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A member of a group of organic compounds that can be considered as derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogens by organic functional groups. Generally amines are bases of widely varying strengths, but a few that are acidic are…

A conductor whose purpose is to emit and/or receive electromagnetic waves using the bulk oscillations of electric charges within the conductor. The conduction electrons in antennas are free to move throughout the conductor. The electrons form a bulk…

An ongoing current event in which a large number of living species are threatened with extinction or are going extinct because of environmentally destructive human activities. The Earth is presently in the midst of a mass extinction event. In the…