gamma ray.noun,.plural.gamma
rays
very high frequency electromagnetic-radiation,
emitted from stars, as a result of
radioactive
decay. They are like X-rays,
but shorter in length. Only lead or collision with an atom
can stop them.
Gamma rays come from deep space and emanate
from
explosions
that blast their energy out in all directions. What causes this is
a mystery. "We don't know how this is happening" says Tsvi Piri of Hebrew
University in Jerusalem.
Gamma rays carry positive energy produced by annihilation
when an electron and its
antiparticle
a positron collide. Like neutrinos,
they go through us all the time.
"GRBs (Gamma ray bursts)
are brief intense discharges of radiation believed to be the most energetic
phenomenon
in the Universe...a spinning black
hole forms, which both destroys the star (leading to a supernova)
and produces jets of particles
traveling near the
speed of light, which give rise to a gamma ray burst (GRB)."....Astronomy,
January, 2000, pages 32.
Gamma rays
have no set pattern of rise and fall and disappear quickly from view, most
of them occurring for only seconds, not allowing enough time for telescopes
to track what is happening. However, some last more than a minute, releasing
vast amounts of energy, estimated to be about 1038ergs
in their few seconds sometimes about a minute) of life. The Sun,
for comparison, emits about the same amount of energy, but over 7 hours.
Such massive explosions (beyond the ability to see with visible light –
without special detection equipment, we would not even know that they are
there) regularly occurring "out there" has shocked many scientific disciplines.
We know that they are not generated by the Sun
or any planets.
No one is sure exactly where they arise, but it's somewhere beyond a thousand
light years away 'they think', where
matter seems to act so differently.
gamma.noun,.plural.gammas
the third letter of the Greek alphabet
genome.noun,.plural.genomes
the total genetic-(heredity-factors)
compliment (things which agree with each other) of a cell
or organism
Genomic DNA
is actually the total of an individual's chromosomes
present in one cell or to put it another way, every cell of every living
thing inherently contains a
formula for the particular variety of life that it is. That is how the
rose 'knows' it's a rose and the daisy, a daisy.
This formula is the genome, being a complete haploid
(single set of chromosomes)
with its associated genes or the complete genetic makeup and written (encoded)
in DNA's language.
The total human genome is about 3 billion base
pairs (6 billion in double stranded DNA). This is being
categorized
along with reams of other related
information to stab at understanding
how it was all put together, so we can, in utter
ignorance, manipulate natural
life processes, in a futile race
(why futile?) to increase
knowledge of how to better patch up the body.
All this necessitated due to widespread (and increasing)
ignorance of optimizing the
body through providing proper nutrition.
An escalating amount of money towards 'effect'
research such as the cancer 'virus' (if there is such a thing; can type
'no such thing as a virus' into Google; well, what
is it then?), the AIDS 'virus', etc., responds to the monstrous need
created by this inferior, inferior because it often leads to a dead end,
expensive and complicated misknowledge
of health.
This in turn results in foodstuffs most people
today in ignorance ingest, continuing
detrimental
contributions toward their health declination,
fueled by their desire for taste over nutrition.
The further we become distanced from natural methods
of health maintenance and away from the causes of various illnesses,
the greater the presssure to solve compounding problems caused by the inferior
alternate.
genomic.adjective
gobbledegook.or.gobbledygook.noun
wordy and generally.unintelligible.jargon
imitative of the gobbling of a turkey; vague.ethereal.meaningless
language; double talk; gibberish;
nonsense
GeV
'giga (109)
electron-volt'.
An unexcited electron is said to be at rest at 0.5
MeV.
One GeV is the energy a proton
would acquire while being accelerated through a voltage drop of one billion
volts. Particle accelerators
reach energies
of 103 GeV.
