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  2. Entropy as an arrow of time - Wikipedia

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    Here, as common experience demonstrates, when a hot body T 1, such as a furnace, is put into physical contact, such as being connected via a body of fluid (working body), with a cold body T 2, such as a stream of cold water, energy will invariably flow from hot to cold in the form of heat Q, and given time the system will reach equilibrium.

  3. Time perception - Wikipedia

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    This means that time appears to pass in proportion to the square root of the perceiver's real age, rather than directly proportional. Under this model, a 55-year-old would subjectively experience time passing ⁠2 + 1 / 4 ⁠ times more quickly than an 11-year-old, rather than five times under the previous. This means the following periods in ...

  4. List of English-language expressions related to death

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    This is a list of words and phrases related to death in alphabetical order. While some of them are slang, others euphemize the unpleasantness of the subject, or are used in formal contexts. Some of the phrases may carry the meaning of 'kill', or simply contain words related to death. Most of them are idioms

  5. Dyschronometria - Wikipedia

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    Dyschronometria, also called dyschronia, is a condition of cerebellar dysfunction in which an individual cannot accurately estimate the amount of time that has passed (i.e., distorted time perception). It is associated with cerebellar ataxia, [1] [2] when the cerebellum has been damaged and does not function to its fullest ability.

  6. Death - Wikipedia

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    Following this separation of body and spirit (death), resurrection will occur. [148] Representing the same transformation Jesus Christ embodied after his body was placed in the tomb for three days, each person's body will be resurrected, reuniting the spirit and body in a perfect form. This process allows the individual's soul to withstand ...

  7. Time dilation - Wikipedia

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    Also, a climber's time is theoretically passing slightly faster at the top of a mountain compared to people at sea level. It has also been calculated that due to time dilation, the core of the Earth is 2.5 years younger than the crust. [34] "A clock used to time a full rotation of the Earth will measure the day to be approximately an extra 10 ...

  8. Spacetime diagram - Wikipedia

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    To determine the coordinates of a certain event, two lines, each parallel to one of the two axes, must be constructed passing through the event, and their intersections with the axes read off. Determining position and time of the event A as an example in the diagram leads to the same time for both observers, as expected.

  9. Perfusion - Wikipedia

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    In 1920, August Krogh was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovering the mechanism of regulation of capillaries in skeletal muscle. [6] [7] Krogh was the first to describe the adaptation of blood perfusion in muscle and other organs according to demands through the opening and closing of arterioles and capillaries.