Dictionary - Material Force: Eastern Philosophy Dictionary On Material Force
Material Force (ch'I, chi, qi or ki): Neo-Confucian term used by writers such as Chu Hsi who see it as a metaphysical principal in con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Electromagnet: Encyclopedia Ii - Electromagnet - Force On Ferromagnetic Materials
Computing the force on ferromagnetic materials is, in general, quite complex. This is due to fringing field lines and complex geometries....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magnet: Encyclopedia Ii - Magnet - Magnetic Forces
Magnetized items interact with other items in very specific ways. Magnet - Magnets and other magnets. If a magnet is brought close enou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magnet: Encyclopedia - Magnet
A magnet is an object that has a magnetic field. The word magnet comes from the Greek "magnítis líthos" (μαγνήτης λίθος), ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nature: Encyclopedia - Nature
Nature (also called the material world, the material universe, the natural world, and the natural universe) is all matter and energy, esp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Compressive Strength: Encyclopedia - Compressive Strength
Compressive strength is the capacity of a material to withstand axially directed pushing forces. When the limit of compressive strength i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coercivity: Encyclopedia - Coercivity
In material science, the coercivity, also called the coercive force, of a ferromagnetic material is the intensity of the magnetic field r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magnetism: Encyclopedia - Magnetism
In physics, magnetism is one of the phenomena by which materials exert an attractive or repulsive force on other materials. Magnetism - ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conductor Material: Encyclopedia - Conductor Material
In science and engineering, conductors are materials that contain movable charges of electricity. When an electric potential difference i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magnetic Field: Encyclopedia - Magnetic Field
In physics, a magnetic field is an entity produced by moving electric charges (electric currents) that exerts a force on other moving cha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chisel: Encyclopedia - Chisel
A chisel is a tool for carving and/or cutting a hard material such as wood, stone, or metal. A chisel, typically made of hardened or temp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Accretion Disc: Encyclopedia - Accretion Disc
An accretion disc (or accretion disk) is a structure formed by material falling into a gravitational source. Conservation of angular mome...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Camouflage: Encyclopedia - Camouflage
Camouflage is the method which allows an otherwise visible organism or object to remain indiscernible from the surrounding environment. E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shears: Encyclopedia - Shears
A pair of shears is any scissors-type tool of relatively large size. Like scissors, shears combine slightly offset jaws to cut material t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ultrahard Fullerite: Encyclopedia - Ultrahard Fullerite
Ultrahard fullerite (C60) is a form of carbon found to be harder than diamond, and which can be used to create even harder materials, suc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Distress: Encyclopedia - Distress
In Maritime and Aircraft terms, distress is defined as: Grave and Imminent Danger to Life Person Vessel or Aircraft Requiring Immediate A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zangger Committee: Encyclopedia - Zangger Committee
The Zangger Committee, also known as the Nuclear Exporters Committee, sprang from Article III.2 of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crag And Tail: Encyclopedia - Crag And Tail
A crag (sometimes spelled cragg, or in Scotland craig) is a rocky hill or mountain, generally isolated from other high ground. Crags are ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beam Structure: Encyclopedia - Beam Structure
A beam is a structural element that carries load primarily in bending (flexure). Beams generally carry vertical gravitational forces but ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aromatic Interaction: Encyclopedia - Aromatic Interaction
In supramolecular chemistry, an aromatic interaction (or π-π interaction) is a noncovalent interaction between organic compounds contai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dynamism: Encyclopedia - Dynamism
Dynamism is a concept that has several meanings. One is a concept pertaining to objects and the material world. The other is a social cul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magnet: Encyclopedia Ii - Magnet - Physical Origin Of Magnetism
Magnet - Permanent magnets. All normal matter is composed of particles (protons, neutrons, and electrons), and all of these particles h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magnetic Field: Encyclopedia Ii - Magnetic Field - Energy In The Magnetic Field
The general relation for nonlinear materials, the differential energy is: Where V is the volume and dV is the differential volume. For...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Electromagnet: Encyclopedia Ii - Electromagnet - Introduction
The simplest type of electromagnet is a coiled piece of wire. A coil forming the shape of a straight tube (similar to a corkscrew) is cal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nature: Encyclopedia Ii - Nature - Philosophy Of Nature
Nature - Metaphysics. In philosophy, the view that the material world of atoms, animals, gravity, stars, wind, microbes, etc., actually...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magnet: Encyclopedia Ii - Magnet - Characteristics Of Magnetic Materials
Magnet - Permanent magnets and dipoles. All magnets are dipoles: that is, all magnets have a north and a south pole. The poles are not ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magnet: Encyclopedia Ii - Magnet - How To Demagnetize Materials
Permanent magnets can be demagnetized in the following ways: Heat. Heating a magnet past its Curie point will destroy the long range ord...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magnet: Encyclopedia Ii - Magnet - Characteristics Of Magnetic Materials
Magnet - Permanent magnets and dipoles. All magnets have at least two poles: that is, all magnets have at least one north pole and at l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Electromagnet: Encyclopedia Ii - Electromagnet - Devices That Use Electromagnets
