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- Dictionarybasal body temperature
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- 1. a person's lowest body temperature at rest on a given day, monitored by some women over the course of their menstrual cycle to help predict the time of ovulation.
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2 days ago · A metal (from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon) 'mine, quarry, metal') is a material that, when polished or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well. These properties are all associated with having electrons available at the Fermi level, as against nonmetallic materials which do not. [1] : .
2 days ago · Sulfur is an essential component of all living cells. It is the eighth most abundant element in the human body by weight, [100] about equal in abundance to potassium, and slightly greater than sodium and chlorine. [101] A 70 kg (150 lb) human body contains about 140 grams (4.9 oz) of sulfur. [102]
1 day ago · English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in Early Medieval England. [4] [5] [6] The namesake of the language is the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain.
2 days ago · They need to be kept at body temperature (37 °C) in an incubator. These conditions vary for each cell type, but generally consist of a suitable vessel with a substrate or rich medium that supplies the essential nutrients ( amino acids , carbohydrates , vitamins , minerals ), growth factors , hormones , and gases ( CO 2 , O 2 ), and regulates ...
2 days ago · The spectrum of light produced by an incandescent lamp closely approximates that of a black body radiator at the same temperature. The basis for light sources used as the standard for color perception is a tungsten incandescent lamp operating at a defined temperature. Spectral power distribution of a 25 W incandescent light bulb.
2 days ago · The same estimate found that if the temperature stabilized below 2 °C (3.6 °F), 2300 sea level rise would still exceed 1.5 m (5 ft). Early net zero and slowly falling temperatures could limit it to 70–120 cm (27 + 1 ⁄ 2 –47 in). By 2021, the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report was able to provide estimates for sea level rise in 2150.
2 days ago · Photosynthesis ( / ˌfoʊtəˈsɪnθəsɪs / FOH-tə-SINTH-ə-sis) [1] is a system of biological processes by which photosynthetic organisms, such as most plants, algae, and cyanobacteria, convert light energy, typically from sunlight, into the chemical energy necessary to fuel their activities.
