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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia
Synesthesia
Synesthesia (American English) or synaesthesia (British English) is a perceptual phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway. People with synesthesia may experience colors when listening to music, see shapes when smelling ...
Biology and health sciences
Sensory nervous system
Biology
21438242
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava
Lava
Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a moon onto its surface. Lava may be erupted at a volcano or through a fracture in the crust, on land or underwater, usually at temperatures from . The volcanic rock resulting from subsequ...
Physical sciences
Volcanic landforms
null
21438807
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oncology
Oncology
Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the study, treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of cancer. A medical professional who practices oncology is an oncologist. The name's etymological origin is the Greek word ὄγκος (ónkos), meaning "tumor", "volume" or "mass". Oncology is concerned with: The diagnosis of a...
Biology and health sciences
Fields of medicine
null
2858897
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demersal%20fish
Demersal fish
Demersal fish, also known as groundfish, live and feed on or near the bottom of seas or lakes (the demersal zone). They occupy the sea floors and lake beds, which usually consist of mud, sand, gravel or rocks. In coastal waters, they are found on or near the continental shelf, and in deep waters, they are found on or n...
Biology and health sciences
Fishes by habitat
Animals
2859751
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pouch%20%28marsupial%29
Pouch (marsupial)
The pouch is a distinguishing feature of female marsupials and monotremes, and rarely in males as well, such as in the yapok and the extinct thylacine. The name marsupial is derived from the Latin marsupium, meaning "pouch". This is due to the occurrence of epipubic bones, a pair of bones projecting forward from the pe...
Biology and health sciences
Reproductive system
Biology
2863567
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Iron%20Bridge
The Iron Bridge
The Iron Bridge is a cast iron arch bridge that crosses the River Severn in Shropshire, England. Opened in 1781, it was the first major bridge in the world to be made of cast iron. Its success inspired the widespread use of cast iron as a structural material, and today the bridge is celebrated as a symbol of the Indust...
Technology
Bridges
null
3833397
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza%20B%20virus
Influenza B virus
Influenza B virus is the only species in the genus Betainfluenzavirus in the virus family Orthomyxoviridae. Influenza B virus is only known to infect certain mammal species, including humans, ferrets, pigs, and seals. This limited host range is apparently responsible for the lack of influenza pandemics associated with...
Biology and health sciences
Specific viruses
Health
3837188
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapsus%20grapsus
Grapsus grapsus
Grapsus grapsus is one of the most common crabs along the western coast of the Americas. It is known as the red rock crab, or, along with other crabs such as Percnon gibbesi, as the Sally Lightfoot crab. Distribution Grapsus grapsus is found along the Pacific coast of Mexico, Central America, and South America (as far...
Biology and health sciences
Crabs and hermit crabs
Animals
3838790
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropleura
Arthropleura
is an extinct genus of massive myriapod that lived in what is now Europe and North America around 345 to 290 million years ago, from the Viséan stage of the lower Carboniferous Period to the Sakmarian stage of the lower Permian Period. It is related to millipedes, and was capable of reaching at least in length, possib...
Biology and health sciences
Fossil arthropods
Animals
3839250
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common%20bream
Common bream
The common bream (Abramis brama), also known as the freshwater bream, bream, bronze bream, carp bream or sweaty bream, is a European species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is now considered to be the only species in the genus Abramis. Range and habitat The common bream's home range is Europe north of...
Biology and health sciences
Cypriniformes
Animals
24412554
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoplotheriidae
Anoplotheriidae
Anoplotheriidae is an extinct family of artiodactyl ungulates. They were endemic to Europe during the Eocene and Oligocene epochs about 44—30 million years ago. Its name is derived from the ("unarmed") and θήριον ("beast"), translating as "unarmed beast". Ecology Species of Anoplotheriidae varied substantially in si...
Biology and health sciences
Other artiodactyla
Animals
1417480
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome%20Metro
Rome Metro
The Rome Metro () is a rapid transit system that operates in Rome, Italy. It started operation in 1955, making it the oldest in the country. The Metro comprises three lines – A (orange), B (blue) and C (green) – which operate on of route, serving 73 stations. It has a daily ridership of approximately 820,000 passenge...
Technology
Italy
null
1419898
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribbon%20eel
Ribbon eel
The ribbon eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita), also known as the leaf-nosed moray eel or bernis eel, is a species of moray eel, the only member of the genus Rhinomuraena. The ribbon eel is found in sand burrows and reefs in the Indo-Pacific Ocean. Although generally placed in the moray eel family Muraenidae, it has several di...
