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121Rock — /rok/, n. a male given name. * * * I In geology, a naturally occurring and coherent aggregate of minerals. The three major classes of rock igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic are based on the processes that formed them. These three classes are… …
122Health and Disease — ▪ 2009 Introduction Food and Drug Safety. In 2008 the contamination of infant formula and related dairy products with melamine in China led to widespread health problems in children, including urinary problems and possible renal tube… …
123human disease — Introduction an impairment of the normal state of a human being that interrupts or modifies its vital functions. health versus disease Before human disease can be discussed, the meanings of the terms health, physical fitness, illness …
124Consequences of Nazism — World War II seriesv · d · e …
125therm — [thʉrm] n. [< Gr thermē, heat: see WARM] 1. Obs. a) a great calorie b) a small calorie c) a unit of heat equal to 1,000 great calories 2. a unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units …
126therm- — combining form or thermo Etymology: Greek, from thermē heat 1. : heat thermacoustic thermochemistry …
127therm. — thermometer. * * * therm «thurm», noun. Physics. any one of various units of heat: a) the small calorie. b) the large or great calorie. c) a unit equivalent to 1,000 large calories. d) a unit equivalent to 100,000 British thermal units, used as a …
128Entropy — This article is about entropy in thermodynamics. For entropy in information theory, see Entropy (information theory). For a comparison of entropy in information theory with entropy in thermodynamics, see Entropy in thermodynamics and information… …
