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495192
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothofagus
Nothofagus
Nothofagus, also known as the southern beeches, is a genus of 43 species of trees and shrubs native to the Southern Hemisphere in southern South America (Chile, Argentina) and east and southeast Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and New Caledonia. The species are ecological dominants in many temperate forests in thes...
Biology and health sciences
Fagales
Plants
495884
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound%20pressure
Sound pressure
Sound pressure or acoustic pressure is the local pressure deviation from the ambient (average or equilibrium) atmospheric pressure, caused by a sound wave. In air, sound pressure can be measured using a microphone, and in water with a hydrophone. The SI unit of sound pressure is the pascal (Pa). Mathematical definitio...
Physical sciences
Waves
Physics
496264
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialysis%20%28chemistry%29
Dialysis (chemistry)
In chemistry, dialysis is the process of separating molecules in solution by the difference in their rates of diffusion through a semipermeable membrane, such as dialysis tubing. Dialysis is a common laboratory technique that operates on the same principle as medical dialysis. In the context of life science research, ...
Physical sciences
Other separations
Chemistry
496360
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siltstone
Siltstone
Siltstone, also known as aleurolite, is a clastic sedimentary rock that is composed mostly of silt. It is a form of mudrock with a low clay mineral content, which can be distinguished from shale by its lack of fissility. Although its permeability and porosity is relatively low, siltstone is sometimes a tight gas reser...
Physical sciences
Sedimentary rocks
Earth science
496540
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propofol
Propofol
Propofol is the active component of an intravenous anesthetic formulation used for induction and maintenance of general anesthesia. It is chemically termed 2,6-diisopropylphenol. The formulation was approved under the brand name Diprivan. Numerous generic versions have since been released. Intravenous administration i...
Biology and health sciences
Anesthetics
Health
496667
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auxin
Auxin
Auxins (plural of auxin ) are a class of plant hormones (or plant-growth regulators) with some morphogen-like characteristics. Auxins play a cardinal role in coordination of many growth and behavioral processes in plant life cycles and are essential for plant body development. The Dutch biologist Frits Warmolt Went fir...
Biology and health sciences
Plant hormone
Biology
496669
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytokinin
Cytokinin
Cytokinins (CK) are a class of plant hormones that promote cell division, or cytokinesis, in plant roots and shoots. They are involved primarily in cell growth and differentiation, but also affect apical dominance, axillary bud growth, and leaf senescence. There are two types of cytokinins: adenine-type cytokinins rep...
Biology and health sciences
Plant hormone
Biology
496670
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibberellin
Gibberellin
Gibberellins (GAs) are plant hormones that regulate various developmental processes, including stem elongation, germination, dormancy, flowering, flower development, and leaf and fruit senescence. They are one of the longest-known classes of plant hormone. It is thought that the selective breeding (albeit unconscious) ...
Biology and health sciences
Plant hormone
Biology
496730
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine%20climate
Alpine climate
Alpine climate is the typical climate for elevations above the tree line, where trees fail to grow due to cold. This climate is also referred to as a mountain climate or highland climate. Definition There are multiple definitions of alpine climate. In the Köppen climate classification, the alpine and mountain climat...
Physical sciences
Climates
Earth science
497007
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rift%20valley
Rift valley
A rift valley is a linear shaped lowland between several highlands or mountain ranges produced by the action of a geologic rift. Rifts are formed as a result of the pulling apart of the lithosphere due to extensional tectonics. The linear depression may subsequently be further deepened by the forces of erosion. More ge...
Physical sciences
Landforms: General
Earth science
497225
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifebuoy
Lifebuoy
A lifebuoy or life ring, among many other names (see § Other names), is a life-saving buoy designed to be thrown to a person in water to provide buoyancy and prevent drowning. Some modern lifebuoys are fitted with one or more seawater-activated lights to aid rescue at night. Other names Other names for "lifebuoy" inc...
Technology
Basics_7
null
497367
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague%20Metro
Prague Metro
The Prague Metro () is the rapid transit network of Prague, Czech Republic. Founded in 1974, the system consists of three lines (A, B and C) serving 61 stations (predominantly with island platforms), and is long. The system served 568 million passengers in 2021 (about 1.55 million daily). Two types of rolling stock a...
Technology
Europe_2
null
497463
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cashmere%20wool
Cashmere wool
Cashmere wool, usually simply known as cashmere, is a fiber obtained from cashmere goats, pashmina goats, and some other breeds of goat. It has been used to make yarn, textiles and clothing for hundreds of years. Cashmere is closely associated with the Kashmir shawl, the word "cashmere" deriving from an anglicization ...
