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Discipline Technical Term Alternative meaning What it really means
Atmospheric Sciences aerosol whipped cream or hair spray can tiny particle that's suspended in the atmosphere
Atmospheric Sciences bar a place where one goes to grab a drink a measurement unit for atmospheric pressure
Atmospheric Sciences bomb cyclone something scary a low-pressure system in which the pressure drops very rapidly
Chemistry bond making a connection with a person attraction between two atoms to make up a molecule
Atmospheric Sciences buoyant happy air that rises because it's less dense than its surroundings
Atmospheric Sciences climate weather statistics of weather taken over a long time (30-40 years)
Microbiology colony region or a territory group of microbes growing at a particular spot or location
Atmospheric Sciences conservative Republican describes a process that conserves some important quantity (usually energy)
Interdisciplinary core center a vertical sample drilled into an ice or rock bed in order to infer how some quantity has changed over time
Interdisciplinary cycling/cycle riding a bicycle movement of nutrients or elements through the environment
Interdisciplinary damp soggy to decay over time
Geoscience dating meeting a person that you are starting a relationship with determining the age of an artifact
Interdisciplinary derivative copied off something else rate of change
Atmospheric Sciences easterly/westerly people usually assume it means the opposite of --> easterly = wind FROM east, flowing TO west; westerly = wind FROM west, flowing TO east
Atmos Sciences/Hurricanes eye a person's eye the clear, calm center of a hurricane
Geoscience fault responsible for an incident a fracture in a rock that results from an earthquake
Soil Science horizon the line that forms the apparent boundary between sky and earth soil layer with distinct properties
Interdisciplinary idealized someone's idea of perfection simplified in order to focus on X process
Interdisciplinary integral indispensable component sum over all the parts
Atmospheric Science es/Hurricanes intensity being very focused/overwhelming maximum wind speed
Atmospheric Sciences inversion opposite when temperature increases with height
Atmospheric Sciences jet airplane very strong and narrow stream of wind
Atmospheric Sciences knot like your shoelaces a unit for measuring wind speed (comes from "nautical miles per hour")
Interdisciplinary mean unkind average
Interdisciplinary microwave toaster thing to heat up food very low-energy form of radiation
Interdisciplinary modeling/model display of clothing or other objects simulation using computers
Interdisciplinary pool a swimming pool a part of the ecosystem that holds some portion of an element, eg forests are a large carbon pool
Interdisciplinary positive feedback (loop) a benefit enhancement of an effect or process by its own influence that can lead to problems
Ecology regeneration renewal or revival replacement of a mature individual by an individual of the same species
Atmospheric Sciences ridge mountain high-pressure system commonly associated with clear skies and warmth
Interdisciplinary sink a kitchen or bathroom sink a part of the ecosystem that collects pollutants or nutrients, e.g. soil
Atmospheric Sciences sounding eg, to sound the alarm a measurement of how temperature and wind speed change with altitude
Atmospheric Sciences trough water container low-pressure system commonly associated with cold weather and rain
Interdisciplinary scenario a description of possible events, or a description of the story of a movie, play, or other performance plausible future events
Agricultural Sciences yield to give way or bend under force; give way to arguments, demands, or pressure. produce or supply
Interdisciplinary, Ecology biodiversity biological diversity in an environment as indicated by numbers of different species of plants and animals
Ecology, Medicine endemic belonging exclusively or confined to a particular place