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barley

Science; General science

A cereal grass plant whose seeds are useful to humans. It is grown in nearly all cultivated areas of the temperate parts of the world, and is an important crop in Europe, North ...

pharynx

Science; General science

A chamber at the oral end of the vertebrate alimentary canal, leading to the esophagus. Because of divergent specializations in the various classes of vertebrates, it cannot be ...

electric furnace

Science; General science

A chamber heated to high temperature by electricity. The furnace consists of a refractory shell to resist the high temperatures attained within the chamber and minimize the heat ...

water pollution

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A change in the chemical, physical, biological, and radiological quality of water that is injurious to its existing, intended, or potential uses. (for example, boating, ...

electromagnetic field

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A changing magnetic field always produces an electric field, and conversely, a changing electric field always produces a magnetic field. This interaction of electric and magnetic ...

adaptation (biology)

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A characteristic of an organism that makes it fit for its environment or for its particular way of life. For example, the Arctic fox ( Alopex lagopus ) is well adapted for living ...

internal energy

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A characteristic property of the state of a thermodynamic system, introduced in the first law of thermodynamics. For a static, closed system (no bulk motion, no transfer of matter ...

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