Encyclopedia - Phase Matter: Encyclopedia Ii - Phase Matter - Definition
Even though the concept of phases is widely-used in the physical sciences, it is not easy to define precisely. Before presenting the gene...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phase Matter: Encyclopedia Ii - Phase Matter - Phase Equilibrium
The distribution of kinetic energy among molecules is not uniform, and it changes randomly. This means that at, say, the surface of a liq...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phase Matter: Encyclopedia Ii - Phase Matter - Phase Diagrams
Main article: Phase diagram The different phases of a system may be represented using a phase diagram. The axes of the diagrams are the r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gas: Encyclopedia - Gas
A gas is one of the four main phases of matter (after solid and liquid, and followed by plasma), that subsequently appear as a solid mate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atomic Theory: Encyclopedia - Atomic Theory
In physics, atomic theory is a theory of the nature of matter. It states that all matter is composed of atoms. The philosophical backgrou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ice: Encyclopedia - Ice
Ice is frozen water (one of its three phases of matter), and thereby a transparent, crystal, soft and fragile solid. The phase transition...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fluid: Encyclopedia - Fluid
A subset of the phases of matter, fluids include liquids, gases, plasmas and, to some extent, plastic solids. Fluids share the properties...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Matter: Encyclopedia - Matter
Matter is commonly referred to as the substance of which physical objects are composed. It constitutes the observable Universe. According...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phase Matter: Encyclopedia Ii - Phase Matter - Metastable Phases
Sometimes a substance or mixture can be heated, compressed, etc., beyond the point at which it would normally exhibit a phase change, but...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phase: Encyclopedia - Phase
Phase may refer to: Phase (matter), a physically distinctive form of a substance, such as the solid, liquid, and gaseous states of ordin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Condensed Matter Physics: Encyclopedia - Condensed Matter Physics
Condensed matter physics is the field of physics that deals with the macroscopic physical properties of matter. In particular, it is conc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cooling Curve: Encyclopedia - Cooling Curve
A cooling curve is a line graph that represents the change of phase of matter, typically from either a gas to a solid or a liquid to a so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Waste: Encyclopedia - Waste
Waste is unwanted or undesired material. Waste can exist in any phase of matter (solid, liquid, or gas). When released in the latter two ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phase Matter: Encyclopedia Ii - Phase Matter - Emergence And Universality
Phases are emergent phenomena produced by the self-organization of a macroscopic number of particles. Typical samples of matter, for exam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bose-einstein Condensate: Encyclopedia - Bose-einstein Condensate
A Bose-Einstein condensate is a phase of matter formed by bosons cooled to temperatures very near to absolute zero. The first such conden...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heat: Encyclopedia - Heat
Heat (also improperly called heat change) is a transient form of energy. It quantifies the spontaneous transfer of thermal energy due to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qcd Matter: Encyclopedia Ii - Qcd Matter - Useful Theoretical Fictions
Exact theoretical studies of quark matter need to use lattice QCD. However, in various parts of the phase diagram, its use is hampered by...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qcd Matter: Encyclopedia Ii - Qcd Matter - Thermodynamics
QCD contains many flavours of quarks and no flavour changing interactions. Therefore quark flavours are conserved charges. As a result, o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Matter: Encyclopedia Ii - Matter - Matter In Science
In physics, it is everything that is constituted of elementary fermions. Matter occupies space and has mass. It is composed predominantly...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plasma Physics: Encyclopedia Ii - Plasma Physics - Common Plasmas
Plasmas are the most common phase of matter. The entire visible universe outside the solar system is plasma: all we can see are stars. Si...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Josiah Willard Gibbs: Encyclopedia Ii - Josiah Willard Gibbs - Biography
Gibbs' scientific career can be divided into four phases. Up until 1879, he worked on the theory of thermodynamics. From 1880 to 1884, he...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phase Diagram: Encyclopedia Ii - Phase Diagram - Other Phase Diagrams
Other, more complex types of phase diagrams can be constructed. For example, phase diagrams can involve substances that take on more than...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phase Space: Encyclopedia Ii - Phase Space - Thermodynamics And Statistical Mechanics
In thermodynamics, a phase is a region of space where matter lies in a given physical configuration, like for example of a liquid phase, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phase-shift Keying: Encyclopedia Ii - Phase-shift Keying - Binary Phase-shift Keying Bpsk
BPSK is the simplest form of PSK. It uses two phases which are separated by 180° and so can also be termed 2-PSK. It does not particular...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phase Diagram: Encyclopedia Ii - Phase Diagram - Common Components Of A Phase Diagram
Lines of equilibrium or phase boundaries refer to the lines that demarcate where phase transitions occur. A triple point is, in a pressur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heike Kamerlingh Onnes: Encyclopedia Ii - Heike Kamerlingh Onnes - Early Years And Professorship
Onnes was born in Groningen, Netherlands. His father, Harm Kamerlingh Onnes, was the brickworks owner. His mother was Anna Gerdina Coers ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heike Kamerlingh Onnes: Encyclopedia Ii - Heike Kamerlingh Onnes - Superconductivity