Technology
Fabrics and fibers
null
497747
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator%20%28genetics%29
Terminator (genetics)
In genetics, a transcription terminator is a section of nucleic acid sequence that marks the end of a gene or operon in genomic DNA during transcription. This sequence mediates transcriptional termination by providing signals in the newly synthesized transcript RNA that trigger processes which release the transcript R...
Biology and health sciences
Molecular biology
Biology
497756
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxbow%20lake
Oxbow lake
An oxbow lake is a U-shaped lake or pool that forms when a wide meander of a river is cut off, creating a free-standing body of water. The word "oxbow" can also refer to a U-shaped bend in a river or stream, whether or not it is cut off from the main stream. It takes its name from an oxbow which is part of a harness fo...
Physical sciences
Hydrology
Earth science
3619345
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal%20polymorphism
Crystal polymorphism
In crystallography, polymorphism is the phenomenon where a compound or element can crystallize into more than one crystal structure. The preceding definition has evolved over many years and is still under discussion today. Discussion of the defining characteristics of polymorphism involves distinguishing among types ...
Physical sciences
Crystallography
Physics
3622421
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cratonic%20sequence
Cratonic sequence
A cratonic sequence (also known as megasequence, Sloss sequence or supersequence) in geology is a very large-scale lithostratigraphic sequence in the rock record that represents a complete cycle of marine transgression and regression on a craton (block of continental crust) over geologic time. They are geologic evidenc...
Physical sciences
Stratigraphy
Earth science
3622564
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pill%20millipede
Pill millipede
Pill millipedes are any members of two living (and one extinct) orders of millipedes, often grouped together into a single superorder, Oniscomorpha. The name Oniscomorpha refers to the millipedes' resemblance to certain woodlice (Oniscidea), also called pillbugs or "roly-polies". However, millipedes and woodlice are no...
Biology and health sciences
Myriapoda
Animals
13036672
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscibility
Miscibility
Miscibility () is the property of two substances to mix in all proportions (that is, to fully dissolve in each other at any concentration), forming a homogeneous mixture (a solution). Such substances are said to be miscible (etymologically equivalent to the common term "mixable"). The term is most often applied to liqu...
Physical sciences
Mixture
Chemistry
25380742
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misorientation
Misorientation
In materials science, misorientation is the difference in crystallographic orientation between two crystallites in a polycrystalline material. In crystalline materials, the orientation of a crystallite is defined by a transformation from a sample reference frame (i.e. defined by the direction of a rolling or extrusion...
Physical sciences
Crystallography
Physics
2662923
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dressing%20%28medicine%29
Dressing (medicine)
A dressing or compress is a piece of material such as a pad applied to a wound to promote healing and protect the wound from further harm. A dressing is designed to be in direct contact with the wound, as distinguished from a bandage, which is most often used to hold a dressing in place. Modern dressings are sterile. ...
Technology
Equipment
null
2663284
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden%20hour%20%28photography%29
Golden hour (photography)
In photography, the golden hour is the period of daytime shortly after sunrise or before sunset, during which daylight is redder and softer than when the sun is higher in the sky. The golden hour is also sometimes called the magic hour, especially by cinematographers and photographers. During these times, the brightne...
Physical sciences
Celestial mechanics
Astronomy
2664153
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauyne
Hauyne
Hauyne or haüyne, also called hauynite or haüynite ( ), old name Azure spar, is a rare tectosilicate sulfate mineral with endmember formula . As much as 5 wt % may be present, and also and Cl. It is a feldspathoid and a member of the sodalite group. Hauyne was first described in 1807 from samples discovered in Vesu...
Physical sciences
Silicate minerals
Earth science
2664780
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire%20whirl
Fire whirl
A fire whirl, fire devil or fire tornado is a whirlwind induced by a fire and often (at least partially) composed of flame or ash. These start with a whirl of wind, often made visible by smoke, and may occur when intense rising heat and turbulent wind conditions combine to form whirling eddies of air. These eddies can ...
Physical sciences
Storms
Earth science
2666137
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pier%20%28architecture%29
Pier (architecture)
A pier, in architecture, is an upright support for a structure or superstructure such as an arch or bridge. Sections of structural walls between openings (bays) can function as piers. External or free-standing walls may have piers at the ends or on corners. Description The simplest cross section of the pier is square...
