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21plate tectonics — plate tectonic, adj. Geol. a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves on the plastic asthenosphere more or less independently to collide with, slide under, or move past… …
22Brown dwarf — Brown dwarfs are sub stellar objects which are too low in mass to sustain hydrogen 1 fusion reactions in their cores, which is characteristic of stars on the main sequence. Brown dwarfs have fully convective surfaces and interiors, with no… …
23Tornados de 2009 — Reporte de tornados en 2009 comparado a años anteriores Tornado más fuerte F 4 en Lone Grove, Oklahoma y el 10 y 11 de abril en Murfreesboro, Tennessee …
24Weather forecasting — weather forecaster redirects here. For other uses, see Weatherman (disambiguation). Forecast of surface pressures five days into the future for the north Pacific, North America, and north Atlantic ocean. Weather forecasting is the application of… …
25fluid mechanics — an applied science dealing with the basic principles of gaseous and liquid matter. Cf. fluid dynamics. [1940 45] * * * Study of the effects of forces and energy on liquids and gases. One branch of the field, hydrostatics, deals with fluids at… …
26Dynamo theory — In geophysics, dynamo theory proposes a mechanism by which a celestial body such as the Earth or a star generates a magnetic field. The theory describes the process through which a rotating, convecting, and electrically conducting fluid can… …
271984 Pacific typhoon season — Infobox hurricane season Basin=WPac Year=1984 Track=1984 Pacific typhoon season summary.jpg First storm formed=June 7 Last storm dissipated=December 11 Strongest storm name=Vanessa Strongest storm winds=155 Strongest storm pressure=879 Total… …
28atmosphere — atmosphereless, adj. /at meuhs fear /, n., v., atmosphered, atmosphering. n. 1. the gaseous envelope surrounding the earth; the air. 2. this medium at a given place. 3. Astron. the gaseous envelope surrounding a heavenly body. 4. Chem. any… …
29Heat transfer — is a discipline of thermal engineering that concerns the exchange of thermal energy from one physical system to another. Heat transfer is classified into various mechanisms, such as heat conduction, convection, thermal radiation, and phase change …
30Continuum mechanics — Continuum mechanics …
