Nouns denoting natural phenomena
- charge
- the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
- skin effect
- the tendency of high-frequency alternating current to distribute near the surface of a conductor
- light air
- wind moving 1-3 knots; 1 on the Beaufort scale
- compartment pressure
- the air pressure maintained in an air-tight compartment (as in an aircraft)
- northwest wind
- a wind from the northwest
- repulsion
- the force by which bodies repel one another
- tempest
- (literary) a violent wind
- acoustic impedance
- opposition to the flow of sound through a surface; acoustic resistance is the real component of acoustic impedance and acoustic reactance is the imaginary component
- heat of formation
- the heat evolved or absorbed during the formation of one mole of a substance from its component elements
- rain
- water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
- doldrums
- a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific
- cell death
- (physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells)
- circulation
- movement through a circuit; especially the movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels
- chop
- the irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide)
- xenogenesis
- the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal
- virtual image
- a reflected optical image (as seen in a plane mirror)
- thermionic current
- an electric current produced between two electrodes as a result of electrons emitted by thermionic emission
- change
- the result of alteration or modification
- rebirth
- after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body
- infrared spectrum
- the spectrum of infrared radiation
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