Biology and health sciences
Anguilliformes
Animals
1420406
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex%20linkage
Sex linkage
Sex linked describes the sex-specific reading patterns of inheritance and presentation when a gene mutation (allele) is present on a sex chromosome (allosome) rather than a non-sex chromosome (autosome). In humans, these are termed X-linked recessive, X-linked dominant and Y-linked. The inheritance and presentation of ...
Biology and health sciences
Genetics
Biology
1421035
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant%20otter%20shrew
Giant otter shrew
The giant otter shrew (Potamogale velox) is a semiaquatic, carnivorous afrotherian mammal. It is found in the main rainforest block of central Africa from Nigeria to Zambia, with a few isolated populations in Kenya and Uganda. It lives in streams, wetlands and slow flowing larger rivers. It is the only species in the g...
Biology and health sciences
Other afrotheres
Animals
27697009
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API
API
An application programming interface (API) is a connection between computers or between computer programs. It is a type of software interface, offering a service to other pieces of software. A document or standard that describes how to build such a connection or interface is called an API specification. A computer syst...
Technology
Software development: General
null
28981081
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreOffice
LibreOffice
LibreOffice () is a free and open-source office productivity software suite, a project of The Document Foundation (TDF). It was forked in 2010 from OpenOffice.org, an open-sourced version of the earlier StarOffice. It consists of programs for word processing; creating and editing spreadsheets, slideshows, diagrams, and...
Technology
Office and data management
null
922939
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn
Acorn
The acorn is the nut of the oaks and their close relatives (genera Quercus, Notholithocarpus and Lithocarpus, in the family Fagaceae). It usually contains a seedling surrounded by two cotyledons (seedling leaves), enclosed in a tough shell known as the pericarp, and borne in a cup-shaped cupule. Acorns are long and o...
Biology and health sciences
Nuts
Plants
923714
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiaromaticity
Antiaromaticity
Antiaromaticity is a chemical property of a cyclic molecule with a π electron system that has higher energy, i.e., it is less stable due to the presence of 4n delocalised (π or lone pair) electrons in it, as opposed to aromaticity. Unlike aromatic compounds, which follow Hückel's rule ([4n+2] π electrons) and are highl...
Physical sciences
Aromatic hydrocarbons
Chemistry
923872
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quern-stone
Quern-stone
Quern-stones are stone tools for hand-grinding a wide variety of materials, especially for various types of grains. They are used in pairs. The lower stationary stone of early examples is called a saddle quern, while the upper mobile stone is called a muller, rubber, or handstone. The upper stone was moved in a back-an...
Technology
Industrial machinery
null
924328
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole%20cricket
Mole cricket
Mole crickets are members of the insect family Gryllotalpidae, in the order Orthoptera (grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets). Mole crickets are cylindrical-bodied, fossorial insects about long as adults, with small eyes and shovel-like fore limbs highly developed for burrowing. They are present in many parts of the wo...
Biology and health sciences
Orthoptera
null
924422
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hump-winged%20grig
Hump-winged grig
Hump-winged grigs are insects belonging to the genus Cyphoderris, in the family Prophalangopsidae, and superfamily Grylloidea (crickets). In modern times they are known only in northwestern North America and central Asia, but the fossil record indicates a wider distribution in the past. There are three species in Nort...
Biology and health sciences
Orthoptera
Animals
925570
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skutterudite
Skutterudite
Skutterudite is a cobalt arsenide mineral containing variable amounts of nickel and iron substituting for cobalt with the ideal formula CoAs3. Some references give the arsenic a variable formula subscript of 2–3. High nickel varieties are referred to as nickel-skutterudite, previously chloanthite. It is a hydrothermal ...
Physical sciences
Minerals
Earth science
925638
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forsterite
Forsterite
Forsterite (Mg2SiO4; commonly abbreviated as Fo; also known as white olivine) is the magnesium-rich end-member of the olivine solid solution series. It is isomorphous with the iron-rich end-member, fayalite. Forsterite crystallizes in the orthorhombic system (space group Pbnm) with cell parameters a 4.75 Å (0.475 nm), ...
Physical sciences
Silicate minerals
Earth science
33051527
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell%20membrane
Cell membrane
The cell membrane (also known as the plasma membrane or cytoplasmic membrane, and historically referred to as the plasmalemma) is a biological membrane that separates and protects the interior of a cell from the outside environment (the extracellular space). The cell membrane consists of a lipid bilayer, made up of two...
