science and technology 2 | Quizlet

radium

rad

gauge

a device that measures and shows the number/amount of something (licznik)

claim

twierdzenie

predecessor

poprzednik

gravitation/gravity

ciążenie ziemskie

friction

tarcie

lubrication

smarowanie, oliwienie

element

pierwiastek

compound

związek

equation

równanie

oxygen

tlen

hydrogen

wodór

nitrogen

azot

helium

hel

silicon

krzem

polonium

polon

cadmium

kadm

chromium

chrom

uranium

uran

plutonium

pluton

potassium

potas

calcium

wapń

magnesium

magnez

aluminium

aluminium

copper

miedź

tin

cyna

zinc

cynk

mercury

rtęć

carbon

węgiel

cobalt

kobalt

acid

kwas

alkali

zasada

fungus

grzyb

vaccination

szczepionka

cell

komorka

tissue

tkanka

findings

wyniki (badań)

milestone

kamień milowy

breakthrough/watershed

przełom

state-of-the -art

supernowoczesny

cutting -edge

nowatorski

innovative

innowacyjny, nowatorski

versatile

wszechstronny

application

zastosowanie

particle

cząsteczka

ubiquitous

present or existing everywhere/omnipresent (wszechobecny)

ubiquity

omnipresence

attraction

a force by which one object attracts another, such as the gravitational or electrostatic force (przyciaganie)

alloy

a mixture of two or more metals (stop)

planned obsolescence

the designing of products to wear out or to become outdated quickly, so that people will feel a need to replace their possessions frequently

isotope

Atoms of the same element that have different numbers of neutrons

chlorine

Cl

iodine

I (jod)

butterfly effect

the far-ranging or even global impact of a small change in a specific location, over both time and distance

chaos theory

a theory, applied in various branches of science, that apparently random phenomena have underlying order

clamp

a device that holds two things firmly together (imadło)

spanner/wrench

a tool used for tightening or loosening metal nuts (klucz francuski)

chisel

a tool for cutting and shaping wood and stone (dłuto)

file

a tool which is used for rubbing hard objects to make them smooth, shape them, or cut through them (pilnik)

rod

a long, thin metal or wooden bar (pręt)

advent

narodziny, pojawienie się

demise

koniec istnienia, zanik

groundbreaking

introducing new ideas or methods (przełomowy)

assumption

zalożenie

hypothesis

hipoteza

mutate

mutować

revolutionise

zrewolucjonizować

determine

określić

prove

dowieść, udowodnić

disprove/refute/prove wrong

obalić (teorię, twierdzenie)

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