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Hydrogen is just as plentiful as uranium is scarce.
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We know that we have hydrogen in water ; water is * * f and the H stands for hydrogen ; there is also hydrogen in wood and hydrogen in our bodies.
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We know that we have hydrogen in water ; water is * * f and the H stands for hydrogen ; there is also hydrogen in wood and hydrogen in our bodies.
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We know that we have hydrogen in water ; water is * * f and the H stands for hydrogen ; there is also hydrogen in wood and hydrogen in our bodies.
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We know that we have hydrogen in water ; water is * * f and the H stands for hydrogen ; there is also hydrogen in wood and hydrogen in our bodies.
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We know that we have hydrogen in water ; water is * * f and the H stands for hydrogen ; there is also hydrogen in wood and hydrogen in our bodies.
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I have calculated that if I could snap my fingers in one magic gesture to release the power of all the hydrogen in my body, I would explode with the force of a hundred bombs of the kind that fell on Hiroshima.
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I have calculated that if I could snap my fingers in one magic gesture to release the power of all the hydrogen in my body, I would explode with the force of a hundred bombs of the kind that fell on Hiroshima.
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I have calculated that if I could snap my fingers in one magic gesture to release the power of all the hydrogen in my body, I would explode with the force of a hundred bombs of the kind that fell on Hiroshima.
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I have calculated that if I could snap my fingers in one magic gesture to release the power of all the hydrogen in my body, I would explode with the force of a hundred bombs of the kind that fell on Hiroshima.
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I have calculated that if I could snap my fingers in one magic gesture to release the power of all the hydrogen in my body, I would explode with the force of a hundred bombs of the kind that fell on Hiroshima.
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I won n't try the experiment, but I think you can see that if we all knew the secret and we could all let ourselves go, there would be quite an explosion.
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I won n't try the experiment, but I think you can see that if we all knew the secret and we could all let ourselves go, there would be quite an explosion.
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I won n't try the experiment, but I think you can see that if we all knew the secret and we could all let ourselves go, there would be quite an explosion.
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I won n't try the experiment, but I think you can see that if we all knew the secret and we could all let ourselves go, there would be quite an explosion.
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I won n't try the experiment, but I think you can see that if we all knew the secret and we could all let ourselves go, there would be quite an explosion.
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I won n't try the experiment, but I think you can see that if we all knew the secret and we could all let ourselves go, there would be quite an explosion.
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And then think how little hydrogen we have in us compared with the hydrogen in Delaware Bay or in the ocean beyond.
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And then think how little hydrogen we have in us compared with the hydrogen in Delaware Bay or in the ocean beyond.
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And then think how little hydrogen we have in us compared with the hydrogen in Delaware Bay or in the ocean beyond.
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Salt water is still * * f, the same hydrogen is there.
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And the size of the ocean shows us the magnitude of the destructive power we hold in our hands today.
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And the size of the ocean shows us the magnitude of the destructive power we hold in our hands today.
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Of course, there is also an optimistic side to the picture.
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For if I knew the secret of letting this power in my body change directly into electricity, I could rent myself out to the electric companies and with just the power in my body I could light all the lights and run all the factories in the entire United States for some days.
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For if I knew the secret of letting this power in my body change directly into electricity, I could rent myself out to the electric companies and with just the power in my body I could light all the lights and run all the factories in the entire United States for some days.
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For if I knew the secret of letting this power in my body change directly into electricity, I could rent myself out to the electric companies and with just the power in my body I could light all the lights and run all the factories in the entire United States for some days.
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For if I knew the secret of letting this power in my body change directly into electricity, I could rent myself out to the electric companies and with just the power in my body I could light all the lights and run all the factories in the entire United States for some days.
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For if I knew the secret of letting this power in my body change directly into electricity, I could rent myself out to the electric companies and with just the power in my body I could light all the lights and run all the factories in the entire United States for some days.
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For if I knew the secret of letting this power in my body change directly into electricity, I could rent myself out to the electric companies and with just the power in my body I could light all the lights and run all the factories in the entire United States for some days.
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And think, if we all knew this secret and we could pool our power, what a wonderful public utility company we would make.
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And think, if we all knew this secret and we could pool our power, what a wonderful public utility company we would make.
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And think, if we all knew this secret and we could pool our power, what a wonderful public utility company we would make.
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With just the hydrogen of our bodies, we could run the world for years.
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Then think of Delaware Bay and the ocean and you see that we have a supply of power for millions of years to come.
think
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Then think of Delaware Bay and the ocean and you see that we have a supply of power for millions of years to come.
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Then think of Delaware Bay and the ocean and you see that we have a supply of power for millions of years to come.
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Then think of Delaware Bay and the ocean and you see that we have a supply of power for millions of years to come.
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It is power with which we can literally rebuild the world, provide adequate housing, food, education, abundant living for everyone everywhere.
