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brake, in technology

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Shoe brake CE5 Disk brake brake, in technology, device to slow or stop the motion of a mechanism or vehicle. The vacuum brake system, or vacuum brake, depends upon the use of a vacuum to ...

agave, in botany

(Encyclopedia)agave: see amaryllis.

agglutination, in biochemistry

(Encyclopedia)agglutination, in biochemistry: see immunity. ...

agglutination, in linguistics

(Encyclopedia)agglutination, in linguistics: see inflection. ...

Brethren in Christ

(Encyclopedia)Brethren in Christ: see River Brethren. ...

bronze, in art

(Encyclopedia)bronze, in art: see bronze sculpture. ...

bronze, in metallurgy

(Encyclopedia)bronze, in metallurgy, alloy of copper, tin, zinc, phosphorus, and sometimes small amounts of other elements. Bronzes are harder than brasses. Most are produced by melting the copper and adding the de...

bias, in electricity

(Encyclopedia)bias, a voltage, current, or other input applied to a device or system as a reference or to set its conditions of operation. A bias is usually steady but may vary with time, usually within a fixed and...

biometrics, in biology

(Encyclopedia)biometrics, also known as biostatistics or biometry, in biology, the development and application of statistical and mathematical methods to the analysis of data resulting from biological observations ...

bitterroot, in botany

(Encyclopedia)bitterroot: see purslane.