McGraw-Hill9780071429573, 0071429573
Table of contents :
Cover Page……Page 1
Title Page……Page 3
ISBN 0071429573……Page 4
Contents……Page 5
Editing, Design, and Production Staff……Page 6
Consulting Editors……Page 7
Preface……Page 9
Organization of the Encyclopedia……Page 10
Abaca……Page 11
Aberration (astronomy)……Page 12
Abscisic acid……Page 13
Absorption……Page 14
Absorption of electromagnetic radiation……Page 15
Abstract data type……Page 16
Acanthodii……Page 17
Acceleration……Page 18
Accelerator mass spectrometry……Page 19
Acetic acid……Page 20
Acid and base……Page 21
Acid-base indicator……Page 22
Acid rain……Page 23
Aconchulinida……Page 24
Acoustic holography……Page 25
Acoustic noise……Page 26
Acoustic signal processing……Page 27
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)……Page 28
Acrylonitrile……Page 29
Actinomycetes……Page 30
Action……Page 31
Active sound control……Page 32
Adaptation (biology)……Page 33
Adaptive optics……Page 34
Addictive disorders……Page 35
Adenohypophysis hormone……Page 36
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)……Page 37
Adhesive……Page 38
Adipose tissue……Page 39
Adrenal gland disorders……Page 40
Adsorption operations……Page 41
Aerodynamic force……Page 42
Aerodynamics……Page 43
Aeronautical engineering……Page 44
Aeronautical meteorology……Page 45
Aerosol……Page 46
Aerospace medicine……Page 47
Aerostatics……Page 48
Affective disorders……Page 49
Africa……Page 50
Afterburner……Page 51
Aggression……Page 52
Agouti……Page 53
Agricultural machinery……Page 54
Agriculture……Page 55
Agronomy……Page 56
Air armament……Page 57
Air conditioning……Page 58
Air cooling……Page 59
Air-cushion vehicle……Page 60
Air navigation……Page 61
Air pollution……Page 62
Air pressure……Page 63
Air separation……Page 64
Air-traffic control……Page 65
Air transportation……Page 67
Aircraft compass system……Page 68
Aircraft design……Page 69
Aircraft icing……Page 70
Aircraft propulsion……Page 71
Aircraft testing……Page 72
Airfoil……Page 73
Airglow……Page 74
Airport engineering……Page 75
Airship……Page 76
Albite……Page 77
Alcohol fuel……Page 78
Alcyonacea……Page 79
Aldosterone……Page 80
Alfve´n waves……Page 81
Algae……Page 82
Algebra……Page 84
Algebraic geometry……Page 85
Alicyclic hydrocarbon……Page 86
Alkali……Page 87
Alkaloid……Page 88
Alkene……Page 89
Alkyne……Page 90
Allergy……Page 91
Allometry……Page 92
Alloy……Page 93
Alloy structures……Page 95
Alpha fetoprotein……Page 97
Alpha particles……Page 98
Alternating current……Page 99
Alternating-current motor……Page 100
Altimeter……Page 101
Aluminum……Page 102
Alzheimer’s disease……Page 103
Ambergris……Page 104
Americium……Page 105
Amino acid dating……Page 106
Amino acids……Page 107
Ammonia……Page 108
Amnion……Page 109
Amorphous solid……Page 110
Amphibia……Page 111
Amphibole……Page 112
Amplifier……Page 113
Amplitude-modulation detector……Page 114
Amplitude-modulation radio……Page 115
Amplitude modulator……Page 116
Analgesic……Page 117
Analog computer……Page 118
Analog-to-digital converter……Page 119
Analytic geometry……Page 120
Analytical chemistry……Page 121
Anaphylaxis……Page 122
Anaspida……Page 123
Androgen……Page 124
Anemia……Page 125
Angle modulation……Page 126
Angular momentum……Page 127
Animal communication……Page 128
Animal evolution……Page 129
Animal growth……Page 130
Animal kingdom……Page 131
Animal symmetry……Page 132
Animal virus……Page 133
Annelida……Page 135
Anoplura……Page 136
Anorexia nervosa……Page 137
Anoxic zones……Page 138
Antarctic Circle……Page 139
Antarctica……Page 140
Antenna (electromagnetism)……Page 141
Anthocerotopsida……Page 143
Anthrax……Page 144
Anthropometry……Page 145
Antibiotic……Page 146
Antiferromagnetism……Page 148
Antifriction bearing……Page 149
Antigen-antibody reaction……Page 151
Antimatter……Page 152
Antimony……Page 153
Antiresonance……Page 154
Antisubmarine warfare……Page 155
Anura……Page 156
Anxiety disorders……Page 157
Apes……Page 158
Aphid……Page 159
Apical meristem……Page 160
Apophyllite……Page 161
Appendix (anatomy)……Page 162
Apricot……Page 163
Aquarius……Page 164
Araeoscelida……Page 165
Araneae……Page 166
Arc discharge……Page 167
Arc welding……Page 168
Arch……Page 169
Archaeognatha……Page 170
Archean……Page 171
Archeological chemistry……Page 172
Archeology……Page 173
Architectural acoustics……Page 174
Archosauria……Page 175
Arctic Ocean……Page 176
Arecidae……Page 177
Arhynchobdellae……Page 178
Arkose……Page 179
Army armament……Page 180
Aromatic hydrocarbon……Page 181
Arsenopyrite……Page 182
Arteriosclerosis……Page 183
Arthropoda……Page 184
Artificial intelligence……Page 186
Artificially layered structures……Page 187
Asbestos……Page 188
Ascomycota……Page 189
Asellota……Page 190
Asia……Page 191
Aspect ratio……Page 193
Assembly machines……Page 194
Asteridae……Page 195
Asteroidea……Page 196
Asthenosphere……Page 197
Astrapotheria……Page 198
Astronautical engineering……Page 199
Astronomical atlases……Page 200
Astronomical coordinate systems……Page 201
Astronomical observatory……Page 202
Astronomical photography……Page 203
Astronomical transit instrument……Page 204
Astronomy……Page 205
Astrophysics, high-energy……Page 206
Asymmetric synthesis……Page 207
Atelostomata……Page 208
Atlantic Ocean……Page 209
Atmosphere……Page 210
Atmospheric acoustics……Page 212
Atmospheric chemistry……Page 213
Atmospheric entry……Page 214
Atmospheric tides……Page 215
Atom cluster……Page 216
Atom laser……Page 217
Atomic bomb……Page 218
Atomic mass……Page 219
Atomic spectrometry……Page 220
Atomic structure and spectra……Page 221
Atomic time……Page 224
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder……Page 225
Attenuation (electricity)……Page 226
Auger effect……Page 227
Aurora……Page 228
Australopithecine……Page 229
Authigenic minerals……Page 230
Autistic disorder……Page 231
Autoimmunity……Page 232
Automata theory……Page 233
Automatic gain control (AGC)……Page 234
Automation……Page 235
Automobile……Page 236
Automotive brake……Page 237
Automotive drive axle……Page 238
Automotive steering……Page 239
Automotive transmission……Page 240
Autoradiography……Page 241
Auxin……Page 242
Aves……Page 243
Avian leukosis……Page 244
Axenic culture……Page 245
Azeotropic distillation……Page 246
Azurite……Page 247
Bacillary dysentery……Page 249
Bacteria……Page 250
Bacterial genetics……Page 251
Bacterial physiology and metabolism……Page 252
Bacterial taxonomy……Page 253
Bacteriophage……Page 254
Balance……Page 255
Ballistic range……Page 256
Balsa……Page 257
Band theory of solids……Page 258
Banded iron formation……Page 259
Barium……Page 260
Barley……Page 261
Barracuda……Page 262
Baryon……Page 263
Basalt……Page 265
Basil……Page 266
Batoidea……Page 267
Battery……Page 268
Bayesian statistics……Page 269
Bean……Page 270
Bee……Page 271
Behavior genetics……Page 272
Behavioral psychophysics……Page 273
Belemnoidea……Page 274
Bentonite……Page 275
Bering Sea……Page 276
Beryciformes……Page 277
Beryllium……Page 278
Bessel functions……Page 279
Beta particles……Page 280
Bias (electronics)……Page 281
Big bang theory……Page 282
Binary star……Page 283
Binaural sound system……Page 284
Bioacoustics, animal……Page 285
Bioarcheology……Page 286
Biochemistry……Page 287
Biodiversity……Page 288
Bioelectronics……Page 289
Biogeochemistry……Page 290
Biogeography……Page 292
Bioinorganic chemistry……Page 293
Biological clocks……Page 294
Biologicals……Page 295
Biology……Page 296
Bioluminescence……Page 297
Biomechanics……Page 298
Biomedical chemical engineering……Page 299
Biomedical ultrasonics……Page 300
Biometeorology……Page 301
Bioorganic chemistry……Page 302
Biopotentials and ionic currents……Page 303
Biorheology……Page 304
Biosynthesis……Page 305
Biotelemetry……Page 306
Birth control……Page 307
Bismuth……Page 308
Bivalvia……Page 309
Black hole……Page 310
Black Shale……Page 311
Blastomycetes……Page 312
Blimp……Page 313
Blood……Page 314
Blood groups……Page 315
Blue straggler star……Page 317
Blueschist……Page 318
Bog……Page 319
Boiler feedwater……Page 320
Boiling point……Page 321
Boltzmann statistics……Page 322
