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  • 1Surface wave — Diving grebe creates surface waves In physics, a surface wave is a mechanical wave that propagates along the interface between differing media, usually two fluids with different densities. A surface wave can also be an electromagnetic wave guided …

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  • 2Brain Wave — is a science fiction novel by Poul Anderson published in 1954. Anderson had said that he could consider it one of his top five books [ [http://www.locusmag.com/1997/Issues/04/Anderson.html Locus: Poul Anderson interview ] ] Plot SummarySome point …

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  • 3Al|fvén wave — «ahl VAYN», a magnetohydrodynamic wave generated by motion within an electrically conducting plasma in a magnetic field. ╂[< Hannes Alfvén, born 1908, a Swedish physicist, who discovered it] …

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  • 4Alfvén wave — /alˈveɪn weɪv/ (say ahl vayn wayv) noun Physics a wave which propagates through an electrically conducting fluid in the direction of an applied magnetic field. See magnetohydrodynamics. {named after Hannes Alfvén, 1908–95, Swedish astrophysicist} …

  • 5hydromagnetic wave — noun : a wave in an electrically conducting fluid (as a plasma) in a magnetic field …

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  • 6South Carolina civil disturbances of 1876 — The South Carolina civil disturbances of 1876 were a series of race riots and civil unrest sparked by the intense emotions developed because of the gubernatorial election of 1876 in South Carolina. They all occurred in counties where blacks were… …

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  • 7bundle of His — his n a slender bundle of modified cardiac muscle that passes from the atrioventricular node in the right atrium to the right and left ventricles by way of the septum and that maintains the normal sequence of the heartbeat by conducting the wave… …

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  • 8performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

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  • 9Wireless energy transfer — or wireless power is the transmission of electrical energy from a power source to an electrical load without artificial interconnecting conductors. Wireless transmission is useful in cases where interconnecting wires are inconvenient, hazardous,… …

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  • 10plasma — plasmatic /plaz mat ik/, plasmic, adj. /plaz meuh/, n. 1. Anat., Physiol. the liquid part of blood or lymph, as distinguished from the suspended elements. 2. Cell Biol. cytoplasm. 3. whey. 4. a green, faintly translucent chalcedony. 5. Physics. a …

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