Biology and health sciences
Organelles and other cell parts
null
3842182
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cord%20%28unit%29
Cord (unit)
The cord is a unit of measure of dry volume used to measure firewood and pulpwood in the United States and Canada. A cord is the amount of wood that, when "racked and well stowed" (arranged so pieces are aligned, parallel, touching, and compact), occupies a volume of . This corresponds to a well-stacked woodpile high...
Physical sciences
Volume
Basics and measurement
3842527
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry%20measure
Dry measure
Dry measures are units of volume to measure bulk commodities that are not fluids and that were typically shipped and sold in standardized containers such as barrels. They have largely been replaced by the units used for measuring volumes in the metric system and liquid volumes in the imperial system but are still used ...
Physical sciences
Basics
Basics and measurement
3842768
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20on%20a%20chip
Network on a chip
A network on a chip or network-on-chip (NoC or ) is a network-based communications subsystem on an integrated circuit ("microchip"), most typically between modules in a system on a chip (SoC). The modules on the IC are typically semiconductor IP cores schematizing various functions of the computer system, and are d...
Technology
Semiconductors
null
24425329
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt%20Supergroup
Belt Supergroup
The Belt Supergroup is an assemblage of primarily fine-grained sedimentary rocks and mafic intrusive rocks of late Precambrian (Mesoproterozoic) age. It is more than thick, covers an area of some 200,000 km2 (77,220 sq. mi), and is considered to be one of the world's best-exposed and most accessible sequences of Mesop...
Physical sciences
Geologic features
Earth science
2866340
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipotential
Equipotential
In mathematics and physics, an equipotential or isopotential refers to a region in space where every point is at the same potential. This usually refers to a scalar potential (in that case it is a level set of the potential), although it can also be applied to vector potentials. An equipotential of a scalar potential ...
Physical sciences
Classical mechanics
Physics
2063011
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love%20wave
Love wave
In elastodynamics, Love waves, named after Augustus Edward Hough Love, are horizontally polarized surface waves. The Love wave is a result of the interference of many shear waves (S-waves) guided by an elastic layer, which is welded to an elastic half space on one side while bordering a vacuum on the other side. In sei...
Physical sciences
Seismology
Earth science
2063352
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanised%20agriculture
Mechanised agriculture
Mechanised agriculture or agricultural mechanization is the use of machinery and equipment, ranging from simple and basic hand tools to more sophisticated, motorized equipment and machinery, to perform agricultural operations. In modern times, powered machinery has replaced many farm task formerly carried out by manual...
Technology
Agriculture_2
null
2063359
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi%20%28unit%29
Chi (unit)
The chi (Tongyong Pinyin chih) is a traditional Chinese unit of length. Although it is often translated as the "", its length was originally derived from the distance measured by a human hand, from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the forefinger, and is similar to the ancient span. It first appeared during China's Sh...
Physical sciences
East Asian
Basics and measurement
2064083
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layering
Layering
Layering is a vegetative propagation technique where the stem or branch of a plant is manipulated to promote root development while still attached to the parent plant. Once roots are established, the new plant can be detached from the parent and planted. Layering is utilized by horticulturists to propagate desirable pl...
Technology
Horticulture
null
2065886
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BET%20theory
BET theory
Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) theory aims to explain the physical adsorption of gas molecules on a solid surface and serves as the basis for an important analysis technique for the measurement of the specific surface area of materials. The observations are very often referred to as physical adsorption or physisorption....
Physical sciences
Other separations
Chemistry
2067207
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata%20Metro
Kolkata Metro
The Kolkata Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Kolkata and the Kolkata Metropolitan Region in West Bengal, India. Opened in 1984, it was the first operational rapid transit system in India. Currently it is the second busiest and fifth longest rapid transit system in India. As of now, it has one fully o...
Technology
India
null
33067333
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splinter
Splinter
A splinter (also known as a sliver) is a fragment of a larger object, or a foreign body that penetrates or is purposely injected into a body. The foreign body must be lodged inside tissue to be considered a splinter. Splinters may cause initial pain through ripping of flesh and muscle, or infection through bacteria on ...
Biology and health sciences
Types
Health
1423441
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free%20range
Free range
Free range denotes a method of farming husbandry where the animals can roam freely outdoors for at least part of the day, rather than being confined in an enclosure for 24 hours each day. On many farms, the outdoors ranging area is fenced, thereby technically making this an enclosure, however, free range systems usuall...
