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2593831 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull%20fracture | Skull fracture | A skull fracture is a break in one or more of the eight bones that form the cranial portion of the skull, usually occurring as a result of blunt force trauma. If the force of the impact is excessive, the bone may fracture at or near the site of the impact and cause damage to the underlying structures within the skull ... | Biology and health sciences | Types | Health |
15698614 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stable%20roommates%20problem | Stable roommates problem | In mathematics, economics and computer science, particularly in the fields of combinatorics, game theory and algorithms, the stable-roommate problem (SRP) is the problem of finding a stable matching for an even-sized set. A matching is a separation of the set into disjoint pairs ("roommates"). The matching is stable i... | Mathematics | Order theory | null |
20819040 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashtag | Hashtag | A hashtag is a metadata tag operator that is prefaced by the hash symbol, #. On social media, hashtags are used on microblogging and photo-sharing services–especially Twitter and Tumblr–as a form of user-generated tagging that enables cross-referencing of content by topic or theme. For example, a search within Instagra... | Technology | Internet | null |
20825705 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Zealand%20parrot | New Zealand parrot | The New Zealand parrot family, Strigopidae, consists of at least three genera of parrots – Nestor, Strigops, the fossil Nelepsittacus, and probably the fossil Heracles. The genus Nestor consists of the kea, kākā, Norfolk kākā and Chatham kākā, while the genus Strigops contains the iconic kākāpō. All extant species are ... | Biology and health sciences | Psittaciformes | Animals |
782890 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semisynthesis | Semisynthesis | Semisynthesis, or partial chemical synthesis, is a type of chemical synthesis that uses chemical compounds isolated from natural sources (such as microbial cell cultures or plant material) as the starting materials to produce novel compounds with distinct chemical and medicinal properties. The novel compounds generally... | Physical sciences | Synthetic strategies | Chemistry |
783563 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total%20synthesis | Total synthesis | Total synthesis, a specialized area within organic chemistry, focuses on constructing complex organic compounds, especially those found in nature, using laboratory methods. It often involves synthesizing natural products from basic, commercially available starting materials. Total synthesis targets can also be organome... | Physical sciences | Synthetic strategies | Chemistry |
784628 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyelid | Eyelid | An eyelid ( ) is a thin fold of skin that covers and protects an eye. The levator palpebrae superioris muscle retracts the eyelid, exposing the cornea to the outside, giving vision. This can be either voluntarily or involuntarily. "Palpebral" (and "blepharal") means relating to the eyelids. Its key function is to regul... | Biology and health sciences | Visual system | Biology |
786056 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo%20ship | Cargo ship | A cargo ship or freighter is a merchant ship that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year, handling the bulk of international trade. Cargo ships are usually specially designed for the task, often being equipped with cranes and o... | Technology | Maritime transport | null |
786064 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prevailing%20winds | Prevailing winds | In meteorology, prevailing wind in a region of the Earth's surface is a surface wind that blows predominantly from a particular direction. The dominant winds are the trends in direction of wind with the highest speed over a particular point on the Earth's surface at any given time. A region's prevailing and dominant wi... | Physical sciences | Winds | Earth science |
786501 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westerlies | Westerlies | The westerlies, anti-trades, or prevailing westerlies, are prevailing winds from the west toward the east in the middle latitudes between 30 and 60 degrees latitude. They originate from the high-pressure areas in the horse latitudes (about 30 degrees) and trend towards the poles and steer extratropical cyclones in thi... | Physical sciences | Winds | Earth science |
788091 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological%20trauma | Psychological trauma | Psychological trauma (also known as mental trauma, psychiatric trauma, emotional damage, or psychotrauma) is an emotional response caused by severe distressing events, such as bodily injury, sexual violence, or other threats to the life of the subject or their loved ones; indirect exposure, such as from watching televi... | Biology and health sciences | Health and fitness: General | Health |
788093 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major%20trauma | Major trauma | Major trauma is any injury that has the potential to cause prolonged disability or death. There are many causes of major trauma, blunt and penetrating, including falls, motor vehicle collisions, stabbing wounds, and gunshot wounds. Depending on the severity of injury, quickness of management, and transportation to an a... | Biology and health sciences | Injury | null |
788664 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenorland | Kenorland | Kenorland is a hypothetical Neoarchean supercontinent. If it existed, it would have been one of the earliest known supercontinents on Earth. It is thought to have formed during the Neoarchaean Era c. 2.72 billion years ago (2.72 Ga) by the accretion of Neoarchaean cratons and the formation of new continental crust. It ... | Physical sciences | Paleogeography | Earth science |
788698 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachik%C5%8D | Hachikō | was a Japanese Akita dog remembered for his remarkable loyalty to his owner, Hidesaburō Ueno, for whom he continued to wait for over nine years following Ueno's death.
