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Volition is the study of will, choice, and decision.Choice is the familiar, and volition the scientific, term for the same state of the will; viz., an "elective preference". When we have "made up our minds" (as we say) to a thing, i. e., have a settled state of choice respecting it, that state is called an immanent volition; when we put forth any particular act of choice, that act is called an emanent, or executive, or imperative, volition. ...
Ãâó: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volition_(psychology)
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| voltage |
In the physical sciences, potential difference is the difference in potential between two points in a conservative vector field. In engineering, it is sometimes described as the across variable, where flux is the through variable. Within the context of electricity, the conservative vector field is the electrostatic field. Between any two points in the field, there is defined an electric potential difference where the unit is a volt. ...
Ãâó: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage
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| volute |
Spiral scroll at each corner of an Ionic or Corinthian capital.
Ãâó: www.geocities.com/Axiom43/architecture.html
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| volume fraction |
of a gas component in a gas mixture is the ratio of the component volume to the mixture volume. Note that for an ideal-gas mixture, the mole fraction, the pressure fraction, and the volume fraction of a component are identical.
Ãâó: highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072383321/student_...
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| volatilization |
The conversion of a solid or liquid into a gas or vapour.
Ãâó: www.fao.org/docrep/003/X3910E/X3910E25.htm
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