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glaciology

Science; General science

A broad field encompassing all aspects of the study of ice. While many glaciologists focus their attention on glaciers, the largest ice masses on Earth, glaciology also includes ...

environmental toxicology

Science; General science

A broad field of study encompassing the production, fate, and effects of natural and synthetic pollutants in the environment. The breadth of this field depends on the definition ...

diesel fuel

Science; General science

A broad mixture of hydrocarbons produced as distillates, as residual materials, or as blends of the two during the refining of crude petroleum. Diesel fuel usually has a ...

decision theory

Science; General science

A broad range of concepts which have been developed to both describe and prescribe the process of decision making, where a choice is made from a finite set of possible ...

skarn

Science; General science

A broad range of rock types made up of calc-silicate minerals such as garnet, regardless of their association with ores, that originate by replacement of precursor rocks. It was a ...

coal

Science; General science

A brown to black combustible rock that originated by accumulation and subsequent physical and chemical alteration of plant material over long periods of time, and that on a ...

lignite

Science; General science

A brownish-black, low-rank coal defined in the engineering sense by the American Society for Testing and Materials as having a heating value of less than 8300 Btu/lb (4611 ...

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