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51charms, verbal — In a general sense, all traditional spoken formulas to bring good luck or good health are charms, apart from explicit prayers such as God bless her and all who sail in her , said when launching a ship. So are those that turn aside evil, like… …
52Leidenfrost effect — The Leidenfrost effect is a phenomenon in which a liquid, in near contact with a mass significantly hotter than its boiling point, produces an insulating vapor layer which keeps that liquid from boiling rapidly. This is most commonly seen when… …
53Sine wave — Sinusoid redirects here. For the blood vessel, see Sinusoid (blood vessel). The graphs of the sine and cosine functions are sinusoids of different phases. The sine wave or sinusoid is a mathematical function that describes a smooth repetitive… …
54Stick-slip phenomenon — Stick slip (or slip stick ) refers to the phenomenon of a spontaneous jerking motion that can occur while two objects are sliding over each other. Cause Stick slip is caused by the surfaces alternatingly between a sticking to each other and… …
55Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost — (November 27, 1715 December 2, 1794) was a German doctor and theologian who first described the scientific phenomenon eponymously named the Leidenfrost effect.Personal life and career Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost was born on November 27, 1715 in… …
56Fingerprint — This article is about human fingerprints. For other uses, see Fingerprint (disambiguation) …
57arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… …
58United States rainfall climatology — The characteristics of United States rainfall climatology differ significantly across the United States and its possessions. Late summer and fall extratropical cyclones bring a majority of the precipitation which falls across western, southern,… …
59Basque bowls — ( bola jokoa in Basque), is one of the few Basque rural sports which do not originate in an activity related to rural or marine work. It has a number of other names too and is played in a bolatoki or bolaleku bowls place which often consists of a …
60Gott — 1. Ach du grosser Gott, was lässt du für kleine Kartoffeln wachsen! – Frischbier2, 1334. 2. Ach Gott, ach Gott, seggt Leidig s Lott, all Jahr e Kind on kein Mann! (Insterburg.) – Frischbier2, 1335. 3. Ach, du lieber Gott, gib unserm Herrn ein n… …
