Jun 26, 2011 · A simple vacuum tube, a triode, with its heated cathode. Source. As expected with an insulator, electrons cannot move in vacuum, there is no electric current, the impatient …

For this specific scenario, the usage of "opposite to" and "opposite" is indistinguishable in resulting meaning.

I have a story about the "on the bus". I read somewhere (or someone explained to me) that back in the day buses were open, so that one wasn't inside the bus per se, but rather on the top of …

I'm looking for a similar phrase to: "one man's trash is another man's treasure." Any help would be appreciated.

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Dec 13, 2011 · Electrical isolation amounts to using an air gap (or vacuum) as an insulating (nonconducting) medium; like most electrical insulators, air has a breakdown voltage, typically …

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The more I think about it the more confused I get: One good example is here:. Hmm. Maybe something like this. It's the end of the day and things didn't go well.

Phonetics of the "oo" sounds. I think there are 6 pronunciations of "oo" as a digraph. As other people have mentioned, it can also represent two vowels in hiatus, as in "cooperate" or "zoology".