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91Ordre de grandeur (energie) — Ordre de grandeur (énergie) Pour aider à comparer les différents ordres de grandeur, la liste suivante décrit les différents niveaux d énergie entre 10 52 joules et 1070 joules. Liste des ordres de grandeur pour l énergie Facteur (J) Multiple… …
92CHALEUR — La notion de chaleur telle qu’elle résulte de la sensation de chaud et de froid remonte aux époques les plus reculées. Toutefois, elle n’appartint à la science qu’à partir du XVIIIe siècle, lorsque Lavoisier et Laplace reconnurent conjointement… …
93Human chorionic gonadotropin — chorionic gonadotropin, alpha polypeptide Identifiers Symbol CGA Alt. symbols FSHA, GPHa, GPHA1, HCG, LHA, TSHA …
94cal|o|rie — or cal|o|ry «KAL uhr ee», noun, plural ries. 1. either of two units for measuring the amount of heat: a) the quantity of heat needed to raise by one degree centigrade (Celsius) the temperature of a gram of water; small calorie: »Careful… …
95Home front during World War II — U.S. Government Publicity photo of American machine tool worker in Texas. The home front covers the activities of the civilians in a nation at war. World War II was a total war; homeland production became even more invaluable to both the Allied… …
96Fat tax — Fat tax, also known as Twinkie tax , junk food tax, and snack tax, is a tax on calorie dense, nutrient poor foods. The tax has been proposed as one means to address the obesity problem. The consumption of junk food is supposed to decline if it… …
97Human nutrition — For aspects of nutrition science not specific to humans, see Nutrition. Human nutrition is the provision to humans to obtain the materials necessary to support life. In general, humans can survive for two to eight weeks without food, depending on …
98Mayer , Julius Robert von — (1814–1878) German physician and physicist Mayer, the son of an apothecary from Heilbronn in Germany, studied medicine at the University of Tübingen, where he seems to have been a mediocre student. He continued his studies abroad in Vienna and… …
99mechanical equivalent of heat — the value of a unit quantity of heat in terms of mechanical work units with its most probable value in cgs measure being 4.1855 × 107 ergs per calorie symbol J; called also Joule s equivalent * * * (in any system of physical units) the number of… …
100List of unusual units of measurement — For units of measure primarily used in countries where English is not the main language, see the article specific to that country, a list of which can be found in the systems of measurement article. An unusual unit of measurement is a unit of… …