Technology
Architectural elements
null
2666439
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeycrisp
Honeycrisp
Honeycrisp (Malus pumila) is an apple cultivar (cultivated variety) developed at the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station's Horticultural Research Center at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Designated in 1974 with the MN 1711 test designation, patented in 1988, and released in 1991, the Honeycrisp, once ...
Biology and health sciences
Pomes
Plants
24004580
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remingtonocetidae
Remingtonocetidae
Remingtonocetidae is a diverse family of early aquatic mammals of the order Cetacea. The family is named after paleocetologist Remington Kellogg. Description Remingtonocetids have long and narrow skulls with the external nare openings located on the front of the skull. Their frontal shields are narrow and their orbit...
Biology and health sciences
Cetaceans
Animals
286775
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchpad
Touchpad
A touchpad or trackpad is a type of pointing device. Its largest component is a tactile sensor: an electronic device with a flat surface, that detects the motion and position of a user's fingers, and translates them to 2D motion, to control a pointer in a graphical user interface on a computer screen. Touchpads are co...
Technology
User interface
null
286788
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galilean%20invariance
Galilean invariance
Galilean invariance or Galilean relativity states that the laws of motion are the same in all inertial frames of reference. Galileo Galilei first described this principle in 1632 in his Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems using the example of a ship travelling at constant velocity, without rocking, on a smo...
Physical sciences
Classical mechanics
Physics
286790
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trauma%20center
Trauma center
A trauma center, or trauma centre, is a hospital equipped and staffed to provide care for patients suffering from major traumatic injuries such as falls, motor vehicle collisions, or gunshot wounds. The term "trauma center" may be used incorrectly to refer to an emergency department (also known as a "casualty departmen...
Biology and health sciences
Health facilities
Health
286802
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalytic%20converter
Catalytic converter
A catalytic converter is an exhaust emission control device which converts toxic gases and pollutants in exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine into less-toxic pollutants by catalyzing a redox reaction. Catalytic converters are usually used with internal combustion engines fueled by gasoline or diesel, includin...
Technology
Food, water and health
null
286817
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntsman%20spider
Huntsman spider
Huntsman spiders, members of the family Sparassidae (formerly Heteropodidae), catch their prey by hunting rather than in webs. They are also called giant crab spiders because of their size and appearance. Larger species sometimes are referred to as wood spiders, because of their preference for woody places (forests, mi...
Biology and health sciences
Spiders
Animals
287061
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagoda
Pagoda
A pagoda is a tiered tower with multiple eaves common to Thailand, Cambodia, Nepal, China, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Vietnam, and other parts of Asia. Most pagodas were built to have a religious function, most often Buddhist, but sometimes Taoist, and were often located in or near viharas. The pagoda traces its origins to...
Technology
Ceremonial buildings
null
287101
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpoon
Harpoon
A harpoon is a long, spear-like projectile used in fishing, whaling, sealing, and other hunting to shoot, kill, and capture large fish or marine mammals such as seals, sea cows, and whales. It impales the target and secures it with barb or toggling claws, allowing the fishermen or hunters to use an attached rope or cha...
Technology
Ranged weapons
null
287152
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray%20%28unit%29
Gray (unit)
The gray (symbol: Gy) is the unit of ionizing radiation dose in the International System of Units (SI), defined as the absorption of one joule of radiation energy per kilogram of matter. It is used as a unit of the radiation quantity absorbed dose that measures the energy deposited by ionizing radiation in a unit mass...
Physical sciences
Radioactivity
null
287188
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number%20line
Number line
A number line is a graphical representation of a straight line that serves as spatial representation of numbers, usually graduated like a ruler with a particular origin point representing the number zero and evenly spaced marks in either direction representing integers, imagined to extend infinitely. The association be...
Mathematics
Real analysis
null
287192
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helipad
Helipad
A helipad is the landing area of a heliport, in use by helicopters, powered lift, and vertical lift aircraft to land on surface. While helicopters and powered lift aircraft are able to operate on a variety of relatively flat surfaces, a fabricated helipad provides a clearly marked hard surface away from obstacles whe...
Technology
Concepts of aviation
null
287207
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasmodium
Plasmodium
Plasmodium is a genus of unicellular eukaryotes that are obligate parasites of vertebrates and insects. The life cycles of Plasmodium species involve development in a blood-feeding insect host which then injects parasites into a vertebrate host during a blood meal. Parasites grow within a vertebrate body tissue (often ...
