Glossary - I

ice hockey /7/Game/Athletic/Winter/ice hockey

iceberg /5/Earth Science/Land/Erosion/Glacier/iceberg

ichthyology /4/Biology/Subjects/Animal/ichthyology

icosagon /3/Geometry/Plane/Polygon/Kinds/Number/icosagon

icosahedron /3/Geometry/Solid/Polyhedron/Kinds/Number Of Faces/icosahedron

ideal gas /5/Physics/Kinetics/Gas/ideal gas

ideal gas law, kinetics /5/Physics/Kinetics/Gas/ideal gas law

ideation /6/Psychology/Cognition/Learning/Kinds/Concept/ideation

identification, psychology /6/Psychology/Child Psychology/identification in psychology

identity principle /3/Logic/Rules/identity in logic

ideogram /6/Linguistics/Writing/Alphabet/Units/ideogram

ideographic alphabet, writing /6/Linguistics/Writing/Alphabet/Kinds/ideographic alphabet

ideology, politics /6/Political Science/ideology

idiom /6/Linguistics/Grammar/Syntax/idiom

idiot /6/Psychology/Intelligence/Levels/idiot

idiot savant /6/Psychology/Intelligence/Single Factor/idiot savant

idler wheel /7/Machine/Kinds/Mechanical/Rotation/Pulley/idler wheel

idolatry, religion /6/Religion/Sociology/idolatry

idyll /2/Literature/Poetry/Kinds/Epic Poem/idyll

igneous rock /5/Earth Science/Mineral/Kinds/Rock/Igneous/igneous rock

ignis fatuus /4/Ecology/Ecosystem/Bione/Water/Swamp/ignis fatuus

ignoring the question /3/Logic/Fallacy/Irrelevance/ignoring the question

ileum /4/Zoology/Organ/Digestion/Parts/Small Intestine/Regions/ileum

ileus /4/Zoology/Organ/Skeleton/Bones/Trunk/Pelvis/ileus

illuminance /5/Physics/Wave/Electromagnetic/Intensity/illuminance

image, object /5/Physics/Wave/Superposition/Refraction/Lens/Focus/image

imaginary companion /6/Psychology/Child Psychology/imaginary companion

imaginary number /3/Number Theory/Number Types/Complex Number/imaginary number

imam, Islam /6/Religion/Religions/Islam/People/imam in Islam

imbecile /6/Psychology/Intelligence/Levels/imbecile

imide /5/Chemistry/Organic/Chemical/Carboxylic Acid/Substituted/imide

imine /5/Chemistry/Organic/Chemical/Nitrogen/imine

imitation, behavior /6/Psychology/Behavior/Kinds/imitation

immanence /6/Religion/God/Attributes/immanence

immediate memory /6/Psychology/Cognition/Memory/Kinds/immediate memory

immigration /6/Political Science/International Relations/People/immigration

immiscible liquids /5/Chemistry/Inorganic/Phase/Solution/Mixing/immiscible liquids

immortality /6/Religion/Soul/immortality

immune response /4/Zoology/Organ/Immune System/Immunity Types/immune response

immune system, organ /4/Zoology/Organ/Immune System/immune system

immunity /5/Chemistry/Biochemistry/Protein/Kinds/Immunity/immunity

immunization /7/Personal Affairs/Health/immunization

immunodeficiency /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Immune/immunodeficiency

immunoglobin /5/Chemistry/Biochemistry/Protein/Kinds/Immunity/immunoglobin

immunology /4/Biology/Subjects/Medicine/immunology

immunotherapy /4/Medicine/Drug/Immunity/immunotherapy

impeachment, Constitution /6/Law/National/American Law/Constitution/impeachment

impedance /5/Physics/Electromagnetism/Circuit/Impedance/impedance

imperialism /6/Political Science/International Relations/Kinds/Control/imperialism

implication, logic rule /3/Logic/Rules/implication

implosion reaction /5/Physics/Heat/Explosion/implosion reaction

implosion, speech /6/Linguistics/Phonetics/Consonant/Stop/implosion in speech

import tax /6/Economics/Macroeconomics/Government Actions/Tax/import tax

impredicative definition /3/Logic/Definition/impredicative definition

impression /6/Psychology/Cognition/Emotion/impression

impressment /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Production/Factors/Labor/Job/Kinds/impressment

