Correctly, the armature is that part of the motor across which the ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • properties are intermediate between those of metals and nonmetals. It is ... The development of the germanium transistor opened the door to numerous ...
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  • :c is the speed of light. Note that this definition is consistent with ... as the object approaches the speed of light. == Units of Measurement == ...
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  • Outer space (often called space) consists of the relatively empty ... has established the Kármán line, at an altitude of 100|km|mi ...
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  • quot; (specialized clamp) at one end of the drill grips the drill bit ... water wheels, and windmills, often with the use of belts. ...
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  • character, or "cell," is made up of six dot positions, arranged ... Louis Braille, himself blinded at the age of three, developed his ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • under an applied shear stress regardless of the magnitude of the applied ... is made by evaluating the viscosity of the matter: for example silly ...
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  • Jousting is a sport consisting of martial competition, usually between ... The joust permitted a display of individual skill and often offered ...
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  • Trawling is a method of fishing that involves pulling a large fishing ... There are two types of trawling: bottom trawling and midwater trawling ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • Michael Faraday was one of the pioneers of modern electromagnetic ... field predicted waves moving at the speed of light. This monumental triumph ...
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