Introduction to Scientific English - kolos 2

inextricably

nierozerwalnie

quantum entanglement

splątanie kwantowe

simultaneously

jednocześnie

superposition

superpozycja

tickle one of my fancies

I like them and I want to have them

hit upon the idea of

spontaneusly thought of an idea that solves the problem

emulate

imitate, reproduce

running

causing to operate

customized

made and changed according to user’s needs

critical

of the greatest importance because what happens in the future depends on it

feasible

possible and likely to work

sourced from

obtained from

validated

checked and proved that everything was correct and accuratew

a little off-target

not exactly as planned

pretty forgiving

providing a margin for error or shortcomings

factored

included as one of the elements that influence the result

bottom-end devices

the size, shape, and physical specifications of hardware and hardware components

cram

force into small space

pithy saying

statements expressing an idea cleverly and in a few words

sparse

small in amount and you have to look for it in different places

mirroring

copying

the curious

people interested in something

scarce

not very much of it is available

how the sausages get made

what activities are carried behind the scenes

from scratch

without using anything that existed or was prepared before

brittleness

how easily something can be broken

capacitance

how well something holds an electrical charge

concentration

how much of one substance is found in another

conductivity

how well something allows heat or electricity to go through it

density

how much mass a given volume of a substance has

flammability

how easily something burns

luminance

how much light passes through or comes from a substance

mass

how much matter is in a solid object or in any volume of liquid or gas

permeability

how easily gases or liquids go through a substance

porosity

how many small holes are in a substance

pressure

how much force a liquid or gas produces when it presses against an area

reactivity

how easily a chemical substance reacts

solubility

how easily something can be dissolved

velocity

how quickly an object is travelling

viscosity

how thick a liquid is

volume

how much space is contained within an object

elasticity

elastyczność

plasticity

plastyczność

hardness

twardość

toughness

wytrzymałość

stiffness

sztywność

ductility

ciągliwość

malleability

kowalność