Contributors in Science
Science > General science 
micrometer
Science; General science
A precision instrument used to measure small distances and angles. A common use is on a machinist's caliper, as in the illustration .
bluefish
Science; General science
A predatory and voracious species of fish that ranges throughout the tropical and temperate seas of the world, except for the eastern and central Pacific areas. A single species, ...
quark-gluon plasma
Science; General science
A predicted state of nuclear matter containing deconfined quarks and gluons. According to the theory of strong interactions, called quantum chromodynamics, hadrons such as mesons ...
air
Science; General science
A predominantly mechanical mixture of a variety of individual gases enveloping the terrestrial globe to form the Earth's atmosphere. In this sense air is one of the three basic ...
pollination mutualisms by insects before the evolution of flowers
Science; General science
A preeminent association between flowering plants and insects is pollination. Pollination is a mutualism in which two interactors reciprocally benefit: a host plant receives the ...
hydraulic accumulator
Science; General science
A pressure vessel which operates as a fluid source device or shock absorber. It is used to store fluid under pressure or to absorb excessive pressure increases. The hydraulic ...
boiler
Science; General science
A pressurized system in which water is vaporized to steam, the desired end product, by heat transferred from a source of higher temperature, usually the products of combustion ...
Sub-categories
- Acoustics (1199)
- Basic science (4082)
- General science (120567)