Electromagnets are used in many situations where a rapidly or easily variable magnetic field is desired. Many of these applications invol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Electromagnet: Encyclopedia Ii - Electromagnet - Electromagnets And Permanent Magnets
The main advantage of an electromagnet over a permanent magnet is that the magnetic field can be rapidly manipulated over a wide range by...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Strength Of Materials: Encyclopedia Ii - Strength Of Materials - Definitions
Strength of materials - Stress terms. Stress is the internal distribution of forces within a body that balances and reacts to the loads...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Strength Of Materials: Encyclopedia Ii - Strength Of Materials - Design Terms
Ultimate strength is an attribute directly related to a material, rather than just specific specimen of the material, and as such is quot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mcmansion: Encyclopedia Ii - Mcmansion - Characteristics
Developers of McMansions intend each house to look different. However, this individuality is sometimes seen as superficial, as the exteri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Historical Materialism: Encyclopedia Ii - Historical Materialism - Marxist Beliefs About History
According to Marxist theorists, history develops in accordance with the following observations: Social progress is driven by progress in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Historical Materialism: Encyclopedia Ii - Historical Materialism - Criticisms
The main serious objection advanced by the critics of Marxism and of historical materialism is that as soon as Marxists really begin to s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mind-body Problem: Encyclopedia Ii - Mind-body Problem - What Science Has To Say
Most neuroscientists believe in the identity of mind and brain, a position that may be considered related to materialism and physicalism,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mind-body Problem: Encyclopedia Ii - Mind-body Problem - Philosophical Perspectives
If the mind is not seen as a "mysterious" substance, and it is assumed there are only mental events and that "the mind" is no more than a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mcmansion: Encyclopedia Ii - Mcmansion - Restrictive Covenants
The owners of houses in tracts of McMansions are typically bound by a great number of restrictive covenants, which are contractual restri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mcmansion: Encyclopedia Ii - Mcmansion - Criticisms
Many aspects of the McMansion have been criticised: the quality of the architecture, the quality of the construction, the wastefulness of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mcmansion: Encyclopedia Ii - Mcmansion - Mcmansions In Other Countries
The McMansion phenomenon has begun to spread beyond the United States into other western countries, particularly Canada and Australia. In...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nature: Encyclopedia Ii - Nature - Scientific Divisions Of Nature
Nature - Nature outside Earth and its atmosphere. Events and phenomena outside Earth and its atmosphere are in the natural science of a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nature: Encyclopedia Ii - Nature - Related Concepts
The term natural science is used in a variety of ways, primarily: to denote the study of natural processes as opposed to human activitie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nature: Encyclopedia Ii - Nature - Beauty In Nature
The writer Steven Fry has commented that if we look around us, anything ugly that we see will have been created by human hands; this exem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magnetic Field: Encyclopedia Ii - Magnetic Field - Symbols And Terminology
Magnetic field is usually denoted by the symbol . Historically, was called the magnetic flux density, magnetic induction, or magnetic fi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Rudras: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Rudras
Rudras Eleven expansions of Lord Siva who control the forces of destruction in the material world.   (See also: Rudras , Bhakt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - History
Alfred Binet and his colleague Theodore Simon created the Binet-Simon scale in 1905, which used testing to identify students who could be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Iq Score Distribution
IQ scores are expressed as a number normalized so that the average IQ in an age group is 100. In other words, an individual scoring 115 i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Iq And General Intelligence Factor
Main article: General intelligence factor Modern IQ tests produce scores for different areas (e.g., language fluency, three-dimensional t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Genetics Vs Environment
The role of genes and environment (nature vs. nurture) in determining IQ is reviewed in Plomin et al. (2001, 2003). The degree to which g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Brain Size And Iq
Main article: Brain size and intelligence Modern studies using MRI imaging have shown that brain size correlates with IQ by a factor of a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - The Flynn Effect
Main article: Flynn effect Worldwide, IQ scores appear to be slowly rising, a trend known as the Flynn effect. However, tests are only re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Iq Correlations
Intelligence quotient - Race and IQ. Main article: Race and intelligence While the distributions of IQ scores among different racial-et...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Practical Validity
Evidence for the practical validity of IQ comes from examining the correlation between IQ scores and life outcomes. Research shows that i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Use Of Iq In The United States Legal System
The Supreme Court of the United States has also validated the use of IQ results during the sentencing phase of some criminal proceedings....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Validity And G-loading Of Specific Tests
While IQ is sometimes treated as an end unto itself, scholarly work on IQ focuses to a large extent on IQ's validity, that is, the degree...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Social Construct?
