General science

General science

A variety of science subjects concerning the fundamental knowledge about different aspects of our world and their underlying principles.

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A long-season cultivar of muskmelon, Cucumis melo , of the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae. The fruit is 7–10 in. (18–25 cm) in diameter, weighs 6–8 lb (2.7–3.6 kg), and is round and without sutures; it ...

Deep-sea trench

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A long, narrow, characteristically very deep and asymmetrical depression of the sea floor, with relatively steep sides. Oceanic trenches characterise active margins at the ocean-basin–continent or ...

Escarpment

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A long line of cliffs or steep slopes that break the general continuity of the land by separating it into two level or sloping surfaces. Some very high escarpments, or scarps, may form by vertical ...

Bermuda grass

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A long-lived perennial ( Cynodon spp.) that originated in Africa. It is believed that in the early 1500s Spanish explorers unintentionally brought the first common Bermuda grass seeds to the ...

East indies

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A loosely defined region in southeast Asia broadly comprising former colonial possessions of European nations and now forming the countries of Malaysia, Brunei, and Indonesia. The islands of the East ...

Oil sand

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A loose-to-consolidated sandstone or a porous carbonate rock, impregnated with bitumen, a heavy asphaltic crude oil with a viscosity under reservoir conditions greater than 10,000 millipascal seconds ...