Bond angle and distance……Page 324
Bone……Page 325
Book manufacture……Page 326
Borane……Page 327
Bordetella……Page 328
Boron……Page 329
Bose-Einstein condensation……Page 330
Botany……Page 331
Boundary-layer flow……Page 332
Bovine virus diarrhea……Page 333
Brain……Page 334
Branch circuit……Page 336
Brayton cycle……Page 337
Breakdown potential……Page 338
Breast disorders……Page 339
Breeding (animal)……Page 340
Breeding (plant)……Page 341
Bridge……Page 342
Broccoli……Page 344
Brown dwarf……Page 345
Brussels sprouts……Page 346
Bryopsida……Page 347
Bryozoa……Page 348
Bud……Page 349
Buffers (electronics)……Page 350
Buildings……Page 351
Bulk-handling machines……Page 352
Burgess Shale……Page 353
Burrowing animals……Page 354
Butter……Page 355
Bytownite……Page 356
Cable television system……Page 357
Cactus……Page 358
Caisson foundation……Page 359
Calcarea……Page 360
Calcium……Page 361
Calculus……Page 362
Calculus of vectors……Page 363
Caldera……Page 365
Calibration……Page 366
Calobryales……Page 367
Cam mechanism……Page 368
Cambrian……Page 369
Camphor……Page 370
Cancer (medicine)……Page 371
Canine parvovirus infection……Page 372
Capacitance measurement……Page 373
Capacitor……Page 374
Captorhinida……Page 375
Carbohydrate metabolism……Page 376
Carbon……Page 377
Carbon star……Page 378
Carboniferous……Page 379
Carbonyl……Page 380
Carburetor……Page 381
Cardiovascular system……Page 382
Carnotite……Page 383
Carpoids……Page 384
Cartography……Page 385
Cashmere……Page 386
Cat……Page 387
Catalysis……Page 388
Catalytic converter……Page 389
Catenanes……Page 390
Cathode-ray tube……Page 392
Causality……Page 393
Cavity resonator……Page 394
Celestial mechanics……Page 395
Celestial navigation……Page 396
Celestite……Page 397
Cell (biology)……Page 398
Cell, spectral analysis of……Page 399
Cell biology……Page 400
Cell cycle……Page 401
Cell membrane……Page 402
Cell metabolism……Page 403
Cell motility……Page 404
Cell organization……Page 405
Cell plastids……Page 406
Cell walls (plant)……Page 407
Cellular adhesion……Page 408
Cellulose……Page 409
Cenozoic……Page 410
Central nervous system……Page 411
Centriole……Page 412
Centroids (mathematics)……Page 413
Cephalochordata……Page 414
Cepheids……Page 415
Ceratophyllales……Page 416
Cerenkov radiation……Page 417
Cestida……Page 418
Cetacea……Page 419
Chabazite……Page 420
Chain reaction (chemistry)……Page 421
Chamois……Page 422
Chaos……Page 423
Chaparral……Page 424
Charge-coupled devices……Page 425
Charged particle beams……Page 426
Charm……Page 427
Chelation……Page 428
Chemical bonding……Page 429
Chemical dynamics……Page 430
Chemical ecology……Page 431
Chemical energy……Page 432
Chemical equilibrium……Page 433
Chemical kinetics……Page 435
Chemical microscopy……Page 436
Chemical senses……Page 437
Chemical symbols and formulas……Page 438
Chemical thermodynamics……Page 439
Chemiosmosis……Page 440
Chemistry……Page 441
Chemometrics……Page 442
Chemostat……Page 443
Chemotaxonomy……Page 444
Chemotherapy……Page 445
Chevrel phases……Page 446
Child-Langmuir law……Page 447
Chimera……Page 448
Chiroptera……Page 450
Chiton……Page 451
Chlorine……Page 452
Chlorophyceae……Page 453
Choanoflagellida……Page 454
Cholesterol……Page 455
Chondrostei……Page 456
Chordata……Page 457
Chromatography……Page 458
Chromium……Page 460
Chromosome……Page 461
Chromosome aberration……Page 463
Chronometer……Page 464
Ciconiiformes……Page 465
Ciliophora……Page 466
Cinematography……Page 467
Circuit (electricity)……Page 468
Circuit (electronics)……Page 469
Circuit breaker……Page 471
Circulation……Page 472
Cirrhosis……Page 473
Citric acid……Page 474
Citron……Page 475
Cladding……Page 476
Classification, biological……Page 477
Clay……Page 478
Clay, commercial……Page 479
Clear-air turbulence……Page 480
Client-server system……Page 481
Climate modeling……Page 482
Climatology……Page 483
Clinical pathology……Page 484
Closed-circuit television……Page 486
Cloud……Page 487
Cloud physics……Page 488
Clupeiformes……Page 489
Cnidospora……Page 490
Coal……Page 491
Coal liquefaction……Page 492
Coalbed methane……Page 493
Coastal plain……Page 494
Coaxial cable……Page 495
Cobalt……Page 496
Cockroach……Page 497
Coelacanthiformes……Page 498
Coelenterata……Page 499
Coenopteridales……Page 500
Coffee……Page 501
Cogeneration……Page 502
Coherence……Page 503
Cohesion (physics)……Page 504
Coke……Page 505
Cold hardiness (plant)……Page 506
Coleoptera……Page 507
Collagen……Page 509
Collision (physics)……Page 510
Colloidal crystals……Page 511
Color……Page 512
Color centers……Page 513
Color vision……Page 514
Column……Page 515
Combinatorial chemistry……Page 516
Combustion chamber……Page 517
Comfort heating……Page 518
Communications cable……Page 519
Communications satellite……Page 520
Communications systems protection……Page 521
Commutation……Page 522
Compact disk……Page 523
Complement-fixation test……Page 524
Composite beam……Page 525
Composite material……Page 526
Compressible flow……Page 527
Computational chemistry……Page 528
Computer……Page 529
Computer-based systems……Page 530
Computer graphics……Page 531
Computer peripheral devices……Page 532
Computer programming……Page 533
Computer security……Page 534
Computer storage technology……Page 536
Computer systems architecture……Page 537
Computer vision……Page 538
Concentration scales……Page 539
Concrete column……Page 540
Condensation……Page 541
Conduction (electricity)……Page 542
Cone……Page 543
Conformal optics……Page 544
Conformational analysis……Page 545
Conglomerate……Page 546
Conjugation and hyperconjugation……Page 547
Connective tissue……Page 548
Conodont……Page 549
Conservation laws (physics)……Page 550
Conservation of resources……Page 551
Construction equipment……Page 552
Contact condenser……Page 553
Continent……Page 554
Continental margin……Page 555
Continents, evolution of……Page 556
Contour……Page 557
Control systems……Page 558
Convection (heat)……Page 560
Convertiplane……Page 561
Cooling tower……Page 562
Coordinate systems……Page 563
Coordination chemistry……Page 564
Copolymer……Page 565
Copper alloys……Page 566
Coquina……Page 567
Cordilleran belt……Page 568
Corn……Page 569
Cornales……Page 570
Coronoidea……Page 571
Corrosion……Page 572
Corundum……Page 573
Cosmic background radiation……Page 574
Cosmic rays……Page 575
Cosmic string……Page 576
Cosmochemistry……Page 577
Cosmogenic nuclide……Page 578
Cosmology……Page 579
Coulomb excitation……Page 581
Countercurrent exchange (biology)……Page 582
Coupled circuits……Page 583
Coxsackievirus……Page 584
Cracking……Page 585
Craton……Page 586
Creodonta……Page 587
Cretaceous……Page 588
Crinoidea……Page 589
Critical mass……Page 590
Crocodylia……Page 591
Crosstalk……Page 592
Crushing and pulverizing……Page 593
Crustacea……Page 594
Cryobiology……Page 596
Cryptography……Page 597
Crystal……Page 599
Crystal defects……Page 600
Crystal growth……Page 601
Crystal optics……Page 602
Crystal structure……Page 603
Crystallization……Page 604
Crystallography……Page 605
Ctenostomata……Page 606
Cucumber……Page 607
Cuprite……Page 608
Current density……Page 609
Curve fitting……Page 610
Cyanobacteria……Page 611
Cybernetics……Page 612
Cyclic nucleotides……Page 613
Cyclone……Page 614
Cyclopoida……Page 615
Cygnus……Page 616
Cypriniformes……Page 617
Cytochemistry……Page 618
Cytokine……Page 619
Cytokinins……Page 620
Cytomegalovirus infection……Page 621
Cytoskeleton……Page 622
Dalton’s law……Page 623
Damping……Page 624
Dasheen……Page 625
Data compression……Page 626
Data reduction……Page 627
Database management system……Page 628
Date……Page 629
Day……Page 630
Death……Page 631
Decapoda (Crustacea)……Page 632
Decision analysis……Page 635
Decision theory……Page 636
Deep inelastic collisions……Page 637
Deep-marine sediments……Page 638
Deep-sea fauna……Page 639
Deer……Page 640
De Haas–van Alphen effect……Page 641
Deliquescence……Page 642
Delta electrons……Page 643
Dendritic macromolecule……Page 644
Density matrix……Page 645
Dental anthropology……Page 646
Dentition……Page 647
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)……Page 648
Depositional systems and environments……Page 650