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It is power with which we can literally rebuild the world, provide adequate housing, food, education, abundant living for everyone everywhere.
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It is power with which we can literally rebuild the world, provide adequate housing, food, education, abundant living for everyone everywhere.
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Now let us see where this power comes from.
see
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Now let us see where this power comes from.
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To grasp our new view of the atom, we have to appreciate first of all how small the atom is.
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To grasp our new view of the atom, we have to appreciate first of all how small the atom is.
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To grasp our new view of the atom, we have to appreciate first of all how small the atom is.
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I have been trying to make this clear to my own class in chemistry.
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I have been trying to make this clear to my own class in chemistry.
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One night there were some dried peas lying on our kitchen table, and these peas looked to me like a little group of atoms ; and I asked myself a question : Suppose I had the same number of peas as there are atoms in my body, how large an area would they cover?
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One night there were some dried peas lying on our kitchen table, and these peas looked to me like a little group of atoms ; and I asked myself a question : Suppose I had the same number of peas as there are atoms in my body, how large an area would they cover?
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One night there were some dried peas lying on our kitchen table, and these peas looked to me like a little group of atoms ; and I asked myself a question : Suppose I had the same number of peas as there are atoms in my body, how large an area would they cover?
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One night there were some dried peas lying on our kitchen table, and these peas looked to me like a little group of atoms ; and I asked myself a question : Suppose I had the same number of peas as there are atoms in my body, how large an area would they cover?
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One night there were some dried peas lying on our kitchen table, and these peas looked to me like a little group of atoms ; and I asked myself a question : Suppose I had the same number of peas as there are atoms in my body, how large an area would they cover?
Suppose
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One night there were some dried peas lying on our kitchen table, and these peas looked to me like a little group of atoms ; and I asked myself a question : Suppose I had the same number of peas as there are atoms in my body, how large an area would they cover?
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One night there were some dried peas lying on our kitchen table, and these peas looked to me like a little group of atoms ; and I asked myself a question : Suppose I had the same number of peas as there are atoms in my body, how large an area would they cover?
are
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One night there were some dried peas lying on our kitchen table, and these peas looked to me like a little group of atoms ; and I asked myself a question : Suppose I had the same number of peas as there are atoms in my body, how large an area would they cover?
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I calculated first that there are about an octillion atoms in the average human body ; that is a figure one with 27 ciphers, quite a large number.
calculated
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[ "judge to be probable" ]
[ "calculate%2:31:03::" ]
I calculated first that there are about an octillion atoms in the average human body ; that is a figure one with 27 ciphers, quite a large number.
are
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Then I calculated that a million peas would just about fill a household refrigerator ; a billion peas would fill a small house from cellar to attic ; a trillion peas would fill all the houses in a town of about ten thousand people ; and a quadrillion peas would fill all the buildings in the city of Philadelphia.
calculated
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[ "make a mathematical calculation or computation" ]
[ "calculate%2:31:00::" ]
Then I calculated that a million peas would just about fill a household refrigerator ; a billion peas would fill a small house from cellar to attic ; a trillion peas would fill all the houses in a town of about ten thousand people ; and a quadrillion peas would fill all the buildings in the city of Philadelphia.
fill
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[ "make full, also in a metaphorical sense" ]
[ "fill%2:30:01::" ]
Then I calculated that a million peas would just about fill a household refrigerator ; a billion peas would fill a small house from cellar to attic ; a trillion peas would fill all the houses in a town of about ten thousand people ; and a quadrillion peas would fill all the buildings in the city of Philadelphia.
fill
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[ "make full, also in a metaphorical sense" ]
[ "fill%2:30:01::" ]
Then I calculated that a million peas would just about fill a household refrigerator ; a billion peas would fill a small house from cellar to attic ; a trillion peas would fill all the houses in a town of about ten thousand people ; and a quadrillion peas would fill all the buildings in the city of Philadelphia.
fill
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[ "make full, also in a metaphorical sense" ]
[ "fill%2:30:01::" ]
Then I calculated that a million peas would just about fill a household refrigerator ; a billion peas would fill a small house from cellar to attic ; a trillion peas would fill all the houses in a town of about ten thousand people ; and a quadrillion peas would fill all the buildings in the city of Philadelphia.
fill
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[ "make full, also in a metaphorical sense" ]
[ "fill%2:30:01::" ]
I saw that I would soon run out of buildings at this rate, so I decided to take another measure - the whole state of Pennsylvania.
saw
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[ "perceive (an idea or situation) mentally" ]
[ "see%2:31:01::" ]
I saw that I would soon run out of buildings at this rate, so I decided to take another measure - the whole state of Pennsylvania.
run out
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[ "become used up; be exhausted" ]
[ "run_out%2:30:12::" ]
I saw that I would soon run out of buildings at this rate, so I decided to take another measure - the whole state of Pennsylvania.
decided
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[ "reach, make, or come to a decision about something" ]
[ "decide%2:31:00::" ]
Imagine that there is a blizzard over Pennsylvania, but instead of snowing snow, it snows peas ; so we get the whole state covered with peas, about four feet deep.
