analogy

title: Analogy

text: An analogy is a comparison between two things that are similar in some way. When you draw an analogy between two different things, you are comparing them because you want to make a concept easier to understand. :"In general (but not always), such arguments belong in the category of inductive reasoning, since their conclusions do not follow with certainty but are only supported with varying degrees of strength". There is a difference between superficial analogies and profound analogies. Two things might look alike, but work quite differently, or they might look different, but work in ways like each other. Most effort is put into finding profound analogies which teach us something worth knowing. As another philosopher puts is: :"The goal has been to find the formal criteria that distinguish good from bad analogical inference. These efforts have met with mixed success, at best". Mario Bunge sees analogy as a main way of getting new hypotheses which can be tested. He points out that analogies may be based on similarities in behaviour, or in structure.


anvil

title: Anvil

text: An anvil is a hard piece of metal which is used as a workbench when making things out of iron or steel. An anvil is used by a blacksmith when they need to hammer hot iron to bend it into the shape they want. A blacksmith can make new shoes for horses. Anvils were known in the Bronze Age and possibly earlier. They were used in Ancient Greece and Ancient Egypt. They are still in use today, although not nearly as much as 100 years ago when there were many more horses. Anvils are extremely heavy. They are made in different sizes. The 17th century writer John Bunyan was a tinker (someone who mends pots and pans). He walked around the villages of Bedfordshire with a small anvil and a few tools on his back. His anvil was wedge-shaped, so that he could knock it into the ground when he needed to do a repair. His anvil is now in the John Bunyan museum in Bedford.

isa: metal


aperture

title: Aperture

text: In optics and photography, an aperture is a hole where light can pass through.

isa: hole


bethel

title: Bethel

text: Bethel ( , meaning "House of God") was a city in the Hebrew Bible. It was located in what is now the West Bank.


block

title: New Kids on the Block

text: New Kids on the Block (sometimes called NKOTB) is an American boy band that was formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1984. They had many hit songs in the 1980s and 1990s. They disbanded in 1994 and regrouped in 2008. Fans of the group are often called "Blockheads." In 2024, they released a brand new album titled "Still Kids".


bluff

title: Cliff

text: A cliff is a vertical or very steep natural wall of rock. Cliffs are common on coasts, in mountainous areas, escarpments and along rivers. Cliffs are usually formed by rock that is resistant to erosion and weathering. Sedimentary rocks most likely to form cliffs include sandstone, limestone, chalk, and dolomite. Igneous rocks such as granite and basalt also often form cliffs. An escarpment (or scarp) is a type of cliff, formed by the movement of a geologic fault, or a landslide. Cliffs are known for forming major geographical features such as waterfalls. The tallest cliff in the solar system may be Verona Rupes, an approximately 20 km (12 mile) high cliff on Miranda, a moon of the planet Uranus. The Ordnance Survey distinguishes between cliffs (continuous line along the top edge with projections down the face) and outcrops (continuous lines along lower edge).

isa: vertical


blur

title: Blur (band)

text: Blur is an English alternative rock band. Formed in London in 1988 originally under the name Seymour, the group's members are singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Blur's first album Leisure (1991) contained the sounds of Madchester and shoegazing. After a change in sound started by English guitar pop groups such as the Kinks, the Beatles and XTC, Blur released Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993), Parklife (1994) and The Great Escape (1995). As a result, the band helped the Britpop genre become popular and became popular in the UK, which was helped by a rivalry with Oasis in 1995 called "The Battle of Britpop".


