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Frequency
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Vehicle occupancy rate
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Bolide
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Reptile
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DTS
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Chromatin
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Anastomosis
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SNP
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Plug and Play
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Calipso
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VIRTIS
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Metazoan
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Cytoplasm
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Scour pool
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Centripetal force
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Polysaccharide
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Metatarsus
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Lamellar
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Band theory
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Bit rate
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Friction
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Class IV antiarrhythmic
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Fascias
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Calcium carbonate
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Dual core
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Urushiol
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Constellation of Ursa Major
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Bluetongue disease
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Antenna
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Synchronous
X-ray binary
An X-ray binary system is a system formed from an "ordinary" star orbiting around a neutron star. Thanks to its intense gravitational field, the neutron star cannibalises its accompanying star, forming an accretion disk around it.
Artist's impression of an X-ray binary system accompanied by a continuous jet of matter.
(Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC))
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