Some maintain that IQ is a social construct invented by the privileged classes, used to maintain their privilege. Others maintain that in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intelligence Quotient: Encyclopedia Ii - Intelligence Quotient - Improving Iq
While a large amount of one's IQ is predetermined by genetic factors, the environment can play a role as well. IQ can be improved to a ce...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Structural Form: Eastern Philosophy Dictionary On Structural Form
Structural Form (li): Neo-Confucian term used by writers such as Chu Hsi who see it as a metaphysical principal in contrast with mater...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turkish Air Force: Encyclopedia Ii - Turkish Air Force - History
Turkish Air Force - Founding years. The History of the Turkish Air Force starts in 1909, making the Turkish Air Force to one of the old...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Prana: Health And Healing Dictionary On Prana
Prana: The life force or energy which animates material forms. It is also present in breath. Also Chi, Ki or Mana in other belief syst...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pavement Material: Encyclopedia Ii - Pavement Material - Concrete Paving
Concrete pavements (specifically, Portland cement concrete) are created using a concrete mix of Portland cement, gravel, and sand. The ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Work Of The United States Government: Encyclopedia Ii - Work Of The United States Government - Digital Historical Material
The Digitized Document System(DDS) of the Army Heritage and Education Center(AHEC) and the U.S. Army Military History Institute (USAMHI) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Accretion Disc: Encyclopedia Ii - Accretion Disc - Overview
An accretion disc (or accretion disk) is a structure formed by material falling into a gravitational source. Conservation of angular mome...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United States Air Force: Encyclopedia Ii - United States Air Force - Trivia
It is rumored that the Air Force has been involved in the many UFO cover-ups. The first event in which the Air Force has confescated unkn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Calorimeter Particle Physics: Encyclopedia Ii - Calorimeter Particle Physics - Types Of Calorimeter
An electromagnetic calorimeter is one specifically designed to measure the energy of particles that interact primarily via the electromag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hysteresis: Encyclopedia Ii - Hysteresis - Introduction
Hysteresis phenomena occur in magnetic and ferromagnetic materials, as well as in the elastic and electromagnetic behavior of materials, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arch Bridge: Encyclopedia Ii - Arch Bridge - Simple Compression Arch Bridges
Arch bridge - Advantage in use of simple materials. Stone and other such materials are strong in compression and somewhat so in shear, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Camouflage: Encyclopedia Ii - Camouflage - Natural Camouflage
In nature, there is a strong evolutionary pressure for animals to blend into their environment or conceal their shape; for prey animals t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Li: Eastern Philosophy Dictionary On Li
Li: Important philosophical term of varied meaning throughout Confucian history; Early Confucian writings depict li as ceremonial form...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Prana: Holistic Health Therapy Dictionary On Prana
PRANA: the yogic concept of a cosmic energy or life force, similar to the Chinese idea of chi, that enters the body with the breath. P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Camouflage: Encyclopedia Ii - Camouflage - Natural Camouflage
In nature, there is a strong evolutionary pressure for animals to blend into their environment or conceal their shape; for prey animals t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Space Colonization: Encyclopedia Ii - Space Colonization - Method
Building cities in space will require materials, energy, transportation, communications, life support, and radiation protection. Space c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Camouflage: Encyclopedia Ii - Camouflage - Military Camouflage
For more details, see Military camouflage. Camouflage was not in wide use in early warfare. 19th century armies tended to use bright colo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Camouflage: Encyclopedia Ii - Camouflage - Military Camouflage
For more details, see Military camouflage. Camouflage was not in wide use in early warfare. 19th century armies tended to use bright colo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wright-patterson Air Force Base: Encyclopedia Ii - Wright-patterson Air Force Base - Roswell Incident
Wright-Patterson features prominently in the accounts of the so-called Roswell UFO Incident. Supposedly, wreckage of an unidentified flyi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Camouflage: Encyclopedia Ii - Camouflage - Theory Of Camouflage
MacKay's statement above remains one of the most important elements in the theory of camouflage — an exact match with the environment's...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Camouflage: Encyclopedia Ii - Camouflage - Camouflage In Fashion And Art
The transfer of camouflage patterns from battle to exclusively civilian uses is a recent phenomenon. While many hundreds of artists were ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Camouflage: Encyclopedia Ii - Camouflage - Theory Of Camouflage
