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... temperature as their environment . Homoiotherms are able to re- main active in situations in which poi- kilotherms cannot . Body temperatures of homoiotherms are kept at a constant value by regulatory mechanisms that counteract the ...
... temperature as their environment . Homoiotherms are able to re- main active in situations in which poi- kilotherms cannot . Body temperatures of homoiotherms are kept at a constant value by regulatory mechanisms that counteract the ...
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... temperature inver- sion . formation by air thermal mixing 4 : 761b ; illus . inversion of temperature , atmospheric con- dition in which temperature increases with al- titude within a layer of the troposphere ( the part of the ...
... temperature inver- sion . formation by air thermal mixing 4 : 761b ; illus . inversion of temperature , atmospheric con- dition in which temperature increases with al- titude within a layer of the troposphere ( the part of the ...
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... temperature physics and his production of liquid helium . He discovered superconductivity , the almost total lack of electrical resistance by certain materials when cooled to a temperature near absolute zero . From 1871 he studied and ...
... temperature physics and his production of liquid helium . He discovered superconductivity , the almost total lack of electrical resistance by certain materials when cooled to a temperature near absolute zero . From 1871 he studied and ...
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