| biologist | <specialist> A student of biology; one versed in the science of biology. (21 Mar 1998) |
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| electro-biologist | <biology> One versed in electro-biology. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| london | The capital city of England. <medicine> London paste, a paste made of caustic soda and unslacked lime; used as a caustic to destroy tumours and other morbid enlargements. London pride. <botany> A cruciferous plant (Sisymbrium Irio) which sprung up in London abundantly on the ruins of the great fire of 1667. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| london dispersion forces | <chemistry> The forces that exist in nonpolar molecules that involve an accidental dipole that induces a momentary dipole in a neighbor. (09 Jan 1998) |
| London forces | First postulated by van der Waals in 1873 to explain deviations from ideal gas behaviour seen in real gases; the attractive force's between atoms or molecules other than electrostatic (ionic), covalent (sharing of electrons), or hydrogen bonding (sharing a proton); generally ascribed to dipolar and dispersion effects, π-electrons, etc.; these relatively nondescript force's contribute to the mutual attraction of organic molecules. Synonym: London forces. (05 Mar 2000) |
| London, Fritz | <person> German-U.S. Physicist, 1900-1954. See: London forces. (05 Mar 2000) |