borough

title: Borough

text: A borough is an administrative division in many countries. It is a kind of local government. The term borough can means a self-governing township. In medieval times, boroughs were settlements with some self-government. Boroughs were particularly common in England, Germany and Scotland. In medieval England, boroughs had also the right to elect members of parliament. (The Borough in Southwark, London is thought to have been the original 'borough' of which all others come from.) Usually a borough is a single town with its own local government. But in some cities it is a sub-division of the city (e.g. London, New York City, Toronto, Montreal). In such cases the borough will normally have either limited powers delegated to it by the city's local government or no powers at all. For example London has no overall city government and London boroughs are instead part of the county of Greater London as the main unit of local government for Londoners. In other places, such as Alaska, a borough does not mean a single township, but a whole region - in other words, it is similar to a county. In Australia borough can mean a town and its surrounding area, e.g. the Borough of Queenscliffe. Boroughs exist in United Kingdom, more specifically in England and Northern Ireland, in the Canadian province of Quebec, in several U.S. states, in Israel, and formerly they also existed in New Zealand. At the end of a word, -borough (or -brough) is found in the name of many towns and cities in England; in southern England it is usually spelt -bury. The suffix -bury is also used in the New England region of the United States, while -burg (or -burgh) is more common in Scotland and the American South and West.

isa: division


cantaloupe

title: Cantaloupe

text: A cantaloupe (also known as a muskmelon, rockmelon, sweet melon or spanspek or spelled "canteloupe", "cantalope" or "cantelope") is a type of fruit. It is a muskmelon that is probably related to the watermelon. There are two types of cantaloupe, European and North American. Cantaloupes range in size from 0.5 to 5.0 kilograms (1.1 to 11 lb).

isa: fruit


capsid

title: Capsid

text: A capsid is the protein shell of a virus. It is made of several protein subunits. The observable 3-dimensional subunits are called 'capsomeres'. The capsid encloses the nucleic acid of the virus. Capsids are broadly classified according to their structure. Some viruses, such as bacteriophages, have developed more complicated structures. The icosahedral shape, which has 20 equilateral triangular faces, approximates a sphere, while the helical shape is cylindrical. The capsid faces may consist of one or more proteins. For example, the foot-and-mouth disease virus capsid has faces consisting of three proteins called VP1–3.

isa: shell


carving

title: Carving

text: Carving is the act of using tools to shape a material by scraping away portions of that material. It can be done on any material solid enough to hold a shape, yet soft enough for portions to be scraped away with tools. Examples of material with potential for carving: # Wood # Stone # Brick # Plaster (when dry; but usually moulded when moist) # Bone Carving is different from methods using soft and malleable materials like clay and melted glass. Carving needs more work. * Stone carving * Wood carving

isa: act


casino

title: Casino

text: Casinos are places for gambling. Gambling has been a part of human history for a very long time. It seems that in every society, even in ancient times, people have enjoyed games that involve luck. Famous places and times in history, like Ancient Mesopotamia, the time of the Greeks and Romans, and the eras of Napoleon in France and Queen Elizabeth in England, are known to have had gambling. The first known place in Europe that was like a modern casino was called the Ridotto. It opened in Venice, Italy, in 1638. The government started it to control gambling, especially during the festive carnival season. It was closed in 1774 because it was thought to be causing financial problems for the wealthy people of the city. In the United States, early places for gambling were called saloons. These saloons were important in cities like New Orleans, St. Louis, Chicago, and San Francisco. In saloons, people could meet to talk, have a drink, and gamble. For a while, gambling was illegal in the US, but in 1931, Nevada made it legal again. This is where America's first legal casinos started. Later, in 1976, New Jersey also allowed gambling, making Atlantic City a major gambling destination. There are lots of casinos in the US state of Nevada and especially next to the area of Las Vegas called the "Strip". Other places famous for their casinos are Monte Carlo in Monaco and Macau in China.

isa: place


clone

title: Clone

text: A clone is any cell or individual which is identical to another. In biology, cloning is the process of producing one or more genetically identical individuals. With whole individuals, it usually means the deliberate production of an identical copy. This was first achieved in mammals with the famous Dolly the sheep. Human identical twins are natural clones. So are the offspring of asexual reproduction, and any parthenogenetic reproduction which does not involve meiosis. Cloning is natural to some animals, but rare in mammals. An exception is the nine-banded armadillo, which normally gives birth to identical quadruplets. In genetics and cell biology, cloning refers especially to the DNA sequence, and by implication all the other macromolecules. Clones in cell lines occur, but there are some obvious provisos. Changes to the DNA in any shape or form means the daughter cells are not identical with the mother cells. Typically during development genes are switched on and off, and the daughter cells gradually become differentiated into mature tissue cells. These are not identical with the original stem cells, so they are clones only in the sense of being derived from the same mother cell. The laboratory copying of a molecule to produce exact copies is also called cloning.


