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microsensor

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A very small sensor with physical dimensions in the submicrometer to millimeter range. A sensor is a device that converts a nonelectrical physical or chemical quantity, such as ...

dewar flask

Science; General science

A vessel having double walls, the space between being evacuated and the surfaces facing the vacuum being heat reflective. It was invented in 1892 by James Dewar as a container ...

chemical reactor

Science; General science

A vessel in which chemical reactions take place. A combination of vessels is known as a chemical reactor network. Chemical reactors have diverse sizes, shapes, and modes and ...

pictorial drawing

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A view of an object (actual or imagined) as it would be seen by an observer who looks at the object either in a chosen direction or from a selected point of view. One such view ...

kiwifruit

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A vigorous deciduous fruiting vine (family Actinidiceae) that is native to central China, where it commonly grows in moist and sheltered areas on the forest edges. Kiwifruit ...

tornado

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A violently rotating, tall, narrow column of air (that is, a vortex), typically about 300 ft (100 m) in diameter, that extends to the ground from a cumulonimbus cloud. The vast ...

infectious myxomatosis

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A viral disease of European rabbits ( Oryctolagus ) and domestic rabbits, spread mainly by biting insects (mosquitoes and rabbit fleas) and characterized by edematous swellings of ...

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