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11Gender of connectors and fasteners — A male threaded pipe, left, and female threaded elbow. In electrical and mechanical trades and manufacturing, each half of a pair of mating connectors or fasteners is conventionally assigned the designation male or female. The female connector is …
12Animal sexual behaviour — This article is about the sexual behaviour of non human animals; see also Human sexuality and Sexual reproduction. Animal sexual behaviour takes many different forms, even within the same species. Among animals other than humans, researchers have …
13Optical fiber connector — An optical fiber connector terminates the end of an optical fiber, and enables quicker connection and disconnection than splicing. The connectors mechanically couple and align the cores of fibers so that light can pass. Better connectors lose… …
14Ant — For other uses, see Ant (disambiguation). Ants Temporal range: 130–0 Ma …
15Mir — This article is about the Soviet/Russian space station. For other uses, see Mir (disambiguation). Mir …
16Hasselblad — This article is about Victor Hasselblad AB, the Swedish company. For the founder of the company, Victor Hasselblad, see Victor Hasselblad. For Hasselblad Masters, see Hasselblad Masters Award. For the Hasselblad Award or the Hasselblad Foundation …
17Aechmophorus — NOTOC Taxobox name = Aechmophorus image width = 250px image caption = Clark s Grebe regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Podicipediformes familia = Podicipedidae genus = Aechmophorus genus authority = Coues, 1862 subdivision… …
18Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… …
19Decompression (diving) — Divers decompressing in the water at the end of a dive Decompression in the context of diving derives from the reduction in ambient pressure experienced by the diver during the ascent at the end of a dive or hyperbaric exposure and refers to both …
20Space Shuttle Atlantis — Atlantis OV 104 Atlantis launching STS 122 mission to dock with the International Space Station OV designation OV 104 Country United States …