Derrick……Page 652
Descriptive geometry……Page 653
Desert erosion features……Page 654
Design standards……Page 655
Desorption……Page 656
Determinant……Page 657
Deuteromycotina……Page 658
Developmental genetics……Page 659
Developmental psychology……Page 660
Devonian……Page 661
Dextran……Page 662
Dialysis……Page 663
Diamond……Page 664
Diarrhea……Page 665
Dichroism (biology)……Page 666
Dielectric materials……Page 667
Diels-Alder reaction……Page 668
Diesel engine……Page 669
Difference equation……Page 670
Differential equation……Page 671
Differentiation……Page 672
Diffraction……Page 673
Diffuser……Page 674
Digenea……Page 675
Digestive system……Page 676
Digital computer……Page 678
Digital control……Page 680
Digital-to-analog converter……Page 681
Dimensional analysis……Page 682
Dimethyl sulfoxide……Page 683
Dinosaur……Page 684
Diopside……Page 686
Diplomonadida……Page 687
Dipole-dipole interaction……Page 688
Diptera……Page 689
Direct broadcasting satellite systems……Page 691
Direct-current generator……Page 692
Direct-current transmission……Page 693
Directivity……Page 694
Disease……Page 695
Disease ecology……Page 696
Displacement pump……Page 697
Distillation……Page 698
Distortion (electronic circuits)……Page 699
Distributed systems (control systems)……Page 700
Distribution (probability)……Page 701
Diving……Page 702
Dogs……Page 703
Dolomite rock……Page 704
Dominance……Page 705
Dopamine……Page 706
Doppler VOR……Page 707
Dormouse……Page 708
Double diffusion……Page 709
Dragonfly……Page 710
Drought……Page 711
Drug resistance……Page 712
Drying……Page 713
Dryolestida……Page 714
Dune……Page 715
Dunite……Page 716
Dyadic……Page 717
Dynamic braking……Page 718
Dynamic meteorology……Page 719
Dynamometer……Page 721
Dysprosium……Page 722
Ear (vertebrate)……Page 723
Early modern humans……Page 725
Earth……Page 726
Earth, gravity field of……Page 728
Earth crust……Page 729
Earth interior……Page 730
Earth rotation and orbital motion……Page 731
Earthquake……Page 732
East Indies……Page 733
Eating disorders……Page 734
Echinacea……Page 735
Echinoida……Page 736
Echinozoa……Page 737
Echocardiography……Page 738
Eclipse……Page 739
Ecological communities……Page 741
Ecological competition……Page 742
Ecological modeling……Page 743
Ecological succession……Page 744
Ecology, applied……Page 745
Ecotone……Page 746
Ediacaran biota……Page 747
Egg (fowl)……Page 748
Eicosanoids……Page 749
Elasmobranchii……Page 750
Electret transducer……Page 751
Electric distribution systems……Page 752
Electric filter……Page 753
Electric insulator……Page 754
Electric power generation……Page 755
Electric power measurement……Page 756
Electric power substation……Page 757
Electric power transmission……Page 758
Electric protective devices……Page 760
Electric spark……Page 761
Electric vehicle……Page 762
Electrical communications……Page 763
Electrical degree……Page 764
Electrical instability……Page 765
Electrical insulation……Page 766
Electrical measurements……Page 767
Electrical noise……Page 768
Electrical resistivity……Page 769
Electrical units and standards……Page 770
Electricity……Page 771
Electrochemical process……Page 772
Electrochemical techniques……Page 773
Electrochemistry……Page 774
Electrochromic devices……Page 775
Electrode potential……Page 776
Electrodermal response……Page 777
Electrokinetic phenomena……Page 778
Electrolysis……Page 779
Electrolyte……Page 780
Electromagnetic induction……Page 781
Electromagnetic pump……Page 782
Electromagnetic wave transmission……Page 783
Electromotive force (cells)……Page 784
Electron……Page 786
Electron configuration……Page 787
Electron diffraction……Page 789
Electron-hole recombination……Page 790
Electron microscope……Page 791
Electron-positron pair production……Page 792
Electron spin……Page 793
Electron tube……Page 794
Electron wake……Page 795
Electronic display……Page 796
Electronic navigation systems……Page 798
Electronic power supply……Page 800
Electronic test equipment……Page 801
Electronics……Page 802
Electrophilic and nucleophilic reagents……Page 803
Electrophoresis……Page 804
Electroplating of metals……Page 805
Electrostatic lens……Page 806
Electrostatics……Page 807
Electrothermal propulsion……Page 808
Electroweak interaction……Page 809
Element (chemistry)……Page 810
Element 112……Page 811
Elementary particle……Page 812
Elements, geochemical distribution of……Page 814
Elevating machines……Page 815
Elevon……Page 816
Elliptic function and integral……Page 817
Embolism……Page 818
Embryobionta……Page 819
Embryology……Page 820
Embryonic induction……Page 821
Emery……Page 822
Emphysema……Page 823
Endangered species……Page 824
Endocrine system (invertebrate)……Page 825
Endocrine system (vertebrate)……Page 826
Endocytosis……Page 827
Endoplasmic reticulum……Page 828
Endotoxin……Page 829
Energy level (quantum mechanics)……Page 830
Energy storage……Page 831
Engine cooling……Page 832
Engine manifold……Page 833
Engineering design……Page 834
Enopla……Page 835
Entodiniomorphida……Page 836
Entoprocta……Page 837
Environment……Page 838
Environmental geology……Page 840
Environmental test……Page 841
Enzyme……Page 842
Enzyme inhibition……Page 843
Eolian landforms……Page 844
Epicaridea……Page 845
Epidemiology……Page 846
Epidermis (plant)……Page 847
Epitaxial structures……Page 848
Epoxide……Page 849
Equation of time……Page 850
Equatorial currents……Page 851
Equisetales……Page 852
Ergot and ergotism……Page 853
Errantia……Page 854
Erysipelothrix……Page 855
Escapement……Page 856
Essential oils……Page 857
Estuarine oceanography……Page 858
Ethology……Page 859
Ethylene……Page 860
Euclidean geometry……Page 861
Euglenida……Page 862
Euler angles……Page 863
Eumycota……Page 864
Europium……Page 865
Eutrophication……Page 866
Evolutionary computation……Page 867
Excited state……Page 868
Exotic nuclei……Page 869
Expert control system……Page 870
Explosive……Page 871
Extended x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS)……Page 872
Extraterrestrial intelligence……Page 873
Eye (invertebrate)……Page 874
Eye (vertebrate)……Page 875
Eyeglasses and contact lenses……Page 877
Eyepiece……Page 878
Facsimile……Page 879
Fallopian tube……Page 880
Fat and oil……Page 881
Fate maps (embryology)……Page 882
Fault-tolerant systems……Page 883
Feedback circuit……Page 884
Feline leukemia……Page 885
Fermi-Dirac statistics……Page 886
Ferricyanide……Page 887
Ferrocyanide……Page 888
Ferromagnetism……Page 889
Fertilizer……Page 890
Fetal membrane……Page 891
Feynman integral……Page 892
Fiber-optic circuit……Page 893
Fibrous protein……Page 894
Field-emission microscopy……Page 895
Fig……Page 896
Fingerprint……Page 897
Finite mathematics……Page 898
Fire technology……Page 899
Fisheries ecology……Page 900
Flame……Page 901
Flavonoid……Page 902
Flexible manufacturing system……Page 903
Flight……Page 904
Flight controls……Page 905
Flow-induced vibration……Page 906
Flow of solids……Page 907
Flower……Page 908
Fluid coupling……Page 909
Fluid mechanics……Page 910
Fluids……Page 911
Fluorescence microscope……Page 912
Fluorine……Page 913
Flutter (aeronautics)……Page 914
Fluxional compounds……Page 915
Fog……Page 916
Food……Page 917
Food manufacturing……Page 918
Food poisoning……Page 919
Food science……Page 920
Foot disorders……Page 921
Foraminiferida……Page 922
Forced oscillation……Page 923
Forensic biology……Page 924
Forest and forestry……Page 925
Forest ecosystem……Page 926
Forest genetics……Page 928
Forest management……Page 929
Forest pest control……Page 930
Forging……Page 931
Fossil……Page 932
Fossil apes……Page 933
Fossil humans……Page 934
Fossil primates……Page 936
Fossil seeds and fruits……Page 938
Four-bar linkage……Page 939
Fourier series and transforms……Page 940
Franck-Condon principle……Page 941
Free energy……Page 942
Frequency counter……Page 943
Frequency measurement……Page 944
Frequency-modulation radio……Page 945
Frequency modulator……Page 946
Fresh-water ecosystem……Page 947
Front……Page 948
Fruit……Page 949
Fuel cell……Page 950
Fuel injection……Page 951
Fuel system……Page 952
Fullerene……Page 953
