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162,017 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayon | Rayon, also called viscose and commercialised in some countries as sabra silk or cactus silk, is a semi-synthetic fiber made from natural sources of regenerated cellulose, such as wood and related agricultural products. It has the same molecular structure as cellulose. Many types and grades of viscose fibers and films ... | Rayon | [
"Chemistry"
] | 5,062 | [
"Organic compounds",
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"Synthetic fibers"
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162,132 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derangement | In combinatorial mathematics, a derangement is a permutation of the elements of a set in which no element appears in its original position. In other words, a derangement is a permutation that has no fixed points.
The number of derangements of a set of size is known as the subfactorial of or the derangement number o... | Derangement | [
"Mathematics"
] | 4,358 | [
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"Functions and mappings",
"Integer sequences",
"Mathematical structures",
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"Mathematical objects",
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"Topology",
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162,143 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keloid | Keloid, also known as keloid disorder and keloidal scar, is the formation of a type of scar which, depending on its maturity, is composed mainly of either type III (early) or type I (late) collagen. It is a result of an overgrowth of granulation tissue (collagen type III) at the site of a healed skin injury which is th... | Keloid | [
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162,183 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPIB | IEEE 488, also known as HP-IB (Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus) and generically as GPIB (General Purpose Interface Bus), is a short-range digital communications 8-bit parallel multi-master interface bus specification developed by Hewlett-Packard. It subsequently became the subject of several standards. Although the bus w... | GPIB | [
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"Engineering"
] | 2,273 | [
"Computer standards",
"IEEE standards",
"Electronic test equipment",
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162,190 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20telephony%20integration | Computer telephony integration, also called computer–telephone integration or CTI, is a common name for any technology that allows interactions on a telephone and a computer to be coordinated. The term is predominantly used to describe desktop-based interaction for helping users be more efficient, though it can also re... | Computer telephony integration | [
"Technology"
] | 163 | [
"Information technology",
"Computer telephony integration"
] |
162,197 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duralumin | Duralumin (also called duraluminum, duraluminium, duralum, dural(l)ium, or dural) is a trade name for one of the earliest types of age-hardenable aluminium–copper alloys. The term is a combination of Düren and aluminium. Its use as a trade name is obsolete. Today the term mainly refers to aluminium-copper alloys, desig... | Duralumin | [
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"Engineering"
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"Aerospace engineering",
"Aerospace materials",
"Alloys",
"Aluminium alloys"
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162,263 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone%20directory | A telephone directory, commonly called a telephone book, telephone address book, phonebook, or the white and yellow pages, is a listing of telephone subscribers in a geographical area or subscribers to services provided by the organization that publishes the directory. Its purpose is to allow the telephone number of a ... | Telephone directory | [
"Mathematics"
] | 1,458 | [
"Mathematical objects",
"Numbers",
"Telephone numbers"
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162,267 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freiling%27s%20axiom%20of%20symmetry | Freiling's axiom of symmetry () is a set-theoretic axiom proposed by Chris Freiling. It is based on intuition of Stuart Davidson
but the mathematics behind it goes back to Wacław Sierpiński.
Let denote the set of all functions from to countable subsets of . (In other words, where is the collection of subsets of ... | Freiling's axiom of symmetry | [
"Mathematics"
] | 1,321 | [
"Axioms of set theory",
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162,269 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium%20oxide | Magnesium oxide (MgO), or magnesia, is a white hygroscopic solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase and is a source of magnesium (see also oxide). It has an empirical formula of MgO and consists of a lattice of Mg2+ ions and O2− ions held together by ionic bonding. Magnesium hydroxide forms in the presence of w... | Magnesium oxide | [
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"Chemistry",
"Engineering"
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"Materials",
"Optical materials",
"Ceramic materials",
"Ceramic engineering",
"Matter"
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162,289 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-aided%20manufacturing | Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) also known as computer-aided modeling or computer-aided machining is the use of software to control machine tools in the manufacturing of work pieces. This is not the only definition for CAM, but it is the most common. It may also refer to the use of a computer to assist in all operat... | Computer-aided manufacturing | [
"Technology"
] | 2,196 | [
"Information technology",
"Information technology management"
] |
162,312 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical%20wave | In physics, a mechanical wave is a wave that is an oscillation of matter, and therefore transfers energy through a material medium.
(Vacuum is, from classical perspective, a non-material medium, where electromagnetic waves propagate.)