Imagine
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[ "form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case" ]
[ "imagine%2:36:00::" ]
Imagine that there is a blizzard over Pennsylvania, but instead of snowing snow, it snows peas ; so we get the whole state covered with peas, about four feet deep.
is
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[ "happen, occur, take place" ]
[ "be%2:42:04::" ]
Imagine that there is a blizzard over Pennsylvania, but instead of snowing snow, it snows peas ; so we get the whole state covered with peas, about four feet deep.
snowing
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[ "fall as snow" ]
[ "snow%2:43:00::" ]
Imagine that there is a blizzard over Pennsylvania, but instead of snowing snow, it snows peas ; so we get the whole state covered with peas, about four feet deep.
snows
{ "name": "snow", "sense_definitions_list": [ "precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals", "a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground", "English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980)", "street names for cocaine", "fall a...
[ "fall as snow" ]
[ "snow%2:43:00::" ]
Imagine that there is a blizzard over Pennsylvania, but instead of snowing snow, it snows peas ; so we get the whole state covered with peas, about four feet deep.
get
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[ "come into the possession of something concrete or abstract" ]
[ "get%2:40:00::" ]
You can imagine what it would look like going out on the turnpike with the peas banked up against the houses and covering the cars ; Pennsylvania thus blanketed would contain about a quintillion peas.
imagine
{ "name": "imagine", "sense_definitions_list": [ "form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case", "expect, believe, or suppose" ] }
[ "form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case" ]
[ "imagine%2:36:00::" ]
You can imagine what it would look like going out on the turnpike with the peas banked up against the houses and covering the cars ; Pennsylvania thus blanketed would contain about a quintillion peas.
look like
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[ "bear a physical resemblance to" ]
[ "look_like%2:42:00::" ]
You can imagine what it would look like going out on the turnpike with the peas banked up against the houses and covering the cars ; Pennsylvania thus blanketed would contain about a quintillion peas.
going
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[ "change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically" ]
[ "go%2:38:00::" ]
You can imagine what it would look like going out on the turnpike with the peas banked up against the houses and covering the cars ; Pennsylvania thus blanketed would contain about a quintillion peas.
covering
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[ "provide with a covering or cause to be covered" ]
[ "cover%2:35:00::" ]
You can imagine what it would look like going out on the turnpike with the peas banked up against the houses and covering the cars ; Pennsylvania thus blanketed would contain about a quintillion peas.
contain
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[ "include or contain; have as a component" ]
[ "contain%2:42:00::" ]
But we still have a long way to go.
have
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[ "have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense" ]
[ "have%2:40:00::" ]
But we still have a long way to go.
go
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[ "follow a procedure or take a course" ]
[ "go%2:41:00::" ]
Next we imagine our blizzard raging over all the land areas of the entire globe - North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, all covered with peas four feet deep ; then we have sextillion peas.
imagine
{ "name": "imagine", "sense_definitions_list": [ "form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case", "expect, believe, or suppose" ] }
[ "form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case" ]
[ "imagine%2:36:00::" ]
Next we imagine our blizzard raging over all the land areas of the entire globe - North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, all covered with peas four feet deep ; then we have sextillion peas.
raging
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[ "be violent; as of fires and storms" ]
[ "rage%2:42:00::" ]
Next we imagine our blizzard raging over all the land areas of the entire globe - North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, all covered with peas four feet deep ; then we have sextillion peas.
have
{ "name": "have", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a person who possesses great material wealth", "have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense", "have as a feature", "go through (mental or physical states or experiences)", "have ownership or possession of", "cause to move; cause t...
[ "have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense" ]
[ "have%2:40:00::" ]
Next we freeze over the oceans and cover the whole earth with peas, then we go out among the neighboring stars, collect 250 planets each the size of the earth, and also cover each of these with peas four feet deep ; and then we have septillion.
freeze
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[ "change to ice" ]
[ "freeze%2:30:00::" ]
Next we freeze over the oceans and cover the whole earth with peas, then we go out among the neighboring stars, collect 250 planets each the size of the earth, and also cover each of these with peas four feet deep ; and then we have septillion.
cover
{ "name": "cover", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something", "bedding that keeps a person warm in bed", "the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it", "the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book", ...
[ "provide with a covering or cause to be covered" ]
[ "cover%2:35:00::" ]
Next we freeze over the oceans and cover the whole earth with peas, then we go out among the neighboring stars, collect 250 planets each the size of the earth, and also cover each of these with peas four feet deep ; and then we have septillion.
go
{ "name": "go", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)", "street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine", "a usually brief attempt", "a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the o...
