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  • 81MARÉES — Le mot marée désigne, dans son acception la plus courante, le mouvement oscillatoire du niveau de la mer résultant des attractions de la Lune et du Soleil sur les particules liquides; le phénomène est donc une conséquence de la gravitation… …

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  • 82globe — [ glɔb ] n. m. • XIVe; lat. globus ♦ Corps sphérique ou sphéroïdal. 1 ♦ Boule, sphère. Le centre, le diamètre d un globe. Petit globe. ⇒ globule. Littér. Le globe d un sein. Anat. Globe oculaire. ⇒ œil. 2 ♦ Vieilli Sphère (d un astre). ⇒ 2. orbe …

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  • 83globule — [ glɔbyl ] n. m. • XVIIe; lat. globulus, dimin. de globus → globe 1 ♦ Vx Corpuscule sphérique ou sphéroïdal. ⇒ boulette; 2. bulle, grain. 2 ♦ (1742) Mod. Élément de forme sphérique qui se trouve en suspension dans certains liquides organiques.… …

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  • 84Cartesian coordinate system — Illustration of a Cartesian coordinate plane. Four points are marked and labeled with their coordinates: (2, 3) in green, (−3, 1) in red, (−1.5, −2.5) in blue, and the origin (0, 0) in purple. A Cartesian coordinate system specifies each point… …

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  • 85Dark matter — Not to be confused with antimatter, dark energy, dark fluid or dark flow. For other uses, see Dark Matter (disambiguation) …

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  • 86Polar coordinate system — Points in the polar coordinate system with pole O and polar axis L. In green, the point with radial coordinate 3 and angular coordinate 60 …

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  • 87Coordinate system — For geographical coordinates on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates. In geometry, a coordinate system is a system which uses one or more numbers, or coordinates, to uniquely determine the position of a point or other… …

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  • 88Cast iron — For cookware, see Cast iron cookware. Iron alloy phases Ferrite (α iron, δ iron) Austenite (γ iron) …

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  • 89Cylindrical coordinate system — A cylindrical coordinate system with origin O, polar axis A, and longitudinal axis L. The dot is the point with radial distance ρ = 4, angular coordinate φ = 130°, and height z = 4. A cylindrical coordinate system is …

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  • 90Spiral galaxy — A spiral galaxy is a galaxy belonging to one of the three main classes of galaxy originally described by Edwin Hubble in his 1936 work “The Realm of the Nebulae” [cite book |last=Hubble |first=E. P. |authorlink=Edwin Hubble |title=The Realm of… …

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