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noun • an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening) • a depression scratched or carved into a surface • an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) verb • make a depression into | ||||
| 27% | 8 | Birthplace of physicist James Clerk Maxwell | ||
noun • a town in western Washington • a town in northeastern South Dakota • a town in northeastern Maryland • a city in northeastern Scotland on the North Sea | ||||
| 27% | 9 | He formulated a simplified set of Maxwell's equations that are widely used in electrical engineering | ||
noun • English physicist and electrical engineer who helped develop telegraphic and telephonic communications; in 1902 (independent of A. E. Kennelly) he suggested the existence of an atmospheric layer that reflects radio waves back to earth (1850-1925) | ||||
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