Hachikō was born on November 10, 1923, at a farm near the city of Ōdate, Akita Prefecture. In 1924, Hidesaburō Ueno, a professor at the Tokyo Imperial ... | Biology and health sciences | Individual animals | Animals |
23809352 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon-fiber%20reinforced%20polymer | Carbon-fiber reinforced polymer | Carbon fiber-reinforced polymers (American English), carbon-fibre-reinforced polymers (Commonwealth English), carbon-fiber-reinforced plastics, carbon-fiber reinforced-thermoplastic (CFRP, CRP, CFRTP), also known as carbon fiber, carbon composite, or just carbon, are extremely strong and light fiber-reinforced plastic... | Technology | Materials | null |
23809410 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooter%20%28motorcycle%29 | Scooter (motorcycle) | A scooter (motor scooter) is a motorcycle with an underbone or step-through frame, a seat, a transmission that shifts without the operator having to operate a clutch lever, a platform for their feet, and with a method of operation that emphasizes comfort and fuel economy. Elements of scooter design were present in som... | Technology | Motorized road transport | null |
3536933 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium%20dichromate | Sodium dichromate | Sodium dichromate is the inorganic compound with the formula Na2Cr2O7. However, the salt is usually handled as its dihydrate Na2Cr2O7·2H2O. Virtually all chromium ore is processed via conversion to sodium dichromate and virtually all compounds and materials based on chromium are prepared from this salt. In terms of rea... | Physical sciences | Metallic oxyanions | Chemistry |
3537945 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boudinage | Boudinage | Boudinage is a geological term for structures formed by extension, where a rigid tabular body such as hornfels, is stretched and deformed amidst less competent surroundings. The competent bed begins to break up, forming sausage-shaped boudins. Boudinage is common and can occur at any scale, from microscopic to lithosp... | Physical sciences | Structural geology | Earth science |
3538929 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibrobacterota | Fibrobacterota | Fibrobacterota is a small bacterial phylum which includes many of the major rumen bacteria, allowing for the degradation of plant-based cellulose in ruminant animals. Members of this phylum were categorized in other phyla. The genus Fibrobacter (the only genus of Fibrobacterota) was removed from the genus Bacteroides ... | Biology and health sciences | Gram-negative bacteria | Plants |
3539477 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterodontosaurus | Heterodontosaurus | Heterodontosaurus is a genus of heterodontosaurid dinosaur that lived during the Early Jurassic, 200–190 million years ago. Its only known member species, Heterodontosaurus tucki, was named in 1962 based on a skull discovered in South Africa. The genus name means "different toothed lizard", in reference to its unusual,... | Biology and health sciences | Ornitischians | Animals |
3542375 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borei-class%20submarine | Borei-class submarine | The Borei class, alternate transliteration Borey, Russian designation Project 955 Borei and Project 955A Borei-A (, NATO reporting name Dolgorukiy), are a series of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines being constructed by Sevmash for the Russian Navy. The class has been replacing the steadily retiring Russian ... | Technology | Naval warfare | null |
23658144 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recrystallization%20%28geology%29 | Recrystallization (geology) | In geology, solid-state recrystallization is a metamorphic process that occurs under high temperatures and pressures where atoms of minerals are reorganized by diffusion and/or dislocation glide. During this process, the physical structure of the minerals is altered while the composition remains unchanged. This is in c... | Physical sciences | Geochemistry | Earth science |
8210537 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extratropical%20cyclone | Extratropical cyclone | Extratropical cyclones, sometimes called mid-latitude cyclones or wave cyclones, are low-pressure areas which, along with the anticyclones of high-pressure areas, drive the weather over much of the Earth. Extratropical cyclones are capable of producing anything from cloudiness and mild showers to severe hail, thunderst... | Physical sciences | Atmospheric circulation | null |
8210888 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical%20procedure | Medical procedure | A medical procedure is a course of action intended to achieve a result in the delivery of healthcare.
