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1 dzień temu · Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by area. This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies by land, water, and total area, ranked by total area.. The entries in this list include, but are not limited to, those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which includes sovereign states and dependent territories.All 193 member states of the United Nations ...
8 godz. temu · A kilogram mass and three metric measuring devices: a tape measure in centimetres, a thermometer in degrees Celsius, and a multimeter that measures potential in volts, current in amperes and resistance in ohms.. The metric system is a decimal-based system of measurement.The current international standard for the metric system is the International System of Units (Système international d ...
8 godz. temu · Cassini–Huygens (/ k ə ˈ s iː n i ˈ h ɔɪ ɡ ən z / kə-SEE-nee HOY-gənz), commonly called Cassini, was a space-research mission by NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to send a space probe to study the planet Saturn and its system, including its rings and natural satellites.The Flagship-class robotic spacecraft comprised both NASA's Cassini space ...
1 dzień temu · Lorentz force acting on fast-moving charged particles in a bubble chamber.Positive and negative charge trajectories curve in opposite directions. In physics, specifically in electromagnetism, the Lorentz force law is the combination of electric and magnetic force on a point charge due to electromagnetic fields.The Lorentz force, on the other hand, is a physical effect that occurs in the ...
8 godz. temu · Nikola Tesla (/ ˈ t ɛ s l ə /; Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Тесла, [nǐkola têsla]; 10 July [O.S. 28 June] 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian-American engineer, futurist, and inventor. He is known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system.. Born and raised in the Austrian Empire, Tesla first studied engineering and ...
1 dzień temu · The American bison (Bison bison; pl.: bison), also called the American buffalo, or simply buffalo (not to be confused with true buffalo), is a species of bison native to North America.It is one of two extant species of bison, alongside the European bison.Its historical range circa 9000 BC is described as the great bison belt, a tract of rich grassland from Alaska to the Gulf of Mexico, east to ...
8 godz. temu · The word "hyperbola" derives from the Greek ὑπερβολή, meaning "over-thrown" or "excessive", from which the English term hyperbole also derives. Hyperbolae were discovered by Menaechmus in his investigations of the problem of doubling the cube, but were then called sections of obtuse cones. The term hyperbola is believed to have been coined by Apollonius of Perga (c. 262 – c. 190 BC ...
