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inpouringsnoun

/ˈɪnˌpɔrɪŋz/

An inward flow

"The inpourings of questions from the students overwhelmed the teacher during the Q&A session. "

schwagnoun

/ʃwæɡ/

A large quantity (of something).

"After the conference, we had a schwag of free pens and notebooks to take home. "

nanogramsnoun

/ˈnænoʊɡræmz/ /ˈnænəɡræmz/

A unit of mass equal to 0.000 000 001 grams. Symbol: ng

"The lab test detected only a few nanograms of the pesticide in the apple. "

hunchesnoun

/ˈhʌntʃɪz/

A hunk; a lump; a thick piece.

"a hunch of bread"

smushnoun

/smʊʃ/

A beaten or pulverized mass.

"The steamroller left her pie an unrecognizable smush."

hunchnoun

/hʌntʃ/

A hunk; a lump; a thick piece.

"a hunch of bread"

hadronnoun

/ˈhæd.ɹɑn/

A composite particle that comprises two or more quarks held together by the strong force and (consequently) can interact with other particles via said force; a meson or a baryon.

"Scientists study hadrons to understand the strong force that holds atomic nuclei together. "

deadweightsnoun

/ˈdɛdˌweɪts/

Unremitting heavy weight that does not move.

"The old, unused textbooks in the storage room felt like deadweights when we tried to move them. "

cyclopeanadjective

/ˈsaɪkləʊpi.ən/

Massive in stature.

"The construction workers used cyclopean blocks of concrete to build the strong foundation of the new building. "

accretingverb

/əˈkriːtɪŋ/ /ækˈriːtɪŋ/

To make adhere; to add; to make larger or more, as by growing.

"The coral reef is slowly accreting, building up layer upon layer of calcium carbonate. "

shmearnoun

/ʃmɪr/ /ʃmiːr/

An aggregate.

"The table was covered in a shmear of crumbs after the children finished their cookies. "

angular momentumnoun

/ˈæŋɡjələr moʊˈmɛntəm/ /ˈæŋɡɡjələr moʊˈmɛntəm/

The vector product that describes the rotary inertia of a system about an axis and is conserved in a closed system. For an isolated rigid body, it is a measure of the extent to which an object will continue to rotate in the absence of an applied torque.

"A spinning ice skater pulls their arms in to decrease their moment of inertia, causing their angular momentum to stay constant, which makes them spin faster. "

compactedverb

/kəmˈpæktəd/

To make more dense; to compress.

"The construction workers compacted the dirt before pouring the concrete foundation. "

cobnoun

/kɒb/ /kɑb/

A lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large size, as of coal, or stone.

"The gardener carefully lifted a large cob of earth to plant the seed. "

bulksnoun

/bʌlks/

Size, specifically, volume.

"The moving company charges by the bulks of the furniture, so we tried to disassemble as much as possible. "

leavennoun

/ˈlɛv.ən/

Anything that makes a general assimilating change in the mass.

"The new teacher's enthusiasm was a leaven that energized the entire classroom. "

tansnoun

/tænz/

A traditional South and East Asian unit of weight, based upon the load of a shoulder pole and varying by place and over time but usually standardized at about 60 kg.

"The merchant estimated he needed to transport five tans of rice to the market, which would be approximately 300 kilograms. "

gramsnoun

/ɡræmz/

A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g

"The recipe calls for 200 grams of flour. "

bouldersnoun

/ˈboʊldərz/

A large mass of stone detached from the surrounding land.

"The hiking trail was blocked by several large boulders that had fallen from the cliff. "

pair productionnoun

/pɛr prəˈdʌkʃən/

The simultaneous creation of a particle and its antiparticle

"High-energy photons interacting with matter can sometimes result in pair production, where an electron and a positron are created. "