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 fundamental tenet of quantum mechanics is that every particle also has a wave nature and every wave also has a particle nature, at least in principle. For light, which in classical physics is an ...

furnace construction

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A furnace is an apparatus in which heat is liberated and transferred directly or indirectly to a solid or fluid mass for the purpose of effecting a physical or chemical change. The source of heat is ...

fuzzy sets and systems

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A fuzzy set is a generalized set to which objects can belong with various degrees (grades) of memberships over the interval (0,1). In general, fuzziness describes objects or processes that are not ...

starburst galaxy

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A galaxy that is observed to be undergoing an unusually high rate of formation of stars. It is often defined as a galaxy that, if it continues to form stars at the currently observed rate, will ...

atomic fermi gas

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A gas of atoms, generally ultracold, in which the individual atoms possess half-integer spin (that is, are fermionic). Since the 1980s, researchers have developed powerful new techniques for cooling ...

turboprop

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A gas turbine power plant producing shaft power to drive a propeller or propellers for aircraft propulsion. Because of its high propulsive efficiency at low flight speeds, it is the power plant of ...

lubricant

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A gas, liquid, or solid used to prevent contact of parts in relative motion, and thereby reduce friction and wear. In many machines, cooling by the lubricant is equally important. The lubricant may ...