Biology and health sciences
SAR supergroup
Plants
287528
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verrazzano-Narrows%20Bridge
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge
The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge ( ; also referred to as the Narrows Bridge, the Verrazzano Bridge, and simply the Verrazzano) is a suspension bridge connecting the boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn in New York City, United States. It spans the Narrows, a body of water linking the relatively enclosed New York Harbor ...
Technology
Bridges
null
287531
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallstone
Gallstone
A gallstone is a stone formed within the gallbladder from precipitated bile components. The term cholelithiasis may refer to the presence of gallstones or to any disease caused by gallstones, and choledocholithiasis refers to the presence of migrated gallstones within bile ducts. Most people with gallstones (about 80%...
Biology and health sciences
Specific diseases
Health
287542
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dentist
Dentist
A dentist, also known as a dental surgeon, is a health care professional who specializes in dentistry, the branch of medicine focused on the teeth, gums, and mouth. The dentist's supporting team aids in providing oral health services. The dental team includes dental assistants, dental hygienists, dental technicians, an...
Biology and health sciences
Health professionals
Health
287667
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latrodectus
Latrodectus
Latrodectus is a broadly distributed genus of spiders with several species that are commonly known as the true widows. This group is composed of those often loosely called black widow spiders, brown widow spiders, and similar spiders. However, the diversity of species is much greater. A member of the family Theridiidae...
Biology and health sciences
Spiders
Animals
287752
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattock
Mattock
A mattock () is a hand tool used for digging, prying, and chopping. Similar to the pickaxe, it has a long handle and a stout head which combines either a vertical axe blade with a horizontal adze (cutter mattock), or a pick and an adze (pick mattock). A cutter mattock is similar to a Pulaski used in fighting fires. It ...
Technology
Agricultural tools
null
288196
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcoma
Sarcoma
A sarcoma is a malignant tumor, a type of cancer that arises from cells of mesenchymal (connective tissue) origin. Connective tissue is a broad term that includes bone, cartilage, muscle, fat, vascular, or other structural tissues, and sarcomas can arise in any of these types of tissues. As a result, there are many sub...
Biology and health sciences
Cancer
Health
288216
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20giant
Blue giant
In astronomy, a blue giant is a hot star with a luminosity class of III (giant) or II (bright giant). In the standard Hertzsprung–Russell diagram, these stars lie above and to the right of the main sequence. The term applies to a variety of stars in different phases of development, all evolved stars that have moved f...
Physical sciences
Stellar astronomy
Astronomy
288220
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20supergiant
Blue supergiant
A blue supergiant (BSG) is a hot, luminous star, often referred to as an OB supergiant. They are usually considered to be those with luminosity class I and spectral class B9 or earlier, although sometimes A-class supergiants are also deemed blue supergiants. Blue supergiants are found towards the top left of the Hertz...
Physical sciences
Stellar astronomy
Astronomy
288224
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibbard%E2%80%93Satterthwaite%20theorem
Gibbard–Satterthwaite theorem
The Gibbard–Satterthwaite theorem is a theorem in social choice theory. It was first conjectured by the philosopher Michael Dummett and the mathematician Robin Farquharson in 1961 and then proved independently by the philosopher Allan Gibbard in 1973 and economist Mark Satterthwaite in 1975. It deals with deterministic...
Mathematics
Game theory
null
288311
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web%20application
Web application
A web application (or web app) is application software that is created with web technologies and runs via a web browser. Web applications emerged during the late 1990s and allowed for the server to dynamically build a response to the request, in contrast to static web pages. Web applications are commonly distributed v...
Technology
Computer software
null
288316
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instinct
Instinct
Instinct is the inherent inclination of a living organism towards a particular complex behaviour, containing innate (inborn) elements. The simplest example of an instinctive behaviour is a fixed action pattern (FAP), in which a very short to medium length sequence of actions, without variation, are carried out in respo...
Biology and health sciences
Ethology
null
288557
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javan%20rhinoceros
Javan rhinoceros
The Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus), Javan rhino, Sunda rhinoceros or lesser one-horned rhinoceros is a critically endangered member of the genus Rhinoceros, of the rhinoceros family, Rhinocerotidae, and one of the five remaining extant rhinoceros species across South Asia and Africa. The Javan rhinoceros is on...
