Nouns denoting natural phenomena
- electricity
- a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons
- downfall
- the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
- El Nino
- (oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas time
- arterial pressure
- the pressure of the circulating blood on the arteries
- radiant energy
- energy that is transmitted in the form of (electromagnetic) radiation; energy that exists in the absence of matter
- alpha ray
- the radiation of alpha particles during radioactive decay
- noreaster
- a storm blowing from the northeast
- leverage
- the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
- gene expression
- conversion of the information encoded in a gene first into messenger RNA and then to a protein
- fireball
- an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)
- reaction
- (mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body
- Coriolis force
- (physics) a force due to the earth's rotation; acts on a body in motion (airplane or projectile) in a rotating reference frame; in a rotating frame of reference Newton's second law of motion can be made to apply if in addition to the real forces acting on a body a Coriolis force and a centrifugal force are introduced
- nuclear power
- nuclear energy regarded as a source of electricity for the power grid (for civilian use)
- luminous energy
- the energy associated with visible light
- Santa Ana
- a strong hot dry wind that blows in winter from the deserts of southern California toward the Pacific Coast
- line squall
- a squall advancing along a front that forms a definite line
- high beam
- the beam of a car's headlights that provides distant illumination
- heat of solution
- the heat evolved or absorbed when one mole of a substance is dissolved in a large volume of a solvent
- diffraction
- when light passes sharp edges or goes through narrow slits the rays are deflected and produce fringes of light and dark bands
- solar power
- energy from the sun that is converted into thermal or electrical energy
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