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111Precession (astronomy) — In astronomy, precession refers to the movement of the rotational axis of a body, such as a planet, with respect to inertial space. In particular, it refers to the precession of the Earth s rotational axis, also called the precession of the… …
112Electromagnet — An electromagnet is a type of magnet in which the magnetic field is produced by the flow of electric current. The magnetic field disappears when the current is turned off. Electromagnets are widely used as components of other electrical devices,… …
113Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius —   …
114Hari Seldon — Hari Seldon, a fictional character, is the intellectual hero of Isaac Asimov s Foundation Series. In his capacity as mathematics professor at Streeling University on Trantor, he developed psychohistory, allowing him to predict the future in… …
115Schild's Ladder — Infobox Book | name = Schild s Ladder title orig = translator = image caption = author = Greg Egan illustrator = cover artist = country = Australia language = English series = genre = Science fiction publisher = pub date = 2002 english pub date …
116Value over replacement player — In baseball, value over replacement player (or VORP) is a statistic invented by Keith Woolner that demonstrates how much a hitter contributes offensively or how much a pitcher contributes to his team in comparison to a fictitious replacement… …
1171835 in science — The year 1835 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.Astronomy* August 5 First sighting of the return of Comet Halley by Father Dumouchel, director of the Collegio Romano at the Vatican. It was next seen by… …
118Epithet — An epithet (from Greek ἐπίθετον epitheton , neut. of ἐπίθετος epithetos , attributed, added [ [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2339438 Epithetos, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek… …
119Rotational spectroscopy — Part of the rotational vibrational spectrum of carbon monoxide (CO) gas (from FTIR), showing the presence of P and R branches. Frequency is on the x axis, and absorbance on the y axis. Rotational spectroscopy or microwave spectroscopy studies the …
120Toy model — In physics, a toy model is a simplified set of objects and equations relating them that can nevertheless be used to understand a mechanism that is also useful in the full, non simplified theory. * In toy mathematical models, this is usually done… …
