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  Time in physics

  In physics, the treatment of time is a central issue. In physics, the treatment of time is a central issue. It has been treated as a question of geometry. One can measure time and treat it as a ... > more
• Fossil Fuels
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  Gasoline

  Gasoline is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture consisting primarily of hydrocarbons, used as fuel in internal combustion engines. Before internal combustion engines were invented in the mid-1800s, ... > more
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  Weapons of mass destruction

  Weapon of mass destruction (WMD) is a term used to describe a munition with the capacity to indiscriminately kill large numbers of living beings. The phrase broadly encompasses several areas of ... > more
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  Computer worm

  A computer worm is a self-replicating computer program. It uses a network to send copies of itself to other nodes (computer terminals on the network) and it may do so without any user intervention. ... > more
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  Circuit design

  The process of circuit design can cover systems ranging from national power grids all the way down to the individual transistors within an integrated circuit. For simple circuits the design process ... > more
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  Radar

  RADAR is a system used to detect, range, and map objects such as aircraft, ships, and rain. Powerful radio waves are transmitted, and a receiver listens for any echoes. By analysing the reflected ... > more
• Nature of Water
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  Volume

  Volume, also called capacity, is a quantification of how much space an object occupies. The international unit for volume is the cubic ... > more
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  Turbulence

  In fluid dynamics, turbulence or turbulent flow is a flow regime characterized by chaotic, stochastic property changes. This includes low momentum diffusion, high momentum convection, and rapid ... > more
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  Electric power

  Electric power is the amount of work done by an electric current in a unit time. When a current flows in a circuit with resistance, it does work. Devices can be made that convert this work into heat ... > more
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  Air conditioning

  An air conditioner (AC or air-con) is an appliance or mechanism designed to extract heat from an area using a refrigeration cycle. In construction, a complete system of heating, ventilation and air ... > more

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