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 motor and one or more generators, with their shafts mechanically coupled, used to convert the voltage or frequency of an available power source to another desired frequency or voltage. The motor of ...

Cordilleran belt

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A mountain belt or chain which is an assemblage of individual mountain ranges and associated plateaus and intermontane lowlands. A cordillera is usually of continental extent and linear trend; ...

Truck

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A motor vehicle ("lorry" in British English) carrying its load on its own wheels and primarily designed for the transportation of goods or cargo.

Anteater

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A name associated with several animals in four different orders of living mammals (see table ). They are so named because they are insectivorous, having a diet of ants and termites which they detect ...

Lyme disease

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A multisystem illness caused by the tick-borne spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi . The disease, also known as Lyme borreliosis, generally begins with a unique expanding skin lesion, erythema migrans, ...

Mutagens and carcinogens

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A mutagen is a substance or agent that induces heritable change in cells or organisms. A carcinogen is a substance that induces unregulated growth processes in cells or tissues of multicellular ...

Volcano

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A mountain or hill, generally steep-sided, formed by accumulation of magma (molten rock with associated gas and crystals) erupted through openings or volcanic vents in the Earth's crust; the term ...