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Achromatic

Achromatic (Science: microscopy) Literally, colour-free. A lens or prism is said to be achromatic when corrected for two... Read More

Sense Organs in Insects

By Sachin Chorge Article submitted on January 2008 Article accepted on February 2008   Senses are the... Read More

Transmission

transmission 1. (Science: microbiology, physiology) A passage or transfer, as of a disease from one individual to another or... Read More

Plane

Plane 1. To make smooth; to level; to pare off the inequalities of the surface of, as of a board or other piece of wood, by... Read More

Aperture

Aperture (Science: physics) The opening in an optical system which restricts the size of the bundle of rays incident on a... Read More

Valgus

Valgus Definition Valgus means "outwardly turned bone". ‘Valgus’ refers to anatomical bone deformity wherein a part of... Read More

Sensitivity

Sensitivity (Science: microscopy) similar to responsively of an image pickup tube but numerically different. The signal... Read More

Absorption

Absorption can be defined as the process of assimilating substances across the intestinal epithelial cells or the tissues... Read More

Transmittance

transmittance (Science: radiobiology) ratio of the radiant power transmitted by an object to the incident radiant... Read More

Secondary succession

We all have come across news where forest lands got destroyed by wildfires. Or sometimes we have read about an entire... Read More