imprinting, development /4/Zoology/Development/imprinting of gene

imprinting, memory /6/Psychology/Cognition/Memory/Kinds/imprinting in memory

impulse /5/Physics/Dynamics/Momentum/impulse of force

impurity /5/Chemistry/Inorganic/Phase/Phases/Solid/Crystal/Defect/impurity

inbreeding, population /4/Genetics/Generation/inbreeding

incandescent bulb /7/Machine/Kinds/Illumination/Lighting/incandescent bulb

incest /4/Zoology/Organ/Reproduction/Intercourse/incest

inchoate title /6/Law/National/International Law/Territory/inchoate title

incisor /4/Zoology/Organ/Digestion/Parts/Teeth/Kinds/incisor

inclined plane /7/Machine/Kinds/Mechanical/Inclined Plane/inclined plane

income tax /7/Financial Affairs/Tax/Kinds/income tax

incongruity, laughter /6/Psychology/Behavior/Kinds/Humor/incongruity in humor

incorrigibility /1/Consciousness/Sense/Experience/Properties/incorrigibility

indemnity /6/Law/Principles/indemnity

indeterminism /6/Philosophy/Metaphysics/Theories/Determinism/indeterminism

index symbol /6/Linguistics/Writing/Symbol/index symbol

index, book /2/Literature/Book Parts/index book

Indian summer /5/Earth Science/Planet/Climate/Indian summer

indicator, acidity /5/Chemistry/Inorganic/Acid-Base/indicator

indictment /6/Law/Trial/Documents/indictment

inductance /5/Physics/Electromagnetism/Circuit/Impedance/inductance in magnetism

induction, epistemology /6/Philosophy/Epistemology/Methods/induction in reasoning

indulgence /6/Religion/Religions/Christianity/Sin/indulgence

industrial arts, education /6/Education/Levels/Type/industrial arts

industrialization /6/Economics/Macroeconomics/Economy/Stages/Growth/industrialization

ineffability /1/Consciousness/Sense/Experience/Properties/ineffability

inelastic collision /5/Physics/Dynamics/Collision/inelastic collision

inelasticity /5/Physics/Dynamics/Pressure/Elasticity/inelasticity

inert gas /5/Physics/Matter/Atom/Kinds/inert gas

inertia /5/Physics/Matter/Mass/inertia

infantile paralysis /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Nerve/Muscle/Paralysis/infantile paralysis

infarct /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Circulation/infarct

infection /4/Medicine/Disease/infection

inferiority /6/Psychology/Behavior/Theories/inferiority

inferotemporal cortex /4/Zoology/Organ/Nerve/Brain/Cerebrum/Temporal Lobe/inferotemporal cortex

infiltration /5/Earth Science/Water/Fresh/Soil/Spaces/infiltration

infinite regress /6/Philosophy/Epistemology/Causation/Origin/infinite regress

infinitive /6/Linguistics/Grammar/Syntax/Verb/Infinitive/infinitive

infix /6/Linguistics/Grammar/Inflection/Affix/infix

inflammation /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Immune/inflammation

inflation, cosmology /5/Astronomy/Universe/Cosmology/Theories/Inflation/inflation in cosmology

inflation, economics /6/Economics/Macroeconomics/Economic Cycle/inflation of economy

inflection /6/Linguistics/Grammar/Inflection/inflection

inflection point /3/Calculus/Differentiation/Optima/inflection point

influenza /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organism/Virus/Flu/influenza

infrared /5/Physics/Wave/Electromagnetic/Frequency/Radiation Types/Spectrum/infrared light

inguinal /4/Zoology/Organ/Skeleton/Body/Trunk/inguinal groin

inguinal canal /4/Zoology/Organ/Reproduction/Male/Parts/inguinal canal

inhalation /4/Zoology/Organ/Respiration/Flow/inhalation

inhibitory neuron /4/Zoology/Organ/Nerve/Neuron/Kinds/inhibitory neuron

initiative /6/Law/History/American Law/initiative

injunction /6/Law/Trial/Documents/injunction

inlet /5/Earth Science/Water/Ocean/Coast/inlet

innocence, law /6/Law/Trial/Plea/innocence in law

inquest /7/Legal Affairs/Death/Crime/inquest

inquiry method /6/Education/Classroom/Methods/inquiry method

inquisitorial system /6/Law/National/European Law/inquisitorial system

insect /4/Zoology/Kinds/Arthropod/Insect/insect

insecticide /4/Medicine/Drug/Classes/insecticide

insectivore /4/Zoology/Kinds/Insectivore/insectivore

insight, epistemology /6/Philosophy/Epistemology/Reference Source/insight

insolation /5/Earth Science/Planet/Climate/insolation

installment loan /7/Financial Affairs/Loan/Type/installment loan

instantiation, metaphysics /6/Philosophy/Metaphysics/Object/instantiation

instanton /5/Physics/Quantum Mechanics/Quantum/Kinds/Time/instanton

instinct /6/Psychology/Behavior/Kinds/instinct

instrumental learning /6/Psychology/Cognition/Learning/Kinds/Conditioning/Instrumental/instrumental learning

instrumentalism, science /6/Philosophy/Epistemology/Theory/Agnosticism/instrumentalism

insula, brain /4/Zoology/Organ/Nerve/Brain/Cerebrum/Frontal Lobe/insula of frontal lobe

