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  2. Swell (geology) - Wikipedia

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    A swell in geology is a domed area of considerable areal extent. [1] According to Leser, it is also called a sill (geology), and is a gently arched landform of various orders of size in topographic, sub-glacial or sub-hydric geology. It may be as small as a rock formation in a river or may assume continental scale. [2]

  3. Geologic modelling - Wikipedia

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    Each cell in the model is assigned a rock type. In a coastal clastic environment, these might be beach sand, high water energy marine upper shoreface sand, intermediate water energy marine lower shoreface sand, and deeper low energy marine silt and shale. The distribution of these rock types within the model is controlled by several methods ...

  4. Molecular model - Wikipedia

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    A molecular model is a physical model of an atomistic system that represents molecules and their processes. They play an important role in understanding chemistry and generating and testing hypotheses .

  5. Ball-and-stick model - Wikipedia

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    A plastic ball-and-stick model of proline. In chemistry, the ball-and-stick model is a molecular model of a chemical substance which displays both the three-dimensional position of the atoms and the bonds between them. [1] The atoms are typically represented by spheres, connected by rods which represent the bonds.

  6. Infragravity wave - Wikipedia

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    Surf can be seen breaking as it crosses the sand bar offshore. Sandbars aid in generating infragravity waves and in turn are shaped by them. Two main processes can explain the transfer of energy from the short wind waves to the long infragravity waves, and both are important in shallow water and for steep wind waves.

  7. Molecular graphics - Wikipedia

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    IUPAC limits the definition to representations on a "graphical display device". [2] Ever since Dalton 's atoms and Kekulé 's benzene , there has been a rich history of hand-drawn atoms and molecules, and these representations have had an important influence on modern molecular graphics.

  8. Guard cell - Wikipedia

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    The negative water potential allows for osmosis to occur in the guard cell, so that water enters, allowing the cell to become turgid. [citation needed] Opening and closure of the stomatal pore is mediated by changes in the turgor pressure of the two guard cells. The turgor pressure of guard cells is controlled by movements of large quantities ...

  9. Oedometer test - Wikipedia

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    The consolidation cell is the part of the oedometer that holds the soil sample during a test. At the centre of the consolidation cell is a sample ring where the soil sample is held. The sample ring is typically shaped like a cookie cutter , with a sharp edge on one side, so the ring can be used to cut out a sample slice of soil from a larger ...