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nitrogen cycle
(Encyclopedia)CE5 Nitrogen cycle nitrogen cycle, the continuous flow of nitrogen through the biosphere by the processes of nitrogen fixation, ammonification (decay), nitrification, and denitrification. Nitrogen...Hawking, Stephen William
(Encyclopedia)Hawking, Stephen William, 1942–2018, British theoretical physicist, b. Oxford, England, grad. University College, Oxford, 1962, Ph.D. Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 1966. In 1962 Hawking was diagnosed as ...tunneling
(Encyclopedia)tunneling, quantum-mechanical effect by which a particle can penetrate a barrier into a region of space that would be forbidden by ordinary classical mechanics. Tunneling is a direct result of the wav...marque and reprisal
(Encyclopedia)marque and reprisal: see privateering. ...Daphnis and Chloë
(Encyclopedia)Daphnis and Chloë: see Longus.Jammu and Kashmir
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(Encyclopedia)permutations and combinations: see probability. ...Wanstead and Woodford
(Encyclopedia)Wanstead and Woodford: see Redbridge. ...block and tackle
(Encyclopedia)block and tackle: see pulley.rock and roll
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