Nouns denoting natural phenomena
- dielectric heating
- heating of an insulator by a high-frequency electric field
- X-radiation
- electromagnetic radiation of short wavelength produced when high-speed electrons strike a solid target
- butterfly effect
- the phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago
- firestorm
- a storm in which violent winds are drawn into the column of hot air rising over a severely bombed area
- magnetosphere
- the magnetic field of a planet; the volume around the planet in which charged particles are subject more to the planet's magnetic field than to the solar magnetic field
- air pocket
- a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
- optical opacity
- opacity to light
- peptide bond
- the primary linkage of all protein structures; the chemical bond between the carboxyl groups and amino groups that unites a peptide
- dust cloud
- a cloud of dust suspended in the air
- conduction
- the transmission of heat or electricity or sound
- energy of activation
- the energy that an atomic system must acquire before a process (such as an emission or reaction) can occur
- valency
- the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds
- whiff
- a short light gust of air
- photochemical exchange
- an exchange produced by the chemical action of radiant energy (especially light)
- streamline flow
- flow of a gas or liquid in which the velocity at any point is relatively steady
- aerosol
- a cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas
- chinook
- a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
- Kuroshio current
- a warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific ocean
- death
- the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism
- torsion
- a twisting force
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