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(historical perspectives of thermoscopes to thermometers: Daniel Fahrenheit, Galileo Galilei, Anders Celsius, and Lord Kelvin; among others, were major contributors to temperature calculations as we know them today)
(phyla rhymes or major taxonomic groups, classifying of living organisms, into which animals are divided and made up of several classes in poetic format)
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major worker
A member of the subcaste of the largest workers; especially, in ants.
With ants, the subcaste is usually specialized for defense; so, that an adult belonging to it is often also referred to as a "soldier".
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Ant and Related Entomology Terms
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semi-major axis
1. Half the length of the major axis of an ellipse; a standard element used to describe an elliptical orbit.
2. Half of the larger diameter of an ellipse.
Half of the smaller diameter is the semi-minor axis.
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Astronomy and related astronomical terms
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Ursa Major, Great Bear
The third largest constellation in the sky, in the north polar region.
Its seven brightest stars make up the familiar shape, or asterism, of the Big Dipper. The second star of the handle of the dipper, called Mizar, has a companion star, Alcor.
Two stars forming the far side of the bowl act as pointers to the north star, Polaris. Dubhe, one of them, is the constellation's brightest star.
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Astronomy and related astronomical terms
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