Interstellar Movie Vocabulary Preview – Flashcards
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Surveillance Drone
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An unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) used to to gather information, images and video, about specific targets, which might be individuals, groups or environments
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Written in Binary Code
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encoded using only the digits 0 and 1
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Poltergeist
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a ghost or spirit supposed to manifest its presence by noises, knockings, etc.
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Stratosphere
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the region of the upper atmosphere extending to about 50 km above the earth
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Okra
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the pods, used in soups, stews, etc (also called gumbo)
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Wheat
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the plant producing the grain used to make flour for making bread, cakes, etc.
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Gravity
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the force of attraction by which terrestrial bodies tend to fall toward the center of the earth
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Wormhole
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a tunnel in the geometry of space-time postulated to connect different parts of the universe
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Probe
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an unmanned spacecraft designed to explore the solar system and transmit data back to earth
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Hibernation
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a dormant condition with metabolism greatly slowed down
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Equation
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A written statement indicating the equality of two expressions. For example, 2 + 3 + 5 = 10 is an equation.
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Fertilized Eggs
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an animal or human organism in the early stages of growth
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Relativity
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a theory developed by Albert Einstein which says that the way that anything except light moves through time and space depends on the position and movement of someone who is watching
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Hypersleep
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a form of suspended animation in which the body's functions are not merely slowed down but halted entirely
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Trajectory
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the curved path along which something (such as a rocket) moves through the air or through space
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Data
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factual information (as measurements or statistics) used as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or calculation
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Black Hole
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a celestial object that has a gravitational field so strong that light cannot escape it and that is believed to be created especially in the collapse of a very massive star
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Horizon
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point of no return at which any matter or energy is doomed to disappear from the visible universe
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To Orbit
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to move or travel around
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Dimensions
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any of a set of basic kinds of quantity, as mass, length, and time
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Sterile
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free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic, not producing vegetation
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Blight
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a plant patholohy characterized by the rapid and extensive discoloration, wilting, and death of plant tissues
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Naked Singularity
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a gravitational field with no boundaries
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Ranger
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a soldier in the U.S. Army who has special training
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To Dock
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to join (as two spacecraft) mechanically while in space
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Rocket
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a jet engine used especially for the propulsion of a space vehicle
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Tesseract
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the four-dimensional analogue of a cube
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Coordinates
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any of a set of numbers used in specifying the location of a point on a line, on a surface, or in space (latitude and longitude)
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Murphy's Law
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anything that CAN happen WILL happen
