solute

n=9


a: A solute ~
b: lactase pill

What:

"A Solvent is a liquid that is capable of dissolving another substance. Something that is a solvent is water. Water is a solvent because it can dissolve things like lactase pills. Many other liquids are solvents as well. Soluble means capable of being dissolved. Soluble things are also called solutes. A solute is like a lactase pill. A lactase pill is a solute because it is capable of being dissolved. Aspirin is also a solute because it can be dissolved."


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Writer: Baylee B.
LCC:
Where:
Date: Feb 24 2014 4:44 PM


Big 0=speed Of Light

a: Absolute zero ~
b: the speed of light

What: "Absolute zero is like the speed of light--it can be approached but never fully reached. As others have pointed out, we have gotten really close though, but the closer we get the harder it is to get there. According to quantum physics, the colder things get, the bigger they fuzz out."

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Writer: Jeff
LCC:
Where:
Date: Nov 13 2012 6:44 PM


It No Move

a: Absolute zero ~
b: a completely immobile state

What: "Absolute zero is like a completely immobile state. Molecules are, in a theoretical absolute zero enviornment, not moving at all. However, this is not possible. Scientists have been able to create a near-zero-K enviornment (as close as 1x10^18 degrees), but it is impossible, in space anywhere or synthetically, for absolute zero to be."

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Writer: scherzo
LCC:
Where:
Date: Nov 13 2012 6:47 PM


Absolute Zeroooooos

a: Absolute zero ~
b: negative infinity

What: "Absolute zero is like negative infinity..."

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Writer: digidested2000
LCC:
Where:
Date: Nov 13 2012 6:49 PM



a: Absolute dating ~
b: stating your age

What:

"Relative dating compares layers of rock or sediment to determine whether one layer is older or younger than another. Absolute dating is like stating your age in years. Relative dating is like saying that you are older than your. Above: A scientist takes a sample from a human thighbone thought to date from the Middle Ages."


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Writer: Rebecca Stefoff
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Where:
Date: Feb 11 2018 11:34 AM



a: absolute threshold ~
b: little kid pestering a parent

What:

"An absolute threshold is like a little kid pestering a parent to see how long it takes for the parent to notice"


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Writer: paige_raige
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Where:
Date: Nov 2 2015 5:15 PM



a: Absolute refractory period ~
b: mandated coffee break

What: "The absolute refractory period is like a mandated coffee break" The link is to an article called "Essential Analogies in Human Anatomy & Physiology." There are many listed in the paper.

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Writer: R. BRUCE SUNDRUD KRIS HUEFTLE
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Oct 17 2013 5:10 PM



a: Absolute refractory period ~
b: a gun

What: "the absolute refractory period is like a gun. After you shoot it, you must reload it before you can shoot again. The charge dropping in the neuron is its way of reloading."

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Writer: Not Stated
LCC:
Where:
Date: Oct 17 2013 5:12 PM


Or Is It=0?

a: My absolute refractory period ~
b: 0

What: "LoBowk, all of the above, my absolute refractory period is like 0 right now."

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Writer: Lauren Bowker
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Where:
Date: Oct 17 2013 5:13 PM



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