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121Malate synthase — Identifiers EC number 2.3.3.9 CAS number 9013 48 3 …
122latent heat — Physics. heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at constant temperature and pressure. Cf. heat of fusion, heat of vaporization. [1750 60] * * * Characteristic amount of energy absorbed or released by a substance during a change in… …
123noncondensing engine — a steam engine releasing exhaust steam to the atmosphere rather than condensing it to hot feedwater. [1835 45; NON + CONDENSING] * * * …
124planetesimal — /plan i tes euh meuhl/, Astron. n. 1. one of the small celestial bodies that, according to one theory (planetesimal hypothesis), were fused together to form the planets of the solar system. adj. 2. of or pertaining to a planetesimal or… …
125steam engine — steam engine, adj. an engine worked by steam, typically one in which a sliding piston in a cylinder is moved by the expansive action of the steam generated in a boiler. [1745 55] * * * Machine that uses steam power to perform mechanical work… …
126Roebuck, John — ▪ British physician, chemist, and inventor born 1718, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England died July 17, 1794, Borrowstounness, West Lothian [now in Falkirk], Scotland British physician, chemist, and inventor, perhaps best known for having… …
127Enzyme — A protein (or protein based molecule) that speeds up a chemical reaction in a living organism. An enzyme acts as catalyst for specific chemical reactions, convertingt a specific set of reactants (called substrates) into specific products. Without …
128distillation — Volatilization of a liquid by heat and subsequent condensation of the vapor; a means of separating the volatile from the nonvolatile, or the more volatile from the less volatile, part of a liquid mixture. [L. de (di …