Functional analysis and modeling (engineer-ing)……Page 954
Fundamental constants……Page 955
Fundamental interactions……Page 956
Fungal ecology……Page 957
Fungal infections……Page 958
Fungi……Page 959
Fuse (electricity)……Page 960
Fused-salt solution……Page 961
Fuzzy sets and systems……Page 962
Fuzzy-structure acoustics……Page 963
Galactose……Page 965
Galaxy, external……Page 966
Gallbladder disorders……Page 967
Galvanometer……Page 968
Game theory……Page 969
Gamma-ray astronomy……Page 970
Gammaridea……Page 972
Gantt chart……Page 973
Gas and atmosphere analysis……Page 974
Gas constant……Page 975
Gas dynamics……Page 976
Gas thermometry……Page 977
Gas turbine……Page 978
Gasoline……Page 979
Gastrointestinal tract disorders……Page 980
Gastropoda……Page 981
Gauge theory……Page 982
Gavial……Page 983
Gel……Page 984
Gel permeation chromatography……Page 985
Gem……Page 986
Gemini……Page 987
Gene action……Page 988
General aviation……Page 990
Genetic code……Page 991
Genetic engineering……Page 992
Geochemical prospecting……Page 994
Geochronometry……Page 995
Geodesy……Page 996
Geodynamo……Page 997
Geographic information systems……Page 998
Geology……Page 999
Geomagnetism……Page 1000
Geometrical optics……Page 1001
Geophysical exploration……Page 1003
Geophysics……Page 1004
Geothermal power……Page 1005
Germ layers……Page 1006
Ghost image (optics)……Page 1007
Giardiasis……Page 1008
Giraffe……Page 1009
Glaciology……Page 1010
Gland……Page 1011
Glass switch……Page 1012
Glide-path indicator……Page 1013
Globe (Earth)……Page 1014
Glucose……Page 1016
Glycolipid……Page 1017
Gnathiidea……Page 1018
Gnetales……Page 1019
Gold……Page 1020
Goldhaber triangle……Page 1021
Gonorrhea……Page 1022
Governor……Page 1023
Grain crops……Page 1024
Granite……Page 1025
Grapefruit……Page 1026
Graphic recording instruments……Page 1027
Graptolithina……Page 1028
Grassland ecosystem……Page 1029
Gravimetric analysis……Page 1030
Gravitation……Page 1031
Gravitational collapse……Page 1032
Gravitational radiation……Page 1033
Gravity meter……Page 1034
Greenhouse effect……Page 1035
Greenhouse technology……Page 1036
Grinding mill……Page 1037
Ground state……Page 1038
Group theory……Page 1039
Growth factor……Page 1040
Guided missile……Page 1041
Gulf Stream……Page 1042
Gymnolaemata……Page 1043
Gyrocompass……Page 1044
Gyroscope……Page 1045
Gyrotron……Page 1046
Hadronic atom……Page 1047
Hail……Page 1048
Halichondrida……Page 1049
Hall effect……Page 1050
Halloysite……Page 1051
Halogen elements……Page 1052
Halogenation……Page 1053
Hamilton’s equations of motion……Page 1054
Haplosporea……Page 1055
Harmonic (periodic phenomena)……Page 1056
Hassium……Page 1057
Headache……Page 1058
Hearing (human)……Page 1059
Hearing aid……Page 1060
Hearing impairment……Page 1061
Heart disorders……Page 1062
Heat……Page 1063
Heat capacity……Page 1064
Heat pipe……Page 1065
Heat radiation……Page 1066
Heating system……Page 1067
Hedgehog……Page 1068
Helimagnetism……Page 1069
Helium……Page 1070
Hematologic disorders……Page 1071
Hemicellulose……Page 1072
Hemiptera……Page 1073
Hemispheric laterality……Page 1075
Hemorrhage……Page 1076
Herbarium……Page 1077
Herbivory……Page 1078
Herrings……Page 1079
Hesperornithiformes……Page 1080
Heterocyclic polymer……Page 1081
Heterosis……Page 1082
Hibernation……Page 1083
Hickory……Page 1085
Higgs boson……Page 1086
High-pressure mineral synthesis……Page 1087
High-pressure processes……Page 1088
Highway engineering……Page 1089
Hill and mountain terrain……Page 1090
Histocompatibility……Page 1091
Hoisting machines……Page 1092
Holocene……Page 1093
Holography……Page 1094
Holotrichia……Page 1095
Homing……Page 1096
Homoptera……Page 1097
Hophornbeam……Page 1098
Hornfels……Page 1099
Horticultural crops……Page 1100
Hot-water heating system……Page 1101
Human-computer interaction……Page 1102
Human-factors engineering……Page 1103
Human genetics……Page 1104
Human Genome Project……Page 1105
Human-machine systems……Page 1106
Humidity control……Page 1107
Hunger……Page 1108
Hyaluronidase……Page 1109
Hydraulic actuator……Page 1110
Hydraulic valve lifter……Page 1111
Hydroboration……Page 1112
Hydroelectric generator……Page 1113
Hydrogen……Page 1114
Hydrogen bomb……Page 1115
Hydrogen peroxide……Page 1116
Hydroida……Page 1117
Hydrolytic processes……Page 1118
Hydroponics……Page 1119
Hydrothermal vent……Page 1120
Hygrometer……Page 1121
Hymenoptera……Page 1122
Hymenostomatida……Page 1123
Hyperbaric oxygen chamber……Page 1124
Hyperbolic function……Page 1125
Hyperiidea……Page 1126
Hypersensitivity……Page 1127
Hypervalent compounds……Page 1128
Hypnosis……Page 1129
Hypothermia……Page 1130
Hyracoidea……Page 1131
Hysteresis motor……Page 1132
Ice point……Page 1133
Ichthyornithiformes……Page 1134
Igneous rocks……Page 1135
Illuminance……Page 1136
Immittance……Page 1137
Immunity……Page 1138
Immunogenetics……Page 1139
Immunologic cytotoxicity……Page 1140
Immunological phylogeny……Page 1141
Immunosuppression……Page 1142
Impedance matching……Page 1143
Inarticulata……Page 1144
Inclined plane……Page 1145
Indium……Page 1146
Induction coil……Page 1147
Inductive coordination……Page 1148
Industrial ecology……Page 1149
Industrial health and safety……Page 1150
Industrial microbiology……Page 1151
Industrial wastewater treatment……Page 1152
Infarction……Page 1153
Infectious disease……Page 1154
Infinity……Page 1155
Inflationary universe cosmology……Page 1156
Information management……Page 1158
Information theory……Page 1159
Infrared astronomy……Page 1160
Infrared lamp……Page 1161
Infrared spectroscopy……Page 1162
Infrasound……Page 1163
Inorganic photochemistry……Page 1164
Insect control, biological……Page 1165
Insecta……Page 1166
Insectivora……Page 1168
Instinctive behavior……Page 1169
Instrument science……Page 1170
Instrumented buoys……Page 1171
Intaglio (gemology)……Page 1172
Integrated-circuit filter……Page 1173
Integrated circuits……Page 1174
Integrated services digital network (ISDN)……Page 1176
Integration……Page 1177
Intelligence……Page 1178
Intercalation compounds……Page 1179
Interference microscope……Page 1180
Interferometry……Page 1181
Interhalogen compounds……Page 1182
Intermetallic compounds……Page 1183
Internal combustion engine……Page 1184
International Date Line……Page 1185
Internet……Page 1186
Interstellar matter……Page 1187
Intestine……Page 1188
Invasion ecology……Page 1189
Inverse-square law……Page 1190
Invertebrate embryology……Page 1191
Involute……Page 1192
Ion beam mixing……Page 1193
Ion exchange……Page 1194
Ion propulsion……Page 1195
Ion-solid interactions……Page 1196
Ionic crystals……Page 1197
Ionization chamber……Page 1198
Ionophore……Page 1199
Iron……Page 1200
Irrigation (agriculture)……Page 1201
Ising model……Page 1202
Isocyanate……Page 1203
Isoelectronic sequence……Page 1204
Isoptera……Page 1205
Isothermal chart……Page 1206
Isotope dilution techniques……Page 1207
Isotopic irradiation……Page 1208
Ixodides……Page 1209
Jaundice……Page 1211
Jet flow……Page 1212
Joint (anatomy)……Page 1213
Joule’s law……Page 1214
Junction transistor……Page 1215
Jupiter……Page 1216
Jute……Page 1218
Kapitza resistance……Page 1219
Kelvin’s circulation theorem……Page 1220
Kepler’s laws……Page 1221
Ketone……Page 1222
Kidney disorders……Page 1223
Kinetic methods of analysis……Page 1224
Kinetics (classical mechanics)……Page 1225
Kite……Page 1226
Koala……Page 1227
Krypton……Page 1228
Kyanite……Page 1229
Lactate……Page 1231
Lagrange’s equations……Page 1232
Laminar flow……Page 1233
Land reclamation……Page 1234
Landscape architecture……Page 1235
Langmuir circulation……Page 1236
Laplace’s irrotational motion……Page 1237
Larynx……Page 1238
Laser……Page 1239
Laser cooling……Page 1240
Laser-solid interactions……Page 1241
Latitude and longitude……Page 1242
Lava……Page 1243
Layout drawing……Page 1244
Lead alloys……Page 1245
Leaf……Page 1246
Lecanicephaloidea……Page 1248
Legendre functions……Page 1249
Lemming……Page 1250
Lentil……Page 1251
Lepidoptera……Page 1252
Leprosy……Page 1255
Leucite……Page 1256
Level measurement……Page 1257
Libra……Page 1258
Ligament……Page 1259
Light……Page 1260
