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ecosystem

Science; General science

A functional system that includes an ecological community of organisms together with the physical environment, interacting as a unit. Ecosystems are characterized by flow of ...

tumor suppressor genes

Science; General science

A functionally heterogenous class of genes, ranging from nuclear transcription factors to cell adhesion molecules having as their common denominator that their function must be ...

social hierarchy

Science; General science

A fundamental aspect of social organization that is established by fighting or display behavior and results in a ranking of the animals in a group. Social, or dominance, ...

formation

Science; General science

A fundamental geological unit used in the description and interpretation of layered sediments, sedimentary rocks, and extrusive igneous rocks. A formation is defined on the basis ...

M-theory

Science; General science

A fundamental goal of physics is to describe and understand all the forces appearing in nature. All the phenomena occurring in the universe can be traced to the action of just ...

correspondence principle

Science; General science

A fundamental hypothesis according to which classical mechanics can be understood as a limiting case of quantum mechanics; or conversely, many characteristic features in quantum ...

CPT theorem

Science; General science

A fundamental ingredient in quantum field theories, which dictates that all interactions in nature, all the force laws, are unchanged (invariant) on being subjected to the ...

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