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  • 1Uncertainty — For the film of the same name, see Uncertainty (film). Certainty series Agnosticism Belief Certainty Doubt Determinism Epistemology …

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  • 2uncertainty — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, great, high (esp. AmE), significant, substantial ▪ The 1990s were a period of high uncertainty for businesses. ▪ fundamental …

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  • 3Uncertainty — You may be uncertain why uncertainty deserves a place in a medical dictionary but some would say that uncertainty is a key element in medicine. The core predicament of medicine the thing that makes being a patient so wrenching, being a doctor so… …

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  • 4Element Festival — infobox music festival music festival name = Element Festival caption = Element Festival promotional poster location = Unconfirmed venue, County Waterford, Ireland years active= 2008 dates = August 15 17 genre = Indie website =… …

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  • 5tipping element — n. An ecosystem or region that undergoes an abrupt and significant change in climate, particularly due to human activity. Example Citations: Many people think of climate change as a gradual process that occurs over decades and centuries, but… …

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  • 6transuranium element — Any of the chemical elements after uranium in the periodic table (with atomic numbers greater than 92). All are radioactive (see radioactivity), with half lives ranging from tens of millions of years to fractions of a millisecond. Only two,… …

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  • 7chemical element — Introduction also called  element,         any substance that cannot be decomposed into simpler substances by ordinary chemical processes. Elements are the fundamental materials of which all matter is composed.       This article considers the… …

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  • 8Electrical element — Electrical elements are conceptual abstractions representing idealized electrical components, such as resistors, capacitors, and inductors, used in the analysis of electrical networks. Any electrical network can be analysed as multiple,… …

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  • 9Mononuclidic element — Not to be confused with the 26 monoisotopic elements defined as having only one stable nuclide. Set A is the 26 monoisotopic elements and B the 22 mononuclidic elements. The intersection consists of 19 elements that are both, but each set… …

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  • 10Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …

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