Biology and health sciences
Perissodactyla
Animals
289406
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood%20sugar%20level
Blood sugar level
The blood sugar level, blood sugar concentration, blood glucose level, or glycemia is the measure of glucose concentrated in the blood. The body tightly regulates blood glucose levels as a part of metabolic homeostasis. For a 70 kg (154 lb) human, approximately four grams of dissolved glucose (also called "blood gluc...
Biology and health sciences
Basics_3
null
289607
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoking%20cessation
Smoking cessation
Smoking cessation, usually called quitting smoking or stopping smoking, is the process of discontinuing tobacco smoking. Tobacco smoke contains nicotine, which is addictive and can cause dependence. As a result, nicotine withdrawal often makes the process of quitting difficult. Smoking is the leading cause of preventa...
Biology and health sciences
Drugs and pharmacology
null
289834
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenugreek
Fenugreek
Fenugreek (; Trigonella foenum-graecum) is an annual plant in the family Fabaceae, with leaves consisting of three small obovate to oblong leaflets. It is cultivated worldwide as a semiarid crop. Its leaves and seeds are common ingredients in dishes from the Indian subcontinent, and have been used as a culinary ingredi...
Biology and health sciences
Herbs and spices
Plants
289895
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arboriculture
Arboriculture
Arboriculture () is the cultivation, management, and study of individual trees, shrubs, vines, and other perennial woody plants. The science of arboriculture studies how these plants grow and respond to cultural practices and to their environment. The practice of arboriculture includes cultural techniques such as selec...
Technology
Trees and forestry
null
290053
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airfoil
Airfoil
An airfoil (American English) or aerofoil (British English) is a streamlined body that is capable of generating significantly more lift than drag. Wings, sails and propeller blades are examples of airfoils. Foils of similar function designed with water as the working fluid are called hydrofoils. When oriented at a sui...
Technology
Aircraft components
null
290189
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tringa
Tringa
Tringa is a genus of waders, containing the shanks and tattlers. The genus name Tringa is the Neo-Latin name given to the green sandpiper by the Italian naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi in 1599. They are mainly freshwater birds, often with brightly coloured legs as reflected in the English names of six species, as well as ...
Biology and health sciences
Charadriiformes
Animals
290236
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnosperm
Gymnosperm
The gymnosperms ( ; ) are a group of woody, perennial seed-producing plants, typically lacking the protective outer covering which surrounds the seeds in flowering plants, that include conifers, cycads, Ginkgo, and gnetophytes, forming the clade Gymnospermae The term gymnosperm comes from the composite word in ( and )...
Biology and health sciences
Gymnosperms
null
290462
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badger
Badger
Badgers are short-legged omnivores in the family Mustelidae (which also includes the otters, wolverines, martens, minks, polecats, weasels, and ferrets). Badgers are a polyphyletic rather than a natural taxonomic grouping, being united by their squat bodies and adaptions for fossorial activity. All belong to the canifo...
Biology and health sciences
Mustelidae
Animals
4901720
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropod%20leg
Arthropod leg
The arthropod leg is a form of jointed appendage of arthropods, usually used for walking. Many of the terms used for arthropod leg segments (called podomeres) are of Latin origin, and may be confused with terms for bones: coxa (meaning hip, : coxae), trochanter, femur (: femora), tibia (: tibiae), tarsus (: tarsi), isc...
Biology and health sciences
External anatomy and regions of the body
Biology
4902413
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypanosoma%20cruzi
Trypanosoma cruzi
Trypanosoma cruzi is a species of parasitic euglenoids. Among the protozoa, the trypanosomes characteristically bore tissue in another organism and feed on blood (primarily) and also lymph. This behaviour causes disease or the likelihood of disease that varies with the organism: Chagas disease in humans, dourine and s...
Biology and health sciences
Excavata
Plants
4908578
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern%20Interconnection
Eastern Interconnection
The Eastern Interconnection is one of the two major alternating-current (AC) electrical grids in the North American power transmission grid. The other major interconnection is the Western Interconnection. The three minor interconnections are the Quebec, Alaska, and Texas interconnections. All of the electric utilitie...
Technology
Specific energy structure
null
4908586
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western%20Interconnection
Western Interconnection
The Western Interconnection is a wide area synchronous grid and one of the two major alternating current (AC) power grids in the North American power transmission grid. The other major wide area synchronous grid is the Eastern Interconnection. The minor interconnections are the Québec Interconnection, the Texas Inter...
