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auxiliary type — a specimen or element to serve as type of a subordinate taxon when the type of a major taxon is inadequate to assign subordinate rank names to the type. Also called sustaining specimen … Dictionary of ichthyology
Environmental scanning electron microscope — Wool fibers imaged in an ESEM by the use of two symmetrical plastic scintillating backscattered electron detectors … Wikipedia
ESEM — stands for environmental scanning electron microscope. This is a scanning electron microscope (SEM) that allows a gaseous environment in the specimen chamber. Whereas all conventional microscopes operate in vacuum, the ESEM has added a new… … Wikipedia
Apatosaurus — Taxobox name = Apatosaurus fossil range = Late Jurassic image caption = Current Apatosaurus excelsus skeletal mount at the American Museum of Natural History image width = 300px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Sauropsida superordo … Wikipedia
Glasgow — GLASGOW, a city, the seat of a university, and a sea port, having separate jurisdiction, locally in the Lower ward of the county of Lanark, and situated in longitude 4° 15 51 (W.), and latitude 55° 52 10 (N.), 23 miles (E. by S.) from Greenock … A Topographical dictionary of Scotland
Nepenthes hurrelliana — An upper pitcher of Nepenthes hurrelliana from Mount Murud Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Nepenthes eymae — An upper pitcher of Nepenthes eymae Conservation status … Wikipedia
diagnosis — /duy euhg noh sis/, n., pl. diagnoses / seez/. 1. Med. a. the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition. b. the decision reached from such an examination. Abbr.: Dx 2. Biol. scientific… … Universalium
Biodiversity — Some of the biodiversity of a coral reef … Wikipedia
Marginal utility — In economics, the marginal utility of a good or service is the utility gained (or lost) from an increase (or decrease) in the consumption of that good or service. Economists sometimes speak of a law of diminishing marginal utility, meaning that… … Wikipedia
