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shipping fever
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A severe inflammation of the lungs (pneumonia) commonly seen in North American cattle after experiencing the stress of transport. This disease occurs mainly in 6–9-month-old beef ...
syphilis
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A sexually transmitted infection of humans caused by Treponema pallidum ssp. pallidum , a corkscrew-shaped motile bacterium (spirochete). Due to its narrow width, T. pallidum ...
concrete slab
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A shallow, reinforced-concrete structural member that is very wide compared with depth. Spanning between beams, girders, or columns, slabs are used for floors, roofs, and bridge ...
gravitational redshift
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A shift toward longer wavelengths of spectral lines emitted by atoms in strong gravitational fields. It is also known as the Einstein shift. One of three famous predictions of the ...
icebreaker
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A ship designed to break floating ice. Icebreaker technology has evolved rapidly since the 1960s as a result of potential resource development in the Arctic regions of Russia, ...
ferry
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A ship specifically configured for carrying passengers between two points. It permits persons to make their way from one place to another across a body of water, and it may carry ...
submarine
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A ship which can operate completely submerged in the water. The term formerly applied to any ship capable of operating completely underwater, but now usually describes a ship ...
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