Technology
Agriculture_2
null
1424029
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucus
Fucus
Fucus is a genus of brown algae found in the intertidal zones of rocky seashores almost throughout the world. Description and life cycle The thallus is perennial with an irregular or disc-shaped holdfast or with haptera. The erect portion of the thallus is dichotomous or subpinnately branched, flattened and with a dis...
Biology and health sciences
SAR supergroup
Plants
1424309
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential%20equation
Differential equation
In mathematics, a differential equation is an equation that relates one or more unknown functions and their derivatives. In applications, the functions generally represent physical quantities, the derivatives represent their rates of change, and the differential equation defines a relationship between the two. Such rel...
Mathematics
Calculus and analysis
null
1424877
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotia%20plate
Scotia plate
The Scotia plate () is a minor tectonic plate on the edge of the South Atlantic and Southern oceans. Thought to have formed during the early Eocene with the opening of the Drake Passage that separates Antarctica and South America, it is a minor plate whose movement is largely controlled by the two major plates that su...
Physical sciences
Tectonic plates
Earth science
1425422
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric%20arc%20furnace
Electric arc furnace
An electric arc furnace (EAF) is a furnace that heats material by means of an electric arc. Industrial arc furnaces range in size from small units of approximately one-tonne capacity (used in foundries for producing cast iron products) up to about 400-tonne units used for secondary steelmaking. Arc furnaces used in re...
Technology
Metallurgy
null
1425534
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multipole%20expansion
Multipole expansion
A multipole expansion is a mathematical series representing a function that depends on angles—usually the two angles used in the spherical coordinate system (the polar and azimuthal angles) for three-dimensional Euclidean space, . Multipole expansions are useful because, similar to Taylor series, oftentimes only the fi...
Mathematics
Sequences and series
null
31557892
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ductility%20%28Earth%20science%29
Ductility (Earth science)
In Earth science, ductility refers to the capacity of a rock to deform to large strains without macroscopic fracturing. Such behavior may occur in unlithified or poorly lithified sediments, in weak materials such as halite or at greater depths in all rock types where higher temperatures promote crystal plasticity and h...
Physical sciences
Structural geology
Earth science
6832171
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saurischia
Saurischia
Saurischia ( , meaning "reptile-hipped" from the Greek () meaning 'lizard' and () meaning 'hip joint') is one of the two basic divisions of dinosaurs (the other being Ornithischia), classified by their hip structure. Saurischia and Ornithischia were originally called orders by Harry Seeley in 1888 though today most ...
Biology and health sciences
Dinosaurs
Animals
3853380
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem-cell%20therapy
Stem-cell therapy
Stem-cell therapy uses stem cells to treat or prevent a disease or condition. , the only FDA-approved therapy using stem cells is hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. This usually takes the form of a bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell transplantation, but the cells can also be derived from umbilical cord blo...
Technology
Biotechnology
null
3854225
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waveguide%20%28radio%20frequency%29
Waveguide (radio frequency)
In radio-frequency engineering and communications engineering, a waveguide is a hollow metal pipe used to carry radio waves. This type of waveguide is used as a transmission line mostly at microwave frequencies, for such purposes as connecting microwave transmitters and receivers to their antennas, in equipment such as...
Physical sciences
Electromagnetic radiation
Physics
21464996
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospice
Hospice
Hospice care is a type of health care that focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's pain and symptoms and attending to their emotional and spiritual needs at the end of life. Hospice care prioritizes comfort and quality of life by reducing pain and suffering. Hospice care provides an alternative to thera...
Biology and health sciences
Medical procedures: General
Health
27716891
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphism
Morphism
In mathematics, a morphism is a concept of category theory that generalizes structure-preserving maps such as homomorphism between algebraic structures, functions from a set to another set, and continuous functions between topological spaces. Although many examples of morphisms are structure-preserving maps, morphisms ...
Mathematics
Category theory
null
927051
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RYB%20color%20model
RYB color model
RYB (an abbreviation of red–yellow–blue) is a subtractive color model used in art and applied design in which red, yellow, and blue pigments are considered primary colors. Under traditional color theory, this set of primary colors was advocated by Moses Harris, Michel Eugène Chevreul, Johannes Itten and Josef Albers, a...
