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• Cloud
  *1: a visible mass of [[particles]] of condensed [[vapor]] (as [[water]] or ice) suspended in ...ud: as a : a light filmy, puffy, or billowy mass seeming to float in the [[air]] <a cloud of blond hair> <a ship under a cloud of sail>
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• Earth's atmosphere
  ...ound 1%) of [[water vapor]]. This mixture of gases is commonly known as '''air'''. The atmosphere protects [[organism|life on Earth]] by absorbing [[ultra ...y becomes thinner and fades into space. Three quarters of the atmosphere's mass is within 11 [[Kilometre|km]] of the [[planet]]ary surface. In the [[United
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• Terra firma
  ...on the earth's surface and is used to differentiate from the [[sea]] or [[air]].
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• Avalanche
  *1: a large mass of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow snow], ice, [[earth]], rock, or othe ...ow. If the avalanche moves fast enough some of the snow may mix with the [[air]] forming a powder snow avalanche, which is a type of [https://en.wikipedia
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• Propulsion
  Air '''propulsion''' is the [[act]] of moving an object through the air. The most common [[types]] are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propeller pro ...st [[equation]] shows that the amount of thrust generated depends on the [[mass]] [[flow]] through the engine and the exit [[velocity]] of the gas. [[Diffe
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• Spark
  :b : a hot glowing particle struck from a larger [[mass]]; especially : one heated by [[friction]] ...harge of very short duration between two conductors separated by a gas (as air)
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• 41:4 Sun Density
  41:4.1 The [[mass]] of your [[sun]] is slightly greater than the estimate of your [[physicist ...[[mass]] in [[space]] and [[inversely]] with the amount of [[space]] in [[mass]], the space between the [[central]] cores of [[matter]] and the [[particle
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• Steam
  ...ndenses]] above boiling water as the hot [[vapor]] mixes with the cooler [[air]]. This mist consists of tiny droplets of [[liquid]] [[water]]. [[Pure]] st ...with liquid water) occupies about 1,600 times the volume of an [[equal]] [[mass]] of liquid water. In the [[atmosphere]], the partial [[pressure]] of [[wat
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• Precipitation
  ...th]] but evaporates before reaching the [[surface]]; it is one of the ways air can become [[saturated]]. Precipitation forms via collision with other rain ...On the leeward side of mountains, desert climates can exist due to the dry air caused by compressional heating. The movement of the [https://en.wikipedia.
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• Transpiration
  ...ion also cools plants and enables [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_flow mass flow] of mineral nutrients and water from roots to shoots. Mass flow of liquid water from the [[roots]] to the leaves is driven in part by
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• 2005-11-29-His Love First and Foremost
  ...s in their environment, such as the moisture content in their cool or warm air supply. ...ing or hoping for a Celestial to breathe new ‘moisture’ into its shrinking mass?
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• Solar energy
  ...ing] properties, and [[designing]] spaces that [[naturally]] [[circulate]] air. ...ation]] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convection convection]. When the air reaches a high altitude, where the [[temperature]] is low, water vapor cond
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• Friction
  *3 : [[sound]] produced by the movement of air through a narrow constriction in the mouth or glottis ...ires on cars provide more traction than narrow tires for a given vehicle [[mass]] because of [[surface]] deformation of the tire)
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• Filters
  *1a : a porous article or mass (as of paper or sand) through which a [[gas]] or [[liquid]] is passed to se ...pedia.org/wiki/Air_conditioning air conditioning] to remove particles from air.
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• Iceberg
  *1: a large floating mass of ice detached from a [[glacier]] ...happens, each bubble bursts, making a 'popping' sound. The bubbles contain air trapped in snow layers very early in the history of the ice, that [[eventua
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• The Helianx Proposition/page 52
  leaving only a tangled mass of new vegetation struggling for its place in the sun. the constant roars and cries of predators and victims had filled the air,
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• Benediction
  ...p?title=Book_of_Numbers#Chapter_.6 Numbers 6:23-27]). This addition to the mass was made by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther Martin Luther] in An often complex and lengthy blessing before communion took place in the mass of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallican_Rite Gallican Rite] and in s
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• Evaporation
  ...other type of vaporization is boiling, that instead occurs on the entire [[mass]] of the [[liquid]]. Evaporation is also part of the [[water]] [[cycle]]. ...evapotranspiration]. Evaporation is caused when [[water]] is exposed to [[air]] and the [[liquid]] [[molecules]] turn into water vapor which rises up and
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• 57:7 The Meteoric Era—The Volcanic Age-The Primitive Planetary Atmosphere
  ...two thirds its present size, while the [[moon]] was nearing its present [[mass]]. [[Earth]]'s rapid gain over the [[moon]] in size enabled it to begin the ...numerated it is heavily charged with numerous volcanic gases and, as the [[air]] belt matures, with the [[combustion]] products of the heavy [[meteoric]]
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• Weather
  ...he tropics. The strong temperature [[contrast]] between polar and tropical air gives rise to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_stream jet stream]. We ...thin [[atmosphere]] throughout the [[Solar System]]. The [[movement]] of [[mass]] ejected from the [[Sun]] is known as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S
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