Search results for "Speed of sound" - New World Encyclopedia
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- It generally is classified as a subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus ... The word "dog" also is used to refer to some other members ...38 KB (6,036 words) - 11:04, 2 August 2023
- A laser (an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission ... in which the laser scans the surface of the disc. Other common applications ...41 KB (6,312 words) - 10:32, 10 June 2024
- popular and successful female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s, and an ... Joining the touring company of the legendary Ma Rainey, Smith emerged ...21 KB (3,265 words) - 17:45, 29 September 2023
- The Sun is the star at the center of the Earth's solar system ... About 74 percent of the Sun's mass is hydrogen, 25 percent is ...52 KB (7,953 words) - 22:23, 26 February 2023
- containing an electron gun (a source of electrons) and a fluorescent ... (television, computer monitor), echoes of aircraft detected by radar ...37 KB (6,021 words) - 16:18, 3 December 2023
- It burns rapidly and produces a large amount of gas, which produces a pressure ... explosives—dynamite, TNT, etc.—because of its lower burning speed, which ...23 KB (3,575 words) - 21:19, 21 June 2024
- Elephant is the common name for any of the large land mammals comprising ... The three living species of elephants are the African bush elephant ...64 KB (9,737 words) - 10:18, 21 January 2023
- Shark is the common name for any member of several orders of cartilaginous ... Due to a short history of shark attacks on humans, most sharks inspire ...44 KB (6,861 words) - 14:42, 7 June 2023
- It may be classified as a mineral consisting of hydrogen oxide (H2O). forms (phases) and several amorphous forms of ice. The most abundant type ...24 KB (3,832 words) - 17:09, 10 February 2024
- Much of Burroughs' work is semi-autobiographical, drawn from ... Burroughs was born in 1914, the younger of two sons of a prominent ...53 KB (8,079 words) - 10:49, 12 May 2023
- Cyberethics, also referred to as internet ethics, is a branch of applied ... Rather than straightforward application of traditional ethical theories ...26 KB (3,869 words) - 06:51, 12 January 2024
- The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks ... hypertext documents and other resources of the World Wide Web (WWW). ...48 KB (7,277 words) - 23:46, 30 November 2022
- The Blackfoot confederacy of Alberta in Canada and Montana in the ... against white encroachment for a quarter of a century. At the end of the ...26 KB (3,951 words) - 18:11, 31 October 2023
- Ancient Western philosophy is marked by the formation and development ... the second period spans the lifetimes of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle; ...29 KB (4,267 words) - 07:47, 25 May 2024
- Telecommunication is the transmission of signals over a distance for ... Telecommunication is an important part of the world economy; this industry ...40 KB (5,781 words) - 02:52, 19 April 2023
- refers to any engine used for the discharge of large projectiles in war. The ... century an artillier referred to a builder of any war equipment, and for ...76 KB (11,884 words) - 17:42, 16 August 2023
- an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South ... he left his mother country at the early age of seven and studied in an aristocratic ...40 KB (6,434 words) - 05:43, 10 May 2024
- the ostrich. It is the only extant member of the genus Dromaius. The name ... The emu is common over most of mainland Australia, although it avoids ...25 KB (3,749 words) - 16:32, 5 January 2021
- has been shaped by the passionate pursuit of modernization. Since the end ... The contemporary culture of South Korea derives from the traditional ...25 KB (3,777 words) - 02:45, 8 January 2024
- Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation ... Some of the bloodiest fighting of the Pacific campaign of the Second ...25 KB (3,578 words) - 06:53, 7 June 2024