While waves can move over long distances, the movement of the medium of transmissi... | Mechanical wave | [
"Physics",
"Engineering"
] | 617 | [
"Physical phenomena",
"Waves",
"Motion (physics)",
"Mechanics",
"Mechanical engineering"
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162,321 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invariant%20mass | The invariant mass, rest mass, intrinsic mass, proper mass, or in the case of bound systems simply mass, is the portion of the total mass of an object or system of objects that is independent of the overall motion of the system. More precisely, it is a characteristic of the system's total energy and momentum that is th... | Invariant mass | [
"Physics",
"Mathematics"
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"Size",
"Energy (physics)",
"Theory of relativity",
"Wikipedia categories named after physical quantities",
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"Matter"
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162,400 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force%20spectroscopy | Force spectroscopy is a set of techniques for the study of the interactions and the binding forces between individual molecules. These methods can be used to measure the mechanical properties of single polymer molecules or proteins, or individual chemical bonds. The name "force spectroscopy", although widely used in th... | Force spectroscopy | [
"Physics",
"Chemistry",
"Materials_science"
] | 2,210 | [
"Molecular physics",
"Spectrum (physical sciences)",
"Instrumental analysis",
"Scanning probe microscopy",
"Microscopy",
"Nanotechnology",
"Spectroscopy"
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162,435 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind%20uploading | Mind uploading is a speculative process of whole brain emulation in which a brain scan is used to completely emulate the mental state of the individual in a digital computer. The computer would then run a simulation of the brain's information processing, such that it would respond in essentially the same way as the ori... | Mind uploading | [
"Technology",
"Engineering",
"Biology"
] | 6,422 | [
"Genetic engineering",
"Transhumanism",
"Ethics of science and technology"
] |
162,438 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensboro%20Bridge | The Queensboro Bridge, officially the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, is a cantilever bridge over the East River in New York City. Completed in 1909, it connects the Long Island City neighborhood in the borough of Queens with the East Midtown and Upper East Side neighborhoods in Manhattan, passing over Roosevelt Island. Bec... | Queensboro Bridge | [
"Engineering"
] | 12,779 | [
"Civil engineering",
"Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks"
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162,498 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20meltdown | A nuclear meltdown (core meltdown, core melt accident, meltdown or partial core melt) is a severe nuclear reactor accident that results in core damage from overheating. The term nuclear meltdown is not officially defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency or by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. It... | Nuclear meltdown | [
"Technology"
] | 8,568 | [
"Environmental impact of nuclear power",
"Civilian nuclear power accidents"
] |
162,549 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS%20version%20history | The history of macOS, Apple's current Mac operating system formerly named Mac OS X until 2011 and then OS X until 2016, began with the company's project to replace its "classic" Mac OS. That system, up to and including its final release Mac OS 9, was a direct descendant of the operating system Apple had used in its Mac... | MacOS version history | [
"Technology"
] | 5,667 | [
"History of software",
"History of computing"
] |
162,557 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collusion | Collusion is a deceitful agreement or secret cooperation between two or more parties to limit open competition by deceiving, misleading or defrauding others of their legal right. Collusion is not always considered illegal. It can be used to attain objectives forbidden by law; for example, by defrauding or gaining an un... | Collusion | [
"Mathematics"
] | 3,593 | [
"Game theory",
"Strategy (game theory)"
] |
162,600 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacktivism | Hacktivism (or hactivism; a portmanteau of hack and activism), is the use of computer-based techniques such as hacking as a form of civil disobedience to promote a political agenda or social change. A form of Internet activism with roots in hacker culture and hacker ethics, its ends are often related to free speech, hu... | Hacktivism | [
"Technology"
] | 6,848 | [
"Computing terminology",
"Internet terminology"
] |
162,614 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal%20calendar | A decimal calendar is a calendar which includes units of time based on the decimal system. For example, a "decimal month" would consist of a year with 10 months and 36.52422 days per month.
History
Egyptian calendar
The ancient Egyptian calendar consisted of twelve months, each divided into three weeks of ten days, ... | Decimal calendar | [
"Mathematics"
] | 241 | [
"Quantity",
"Decimalisation",
"Units of measurement"
] |
162,654 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9%20Antoine%20Ferchault%20de%20R%C3%A9aumur | René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (; ; 28 February 1683 – 17 October 1757) was a French entomologist and writer who contributed to many different fields, especially the study of insects. He introduced the Réaumur temperature scale.
Life
Réaumur was born in a prominent La Rochelle family and educated in Paris. He learn... | René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur | [
"Physics"
] | 1,830 | [
"Scales of temperature",
"Physical quantities",
"Creators of temperature scales"
] |
162,736 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterogamy | Heterogamy is a term applied to a variety of distinct phenomena in different scientific domains. Usually having to do with some kind of difference, "hetero", in reproduction, "gamy". See below for more specific senses.
Science
Reproductive biology
In reproductive biology, heterogamy is the alternation of differently ... | Heterogamy | [
"Biology"
] | 376 | [
"Behavior",
"Plant reproduction",
"Plants",
"Genetics",
"Reproduction"
] |
162,757 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed%20Graphic | The Speed Graphic was a press camera produced by Graflex in Rochester, New York. Although the first Speed Graphic cameras were produced in 1912, production of later versions continued until 1973; with significant improvements occurring in 1947 with the introduction of the Pacemaker Speed Graphic (and Pacemaker Crown G... | Speed Graphic | [
"Technology"
] | 1,221 | [
"Recording devices",
"Cameras"
] |
162,780 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megafauna | In zoology, megafauna (from Greek μέγας megas "large" and Neo-Latin fauna "animal life") are large animals. The precise definition of the term varies widely, though a common threshold is approximately , with other thresholds as low as or as high as . Large body size is generally associated with other traits, such as h... | Megafauna | [
"Biology"
] | 5,167 | [
"Animal size",
"Zoology",
"Organism size"
] |
162,791 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary%20economics | Evolutionary economics is a school of economic thought that is inspired by evolutionary biology. Although not defined by a strict set of principles and uniting various approaches, it treats economic development as a process rather than an equilibrium and emphasizes change (qualitative, organisational, and structural), ... | Evolutionary economics | [
"Biology"
] | 3,545 | [
"Evolutionary biology"
] |
162,797 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individuation | The principle of individuation, or , describes the manner in which a thing is identified as distinct from other things.
The concept appears in numerous fields and is encountered in works of Leibniz, Carl Jung, Gunther Anders, Gilbert Simondon, Bernard Stiegler, Friedrich Nietzsche, Arthur Schopenhauer, David Bohm, Hen... | Individuation | [
"Technology",
"Biology"
] | 2,678 | [
"Philosophy of technology",
"Science and technology studies",
"nan"
] |
162,840 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration%20ratio | In economics, concentration ratios are used to quantify market concentration and are based on companies' market shares in a given industry.
