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physics
                                         study of matter and
                                         its relation to force,
                                         motion, and energy

                                         pi
                                         approximately 3.14—it
           Nobel Prize                   is the circumference of
           prize given each year         any circle divided by
           to a person or group who      its diameter
           makes an outstanding
           contribution to their field   racism
                                         belief that certain
           nuclear fission               people are better than
           process during which          others because of their
           an atom releases huge         race, or hating a group
           amounts of energy             of people because of
           when being split              their race

           pacifism                      relativity
           to be against war             Albert’s theory that
           particle                      motion is relative to the
           very tiny portion of a        space around it, keeping
           larger physical body          in mind that time and
           patent                        space are also relative to
                                         each other
           legally recognized
           ownership of copyright        segregation
           for an invention or idea      keeping people of

           PhD                           different races or religions
           abbreviation that             separate from each other
           stands for “Doctor of         stateless
           Philosophy,” which is         to be without citizenship
           an academic degree
                                         of any country


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