Onnes conducted (in 1911) electrical analysis of pure metals (mercury, tin and lead) at very low temperatures. Some, such as William Thom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heike Kamerlingh Onnes: Encyclopedia Ii - Heike Kamerlingh Onnes - Death And Afterwards
He died in Leiden. The instruments Onnes devised for his experiments can still be seen at the Boerhaave museum in Leiden. His student and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gibbs' Phase Rule: Encyclopedia Ii - Gibbs' Phase Rule - Examples
The phases of matter are solid, liquid, gas. At a temperature of 0.01 degree Celsius and pressure of 611.73 pascals, water exists in all ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Topological Defect: Encyclopedia Ii - Topological Defect - Explanation
As the universe expanded and cooled, symmetries in the laws of physics began breaking down in regions that spread at the speed of light; ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Interferometry: Encyclopedia Ii - Interferometry - Interferometer
An interferometer works on the principle that two waves that coincide with the same phase will amplify each other while two waves that ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meiosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Meiosis - Process
Because meiosis is a "one-way" process, it cannot be said to engage in a cell cycle that mitosis does. However, the preparatory steps tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meiosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Meiosis - Process
Because meiosis is a "one-way" process, it cannot be said to engage in a cell cycle that mitosis does. However, the preparatory steps tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shadowcat: Encyclopedia Ii - Shadowcat - Powers And Abilities
Shadowcat possesses the ability to "phase" or literally pass through solid matter by passing her atoms through the spaces between the ato...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shadowcat: Encyclopedia Ii - Shadowcat - Powers And Abilities
Shadowcat possesses the ability to "phase" or literally pass through solid matter by passing her atoms through the spaces between the ato...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neutronium: Encyclopedia Ii - Neutronium - Neutronium And Neutron Stars
The term neutronium is used in popular literature to refer to the material present in the cores of neutron stars (stars which are too mas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carver Mead: Encyclopedia Ii - Carver Mead - Quotes
"The quantum world is a world of waves, not particles. So we have to think of electron waves and proton waves and so on. Matter is 'inc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heat: Encyclopedia Ii - Heat - Changes Of Phase
A boiling pot of water, at sea level and normal atmospheric pressure, will always be at 100 °C no matter how much heat is added. The ext...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helium: Encyclopedia Ii - Helium - Occurrence And Production
Helium - Abundance. Helium is the second most abundant element in the known Universe after hydrogen and constitutes 23% of all elementa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Josiah Willard Gibbs: Encyclopedia Ii - Josiah Willard Gibbs - Scientific Recognition
Among the honors given to Gibbs' memory after his death, Yale University created the "J. Willard Gibbs Professorship in Theoretical Chemi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Josiah Willard Gibbs: Encyclopedia Ii - Josiah Willard Gibbs - Scientific Recognition
Recognition was slow in coming, in good part because Gibbs published mainly in the Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Sciences, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Josiah Willard Gibbs: Encyclopedia Ii - Josiah Willard Gibbs - Biography
Gibbs' scientific career can be divided into four phases: Until 1879: theoretical thermodynamics. 1880-1884: vector analysis. 1882 to 18...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Urnfield: Encyclopedia Ii - Urnfield - Chronology
In some areas like south-western Germany, the date is taken as 1200 BC (beginning of Ha A), but the Bronze D Riegsee-phase already contai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quark-gluon Plasma: Encyclopedia Ii - Quark-gluon Plasma - General Introduction
The QGP contains quarks and gluons, just as normal (hadronic) matter does. The difference between these two phases of QCD is the followin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quark-gluon Plasma: Encyclopedia Ii - Quark-gluon Plasma - General Introduction
The QGP contains quarks and gluons, just as normal (hadronic) matter does. The difference between these two phases of QCD is the followin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Encyclopedia Ii - Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging - Technique
BOLD effects are measured using ahstructural MRI images. A T2 measures the rate of change of spin phase, while T1 detects the half-life o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quark-gluon Plasma: Encyclopedia Ii - Quark-gluon Plasma - Expected Properties
Quark-gluon plasma - Thermodynamics. The cross-over temperature from the normal to the QGP phase is about 170 MeV, corresponding to an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Puerto Rico Status Referenda: Encyclopedia Ii - Puerto Rico Status Referenda - Choices
In general, three main alternatives are presented to Puerto Rican voters in status plebiscites: Full independence Maintenance or enhance...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cat's Eye Nebula: Encyclopedia Ii - Cat's Eye Nebula - General Information
NGC 6543 is a very well-studied planetary nebula. It is relatively bright at magnitude 8.1, and also has a high surface brightness. It is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Khabbab Ibn Al-aratt: Encyclopedia Ii - Khabbab Ibn Al-aratt - Last Part Of His Life
Abdullah ibn Mas'ood, one of the major authorities on matters related to the Qur'an, would sometimes seek Khabbab's advice and opinion. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model: Encyclopedia Ii - Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model - Problems With The Mssm
