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Accelerant
Accelerant An accelerant is a substance that is used to cause the rapid spread of a fire. An example of a commonly used accelerant is petroleum distillate, the liquid that is collected from the vaporization of petroleum-containing liquids. This fire-starting fluid is sold in hardware stores and is... Read more |
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Fire ecology
Fire Ecology Fire is one of the leading natural forces that has shaped nearly all land-based ecosystems for several thousand years. Fire is especially important in regulating the species composition of vegetation. Fire is particularly important in forests of cold northern regions, such as Canada... Read more |
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firing
firing n. 1. the action of setting fire to something: the deliberate firing of 600 oil wells. 2. the discharging of a gun or other weapon: the prolonged firing caused heavy losses | no missile firings were planned.... Read more |
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serotiny
serotiny (adj. serotinous) In certain plants, especially trees (e.g. jack pine (Pinus banksiana), lodgepole pine (P. contorta), and many species of Eucalyptus), the retention of seeds in pods or cones on the tree, often for many years, until a disaster, most commonly the heat of a fire, causes their... Read more |
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Fire-bellied toad
Bombina bombina (fire-bellied toad) See DISCOGLOSSIDAE.... Read more |
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Phaethon
Phaëthon or Phaëton , in Greek mythology, son of Helios and the nymph Clymene. He tried to drive his father's golden chariot, but he could not control its great steeds. As the chariot plunged to earth it burned Mt. Oeta and dried the Libyan Desert. The universe would have been... Read more |
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Vangelis
Vangelis Composer For the Record… Ignited Success with Chariots Returned to Solo Experiments Selected discography Sources Known around the world for his award-winning soundtrack to the film Chariots of Fire, Vangelis has been classified under a variety of genres, including New... Read more |
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Bullet
Bullet Background A bullet is a projectile, often a pointed metal cylinder, that is shot from a firearm. The bullet is usually part of an ammunition cartridge, the object that contains the bullet and that is inserted into the firearm. Cartridges are often called bullets, but... Read more |
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