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  • 1Coriolis effect — For the psychophysical perception effect, see Coriolis effect (perception). Classical mechanics Newton s Second Law …

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  • 2Figure of the Earth — An oblate spheroid Geodesy …

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  • 3Chemical force microscopy — Figure 1: Photograph of an AFM system which can be used for chemical force microscopy. Chemical force microscopy (CFM) is a variation of atomic force microscopy (AFM) which has become a versatile tool for characterization of materials surfaces.… …

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  • 4Spring (device) — Helical or coil springs designed for tension Compression sp …

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  • 5Atomic force microscope — The atomic force microscope (AFM) or scanning force microscope (SFM) is a very high resolution type of scanning probe microscope, with demonstrated resolution of fractions of a nanometer, more than 1000 times better than the optical diffraction… …

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  • 6Falling weight deflectometer — A falling weight deflectometer, FWD, is a testing device used by civil engineers to evaluate the physical properties of pavement. FWD data is primary used to estimate pavement structural capacity for 1) overlay design and 2) to determine if a… …

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  • 7mass spectrometry — or mass spectroscopy Analytic technique by which chemical substances are identified by sorting gaseous ions by mass using electric and magnetic fields. A mass spectrometer uses electrical means to detect the sorted ions, while a mass spectrograph …

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  • 8Static secondary ion mass spectrometry — Static secondary ion mass spectrometry, or static SIMS is a technique for chemical analysis including elemental composition and chemical structure of the uppermost atomic or molecular layer of a solid which may be a metal, semiconductor or… …

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  • 9Geodesy — (pronEng|dʒiːˈɒdɪsi [OED] ), also called geodetics, a branch of earth sciences, is the scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the Earth, including its gravitational field, in a three dimensional time varying… …

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  • 10Calutron — A Calutron was a mass spectrometer used for separating the isotopes of uranium developed by Ernest O. Lawrence [ cite web|url=http://www.lbl.gov/Science Articles/Research Review/Magazine/1981/81fepi2.htm |title=Lawrence and His Laborator… …

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