Light-emitting diode……Page 1261
Lightning……Page 1262
Lightning and surge protection……Page 1263
Liliopsida……Page 1264
Limiter circuit……Page 1265
Line spectrum……Page 1266
Linear system analysis……Page 1267
Linewidth……Page 1268
Linkage (mechanism)……Page 1269
Lipoprotein……Page 1270
Liquid……Page 1271
Liquid crystals……Page 1272
Lissajous figures……Page 1273
Lithosphere……Page 1274
Liver disorders……Page 1275
Lobata……Page 1276
Locomotive……Page 1277
Logarithm……Page 1278
Logic……Page 1279
Lophiiformes……Page 1281
Loricifera……Page 1282
Loudspeaker……Page 1283
Low-temperature acoustics……Page 1284
Low-temperature physics……Page 1285
Lubricant……Page 1286
Lumber……Page 1287
Luminescence analysis……Page 1288
Lung……Page 1289
Lycopodiales……Page 1290
Lymphoma……Page 1291
Lysogeny……Page 1292
Lysozyme……Page 1293
Lytic reaction……Page 1294
Machining……Page 1295
Macrocyclic compound……Page 1296
Macroevolution……Page 1297
Magic numbers……Page 1298
Magnesium……Page 1299
Magnet……Page 1300
Magnetic instruments……Page 1301
Magnetic materials……Page 1302
Magnetic recording……Page 1303
Magnetic thermometer……Page 1305
Magnetism……Page 1306
Magneto……Page 1310
Magnetohydrodynamics……Page 1311
Magneton……Page 1312
Magnetron……Page 1313
Magnoliales……Page 1314
Magnon……Page 1315
Maintenance, industrial and production……Page 1316
Mallophaga……Page 1317
Maltose……Page 1318
Mammalia……Page 1319
Mandarin……Page 1320
Manganese nodules……Page 1321
Manifold (mathematics)……Page 1322
Manufactured fiber……Page 1323
Manufacturing engineering……Page 1324
Map projections……Page 1325
Marble……Page 1326
Marine boiler……Page 1327
Marine containers……Page 1328
Marine ecology……Page 1329
Marine engineering……Page 1330
Marine geology……Page 1331
Marine microbiology……Page 1332
Marine navigation……Page 1333
Marine sediments……Page 1334
Maritime meteorology……Page 1335
Mars……Page 1336
Maser……Page 1338
Masonry……Page 1339
Mass spectrometry……Page 1340
Mass spectroscope……Page 1341
Mastigophora……Page 1342
Material resource planning……Page 1343
Maternal behavior……Page 1344
Mathematical ecology……Page 1345
Mathematical software……Page 1346
Mathematics……Page 1347
Matrix isolation……Page 1348
Matrix theory……Page 1349
Maxwell’s equations……Page 1350
Measure theory……Page 1351
Mechanical classification……Page 1352
Mechanical vibration……Page 1353
Mechanism……Page 1354
Medical control systems……Page 1355
Medical imaging……Page 1356
Medical parasitology……Page 1357
Medical waste……Page 1358
Meiosis……Page 1359
Meissner effect……Page 1360
Membrane mimetic chemistry……Page 1361
Memory……Page 1362
Mendelism……Page 1363
Menopause……Page 1364
Menthol……Page 1365
Mercury (planet)……Page 1366
Merogony……Page 1367
Mesometeorology……Page 1368
Mesoscopic physics……Page 1369
Mesozoic……Page 1370
Metabolic disorders……Page 1371
Metal, mechanical properties of……Page 1372
Metal carbonyl……Page 1374
Metal coatings……Page 1375
Metal matrix composite……Page 1376
Metallic glasses……Page 1377
Metallocenes……Page 1378
Metallography……Page 1379
Metamict state……Page 1380
Metamorphism……Page 1381
Metasomatism……Page 1382
Meteor……Page 1383
Meteorite……Page 1384
Meteorological instrumentation……Page 1386
Meteorological radar……Page 1387
Meteorological satellites……Page 1388
Meteorology……Page 1389
Methane……Page 1390
Mica……Page 1391
Microbiota (human)……Page 1392
Microcomputer……Page 1393
Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS)……Page 1394
Micrometeorite……Page 1395
Micro-opto-electro-mechanical systems (MOEMS)……Page 1396
Micropaleontology……Page 1397
Microphone……Page 1398
Microprocessor……Page 1399
Microradiography……Page 1400
Microwave……Page 1401
Microwave filter……Page 1403
Microwave measurements……Page 1404
Microwave solid-state devices……Page 1406
Microwave spectroscopy……Page 1408
Midnight sun……Page 1409
Migratory behavior……Page 1410
Military satellites……Page 1411
MilkyWay Galaxy……Page 1412
Mineral……Page 1413
Mineralogy……Page 1414
Minimal surfaces……Page 1415
Miocene……Page 1416
Mirror optics……Page 1417
Mississippian……Page 1418
Mitochondria……Page 1419
Mitosis……Page 1420
Mixer……Page 1421
Mobile radio……Page 1422
Model theory……Page 1423
Modulation……Page 1424
Moire´ pattern……Page 1425
Mole (chemistry)……Page 1426
Molecular anthropology……Page 1427
Molecular biology……Page 1428
Molecular cloud……Page 1429
Molecular isomerism……Page 1430
Molecular mechanics……Page 1431
Molecular orbital theory……Page 1432
Molecular pathology……Page 1433
Molecular sieve……Page 1434
Molecular structure and spectra……Page 1435
Molecular weight……Page 1436
Mollusca……Page 1437
Molybdenum……Page 1439
Moment of inertia……Page 1440
Monkey……Page 1441
Monoclonal antibodies……Page 1442
Monogononta……Page 1443
Monosaccharide……Page 1444
Monstrilloida……Page 1445
Moon……Page 1446
Moraxella……Page 1447
Mosaicism……Page 1448
Mo¨ssbauer effect……Page 1449
Motivation……Page 1450
Motor systems……Page 1451
Mountain……Page 1452
Mouth……Page 1453
Multiaccess computer……Page 1454
Multimedia technology……Page 1455
Multiplexing and multiple access……Page 1456
Multiprocessing……Page 1457
Multivariable control……Page 1458
Multivibrator……Page 1459
Muscle proteins……Page 1460
Muscular system……Page 1461
Muscular system disorders……Page 1462
Musical acoustics……Page 1463
Musical instruments……Page 1464
Musk-ox……Page 1465
Mutagens and carcinogens……Page 1466
Mutualism……Page 1467
Mycology……Page 1468
Mycotoxin……Page 1469
Mysidacea……Page 1470
Myxosporida……Page 1471
Myzostomaria……Page 1472
Nanochemistry……Page 1473
Nanotechnology……Page 1474
Natural fiber……Page 1475
Naval armament……Page 1476
Naval surface ship……Page 1478
Neanderthals……Page 1479
Nectridea……Page 1480
Negative-resistance circuits……Page 1481
Nemata……Page 1482
Neolampadoida……Page 1483
Neon glow lamp……Page 1484
Neptune……Page 1485
Nervous system (invertebrate)……Page 1486
Nervous system (vertebrate)……Page 1487
Nervous system disorders……Page 1488
Neural network……Page 1489
Neuroimmunology……Page 1490
Neutral currents……Page 1491
Neutrino astronomy……Page 1492
Neutron……Page 1493
Neutron spectrometry……Page 1494
New Zealand……Page 1495
Nickel……Page 1496
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phos-phate (NADP)……Page 1497
Nitration……Page 1498
Nitrile……Page 1499
Nitrogen……Page 1500
Nitrogen cycle……Page 1501
Nitrogen oxides……Page 1502
Nomograph……Page 1503
Nonlinear acoustics……Page 1504
Nonlinear control theory……Page 1505
Nonlinear optics……Page 1506
Nonmetal……Page 1508
Non-newtonian fluid……Page 1509
Noradrenergic system……Page 1510
North America……Page 1511
Nose……Page 1513
Nova……Page 1514
Nuclear chemical engineering……Page 1515
Nuclear explosion……Page 1516
Nuclear fission……Page 1517
Nuclear fuels……Page 1518
Nuclear fusion……Page 1519
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)……Page 1520
Nuclear orientation……Page 1521
Nuclear quadrupole resonance……Page 1522
Nuclear radiation (biology)……Page 1523
Nuclear reactor……Page 1524
Nuclear spectra……Page 1526
Nuclear structure……Page 1527
Nucleon……Page 1528
Nucleosynthesis……Page 1529
Nucleotide……Page 1530
Number theory……Page 1531
Numbering systems……Page 1532
Numerical representation (computers)……Page 1533
Nutmeg……Page 1534
Nymphaeales……Page 1535
Oats……Page 1537
Obsessive-compulsive disorder……Page 1538
Ocean……Page 1539
Ocean waves……Page 1540
Oceanography……Page 1541
Odonata……Page 1542
Oil analysis……Page 1543
Oil and gas field exploitation……Page 1544
Oil and gas well completion……Page 1545
Oil field waters……Page 1546
Olbers’ paradox……Page 1547
Olfaction……Page 1548
Oligopygoida……Page 1549
Oncholaimida……Page 1550
Oncology……Page 1551
Onychophora……Page 1553
Oogenesis……Page 1554
Open pit mining……Page 1555
Operational amplifier……Page 1556
Operator theory……Page 1557
Ophiolite……Page 1558
Opisthobranchia……Page 1559
Optical activity……Page 1560
Optical coherence tomography……Page 1561
Optical communications……Page 1562