consort

title: Royal consort

text: A Royal consort is the spouse (wife or husband) of a monarch (king or queen). The wife of a king is almost always called a queen, or queen consort. The husband of a ruling queen may be called a king consort or prince consort.


couch

title: Couch

text: A couch, sofa or settee is a kind of furniture that is designed to seat more than one person. It usually has a place to rest your arm on each side. Couches are normally found in the living room or in front of the TV. In the 17th and 18th centuries, a couch was thought as a long, upward seat for resting on. One end would slope up high enough to provide a place for the head to rest. Some late 18th-century kinds of couches had an arm running partly down one side, and this type continued to be made in England. In Greek places, there were flowing designs with all kind of elegant colors. Many of them had scrolled ends and short legs. The couch was later taken over by the overstuffed sofa during the Victorian age.

isa: furniture


crawfish

title: Crayfish

text: Crayfish are crustaceans that are also known as crawdads, crawfish, kriddly wigs, and freshwater lobsters. they are closely related to lobsters, crabs, and shrimp. There are about 150 crayfish species in North America, and over 540 species worldwide. Most live in freshwater habitats such as rivers.

isa: crustacean


cube

title: Cube

text: A cube is a type of polyhedron with all right angles and whose height, width and depth are all the same. It is a type of rectangular prism, which is itself a type of hexahedron. A cube is one of the simplest mathematical shapes in space. Something that is shaped like a cube can be called cubic. Surface area of cube=6l^2 Lateral Surface area of cube=4l^2 Volume of cube=l^3


damson

title: Damson

text: A damson is a kind of plum. Like the plum, it comes from the Rosaceae family. Originally, the fruit comes from the Mediterranean. Damsons are thought to be members of the 'European Plum' family, which also includes greengage, mirabelle, quetsche, and Italian prune plums. The damson is generally less sweet than other kinds of plum and is used in jams, jellies, and liqueurs.

isa: plum


debit

title: Debits and credits

text: Debits and credits are used in double-entry bookkeeping to know what money is going in or going out to your business. An account is debited when the money is going in to your business. This means that increase in assets and expenses are recorded as debits. Meanwhile, an account is credited when the money is going out from your business. This means that increase in liabilities, capital, and revenues are recorded as credits. If assets and expense decreases, they are recorded as credits. If liabilities, capital, and revenues decreases they are recorded as debits. The chart also explains the following below:


delta

title: Delta

text: Delta (uppercase/lowercase Δ δ), is a letter of the Greek alphabet, used to represent the "d" sound in Ancient and Modern Greek. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 4. Letters that came from it include the Roman D and Cyrillic Д.

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diaper

title: Diaper

text: A diaper (North American English) or nappy (British English) is a piece of clothing. It is worn by those who cannot control their urine or feces. Diapers can be made of cloth (usually cotton) that can be washed and used again. They can also be disposable (put in the garbage after they are used up). Disposable diapers are usually made of plastic or man-made (artificial) fibers and contain chemicals that are very absorbent. Diapers that can be washed must be folded in intricate ways (like origami) before being put on. With the disposable you must constantly buy new ones. Viewed as unpleasant by some, diapers are mostly used by children from birth until the child has learned to use a toilet. They are also used by older people. There are adult diapers for people with medical problems. In the United Kingdom, Australia and several other countries, a diaper is called a nappy. Sometimes adults who do not have medical problems also wear diapers. This can be for different reasons. Sometimes it is because they have a profession where they cannot always get to a bathroom, like astronauts. Some adults wear diapers for fun. This is usually a form of sexual pleasure, or for emotional reasons. These people are often called "diaper-lovers" or "adult-babies." The scientific term for liking to wear diapers is infantilism.