Physical sciences
Basics
Physics
927572
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernsey%20cattle
Guernsey cattle
The Guernsey is a breed of dairy cattle from the island of Guernsey in the Channel Islands. It is fawn or red and white in colour, and is hardy and docile. Its milk is rich in flavour, high in fat and protein, and has a golden-yellow tinge due to its high β-carotene content. The Guernsey is one of three Channel Island ...
Biology and health sciences
Cattle
Animals
927752
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HFS%20Plus
HFS Plus
HFS Plus or HFS+ (also known as Mac OS Extended or HFS Extended) is a journaling file system developed by Apple Inc. It replaced the Hierarchical File System (HFS) as the primary file system of Apple computers with the 1998 release of Mac OS 8.1. HFS+ continued as the primary Mac OS X file system until it was itself ...
Technology
Data storage and memory
null
928680
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grass%20snake
Grass snake
The grass snake (Natrix natrix), sometimes called the ringed snake or water snake, is a Eurasian semi-aquatic non-venomous colubrid snake. It is often found near water and feeds almost exclusively on amphibians. Subspecies Many subspecies are recognized, including: Natrix natrix helvetica (Lacépède, 1789) was formerl...
Biology and health sciences
Snakes
Animals
929532
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haemophilus%20influenzae
Haemophilus influenzae
Haemophilus influenzae (formerly called Pfeiffer's bacillus or Bacillus influenzae) is a Gram-negative, non-motile, coccobacillary, facultatively anaerobic, capnophilic pathogenic bacterium of the family Pasteurellaceae. The bacteria are mesophilic and grow best at temperatures between 35 and 37 °C. H. influenzae was ...
Biology and health sciences
Gram-negative bacteria
Plants
930016
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascidiacea
Ascidiacea
Ascidiacea, commonly known as the ascidians or sea squirts, is a paraphyletic class in the subphylum Tunicata of sac-like marine invertebrate filter feeders. Ascidians are characterized by a tough outer test or "tunic" made of the polysaccharide cellulose. Ascidians are found all over the world, usually in shallow wat...
Biology and health sciences
Chordata (except vertebrates)
Animals
25853144
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frecciarossa
Frecciarossa
Frecciarossa (; from , "red arrow") is a high-speed train of the Italian national train operator, Trenitalia, as well as a member of the train category Le Frecce. The name was introduced in 2008 after it had previously been known as Eurostar Italia. Frecciarossa trains operate at speeds of up to . Frecciarossa is the p...
Technology
High-speed rail
null
2875647
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy%E2%80%93momentum%20relation
Energy–momentum relation
In physics, the energy–momentum relation, or relativistic dispersion relation, is the relativistic equation relating total energy (which is also called relativistic energy) to invariant mass (which is also called rest mass) and momentum. It is the extension of mass–energy equivalence for bodies or systems with non-zero...
Physical sciences
Theory of relativity
Physics
2876360
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium%20manganate
Potassium manganate
Potassium manganate is the inorganic compound with the formula . This green-colored salt is an intermediate in the industrial synthesis of potassium permanganate (), a common chemical. Occasionally, potassium manganate and potassium permanganate are confused, but each compound's properties are distinct. Structure and ...
Physical sciences
Metallic oxyanions
Chemistry
38540045
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqueduct%20%28water%20supply%29
Aqueduct (water supply)
An aqueduct is a watercourse constructed to carry water from a source to a distribution point far away. In modern engineering, the term aqueduct is used for any system of pipes, ditches, canals, tunnels, and other structures used for this purpose. The term aqueduct also often refers specifically to a bridge carrying an...
Technology
Food, water and health
null
28996847
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geophysical%20fluid%20dynamics
Geophysical fluid dynamics
Geophysical fluid dynamics, in its broadest meaning, refers to the fluid dynamics of naturally occurring flows, such as lava flows, oceans, and planetary atmospheres, on Earth and other planets. Two physical features that are common to many of the phenomena studied in geophysical fluid dynamics are rotation of the flu...
Physical sciences
Geophysics
Earth science
29007035
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkayacu
Inkayacu
Inkayacu is a genus of extinct penguins. It lived in what is now Peru during the Late Eocene, around 36 million years ago. A nearly complete skeleton was discovered in 2008 and includes fossilized feathers, the first known in penguins. A study of the melanosomes, pigment-containing organelles within the feathers, indic...
Biology and health sciences
Prehistoric birds
Animals
2068726
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Earth
History of Earth
The natural history of Earth concerns the development of planet Earth from its formation to the present day. Nearly all branches of natural science have contributed to understanding of the main events of Earth's past, characterized by constant geological change and biological evolution. The geological time scale (GTS)...
