constitution
establishment
formation organization organisation | the act of forming or establishing something, the constitution of a PTA group last year, it was the establishment of his reputation, he still remembers the organization of the club |
re-formation
regeneration | forming again (especially with improvements or removal of defects), renewing and reconstituting |
formation
shaping | the act of fabricating something in a particular shape |
| formation | creation by mental activity, the formation of sentences, the formation of memories |
| formation | a particular spatial arrangement |
potential divider
voltage divider | resistors connected in series across a voltage source, used to obtain a desired fraction of the voltage |
reticular formation
RF | a complex neural network in the central core of the brainstem, monitors the state of the body and functions in such processes as arousal and sleep and attention and muscle tone |
| back-formation | a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it |
calque
calque formation
loan translation | an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language, `superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch' |
| action potential | the local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmitted |
| formation | an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit, a defensive formation, a formation of planes |
| military formation | a formation of troops |
geological formation
formation | (geology) the geological features of the earth |
| ozone hole | an area of the ozone layer (near the poles) that is seasonally depleted of ozone |
ozone layer
ozonosphere | a layer in the stratosphere (at approximatelymiles) that contains a concentration of ozone sufficient to block most ultraviolet radiation from the sun |
brainwave
brain wave
cortical potential | (neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph |
elastic energy
elastic potential energy | potential energy that is stored when a body is deformed (as in a coiled spring) |
| heat of formation | the heat evolved or absorbed during the formation of one mole of a substance from its component elements |
electric potential
potential
potential difference
potential drop
voltage | the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts |
| evoked potential | the electrical response of the central nervous system produced by an external stimulus, he measured evoked potentials with an electroencephalogram |
| resting potential | the potential difference between the two sides of the membrane of a nerve cell when the cell is not conducting an impulse |
potential energy
P.E. | the mechanical energy that a body has by virtue of its position, stored energy |
| formation | natural process that causes something to form, the formation of gas in the intestine, the formation of crystals, the formation of pseudopods |
pair production
pair creation
pair formation | the transformation of a gammaay photon into an electron and a positron when the photon passes close to an atomic nucleus |
| reaction formation | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously develops attitudes and behavior that are the opposite of unacceptable repressed desires and impulses and serve to conceal them, his strict morality is just a reaction formation to hide his sexual drive |
| potential unit | a measure of the potential energy of a unit charge at a given point in a circuit relative to a reference point (ground) |
| ozone sickness | illness that can occur to persons exposed to ozone in high-altitude aircraft, characterized by sleepiness and headache and chest pains and itchiness |
potential
potentiality
potency | the inherent capacity for coming into being |
| ozone | a colorless gas (O) soluble in alkalis and cold water, a strong oxidizing agent, can be produced by electric discharge in oxygen or by the action of ultraviolet radiation on oxygen in the stratosphere (where it acts as a screen for ultraviolet radiation) |
potential
possible | existing in possibility, a potential problem, possible uses of nuclear power |
high-voltage
high-potential | operating on or powered by a high voltage, a high-voltage generator |
likely
potential | expected to become or be, in prospect, potential clients |