isa: clothing


diploid

title: Ploidy

text: Ploidy is a term from genetics and cell biology. It is used to indicate the number of chromosome sets in a cell. Most eukaryotes have either one set (called haploid) or two sets (called diploid). Some other organisms are polyploid, they have more than two sets of chromosomes. Some amphibians are triploid, with three sets. The endosperm cells in the seeds of many plants are also triploid. Some kinds of trout or salmon have four sets (tetraploid). Other examples: *wheat: 6 sets (hectaploid) *certain sturgeons: 8 sets (octoploid) *strawberries: 8 sets (octoploid) *plumed cockscomb (a plant, Celosia argentea): 12 sets (dodecaploid) *Bryophytes: body has one set; sporophyte has two sets. Sex cells (gametes) are almost always haploid. If the reproductive stage (adult) is polyploid, then the gametes will have half the ploidy number of chromosomes. There are some variations of ploidy which are not discussed here. Some plant species with certain types of polyploidy do not use sexual reproduction, but survive with asexual methods.


excision

title: Excision (movie)

text: Excision is a 2012 horror movie. The movie is about a high school student who wants a career in medicine. Marlee Matlin has the role of Amber. Excision is rated R in Australia and in the United States. It received very positive reviews from the critics.


fecundity

title: Fecundity

text: Fecundity, coming from the word fecund, generally means the ability to reproduce. In biology and demography, fecundity is the ability to reproduce of an organism or population, measured by the number of gametes (eggs), seed set or asexual propagules. Fecundity is under both genetic and environmental control, and is the major measure of biological fitness. Fecundation is another term for fertilisation. Fecundity can increase or decrease in a population according to current conditions and certain regulating factors. For instance, in times of hardship for a population such as a lack of food, juvenile and eventually adult fecundity may decrease. In the philosophy of science, 'fecundity' refers to the ability of a scientific theory to open new lines of theoretical inquiry. Here, the original meaning is extended by analogy.


fist

title: Fist

text: A fist is the term given to the hand when the four fingers are clenched, and the thumb closed over the first finger. In this solid form, it can be used for striking in combat. The half-closed fist may be used for some tasks, like knocking. Making a fist is virtually unknown amongst other primates. Their fingers have different proportions to humans.

isa: given


fold

title: The Fold

text: The Fold is a music rock band in Chicago, Illinois. Its genre is alternative rock. It is known for making "The Weekend Whip", which is the main theme song for Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu. The band's vocal leader is Daniel Castady. It has 4 other members. They also released the album called 'Secrets Keep You Sick' in 2007.

isa: band


garland

title: Garland

text: A garland is a decorative braid, knot or wreath of flowers, leaves, or other material. Garlands can be worn on the head or around the neck, hung on an inanimate object, or laid in a place of cultural or religious importance.

isa: braid


hack

title: Hacker

text: A hacker is someone who tries to get into another person's computer using computer software. The computer software could be Trojan horse programs, computer viruses, and worms. It used to mean someone who likes to do new things with computers. The correct name for a person doing these illegal things was cracker, but many news stories used the word hacker even though it was in error. Another meaning of hacker is someone who can change or program something, like how people can change or program a Furby to say something insulting or humorous. A person doing something illegal with a computer belonging to someone else without asking for permission from the owner is also called a hacker. In the recent years computers were becoming increasingly more complex. This also means that people with bad intentions have more opportunities to use them for criminal purposes. Computer engineers are not always able to find vulnerable places in the computer code. Hackers find such places, and use them. There are also hackers who use the same skills for good purposes. Such hackers are called white hat hackers. They help computer engineers to find vulnerable places and correct problems. A lot of skills are often required to be a hacker. A hacker should be able to find problems or solutions that most other people cannot find.


ham

title: Ham

text: Ham is pork that comes from a leg of a pig. Ham can be dry-cured or wet-cured. Dry-cured ham is made by rubbing the meat with salt. Wet-cured ham is made with brine. Types of dry-cured ham: *Prosciutto crudo (Italian) *Prosciutto di Parma (Italian) *Jambon de bayonne (French) *Jamón serrano (Spanish) *Jamón iberico (Spanish) *Country ham (American) *York ham (English) *Westphalian ham (German) Ham is used in SPAM.


