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The branch of science concerned with the properties of matter and energy and the relationships between them.

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Financial services; General Finance

The book value of an asset after allowing for depreciation and amortization.

pull off

Sports; Bicycle & electric bicycle

to move to the side after riding in the lead so that another rider can come to the front.

Clad

Kitchen & dining; Cooking tools

Usually refers to the bonding of one metal to another, such as copper to stainless steel, in a way that takes advantage of the characteristics of both metals.

split offering

Financial services; General Finance

A municipal bond issue that is made up of serial bonds and term maturity bonds.

aerobraking

Astronomy; Mars

The use of atmospheric drag to slow a spacecraft.

antiparticle

Astronomy; General astronomy

1) An elementary particle of opposite charge but otherwise identical to its partner. Most of the observable universe consists of particles and matter, as opposed to antiparticles ...

microspore

Plants; Flowers

In plants which are heterosporous, the smaller kind of spore is called a microspore; it usually germinates into a male (sperm-producing) gametophyte.

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