Physical sciences
Earth science
null
2070264
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calamine
Calamine
Calamine, also known as calamine lotion, is a medication made from powdered calamine mineral that is used to treat mild itchiness. Conditions treated include sunburn, insect bites, poison ivy, poison oak, and other mild skin conditions. It may also help dry out secretions resulting from skin irritation. It is applied o...
Biology and health sciences
Specific drugs
Health
2070483
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spindle%20%28textiles%29
Spindle (textiles)
A spindle is a straight spike, usually made from wood, used for spinning, twisting fibers such as wool, flax, hemp, cotton into yarn. It is often weighted at either the bottom, middle, or top, commonly by a disc or spherical object called a whorl; many spindles, however, are weighted simply by thickening their shape to...
Technology
Spinning
null
2071899
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiphactinus
Xiphactinus
Xiphactinus (from Latin and Greek for "sword-ray") is an extinct genus of large predatory marine ray-finned fish that lived during the late Albian to the late Maastrichtian. The genus grew up to in length, and superficially resembled a gargantuan, fanged tarpon. It is a member of the extinct order Ichthyodectiformes, ...
Biology and health sciences
Prehistoric osteichthyans
Animals
21476681
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scimitar
Scimitar
A scimitar ( or ) is a single-edged sword with a convex curved blade of about 76.2 to 91.44cm (30 to 36 inches) associated with Middle Eastern, South Asian, or North African cultures. A European term, scimitar does not refer to one specific sword type, but an assortment of different Eastern curved swords inspired by ty...
Technology
Swords
null
21481546
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheelchair
Wheelchair
A wheelchair is a mobilized form of chair using 2 or more wheels, a footrest, and an armrest usually cushioned. It is used when walking is difficult or impossible to do due to illnesses, injury, disabilities, or age-related health conditions. Wheelchairs provide mobility, postural support, and freedom to those who cann...
Technology
Devices
null
21481963
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket%20%28insect%29
Cricket (insect)
Crickets are orthopteran insects which are related to bush crickets, and, more distantly, to grasshoppers. In older literature, such as Imms, "crickets" were placed at the family level (i.e. Gryllidae), but contemporary authorities including Otte now place them in the superfamily Grylloidea. The word has been used in ...
Biology and health sciences
Orthoptera
null
3857434
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scansoriopterygidae
Scansoriopterygidae
Scansoriopterygidae (meaning "climbing wings") is an extinct family of climbing and gliding maniraptoran dinosaurs. Scansoriopterygids are known from five well-preserved fossils, representing four species, unearthed in the Tiaojishan Formation fossil beds (dating to the mid-late Jurassic Period) of Liaoning and Hebei, ...
Biology and health sciences
Theropods
Animals
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pupfish
Pupfish
Pupfish are a group of small killifish belonging to ten genera of the family Cyprinodontidae of ray-finned fish. Pupfish are especially noted for being found in extreme and isolated situations. They are primarily found in North America, South America, and the Caribbean region. As of August 2006, 120 nominal species and...
Biology and health sciences
Acanthomorpha
Animals
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable%20renewable%20energy
Variable renewable energy
Variable renewable energy (VRE) or intermittent renewable energy sources (IRES) are renewable energy sources that are not dispatchable due to their fluctuating nature, such as wind power and solar power, as opposed to controllable renewable energy sources, such as dammed hydroelectricity or bioenergy, or relatively con...
Technology
Concepts
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rate-determining%20step
Rate-determining step
In chemical kinetics, the overall rate of a reaction is often approximately determined by the slowest step, known as the rate-determining step (RDS or RD-step or r/d step) or rate-limiting step. For a given reaction mechanism, the prediction of the corresponding rate equation (for comparison with the experimental rate ...
Physical sciences
Kinetics
Chemistry
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collision%20theory
Collision theory
Collision theory is a principle of chemistry used to predict the rates of chemical reactions. It states that when suitable particles of the reactant hit each other with the correct orientation, only a certain amount of collisions result in a perceptible or notable change; these successful changes are called successful...
Physical sciences
Kinetics
Chemistry
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolon
Stolon
In biology, stolons (from Latin stolō, genitive stolōnis – "branch"), also known as runners, are horizontal connections between parts of an organism. They may be part of the organism, or of its skeleton. Typically, animal stolons are exoskeletons (external skeletons). In botany In botany, stolons are plant stems which...
