Archimedes' principle
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Archimedes' principle
the principle that when a body is partly or wholly immersed in a fluid there is an apparent loss of weight equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. [After Archimedes of Syracuse (?287 — 212 bc), Greek philosopher and applied mathematician.]
| Archaebacteria, Archaea, Arabidopsis thaliana | |
| Arg, Argonaute, Arp |
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