change of shape
51Physical change — is a concept introduced to contrast with the concept of chemical change. A physical change is any change not involving a change in the substance s chemical identity. Matter undergoes chemical change when the composition of the substances changes …
52Conformational change — See also: Database of Molecular Motions A macromolecule is usually flexible and dynamic. It can change its shape in response to changes in its environment or other factors; each possible shape is called a conformation, and a transition between… …
53Climate Change Science Program — The Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) was the program responsible for coordinating and integrating research on global warming by U.S. government agencies from February 2002 to June 2009.[1] Toward the end of that period, CCSP issued 21… …
54climate change — Introduction periodic modification of Earth s climate brought about as a result of changes in the atmosphere as well as interactions between the atmosphere and various other geologic, chemical, biological, and geographic factors within the Earth …
55Wing shape optimization — is a software implementation of shape optimization primarily used for aircraft design. This allows for engineers to produce more efficient and cheaper aircraft designs.HistoryShape optimization, as a software process and tool, first appeared as… …
56Strange Change Machine — The Strange Change Machine was a Mattel toy from the late 1960s, in which shape memory plastic figures of prehistoric animals and so forth could be reconstituted from compressed time capsule form, and re compressed back into that form. It consted …
57Mode shape — ] In the study of vibration in engineering, a mode shape describes the expected curvature (or displacement) of a surface vibrating at a particular mode. To determine the vibration of a system, the mode shape is multiplied by a function that… …
58Statistical shape analysis — is a geometrical analysis from a set of shapes in which statistics are measured to describe geometrical properties from similar shapes or different groups, for instance, the difference between male and female Gorilla skull shapes, normal and… …
59The Shape of Things — Infobox Film name = The Shape of Things caption = Movie poster director = Neil LaBute producer = Neil LaBute writer = Neil LaBute narrator = starring = Paul Rudd Rachel Weisz Gretchen Mol Fred Weller music = Elvis Costello cinematography = James… …
60Attribution of recent climate change — Further information: Global warming, Climate change, and Climate change denial Attribution of recent climate change is the effort to scientifically ascertain mechanisms responsible for recent changes observed in the Earth s climate …