A medical procedure with the intention of determining, measuring, or diagnosing a patient condition or parameter is also called a medical test. Other common kinds of procedures are therapeutic (i.e., intended to treat... | Biology and health sciences | Medical procedures: General | Health |
18597893 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep%20deprivation | Sleep deprivation | Sleep deprivation, also known as sleep insufficiency or sleeplessness, is the condition of not having adequate duration and/or quality of sleep to support decent alertness, performance, and health. It can be either chronic or acute and may vary widely in severity. All known animals sleep or exhibit some form of sleep b... | Biology and health sciences | Symptoms and signs | Health |
18597983 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaweed | Seaweed | Seaweed, or macroalgae, refers to thousands of species of macroscopic, multicellular, marine algae. The term includes some types of Rhodophyta (red), Phaeophyta (brown) and Chlorophyta (green) macroalgae. Seaweed species such as kelps provide essential nursery habitat for fisheries and other marine species and thus pro... | Biology and health sciences | Other organisms | null |
1250090 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood%20culture | Blood culture | A blood culture is a medical laboratory test used to detect bacteria or fungi in a person's blood. Under normal conditions, the blood does not contain microorganisms: their presence can indicate a bloodstream infection such as bacteremia or fungemia, which in severe cases may result in sepsis. By culturing the blood, m... | Biology and health sciences | Diagnostics | Health |
1250206 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermetallic | Intermetallic | An intermetallic (also called intermetallic compound, intermetallic alloy, ordered intermetallic alloy, long-range-ordered alloy) is a type of metallic alloy that forms an ordered solid-state compound between two or more metallic elements. Intermetallics are generally hard and brittle, with good high-temperature mechan... | Physical sciences | Alloys and ceramic compounds | Chemistry |
1250419 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cummingtonite | Cummingtonite | Cummingtonite ( ) is a metamorphic amphibole with the chemical composition , magnesium iron silicate hydroxide.
Monoclinic cummingtonite is compositionally similar and polymorphic with orthorhombic anthophyllite, which is a much more common form of magnesium-rich amphibole, the latter being metastable.
Cummingtonite ... | Physical sciences | Silicate minerals | Earth science |
1250925 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerbillinae | Gerbillinae | Gerbillinae is one of the subfamilies of the rodent family Muridae and includes the gerbils, jirds, and sand rats. Once known as desert rats, the subfamily includes about 110 species of African, Indian, and Asian rodents, including sand rats and jirds, all of which are adapted to arid habitats. Most are primarily acti... | Biology and health sciences | Rodents | Animals |
1251051 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnotaurus | Carnotaurus | Carnotaurus (; ) is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the Late Cretaceous period, probably sometime between 72 and 69 million years ago. The only species is Carnotaurus sastrei. Known from a single well-preserved skeleton, it is one of the best-understood theropods from the Southern Hemisp... | Biology and health sciences | Theropods | Animals |
1251566 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transplanting | Transplanting | In agriculture and gardening, transplanting or replanting is the technique of moving a plant from one location to another. Most often this takes the form of starting a plant from seed in optimal conditions, such as in a greenhouse or protected nursery bed, then replanting it in another, usually outdoor, growing locatio... | Technology | Horticulture | null |
1251821 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant%20embryonic%20development | Plant embryonic development | Plant embryonic development, also plant embryogenesis, is a process that occurs after the fertilization of an ovule to produce a fully developed plant embryo. This is a pertinent stage in the plant life cycle that is followed by dormancy and germination. The zygote produced after fertilization must undergo various cell... | Biology and health sciences | Plant reproduction | Biology |
1251925 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil%20fertility | Soil fertility | Soil fertility refers to the ability of soil to sustain agricultural plant growth, i.e. to provide plant habitat and result in sustained and consistent yields of high quality. It also refers to the soil's ability to supply plant/crop nutrients in the right quantities and qualities over a sustained period of time. A fer... | Physical sciences | Pedology | null |
1252036 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damask | Damask | Damask (/ˈdæməsk/; Arabic: دمشق) is a woven, reversible patterned fabric. Damasks are woven by periodically reversing the action of the warp and weft threads. The pattern is most commonly created with a warp-faced satin weave and the ground with a weft-faced or sateen weave. Yarns used to create damasks include silk, w... | Technology | Weaving | null |
1252256 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inelastic%20scattering | Inelastic scattering | In chemistry, nuclear physics, and particle physics, inelastic scattering is a process in which the internal states of a particle or a system of particles change after a collision. Often, this means the kinetic energy of the incident particle is not conserved (in contrast to elastic scattering). Additionally, relativis... | Physical sciences | Particle physics: General | Physics |
1252279 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnosauria | Carnosauria | Carnosauria is an extinct group of carnivorous theropod dinosaurs that lived during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
