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- Zoophilia is a paraphilia in which a person experiences a sexual fixation on non-human animals. Bestiality instead refers to cross-species sexual activity...59 KB (6,293 words) - 23:40, 21 May 2024
- A virtual private network (VPN) is a mechanism for creating a secure connection between a computing device and a computer network, or between two networks...36 KB (3,697 words) - 00:45, 28 April 2024
- A rose is either a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa (/ˈroʊzə/), in the family Rosaceae (/roʊˈzeɪsiːˌiː/), or the flower it bears. There...32 KB (3,362 words) - 14:06, 24 May 2024
- Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal and destruction of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use. Deforestation...195 KB (19,207 words) - 06:00, 20 May 2024
- Skeletal muscle (commonly referred to as muscle) is one of the three types of vertebrate muscle tissue, the other being cardiac muscle and smooth muscle...120 KB (13,840 words) - 03:17, 24 May 2024
- A pet, or companion animal, is an animal kept primarily for a person's company or entertainment rather than as a working animal, livestock, or a laboratory...55 KB (5,854 words) - 01:42, 13 May 2024
- AC power plugs and sockets connect devices to mains electricity to supply them with electrical power. A plug is the connector attached to an electrically-operated...101 KB (11,828 words) - 08:07, 21 May 2024
- The Pliocene ( /ˈplaɪ.əsiːn, ˈplaɪ.oʊ-/ PLY-ə-seen, PLY-oh-; also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to...52 KB (5,702 words) - 11:33, 20 May 2024
- Spin is an intrinsic form of angular momentum carried by elementary particles, and thus by composite particles such as hadrons, atomic nuclei, and atoms...72 KB (10,547 words) - 14:00, 17 May 2024
- Game or quarry is any wild animal hunted for animal products (primarily meat), for recreation ("sporting"), or for trophies. The species of animals hunted...17 KB (1,729 words) - 18:42, 22 May 2024
- Phase Alternating Line (PAL) is a colour encoding system for analog television. It was one of three major analogue colour television standards, the others...59 KB (6,440 words) - 06:15, 24 May 2024
- An attack aircraft, strike aircraft, or attack bomber is a tactical military aircraft that has a primary role of carrying out airstrikes with greater precision...35 KB (4,546 words) - 12:18, 20 November 2023
- In quantum physics, a wave function (or wavefunction) is a mathematical description of the quantum state of an isolated quantum system. The most common...99 KB (13,534 words) - 13:10, 15 April 2024
- The expansion of the universe is the increase in distance between gravitationally unbound parts of the observable universe with time. It is an intrinsic...53 KB (6,939 words) - 12:08, 7 May 2024
- Human–computer interaction (HCI) is research in the design and the use of computer technology, which focuses on the interfaces between people (users) and...50 KB (5,979 words) - 02:12, 9 May 2024
- Star clusters are large groups of stars held together by self-gravitation. Two main types of star clusters can be distinguished: globular clusters are...21 KB (2,538 words) - 15:41, 22 April 2024
- Significant figures, also referred to as significant digits or sig figs, are specific digits within a number written in positional notation that carry...41 KB (5,301 words) - 23:31, 7 May 2024
- A heat pump is a device that uses work to transfer heat from a cool space to a warm space by transferring thermal energy using a refrigeration cycle, cooling...73 KB (7,976 words) - 10:08, 19 May 2024
- A toxin is a naturally occurring organic[dubious – discuss] poison produced by metabolic activities of living cells or organisms. They occur especially...25 KB (2,608 words) - 18:21, 31 January 2024
- Paper size standards govern the size of sheets of paper used as writing paper, stationery, cards, and for some printed documents. The ISO 216 standard...101 KB (7,909 words) - 01:26, 27 April 2024