Technology
Specific energy structure
null
6412655
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabby%20cat
Tabby cat
A tabby cat, or simply tabby, is any domestic cat (Felis catus) with a distinctive M-shaped marking on its forehead, stripes by its eyes and across its cheeks, along its back, around its legs and tail, and characteristic striped, dotted, lined, flecked, banded, or swirled patterns on the body: neck, shoulders, sides, f...
Biology and health sciences
Cats
Animals
6415314
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromosome%20abnormality
Chromosome abnormality
A chromosomal abnormality, chromosomal anomaly, chromosomal aberration, chromosomal mutation, or chromosomal disorder is a missing, extra, or irregular portion of chromosomal DNA. These can occur in the form of numerical abnormalities, where there is an atypical number of chromosomes, or as structural abnormalities, wh...
Biology and health sciences
Genetics
Biology
6418885
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banded%20palm%20civet
Banded palm civet
The banded palm civet (Hemigalus derbyanus), also called the banded civet, is a viverrid native to Indomalaya. They primarily inhabit lowland conifer habitat, which is under threat from encroaching human activity. It is estimated the population of the banded palm civet has decreased by around 30% in just three generati...
Biology and health sciences
Other carnivora
Animals
1298322
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre-stick
Metre-stick
A metre-stick, metrestick (or meter-stick and meterstick as alternative spellings); or yardstick is either a straightedge or foldable ruler used to measure length, and is especially common in the construction industry. They are often made of wood or plastic, and often have metal or plastic joints so that they can be fo...
Technology
Measuring instruments
null
1301022
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cofferdam
Cofferdam
A cofferdam is an enclosure built within a body of water to allow the enclosed area to be pumped out or drained. This pumping creates a dry working environment so that the work can be carried out safely. Cofferdams are commonly used for construction or repair of permanent dams, oil platforms, bridge piers, etc., built ...
Technology
Dams
null
1301424
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood%E2%80%93plastic%20composite
Wood–plastic composite
{{Multiple issues| Wood–plastic composites (WPCs) are composite materials made of wood fiber/wood flour and thermoplastic(s) such as polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), or polylactic acid (PLA). In addition to wood fiber and plastic, WPCs can also contain other ligno-cellulosic and/or ino...
Technology
Building materials
null
1301620
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiogenic%20shock
Cardiogenic shock
Cardiogenic shock is a medical emergency resulting from inadequate blood flow to the body's organs due to the dysfunction of the heart. Signs of inadequate blood flow include low urine production (<30 mL/hour), cool arms and legs, and decreased level of consciousness. People may also have a severely low blood pressure ...
Biology and health sciences
Cardiovascular disease
Health
1301658
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corylus%20maxima
Corylus maxima
Corylus maxima, the filbert, is a species of hazel in the birch family Betulaceae, native to southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia. Description It is a deciduous shrub tall, with stems up to thick. The leaves are rounded, long by broad, with a coarsely double-serrated margin. The flowers are wind-pollinated c...
Biology and health sciences
Nuts
Plants
1301827
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last%20universal%20common%20ancestor
Last universal common ancestor
The last universal common ancestor (LUCA) is the hypothesized common ancestral cell from which the three domains of life, the Bacteria, the Archaea, and the Eukarya originated. The cell had a lipid bilayer; it possessed the genetic code and ribosomes which translated from DNA or RNA to proteins. The LUCA probably exist...
Biology and health sciences
Basics_4
Biology
21002765
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platax
Platax
Platax is a genus of Indo-Pacific, reef-associated fish belonging to the family Ephippidae. There are currently five known extant species generally accepted to belong to the genus. They are one of the fish taxa commonly known as "batfish". Description Members of the genus Platax are generally similar in shape to the o...
Biology and health sciences
Acanthomorpha
Animals
21005681
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant%20isopod
Giant isopod
A giant isopod is any of the almost 20 species of large isopods in the genus Bathynomus. They are abundant in the cold, deep waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. Bathynomus giganteus, the species upon which the generitype is based, is often considered the largest isopod in the world, though other compar...
Biology and health sciences
Malacostraca
Animals
26878593
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australopithecus%20sediba
Australopithecus sediba
Australopithecus sediba is an extinct species of australopithecine recovered from Malapa Cave, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa. It is known from a partial juvenile skeleton, the holotype MH1, and a partial adult female skeleton, the paratype MH2. They date to about 1.98 million years ago in the Early Pleistocene, and...
