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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psilophytales

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A group long recognized as an order of fossil plants (subdivision Psilopsida) collected in rocks of Late Silurian and Devonian age. It has been subdivided, on the basis of many data, into three ...

montmorillonite

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A group name for all clay minerals with an expanding structure, except vermiculite, and also a specific mineral name for the high alumina end member of the group.

sedentaria

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A group of 28 or more families of polychaete annelids in which the anterior, or cephalic, region is more or less completely concealed by overhanging peristomial structures, or the body is divided ...

A group of 34 families of Polychaeta in which the anterior, or cephalic, region is more or less fully exposed and the body is often long, linear to short, and depressed. The segments of these worms ...

thermal analysis

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A group of analytical techniques developed to continuously monitor physical or chemical changes of a sample which occur as the temperature of a sample is increased or decreased. Thermogravimetry, ...

cephalosporins

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A group of antibiotics that are effective in eradicating streptococcal, pneumococcal, staphylococcal, Klebsiella , Neisseria , enteric gram-negative rod bacteria that produce pulmonary, skin and ...

fescue

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A group of approximately 100 species of grass; more than 30 are represented in the United States. Tall fescue ( Festuca arundinacea ), a perennial cool-season plant introduced from Europe, occupies ...