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  • 91Variable quantity — Variable Va ri*a*ble, a. [L. variabilis: cf. F. variable.] [1913 Webster] 1. Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity. [1913 Webster] 2.… …

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  • 92Variable stars — Variable Va ri*a*ble, a. [L. variabilis: cf. F. variable.] [1913 Webster] 1. Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity. [1913 Webster] 2.… …

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  • 93tipsy — adjective (tipsier; est) Etymology: 1tip + sy (as in tricksy) Date: 1577 1. unsteady, staggering, or foolish from the effects of liquor ; fuddled 2. unsteady, askew < a tipsy angle > • tipsily …

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  • 94flare — I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1580 1. a. a fire or blaze of light used especially to signal, illuminate, or attract attention; also a device or composition used to produce such a flare 2. an unsteady glaring light b. solar flare; also a …

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  • 95glimmer — I. intransitive verb (glimmered; glimmering) Etymology: Middle English glimeren; akin to Old English glǣm gleam Date: 15th century 1. a. to shine faintly or unsteadily b. to give off a subdued unsteady reflection 2. to appear indistinctly with a&#8230; …

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  • 96stagger — I. verb (staggered; staggering) Etymology: alteration of earlier stacker, from Middle English stakeren, from Old Norse stakra, frequentative of staka to push; perhaps akin to Old English staca stake more at stake Date: 15th century intransitive&#8230; …

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  • 97Combustion — This article is about the process of burning. For combustion without external ignition, see spontaneous combustion. For the engine used in mobile propulsion, see internal combustion engine. For the visible part of a fire, see flame. Burning&#8230; …

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  • 98Theodore von Kármán — Infobox Scientist name = box width = image width =150px caption = Von Karman at the Caltech JPL birth date = birth date|1881|05|11 birth place = death date = death date and age|1963|05|06|1881|05|11 death place = residence = citizenship =&#8230; …

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  • 99Rocket engine — RS 68 being tested at NASA s Stennis Space Center. The nearly transparent exhaust is due to this engine s exhaust being mostly superheated steam (water vapor from its propellants, hydrogen and oxygen) …

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  • 100D'Alembert's paradox — In fluid dynamics, d Alembert s paradox (or the hydrodynamic paradox) is a contradiction reached in 1752 by French mathematician Jean le Rond d Alembert.[1] D Alembert proved that – for incompressible and inviscid potential flow – the drag force&#8230; …

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