A concentration ratio (CR) is the sum of the percentage market shares of (a pre-specified number of) the largest firms in an industry. An n-firm concentration ratio is a common m... | Concentration ratio | [
"Mathematics"
] | 535 | [
"Arithmetic",
"Ratios"
] |
162,843 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color%20television | Color television (American English) or colour television (Commonwealth English) is a television transmission technology that includes color information for the picture, so the video image can be displayed in color on the television set. It improves on the monochrome or black-and-white television technology, which displ... | Color television | [
"Technology",
"Engineering"
] | 10,615 | [
"Information and communications technology",
"Electronic engineering",
"Television technology",
"Display technology"
] |
162,874 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentamidine | Pentamidine is an antimicrobial medication used to treat African trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis, Balamuthia infections, babesiosis, and to prevent and treat pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in people with poor immune function. In African trypanosomiasis it is used for early disease before central nervous system involvement... | Pentamidine | [
"Chemistry",
"Biology"
] | 2,215 | [
"Genetics techniques",
"Antiprotozoal agents",
"Amidines",
"Functional groups",
"DNA-binding substances",
"Biocides",
"Bases (chemistry)"
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162,971 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STMicroelectronics | STMicroelectronics NV (commonly referred to as ST or STMicro) is a European multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company. It is the largest of such companies in Europe. It was founded in 1987 from the merger of two state-owned semiconductor corporations: Thomson Semiconducteurs of France and SG... | STMicroelectronics | [
"Materials_science",
"Engineering"
] | 4,478 | [
"Photovoltaics manufacturers",
"Microelectronic and microelectromechanical systems",
"MEMS factories",
"Engineering companies"
] |
162,999 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plesiochronous%20system | In telecommunications, a plesiochronous system is one where different parts of the system are almost, but not quite, perfectly synchronised. According to ITU-T standards, a pair of signals are plesiochronous if their significant instants occur at nominally the same rate, with any variation in rate being constrained wit... | Plesiochronous system | [
"Engineering"
] | 492 | [
"Network architecture",
"Telecommunications engineering",
"Computer networks engineering",
"Synchronization"
] |
163,005 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genlock | Genlock (generator locking) is a common technique where the video output of one source (or a specific reference signal from a signal generator) is used to synchronize other picture sources together. The aim in video applications is to ensure the coincidence of signals in time at a combining or switching point. When vid... | Genlock | [
"Engineering"
] | 848 | [
"Broadcast engineering",
"Electronic engineering",
"Telecommunications engineering",
"Synchronization"
] |
163,066 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price%E2%80%93earnings%20ratio | The price–earnings ratio, also known as P/E ratio, P/E, or PER, is the ratio of a company's share (stock) price to the company's earnings per share. The ratio is used for valuing companies and to find out whether they are overvalued or undervalued.
As an example, if share A is trading at and the earnings per share f... | Price–earnings ratio | [
"Mathematics"
] | 2,071 | [
"Financial ratios",
"Quantity",
"Metrics"
] |
163,103 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future | The future is the time after the past and present. Its arrival is considered inevitable due to the existence of time and the laws of physics. Due to the apparent nature of reality and the unavoidability of the future, everything that currently exists and will exist can be categorized as either permanent, meaning that i... | Future | [
"Physics",
"Mathematics"
] | 4,038 | [
"Physical quantities",
"Time",
"Future",
"Quantity",
"Philosophy of time",
"Spacetime",
"Wikipedia categories named after physical quantities"
] |
163,106 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethane | Ethane ( , ) is a naturally occurring organic chemical compound with chemical formula . At standard temperature and pressure, ethane is a colorless, odorless gas. Like many hydrocarbons, ethane is isolated on an industrial scale from natural gas and as a petrochemical by-product of petroleum refining. Its chief use is... | Ethane | [
"Chemistry",
"Environmental_science"
] | 2,297 | [
"Environmental chemistry",
"Organic compounds",
"Industrial gases",
"Greenhouse gases",
"Chemical process engineering",
"Alkanes"
] |
163,115 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interest%20rate | An interest rate is the amount of interest due per period, as a proportion of the amount lent, deposited, or borrowed (called the principal sum). The total interest on an amount lent or borrowed depends on the principal sum, the interest rate, the compounding frequency, and the length of time over which it is lent, dep... | Interest rate | [
"Mathematics"
] | 3,937 | [
"Applied mathematics",
"Mathematical finance"
] |
163,131 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s%20hierarchy%20of%20needs | Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a conceptualisation of the needs (or goals) that motivate human behaviour, which was proposed by the American psychologist Abraham Maslow. According to Maslow’s original formulation, there are five sets of basic needs that are related to each other in a hierarchy of prepotency (or strengt... | Maslow's hierarchy of needs | [
"Biology"
] | 4,740 | [
"Personal development",
"Behavior",
"Developmental psychology",
"Human development",
"Behavioural sciences",
"Organizational behavior",
"Interpersonal relationships",
"Human behavior"
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163,156 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information%20commissioner | The role of information commissioner differs from nation to nation. Most commonly it is a title given to a government regulator in the fields of freedom of information and the protection of personal data in the widest sense. The office often functions as a specialist ombudsman service.