MacKay's statement above remains one of the most important elements in the theory of camouflage — an exact match with the environment's...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ch'i: Eastern Philosophy Dictionary On Ch'i
Ch'i: literally "breath," important philosophical term of varied meaning throughout Chinese history; early Chinese writings ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chu Hsi: Eastern Philosophy Dictionary On Chu Hsi
Chu Hsi (1130-1200): Most influential Neo-Confucian philosopher whose interpretation of Confucianism became the standard view until th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Prana: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Prana
Prana The life force or energy which animates material forms. It is also present in breath. Prana can be compared to the concept of th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Prana: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Prana
Prana The life force or energy which animates material forms. It is also present in breath. Prana can be compared to the concept of th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Life: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Life
life A spiritual state that may exist in multiple spheres of universe composed of varied combinations of matter, form, force. General...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Radiation: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Radiation
radiation Power existing in various wave rates and lengths. Believed to be the carrier of spirit communication with sensitives. This ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deformation: Encyclopedia Ii - Deformation - Types Of Deformation
Depending on the material, size and geometry of the object, and the forces applied, various types of deformation may result. Deformation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Permittivity: Encyclopedia Ii - Permittivity - Vacuum Permittivity
The permittivity of a material is usually given relative to that of vacuum, as a relative permittivity, (also called dielectric constant...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rectum: Encyclopedia Ii - Rectum - The Rectum In Human Defecation
The rectum ampulla acts as a temporary storage facility for feces. As the rectal walls expand due to the materials filling it from within...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Conservation Of Energy: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Conservation Of Energy
Conservation of Energy A scientific theory that the total energy of any material system is a quantity which cannot be increased or dec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military Of Ecuador: Encyclopedia Ii - Military Of Ecuador - Ministry Of Defense
The Ecuadorian Ministry of Defense deals with the Administrative, Financial and day to day matters of the Armed Forces, by law all the in...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Demon Est Deus Inversus: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Demon Est Deus Inversus
Demon est Deus inversus (Latin) A Kabbalistic axiom; lit., "the devil is god reversed"; which means that there is neither ev...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Prana: Health And Healing Dictionary On Prana
PRANA the yogic concept of a cosmic energy or life force, similar to the Chinese idea of chi, that enters the body with the breath. Pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Planetary Differentiation: Encyclopedia Ii - Planetary Differentiation - Heating
When the Sun ignited in solar nebula, hydrogen, helium and other volatile materials were evaporated in the area near the Sun. The solar w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buckling: Encyclopedia Ii - Buckling - Buckling Of Surface Materials
Buckling is also a failure mode in pavement materials, primarily with concrete since asphalt is more flexible. Radiant heat from the Sun ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Particle Shower: Encyclopedia Ii - Particle Shower - Types Of Showers
There are two basic types of showers. Electromagnetic showers are produced by a particle that interacts primarily or exclusively via the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lo!: Encyclopedia Ii - Lo! - Part One: Teleportation
Fort established his thesis for this particular book early on - that some sort of mysterious force, known as the "cosmic joker" (in his w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Two New Sciences: Encyclopedia Ii - Two New Sciences - The Science Of Materials
The sciences named in the title are the strength of materials and the motion of objects. Galileo worked on an additional section on the f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lopez Quezon: Encyclopedia Ii - Lopez Quezon - Labor Force And Industry
Lopez had a labor force of 56.99% in 2000 or 44,849. About 9,474 of the employed labor force were engaged in primary industries such as f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rizon: Encyclopedia Ii - Rizon - About Rizon
Rizon is a large IRC network, popular perhaps due to the allowance of channels for sharing warez and other copyrighted material for free....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Convection: Encyclopedia Ii - Convection - Free And Forced Convection
In heat transfer, a distinction is made between free and forced convection. Free convection is convection in which motion of the fluid ar...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Siva: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Siva
Siva The special expansion of the Supreme Lord who is uniquely neither God nor jiva. He energizes the material creation and, as the pr...   » Read the article