A Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology with Special Reference to Environmental Karst Hydrology. Courtesy of the author & The Karst Waters Institute. 2002.
condensation nucleus — Meteorol. nucleus (def. 5). [1910 15] * * * ▪ meteorology tiny suspended particle, either solid or liquid, upon which water vapour condensation begins in the atmosphere. Its diameter may range from a few microns to a few tenths of a micron… … Universalium
Scintillator — Scintillation crystal surrounded by various scintillation detector assemblies … Wikipedia
seed and fruit — ▪ plant reproductive part Introduction respectively, the characteristic reproductive (reproductive system, plant) body of both angiosperms (flowering plants) and gymnosperms (conifers, cycads, and ginkgos) and the ovary that encloses it.… … Universalium
Caesium — xenon ← caesium → barium Rb ↑ Cs ↓ Fr … Wikipedia
Cloud condensation nuclei — Aerosol pollution over Northern India and Bangladesh NASA Cloud condensation nuclei or CCNs (also known as cloud seeds) are small particles typically 0.2 µm, or 1/100 th the size of a cloud droplet [1]) about which cloud droplets coalesce. Water… … Wikipedia
precipitation — /pri sip i tay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of precipitating; state of being precipitated. 2. a casting down or falling headlong. 3. a hastening or hurrying in movement, procedure, or action. 4. sudden haste. 5. unwise or rash rapidity. 6. Meteorol. a … Universalium
wood — wood1 woodless, adj. /wood/, n. 1. the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem. 2. the trunks or main stems of trees as suitable for architectural and other… … Universalium
Wood — /wood/, n. 1. Grant, 1892 1942, U.S. painter. 2. Leonard, 1860 1927, U.S. military doctor and political administrator. * * * I Hard, fibrous material formed by the accumulation of secondary xylem produced by the vascular cambium. It is the… … Universalium
Dimethyltryptamine — Systematic (IUPAC) name 2 (1H indol 3 yl) N … Wikipedia
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide — Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide … Wikipedia