While Carnosauria was historically considered largely synonymous with Allosauroidea, some recent studies have revived Carnosauria as clade including both Allosauroidea and Megalosauroidea (which is ... | Biology and health sciences | Theropods | Animals |
1252991 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital%20hybridisation | Orbital hybridisation | In chemistry, orbital hybridisation (or hybridization) is the concept of mixing atomic orbitals to form new hybrid orbitals (with different energies, shapes, etc., than the component atomic orbitals) suitable for the pairing of electrons to form chemical bonds in valence bond theory. For example, in a carbon atom which... | Physical sciences | Bond structure | Chemistry |
1253292 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cefalexin | Cefalexin | Cefalexin, also spelled cephalexin, is an antibiotic that can treat a number of bacterial infections. It kills gram-positive and some gram-negative bacteria by disrupting the growth of the bacterial cell wall. Cefalexin is a β-lactam antibiotic within the class of first-generation cephalosporins. It works similarly to ... | Biology and health sciences | Antibiotics | Health |
19653842 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organism | Organism | An organism is any living thing that functions as an individual. Such a definition raises more problems than it solves, not least because the concept of an individual is also difficult. Many criteria, few of them widely accepted, have been proposed to define what an organism is. Among the most common is that an organis... | Biology and health sciences | Biology | null |
19653902 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weed | Weed | A weed is a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, growing where it conflicts with human preferences, needs, or goals. Plants with characteristics that make them hazardous, aesthetically unappealing, difficult to control in managed environments, or otherwise unwanted in farm land, orchards, gardens, l... | Biology and health sciences | Botany | null |
19654281 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangaea | Pangaea | Pangaea or Pangea ( ) was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras. It assembled from the earlier continental units of Gondwana, Euramerica and Siberia during the Carboniferous approximately 335 million years ago, and began to break apart about 200 million years ago, at the end of... | Physical sciences | Geological history | null |
10599506 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community%20%28ecology%29 | Community (ecology) | In ecology, a community is a group or association of populations of two or more different species occupying the same geographical area at the same time, also known as a biocoenosis, biotic community, biological community, ecological community, or life assemblage. The term community has a variety of uses. In its simples... | Biology and health sciences | Ecology | Biology |
10607261 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folding%20%28chemistry%29 | Folding (chemistry) | In chemistry, folding is the process by which a molecule assumes its shape or conformation. The process can also be described as intramolecular self-assembly, a type of molecular self-assembly, where the molecule is directed to form a specific shape through noncovalent interactions, such as hydrogen bonding, metal coo... | Physical sciences | Supramolecular chemistry | Chemistry |
10608031 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ediacaran%20biota | Ediacaran biota | The Ediacaran (; formerly Vendian) biota is a taxonomic period classification that consists of all life forms that were present on Earth during the Ediacaran Period (). These were enigmatic tubular and frond-shaped, mostly sessile, organisms. Trace fossils of these organisms have been found worldwide, and represent the... | Biology and health sciences | General classifications | Animals |
10610469 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory%20of%20tides | Theory of tides | The theory of tides is the application of continuum mechanics to interpret and predict the tidal deformations of planetary and satellite bodies and their atmospheres and oceans (especially Earth's oceans) under the gravitational loading of another astronomical body or bodies (especially the Moon and Sun).
History
Aus... | Physical sciences | Geophysics | Earth science |
260844 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mergus | Mergus | Mergus is the genus of the typical mergansers ( ) fish-eating ducks in the subfamily Anatinae. The genus name is a Latin word used by Pliny the Elder and other Roman authors to refer to an unspecified waterbird.
The common merganser (Mergus merganser) and red-breasted merganser (M. serrator) have broad ranges in the n... | Biology and health sciences | Anseriformes | Animals |
260857 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vireo | Vireo | The vireos make up a family, Vireonidae, of small to medium-sized passerine birds found in the New World (Canada to Argentina, including Bermuda and the West Indies) and Southeast Asia. The family contains 62 species and is divided into eight genera. "Vireo" is a Latin word referring to a green migratory bird, perhap... | Biology and health sciences | Passerida | Animals |
261002 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic%20sign | Traffic sign | Traffic signs or road signs are signs erected at the side of or above roads to give instructions or provide information to road users. The earliest signs were simple wooden or stone milestones. Later, signs with directional arms were introduced, for example the fingerposts in the United Kingdom and their wooden counter... | Technology | Road infrastructure | null |
261376 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanager | Tanager | The tanagers (singular ) comprise the bird family Thraupidae, in the order Passeriformes. The family has a Neotropical distribution and is the second-largest family of birds. It represents about 4% of all avian species and 12% of the Neotropical birds.