Australia
The Office of the Aus... | Information commissioner | [
"Engineering"
] | 744 | [
"Cybersecurity engineering",
"Information privacy"
] |
163,242 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror%20galvanometer | A mirror galvanometer is an ammeter that indicates it has sensed an electric current by deflecting a light beam with a mirror. The beam of light projected on a scale acts as a long massless pointer. In 1826, Johann Christian Poggendorff developed the mirror galvanometer for detecting electric currents. The apparatus ... | Mirror galvanometer | [
"Technology",
"Engineering"
] | 939 | [
"Galvanometers",
"Measuring instruments"
] |
163,251 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical%20telegraph | An optical telegraph is a line of stations, typically towers, for the purpose of conveying textual information by means of visual signals (a form of optical communication). There are two main types of such systems; the semaphore telegraph which uses pivoted indicator arms and conveys information according to the direc... | Optical telegraph | [
"Engineering"
] | 9,689 | [
"Optical communications",
"Telecommunications engineering"
] |
163,389 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond%20dust | Diamond dust is a ground-level cloud composed of tiny ice crystals. This meteorological phenomenon is also referred to simply as ice crystals and is reported in the METAR code as IC. Diamond dust generally forms under otherwise clear or nearly clear skies, so it is sometimes referred to as clear-sky precipitation. Diam... | Diamond dust | [
"Physics"
] | 1,074 | [
"Optical phenomena",
"Physical phenomena",
"Atmospheric optical phenomena",
"Earth phenomena"
] |
163,390 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feeling | According to the APA Dictionary of Psychology, a feeling is "a self-contained phenomenal experience"; feelings are "subjective, evaluative, and independent of the sensations, thoughts, or images evoking them". The term feeling is closely related to, but not the same as, emotion. Feeling may, for instance, refer to the ... | Feeling | [
"Biology"
] | 2,478 | [
"Emotion",
"Behavior",
"Human behavior"
] |
163,503 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Wiki%20Way | The Wiki Way: Quick Collaboration on the Web is a 2001 book about wikis by Bo Leuf and Ward Cunningham.
It was the first major book published about using wikis. Cunningham invented wikis when he wrote WikiWikiWeb, the first wiki website software.
The book is about how to manage wiki systems, followed by a perspectiv... | The Wiki Way | [
"Technology"
] | 216 | [
"Computing stubs",
"Computer book stubs"
] |
163,526 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker%20culture | The hacker culture is a subculture of individuals who enjoy—often in collective effort—the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming the limitations of software systems or electronic hardware (mostly digital electronics), to achieve novel and clever outcomes. The act of engaging in activities (such as programming... | Hacker culture | [
"Technology"
] | 5,432 | [
"Computing and society"
] |
163,806 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil%20platform | An oil platform (also called an oil rig, offshore platform, oil production platform, etc.) is a large structure with facilities to extract and process petroleum and natural gas that lie in rock formations beneath the seabed. Many oil platforms will also have facilities to accommodate the workers, although it is also co... | Oil platform | [
"Chemistry",
"Engineering"
] | 6,266 | [
"Oil platforms",
"Structural engineering",
"Offshore engineering",
"Petroleum technology",
"Construction",
"Civil engineering",
"Natural gas technology"
] |
163,873 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English%20numerals | English number words include numerals and various words derived from them, as well as a large number of words borrowed from other languages.
Cardinal numbers
Cardinal numbers refer to the size of a group. In English, these words are numerals.
If a number is in the range 21 to 99, and the second digit is not zero, th... | English numerals | [
"Mathematics"
] | 6,150 | [
"Numeral systems",
"Numerals"
] |
163,895 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion%20%28mythology%29 | In Greek mythology, Orion (; Ancient Greek: Ὠρίων or ; Latin: Orion) was a giant huntsman whom Zeus (or perhaps Artemis) placed among the stars as the constellation of Orion.
Ancient sources told several different stories about Orion; there are two major versions of his birth and several versions of his death. The mo... | Orion (mythology) | [
"Astronomy"
] | 7,168 | [
"Astronomical myths"
] |
163,901 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information%20society | An information society is a society or subculture where the usage, creation, distribution, manipulation and integration of information is a significant activity. Its main drivers are information and communication technologies, which have resulted in rapid growth of a variety of forms of information. Proponents of this ... | Information society | [
"Technology"
] | 7,232 | [
"Hyperreality",
"Information Age",
"Science and technology studies",
"Computing and society"
] |
164,033 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netizen | The term netizen is a portmanteau of the English words internet and citizen, as in a "citizen of the net" or "net citizen". It describes a person actively involved in online communities or the Internet in general.
The term also commonly implies an interest and active engagement in improving the internet, making it an ... | Netizen | [
"Technology"
] | 855 | [
"Information Age",
"Computing terminology",
"Internet terminology",
"Information society",
"Cyberspace",
"Science and technology studies",
"Information technology",
"Computing and society",
"Hyperreality"
] |
164,040 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula | In science, a formula is a concise way of expressing information symbolically, as in a mathematical formula or a chemical formula. The informal use of the term formula in science refers to the general construct of a relationship between given quantities.
The plural of formula can be either formulas (from the most co... | Formula | [
"Mathematics"
] | 1,338 | [
"Elementary mathematics",
"nan",
"Algebra",
"Elementary algebra"
] |
164,055 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logarithmic%20scale | A logarithmic scale (or log scale) is a method used to display numerical data that spans a broad range of values, especially when there are significant differences between the magnitudes of the numbers involved.
