[noun] The line on a graph that runs vertically (bottom to top).

• Appears in modules:

• Linear Equations in Science
• Wave Mathematics

[noun - organisms] Eukaryotic, single-celled organisms belonging to the fungi kingdom.

• Appears in modules:

• DNA III
• Energy Metabolism I
• Meselson and Stahl

[person] English physicist and physician, born in Milverton, Somerset (1773-1829). Young's experiments with deflecting light showed interference patterns, proving that light is a wave. In addition, he was an Egyptologist and helped decipher the Rosetta Stone. Young also researched the size of molecules, surface tension in liquids, and the elasticity of materials.

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• Energy
• Experimentation in Scientific Research
• Light and Electromagnetism
• Light I