General science

General science

A variety of science subjects concerning the fundamental knowledge about different aspects of our world and their underlying principles.

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A buoyant mass of ductile rock or sediment that has pierced, or appears to have pierced, overlying rock, known as overburden. The overburden can yield by ductile processes or by brittle faulting (see ...

tall oil

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A by-product from the pulping of pine wood by the kraft (sulfate) process. In the kraft process the wood is digested under pressure with sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide. (The alternate process ...

communications cable

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A cable that transmits information signals between geographically separated points. The heart of a communications cable is the transmission medium, which may be optical fibers, coaxial conductors, or ...

submarine cable

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A cable, primarily for communications, laid on the ocean floor to provide international links. This term is sometimes applied to power cables in water, but these are not usually of great length.

coquina

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A calcarenite or clastic limestone whose detrital particles are chiefly fossils, whole or fragmented. The term is most frequently used for an aggregate of large shells more or less cemented by ...

titanite

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A calcium, titanium silicate, , of high titanium content. Titanite is also known as sphene.

starch

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A carbohydrate that occurs as discrete, partially crystalline granules in the seeds, roots (tubers), stems (pith), leaves, fruits, and pollen grains of higher plants. Starch functions as the main ...