Unlike a linear scale where each unit of distance corresponds to the same increment, on a logarithmic scal... | Logarithmic scale | [
"Physics",
"Mathematics"
] | 1,280 | [
"Physical quantities",
"Calculus",
"Quantity",
"Non-Newtonian calculus",
"Logarithmic scales of measurement"
] |
164,089 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politeness | Politeness is the practical application of good manners or etiquette so as not to offend others and to put them at ease. It is a culturally defined phenomenon, and therefore what is considered polite in one culture can sometimes be quite rude or simply eccentric in another cultural context.
While the goal of politenes... | Politeness | [
"Biology"
] | 1,766 | [
"Etiquette",
"Behavior",
"Human behavior"
] |
164,095 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral%20panic | A moral panic is a widespread feeling of fear that some evil person or thing threatens the values, interests, or well-being of a community or society. It is "the process of arousing social concern over an issue", usually perpetuated by moral entrepreneurs and mass media coverage, and exacerbated by politicians and lawm... | Moral panic | [
"Biology"
] | 8,005 | [
"Deviance (sociology)",
"Behavior",
"Human behavior"
] |
7,193,551 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ectoplasm%20%28paranormal%29 | In spiritualism, ectoplasm, also known as simply ecto, is a substance or spiritual energy "exteriorized" by physical mediums. It was coined in 1894 by psychical researcher Charles Richet. Although the term is widespread in popular culture, there is no scientific evidence that ectoplasm exists and many purported example... | Ectoplasm (paranormal) | [
"Physics",
"Biology"
] | 2,052 | [
"Vitalism",
"Materials",
"Fictional materials",
"Non-Darwinian evolution",
"Biology theories",
"Matter"
] |
7,194,467 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microdistillery | A microdistillery is a small, often boutique-style distillery established to produce beverage grade spirit alcohol in relatively small quantities, usually done in single batches (as opposed to larger distillers' continuous distilling process). While the term is most commonly used in the United States, micro-distillerie... | Microdistillery | [
"Chemistry"
] | 1,627 | [
"Distilleries",
"Distillation"
] |
7,194,760 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space%20Tourism%20Society | The Space Tourism Society is a California 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 1996 by John Spencer, a former member of the board of directors of the National Space Society, with the goal of promoting space tourism.
The STS is based in the US and has chapters in Japan, Norway, Canada, Malaysia, India, Russia, an... | Space Tourism Society | [
"Astronomy"
] | 215 | [
"Outer space",
"Astronomy stubs",
"Astronomy organizations",
"Space organizations",
"Outer space stubs"
] |
7,195,059 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable%20Valve%20Control | VVC (Variable Valve Control) is an automobile variable valve timing technology developed by Rover and applied to some high performance variants of the company's K Series 1800cc engine.
About
In order to improve the optimisation of the valve timing for differing engine speeds and loads, the system is able to vary the... | Variable Valve Control | [
"Technology"
] | 290 | [
"Engine technology",
"Engines"
] |
7,195,427 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon%20detonation | Carbon detonation or carbon deflagration is the violent reignition of thermonuclear fusion in a white dwarf star that was previously slowly cooling. It involves a runaway thermonuclear process which spreads through the white dwarf in a matter of seconds, producing a type Ia supernova which releases an immense amount of... | Carbon detonation | [
"Physics"
] | 1,104 | [
"Physical phenomena",
"Stellar phenomena",
"Astrophysics",
"Stellar evolution"
] |
7,195,477 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nylon-eating%20bacteria | Paenarthrobacter ureafaciens KI72, popularly known as nylon-eating bacteria, is a strain of Paenarthrobacter ureafaciens that can digest certain by-products of nylon 6 manufacture. It uses a set of enzymes to digest nylon, popularly known as nylonase'''.
Discovery and nomenclature
In 1975, a team of Japanese scienti... | Nylon-eating bacteria | [
"Biology"
] | 1,049 | [
"Organisms by adaptation",
"Plastivores"
] |
7,195,699 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driven%20right%20leg%20circuit | A Driven Right Leg circuit or DRL circuit, also known as Right Leg Driving technique, is an electric circuit that is often added to biological signal amplifiers to reduce common-mode interference. Biological signal amplifiers such as ECG (electrocardiogram) EEG (electroencephalogram) or EMG circuits measure very small ... | Driven right leg circuit | [
"Engineering"
] | 273 | [
"Electronic design",
"Analog circuits",
"Electronic engineering",
"Design"
] |
7,195,896 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orciprenaline | Orciprenaline, also known as metaproterenol, is a bronchodilator used in the treatment of asthma. Orciprenaline is a moderately selective β2 adrenergic receptor agonist that stimulates receptors of the smooth muscle in the lungs, uterus, and vasculature supplying skeletal muscle, with minimal or no effect on α adrenerg... | Orciprenaline | [
"Chemistry"
] | 244 | [
"Chemicals in medicine",
"Chemical substances for emergency medicine"
] |
7,196,358 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caneworking | In glassblowing, cane refers to rods of glass with color; these rods can be simple, containing a single color, or they can be complex and contain strands of one or several colors in pattern.
Caneworking refers to the process of making cane, and also to the use of pieces of cane, lengthwise, in the blowing process to a... | Caneworking | [
"Materials_science",
"Engineering"
] | 1,779 | [
"Glass engineering and science",
"Glass production"
] |
7,196,499 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha%20Centaurids | The Alpha Centaurids are a meteor shower in the constellation Centaurus, peaking in early February each year. The average magnitude is around 2.5, with a peak of about three meteors an hour.
They have been observed since 1969, with a single possible recorded observation in 1938.
