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1fluid amplifier — fluid amplifier, any one of various control and switching devices that run on compressed air, gas, or liquid without requiring moving parts …
2Fluid Ounces — Articleissues citations missing = August 2008 original research = August 2008 peacock = August 2008Infobox musical artist Name = Fluid Ounces Background = group or band Origin = Murfreesboro, TN Genre = Power pop, Piano Rock Years active = 1995… …
3Electrorheological fluid — Electrorheological (ER) fluids are suspensions of extremely fine non conducting particles (up to 50 micrometres diameter) in an electrically insulating fluid. The apparent viscosity of these fluids changes reversibly by an order of up to 100,000… …
4fluidics — fluidic, adj. /flooh id iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the technology dealing with the use of a flowing liquid or gas in various devices, esp. controls, to perform functions usually performed by an electric current in electronic devices. Also… …
5Alvin Spivak — Alvin, “Al” Spivak was born May 23, 1922, in Yonkers, New York, and died June 5, 2004, in Santa Rosa, California. He was the son of Herman (uncle of Lawrence E. Spivak, of Meet the Press Radio and Television) and Helen Klein Spivak. As a child,… …
6Electrophysiology — (from Greek gr. ἥλεκτρον, ēlektron , amber [see the etymology of electron ] ; gr. φύσις, physis , nature, origin ; and gr. λογία, logia ) is the study of the electrical properties of biological cells and tissues. It involves measurements of… …
7Nobel Prizes — ▪ 2009 Introduction Prize for Peace The 2008 Nobel Prize for Peace was awarded to Martti Ahtisaari, former president (1994–2000) of Finland, for his work over more than 30 years in settling international disputes, many involving ethnic,… …
8Cochlea — Cross section of the cochlea …
9electronics — /i lek tron iks, ee lek /, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science dealing with the development and application of devices and systems involving the flow of electrons in a vacuum, in gaseous media, and in semiconductors. [1905 10; see ELECTRONIC,… …
10Fluidics — (also known as Fluidic logic) is the use of a fluid or compressible medium to perform analog or digital operations similar to those performed with electronics. The physical basis of fluidics is pneumatics and hydraulics, based on the theoretical… …
