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1jump the shark — v. In a television show, to include an over the top scene or plot twist that is indicative either of an irreversible decline in the show s quality or of a desperate bid to stem the show s declining ratings. Also: JTS. jump the shark adj. jumping… …
2Thermodynamics — Annotated color version of the original 1824 Carnot heat engine showing the hot body (boiler), working body (system, steam), and cold body (water), the letters labeled according to the stopping points in Carnot cycle …
3Jumpgate — In science fiction, Jumpgate (or jump gate ) refers to a device that creates wormholes, allowing fast travel between two points in space. Several works use this term extensively. Babylon 5 In the Babylon 5 television series, a Jumpgate is an… …
4Advance-fee fraud — African sting An advance fee fraud is a confidence trick in which the target is persuaded to advance sums of money in the hope of realizing a significantly larger gain.[1] Among the variations on this type of scam are the Nigerian Letter (also… …
5relaxation phenomenon — ▪ physics and chemistry Introduction in physics and chemistry, an effect related to the delay between the application of an external stress to a system that is, to an aggregation of matter and its response. It may occur in nuclear, atomic,… …
6Wikipedia:Featured article candidates — Here, we determine which articles are to be featured articles (FAs). FAs exemplify Wikipedia s very best work and satisfy the FA criteria. All editors are welcome to review nominations; please see the review FAQ. Before nominating an article,… …
7Antidepressant — Fluoxetine (Prozac), an SSRI The chemical structure of …
8Aviation history — deals with the development of mechanical flight, from the earliest attempts in kite powered and gliding flight, to powered heavier than air flight, and beyond. Humanity s desire to fly possibly first found expression in China, where people flying …
9Personnages secondaires du Pays du Feu — Cet article liste les personnages secondaires du Pays du Feu, pays de fiction du manga et de l anime Naruto. Sommaire 1 Hokage 1.1 Shodai Hokage 1.2 Nidaime Hokage 1 …
10Cuba — Cuban, adj., n. /kyooh beuh/; Sp. /kooh vah/, n. a republic in the Caribbean, S of Florida: largest island in the West Indies. 10,999,041; 44,218 sq. mi. (114,525 sq. km). Cap.: Havana. /kooh bah/, n. Cubba. * * * Cuba Introduction Cuba… …
