Nouns denoting natural phenomena
- laminar flow
- nonturbulent streamline flow in parallel layers (laminae)
- heat of dissociation
- the heat required for a fluid substance to break up into simpler constituents
- leverage
- the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
- Lorentz force
- the force experienced by a point charge moving along a wire that is in a magnetic field; the force is at right angles to both the current and the magnetic field
- gravity-assist
- (spaceflight) a trajectory that passes close to a planetary body in order to gain energy from its gravitational field
- organic phenomenon
- (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals
- SNP
- (genetics) genetic variation in a DNA sequence that occurs when a single nucleotide in a genome is altered; SNPs are usually considered to be point mutations that have been evolutionarily successful enough to recur in a significant proportion of the population of a species
- alternation of generations
- the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal
- mistral
- a strong north wind that blows in France during the winter
- life cycle
- a series of stages through which an organism passes between recurrences of a primary stage
- fortune
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome
- fresh breeze
- wind moving 19-24 knots; 5 on the Beaufort scale
- diurnal parallax
- the parallax of a celestial body using two points on the surface of the earth as the earth rotates
- fine spray
- precipitation in very small drops
- solar radiation
- radiation from the sun
- virtual image
- a reflected optical image (as seen in a plane mirror)
- dichroism
- pleochroism of a crystal so that it exhibits two different colors when viewed from two different directions
- Saint Elmo's light
- an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere
- conductance
- a material's capacity to conduct electricity; measured as the reciprocal of electrical resistance
- heat of formation
- the heat evolved or absorbed during the formation of one mole of a substance from its component elements
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