Biology and health sciences
Australopithecines
Biology
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne%20transmission
Airborne transmission
Airborne transmission or aerosol transmission is transmission of an infectious disease through small particles suspended in the air. Infectious diseases capable of airborne transmission include many of considerable importance both in human and veterinary medicine. The relevant infectious agent may be viruses, bacteria,...
Biology and health sciences
Concepts
Health
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonding%20in%20solids
Bonding in solids
Solids can be classified according to the nature of the bonding between their atomic or molecular components. The traditional classification distinguishes four kinds of bonding: Covalent bonding, which forms network covalent solids (sometimes called simply "covalent solids") Ionic bonding, which forms ionic solids ...
Physical sciences
Basics_2
Physics
8395423
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain%20transfer
Chain transfer
In polymer chemistry, chain transfer is a polymerization reaction by which the activity of a growing polymer chain is transferred to another molecule: where • is the active center, P is the initial polymer chain, X is the end group, and R is the substituent to which the active center is transferred. Chain transfer re...
Physical sciences
Organic reactions
Chemistry
8400335
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software%20portability
Software portability
Software portability is a design objective for source code to be easily made to run on different platforms. An aid to portability is the generalized abstraction between the application logic and system interfaces. When software with the same functionality is produced for several computing platforms, portability is the ...
Technology
Software development: General
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1924894
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AND%20gate
AND gate
The AND gate is a basic digital logic gate that implements the logical conjunction (∧) from mathematical logic AND gates behave according to their truth table. A HIGH output (1) results only if all the inputs to the AND gate are HIGH (1). If all of the inputs to the AND gate are not HIGH, a LOW (0) is outputted. The fu...
Technology
Digital logic
null
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OR%20gate
OR gate
The OR gate is a digital logic gate that implements logical disjunction. The OR gate outputs "true" if any of its inputs is "true"; otherwise it outputs "false". The input and output states are normally represented by different voltage levels. Description Any OR gate can be constructed with two or more inputs. It out...
Technology
Digital logic
null
1925933
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake%20stratification
Lake stratification
Lake stratification is the tendency of lakes to form separate and distinct thermal layers during warm weather. Typically stratified lakes show three distinct layers: the epilimnion, comprising the top warm layer; the thermocline (or metalimnion), the middle layer, whose depth may change throughout the day; and the cold...
Physical sciences
Hydrology
Earth science
1926015
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron%20paramagnetic%20resonance
Electron paramagnetic resonance
Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) or electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy is a method for studying materials that have unpaired electrons. The basic concepts of EPR are analogous to those of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), but the spins excited are those of the electrons instead of the atomic nuclei. EPR sp...
Physical sciences
Nuclear physics
Physics
1927915
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunda%20plate
Sunda plate
The Sunda plate is a minor tectonic plate straddling the equator in the Eastern Hemisphere on which the majority of Southeast Asia is located. The Sunda plate was formerly considered a part of the Eurasian plate, but the GPS measurements have confirmed its independent movement at 10 mm/yr eastward relative to Eurasia....
Physical sciences
Tectonic plates
Earth science
1928465
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavour%20%28particle%20physics%29
Flavour (particle physics)
In particle physics, flavour or flavor refers to the species of an elementary particle. The Standard Model counts six flavours of quarks and six flavours of leptons. They are conventionally parameterized with flavour quantum numbers that are assigned to all subatomic particles. They can also be described by some of the...
Physical sciences
Quantum numbers
Physics
13046964
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippoidea
Hippoidea
Hippoidea is a superfamily of decapod crustaceans known as mole crabs or sand crabs. Ecology Hippoids are adapted to burrowing into sandy beaches, a habit they share with raninid crabs, and the parallel evolution of the two groups is striking. In the family Hippidae, the body is almost ovoid, the first pereiopods have...
Biology and health sciences
Crabs and hermit crabs
Animals
13049012
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glider%20%28aircraft%29
Glider (aircraft)
A glider is a fixed-wing aircraft that is supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of the air against its lifting surfaces, and whose free flight does not depend on an engine. Most gliders do not have an engine, although motor-gliders have small engines for extending their flight when necessary by sustaining the alt...
Technology
Aviation
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4914568
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busan%20Metro
Busan Metro
The Busan Metro () is the urban rail system operated by the Busan Transportation Corporation of Busan, South Korea. The metro network first opened in 1985 with seventeen stations, making Busan the second city in South Korea and third in the Korean Peninsula (after Seoul and Pyongyang) to have a metro system. The Metro ...
