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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Electric protective devices

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A particular type of equipment applied to electric power systems to detect abnormal and intolerable conditions and to initiate appropriate corrective actions. These devices include lightning ...

A particular mathematical function that can be used to express many definite integrals. There are, however, no significant applications where the gamma function by itself constitutes the essence of ...

Triple point

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A particular temperature and pressure at which three different phases of one substance can coexist in equilibrium. In common usage these three phases are normally solid, liquid, and gas, although ...

Oxidising agent

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A participant in a chemical reaction that absorbs electrons from another reactant. In the process a component atom of this substance undergoes a decrease in oxidation number. In this action as an ...

Labradorite

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A plagioclase feldspar with composition Ab 50 An 50 to Ab 30 An 70 (Ab = NaAlSi 3 O 8 ; An = CaAl 2 Si 2 O 8 ), occurring in basic igneous rocks, that is, basalts, gabbros and anorthosites. ...

Oligoclase

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A plagioclase feldspar with composition in the range Ab 90 An 10 to Ab 70 An 30 , where Ab represents the composition of albite, NaAlSi 3 O 8 , and An represents the composition of anorthite, CaAl 2 ...

Phytochrome

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A pigment that controls most photomorphogenic responses in higher plants. As a result of the dependence of plants on the energy of sunlight and their sessile habit, mechanisms have evolved that ...