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| an orbiting manned structure that can be used for a variety of purposes, as to assemble or service satellites, refuel spacecraft, etc. |
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| space vehicles consisting of a reusable manned orbiter that touches down on a landing strip after an orbital mission, two reusable solid rocket boosters that drop off after initial ascent, and an expendable external tank containing liquid propellants. |
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| Aerospace. an unmanned spacecraft designed to explore the solar system and transmit data back to earth. |
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| a space capsule or vehicle put into orbit by such devices |
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| Astronomy. a natural body that revolves around a planet; a moon. |
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| an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. |
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| pertaining to or noting a temperature scale (Celsius scale) in which 0° represents the ice point and 100° the steam point. Symbol: C |
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| a metric unit of mass or weight equal to 15.432 grains; one thousandth of a kilogram. Abbreviation: g |
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| Periods of time that break up a mean solar or civil day. – 60 seconds to a minute, 60 minutes to an hour, 24 hours in a day |
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| the measure of the greatest dimension of a plane or solid figure. |
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| the measure of the greatest dimension of a plane or solid figure. |
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| the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc. |
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| the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, |
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| a unit of capacity, or unit of liquid measuer equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts |
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| the quantity of matter as determined from its weight or from Newton's second law of motion |
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| a measure of the warmth or coldness of an object or substance with reference to some standard value. |
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| a container for liquid with a wider base gradually narrowing to the top and marked with a graded scale; |
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| a flat-bottomed cylindrical container, usually with a pouring lip, esp. one used in a laboratory. |
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| an instrument for measuring temperature, |
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The triple beam balance is a weighing instrument. It is named for the three beams which carry weights.
A. The middle beam reads only in 100 g increments.
B. The far beam reads only in 10 g increments.
The weights in each of these must always sit in a "notch". They cannot be placed at arbitrary points on the beam.
C. The weight on the front beam can be placed to read continuously from 0 to 10 grams. |
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| a measuring instrument made of wood, metal, or other material having a straight edge and usually marked off in inches or centimeters |
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| a measuring instrument like a ruler that is made of flexible plastic or fabric and usually marked off in inches or centimeters |
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| a timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact measuring of time |
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| a proposition, or set of propositions, set forth as an explanation for the occurrence of some specified group of phenomena, either asserted merely as a provisional conjecture to guide investigation (working hypothesis) or accepted as highly probable in the light of established facts. |
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| inquiry into or discussion of some problem or doubtful matter |
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| the articles or apparatus needed to make or do something |
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| the sequence of actions or instructions to be followed in solving a problem or accomplishing a task. |
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| individual or a body of facts, statistics, or items of information: |
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| (n)something that happens as a consequence; outcome (v) to spring, arise, or proceed as a consequence of actions, circumstances, premises, etc.; be the outcome |
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| the last main division of a discourse, usually containing a summing up of the points and a statement of opinion or decisions reached |
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| a list of source materials that are used or consulted in the preparation of a work or that are referred to in the text |
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| variable in an experiment that when changed determines the change in the dependent variable. |
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