| grease |
Lubricant applied to the metal running strips on wooden coasters to reduce friction and excessive noise. It also helps lessen wear on the track work. Unfortunately, not all parks use grease on a regular basis.
Ãâó: www.geocities.com/RollerCoasterTalk/definitions.ht...
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| greater sciatic notch |
U-shaped notch at the back of the innominate characteristics of bipedal hominid pelves caused by the rearward and inferior displacement of the sacrum relative to the ape anatomy.
Ãâó: www.modernhumanorigins.com/g.html
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| greater trochanter |
Very large process on the lateral and proximal end of the femur shaft, for the attachment of muscles that stabilize the hip during one-legged balance (whether in standing or in bipedal locomotion).
Ãâó: www.modernhumanorigins.com/g.html
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| greenhouse effect |
The warming of the Earth's atmosphere attributed to a buildup of carbon dioxide or other gases; some scientists think that this build-up allows the sun's rays to heat the Earth, while making the infra-red radiation atmosphere opaque to infra-red radiation, thereby preventing a counterbalancing loss of heat.
Ãâó: www.epa.gov/OCEPAterms/gterms.html
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| greater omentum |
The stomach has 2 peritoneal folds attached to each of the stomach curvatures. The greater omentum is the peritoneal fold extending from the greater curvature of the stomach to the colon, and hanging down over the small intestine. The lesser omentum is the peritoneal fold extending from lesser curvature of the stomach to liver. (More? GIT Notes)
Ãâó: embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/Notes/Index/G.htm
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