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  • Thumbnail for Stellar corona
    populated by intermittent coronal structures known as solar prominences or filaments. The Sun's corona lies above the chromosphere and extends millions of...
    62 KB (7,681 words) - 04:04, 2 May 2024
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    anther, made up of four pollen sacs arranged in two thecae, connected to a filament, or stalk. The anther contains microsporocytes which become pollen, the...
    103 KB (11,608 words) - 16:18, 1 May 2024
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    Rostra in the Roman Forum. According to Suetonius, the tribunes ordered the wreath be removed as it was a symbol of Jupiter and royalty. Nobody knew who had...
    43 KB (5,240 words) - 10:43, 21 April 2024
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    lichen give the appearance of a Christmas wreath, suggestive of its common North American name, the Christmas (wreath) lichen. The red pigment, called chiodectonic...
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    its unusual method of dispensing its pollen. As the flower grows, the filaments of its stamens are bent and brought into tension. When an insect lands...
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    the Passiflora plant to elements of the Passion: the flower's radial filaments, which can number more than a hundred and vary from flower to flower,...
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    oxygen, nitrogen, and many other gases, titanium that is evaporated from filaments is the basis for titanium sublimation pumps, in which titanium serves...
    73 KB (8,120 words) - 06:14, 2 May 2024
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    sintering processes – see Mykita Mylon (The frames can be 3-D printed by Fused Filament Fabrication for pennies of ABS, PLA or nylon) Nylon Various metals and...
    66 KB (7,573 words) - 17:37, 30 April 2024
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    Harrison, New Jersey. Each socket accepted a miniature two-candela carbon-filament lamp. The first recorded uses of Christmas lights on outdoor trees occurred...
    40 KB (4,581 words) - 07:01, 13 February 2024
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    Lamiales St G Aesculus Latin name Sapindaceae Sapindales CS G Aethionema odd filament (the stamens) Brassicaceae Brassicales CS G Aethusa Aethusa, daughter of...
    93 KB (772 words) - 09:58, 23 April 2024
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    the structure of DNA), Jean Hanson (biophysycist, best known for sliding filament theory), Mario Vargas Llosa (writer), Sir Roger Penrose (mathematical physicist)...
    229 KB (20,897 words) - 00:40, 1 May 2024
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    without a yellow throat. The flowers have five free stamens with short free filaments that are oppressed against the ovary, with a dorsal connective appendage...
    76 KB (7,167 words) - 13:15, 15 March 2024
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    and low-voltage power supplies required for the electron beam and heater filament, elimination of the drive circuitry for the focusing coils, no warm-up...
    108 KB (12,433 words) - 15:46, 20 March 2024
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    (polyethylene terephthalate) is used in carpet manufacturing in both spun and filament constructions. After the price of raw materials for many types of carpet...
    78 KB (9,979 words) - 19:01, 30 April 2024
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    1925, when the Kirklees Rayon Company began producing viscose continuous filament yarn at the mill. This continued until 1955 when viscose production ceased...
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    between 2 and 35 disc florets, but in some species this may go up to 60. Filaments are inserted closer to the base of the corolla than its middle. Numerous...
    46 KB (4,525 words) - 22:18, 30 January 2024
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    reduced stamens) Lamiaceae Lamiales St G Hemigraphis half-brush (the hairy filaments) Acanthaceae Lamiales St G Hemiptelea half elm (the half-winged fruit)...
    68 KB (783 words) - 16:48, 22 June 2023
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    may have been the name for the whole constellation; the name means "Star-wreath" and refers to one of the wives of the Pleiades, called Makalii. The stars...
    95 KB (10,465 words) - 10:29, 19 January 2024
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    is intended to activate when the bulb's filament burns out. The shunt closes the circuit across the bad filament, restoring continuity, which allows the...
    31 KB (4,258 words) - 00:18, 25 February 2024