Jordon's definitions

Republic

Representative form of government pioneered in Greece but sophisticated in the Roman Republic. Involves districts with populace voters who elect their representative officials. United States is a Republic.

"This aint a democracy you idiot, its a republic"

by Jordon December 10, 2003

Avogadro

Crazy scientist who came up with "Avogadro's Constant", a number that clumps a specific number of atoms into a mole, which can be used to figure out the exact weight of an atom of any element. On the periodic table, the element's atomic mass is in grams per mole. There are 6.02 X 10^23 atoms in one mole.

"Crap man, thats some serious scientific crap!"

by Jordon December 11, 2003

Mendel

Known as the "Father of Genetics", Gregor Mendel performed a series of tests on pea plants. He noticed that two phenotypically identical plants would occasionally produce completely different offspring, and he deduced that genes could be "Dominant or Recessive" from generation to generation.

"Gregor is a weird name"

by Jordon December 11, 2003