Biology and health sciences
Plant anatomy and morphology: General
Biology
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrochemical
Agrochemical
An agrochemical or agrichemical, a contraction of agricultural chemical, is a chemical product used in industrial agriculture. Agrichemical typically refers to biocides (pesticides including insecticides, herbicides, fungicides and nematicides) alongside synthetic fertilizers. It may also include hormones and other che...
Technology
Pest and disease control
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potential%20theory
Potential theory
In mathematics and mathematical physics, potential theory is the study of harmonic functions. The term "potential theory" was coined in 19th-century physics when it was realized that two fundamental forces of nature known at the time, namely gravity and the electrostatic force, could be modeled using functions called ...
Mathematics
Harmonic analysis
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation%20coefficient
Correlation coefficient
A correlation coefficient is a numerical measure of some type of linear correlation, meaning a statistical relationship between two variables. The variables may be two columns of a given data set of observations, often called a sample, or two components of a multivariate random variable with a known distribution. Seve...
Mathematics
Probability
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemniscate
Lemniscate
In algebraic geometry, a lemniscate ( or ) is any of several figure-eight or -shaped curves. The word comes from the Latin , meaning "decorated with ribbons", from the Greek (), meaning "ribbon", or which alternatively may refer to the wool from which the ribbons were made. Curves that have been called a lemniscate i...
Mathematics
Two-dimensional space
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothes%20moth
Clothes moth
Clothes moth or clothing moth is the common name for several species of moth considered to be pests, whose larvae eat animal fibres (hairs), including clothing and other fabrics. These include: Tineola bisselliella, the common clothes moth or webbing clothes moth Tinea pellionella, the case-bearing clothes moth. Obs...
Biology and health sciences
Lepidoptera
Animals
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical%20computing
Optical computing
Optical computing or photonic computing uses light waves produced by lasers or incoherent sources for data processing, data storage or data communication for computing. For decades, photons have shown promise to enable a higher bandwidth than the electrons used in conventional computers (see optical fibers). Most rese...
Technology
Computer architecture concepts
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hass%20avocado
Hass avocado
The Hass avocado is a variety of avocado with dark green, bumpy skin. It was first grown and sold by Southern California mail carrier and amateur horticulturist Rudolph Hass, who also gave it his name. The Hass avocado is a large-sized fruit weighing 200 to 300 grams (7 to 10 oz). When ripe, the skin becomes a dark pu...
Biology and health sciences
Other culinary fruits
Plants
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary%20boundaries
Planetary boundaries
Planetary boundaries are a framework to describe limits to the impacts of human activities on the Earth system. Beyond these limits, the environment may not be able to self-regulate anymore. This would mean the Earth system would leave the period of stability of the Holocene, in which human society developed. The frame...
Physical sciences
Earth science basics: General
Earth science
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazard
Hazard
A hazard is a potential source of harm. Substances, events, or circumstances can constitute hazards when their nature would potentially allow them to cause damage to health, life, property, or any other interest of value. The probability of that harm being realized in a specific incident, combined with the magnitude of...
Biology and health sciences
Health and fitness: General
Health
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressurized%20heavy-water%20reactor
Pressurized heavy-water reactor
A pressurized heavy-water reactor (PHWR) is a nuclear reactor that uses heavy water (deuterium oxide D2O) as its coolant and neutron moderator. PHWRs frequently use natural uranium as fuel, but sometimes also use very low enriched uranium. The heavy water coolant is kept under pressure to avoid boiling, allowing it to...
Technology
Power generation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirrostratus%20nebulosus
Cirrostratus nebulosus
Cirrostratus nebulosus is a type of high-level cirrostratus cloud. The name cirrostratus nebulosus is derived from Latin, the adjective nebulosus meaning "full of vapor, foggy, cloudy, dark". Cirrostratus nebulosus is one of the two most common forms that cirrostratus often takes, with the other being cirrostratus fibr...
Physical sciences
Clouds
Earth science
33094374
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications
Telecommunications
Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information over a distance using electronic means, typically through cables, radio waves, or other communication technologies. These means of transmission may be divided into communication channels for multiplexing, allo...
Technology
Media and communication
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sungrazing%20comet
Sungrazing comet
A sungrazing comet is a comet that passes extremely close to the Sun at perihelion – sometimes within a few thousand kilometres of the Sun's surface. Although small sungrazers can completely evaporate during such a close approach to the Sun, larger sungrazers can survive many perihelion passages. However, the strong ev...