hemisphere

title: Hemisphere

text: Hemisphere means half (hemi) of the Earth or any other sphere. *The Northern Hemisphere means everything north of the Equator, which includes, North America, Central America, the northern part of South America, Europe, Asia, northern Africa, and the Middle East. *The Southern Hemisphere means everything south of the Equator, which includes most of South America, most of Africa, Australia, and Antarctica. *The Western Hemisphere includes North America and South America, and has the Pacific Ocean on its western border and the Atlantic Ocean on its eastern border. Plus, mainland of 14 African countries and 6 European countries is partially or totally in the Western Hemisphere. *The Eastern Hemisphere includes most of Europe, Asia, and most of Africa, and has the Atlantic Ocean on its western border and the Pacific Ocean on its eastern border. *It can also mean the land hemisphere or the water hemisphere.


holiday

title: Holiday

text: A holiday is a regularly reoccurring festive day. Usually, but not always, the festive day is observed every year. The word "holiday" is derived from the words "holy" and "day." In British English, the word "holiday" is used to refer to a Vacation as well as a public holiday.

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honeycomb

title: Honeycomb

text: A honeycomb is a container made by bees out of wax that they produce. The bees make a honeycomb as a place to keep their honey. Bees make honey from nectar that they collect from flowers. After bees collect nectar from flowers, and make it into honey, the bees then put the honey in the small six sided areas of the honeycomb. Each hexagonal section tessellates with the rest.


iceboat

title: Iceboat

text: Iceboats are a type of boat that run on ice. They have sails. Most boats are made to fit only one person. They can be much faster than boats in water. Ice yachting is the sport of sailing and racing iceboats.

isa: boat


initial

title: Initial

text: In a written or published work, an initial or drop cap is a letter at the beginning of a word, a chapter, or a paragraph that is larger than the rest of the text. The word is comes from the Latin initialis, which means standing at the beginning. An initial is often several lines in height and in older books or manuscripts. In some cases a name or title can be long so the initials would shorten them. Examples include: JFK, FDR, AOC, TDK, NYC, USA, KUWTK, EU, etc.

isa: beginning


juice

title: Juice

text: Juice is a liquid that comes from plants, animals or fruit. The juice from fruit is often made into a drink. Some fruits that are often made into drinks are apple, orange, tomato, pineapple, grapefruit, guava, mango, passionfruit, watermelon, cranberry, grape, lemon and lime, but there are many others. In the United Kingdom the name of a fruit or fruits followed by juice can only legally be used to describe something which is 100% fruit juice. This is because of the Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars (England) Regulations and the Fruit Juices & Fruit Nectars (Scotland) Regulations 2003. Juice can be bought from a store, already in bottles. Companies sell fruit juice just like any other drink. Juices are made by squeezing the juice out of the fruit. If something has a lot of juice in it, it is said to be juicy. Juice does not have to be a drink. It can just be a liquid contained in something. Some Juices could be healthy. Orange juice has vitamin C, folic acid, and potassium which may help prevent many diseases.

isa: liquid


loon

title: Loon

text: A loon is a bird that lives on water. It is in the order Gaviiformes. This is an order of aquatic birds, the loons or divers and their closest extinct relatives. Loons are the size of a large duck or a small goose. Loons can be hard to find because they are shy around people. The name "loon" is from the Scandinavian word for "clumsy". Loons are the state bird of Minnesota. Loons are found in most parts of North America (there are five North American species) and northern Eurasia. They enjoy cool climates in the summer and migrate to ocean coasts in the winter. Loons can dive up to 200 feet underwater for food. Their bodies are shaped for diving. To dive better, they have solid bones (most birds' bones are hollow) and feet placed far back for swimming under the water. They have black (or grey)-and-white heads, pale breasts, and striped back feathers. Loons can lay up to two eggs. The females are brownish in color which helps them blend into their surroundings. Both the male and female parent take turns sitting on the eggs. After hatching, they fly south when the weather gets cool. The young loons spend three years in the south before returning to the north. They are best known for their loud, trumpeting call. They also make melodic, wailing or laughing sounds. Loons communicate to each other through their sounds. They also communicate with humans and other animals through dance. Loons warn others to stay away from their nests by dancing on the water. Loons are protective parents and will dance to exhaustion and death to protect their eggs. Raccoons, gulls, and skunks have been known to devour loon eggs. Loons eat fish like sunfish, perch, and bullheads. Loons do not chew their food. They have elastic throats that allow the loon to swallow their food whole. When they swallow fish, their throat expands to the size of the fish they eat so they do not choke. Scientists band, or tag loons to try to understand more about them. Their life style is similar to the grebes, but they are a different group of birds.

