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caesium
Caesium (IUPAC spelling; also spelled cesium in American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Cs and atomic number 55. It is a soft, silvery-golden alkali metal with a melting point of , which makes it one of only five elemental metals that are liquid at or near room temperature. Caesium has physical and chemical properties similar to those of rubidium and potassium. It is pyrophoric and reacts with water even at . It is the least electronegative stable element, with a value of 0.79 on the Pauling scale. It has only one stable isotope, caesium-133. Caesium is mined mostly from polluci
vacuum cleaner
device that uses air to suck up dirt and other substances
psychophysics
Psychophysics is the field of psychology which quantitatively investigates the relationship between physical stimuli and the sensations and perceptions they produce. Psychophysics has been described as "the scientific study of the relation between stimulus and sensation" or, more completely, as "the analysis of perceptual processes by studying the effect on a subject's experience or behaviour of systematically varying the properties of a stimulus along one or more physical dimensions".
Man'en
was a after Ansei and before Bunkyū. This period spanned the years from March 1860 through February 1861. The reigning emperor was .
Roots-type supercharger
a positive displacement lobe pump
St. Martin's Croissants
Polish sweetrolls
jump seat
auxiliary seat in a vehicle
Popular Tales of the West Highlands
4 volume collection of marchen