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- 1. (of a human being, typically in contrast to a divine or alien being) born on earth; mortal.
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19 hours ago · He strongly opposed Cantorian set theory, objecting to its use of impredicative definitions [citation needed]. However, Poincaré did not share Kantian views in all branches of philosophy and mathematics. For example, in geometry, Poincaré believed that the structure of non-Euclidean space can be known analytically. Poincaré held that ...
19 hours ago · The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II and lasted to 1991, the fall of the Soviet Union. The term cold war is used because there was no large-scale fighting ...
19 hours ago · The narwhal ( Monodon monoceros) is a species of toothed whale native to the Arctic. Being the only member of the genus Monodon, the narwhal is closely related to the beluga whale, and the two species can interbreed. Adults range in body-to-tail length from 3.0 to 5.5 m (9.8 to 18.0 ft) and weigh 800 to 1,600 kg (1,800 to 3,500 lb).
