Nouns denoting natural phenomena
- domino effect
- the consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall)
- sound pressure
- the difference between the instantaneous pressure at a point in a sound field and the average pressure at that point
- work
- (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
- DC
- an electric current that flows in one direction steadily
- noreaster
- a storm blowing from the northeast
- norther
- a wind that blows from the north
- northwester
- a wind from the northwest
- air pressure
- the pressure exerted by the atmosphere
- scintillation
- (physics) a flash of light that is produced in a phosphor when it absorbs a photon or ionizing particle
- occluded front
- (meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft
- projection
- the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality
- centripetal force
- the inward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body
- glow
- a steady even light without flames
- photoelectricity
- electricity generated by light or affected by light
- storm
- a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning
- electromagnetism
- magnetism produced by an electric current
- natural phenomenon
- all phenomena that are not artificial
- resolution
- the ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together
- insolation
- incident solar radiation
- diastolic pressure
- the blood pressure (as measured by a sphygmomanometer) after the contraction of the heart while the chambers of the heart refill with blood
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