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  2. Scientific terminology - Wikipedia

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    Scientific terminology is the part of the language that is used by scientists in the context of their professional activities. While studying nature, scientists often encounter or create new material or immaterial objects and concepts and are compelled to name them.

  3. List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic ...

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    This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants is largely derived from Latin and Greek words, as are some of the names used for higher taxa , such ...

  4. International scientific vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    Interlingua's vocabulary is established using a group of control languages selected as they radiate words into, and absorb words from, a large number of other languages. A prototyping technique then selects the most recent common ancestor of each eligible Interlingua word or affix. The word or affix takes a contemporary form based on the ...

  5. Category:Glossaries of science - Wikipedia

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  6. List of unusual biological names - Wikipedia

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    Some species with unusual scientific names, because of length, repetition, or origin or meaning of name, include: Aha ha; Anableps anableps; Ba humbugi

  7. Glossary of physics - Wikipedia

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    The natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through space and time, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves. piezoelectricity pion Planck constant Also called Planck's constant.

  8. Image credits: eedoamitay Interestingly, most of the phrases or moments mentioned relate mainly to blockbusters or superhero movies. Like The Avengers, X-Men or Star Wars (not the original trilogy ...

  9. Languages of science - Wikipedia

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    The gradual disuse of Latin opened an uneasy transition period as more and more works were only accessible in local languages. Many national European languages held the potential to become a language of science within a specific research field: some scholars "took measures to learn Swedish so they could follow the work of [the Swedish chemist] Bergman and his compatriots."