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An American-style crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues.
Robbins' definition eventually became widely accepted by mainstream economists, and found its way into current textbooks. [69] Although far from unanimous, most mainstream economists would accept some version of Robbins' definition, even though many have raised serious objections to the scope and method of economics, emanating from that definition.
A force is an influence that can cause an object to change its velocity unless counterbalanced by other forces. The concept of force makes the everyday notion of pushing or pulling mathematically precise.
If really is prime, it will always answer yes, but if is composite then it answers yes with probability at most 1/2 and no with probability at least 1/2. [128] If this test is repeated n {\displaystyle n} times on the same number, the probability that a composite number could pass the test every time is at most 1 / 2 n {\displaystyle 1/2^{n}} .
A synonym for molar mass and molecular weight, frequently used for non-molecular compounds such as ionic salts. fraction The fractionation of a mixture of liquids into its component parts, or fractions , by the process of distillation , typically by using a long vertical column attached to the distillation vessel and filled with glass beads.
Early 20th-century English novelist E. M. Forster described plot as the cause-and-effect relationship between events in a story. According to Forster, "The king died, and then the queen died, is a story, while The king died, and then the queen died of grief, is a plot."
Racism was a key feature of German fascism, for which the Holocaust was a high priority. According to The Historiography of Genocide, "In dealing with the Holocaust, it is the consensus of historians that Nazi Germany targeted Jews as a race, not as a religious group."
Pathognomonic (rare synonym pathognomic [1]) is a term, often used in medicine, that means "characteristic for a particular disease".A pathognomonic sign is a particular sign whose presence means that a particular disease is present beyond any doubt.