References
Centaurus
February
Meteor ... | Alpha Centaurids | [
"Astronomy"
] | 66 | [
"Centaurus",
"Constellations"
] |
7,196,522 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowest%20common%20ancestor | In graph theory and computer science, the lowest common ancestor (LCA) (also called least common ancestor) of two nodes and in a tree or directed acyclic graph (DAG) is the lowest (i.e. deepest) node that has both and as descendants, where we define each node to be a descendant of itself (so if has a direct conn... | Lowest common ancestor | [
"Mathematics"
] | 2,320 | [
"Theoretical computer science",
"Applied mathematics"
] |
7,196,964 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functionally%20graded%20material | In materials science Functionally Graded Materials (FGMs) may be characterized by the variation in composition and structure gradually over volume, resulting in corresponding changes in the properties of the material. The materials can be designed for specific function and applications. Various approaches based on the ... | Functionally graded material | [
"Physics",
"Materials_science",
"Engineering"
] | 1,697 | [
"Applied and interdisciplinary physics",
"Composite materials",
"Materials science",
"Materials",
"nan",
"Matter"
] |
7,197,227 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel%20Play | The Intel Play product line, developed and jointly marketed by Intel and Mattel, was a product line of consumer "toy" electronic devices. The other toys were the Digital Movie Creator, the Computer Sound Morpher, and the Me2Cam.
The Intel Play product line was discontinued on March 29, 2002 when it was purchased by Ti... | Intel Play | [
"Technology"
] | 521 | [
"Computing stubs"
] |
7,197,430 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Congress%20of%20Actuaries | The International Congress of Actuaries (ICA) is a conference held under the auspices of the International Actuarial Association every four years. The most recent conference was the 31st Congress, held in Berlin, Germany from 4 to 8 June 2018. The 33rd Congress will be held in Sydney, Australia in 2023 and the 34th in... | International Congress of Actuaries | [
"Mathematics"
] | 297 | [
"Applied mathematics",
"Actuarial science"
] |
7,197,701 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintu | Kintu is a mythological figure who appears in a creation myth of the people of Buganda, Uganda. According to this legend, Kintu was the first person on earth. And the first Muganda.
Kintu, meaning "thing" in Bantu languages, is also commonly attached to the name Muntu, the legendary figure who founded the Gisu and Buk... | Kintu | [
"Astronomy"
] | 1,598 | [
"Cosmogony",
"Creation myths"
] |
7,197,808 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aniline%20acetate%20test | The aniline acetate test is a chemical test for the presence of certain carbohydrates, in which they are converted to furfural with hydrochloric acid, which reacts with aniline acetate to produce a bright pink color. Pentoses give a strong reaction, and hexoses give a much weaker reaction.
Procedure and mechanism
A d... | Aniline acetate test | [
"Chemistry",
"Biology"
] | 356 | [
"Biochemistry methods",
"Biochemistry detection reactions",
"Biochemical reactions",
"Microbiology techniques",
"Carbohydrate chemistry",
"Carbohydrate methods"
] |
7,198,409 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodward%2C%20Inc. | Woodward, Inc. is an American designer, manufacturer, and service provider of control systems and control system components (e.g. fuel pumps, engine controls, actuators, air valves, fuel nozzles, and electronics) for aircraft engines, industrial engines and turbines, power generation and mobile industrial equipment. Th... | Woodward, Inc. | [
"Engineering"
] | 897 | [
"Aerospace materials",
"Aerospace engineering"
] |
7,198,571 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoclonal%20antibody%20therapy | Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have varied therapeutic uses. It is possible to create a mAb that binds specifically to almost any extracellular target, such as cell surface proteins and cytokines. They can be used to render their target ineffective (e.g. by preventing receptor binding), to induce a specific cell signal (... | Monoclonal antibody therapy | [
"Biology"
] | 4,051 | [
"Immunology",
"Antiviral drugs",
"Biocides"
] |
7,198,865 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron%20magnetic%20resonance | In physics, biology and chemistry, electron magnetic resonance (EMR) is an interdisciplinary field that covers both electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR, also known as electron spin resonance – ESR) and electron cyclotron resonance (ECR). EMR looks at electrons rather than nuclei or ions as in nuclear magnetic resonanc... | Electron magnetic resonance | [
"Physics",
"Materials_science"
] | 92 | [
"Electromagnetism",
"Materials science stubs",
"Physical phenomena",
"Fundamental interactions",
"Electromagnetism stubs"
] |
7,199,356 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit%20ID | A circuit ID is a company-specific identifier assigned to a data or voice network connection between two locations. This connection, often called a circuit, may then be leased to a customer referring to that ID. In this way, the circuit ID is similar to a serial number on any product sold from a retailer to a customer.... | Circuit ID | [
"Engineering"
] | 2,263 | [
"Electrical engineering",
"Telecommunications engineering"
] |
7,199,881 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pozzolan | Pozzolans are a broad class of siliceous and aluminous materials which, in themselves, possess little or no cementitious value but which will, in finely divided form and in the presence of water, react chemically with calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2) at ordinary temperature to form compounds possessing cementitious properti... | Pozzolan | [
"Engineering"
] | 1,851 | [
"Structural engineering",
"Concrete"
] |
7,200,558 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact%20of%20nanotechnology | The impact of nanotechnology extends from its medical, ethical, mental, legal and environmental applications, to fields such as engineering, biology, chemistry, computing, materials science, and communications.
Major benefits of nanotechnology include improved manufacturing methods, water purification systems, energy ... | Impact of nanotechnology | [
"Materials_science",
"Technology",
"Engineering"
] | 3,454 | [
"Nanotechnology",
"Nanotechnology and the environment",
"Materials science",
"Ethics of science and technology"
] |
7,200,923 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-Acetylneuraminic%20acid | N-Acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac or NANA) is the predominant sialic acid found in human cells, and many mammalian cells. Other forms, such as N-Glycolylneuraminic acid, may also occur in cells.
