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  2. Heavy metal element - Wikipedia

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    Heavy metals is a controversial and ambiguous term [2] for metallic elements with relatively high densities, atomic weights, or atomic numbers.The criteria used, and whether metalloids are included, vary depending on the author and context and has been argued should not be used.

  3. X mark - Wikipedia

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    An x mark marking the spot of the wrecked Whydah Gally in Cape Cod. An X mark (also known as an ex mark or a cross mark or simply an X or ex or a cross) is used to indicate the concept of negation (for example "no, this has not been verified", "no, that is not the correct answer" or "no, I do not agree") as well as an indicator (for example, in election ballot papers or in maps as an x-marks ...

  4. Opposite - Wikipedia

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    Complementary antonyms are word pairs whose meanings are opposite but whose meanings do not lie on a continuous spectrum (push, pull). Relational antonyms are word pairs where opposite makes sense only in the context of the relationship between the two meanings (teacher, pupil). These more restricted meanings may not apply in all scholarly ...

  5. List of materials properties - Wikipedia

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    A material property is an intensive property of a material, i.e., a physical property or chemical property that does not depend on the amount of the material. These quantitative properties may be used as a metric by which the benefits of one material versus another can be compared, thereby aiding in materials selection.

  6. Glossary of bowling - Wikipedia

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    Opposite of heavy. Line (or staying on line, holding the line): A ball's intended or actual path down the lane, especially the substantially straight path from the foul line to the breakpoint. Staying on line and holding the line mean the ball successfully follows the intended path. Also: one game (one "line" on a scoresheet).

  7. Pyrrhic victory - Wikipedia

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    James G. Blaine finally gained the 1884 Republican nomination for U.S. president on his third attempt: "Another victory like this and our money's gone!". A Pyrrhic victory (/ ˈ p ɪr ɪ k / ⓘ PIRR-ik) is a victory that inflicts such a devastating toll on the victor that it is tantamount to defeat. [1]

  8. Heavy metals - Wikipedia

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    Heavy metals is a controversial and ambiguous term [2] for metallic elements with relatively high densities, atomic weights, or atomic numbers.The criteria used, and whether metalloids are included, vary depending on the author and context and has been argued should not be used.

  9. Mass versus weight - Wikipedia

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    Mass and weight of a given object on Earth and Mars.Weight varies due to different amount of gravitational acceleration whereas mass stays the same.. In common usage, the mass of an object is often referred to as its weight, though these are in fact different concepts and quantities.