Traditionally, the family contained around 240 species of mostly b... | Biology and health sciences | Passerida | Animals |
261456 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lime%20%28fruit%29 | Lime (fruit) | A lime is a citrus fruit, which is typically round, lime green in colour, in diameter, and contains acidic juice vesicles.
There are several species of citrus trees whose fruits are called limes, including the Key lime (Citrus aurantiifolia), Persian lime, kaffir lime, finger lime, blood lime, and desert lime. Limes ... | Biology and health sciences | Sapindales | null |
261463 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilia | Tilia | Tilia is a genus of about 30 species of trees or bushes, native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The tree is known as linden for the European species, and basswood for North American species. In Great Britain and Ireland they are commonly called lime trees, although they are not related to the citr... | Biology and health sciences | Malvales | Plants |
261504 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tody | Tody | The todies are a family, Todidae, of tiny Caribbean birds in the order Coraciiformes, which also includes the kingfishers, bee-eaters and rollers. The family has one living genus, Todus, and one genus known from the fossil record, Palaeotodus.
Taxonomy and systematics
The todies were originally placed in the kingfishe... | Biology and health sciences | Coraciiformes | Animals |
261538 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winch | Winch | A winch is a mechanical device that is used to pull in (wind up) or let out (wind out) or otherwise adjust the tension of a rope or wire rope (also called "cable" or "wire cable").
In its simplest form, it consists of a spool (or drum) attached to a hand crank. Traditionally, winches on ships accumulated wire or rope ... | Technology | Mechanisms | null |
261613 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stomach%20cancer | Stomach cancer | Stomach cancer, also known as gastric cancer, is a malignant tumor of the stomach. It's a cancer that develops from the lining of the stomach. Most cases of stomach cancers are gastric carcinomas, which can be divided into a number of subtypes, including gastric adenocarcinomas. Lymphomas and mesenchymal tumors may als... | Biology and health sciences | Cancer | Health |
261628 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckoo-roller | Cuckoo-roller | The cuckoo-roller or courol (Leptosomus discolor) is the only bird in the family Leptosomidae , which was previously often placed in the order Coraciiformes but is now placed in its own order Leptosomiformes. The cuckoo-roller is at the root of a group that contains the Trogoniformes, Bucerotiformes, Piciformes, and Co... | Biology and health sciences | Basics | Animals |
261690 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air%20mass | Air mass | In meteorology, an air mass is a volume of air defined by its temperature and humidity. Air masses cover many hundreds or thousands of square miles, and adapt to the characteristics of the surface below them. They are classified according to latitude and their continental or maritime source regions. Colder air masses a... | Physical sciences | Atmosphere | null |
261787 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burmese%20cat | Burmese cat | The Burmese cat (, , or , or , meaning copper colour) is a breed of domestic cat, originating in Burma, believed to have its roots near the Thai-Burma border and developed in the United States and Britain.
Most modern Burmese are descendants of one female cat called Wong Mau, which was brought from Burma to the Unit... | Biology and health sciences | Cats | Animals |
261803 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventilator | Ventilator | A ventilator is a type of breathing apparatus, a class of medical technology that provides mechanical ventilation by moving breathable air into and out of the lungs, to deliver breaths to a patient who is physically unable to breathe, or breathing insufficiently. Ventilators may be computerized microprocessor-controlle... | Technology | Devices | null |
261827 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiopulmonary%20bypass | Cardiopulmonary bypass | Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) or heart-lung machine, also called the pump or CPB pump, is a machine that temporarily takes over the function of the heart and lungs during open-heart surgery by maintaining the circulation of blood and oxygen throughout the body. As such it is an extracorporeal device.
CPB is operated by... | Technology | Techniques | null |
261925 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health%20care | Health care | Health care, or healthcare, is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health professionals and allied health fields. Medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, midwifery, n... | Biology and health sciences | General concepts | null |
262019 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oilbird | Oilbird | The oilbird (Steatornis caripensis), locally known as the , is a bird species found in the northern areas of South America including the Caribbean island of Trinidad. It is the only living species in the genus Steatornis, the family Steatornithidae, and the order Steatornithiformes. Nesting in colonies in caves, oilbir... | Biology and health sciences | Caprimulgiformes and related | Animals |
262028 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potoo | Potoo | Potoos (family Nyctibiidae) are a group of birds related to the nightjars and frogmouths. They are sometimes called poor-me-ones, after their haunting calls. The family Nyctibiidae was formerly included with the nightjars in the order Caprimulgiformes but is now placed in a separate order, Nyctibiiformes. There are sev... | Biology and health sciences | Caprimulgiformes and related | Animals |
262032 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frogmouth | Frogmouth | The frogmouths (Podargidae) are a group of nocturnal birds related to owlet-nightjars, swifts, and hummingbirds. Species in the group are distributed in the Indomalayan and Australasian realms.
