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  2. Speed of electricity - Wikipedia

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    The speed of this flow has multiple meanings. In everyday electrical and electronic devices, the signals travel as electromagnetic waves typically at 50%–99% of the speed of light in vacuum. The electrons themselves move much more slowly. See drift velocity and electron mobility.

  3. Ratio meter systems - Wikipedia

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    In these methods two parallel resistance arms are formed; one containing the coil and a fixed calibrating resistance R1, and the other containing a coil in series with a calibrating resistance R2 and the temperature-sensing element Rx. Both arms are supplied with direct current from the aircraft's main power source, but the coils are so wound ...

  4. Oddo–Harkins rule - Wikipedia

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    The Oddo–Harkins rule may suggest that elements with odd atomic numbers have a single, unpaired proton and may swiftly capture another in order to achieve an even atomic number and proton parity. Protons are paired in elements with even atomic numbers, with each member of the pair balancing the spin of the other, thus enhancing nucleon stability.

  5. Motion - Wikipedia

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    Humans, like all known things in the universe, are in constant motion; [2]: 8–9 however, aside from obvious movements of the various external body parts and locomotion, humans are in motion in a variety of ways that are more difficult to perceive. Many of these "imperceptible motions" are only perceivable with the help of special tools and ...

  6. Dynamical system - Wikipedia

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    That is, the flow through x must be defined for all time for every element of S. More commonly there are two classes of definitions for a dynamical system: one is motivated by ordinary differential equations and is geometrical in flavor; and the other is motivated by ergodic theory and is measure theoretical in flavor.

  7. Proton–proton chain - Wikipedia

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    The proton–proton chain, also commonly referred to as the p–p chain, is one of two known sets of nuclear fusion reactions by which stars convert hydrogen to helium. It dominates in stars with masses less than or equal to that of the Sun , [ 2 ] whereas the CNO cycle , the other known reaction, is suggested by theoretical models to dominate ...

  8. Our DNA is 99.9 percent the same as the person sitting next ...

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    For humans, we're 99.9 percent similar to the person sitting next to us. The rest of those genes tell us everything from our eye color to if we're predisposed to certain diseases.

  9. Absorption cross section - Wikipedia

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    Cross-sections values for all elements with atomic number Z smaller than 100 collected for photons with energies from 1 keV to 20 MeV. The discontinuities in the values are due to absorption edges which were also shown.