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- Dictionarymatter/ˈmatə/
noun
- 1. physical substance in general, as distinct from mind and spirit; (in physics) that which occupies space and possesses rest mass, especially as distinct from energy: "the structure and properties of matter" Similar
- 2. a subject or situation under consideration: "a great deal of work was done on this matter" Similar
verb
- 1. be important or significant: "it doesn't matter what the guests wear" Similar
- 2. (of a wound) secrete or discharge pus. rare US
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1 day ago · e. In thermodynamics, heat is the thermal energy transferred between systems due to a temperature difference. [ 1 ] In colloquial use, heat sometimes refers to thermal energy itself. Thermal energy is the kinetic energy of vibrating and colliding atoms in a substance. An example of formal vs. informal usage may be obtained from the right-hand ...
1 day ago · The Supreme Court’s 2024 term might have been defined, to the general public at least, by multiple decisions concerning Donald Trump. These cases matter. But the bigger picture is in how the justices are remaking the U.S. government. The former president, certainly, had little to complain about. First, the high court ruled, correctly, that he ...
1 day ago · The ocean is the body of salt water that covers approx. 70.8% of Earth. [8] In English, the term ocean also refers to any of the large bodies of water into which the world ocean is conventionally divided. [9] The following names describe five different areas of the ocean: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Antarctic/Southern, and Arctic.
14 hours ago · Speed (c): It is the distance travelled by the wave in one second. In one time period, the wave travels a distance equal to its wavelength. c = distance time = Wavelength Time Period = λ T ∵ ν = 1 T ∴ c = ν × λ. The speed of all the different components of light is the same i.e. they travel with the speed of 3 × 10 8 m / s.
1 day ago · Hutchinson —. Pence —. Ramaswamy —. Scott —. Suarez —. Our average includes all candidates that FiveThirtyEight considers “major.”. Candidates with insufficient polling data are not displayed in the averages. In November 2023, we made changes to the way we calculate our polling averages. Read the full methodology here.
