Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A Lichtenberg figure (German Lichtenberg-Figur), or Lichtenberg dust figure, is a branching electric discharge that sometimes appears on the surface or in the interior of insulating materials. Lichtenberg figures are often associated with the progressive deterioration of high voltage components and equipment.
Electrical treeing. In electrical engineering, treeing is an electrical pre-breakdown phenomenon in solid insulation. It is a damaging process due to partial discharges and progresses through the stressed dielectric insulation, in a path resembling the branches of a tree. Treeing of solid high-voltage cable insulation is a common breakdown ...
A tree-topper or treetopper is a decorative ornament placed on the top (or "crown") of a Christmas tree. Tree-toppers can take any form [citation needed], though the most common include a star (representing the Star of Bethlehem), angel ("Christmas angel"), or fairy. Additional forms range from a paper rosette, ribbon bow, Father Christmas or Santa Claus, to a Christian cross, owl [citation ...
Piezoelectricity (/ ˌpiːzoʊ -, ˌpiːtsoʊ -, paɪˌiːzoʊ -/, US: / piˌeɪzoʊ -, piˌeɪtsoʊ -/) [ 1 ] is the electric charge that accumulates in certain solid materials—such as crystals, certain ceramics, and biological matter such as bone, DNA, and various proteins —in response to applied mechanical stress. [ 2 ]
Cedrus deodara, the deodar cedar, Himalayan cedar, or deodar, [2] is a species of cedar native to the Himalayas.
Google Translate is a multilingual neural machine translation service developed by Google to translate text, documents and websites from one language into another.
The Microsoft Translator is a cloud-based automatic translation service that can be used to build applications, websites, and tools requiring multi-language support. Text translation: The Microsoft Translator Text API can be used to translate text into any of the languages supported by the service.
A kattumaram from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. A kattumaram from Kerala. Kattumaram (கட்டுமரம்) is a traditional Tamil watercraft used in the Coast of Southern India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. They are characterized by being made from three to seven tree trunks tied together with fiber lashings and/or treenails. [1]