There are several problems with the MSSM -- most of them falling into the understanding the parameters. The mu Problem Flavor universali...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Operation Cobra: Encyclopedia Ii - Operation Cobra - Effects
Cobra was a transforming operation, effectively ending the Normandy campaign and opening up the dash across France which continued until ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Faster-than-light: Encyclopedia Ii - Faster-than-light - Terminology
In the context of this article, FTL actually refers to the transmission of information or matter faster than c, a constant equal to the s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Faster-than-light: Encyclopedia Ii - Faster-than-light - Terminology
In the context of this article, FTL actually refers to the transmission of information or matter faster than c, a constant equal to the s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Laplace Transform: Encyclopedia Ii - Laplace Transform - Applications
The Laplace transform is used frequently in engineering and physics; the output of a linear dynamic system can be calculated by convolvin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - National Kidney Foundation Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - National Kidney Foundation Singapore - Criminal Investigation
On 18 August, 2005, the interim board of NKFS requested assistance from the Commercial Affairs Department to look into "certain matters o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Terms In Xenosaga: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Terms In Xenosaga - H
List of terms in Xenosaga - Hilbert Effect. The Hilbert Effect is an anti-Gnosis system used to draw the Gnosis into our plane of reali...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Terms In Xenosaga: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Terms In Xenosaga - H
List of terms in Xenosaga - Hilbert Effect. The Hilbert Effect is an anti-Gnosis system used to draw the Gnosis into our plane of reali...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roger John Brownlow Keyes 1st Baron Keyes: Encyclopedia Ii - Roger John Brownlow Keyes 1st Baron Keyes - Member Of Parliament And The Fight For A Strong Navy
Sir Roger Keyes was elected Member of Parliament for North Portsmouth as a Conservative in January, 1934. On the eve of the election, he ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pratisarga: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Pratisarga
Pratisarga (Sanskrit) [from prati forwards, towards + the verbal root srij to flow forth, appear in manifestation]   In Sankhya p...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Life-fluid: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Life-fluid
Life-fluid Used for Dr. Richardson's nervous ether and similar theories. If life is merely a property of matter, instead of matter in ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vitalism: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Vitalism
Vitalism The theory that the phenomena of organic life cannot be explained by the properties of physical matter alone, and that conseq...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Materialism: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Materialism
Materialism In the rigid philosophical sense, any theory which considers the facts of the universe to be sufficiently explained by the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Self-luminous Matter: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Self-luminous Matter
Self-luminous Matter Matter which shines from itself and not by reflected light; the existence of such matter in interstellar space wa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Universe: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Universe
A Theosophical definition of Universe :   Universe The theosophical philosophy divides the universe into two general functional...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Dictionary Moon: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Moon
  Moon An astrological symbol relating to the emotions. If the Moon is full and bright, much happiness and success lie ahead. If ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Involution: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Involution
A Theosophical definition of Involution :   Involution The reverse process or procedure of evolution. As evolution means the un...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pralaya: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Pralaya
A Theosophical definition of Pralaya :   Pralaya (Sanskrit) A compound word, formed of laya, from the root li, and the prefix p...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pralaya: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Pralaya
A Theosophical definition of Pralaya :   Pralaya (Sanskrit) A compound word, formed of laya, from the root li, and the prefix p...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Planetesimal Hypothesis: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Planetesimal Hypothesis
Planetesimal Hypothesis A modification of the nebular hypothesis -- put forward by Lockyer and See, and developed by Chamberlin and Mo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Androgyne: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Androgyne
Androgyne (from Greek androgynos man-woman)   Hermaphrodite; applied to a dual principle containing both the active and passive p...   » Read the article

Dictionary - World-germs: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On World-germs
World-germs A metaphor for cosmic monads, fundamental elementary principles of all ancient religious and philosophical systems. Each m...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Life: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Life
Life Life per se is conscious, substantial, spiritual force, manifesting in myriad ways as the various lives and as forms of energy, w...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Prakriti, Prakrti: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Prakriti, Prakrti
Prakriti prakrti (Sanskrit) [from pra forwards, progression + the verbal root kri to make, do]   Production, bringing forth, orig...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spleen: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Spleen