Optical fibers……Page 1563
Optical guided waves……Page 1564
Optical isolator……Page 1565
Optical materials……Page 1566
Optical microscope……Page 1567
Optical phase conjugation……Page 1568
Optical pulses……Page 1569
Optical recording……Page 1570
Optical surfaces……Page 1571
Optical tracking instruments……Page 1572
Optimal control theory……Page 1573
Optimization……Page 1574
Orbital motion……Page 1575
Ordovician……Page 1576
Oregano……Page 1577
Organic chemistry……Page 1578
Organic conductor……Page 1579
Organic evolution……Page 1580
Organic nomenclature……Page 1581
Organic reaction mechanism……Page 1582
Organic synthesis……Page 1583
Organometallic compound……Page 1585
Organosilicon compound……Page 1586
Organosulfur compound……Page 1587
Oriental vegetables……Page 1588
Orion Nebula……Page 1589
Orthogonal polynomials……Page 1590
Orthorhombic pyroxene……Page 1591
Oscillator……Page 1592
Oscillatory reaction……Page 1593
Osmium……Page 1594
Osteichthyes……Page 1595
Osteostraci……Page 1596
Ovarian disorders……Page 1597
Overvoltage……Page 1598
Oxidation-reduction……Page 1599
Oxime……Page 1600
Oxygen toxicity……Page 1601
Ozonolysis……Page 1602
Pacific Ocean……Page 1603
Pain……Page 1604
Palaeacanthocephala……Page 1605
Paleobotany……Page 1606
Paleocene……Page 1607
Paleoecology……Page 1608
Paleoindian……Page 1609
Paleolithic……Page 1610
Paleontology……Page 1611
Paleosol……Page 1612
Palladium……Page 1613
Pancreas disorders……Page 1614
Pantograph……Page 1615
Paper……Page 1616
Parainsecta……Page 1617
Paramagnetism……Page 1618
Paramyxovirus……Page 1619
Parasympathetic nervous system……Page 1620
Parathyroid hormone……Page 1621
Parity (quantum mechanics)……Page 1622
Partial differentiation……Page 1623
Particle accelerator……Page 1624
Particle detector……Page 1625
Particle trap……Page 1626
Particulates……Page 1627
Pasteurella……Page 1628
Pathology……Page 1629
Pavement……Page 1630
Peanut……Page 1631
Pediculosis……Page 1632
Pelecaniformes……Page 1633
Penicillin……Page 1634
Pennsylvanian……Page 1635
Peptide……Page 1636
Perception……Page 1637
Perciformes……Page 1638
Pericyclic reaction……Page 1639
Periderm……Page 1640
Periodic table……Page 1641
Periodontal disease……Page 1642
Perissodactyla……Page 1643
Permeance……Page 1644
Peroxide……Page 1645
Perseus……Page 1646
PERT……Page 1647
Perturbation (quantum mechanics)……Page 1648
Petrochemical……Page 1649
Petroleum……Page 1650
Petroleum enhanced recovery……Page 1651
Petroleum microbiology……Page 1652
Petroleum processing and refining……Page 1653
Petroleum products……Page 1654
Petroleum reservoir engineering……Page 1655
pH……Page 1656
Phagocytosis……Page 1657
Pharmacognosy……Page 1658
Phase (periodic phenomena)……Page 1659
Phase-contrast microscope……Page 1660
Phase inverter……Page 1661
Phase modulator……Page 1662
Phase transitions……Page 1663
Phenylketonuria……Page 1664
Phlogopite……Page 1665
Phonetics……Page 1666
Phonoreception……Page 1667
Phospholipid……Page 1668
Phosphorus……Page 1669
Photoacoustic spectroscopy……Page 1670
Photochemistry……Page 1671
Photoclinometer……Page 1672
Photodegradation……Page 1673
Photoemission……Page 1674
Photography……Page 1675
Photolysis……Page 1677
Photomorphogenesis……Page 1678
Photoperiodism……Page 1679
Photorespiration……Page 1680
Photosynthesis……Page 1681
Photovoltaic effect……Page 1683
Phylactolaemata……Page 1684
Phylogeny……Page 1685
Physical anthropology……Page 1686
Physical geography……Page 1687
Physical measurement……Page 1688
Physical organic chemistry……Page 1690
Physics……Page 1691
Physiological ecology (plant)……Page 1692
Phytochrome……Page 1693
Pictorial drawing……Page 1694
Piezoelectricity……Page 1695
Pile foundation……Page 1696
Piltdown man……Page 1697
Pinch effect……Page 1698
Pineal gland……Page 1699
Pinnipeds……Page 1700
Piperales……Page 1701
Pith……Page 1702
Pituitary gland……Page 1703
Placentation……Page 1704
Plague……Page 1705
Plane curve……Page 1706
Planet……Page 1707
Planetary gear train……Page 1709
Planetary physics……Page 1710
Plant-animal interactions……Page 1711
Plant evolution……Page 1712
Plant geography……Page 1713
Plant growth……Page 1714
Plant hormones……Page 1715
Plant kingdom……Page 1716
Plant mineral nutrition……Page 1717
Plant movements……Page 1718
Plant pathology……Page 1719
Plant pigment……Page 1722
Plant taxonomy……Page 1723
Plant transport of solutes……Page 1724
Plant viruses and viroids……Page 1725
Plant-water relations……Page 1726
Plasma (physics)……Page 1727
Plasma diagnostics……Page 1729
Plasmin……Page 1730
Plaster of paris……Page 1731
Plastics processing……Page 1732
Plate girder……Page 1733
Platinum……Page 1734
Platyhelminthes……Page 1735
Plecoptera……Page 1736
Pleistocene……Page 1737
Pliocene……Page 1738
Plutonium……Page 1739
Pneumonia……Page 1740
Podostemales……Page 1741
Poison……Page 1742
Poisonous plants……Page 1743
Polar navigation……Page 1744
Polaris……Page 1745
Polarized light……Page 1746
Polarized light microscope……Page 1747
Pollen……Page 1748
Pollination……Page 1749
Polyacrylate resins……Page 1750
Polychaeta……Page 1751
Polyester resins……Page 1752
Polyfluoroolefin resins……Page 1753
Polymer……Page 1754
Polymeric composite……Page 1756
Polymerization……Page 1757
Polynomial systems of equations……Page 1758
Polyolefin resins……Page 1759
Polypodiales……Page 1760
Polypteriformes……Page 1761
Polyurethane resins……Page 1762
Pomegranate……Page 1763
Population dispersion……Page 1764
Porcelain……Page 1765
Porphyrin……Page 1766
Positronium……Page 1767
Postural equilibrium……Page 1768
Potato, Irish……Page 1769
Potentiometer……Page 1770
Poultry production……Page 1771
Power factor……Page 1772
Power plant……Page 1773
Precambrian……Page 1774
Precession of equinoxes……Page 1775
Precision agriculture……Page 1776
Pregnancy……Page 1777
Prehnite……Page 1778
Pressure transducer……Page 1779
Primates……Page 1780
Primulales……Page 1782
Printing……Page 1783
Prion disease……Page 1784
Private branch exchange……Page 1785
Probability……Page 1786
Procellariiformes……Page 1787
Prochlorophyceae……Page 1788
Product usability……Page 1789
Production planning……Page 1790
Programming languages……Page 1791
Progression (mathematics)……Page 1793
Propagator (field theory)……Page 1794
Propeller (aircraft)……Page 1795
Proprioception……Page 1796
Prospecting……Page 1797
Prosthesis……Page 1798
Protective coloration……Page 1799
Protein……Page 1800
Protein metabolism……Page 1801
Proterozoic……Page 1802
Protolepidodendrales……Page 1803
Proton-proton chain……Page 1804
Prototype……Page 1805
Protozoa……Page 1806
Provenance (geology)……Page 1807
Psilophytales……Page 1808
Psychoanalysis……Page 1809
Psychoneuroimmunology……Page 1810
Psychopharmacology……Page 1811
Psychophysical methods……Page 1812
Psychotherapy……Page 1813
Psychrometrics……Page 1814
Public health……Page 1815
Pulsar……Page 1816
Pulse modulation……Page 1817
Pulse modulator……Page 1819
Pumping machinery……Page 1820
Push-pull amplifier……Page 1821
Pyrenomycetes……Page 1822
Pyroelectricity……Page 1823
Pyrolysis……Page 1824
Pyrometallurgy, nonferrous……Page 1825
Pyromorphite……Page 1826
Pyroxenite……Page 1827
Pythagorean theorem……Page 1828
Qualitative chemical analysis……Page 1829
Quality control……Page 1830
Quantized electronic structure (QUEST)……Page 1831
Quantum acoustics……Page 1833
Quantum chemistry……Page 1834
Quantum chromodynamics……Page 1835
Quantum field theory……Page 1836
Quantum gravitation……Page 1837
Quantum mechanics……Page 1838
Quantum theory of matter……Page 1840
Quarks……Page 1841
Quasar……Page 1843
Quasicrystal……Page 1844
Quaternions……Page 1845
Quinone……Page 1846
Radar……Page 1849
Radar-absorbing materials……Page 1850
Radiance……Page 1851
Radiation biology……Page 1852
Radiation chemistry……Page 1853
Radiation hardening……Page 1854
Radiative transfer……Page 1855
Radio astronomy……Page 1856
Radio broadcasting……Page 1857
Radio broadcasting network……Page 1858
Radio-frequency impedance measurements……Page 1859
Radio receiver……Page 1860
Radio spectrum allocations……Page 1861
Radio transmitter……Page 1862
Radio-wave propagation……Page 1863
