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  2. Love number - Wikipedia

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    Neutron stars are thought to have high rigidity in the crust, and thus a low Love number: ; [6] [7] isolated, nonrotating black holes in vacuum have vanishing Love numbers for all multipoles =. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Measuring the Love numbers of compact objects in binary mergers is a key goal of gravitational-wave astronomy .

  3. Static pressure - Wikipedia

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    At least one author takes a different approach in order to avoid a need for the expression freestream static pressure. Gracey has written "The static pressure is the atmospheric pressure at the flight level of the aircraft". [15] [16] Gracey then refers to the air pressure at any point close to the aircraft as the local static pressure.

  4. Love wave - Wikipedia

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    The Love wave is a result of the interference of many shear waves guided by an elastic layer, which is welded to an elastic half space on one side while bordering a vacuum on the other side. In seismology , Love waves (also known as Q waves ( Q uer: German for lateral)) are surface seismic waves that cause horizontal shifting of the Earth ...

  5. Glossary of geography terms (A–M) - Wikipedia

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    This glossary of geography terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts used in geography and related fields, including Earth science, oceanography, cartography, and human geography, as well as those describing spatial dimension, topographical features, natural resources, and the collection, analysis, and visualization of geographic ...

  6. Hydraulic action - Wikipedia

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    Hydraulic action, most generally, is the ability of moving water (flowing or waves) to dislodge and transport rock particles.This includes a number of specific erosional processes, including abrasion, at facilitated erosion, such as static erosion where water leaches salts and floats off organic material from unconsolidated sediments, and from chemical erosion more often called chemical ...

  7. Venturi effect - Wikipedia

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    The upstream static pressure (1) is higher than in the constriction (2), and the fluid speed at "1" is lower than at "2", because the cross-sectional area at "1" is greater than at "2". A flow of air through a pitot tube Venturi meter, showing the columns connected in a manometer and partially filled with water. The meter is "read" as a ...

  8. Knudsen number - Wikipedia

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    is the static pressure [M 1 L −1 T −2], is the specific gas constant [L 2 T −2 θ −1] (287.05 J/(kg K) for air), is the density [M 1 L −3]. If the temperature is increased, but the volume kept constant, then the Knudsen number (and the mean free path) doesn't change (for an ideal gas). In this case, the density stays the same.

  9. Free molecular flow - Wikipedia

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    This is also called the regime of high vacuum, or even ultra-high vacuum. This is opposed to viscous flow encountered at higher pressures. [1] The presence of free molecular flow can be calculated, at least in estimation, with the Knudsen number (Kn). [2] If Kn > 10, the system is in free molecular flow, [3] also known as Knudsen flow. [4]