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Why is kg the standard unit for mass and not g in SI?
Jun 11, 2020
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Were the kilogram, the grave, etc. meant to be units of weight, units of mass, or was it ambiguous at the time?
Jun 11, 2020
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Why do we call it a "positive definite matrix" rather than a "positively definite matrix"?
Dec 25, 2019
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Permanent horseshoe magnet: primary sources of information about its invention? (Johann Dietrich and Daniel Bernoulli)
Feb 24, 2023
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What is the origin of the $\hbar$ symbol?
Sep 28, 2023
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Where is the Troughton scale kept?
May 21, 2020
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Who produced the first permanent horseshoe magnet: Johann Dietrich or Gilles-Augustin Bazin?
Mar 1, 2023
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Where is the Troughton scale kept?
May 17, 2020
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Is there a single word for both "atom" and "ion"?
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If a picture of a screen is a screenshot, what is a video of a screen?
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lie vs fabricate. When to use which one in what situation?
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What does "unanimously disagreed" mean?
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Is 'stakehold' (used as a noun) an acceptable word, even though no major dictionary lists it?