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{{Short description|Former French unit for measuring the intensity of light}} ...inance|intensity of light]]. The unit was defined in 1860 as the intensity of a [[Carcel lamp]] with standard burner and chimney dimensions, which burnt ...

...simplify both the measurement of [[electrical energy]] and the validation of such measurements. ...-hour meter]]s required to measure the consumption of energy in any system of [[electrical conductor]]s. ...

{{Short description|Absolute dielectric permittivity of free space}} ! Value of ''ε''₀!! Unit ...

{{Short description|Unit of energy, often used for electrical billing}} | units3 = [[English Engineering units]] ...

...of [[Paris]] can measure [[time]] as well as demonstrate the [[rotation]] of [[Earth]].]] In [[physics]], [[time]] is defined by its [[operational definition|measurement]]: time is what a [[clock]] reads.<ref>{{cite book ...

...ctrotechnical Commission|IEC]] standards have deprecated the term in favor of '''source voltage''' or '''source tension''' instead (denoted <math>U_s</ma ...J&q=%22electromotive%20force%20is%20that%22&pg=PA172 |journal=Transactions of the American Electrochemical Society |publisher=The Society |volume=29 |pag ...

{{Short description|Measure of energy in a thermodynamic system}} ...he sum of a [[thermodynamic system]]'s [[internal energy]] and the product of its [[pressure]] and [[volume]].<ref name=GoldBk-enth>{{GoldBookRef |title= ...

{{Short description|Type of energy transfer}} {{About|a mode of transfer of energy|the system in a home|Central heating|other uses}} ...

{{Short description|Ability of a body to store an electrical charge}} {{For|capacitance of blood vessels|Compliance (physiology)}} ...

{{About|the device|the physical phenomenon|Capacitance|an overview of types|Capacitor types}} |symbol = [[File:Types of capacitor.svg|230px]] ...

...isted soldier with MOSC 11B works as an infantryman (his MOS), and is part of CMF 11 (the CMF for infantry). ...in scope functional areas (FA). Typically, an officer will start in an AOC of a specific branch and move up to an FA AOC. ...

[[File:Temporary wooden footbridge leading to the city of Luang Prabang.jpg|thumb|A temporary wooden footbridge leading to [[Luang Pr ...s vary depending on factors such as the function of the bridge, the nature of the [[terrain]] where the bridge is constructed and anchored, the material ...

...966">{{Cite book |last=Bunge |first=M |title=Contributions to a Philosophy of Technology |chapter=Technology as Applied Science |publisher=Springer |year ...go |pages=163–92 |chapter=Islamic science}}</ref> and later by the efforts of [[Greek scholars in the Renaissance|Byzantine Greek scholars]] who brought ...

| caption = The [[Hubble Ultra-Deep Field]] image shows some of the most remote [[Galaxy|galaxies]] visible to present technology (diagonal | label1 = [[Age of the universe|Age]] (within [[Lambda-CDM model|ΛCDM model]]) ...

...uel sources. However, some renewable energy projects, such as the clearing of forests to produce [[biofuels]], can cause severe environmental damage. ...ose of wind and solar, but its [[sustainability]] has been debated because of concerns about [[radioactive waste]], [[nuclear proliferation]], and [[Nucl ...

{{short description|Provision of essential nutrients necessary to support human life and health}} [[File:FoodSourcesOfMagnesium.jpg|thumb|Foods high in magnesium (an example of a [[nutrient]])]] ...

...y 1970s, researchers in France, the UK, and the U.S. began developing ways of connecting networks to each other, a process known as internetworking.}}</r ...data in message blocks in the early 1960s, and [[Donald Davies]] conceived of [[packet switching]] in 1965 at the [[National Physical Laboratory (United ...