Physical sciences
Planetary science
Astronomy
931370
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical%20rainforest
Tropical rainforest
Tropical rainforests are dense and warm rainforests with high rainfall typically found between 10° north and south of the Equator. They are a subset of the tropical forest biome that occurs roughly within the 28° latitudes (in the torrid zone between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn). Tropical rainforests a...
Physical sciences
Forests
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater%20kudu
Greater kudu
The greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) is a large woodland antelope, found throughout eastern and southern Africa. Despite occupying such widespread territory, they are sparsely populated in most areas due to declining habitat, deforestation, and poaching. The greater kudu is one of two species commonly known as ...
Biology and health sciences
Bovidae
Animals
931973
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myiasis
Myiasis
Myiasis ( ), also known as flystrike or fly strike, is the parasitic infestation of the body of a live animal by fly larvae (maggots) that grow inside the host while feeding on its tissue. Although flies are most commonly attracted to open wounds and urine- or feces-soaked fur, some species (including the most common m...
Biology and health sciences
Helminthic diseases and infestations
Health
932217
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical%20unified%20field%20theories
Classical unified field theories
Since the 19th century, some physicists, notably Albert Einstein, have attempted to develop a single theoretical framework that can account for all the fundamental forces of nature – a unified field theory. Classical unified field theories are attempts to create a unified field theory based on classical physics. In par...
Physical sciences
Particle physics: General
Physics
933173
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archelon
Archelon
Archelon is an extinct marine turtle from the Late Cretaceous, and is the largest turtle ever to have been documented, with the biggest specimen measuring from head to tail and in body mass. It is known only from the Pierre Shale and has one species, A. ischyros. In the past, the genus also contained A. marshii and A...
Biology and health sciences
Prehistoric turtles
Animals
934317
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steppe%20bison
Steppe bison
The steppe bison or steppe wisent (Bison priscus) is an extinct species of bison. It was widely distributed across the mammoth steppe, ranging from Western Europe to eastern Beringia in North America during the Late Pleistocene. It is ancestral to all North American bison, including ultimately modern American bison. Th...
Biology and health sciences
Bovidae
Animals
21491359
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaoar
Quaoar
Quaoar (minor-planet designation: 50000 Quaoar) is a large, ringed dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a region of icy planetesimals beyond Neptune. It has an elongated ellipsoidal shape with an average diameter of , about half the size of the dwarf planet Pluto. The object was discovered by American astronomers Chad Truj...
Physical sciences
Solar System
Astronomy
21491745
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine%20ant
Argentine ant
The Argentine ant (Linepithema humile, formerly Iridomyrmex humilis) is an ant native to northern Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia and southern Brazil. This invasive species was inadvertently introduced by humans on a global scale and has become established in many Mediterranean climate areas, including South Afri...
Biology and health sciences
Hymenoptera
Animals
21492663
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos
Asbestos
Asbestos ( ) is a group of naturally occurring, toxic, carcinogenic and fibrous silicate minerals. There are six types, all of which are composed of long and thin fibrous crystals, each fibre (particulate with length substantially greater than width) being composed of many microscopic "fibrils" that can be released int...
Physical sciences
Mineralogy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac
IMac
The iMac is a series of all-in-one computers from Apple Inc., sold as part of the company's Mac family of computers. First introduced in 1998, it has remained a primary part of Apple's consumer desktop offerings since and evolved through seven distinct forms. The iMac natively runs the MacOS operating system. In its o...
Technology
Specific hardware
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igneous%20differentiation
Igneous differentiation
In geology, igneous differentiation, or magmatic differentiation, is an umbrella term for the various processes by which magmas undergo bulk chemical change during the partial melting process, cooling, emplacement, or eruption. The sequence of (usually increasingly silicic) magmas produced by igneous differentiation is...
Physical sciences
Geochemistry
Earth science
3871014
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow
Rainbow
A rainbow is an optical phenomenon caused by refraction, internal reflection and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a continuous spectrum of light appearing in the sky. The rainbow takes the form of a multicoloured circular arc. Rainbows caused by sunlight always appear in the section of sky directly op...
Physical sciences
Atmospheric optics
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambeosaurus
Lambeosaurus
Lambeosaurus ( , meaning "Lambe's lizard") is a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur that lived about 75 million years ago, in the Late Cretaceous period (Campanian stage) of North America. This bipedal/quadrupedal, herbivorous dinosaur is known for its distinctive hollow cranial crest, which in the best-known species resembl...
Biology and health sciences
Ornitischians
Animals