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noun - Very high frequency (and therefore very high energy) electromagnetic radiation emitted as a consequence of radioactivity.
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noun
- (physics) a universal constant, R, that appears in the ideal gas law, (PV = nRT), derived from two fundamental constants, the Boltzman constant and Avogadro's number, (R = NAk)
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adjective
- Relating to, or existing as, gas.
- Of a liquid containing bubbles: gassy.
- tenuous, Tenuous or indefinite.
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verb (gasif, i, ed)
- To convert into gas, or an aeriform fluid, as by the application of heat, or by chemical processes.
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noun
- The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals.
- Origination by some process, mathematical, chemical, or vital; production; formation; as, the of sounds, of gases, of curves, etc
- That which is generated or brought forth; progeny; offspring.
- A period of around thirty years, the average amount of time before a child takes the place of its parents.
- A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or remove in genealogy, or collectively the body of people who are of the same genealogical rank or remove from an ancestor; the mass of beings living at one time.
- Quotations
- This is the book of the generations of Adam - Genesis 5:1
- Ye shall remain there in Babylon many years, and for a long season, namely, seven generations - Baruch 6:3
- All generations and ages of the Christian church - Hooker
- Race; kind; family; breed; stock.
- Quotations
- Thy mother's of my ; what's she, if I be a dog? - Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, I-iii
- (geometry) The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude; as, the of a line or curve by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc.
- (biology) "The aggregate of the functions and phenomena which attend reproduction.
- There are four modes of generation in the animal kingdom: scissiparity or by fissiparous generation, gemmiparity or by budding, germiparity or by germs, and oviparity or by ova"
| | geopotential |
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noun
- (Meteorology). The work that must be done at a given altitude in raising a unit mass from sea level to that altitude against the earth's gravitational field.
| | glow discharge |
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noun (wikipedia, Electric glow discharge)
- a form of electrical conduction in low pressure gases (plasmas) that emits light
| | gluon |
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noun
- (particles) A massless gauge boson that binds quarks together to form baryons, mesons and other hadrons and is associated with the strong nuclear force.
| | grand unification theory |
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noun
- (physics) A theory that unifies the electromagnetic interaction, the weak interaction, and the strong interaction.
| | grating |
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noun
- A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.
- A frame of iron bars to hold a fire
verb - (present participle of, grate)
adjective - (typically of a voice) harsh and unpleasant
| | gravitate |
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verb (gravitat, ing)
- (intransitive) To tend or drift towards someone or something, as though being pulled by gravity.
- Children naturally to such a big, friendly man.
| | gravitational field |
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noun
- (physics) the field produced by the gravitational force of mass
| | graviton |
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noun
- (particles) A hypothetical gauge boson that regulates the gravitational force. It would have a spin of 2 and zero rest mass.
| | gravity |
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noun
- resultant force on Earth's surface, of the attraction by the Earth's masses, and the centrifugal pseudo-force caused by the Earth's rotation
- gravitation, universal force exercised by two bodies onto each other<br> (In casual discussion, gravity and gravitation are often used interchangeably).
- The state or condition of being grave (graveness).
See article about w:Gravity, Gravity on wikipedia.
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proper noun
- A common English surname; either a topographic name for someone who lived near a village green, or was just fond of the colour
| | ground state |
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noun - (physics) the stationary state of lowest energy of a particle or system of particles
| | group velocity |
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noun - (physics) the propagation velocity of the envelope of a modulated travelling wave, which is considered as the propagation velocity of information or energy contained in it.
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initialism
- grand unification theory, Grand unification theory.
| | gyromagnetic |
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adjective
- of, relating to, or resulting from the properties of a spinning magnet, or a spinning electric charge
| | gyromagnetic ratio |
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noun - (physics) the ratio of the angular momentum to the magnetic moment in an atom etc
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