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− | * | + | * '''termites:''' we were tiny comapred to the falling giant |
+ | * '''thermite:''' reaction in which aluminium metal is oxidized by the oxide of another metal, most commonly iron oxide. The name thermite is also used to refer to a mixture of two such chemicals. | ||
− | * | + | * '''therm:''' a unit of heat energy. It is approximately the energy equivalent of burning 100 cubic feet of natural gas at standard temperature and pressure. |
− | * | + | * '''mite''' |
− | * Thermidor - month of the French Revolutionary Callendar, during which the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermidorian_Reaction Thermidorian Reaction]killed Robespierre, Saint-Just and other leaderd of the Reign of Terror | + | * '''Thermidor''' - month of the French Revolutionary Callendar, during which the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermidorian_Reaction Thermidorian Reaction]killed Robespierre, Saint-Just and other leaderd of the Reign of Terror. |
− | * '' | + | The scene has shifted from the Zoans of Ireland to France |
+ | * '''"We seemed like grasshoppers in our eyes and we looked the same to them."''' - the report of the spies who scouted the Land of Israel to Moses in the desert |
Latest revision as of 08:28, 30 November 2020
- termites: we were tiny comapred to the falling giant
- thermite: reaction in which aluminium metal is oxidized by the oxide of another metal, most commonly iron oxide. The name thermite is also used to refer to a mixture of two such chemicals.
- therm: a unit of heat energy. It is approximately the energy equivalent of burning 100 cubic feet of natural gas at standard temperature and pressure.
- mite
- Thermidor - month of the French Revolutionary Callendar, during which the Thermidorian Reactionkilled Robespierre, Saint-Just and other leaderd of the Reign of Terror.
The scene has shifted from the Zoans of Ireland to France
- "We seemed like grasshoppers in our eyes and we looked the same to them." - the report of the spies who scouted the Land of Israel to Moses in the desert