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51Nuclear weapon design — The first nuclear weapons, though large, cumbersome and inefficient, provided the basic design building blocks of all future weapons. Here the Gadget device is prepared for the first nuclear test: Trinity. Nuclear weapon designs are physical,… …
52Electrical bonding — is the practice of intentionally electrically connecting all metallic non current carrying items in a room or building as protection from electric shock. If a failure of electrical insulation occurs, all metal objects in the room will have the… …
53Birmingham bar — A Birmingham bar is a metal bar or strip fixed to the hinge side of a wooden door frame to help protect it from forced entry. It belongs to the family of door strike reinforcers and contributes to physical security.Door strike reinforcers… …
54POD (group) — P.O.D. (groupe) Pour les articles homonymes, voir POD …
55POD (groupe) — P.O.D. (groupe) Pour les articles homonymes, voir POD …
56Pod (groupe) — P.O.D. (groupe) Pour les articles homonymes, voir POD …
57boron — boronic /boh ron ik, baw , beuh /, adj. /bawr on, bohr /, n. Chem. a nonmetallic element occurring naturally only in combination, as in borax or boric acid, and obtained in either an amorphous or a crystalline form when reduced from its compounds …
58Central Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Tibet, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and parts of China and Russia. The term usually denotes only those traditions not influenced by the… …
59mental disorder — Any illness with a psychological origin, manifested either in symptoms of emotional distress or in abnormal behaviour. Most mental disorders can be broadly classified as either psychoses or neuroses (see neurosis; psychosis). Psychoses (e.g.,… …
60Carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer — For fibers of carbon, see carbon (fiber). Tail of an RC helicopter, made of CFRP Carbon fiber reinforced polymer or carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP or CRP or often simply carbon fiber), is a very strong and light fiber reinforced polymer… …