Biology
They are named for their large flattened hooked bill and huge frog-like gape, which they use to capture insects. The ... | Biology and health sciences | Caprimulgiformes and related | Animals |
262084 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Container%20ship | Container ship | A container ship (also called boxship or spelled containership) is a cargo ship that carries all of its load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a technique called containerization. Container ships are a common means of commercial intermodal freight transport and now carry most seagoing non-bulk cargo.
Container s... | Technology | Naval transport | null |
262135 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket%20engine | Rocket engine | A rocket engine is a reaction engine, producing thrust in accordance with Newton's third law by ejecting reaction mass rearward, usually a high-speed jet of high-temperature gas produced by the combustion of rocket propellants stored inside the rocket. However, non-combusting forms such as cold gas thrusters and nuclea... | Technology | Basics_10 | null |
262205 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psophia | Psophia | Psophia is a genus of birds restricted to the humid forests of the Amazon and Guiana Shield in South America. It is the only genus in the family Psophiidae. Birds in the genus are commonly known as trumpeters, due to the trumpeting or cackling threat call of the males. The three species resemble slightly taller, longer... | Biology and health sciences | Gruiformes | Animals |
262216 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpkin | Limpkin | The limpkin (Aramus guarauna), also called carrao, courlan, and crying bird, is a large wading bird related to rails and cranes, and the only extant species in the family Aramidae. It is found mostly in wetlands in warm parts of the Americas, from Florida to northern Argentina, but has been spotted as far north as Wisc... | Biology and health sciences | Gruiformes | Animals |
262252 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrolysis | Pyrolysis | Pyrolysis is the process of thermal decomposition of materials at elevated temperatures, often in an inert atmosphere without access to oxygen.
Etymology
The word pyrolysis is coined from the Greek-derived elements pyro- (from Ancient Greek πῦρ : pûr - "fire, heat, fever") and lysis (λύσις : lúsis - "separation, loo... | Physical sciences | Other reactions | Chemistry |
262401 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translation%20%28biology%29 | Translation (biology) | In biology, translation is the process in living cells in which proteins are produced using RNA molecules as templates. The generated protein is a sequence of amino acids. This sequence is determined by the sequence of nucleotides in the RNA. The nucleotides are considered three at a time. Each such triple results in a... | Biology and health sciences | Cell processes | null |
262572 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventricle%20%28heart%29 | Ventricle (heart) | A ventricle is one of two large chambers located toward the bottom of the heart that collect and expel blood towards the peripheral beds within the body and lungs. The blood pumped by a ventricle is supplied by an atrium, an adjacent chamber in the upper heart that is smaller than a ventricle. Interventricular means be... | Biology and health sciences | Circulatory system | Biology |
262577 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealth%20technology | Stealth technology | Stealth technology, also termed low observable technology (LO technology), is a sub-discipline of military tactics and passive and active electronic countermeasures. The term covers a range of methods used to make personnel, aircraft, ships, submarines, missiles, satellites, and ground vehicles less visible (ideally in... | Technology | Military technology: General | null |
262601 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorax | Thorax | The thorax (: thoraces or thoraxes) or chest is a part of the anatomy of mammals and other tetrapod animals located between the neck and the abdomen.
In insects, crustaceans, and the extinct trilobites, the thorax is one of the three main divisions of the body, each in turn composed of multiple segments.
The human th... | Biology and health sciences | Animal: General | null |
262608 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacamar | Jacamar | The jacamars are a family, Galbulidae, of birds from tropical South and Central America, extending up to Mexico. The family contains five genera and 18 species. The family is closely related to the puffbirds, another Neotropical family, and the two families are often separated into their own order, Galbuliformes, separ... | Biology and health sciences | Piciformes | Animals |
262638 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesite | Mesite | The mesites (Mesitornithidae) are a family of birds that are part of a clade (Columbimorphae) that include Columbiformes and Pterocliformes. They are smallish flightless or near flightless birds endemic to Madagascar. All the species of this clade are listed as vulnerable.
