3-D: Short for three-dimensional. This term is an adjective for something that has features that can be described in three dimensions — height, width and length.
accelerator: (in physics) Also known as a particle accelerator, this massive machine revs up the motion of subatomic particles to great speed, and then beams them at targets. Sometimes the beams are used to deliver radiation at a tissue for cancer treatment. Other times, scientists crash the particles into solid targets in hopes of breaking the particles into their building blocks.
analytical chemistry: A field that focuses on ways to separate materials into their parts or elements.
anthropologist: A social scientist who studies humankind, often by focusing on its societies and cultures.
application: A particular use or function of something.
archaeology: (also archeology) The study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains. Those remains can range from housing materials and cooking vessels to clothing and footprints. People who work in this field are known as archaeologists.
artifact: Some human-made object (such as a pot or brick) that can be used as one gauge of a community’s culture or history.
atom: The basic unit of a chemical element. Atoms are made up of a dense nucleus that contains positively charged protons and uncharged neutrons. The nucleus is orbited by a cloud of negatively charged electrons.
boron: The chemical element having the atomic number 5. Its scientific symbol is B.
bottleneck: Some narrowing of a structure (like the neck on a soft-drink bottle) that will slow the passage of anything moving through the structure at that particular site. This can also be applied to some condition that serves to slow a process.
bronze: A metallic alloy that consists primarily of copper and tin, but may include other metals. It is harder and more durable than copper.
cavity: (in geology or physics) A large rigid…
Read the full article here