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41radiation — radiational, adj. /ray dee ay sheuhn/, n. 1. Physics. a. the process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves. b. the complete process in which energy is emitted by one body, transmitted through an intervening medium or space, and… …
42double spiral — by Richard G. Smith Once upon a time there was a general consensus among the AngloAmerican Left that Baudrillard s writings could be separated into those that are Marxist and those that are postmodern. Reminiscent of Althusser s famous… …
43symbolic exchange — by Mike Gane The concept of symbolic exchange is perhaps the most central of Baudrillard s terms and yet the most allusive. At bottom it is very simply a term derived from anthropological studies of the gift and gift exchange in so called… …
44Conservation-restoration — Removal of adherent surface deposits by physical chemical means (by cotton swab). Church of Suceviţa Monastery, burial chamber. Romania, Suceava. Conservation restoration, also referred to as conservation, is a profession devoted to the… …
45Denaturation (biochemistry) — This egg s protein has undergone denaturation and loss of solubility, caused by the high rise of the temperature of the egg during the cooking process. Denaturation is a process in which proteins or nucleic acids lose their tertiary structure and …
46Piezoelectricity — is the ability of some materials (notably crystals and certain ceramics, including bone) to generate an electric potentialPrinciples of Instrumental Analysis. 6th Edition, 2007. Skoog, Holler, and Crouch. Chapter 1, Sec. 1C 4, Pg. 9.] in response …
47Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot — For the 1887–1894 president of France and nephew of Nicolas Léonard, see Marie François Sadi Carnot. Sadi Carnot Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796 1832) in the dress uniform of a student of the École Polytechnique …
48Cellular automaton — A cellular automaton (plural: cellular automata) is a discrete model studied in computability theory, mathematics, theoretical biology and microstructure modeling. It consists of a regular grid of cells , each in one of a finite number of states …
49Two-stroke engine — Brons two stroke V8 Diesel engine driving a Heemaf generator. A two stroke engine is an internal combustion engine that completes the process cycle in one revolution of the crankshaft (an up stroke and a down stroke of the piston, compared to… …
50Non-equilibrium thermodynamics — Thermodynamics …