This residue is negatively charged at physiological pH and is found in complex glycans on mucins and glycoproteins found at th... | N-Acetylneuraminic acid | [
"Chemistry"
] | 388 | [
"Amino sugars",
"Carbohydrates",
"Monosaccharides",
"Sugar acids"
] |
7,200,934 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon%20photonics | Silicon photonics is the study and application of photonic systems which use silicon as an optical medium. The silicon is usually patterned with sub-micrometre precision, into microphotonic components. These operate in the infrared, most commonly at the 1.55 micrometre wavelength used by most fiber optic telecommunicat... | Silicon photonics | [
"Materials_science"
] | 3,757 | [
"Nanotechnology",
"Silicon photonics"
] |
7,201,415 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biochemistry%20of%20Alzheimer%27s%20disease | The biochemistry of Alzheimer's disease, the most common cause of dementia, is not yet very well understood. Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been identified as a proteopathy: a protein misfolding disease due to the accumulation of abnormally folded amyloid beta (Aβ) protein in the brain. Amyloid beta is a short peptide th... | Biochemistry of Alzheimer's disease | [
"Biology"
] | 4,850 | [
"Pathology"
] |
7,202,208 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian%20Electrical%20Code | The Canadian Electrical Code, CE Code, or CSA C22.1 is a standard published by the Canadian Standards Association pertaining to the installation and maintenance of electrical equipment in Canada.
The first edition of the Canadian Electrical Code was published in 1927. The current (26th) edition was published in March... | Canadian Electrical Code | [
"Physics",
"Engineering"
] | 836 | [
"Electrical systems",
"Building engineering",
"Physical systems",
"Electrical engineering",
"Electrical wiring"
] |
7,202,313 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical%20code | An electrical code is a term for a set of regulations for the design and installation of electrical wiring in a building. The intention of such regulations is to provide standards to ensure electrical wiring systems are safe for people and property, protecting them from electrical shock and fire hazards. They are usua... | Electrical code | [
"Engineering"
] | 1,852 | [
"Building engineering",
"Fire protection"
] |
7,202,520 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium%E2%80%93lithium%20alloys | Aluminium–lithium alloys (Al–Li alloys) are a set of alloys of aluminium and lithium, often also including copper and zirconium. Since lithium is the least dense elemental metal, these alloys are significantly less dense than aluminium. Commercial Al–Li alloys contain up to 2.45% lithium by mass.
Crystal structure
All... | Aluminium–lithium alloys | [
"Chemistry"
] | 1,515 | [
"Alloys",
"Aluminium alloys"
] |
7,202,576 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Internet%20exchange%20points%20by%20size | This is a list of Internet exchange networks by size, measured by peak data rate (throughput), with additional data on location, establishment and average throughput. No
Generally only exchanges with more than ten gigabits per second peak throughput have been taken into consideration. The numbers in the list represent... | List of Internet exchange points by size | [
"Technology"
] | 329 | [
"Computing-related lists",
"Internet-related lists"
] |
7,203,159 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excinuclease | Excision endonuclease, also known as excinuclease or UV-specific endonuclease, is a nuclease (enzyme) which excises a fragment of nucleotides during DNA repair. The excinuclease cuts out a fragment by hydrolyzing two phosphodiester bonds, one on either side of the lesion in the DNA. This process is part of "nucleotide ... | Excinuclease | [
"Biology"
] | 282 | [
"Molecular genetics",
"Cellular processes",
"DNA repair"
] |
7,203,215 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiopronin | Tiopronin, sold under the brand name Thiola, is a medication used to control the rate of cystine precipitation and excretion in the disease cystinuria.
It is available as a generic medication.
Medical uses
Tiopronin is indicated, in combination with high fluid intake, alkali, and diet modification, for the prevention... | Tiopronin | [
"Chemistry"
] | 374 | [
"Organic compounds",
"Thiols"
] |
7,203,375 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic%20coordinate%20condition | The harmonic coordinate condition is one of several coordinate conditions in general relativity, which make it possible to solve the Einstein field equations. A coordinate system is said to satisfy the harmonic coordinate condition if each of the coordinate functions xα (regarded as scalar fields) satisfies d'Alembert'... | Harmonic coordinate condition | [
"Mathematics"
] | 687 | [
"Coordinate charts in general relativity",
"Coordinate systems"
] |
7,203,729 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Alembert%27s%20equation | In mathematics, d'Alembert's equation, sometimes also known as Lagrange's equation, is a first order nonlinear ordinary differential equation, named after the French mathematician Jean le Rond d'Alembert. The equation reads as
where . After differentiating once, and rearranging we have
The above equation is linear. W... | D'Alembert's equation | [
"Physics",
"Mathematics"
] | 102 | [
"Mathematical analysis",
"Equations of physics",
"Mathematical analysis stubs",
"Applied mathematics",
"Theoretical physics",
"Eponymous equations of physics",
"Mathematical physics"
] |
4,139,219 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T/TCP | T/TCP (Transactional Transmission Control Protocol) was a variant of the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP).
It was an experimental TCP extension for efficient transaction-oriented (request/response) service.
It was developed to fill the gap between TCP and UDP, by Bob Braden in 1994.
Its definition can be found in RF... | T/TCP | [
"Technology"
] | 274 | [
"Computing stubs",
"Computer network stubs"
] |
4,139,340 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation%20of%20German%20Scientists | The Federation of German Scientists - VDW (Vereinigung Deutscher Wissenschaftler e. V.) is a German non-governmental organization.