isa: bird


metropolitan

title: Metropolitan bishop

text: A metropolitan bishop (or metropolitan) is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations with an episcopal polity (a church ruled by bishops). In the early Christian Church, a metropolitan was the bishop of the main city in a Roman province. The First Council of Nicaea (in AD 325) gave him special authority over other bishops in that area. These other bishops were later called suffragan bishops. In modern times, a metropolitan bishop is the head bishop of a metropolitan see (the main diocese of a church province). He often has the title of archbishop, so is called a metropolitan archbishop. In some churches, like the Church of Greece, all dioceses are called metropolises, and all their bishops are called metropolitans. Only the main leader of the church is called an archbishop.

isa: bishop


moorhen

title: Moorhen

text: A moorhen is a series of birds belonging to the Rallidae species. It is Latin for "little hen" due to its size. It feeds on open water margins.


paddle

title: Paddle

text: A paddle is a tool used for pushing against liquids, either for propulsion in a boat or for mixing liquids. Paddles commonly used in canoes consist of a wooden, fibreglass or metal rod (the shaft) with a handle on one end and a rigid sheet (the blade) on the other end. Paddles for use in kayaks are longer, with a blade on each end, and usually no handles.

isa: tool


panda

title: Giant panda

text: The giant panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, is a bear. It lives in south central China. Although it belongs to the order Carnivora, the panda's diet is almost 99% bamboo. Pandas in the wild occasionally eat other grasses, wild tubers, or even meat in the form of birds, rodents or carrion. In captivity, they may get honey, eggs, fish, yams, shrub leaves, oranges, or bananas along with specially prepared food. The giant panda lives in a few mountain ranges in central China, mainly in Sichuan province, but also in the Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. As a result of farming, deforestation and other development, the panda has been forced out of the lowland areas where it once lived.

isa: bear


piggy

title: List of Roblox games

text: The online video game and game creation system Roblox has many games (officially referred to as "experiences") created by users of their creation tool, Roblox Studio.


pylon

title: Transmission tower

text: A transmission tower or pylon (also known as an ironman in Australia and a hydro tower in parts of Canada) is a tall tower used for electric power transmission. It carries the electrical conductors (wires) of high-voltage overhead power lines. The tower is high for a safe distance for people, animals or things below the wires. Most big transmission towers are lattice steel structures. Smaller ones may be wood, concrete or steel poles.


respect

title: Respect

text: Respect, also called esteem, is a positive feeling or action shown towards someone or something that are important. It shows a sense of admiration for good or valuable qualities. It is also the process of honoring someone by showing care, concern, or consideration for their needs or feelings.

isa: feeling


rodeo

title: Rodeo

text: A rodeo is a North American sport. It is a collection of several similar activities that came from the history of the day-to-day lives of Mexican vaqueros (cowboys) and American cowboys. It has events that came from the handling of cattle, and the riding and training of horses. Rodeos started as a competition between the cowboys to see who was the best. Over time it has gone from taking a collection of money for the person who won to today's large professional competitions such as the National Finals Rodeo with a lot of money for the winners.


schooling

title: Shoaling and schooling

text: Schooling and shoaling is a kind of collective animal behaviour by fish. Any group of fish that stays together for social reasons is said to be shoaling, and if the shoal is swimming in the same direction together, it is schooling. p365 About one quarter of fish shoal all their lives, and about one half of fish shoal for part of their lives. Fish get many benefits from shoaling. These include defence against predators: if fish swim in schools, it is less likely any one of them will be eaten. Also, it may help a fish find food, and a mate. The school may even swim faster than a lone fish. Fish generally prefer larger shoals, shoalmates of their own species, shoalmates similar in size and appearance to themselves, healthy fish, and kin (when recognized). Any shoal member which stands out in appearance may be targeted by predators. This is called the oddity effect. This may explain why fish prefer to shoal with individuals which look like themselves.