Description
The mesites are forest and scrub... | Biology and health sciences | Columbimorphae | Animals |
262663 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampon | Tampon | A tampon is a menstrual product designed to absorb blood and vaginal secretions by insertion into the vagina during menstruation. Unlike a pad, it is placed internally, inside of the vaginal canal. Once inserted correctly, a tampon is held in place by the vagina and expands as it soaks up menstrual blood.
As tampons ... | Biology and health sciences | Hygiene products | Health |
262712 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slash-and-burn | Slash-and-burn | Slash-and-burn agriculture is a farming method that involves the cutting and burning of plants in a forest or woodland to create a field called a swidden. The method begins by cutting down the trees and woody plants in an area. The downed vegetation, or "slash", is then left to dry, usually right before the rainiest pa... | Technology | Agriculture_2 | null |
262734 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoatzin | Hoatzin | The hoatzin ( ) or hoactzin ( ) (Opisthocomus hoazin) is a species of tropical bird found in swamps, riparian forests, and mangroves of the Amazon and the Orinoco basins in South America. It is the only extant species in the genus Opisthocomus which is the only extant genus in the Opisthocomidae family under the order ... | Biology and health sciences | Cuculiformes | null |
262861 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeroth%20law%20of%20thermodynamics | Zeroth law of thermodynamics | The zeroth law of thermodynamics is one of the four principal laws of thermodynamics. It provides an independent definition of temperature without reference to entropy, which is defined in the second law. The law was established by Ralph H. Fowler in the 1930s, long after the first, second, and third laws had been wide... | Physical sciences | Thermodynamics | Physics |
262925 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergot | Ergot | Ergot ( ) or ergot fungi refers to a group of fungi of the genus Claviceps.
The most prominent member of this group is Claviceps purpurea ("rye ergot fungus"). This fungus grows on rye and related plants, and produces alkaloids that can cause ergotism in humans and other mammals who consume grains contaminated with it... | Biology and health sciences | Poisonous fungi | Plants |
262927 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundwater | Groundwater | Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in rock and soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations. About 30 percent of all readily available fresh water in the world is groundwater. A unit of rock or an unconsolidated deposit is called an aquifer when it can yield a usable quantity of water.... | Physical sciences | Hydrology | null |
263274 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manakin | Manakin | The manakins are a family, Pipridae, of small suboscine passerine birds. The group contains 55 species distributed through the American tropics. The name is from Middle Dutch mannekijn "little man" (also the source of the different bird name mannikin).
Description
Manakins range in size from and in weight from . Spec... | Biology and health sciences | Passerida | Animals |
263286 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antbird | Antbird | The antbirds are a large passerine bird family, Thamnophilidae, found across subtropical and tropical Central and South America, from Mexico to Argentina. There are more than 230 species, known variously as antshrikes, antwrens, antvireos, fire-eyes, bare-eyes and bushbirds. They are related to the antthrushes and antp... | Biology and health sciences | Tyranni | null |
263343 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model | Model | A model is an informative representation of an object, person, or system. The term originally denoted the plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin modulus, a measure.
Models can be divided into physical models (e.g. a ship model or a fashion model) and ... | Physical sciences | Science basics | Basics and measurement |
1867804 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base%20load | Base load | The base load (also baseload) is the minimum level of demand on an electrical grid over a span of time, for example, one week. This demand can be met by unvarying power plants or dispatchable generation, depending on which approach has the best mix of cost, availability and reliability in any particular market. The rem... | Technology | Concepts | null |
1868983 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromide | Bromide | A bromide ion is the negatively charged form (Br−) of the element bromine, a member of the halogens group on the periodic table. Most bromides are colorless. Bromides have many practical roles, being found in anticonvulsants, flame-retardant materials, and cell stains. Although uncommon, chronic toxicity from bromide ... | Physical sciences | Halide salts | Chemistry |
20836295 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomological%20warfare | Entomological warfare | Entomological warfare (EW) is a type of biological warfare that uses insects to interrupt supply lines by damaging crops, or to directly harm enemy combatants and civilian populations. There have been several programs which have attempted to institute this methodology; however, there has been limited application of ent... | Technology | Weapon of mass destruction | null |
23661260 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygosity | Zygosity | Zygosity (the noun, zygote, is from the Greek "yoked," from "yoke") () is the degree to which both copies of a chromosome or gene have the same genetic sequence. In other words, it is the degree of similarity of the alleles in an organism.
