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Chemical

Chemistry; General chemistry

1 of or pertaining to chemistry . 2. a substance.

Inertia

Chemistry; General chemistry

The tendency of a body to stay at rest or to continue to move at the same velocity, unless acted on by an outside force. A tractor trailer has more inertia than a bicycle. A bowling ball has more ...

Random error

Chemistry; General chemistry

Random errors are errors that affect the precision of a set of measurements. Random error scatters measurements above and below the mean, with small random errors being more likely than large ones.

Amperage

Chemistry; General chemistry

The amount of charge moved per second by an electric current , measured in amperes .

Ethanol

Chemistry; General chemistry

A colorless, flammable liquid produced by fermentation of sugars. Ethanol is the alcohol found in alcoholic beverages.

Nucleoside

Chemistry; General chemistry

A nucleotide base bound to a five-carbon sugar.

A molecular shape that results when there are three bonds and no lone pairs around the central atom in the molecule. The pairs are arranged along the central atom's equator, with 120° angles between ...