Radioactive minerals……Page 1864
Radioactive waste management……Page 1865
Radioactivity……Page 1866
Radiocarbon dating……Page 1868
Radioecology……Page 1869
Radioimmunoassay……Page 1870
Radioisotope geochemistry……Page 1871
Radiolaria……Page 1872
Radium……Page 1873
Radon……Page 1874
Railroad engineering……Page 1875
Rainforest……Page 1876
Ramjet……Page 1877
Rankine cycle……Page 1878
Rare-earth elements……Page 1879
Raspberry……Page 1880
Reactance……Page 1881
Reactor physics……Page 1882
Real-time systems……Page 1883
Reciprocating aircraft engine……Page 1884
Rectifier……Page 1885
Recursive function……Page 1886
Recycling technology……Page 1887
Redshift……Page 1888
Reference electrode……Page 1889
Reflection of electromagnetic radiation……Page 1890
Reforming processes……Page 1891
Refractometric analysis……Page 1892
Refrigeration cycle……Page 1893
Regolith……Page 1894
Relapsing fever……Page 1895
Relativistic heavy-ion collisions……Page 1896
Relativity……Page 1897
Relaxation time of electrons……Page 1901
Reluctance motor……Page 1902
Remote sensing……Page 1903
Renner-Teller effect……Page 1904
Reproduction (animal)……Page 1905
Reproduction (plant)……Page 1906
Reproductive system……Page 1907
Reproductive system disorders……Page 1909
Repulsion motor……Page 1910
Resistance measurement……Page 1911
Resistor……Page 1912
Resolving power (optics)……Page 1913
Resonance (molecular structure)……Page 1914
Respiration……Page 1915
Respiratory syncytial virus……Page 1916
Rest mass……Page 1917
Resultant of forces……Page 1918
Retrovirus……Page 1919
Revetment……Page 1920
Rhenium……Page 1921
Rheology……Page 1922
Rhizophorales……Page 1923
Rhodium……Page 1924
Rhombifera……Page 1925
Rhynchonelliformea……Page 1926
Ribonucleic acid (RNA)……Page 1927
Ribosomes……Page 1928
Rice……Page 1929
Riemann surface……Page 1930
Rigid body……Page 1931
Rinderpest……Page 1932
Risk assessment and management……Page 1933
River tides……Page 1934
Rock……Page 1935
Rock age determination……Page 1936
Rock mechanics……Page 1937
Rocket propulsion……Page 1938
Rocket staging……Page 1939
Rolling contact……Page 1940
Root (botany)……Page 1941
Rosemary……Page 1942
Rotifera……Page 1943
Rubella……Page 1944
Rust (microbiology)……Page 1945
Rydberg atom……Page 1946
Rye……Page 1947
Safety valve……Page 1949
Salicylate……Page 1950
Salt (chemistry)……Page 1951
Salt marsh……Page 1952
Sandalwood……Page 1953
Sapphire……Page 1954
Sarcosporida……Page 1955
Satellite astronomy……Page 1956
Satellite navigation systems……Page 1958
Saturation……Page 1959
Saturn……Page 1960
Saxifragales……Page 1961
Scandium……Page 1962
Scanning tunneling microscope……Page 1963
Scattering experiments (nuclei)……Page 1964
Scent gland……Page 1965
Schematic drawing……Page 1966
Schizophrenia……Page 1967
Schlieren photography……Page 1968
Schottky effect……Page 1969
Science……Page 1970
Scintillation counter……Page 1971
Scorpiones……Page 1972
Screw fastener……Page 1973
Scrophulariales……Page 1974
Sea-floor imaging……Page 1975
Sea urchin……Page 1976
Seawater……Page 1977
Second sound……Page 1978
Secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS)……Page 1979
Sedative……Page 1980
Sedimentation (industry)……Page 1981
Sedimentology……Page 1982
Seed……Page 1983
Seismic exploration for oil and gas……Page 1984
Seismographic instrumentation……Page 1985
Seismology……Page 1986
Seizure disorders……Page 1987
Selection rules (physics)……Page 1988
Semaeostomeae……Page 1989
Semiconductor……Page 1990
Semiconductor diode……Page 1991
Semiconductor memories……Page 1992
Semiconductor rectifier……Page 1993
Sensation……Page 1994
Sensitivity (engineering)……Page 1995
Septibranchia……Page 1996
Sequoia……Page 1997
Series circuit……Page 1998
Servomechanism……Page 1999
Sewage collection systems……Page 2000
Sewage treatment……Page 2001
Sex determination……Page 2002
Sextant……Page 2003
Sexually transmitted diseases……Page 2004
Shadowgraph……Page 2005
Shear……Page 2006
Sheet-metal forming……Page 2007
Ship powering, maneuvering, and seakeep-ing……Page 2008
Ship salvage……Page 2009
Shock absorber……Page 2010
Shock tube……Page 2011
Short circuit……Page 2012
Shunting……Page 2013
Siderite……Page 2014
Signal generator……Page 2015
Significant figures……Page 2016
Silicate minerals……Page 2017
Silicon……Page 2018
Silurian……Page 2019
Silver……Page 2020
Silviculture……Page 2021
Simulation……Page 2022
Siphonaptera……Page 2023
Sirenia……Page 2024
Skeletal system……Page 2025
Skin……Page 2027
Skin effect (electricity)……Page 2028
Sleep and dreaming……Page 2029
Slider-crank mechanism……Page 2031
Slow neutron spectroscopy……Page 2032
Smog……Page 2033
Snail……Page 2034
Snow surveying……Page 2035
Social hierarchy……Page 2036
Social insects……Page 2037
Sociobiology……Page 2038
Sodium-vapor lamp……Page 2039
Software……Page 2040
Software metric……Page 2041
Soil……Page 2042
Soil chemistry……Page 2043
Soil conservation……Page 2044
Soil ecology……Page 2045
Soil mechanics……Page 2046
Sol-gel process……Page 2047
Solar corona……Page 2048
Solar heating and cooling……Page 2049
Solar neutrinos……Page 2050
Solar system……Page 2051
Solenoid (electricity)……Page 2052
Solid-state battery……Page 2053
Solids pump……Page 2054
Solstice……Page 2055
Solution mining……Page 2056
Somatic cell genetics……Page 2057
Sonar……Page 2058
Sonobuoy……Page 2059
Sorghum……Page 2060
Sound……Page 2061
Sound field enhancement……Page 2062
Sound pressure……Page 2063
Sound-reproducing systems……Page 2064
South America……Page 2065
South Pole……Page 2066
Space communications……Page 2067
Space flight……Page 2068
Space navigation and guidance……Page 2070
Space probe……Page 2071
Space processing……Page 2073
Space shuttle……Page 2074
Space station……Page 2075
Space technology……Page 2076
Space Telescope, Hubble……Page 2077
Spacecraft ground instrumentation……Page 2078
Spacecraft structure……Page 2079
Spark plug……Page 2081
Species concept……Page 2082
Specific heat……Page 2083
Spectrograph……Page 2084
Spectroscopy……Page 2085
Spectrum analyzer……Page 2086
Speech……Page 2087
Speech disorders……Page 2088
Speech recognition……Page 2089
Spelaeogriphacea……Page 2090
Spermatogenesis……Page 2091
Sphenodonta……Page 2092
Sphingolipid……Page 2093
Spin label……Page 2094
Spinel……Page 2095
Spirotrichia……Page 2096
Spleen……Page 2097
Spray flow……Page 2098
Spread spectrum communication……Page 2099
Spruce……Page 2100
Squall line……Page 2101
Squash……Page 2102
SQUID……Page 2103
Stability augmentation……Page 2104
Stall-warning indicator……Page 2105
Star……Page 2106
Star clusters……Page 2108
Starburst galaxy……Page 2109
Static electricity……Page 2110
Statistical mechanics……Page 2111
Statistics……Page 2112
Stauromedusae……Page 2114
Steam electric generator……Page 2115
Steam heating……Page 2116
Steam turbine……Page 2117
Stellar evolution……Page 2118
Stellar population……Page 2120
Stem……Page 2121
Stem cells……Page 2122
Stereochemistry……Page 2123
Stereophonic sound……Page 2124
Steroid……Page 2125
Stilbite……Page 2126
Stochastic process……Page 2127
Stoker……Page 2128
Stone and stone products……Page 2129
Storm detection……Page 2130
Strain gage……Page 2131
Stratigraphy……Page 2132
Stratosphere……Page 2133
Strawberry……Page 2134
Streaming potential……Page 2135
Streptococcus……Page 2136
Stress (psychology)……Page 2137
Stripping……Page 2138
Strong nuclear interactions……Page 2139
Strophanthus……Page 2140
Structural chemistry……Page 2141
Structural connections……Page 2143
Structural geology……Page 2144
Structural plate……Page 2145
Sturgeon……Page 2146
Subduction zones……Page 2147
Submarine……Page 2148
Submarine canyon……Page 2149
Submillimeter astronomy……Page 2150
Subsonic flight……Page 2151
Subway engineering……Page 2152
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)……Page 2153
Sugar……Page 2154
Sulfonamide……Page 2156
Sulfur……Page 2157
Sun……Page 2159
Sunflower……Page 2161
Superacid……Page 2162
Superconducting devices……Page 2163
Superconductivity……Page 2165
Supercritical fields……Page 2167
Supercritical wing……Page 2168
Supergravity……Page 2169