Most eukaryotes have two matching sets of chromosomes; that is, they are dip... | Biology and health sciences | Genetics | Biology |
23661523 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vachellia | Vachellia | Vachellia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, commonly known as thorn trees or acacias. It belongs to the subfamily Mimosoideae. Its species were considered members of genus Acacia until 2009. Vachellia can be distinguished from other acacias by its capitate inflorescences and spinescent stip... | Biology and health sciences | Fabales | Plants |
23664612 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halide%20mineral | Halide mineral | Halide minerals are those minerals with a dominant halide anion (, , and ). Complex halide minerals may also have polyatomic anions.
Examples include the following:
Atacamite
Avogadrite (K,Cs)BF
Bararite (β)
Bischofite
Brüggenite
Calomel
Carnallite
Carnallite
Cerargyrite/Horn silver AgCl
Chlorargyrite AgCl, br... | Physical sciences | Minerals | Earth science |
22313860 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roystonea%20oleracea | Roystonea oleracea | Roystonea oleracea, sometimes known as the Caribbean royal palm, palmiste, imperial palm or cabbage palm, is a species of palm which is native to the Lesser Antilles, Colombia, Venezuela, and Trinidad and Tobago. It is also reportedly naturalized in Guyana and on the islands of Mauritius and Réunion in the Indian Ocean... | Biology and health sciences | Arecales (inc. Palms) | Plants |
22316046 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasminum%20officinale | Jasminum officinale | Jasminum officinale, known as the common jasmine or simply jasmine, is a species of flowering plant in the olive family Oleaceae. It is native to the Caucasus and parts of Asia, also widely naturalized.
It is also known as summer jasmine, poet's jasmine, white jasmine, true jasmine or jessamine, and is particularly va... | Biology and health sciences | Lamiales | Plants |
2595791 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos%20%28genus%29 | Chaos (genus) | Chaos is a genus of single-celled amoeboid organisms in the family Amoebidae. The largest and most-known species, the so-called "giant amoeba" (Chaos carolinensis), can reach lengths up to 5 mm, although most specimens fall between 1 and 3 mm.
Members of this genus closely resemble those of the genus Amoeba and share ... | Biology and health sciences | Eukaryotes | Plants |
2596495 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eared%20dove | Eared dove | The eared dove (Zenaida auriculata) is a New World dove. It is a resident breeder throughout South America from Colombia to southern Argentina and Chile, and on the offshore islands from the Grenadines southwards. It may be a relatively recent colonist of Tobago and Trinidad. It appears to be partially migratory, its m... | Biology and health sciences | Columbimorphae | Animals |
2599233 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamese%20fighting%20fish | Siamese fighting fish | The Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens), commonly known as the betta, is a freshwater fish native to Southeast Asia, namely Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is one of 76 species of the genus Betta, but the only one eponymously called "betta", owing to its global popularity as ... | Biology and health sciences | Acanthomorpha | null |
2599511 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smudge%20pot | Smudge pot | A smudge pot (also known as a choofa or orchard heater) is an oil-burning device used to prevent frost on fruit trees. Usually a smudge pot has a large round base with a chimney coming out of the middle of the base. The smudge pot is placed between trees in an orchard. The burning oil creates heat, smoke, carbon dioxid... | Technology | Horticulture | null |
471880 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picea%20abies | Picea abies | Picea abies, the Norway spruce or European spruce, is a species of spruce native to Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.
It has branchlets that typically hang downwards, and the largest cones of any spruce, 9–17 cm long. It is very closely related to the Siberian spruce (Picea obovata), which replaces it east of the ... | Biology and health sciences | Pinaceae | Plants |
472190 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batrachoididae | Batrachoididae | Batrachoididae is the only family in the ray-finned fish order Batrachoidiformes . Members of this family are usually called toadfish or frogfish: both the English common name and scientific name refer to their toad-like appearance (batrakhos is Greek for frog).
Toadfish are benthic ambush predators that favor sandy ... | Biology and health sciences | Acanthomorpha | Animals |
472195 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden%20cress | Garden cress | Cress (Lepidium sativum), sometimes referred to as garden cress (or curly cress) to distinguish it from similar plants also referred to as cress (from Old English cresse), is a rather fast-growing, edible herb.
Garden cress is genetically related to watercress and mustard, sharing their peppery, tangy flavour and arom... | Biology and health sciences | Herbs and spices | Plants |
472212 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occipital%20lobe | Occipital lobe | The occipital lobe is one of the four major lobes of the cerebral cortex in the brain of mammals. The name derives from its position at the back of the head, from the Latin , 'behind', and , 'head'.
The occipital lobe is the visual processing center of the mammalian brain containing most of the anatomical region of th... | Biology and health sciences | Nervous system | Biology |
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