second

title: Second

text: The second (symbol: s), is a unit of time. There are 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, and 24 hours in a day. This tradition dates back to the Babylonians. In science, a second is the time it takes for a caesium atom to vibrate 9,192,631,770 (around 9 billion) times. Scientists measure the second this way because the length of a day changes all the time. For example, when the dinosaurs lived, a day was about an hour shorter. Vibrations of atoms on the other hand always take the same time. This atomic second is also called the SI second. Metric prefixes are frequently combined with the word second to denote subdivisions of the second, e.g., the millisecond (one thousandth of a second) and nanosecond (one billionth of a second). Though SI prefixes may also be used to form multiples of the second (such as “kilosecond”, or one thousand seconds), such units are rarely used in practice. More commonly encountered, non-SI units of time such as the minute, hour, and day increase by multiples of 60 and 24 (rather than by powers of ten as in the SI system). One heartbeat of an adult at rest, will last about one second.

isa: time


shingle

title: Herpes zoster

text: Herpes zoster (also known as shingles or zona) is a disease in humans. The same virus that causes chickenpox also causes shingles. The symptoms are pain and a rash with blisters. The shingles vaccine reduces the risk of shingles. Antivirus medicine can reduce the seriousness and duration of shingles if started within 3 days of the rash.


sparkle

title: Sparkle

text: Sparkle is a 2012 musical drama movie starring Jordin Sparks and Whitney Houston (in her final role). It is a remake of the same named 1976 motion picture, except the 2012 remake centers on 1960s Detroit. Sparkle was released in August 2012.


spice

title: Spice

text: Spice is an ingredient that adds flavor to food. It is usually used to enrich or alter the quality of something. Spices can be used to give food an interesting and exciting taste. Examples of a spice would be cinnamon, fenugreek and nutmeg. Spices can also be used to hide or cover up bad tastes in food which is rotten or affected by fungi, e.g. marzipan. Indians use a lot of spices like garam masala.

isa: ingredient


spirillum

title: Spirillum

text: Spirillum (plural Spirilla) is any bacterium that is shaped like a spiral. It is one of the three shapes of bacteria. The other two are Coccus and Bacillus.It can be said as Spiral Bacteria. Spirillum is also the name of a genus of Gram-negative bacteria in the family Spirillaceae. The two species in the Spirillum genus are Spirillum minus and Spirillum pulli.


squire

title: Squire

text: A squire was the shield bearer or armour bearer of a knight, and at times was a knight's servant. Use of the term has changed over time. In the Middle Ages, a squire was the apprentice of a knight. Later, it meant a leader in an English village or Lord of the manor might be called a squire. Later still it was used for key public figures such as Justice of the Peace or Member of Parliament. In modern American usage, a squire is the title given to a Justice of the Peace or similar local official. Squire is a shortened version of the word Esquire.


trifle

title: Trifle

text: Trifle is a type of English dessert. It is made by stacking layers of sponge cake, fruit and whipped cream inside of a glass dish. The sponge cake is soaked in sherry before being stacked into a trifle. Different ingredients can be added to a trifle, like chocolate or fruit jelly.


waxing

title: Waxing

text: Waxing is a method of removing hair from the body. Waxing removes the whole hair including the root. Both men and women engage in waxing, as do girls as young as eight. Any area of the body can be waxed but the more common areas are the legs, underarms, genitals, torso and face. There are health concerns about waxing such as pain, inflammation, infection and physical damage to the skin. At least two women have been hospitalized due to bikini waxing. The waxing of young girls has been criticized and concerns over emotional problems have been raised by parents and by doctors and psychologists. Although it is known as "waxing", not all treatments of this kind use wax. Some waxing treatments use a sugar mixture in the same manner as wax.

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