gall.noun
something.bitter
or distasteful; bitter feeling; rancor;
impudence;
audacity;
outrageous.insolence;
effrontery;
temerity;
bile;
something bitter to endure;
if you say that someone has the gall to do something, you are criticizing
them for behaving
in a rude
or disrespectful
way (she had the gall to suggest that I might supply her with information
about what Steve was doing); if someone's action galls you, it makes you
feel angry or annoyed, often because it is unfair to you and you cannot
do anything about it; a sore on the skin caused by rubbing or chafing;
irritation,
annoyance,
vexation
synonym.temerity
transitive
verb use.to irritate, annoy, vex;
a spot.worn.bare;
to make the skin sore by rubbing or chafing;
to become sore from rubbing or chafing
gall, galled,
galling,
galls.verbs
transitive verb use.to
make the skin sore by abrasion;
chafe; to damage
or break the surface of by or as if by friction;
abrade;
to irk
or exasperate;
vex (it galled me to have to wait outside in the rain)
intransitive
verb use.to become irritated, chafed
or sore
gall.noun
an abnormal
swelling of plant tissue caused by insects, microorganisms or external
injury
Gypsy.noun,.plural.Gypsies
a member of a nomadic
people that arrived in Europe in migrations from northern India around
the 14th century, now also living in North America and Australia; many
Gypsy groups have preserved elements of their traditional culture, including
an itinerant existence, tribal
organization and the Romany language; one inclined to a nomadic, unconventional
way of life
grotesque.adjective
characterized
by distortions or striking incongruities
in appearance, shape, manner,
etc.;
bizarre
grotesquely.adverb
grotesqueness.noun
grotesquerie or grotesquery.nouns
the quality
or state
of being grotesque
group theory.noun
the mathematical study of symmetry,
where group
is a set of mathematical.objects
(something you may be analyzing
mathematically, like perhaps the fractal
patterns shown in a group of fronds
in a thicket of ferns) linked by math
rules (algorithms)
Horace Greeley.1811-1872.
American journalist and politician who founded and edited the New York
Tribune, 1841-1872 and in 1872 he ran unsuccessfully for President
garner, garnered,
garnering,
garners.transitive
verbs
to amass;
acquire;
to gather fresh grains for storing in a granary; reap;
if someone has garnered something useful or valuable, they have gained
it or collected it
garner.noun,.plural.garners
a granary
gruff, gruffer,
gruffest.adjectives
brusk or
stern
in manner or appearance (a gruff reply); hoarse;
harsh
(a gruff voice)
gruffly.adverb
gruffness.noun,.plural.gruffnesses
guttural.adjective
of.or.relating.to
the throat; having a harsh,
grating.quality,
as certain sounds produced in the back of the mouth
gutturalism.or.gutturality.or.gutturalness.noun
gutturally.adverb
growl.noun,.plural.growls
the low, guttural, menacing
sound made by an animal (the growl of a dog); a gruff,
surly.utterance
growl, growled,
growling,
growls.verbs
intransitive verb use.to
emit
a low, guttural sound or utterance; to speak in an angry or surly manner
transitive verb use.to
utter by growling (growled the orders)
growly.adjective
gutter.noun,.plural.gutters
a channel
at the edge of a street or road for carrying off surface water; a trough
fixed under or along the eaves
for draining rainwater from a roof; a furrow
or groove
formed by running water; a trough or channel for carrying something off,
such as that on either side of a bowling alley; in printing, the white
space formed by the inner margins of two facing pages, as of a book or
the centre of the book when opened
gutter, guttered,
guttering,
gutters.verbs
transitive verb use.to
form gutters or furrows in; to provide with gutters
intransitive verb use.to
flow in channels or rivulets
gutter.adjective
befitting the lowest class of human life; vulgar,
sordid or unprincipled (gutter language; the gutter press)
gulag.also.Gulag.noun,.plural.gulags.also.Gulags
a network of forced labor camps in the Soviet
Union; a forced labor camp or prison, especially for those regarded as
political dissidents; a place
or situation of great suffering and hardship, likened to the atmosphere
in a prison system or a forced labor camp (working for this crap company
is like being in a gulag)
grate, grated,
grating,
grates.verbs
transitive verb use.to
reduce
to fragments,
shreds
or powder by rubbing against an abrasive.surface
such as when one grates cheese; to cause to make a harsh.grinding
or rasping sound through friction
(grated her teeth in anger); to irritate
or annoy.persistently
intransitive verb use.to
make a harsh rasping sound by or as if by scraping
or grinding; to cause irritation
or annoyance
(a noise that grates on one's nerves)
grate.noun,.plural.grates
a harsh rasping
