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  2. Fire (classical element) - Wikipedia

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    Heraclitus regarded the soul as being a mixture of fire and water, with fire being the more noble part and water the ignoble aspect. He believed the goal of the soul is to be rid of water and become pure fire: the dry soul is the best and it is worldly pleasures that make the soul "moist". [ 7 ]

  3. Convection - Wikipedia

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    Lastly, a third thermometer placed in the chimney, away from the direct influence of the fire, will also indicate a considerable increase of temperature; in this case a portion of the air, passing through and near the fire, has become heated, and has carried up the chimney the temperature acquired from the fire.

  4. Glossary of meteorology - Wikipedia

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    Any air current moving away from either the North Pole or the South Pole. advection The horizontal transport of some property of the atmosphere or ocean, such as thermal energy, humidity, or salinity. In the context of meteorology, the related term convection generally refers to vertical transport. actinoform. Also actiniform.

  5. Fire whirl - Wikipedia

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    A fire whirl, fire devil or fire tornado is a whirlwind induced by a fire and often (at least partially) composed of flame or ash. These start with a whirl of wind , often made visible by smoke , and may occur when intense rising heat and turbulent wind conditions combine to form whirling eddies of air.

  6. Classical element - Wikipedia

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    Together, these five essences of the deity correlate with the five classical elements. [38] [39] Koni is the thought and void (aether). Bemba (also called Pemba) is the god of the sky and air. Nyale (also called Koroni Koundyé) is the goddess of fire. Faro is the androgynous god of water. Ndomadyiri is the god and master of the earth.

  7. What causes the Santa Ana winds — and how they fuel ... - AOL

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    “The biggest thing that you need for fire propagation is a source of oxygen,” Tate said. “And with the winds being able to transport so much of the smoke and the burned matter away from the ...

  8. Wake (physics) - Wikipedia

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    the region of recirculating flow immediately behind a moving or stationary blunt body, caused by viscosity, which may be accompanied by flow separation and turbulence, or the wave pattern on the water surface downstream of an object in a flow, or produced by a moving object (e.g. a ship), caused by density differences of the fluids above and ...

  9. Ricki Lake says California fire destroying her home was ... - AOL

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    Fire and water. We got to watch it." In a post to Instagram , Lake credited Henry for his premonition, saying he'd "called it," urging people to watch the episode.