[ "change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically" ]
[ "go%2:38:00::" ]
Next we freeze over the oceans and cover the whole earth with peas, then we go out among the neighboring stars, collect 250 planets each the size of the earth, and also cover each of these with peas four feet deep ; and then we have septillion.
collect
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[ "assemble or get together" ]
[ "collect%2:35:00::" ]
Next we freeze over the oceans and cover the whole earth with peas, then we go out among the neighboring stars, collect 250 planets each the size of the earth, and also cover each of these with peas four feet deep ; and then we have septillion.
cover
{ "name": "cover", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something", "bedding that keeps a person warm in bed", "the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it", "the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book", ...
[ "provide with a covering or cause to be covered" ]
[ "cover%2:35:00::" ]
Next we freeze over the oceans and cover the whole earth with peas, then we go out among the neighboring stars, collect 250 planets each the size of the earth, and also cover each of these with peas four feet deep ; and then we have septillion.
have
{ "name": "have", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a person who possesses great material wealth", "have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense", "have as a feature", "go through (mental or physical states or experiences)", "have ownership or possession of", "cause to move; cause t...
[ "have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense" ]
[ "have%2:40:00::" ]
Finally we go into the farthest reaches of the Milky Way ; we get 250000 planets ; we cover each of these with our blanket of peas and then at last we have octillion peas corresponding in number to the atoms in the body.
go
{ "name": "go", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)", "street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine", "a usually brief attempt", "a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the o...
[ "change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically" ]
[ "go%2:38:00::" ]
Finally we go into the farthest reaches of the Milky Way ; we get 250000 planets ; we cover each of these with our blanket of peas and then at last we have octillion peas corresponding in number to the atoms in the body.
get
{ "name": "get", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent", "come into the possession of something concrete or abstract", "enter or assume a certain state or condition", "cause to move; cause to be in...
[ "receive a specified treatment (abstract)" ]
[ "get%2:30:03::" ]
Finally we go into the farthest reaches of the Milky Way ; we get 250000 planets ; we cover each of these with our blanket of peas and then at last we have octillion peas corresponding in number to the atoms in the body.
cover
{ "name": "cover", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something", "bedding that keeps a person warm in bed", "the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it", "the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book", ...
[ "provide with a covering or cause to be covered" ]
[ "cover%2:35:00::" ]
Finally we go into the farthest reaches of the Milky Way ; we get 250000 planets ; we cover each of these with our blanket of peas and then at last we have octillion peas corresponding in number to the atoms in the body.
have
{ "name": "have", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a person who possesses great material wealth", "have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense", "have as a feature", "go through (mental or physical states or experiences)", "have ownership or possession of", "cause to move; cause t...
[ "have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense" ]
[ "have%2:40:00::" ]
So you see how small an atom is and how complicated you are.
see
{ "name": "see", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located", "perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight", "perceive (an idea or situation) mentally", "perceive or be contemporaneous with", "imagine; conceive of; see in one's min...
[ "perceive (an idea or situation) mentally" ]
[ "see%2:31:01::" ]
So you see how small an atom is and how complicated you are.
is
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[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]
[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
So you see how small an atom is and how complicated you are.
are
{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...
[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]
[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
Now although an atom is small, we can still in imagination have a look at it.
is
{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...
[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]
[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
Now although an atom is small, we can still in imagination have a look at it.
have a look
{ "name": "have_a_look", "sense_definitions_list": [ "look at with attention" ] }
[ "look at with attention" ]
[ "have_a_look%2:39:00::" ]
Let us focus on an atom of calcium from the tip of the bone of my finger and let us suppose that I swallow a magic Alice in Wonderland growing pill.
focus
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[ "direct one's attention on something" ]
[ "focus%2:31:00::" ]
Let us focus on an atom of calcium from the tip of the bone of my finger and let us suppose that I swallow a magic Alice in Wonderland growing pill.
suppose
{ "name": "suppose", "sense_definitions_list": [ "express a supposition", "expect, believe, or suppose", "to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds", "take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand", "require as a necessary antecedent or precondition" ] }
[ "express a supposition" ]
[ "suppose%2:32:00::" ]
Let us focus on an atom of calcium from the tip of the bone of my finger and let us suppose that I swallow a magic Alice in Wonderland growing pill.
swallow
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[ "pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking" ]
[ "swallow%2:34:00::" ]
I start growing rapidly and this calcium atom grows along with me.
start
{ "name": "start", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the beginning of anything", "the time at which something is supposed to begin", "a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)", "a sudden involuntary movement", "the act of starting something", "a line indicating the location of the star...
[ "take the first step or steps in carrying out an action" ]
[ "start%2:30:00::" ]