sound made by scraping or rubbing (the grate of a key in a lock); to have
an irritating effect (her high
voiced chatter was grating on nerves of others); to make a sound of rough
scraping; rasp; to sound harshly; jar
(to grate on the ear)
grate.noun,.plural.grates
a framework of parallel
or latticed bars for blocking
an opening; a framework of metal bars used to hold fuel or food in a stove,
furnace or fireplace; a fireplace; a perforated iron plate or screen for
sieving and grading crushed ore
grate, grated,
grating,
grates.transitive
verbs
to equip with a grate (the grates on sidewalks
one can often see down into)
glory.noun,.plural.glories
something
conferring
honor or renown
(the congregation.praised.the
glory of God); glorifying God
means to have one's attention on the good
things God does and on the things you may want that come from God (how
they can come?.Ezekiel
18:31); great honor, praise or distinction.accorded
by common consent;
something greatly desired; if you glory in a situation or activity, you
enjoy it very much (the workers were glorying in their new-found freedom;
the beautifully finished building was a glory to the entire surrounding
area); the glory of something is its great beauty or impressive.nature
(the glory of the idea blossomed in his mind; the glory of a woman is her
beauty, poise, style, intelligence,
cleanliness and smile); the glories of a culture or place are the things
that people admire most about it; glory is the
fame
and admiration that you gain by doing something impressive;
a person's glories are the occasions when they have done something people
greatly admire which makes both them and other men and women happy (the
circle of happiness is engaging);
a highly praiseworthy asset
(your hair is your crowning glory); adoration, praise and thanksgiving
offered in worship;
majestic
beauty and splendor;
resplendence
(the Sun set in a blaze of glory; the glory of a warm bonfire);
the height of achievement, enjoyment or prosperity (the glory parents feel
when their baby is born; Paris in its greatest glory)
glory, gloried,
glorying,
glories.intransitive
verbs
to rejoice triumphantly;
exult
(a sports team that gloried in its hard-won victory)
glorious.adjective
characterized
by great beauty and splendor; magnificent
(a glorious sunset; a glorious day); delightful;
wonderful
(had a glorious visit with old friends); good;
having or deserving
glory; famous;
conferring
or advancing
glory (a glorious achievement)
gloriously.adverb
gloriousness.noun,.plural.gloriousnesses
delightful
glorify, glorified,
glorifying,
glorifies.transitive
verbs
to give glory to, honor or high
praise
to; exalt;
to have thankfulness toward;
to give glory to, especially through worship but also by other means, such
as adding to another nation so that it becomes stronger; to cause to be
or seem more
glorious or excellent than is
actually the case (your descriptions have glorified an average house into
a mansion)
glorifier.noun,.plural.glorifiers
something or someone that glorifies
glorification.noun,.plural.glorifications
goal.noun,.plural.goals
the purpose
toward which an endeavor
is directed; an objective;
intention;
in sports, the finish line of a race; a specified
structure or zone
into or over which players endeavor to advance a ball or puck (the end
zone in football; the goal zone in hockey); the score.awarded
for such an act
gastroenteritis.noun,.plural.gastroenteritises
inflammation
of the mucous membrane
of the stomach and intestines
gastrointestinal.noun,.plural.gastrointestinals
of.or.relating.to
the stomach and intestines
(the gastrointestinal tract)
Kahil Gibran.(also
spelt
Khalil or Kahlil Jubran) January 6, 1883 to April 10, 1931, Lebanese American
writer,
was the leader of a school of Arab American writers known as al-Râbitat
al-qalamiyyah, in English 'The Bond of the Pen'.
These writers contributed
to the development of a romantic
school in modern Arabic.poetry
that emphasized the role
of imagination and emotion and the power of nature..The
Prophet.1923,
which Jubran wrote in English, is a collection of aphorisms.(concise
sayings) and philosophical musings
that has proved popular among young adult readers for generations. Other
of his books in English are.The
Madman, 1918; The Forerunner, 1920; Sand and Foam, 1926;
Jesus,
the Son of Man, 1928.
Other quotes of his is here,
here
and here.
Born into a Christian
family in the village of Bsharri in Lebanon, Gibran or Jubran emigrated
to the United States in 1894 and settled initially in Boston.
Two later collections of
tales are partially autobiographical,.Spirits
Rebellious, 1946 and.The
Broken Wings, 1957.
Electronic versions of several
of his works can be found at leb.net/gibran/....Microsoft®
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