The type of chemical reactions a substance may undergo and the energy changes that may accompany it are constrained by certain basic rules, known as chemical laws.

A chemical element is specifically a substance which is composed of a single type of atom.

A chemical element is a pure chemical substance consisting of one type of atom distinguished by its atomic number, which is the number of protons in its nucleus.

The two main types of dualism are substance dualism ( which holds that the mind is formed of a distinct type of substance not governed by the laws of physics ) and property dualism ( which holds that the laws of physics are universally valid but cannot be used to explain the mind ).

The resulting hard substance, called ' clinker ', is then ground with a small amount of gypsum into a powder to make ' Ordinary Portland Cement ', the most commonly used type of cement ( often referred to as OPC ).

Another type of loaded die is hollow with a small weight and a semi-solid substance inside whose melting point is just lower than the temperature of the human body, allowing the cheater to change the loading of the die by applying body heat, causing the semi-solid to melt and the weight to drift down, making the chosen opposite face more likely to land up.

* Chemical element, a pure substance consisting of one type of atom

L Explosive substance or article containing an explosive substance and presenting a special risk ( e. g., due to water-activation or presence of hypergolic liquids, phosphides, or pyrophoric substances ) needing isolation of each type ( 1. 1L, 1. 2L, 1. 3L ).

The electrolyte substance usually defines the type of fuel cell.

A very important type of glial cell ( oligodendrocytes in the central nervous system, and Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system ) generates layers of a fatty substance called myelin that wraps around axons and provides electrical insulation which allows them to transmit action potentials much more rapidly and efficiently.

Cartilage is composed of specialized cells called chondrocytes that produce a large amount of extracellular matrix composed of Type II collagen ( except Fibrocartilage which also contains type I collagen ) fibers, abundant ground substance rich in proteoglycan, and elastin fibers.

The energy and the type of the ionizing radiation emitted by a radioactive substance are also important factors in determining its threat to humans.

In this type of bioassay, response of the test substance taken first and the observed response is tried to match with the standard response.

* any type of money that has face value greater than its value as material substance.

and similar words are used to refer to any especially hard substance, whether composed of diamond, some other gemstone, or some type of metal.

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ( ELISA ), is a popular format of a " wet-lab " type analytic biochemistry assay that uses one sub-type of heterogeneous, solid-phase enzyme immunoassay ( EIA ) to detect the presence of a substance, usually an antigen, in a liquid sample or wet sample.

The Dutch didn't know of the existence of this type of ammunition, consisting of hollow brass balls filled with a flammable substance, so they were greatly surprised.

Substance dualism is a type of dualism most famously defended by Descartes, which states that there are two fundamental kinds of substance: mental and material.

The inclusion of belladonna / datura type plants among the dozens of ingredients in the Haitian zombie drug is thought by some authorities to be at least somewhat likely, although scopolamine-bearing plant matter is almost certainly not the main active ingredient, which has been theorised to possibly be tetrodotoxin or a related substance.

Fibroblasts are the most common cell type in connective tissue ECM, in which they synthesize, maintain and provide a structural framework ; fibroblasts secrete the precursor components of the ECM, including the ground substance.

The latter is a magical bowl into which memories and thoughts can be placed and examined, and is a portmanteau of two words: pensive, meaning " musingly or dreamily thoughtful ," and sieve, a type of bowl with perforations through which fine particles of a substance ( such as flour ) may be passed to separate them from coarser ones.

New research from The University of Western Ontario has discovered a substance in tangerine skins that not only prevents obesity in mice, but also offers protection against type 2 diabetes, and even atherosclerosis, the underlying disease responsible for most heart attacks and strokes.

) The concept of nationalism is the political principle that epitomizes and glorifies the territorial state as the characteristic type of socal structure.

It only means that there will be new form, and that this form will be of such a type that it admits the chaos and does not try to say that the chaos is really something else.

His name is Praisegod Piepsam, and he is rather fully described as to his clothing and physiognomy in a way which relates him to a sinister type in the author's repertory -- he is a forerunner of those enigmatic strangers in `` Death In Venice '', for example, who represent some combination of cadaver, exotic, and psychopomp.

The hero, who is himself, is represented as a pilgrim in the storied lands of the East, a sort of Faustus type, who, to quote from Professor Book again, `` even in the pleasure gardens of Sardanapalus can not cease from his painful search after the meaning of life.

But because it is the function of the mind to turn the one into the other by means of the capacities with which words endow it, we do not unwisely examine the type of distinction, in the sphere of politics, on which decisions hang.

Accordingly we may speak of the Platonism peculiar to Shelley's poems or the type of Stoicism present in Henley's `` Invictus '', and we may find that describing such Platonism or such Stoicism and contrasting each with other expressions of the same attitude or mode of thought is a difficult and challenging enterprise.

In the main stream of historical thinking is a group of scholars, H.M. Chadwick, R.H. Hodgkin, Sir Frank Stenton et al. who are in varying degrees sceptical of the native traditions of the conquest but who defend the catastrophic type of invasion suggested by them.

It is not as convenient as the old type toothbrush and the paste tends to shimmy off the bristles.

The rural land use study is being carried out under contract by the University of Rhode Island and identifies all agricultural land uses in the state by type of use.

This type of borrowing can be reduced to a minimum if quarterly installment payment of taxes is instituted and the first payment placed near the opening of the fiscal year.

It indicates the same thing but it is meant to pertain more specifically to establishments designed to cater to smaller type boats such as outboards.

Actually, the engine displacement formula is the standard formula for computing the volume of a cylinder of any type with an added factor that represents the number of cylinders in the engine.

Laguerre Hanover is outstanding in type and conformation -- good body, plenty of heart girth, stands straight on his legs on excellent feet -- and has the smoothest gait.

Fury is upstanding and on the rangy side, and Caper is more the compact type.

Torrid Adios ( Torrid-Adios Molly ) is not so masculine as most of the colts, but I like his type and he certainly is one of the best-gaited pacers on the grounds.

After notching it for the keelson, chines and battens, the half-inch plywood transom is secured to it with glue and the same type nails.

It is one of the very few, if not the only surviving bridge of its type to serve a main artery of the U.S. highway system, thus it is far more than a relic of the horse and buggy days.

New to the field is a duplex type butyrate laminate in which the two sheets of the laminate are of different color.

Still another approach to the changeable letter type of sign is a modular unit introduced by Merritt Products, Azusa, Calif..