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polonium
Polonium is a chemical element; it has symbol Po and atomic number 84. A rare and highly radioactive metal (although sometimes classified as a metalloid) with no stable isotopes, polonium is a chalcogen and chemically similar to selenium and tellurium, though its metallic character resembles that of its horizontal neighbours in the periodic table: thallium, lead, and bismuth. Due to the short half-life of all its isotopes, its natural occurrence is limited to tiny traces of the fleeting polonium-210 (with a half-life of 138 days) in uranium ores, as it is the penultimate daughter of natural ur
Jagiellonian University
Polish higher education institution
Banach space
normed vector space that is complete
Sierpiński triangle
fractal composed of triangles
Q528
pulsar located around 2300 light-years from the Sun in Virgo constellation
postfix notation
mathematical notation in which every operator follows all of its operands
Fiat 126
car model
PT-91 Twardy
Polish main battle tank
PSR B1257+12 c
2nd exoplanet of PSR 1257+12 system
prefix notation
mathematical notation in which every operator precedes all of its operands
Sierpinski carpet
plane fractal built from squares
Czochralski process
method of crystal growth
Warsaw University of Technology
technical university in Warsaw, Poland
PSR 1257+12 b
1st exoplanet in PSR 1257+12 system
Kordylewski cloud
large concentrations of dust that exist at the L4 and L5 Lagrangian points of the Earth–Moon system
Pesa
Polish manufacturer of railway vehicles
Wronskian
In mathematics, the Wronskian of n differentiable functions is the determinant formed with the functions and their derivatives up to order . It was introduced in 1812 by the Polish mathematician Józef Wroński, and is used in the study of differential equations, where it can sometimes show the linear independence of a set of solutions.
Fiat 508
compact car developed by Fiat in 1932
Q1389601
car model
FSC Żuk
brand of Polish light commercial vehicles produced by Fabryka Samochodów Ciężarowych
Vis 35
Polish semi-automatic pistol
Polski Fiat 125p
car model
W-3 Sokół
utility helicopter family by PZL-Świdnik
Banach algebra
particular kind of algebraic structure
Lwów School of Mathematics
research collective
Sierpinski number
number k which k*2^n+1 is composite with all n
Piorun
type of Man-Portable SAM
AHS Krab
Polish gun-howitzer
Polski FIAT
The first and the main Polish automaker and utility vehicles which was founded in 1934.
FSO Syrena
FSO car model
Błyskawica submachine gun
submachine gun
Polish Polar Station, Hornsund
research institute
Commission of National Education
Central education authority of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Nysa
motor vehicle
Grom
Polish copy of the Russian Igla rocket
Sierpiński curve
recursively defined sequence of continuous closed plane fractal curves
PZL
defunct Polish aircraft manufacturer
FSC Lublin
motor vehicle
Cipher Bureau
interwar Polish-intelligence cryptology agency
FSR Tarpan
brand of Polish vans produced in 1972–1991
Polish space
separable, completely metrizable topological space
Fiat 518
car model
Institute of Astronomy
astronomical observatory and astronomy research institute at Nicolaus Copernicus University
Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange
state agency for academic mobility and international research collaboration
Polish Academy of Learning
Polish scientific organization
Mors submachine gun
submachine gun
Kbk wz. 1929
service rifle
PZL Mielec
aerospace manufacturer
PZA Loara
self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon
Globus Jagellonicus
globe
Biały Słoń Observatory
former Astronomical Observatory
Zygalski sheets
Cryptologic technique used in World War II

Meteor
sounding rocket
Gawron-class corvette
Polish Navy corvette
bomba
codebreaking device created at Polish Cipher Bureau
10TP
The 10TP was a Polish light cruiser tank that never progressed beyond the prototype stage. Though intended to contribute to the Polish armour development programme, the prototype was ultimately deemed unsuccessful. However, insights gained during testing informed the design of the subsequent 14TP model, which was never completed due to the outbreak of World War II.
PZL Kania
Polish helicopter
Ckm wz.30
heavy machine gun
FSM Beskid
Polish car prototype
Łan