Spleen One of the abdominal viscera, located on the left side just below the diaphragm. In medicine, it has been variously studied as ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Microcosm: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Microcosm
A Theosophical definition of Microcosm :   Microcosm (Greek) A compound meaning "little arrangement," "little wo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Classical Element: Encyclopedia Ii - Classical Element - Classical Elements In Greece
The Greek classical elements are Fire, Earth, Air, and Water (Latin derivatives are pyro, terra, aero, and aqua). They represent in Greek...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atomic Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Atomic Theory - History
The existence of atoms was proposed as early as in the 5th century BCE by the Greek philosophers Leucippus and his pupil Democritus, for ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Prakriti: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Prakriti
A Theosophical definition of Prakriti :   Prakriti (Sanskrit) A compound consisting of the prepositional prefix pra, meaning &q...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chnoumis: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Chnoumis
Chnoumis (Ancient Greek) The same as Chnouphis and Kneph. A symbol of creative force ; Chnoumis or Kneph is "the unmade and etern...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Elements: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Elements
ELEMENTS The four principles of reality. They derive their nature from the phases of the Moon (Waxing, Full, Waning, Disappearing) and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Manvantara: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Manvantara
Manvantara (Sanskrit) [from manu + antara between]   Between two manus; a period of activity or manifestation. Manu is the entiti...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Physical Body: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Physical Body
Physical Body [cf Sanskrit sthula-sarira, annamaya-kosa]   The most material sheath or instrument used by the forces manifesting ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Physical Organs: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Physical Organs
Physical Organs Natural history reveals that the organs of the body acquire a greater individual importance, and in some cases occupy ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Man: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Man
A Theosophical definition of Man :   Man Man is in his essence a spark of the central kosmic spiritual fire. Man being an insep...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Trigunas: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Trigunas
Trigunas (Sanskrit) The three qualities; all differentiated beings and matter are considered to possess three inherent qualities or ch...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Fire: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Fire
Fire Fire has been venerated in all ages as the symbol of spirit as opposed to matter. Its essence or substance is spirit; with essent...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Life-atoms: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Life-atoms
A Theosophical definition of Life-Atoms :   Life-Atoms The physical body is composed essentially of energy, of energies rather,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Planetary Chain: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Planetary Chain
A Theosophical definition of Planetary Chain :   Planetary Chain Every kosmic body or globe, be it sun or planet, nebula or com...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Immortality: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Immortality
A Theosophical definition of Immortality :   Immortality A term signifying continuous existence or being; but this understandin...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Karanopadhi: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Karanopadhi
A Theosophical definition of Karanopadhi :   Karanopadhi (Sanskrit) A compound meaning the "causal instrument" or &qu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Procreation: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Procreation
Procreation The progressive series of methods by which the human life-wave has reproduced its kind on earth is closely related to the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pineal Gland, Conarium, Epiphysis Cerebri: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Pineal Gland, Conarium, Epiphysis Cerebri
Pineal Gland, Conarium, or Epiphysis Cerebri A small organ in the brain with a fancied resemblance to a pine cone; technically called ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Orphism, Orphic Mysteries: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Orphism, Orphic Mysteries
Orphism, Orphic Mysteries [from Greek orphikos]   Orphism originally taught of the Causeless Cause on which all speculation is im...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahma: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Brahma
Brahma (Sanskrit) (from the verbal root brih to expand, grow, fructify)   The first god of the Hindu Trimurti or triad, consistin...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Free Will: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Free Will
Free Will The inherent power or capacity of choice, divine in its origin, which every being in the kosmos exercises in some degree as,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Woman: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Woman
Woman In philosophy, symbolizes the mother aspect of nature or feminine characteristic of the universe always found in the triads of F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atomic Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Atomic Theory - Importance
Arguably, the atomic theory is one of the most important theories in the history of science, with wide-ranging implications for both pure...   » Read the article

Article - Oceanography Sitemap I - A-z
This is a sitemap for Oceanography - A-Z . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. Th...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Viii - P
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages VIII - P . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word....   » Read the article