History
Since its founding 1959 by Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, Otto Hahn, Max Born and further prominent nuclear scientists, known as Göttinger 18, who had previously publicly declared... | Federation of German Scientists | [
"Technology"
] | 720 | [
"Ethics of science and technology"
] |
4,139,830 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depensation | In population dynamics, depensation is the effect on a population (such as a fish stock) whereby, due to certain causes, a decrease in the breeding population (mature individuals) leads to reduced production and survival of eggs or offspring. The causes may include predation levels rising per offspring (given the same ... | Depensation | [
"Physics"
] | 280 | [
"Physical phenomena",
"Ecological processes",
"Earth phenomena"
] |
4,140,063 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic%20power | The concept of symbolic power, also known as symbolic domination (domination symbolique in French language) or symbolic violence, was first introduced by French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu to account for the tacit, almost unconscious modes of cultural/social domination occurring within the social habits maintained ove... | Symbolic power | [
"Biology"
] | 634 | [
"Behavior",
"Aggression",
"Human behavior",
"Violence"
] |
4,140,245 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation%20%28mathematics%29 | In mathematics, an operation is a function from a set to itself. For example, an operation on real numbers will take in real numbers and return a real number. An operation can take zero or more input values (also called "operands" or "arguments") to a well-defined output value. The number of operands is the arity of th... | Operation (mathematics) | [
"Mathematics"
] | 1,227 | [
"Elementary mathematics",
"Arithmetic",
"Operations on numbers"
] |
4,140,304 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonox | Bonox is a beef extract made in Australia, currently owned by Bega Cheese after it acquired the brand from Kraft Heinz in 2017. It is primarily a drink but can also be used as stock in cooking.
History
Bonox was invented by Camron Thomas for Fred Walker of Fred Walker & Co. in 1918. Bonox was launched the following y... | Bonox | [
"Technology"
] | 452 | [
"Food ingredients",
"Components"
] |
4,140,679 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodemography%20of%20human%20longevity | Biodemography is a multidisciplinary approach, integrating biological knowledge (studies on human biology and animal models) with demographic research on human longevity and survival. Biodemographic studies are important for understanding the driving forces of the current longevity revolution (dramatic increase in huma... | Biodemography of human longevity | [
"Biology"
] | 565 | [
"Gerontology"
] |
4,140,772 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travel%20cost%20analysis | The travel cost method of economic valuation, travel cost analysis, or Clawson method is a revealed preference method of economic valuation used in cost–benefit analysis to calculate the value of something that cannot be obtained through market prices (i.e. national parks, beaches, ecosystems). The aim of the method is... | Travel cost analysis | [
"Environmental_science"
] | 520 | [
"Environmental economics",
"Environmental social science"
] |
4,141,406 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar%20dynamo | The solar dynamo is a physical process that generates the Sun's magnetic field. It is explained with a variant of the dynamo theory. A naturally occurring electric generator in the Sun's interior produces electric currents and a magnetic field, following the laws of Ampère, Faraday and Ohm, as well as the laws of fluid... | Solar dynamo | [
"Astronomy"
] | 831 | [
"Magnetism in astronomy"
] |
4,141,476 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenberger%E2%80%93Horne%E2%80%93Zeilinger%20state | In physics, in the area of quantum information theory, a Greenberger–Horne–Zeilinger (GHZ) state is an entangled quantum state that involves at least three subsystems (particle states, qubits, or qudits). Named for the three authors that first described this state, the GHZ state predicts outcomes from experiments that ... | Greenberger–Horne–Zeilinger state | [
"Physics"
] | 1,621 | [
"Quantum states",
"Quantum mechanics"
] |
4,141,488 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triflic%20acid | Triflic acid, the short name for trifluoromethanesulfonic acid, TFMS, TFSA, HOTf or TfOH, is a sulfonic acid with the chemical formula CF3SO3H. It is one of the strongest known acids. Triflic acid is mainly used in research as a catalyst for esterification. It is a hygroscopic, colorless, slightly viscous liquid and i... | Triflic acid | [
"Chemistry"
] | 1,133 | [
"Acids",
"Inorganic compounds",
"Superacids",
"Inorganic carbon compounds",
"Reagents for organic chemistry"
] |
4,141,563 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predictive%20analytics | Predictive analytics, or predictive AI, encompasses a variety of statistical techniques from data mining, predictive modeling, and machine learning that analyze current and historical facts to make predictions about future or otherwise unknown events.
In business, predictive models exploit patterns found in historical... | Predictive analytics | [
"Mathematics",
"Technology"
] | 2,832 | [
"Applied mathematics",
"Actuarial science",
"Data",
"Big data"
] |
4,141,655 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%20state | The W state is an entangled quantum state of three qubits which in the bra-ket notation has the following shape
and which is remarkable for representing a specific type of multipartite entanglement and for occurring in several applications in quantum information theory. Particles prepared in this state reproduce the... | W state | [
"Physics"
] | 507 | [
"Quantum states",
"Quantum mechanics"
] |
4,141,703 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market%20abuse | In economics and finance, market abuse may arise in circumstances in which investors in a financial market have been unreasonably disadvantaged, directly or indirectly, by others who:
have used information which is not publicly available (insider dealing)
have distorted the price-setting mechanism of financial instru... | Market abuse | [
"Biology"
] | 335 | [
"Abuse",
"Behavior",
"Aggression",
"Human behavior"
] |
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