rarefied
21rarefied — [ rɛ:rɪfʌɪd] adjective 1》 (of air) of lower pressure than usual; thin. 2》 very esoteric or refined …
22rarefied — adj 1. lofty, elevated, exalted, high, prominent, eminent; sublime. 2. exclusive, select, selective, Inf. choosy, Inf. picky; cliquish, clannish, insular, closed; snobbish, too good for one …
23rarefied — /ˈrɛərəfaɪd/ (say rairruhfuyd) adjective 1. belonging to or reserved for a small group; esoteric. 2. (of air) having only a small amount of oxygen present. 3. (of language) arcane; lofty. Also, rarified …
24Structure formation — refers to a fundamental problem in physical cosmology. The universe, as is now known from observations of the cosmic microwave background radiation, began in a hot, dense, nearly uniform state approximately 13.7 Gyr ago. [cite journal |author=D.… …
25Cathode ray — Cathode rays (also called an electron beam or e beam) are streams of electrons observed in vacuum tubes, i.e. evacuated glass tubes that are equipped with at least two electrodes, a cathode (negative electrode) and an anode (positive electrode)… …
26Henry Woodward (inventor) — Henry Woodward was an early pioneer in the development of the incandescent lamp. On July 24, 1874, he and his partner, Mathew Evans, a hotel keeper, patented an improved electric light bulb. [cite web|url=http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/summer/scor… …
27Direct simulation Monte Carlo — (DSMC) method uses probabilistic (Monte Carlo) simulation to solve the Boltzmann equation for finite Knudsen number fluid flows. The DSMC method was proposed by Prof. Graeme Bird,[1][2][3] Emeritus Professor of Aeronautics, University of Sydney.… …
28Atmospheric electricity — is the regular diurnal variations of the Earth s atmospheric electromagnetic network (or, more broadly, any planet s electrical system in its layer of gases). The Earth’s surface, the ionosphere, and the atmosphere is known as the global… …
29comet — cometary /kom i ter ee/, cometic /keuh met ik/, cometical, adj. cometlike, adj. /kom it/, n. Astron. a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and… …
30thin — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. slender, lean, narrow (see narrowness); watery, weak, di luted; attenuated; faint, dim, threadlike; fine, delicate; poor, lame (as an excuse); flimsy, sheer, filmy. See rarity, weakness,… …
