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north, N, due north, northward | the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees | |
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Z, z, zee, zed, ezed, izzard | the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet | |
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P, p | the 16th letter of the Roman alphabet | |
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jet, K, super acid, special K, honey oil, green, cat valium, super C | street names for ketamine | |
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D, d | the 4th letter of the Roman alphabet | |
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I, me | personal pronoun, person, 1st person, singular | |
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V, v | the 22nd letter of the Roman alphabet | |
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Y, y, wye | the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet | |
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h, Planck's constant | the constant of proportionality relating the energy of a photon to its frequency; approximately 6.626 x 10^-34 joule-second | |
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S, s | the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet | |
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B, b | the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet | |
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hello, halloa, hullo, hey, oh, yoa hoa, yo, sohowe, hoy, o, yoho, cooey, yoo-hoo, what ho, psst, oi, hark, hollo, soho, look, holla, yoe-hoe, yeo-ho, a-hey, hallow, halloo, hallo, so-ho, ho, order, here, oyez, cooee, oyes, heh, ahem, hist | an expression that is uttered to attract someone's attention | |
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C | a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system | |
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U, u | the 21st letter of the Roman alphabet | |
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five, 5, v | being one more than four | |
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N, n | the 14th letter of the Roman alphabet | |
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ten, 10, x | being one more than nine | |
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V, vanadium, atomic number 23 | a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite | |
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B, bacillus | aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil | |
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thousand, grand, K, yard, M, G, one thousand, 1000, chiliad, thou | the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 | |
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square meter, square metre, centiare, ㎡, m² | a unit of measurement for area, defined as the area of a square with sides of exactly 1 metre; a centiare is 1/100th of an are | |
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G, GB, gigabyte, gibibyte, GiB | a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes | |
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C, degree centigrade, degree Celsius | a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature | |
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H, henry | a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second | |
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meter, m, metre | the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards) | |
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nitrogen, N, atomic number 7 | a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues | |
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watt, W | a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm | |
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one, 1, ace, unity, single, I | the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number | |
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gram, gm, g, gramme | a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram | |
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L, lambert | a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter | |
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go, Adam, ecstasy, XTC, disco biscuit, cristal, X, hug drug | street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine | |
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K, kilobyte, kibibyte, KB, kB, KiB | a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes | |
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u | of or appropriate to the upper classes especially in language use | |
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T, thymine | a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine | |
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1, 1st | The day beginning a particular month; the day labelled '1' on a calendar | |
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fluorine, F, atomic number 9 | a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite | |
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three, 3, trio, leash, trey, troika, triad, threesome, trinity, triplet, tierce, III, trine, ternary, ternion, tercet, terzetto, deuce-ace | the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one | |
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two, 2, deuce, II | the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number | |
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M, molarity, molar concentration | concentration measured by the number of moles of solute per liter of solution | |
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F, degree Fahrenheit | a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature | |
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I, i | the 9th letter of the Roman alphabet | |
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T, t | the 20th letter of the Roman alphabet | |
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5, five, fin, V, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, Phoebe, quint, cinque, pentad, Little Phoebe | the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one | |
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trademark, ™ | a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product | |
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seven, 7, vii | being one more than six | |
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J, joule, watt second | a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second | |
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A, vitamin A, antiophthalmic factor, axerophthol | any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes | |
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barn, b | [in nuclear_physics] a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter | |
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ten, 10, X, tenner, decade | the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system | |
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hydrogen, H, atomic number 1 | a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe | |
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T, triiodothyronine, liothyronine | thyroid hormone similar to thyroxine but with one less iodine atom per molecule and produced in smaller quantity; exerts the same biological effects as thyroxine but is more potent and briefer | |
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five hundred, D, 500 | the cardinal number that is the product of one hundred and five | |
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phosphorus, P, atomic number 15 | a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms | |
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S, mho, siemens, reciprocal ohm | a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm | |
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C | [in music] the keynote of the scale of C major | |
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O, type O, group O | the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens | |
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gee, g, g-force | a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated | |
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G, guanine | a purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine | |
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C, c | the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet | |
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M, MB, megabyte, mebibyte, MiB | a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes | |
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50, fifty, l | being ten more than forty | |
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R, gas constant, universal gas constant | [in physics] the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature; equal to 8.3143 joules per kelvin per mole | |
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A, type A, group A | the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen | |
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K, k | the 11th letter of the Roman alphabet | |
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r, R | the 18th letter of the Roman alphabet | |
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M, MB, megabyte | a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 (1,000,000) bytes | |
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two, 2, ii | being one more than one | |
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eight, 8, viii | being one more than seven | |
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one, 1, i, ane | used of a single unit or thing; not two or more | |
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G, GB, gigabyte | a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes | |
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100, hundred, one hundred, c | being ten more than ninety | |
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W, w, double-u | the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet | |
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tungsten, W, wolfram, atomic number 74 | a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite | |
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randomness, entropy, S | [in thermodynamics] a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work | |
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Y, yttrium, atomic number 39 | a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys | |
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A, a | the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet | |
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six, 6, half dozen, vi, half-dozen | denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units | |
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F, farad | the capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates | |
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G, g | the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet | |
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south, S, due south, southward | the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees | |
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T, deoxythymidine monophosphate | one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA, also known as 5'-thymidylate, thymidylate, or TMP ; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) | |
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thyroxine, thyroxin, tetraiodothyronine, T | hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells | |
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MT, t, metric ton, tonne | a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms | |
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second, sec, s | 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites | |
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E, einsteinium, Es, atomic number 99 | a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons | |
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U, uranium, atomic number 92 | a heavy toxic silvery-white radioactive metallic element; occurs in many isotopes; used for nuclear fuels and nuclear weapons | |
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A, deoxyadenosine monophosphate | one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA, also known as deoxyadenylate, or dAMP; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) | |
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vitamin C, C, ascorbic acid | a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy | |
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three, 3, iii | being one more than two | |
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500, five hundred, d | denoting a quantity consisting of 500 items or units | |
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50, fifty, L | the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five | |
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A, angstrom, angstrom unit | a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation | |
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l, liter, litre, cubic decimeter, cubic decimetre | a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints) | |
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normality, N | [in solution] (of a solution) concentration expressed in gram equivalents of solute per liter | |
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C, coulomb, ampere-second | a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second | |
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seven, 7, septet, VII, sevener, heptad, septenary | the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one | |
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oxygen, O, atomic number 8 | a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust | |
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percent, percentage, per centum, pct, % | a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred) | |
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O, o | the 15th letter of the Roman alphabet | |
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six, 6, half a dozen, sestet, sextet, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, sextuplet, hexad | the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one | |
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B vitamin, B, B-complex vitamin, B complex, vitamin B complex, vitamin B | originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins | |
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E, e | the 5th letter of the Roman alphabet | |
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B, type B, group B | the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen | |
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K, kelvin | the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites | |
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vitamin E, E, tocopherol | a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body | |
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dollar, $ | the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents | |
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R, roentgen | a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air | |
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carbon, C, atomic number 6 | an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds | |
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hundred, 100, C, century, one C | ten 10s | |
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speed of light, c, light speed | the speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second | |
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C, cytosine | a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine | |
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H, h | the 8th letter of the Roman alphabet | |
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Z, omega | the ending of a series or sequence | |
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J, j | the 10th letter of the Roman alphabet | |
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sulfur, S, sulphur, atomic number 16 | an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions) | |
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e | the base of the natural system of logarithms; approximately equal to 2.718282... | |
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radius, r | the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere | |
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potassium, K, atomic number 19 | a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite | |
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rho, ρ, ϱ | the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet | |
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8, eight, octet, VIII, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octad, ogdoad, octonary | the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one | |
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C, deoxycytidine monophosphate | one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA, also known as also known as deoxycytidylate, or dCMP; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) | |
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zero, 0 | indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration | |
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nine, 9, ix | denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten | |
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Q, q | the 17th letter of the Roman alphabet | |
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G, gravitational constant, universal gravitational constant, constant of gravitation | [in physics] the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation | |
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M, m | the 13th letter of the Roman alphabet | |
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A, adenine | [in biochemistry] purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA | |
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enthalpy, heat content, total heat, H | [in thermodynamics] a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure | |
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9, nine, IX, niner, Nina from Carolina, ennead | the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one | |
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G, deoxyguanosine monophosphate | one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA, also known as deoxyguanylate, or dGMP; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) | |
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B, boron, atomic number 5 | a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder | |
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F, f | the 6th letter of the Roman alphabet | |
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1000, thousand, one thousand, m, k, 1,000 | denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units | |
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K, kilobyte, KB, kB | a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes | |
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L, l | the 12th letter of the Roman alphabet | |
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four, 4, iv | being one more than three | |
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iodine, I, iodin, atomic number 53 | a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks) | |
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west, W, due west, westward | the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees | |
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X, x, ex | the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet | |
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east, E, due east, eastward | the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees | |
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V, volt | a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it | |
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N, newton | a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram; equal to 100,000 dynes | |
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U, uracil | a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine | |
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0, zero, cipher, cypher, nought | a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number | |
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four, 4, IV, quartet, foursome, quadruplet, tetrad, quatern, quaternion, quaternary, quaternity, Little Joe | the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one | |
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blow, coke, nose candy, snow, C | street names for cocaine | |
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B, Bel | a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels | |
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D, vitamin D, calciferol, viosterol, ergocalciferol, cholecalciferol | a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets | |
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amp, A, ampere | the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites |