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 book that contains astronomical or meteorological data arranged according to days, weeks, and months of a given year and may also include diverse information of a nonastronomical character. This ...

boracite

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A borate mineral with chemical composition Mg 3 B 7 O 13 Cl. It occurs in Germany, England, and the United States, usually in bedded sedimentary deposits of anhydrite (CaSO 4 ), gypsum (CaSO 4 · 2H ...

schizophrenia

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A brain disorder that is characterized by unusual mental experiences, such as hallucinations, changes in emotional experience, and severe decrements in social, cognitive, and occupational ...

strength of materials

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A branch of applied mechanics concerned with the behavior of materials under load, relationships between externally applied loads and internal resisting forces, and associated deformations. Knowledge ...

structural mechanics

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A branch of applied mechanics that deals with the behavior of solid bodies subjected to various types of loading. The major concepts covered by structural mechanics include the fundamental ones, such ...

atomic spectrometry

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A branch of chemical analysis that seeks to determine the composition of a sample in terms of which chemical elements are present and their quantities or concentrations. Unlike other methods of ...

laser photochemistry

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A branch of chemistry in which reactions are induced or altered by laser light. The initial part of any photochemical reaction involves an optical transition to some excited state of molecule. These ...