Technology
South Korea
null
4917604
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvus
Corvus
Corvus is a widely distributed genus of passerine birds ranging from medium-sized to large-sized in the family Corvidae. It includes species commonly known as crows, ravens, and rooks. The species commonly encountered in Europe are the carrion crow, hooded crow, common raven, and rook; those discovered later were named...
Biology and health sciences
Corvoidea
null
21009880
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupus
Lupus
Lupus, formally called systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue in many parts of the body. Symptoms vary among people and may be mild to severe. Common symptoms include painful and swollen joints, fever, chest pain, hair loss, mouth...
Biology and health sciences
Specific diseases
Health
21009963
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meningitis
Meningitis
Meningitis is acute or chronic inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, collectively called the meninges. The most common symptoms are fever, intense headache, vomiting and neck stiffness and occasionally photophobia. Other symptoms include confusion or altered consciousness, nausea,...
Biology and health sciences
Non-infectious disease
null
21010263
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sickle%20cell%20disease
Sickle cell disease
Sickle cell disease (SCD), also simply called sickle cell, is a group of hemoglobin-related blood disorders that are typically inherited. The most common type is known as sickle cell anemia. Sickle cell anemia results in an abnormality in the oxygen-carrying protein haemoglobin found in red blood cells. This leads to t...
Biology and health sciences
Specific diseases
Health
846000
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental%20degradation
Environmental degradation
Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as quality of air, water and soil; the destruction of ecosystems; habitat destruction; the extinction of wildlife; and pollution. It is defined as any change or disturbance to the environment perceived to be deleteriou...
Physical sciences
Earth science basics: General
Earth science
847308
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelt
Spelt
Spelt (Triticum spelta), also known as dinkel wheat is a species of wheat. It is a relict crop, eaten in Central Europe and northern Spain. It is high in protein and may be considered a health food. Spelt was cultivated from the Neolithic period onwards. It was a staple food in parts of Europe from the Bronze Age to t...
Biology and health sciences
Grains
Plants
847879
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age%20of%20the%20universe
Age of the universe
In physical cosmology, the age of the universe is the time elapsed since the Big Bang: 13.8 billion years. Astronomers have two different approaches to determine the age of the universe. One is based on a particle physics model of the early universe called Lambda-CDM, matched to measurements of the distant, and thus ol...
Physical sciences
Physical cosmology
Astronomy
848451
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminine%20hygiene
Feminine hygiene
Feminine hygiene products are personal care products used for women's hygiene during menstruation, vaginal discharge, or other bodily functions related to the vulva and vagina. Products that are used during menstruation may also be called menstrual hygiene products, including menstrual pads, tampons, pantyliners, menst...
Biology and health sciences
Health and fitness
null
848457
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arapaima
Arapaima
The arapaima, pirarucu, or paiche is any large species of bonytongue in the genus Arapaima native to the Amazon and Essequibo basins of South America. Arapaima is the type genus of the subfamily Arapaiminae within the family Osteoglossidae. They are among the world's largest freshwater fish, reaching as much as in len...
Biology and health sciences
Fishes
null
848460
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaper-binder
Reaper-binder
The reaper-binder, or binder, is a farm implement that improved upon the simple reaper. The binder was invented in 1872 by Charles Baxter Withington, a jeweler from Janesville, Wisconsin. In addition to cutting the small-grain crop, a binder also 'binds' the stems into bundles or sheaves. These sheaves are usually then...
Technology
Farm and garden machinery
null
849220
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenstone%20belt
Greenstone belt
Greenstone belts are zones of variably metamorphosed mafic to ultramafic volcanic sequences with associated sedimentary rocks that occur within Archaean and Proterozoic cratons between granite and gneiss bodies. The name comes from the green hue imparted by the colour of the metamorphic minerals within the mafic rocks...
Physical sciences
Stratigraphy
Earth science
849375
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativistic%20Heavy%20Ion%20Collider
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC ) is the first and one of only two operating heavy-ion colliders, and the only spin-polarized proton collider ever built. Located at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) in Upton, New York, and used by an international team of researchers, it is the only operating particle coll...
Physical sciences
Devices
Physics
849376
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition%20state
Transition state
In chemistry, the transition state of a chemical reaction is a particular configuration along the reaction coordinate. It is defined as the state corresponding to the highest potential energy along this reaction coordinate. It is often marked with the double dagger (‡) symbol. As an example, the transition state show...
Physical sciences
Kinetics
Chemistry