Supermultiplet……Page 2170
Supernova……Page 2171
Superposition principle……Page 2172
Supersonic flight……Page 2173
Superstring theory……Page 2174
Suppression (electricity)……Page 2175
Surface (geometry)……Page 2176
Surface-acoustic-wave devices……Page 2177
Surface condenser……Page 2178
Surface physics……Page 2179
Surface water……Page 2180
Surge suppressor……Page 2181
Surveying……Page 2182
Susceptance……Page 2183
Switched capacitor……Page 2184
Switching circuit……Page 2185
Switching systems (communications)……Page 2186
Symbiotic star……Page 2187
Symmetry breaking……Page 2188
Symmetry laws (physics)……Page 2189
Sympathetic nervous system……Page 2190
Synaptic transmission……Page 2191
Synbranchiformes……Page 2192
Synchrotron radiation……Page 2193
Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)……Page 2194
System design evaluation……Page 2195
Systems architecture……Page 2196
Systems integration……Page 2197
Syzygy……Page 2198
Tacan……Page 2199
Tail assembly……Page 2200
Tangerine……Page 2201
Tardigrada……Page 2202
Taste……Page 2203
Taxonomic categories……Page 2204
Telecast……Page 2205
Telegraphy……Page 2206
Telemetering……Page 2207
Telephone……Page 2208
Telephone service……Page 2209
Telephone systems construction……Page 2210
Telescope……Page 2211
Television……Page 2212
Television camera……Page 2213
Television networks……Page 2214
Television receiver……Page 2215
Television standards……Page 2216
Telosporea……Page 2217
Temperature inversion……Page 2218
Tendon……Page 2219
Terracing (agriculture)……Page 2220
Terrestrial coordinate system……Page 2221
Terrestrial radiation……Page 2222
Testis……Page 2223
Tetraphyllidea……Page 2224
Textile……Page 2225
Textile microbiology……Page 2226
Theales……Page 2227
Theoretical physics……Page 2228
Thermal analysis……Page 2229
Thermal converters……Page 2230
Thermal neutrons……Page 2231
Thermionic tube……Page 2232
Thermoacoustics……Page 2233
Thermodynamic cycle……Page 2234
Thermodynamic principles……Page 2235
Thermodynamic processes……Page 2236
Thermoelectric power generator……Page 2237
Thermoluminescence……Page 2238
Thermoregulation……Page 2239
Thermosphere……Page 2240
The´venin’s theorem (electric networks)……Page 2241
Thickening……Page 2242
Thirst and sodium appetite……Page 2243
Thorium……Page 2244
Thunder……Page 2245
Thymus gland……Page 2246
Thyroxine……Page 2247
Tidal datum……Page 2248
Tide……Page 2249
Time……Page 2250
Time-projection chamber……Page 2251
Tin……Page 2252
Tissue……Page 2253
Titanium metallurgy……Page 2254
Titration……Page 2255
Tomato……Page 2256
Tongue……Page 2257
Tooth disorders……Page 2258
Topology……Page 2259
Tornado……Page 2260
Torsion bar……Page 2261
Towing tank……Page 2262
Toxin……Page 2263
Trace fossils……Page 2264
Traffic-control systems……Page 2265
Transducer……Page 2266
Transform fault……Page 2267
Transformer……Page 2268
Transfusion……Page 2269
Transistor……Page 2270
Translucent medium……Page 2271
Transonic flight……Page 2272
Transportation engineering……Page 2273
Transuranium elements……Page 2274
Traveling-wave tube……Page 2275
Tree diseases……Page 2276
Tree ferns……Page 2277
Trematoda……Page 2278
Triassic……Page 2279
Triconodonta……Page 2280
Trigonometry……Page 2281
Triple point……Page 2283
Tritium……Page 2284
Trojan asteroids……Page 2285
Tropic of Cancer……Page 2286
Tropospheric scatter……Page 2287
Tsunami……Page 2288
Tubeworms……Page 2289
Tumor……Page 2290
Tung tree……Page 2291
Tuning fork……Page 2292
Tupelo……Page 2293
Turbine propulsion……Page 2294
Turbofan……Page 2295
Turboramjet……Page 2296
Turn and bank indicator……Page 2297
Twinkling stars……Page 2298
Two-phase flow……Page 2299
Type (printing)……Page 2300
Typewriter……Page 2301
Ultrafast molecular processes……Page 2303
Ultrasonics……Page 2304
Ultraviolet radiation……Page 2305
Uncertainty principle……Page 2306
Underground mining……Page 2307
Underwater navigation……Page 2308
Underwater sound……Page 2309
Underwater vehicle……Page 2310
Unit processes……Page 2311
Units of measurement……Page 2312
Universe……Page 2315
Upper-atmosphere dynamics……Page 2317
Uranium……Page 2318
Urban climatology……Page 2319
Uric acid……Page 2320
Urinary system……Page 2321
Urodela……Page 2323
Ursa Major……Page 2324
Uterus……Page 2325
Vacuole……Page 2327
Vacuum pump……Page 2328
Valence……Page 2329
Valve……Page 2330
Van Allen radiation……Page 2331
Vanadium……Page 2332
Vapor deposition……Page 2333
Variable (mathematics)……Page 2334
Variable star……Page 2335
Varnish……Page 2336
Vector methods (physics)……Page 2337
Velocity……Page 2338
Venturi tube……Page 2339
Venus’ flytrap……Page 2340
Vertebra……Page 2341
Vertebrate brain (evolution)……Page 2342
Vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL)……Page 2343
Vestibular system……Page 2344
Vetch……Page 2345
Vibration……Page 2346
Vibration isolation……Page 2347
Video disk……Page 2348
Videotelephony……Page 2349
Virgo……Page 2350
Viroids……Page 2351
Virtual reality……Page 2352
Virus……Page 2353
Virus classification……Page 2354
Viscosity……Page 2355
Vision……Page 2356
Vitamin A……Page 2358
Vitamin E……Page 2359
Voice response……Page 2360
Volcano……Page 2361
Volcanology……Page 2362
Voltage amplifier……Page 2363
Voltage measurement……Page 2364
Voltage regulator……Page 2365
Voltmeter……Page 2366
VOR (VHF omnidirectional range)……Page 2367
Vorticity……Page 2368
Wall construction……Page 2371
Water……Page 2372
Water conservation……Page 2373
Water hammer……Page 2375
Water pollution……Page 2376
Water supply engineering……Page 2377
Water-tube boiler……Page 2378
Waterspout……Page 2379
Wattmeter……Page 2380
Wave motion……Page 2381
Waveform……Page 2382
Waveform determination……Page 2383
Wavelength measurement……Page 2384
Wavelets……Page 2385
Weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP)……Page 2386
Weather……Page 2387
Weather forecasting and prediction……Page 2388
Weather observations……Page 2389
Wedge……Page 2390
Weight measurement……Page 2391
Welding and cutting of materials……Page 2392
Well logging……Page 2393
Wetlands……Page 2394
Wheat……Page 2395
White dwarf star……Page 2396
Wide-area networks……Page 2397
Wind……Page 2398
Wind stress……Page 2399
Wing……Page 2400
Wire……Page 2401
Witherite……Page 2402
Wood anatomy……Page 2403
Wood degradation……Page 2404
Wood properties……Page 2405
Wool……Page 2406
Work function (electronics)……Page 2407
World Wide Web……Page 2408
Wurtzite……Page 2409
X-ray crystallography……Page 2411
X-ray diffraction……Page 2412
X-ray microscope……Page 2413
X-ray optics……Page 2414
X-ray telescope……Page 2415
Xanthophyceae……Page 2416
Xenophyophorida……Page 2417
Xylose……Page 2418
Yak……Page 2419
Yeast infection……Page 2420
Yersinia……Page 2421
Yttrium……Page 2422
Zeeman effect……Page 2423
Zeolite……Page 2424
Zinc……Page 2425
Zingiberales……Page 2426
Zodiacal light……Page 2427
Zoogeography……Page 2428
Zoomastigophorea……Page 2429
Zosterophyllopsida……Page 2430
Zygophyllales……Page 2431
Appendix Contributors Index……Page 2433
Bibliographies……Page 2435
Measurement systems……Page 2459
Chemistry……Page 2464
Symbols in scientific writing……Page 2465
Biographical Listing……Page 2475
A……Page 2499
B……Page 2500
C……Page 2501
D……Page 2502
E……Page 2504
G……Page 2505
H……Page 2507
J……Page 2508
L……Page 2511
M……Page 2512
N……Page 2513
P……Page 2514
Q, R……Page 2515
S……Page 2518
U, V……Page 2519
W……Page 2520
X, Y, Z……Page 2521
A……Page 2523
B……Page 2525
C……Page 2530
D……Page 2534
E……Page 2536
F……Page 2538
G……Page 2540
H……Page 2543
J……Page 2547
K……Page 2548
L……Page 2551
M……Page 2554
N……Page 2559
O……Page 2560
P……Page 2561
R……Page 2563
S……Page 2566
T……Page 2573
V……Page 2574
W……Page 2575
Y……Page 2578
Z……Page 2579
A……Page 2581
B……Page 2587
C……Page 2590
D……Page 2599
E……Page 2602
F……Page 2607
G……Page 2610
H……Page 2613
I……Page 2616
K……Page 2619
L……Page 2620
M……Page 2622
N……Page 2629
O……Page 2632
P……Page 2634
Q……Page 2641
R……Page 2642
S……Page 2645
T……Page 2653
U……Page 2657
V……Page 2658
W……Page 2659
X……Page 2660
Z……Page 2661
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