insulator /5/Physics/Electromagnetism/Conductivity/Insulator/insulator

insulin, hormone /4/Zoology/Organ/Endocrine Gland/Hormone/Sugar/insulin hormone

insurgency /6/Law/Crime/Crimes/Misprision/insurgency

insurrection /6/Political Science/Revolution/insurrection

integrated circuit /7/Machine/Kinds/Electronic/Parts/Chip/integrated circuit

integrator circuit /3/Computer Science/Hardware/Circuit/integrator circuit

integument system /4/Zoology/Organ System/integument system

intelligence /6/Psychology/Intelligence/intelligence

intelligence quotient /6/Psychology/Intelligence/Tests/intelligence quotient

intension, semantics /6/Linguistics/Semantics/Reference/intension

intensity, wave /5/Physics/Wave/Properties/intensity of wave

intensive quantity /5/Physics/Measurement/Quantity/intensive quantity

intentional torts /6/Law/Tort/Kinds/Intentional/intentional torts

intentional wrong /6/Law/Tort/Liability/Wrong/intentional wrong

intentionality /6/Philosophy/Epistemology/Thinking/Statement/Intention/intentionality

interacting boson model /5/Physics/Quantum Mechanics/Theory/Quantum Relativity/Theories/Supersymmetry/interacting boson model

intercourse /4/Zoology/Organ/Reproduction/Intercourse/intercourse in sex

interference, memory /6/Psychology/Cognition/Memory/Interference/interference in memory

interferometer /7/Machine/Kinds/Instrument/interferometer

interferometric modulator /7/Machine/Kinds/Electronic/Parts/interferometric modulator

interferon /5/Chemistry/Biochemistry/Protein/Kinds/interferon

interior monologue /2/Literature/Literary Techniques/interior monologue

interjection /6/Linguistics/Grammar/Syntax/interjection

intermediate vector boson /5/Physics/Matter/Particle/Subatomic/Boson/Intermediate/intermediate vector boson

intermedin /4/Zoology/Organ/Endocrine Gland/Hormone/Skin/intermedin

interment /7/Legal Affairs/Death/Body Disposal/interment

internal combustion engine /7/Machine/Kinds/Engine/Kinds/internal combustion engine

internal medicine /4/Biology/Subjects/Medicine/internal medicine

internal pressure /5/Physics/Relativity/General Relativity/Gravity/internal pressure

International Date Line /5/Earth Science/Planet/Earth Coordinates/Longitude/International Date Line

interneuron /4/Zoology/Organ/Nerve/Kinds/interneuron

interpolation /3/Algebra/Equation/Solution/Methods/interpolation

interstellar dust /5/Astronomy/Galaxy/Parts/interstellar dust

interstellar gas /5/Astronomy/Galaxy/Parts/interstellar gas

intervention /6/Law/National/International Law/State Relations/intervention in law

interview /6/Education/Job/Interview/interview

intestate /7/Legal Affairs/Death/Will/intestate

intestinal lining /4/Zoology/Tissue/Epithelial/intestinal lining

intestine /4/Zoology/Organ/Digestion/Parts/Intestine/intestine

intonation, modulation /6/Linguistics/Phonetics/Modulation/intonation modulation

intransitive verb /6/Linguistics/Grammar/Syntax/Verb/Mode/intransitive verb

introspection /1/Consciousness/Studies/First-Person Methods/introspection

introversion /6/Psychology/Personality/Kinds/Version/introversion

inventory, business /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Business/Inventory/inventory of business

invert sugar /5/Chemistry/Biochemistry/Carbohydrate/Carbohydrates/Sugar/invert sugar

investiture /6/Religion/Religions/Christianity/Events/investiture

investment /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Money/Investment/investment by business

invisible hand /6/Economics/Macroeconomics/Economy/invisible hand

invocation, prayer /2/Literature/Prose/Kinds/Religious/invocation

invoice /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Business/Department/Sales/Documents/invoice

involuntary muscle /4/Zoology/Tissue/Muscle/Involuntary/involuntary muscle

ion /5/Chemistry/Inorganic/Chemical Bond/Ion/ion of atom

ion channel, neuron /4/Zoology/Organ/Nerve/Neuron/Parts/ion channel in neuron

ionic bonding /5/Chemistry/Inorganic/Chemical Bond/Kinds/ionic bonding

ionic liquid /5/Physics/Dynamics/Fluid/ionic liquid

ionizer /7/Machine/Kinds/Electronic/Light/ionizer

ipsilateral /4/Biology/Life/Body Locations/Lateral/ipsilateral side

iris, eye /1/Consciousness/Sense/Vision/Anatomy/Eye/iris of eye

iron lung /4/Medicine/Medical Treatments/Devices/iron lung

irrational number /3/Number Theory/Number Types/irrational number

irrigation /5/Earth Science/Water/Fresh/irrigation

irritability, organism /4/Biology/Life/irritability of organism

ischemia /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Circulation/Blockage/ischemia

ischium /4/Zoology/Organ/Skeleton/Bones/Trunk/Pelvis/ischium

isobaric /5/Physics/Heat/Flow/isobaric

isogamy /4/Botany/Fungus/Reproduction/isogamy

isolation, behavior /6/Psychology/Behavior/Kinds/isolation

isomer /5/Chemistry/Organic/Bond Orientation/Isomer/isomer

isomerization /5/Chemistry/Biochemistry/Carbohydrate/Chemical Reaction/isomerization of sugars

isomorphy /4/Zoology/Form/isomorphy

isoprene /5/Chemistry/Biochemistry/Lipid/Kinds/Isoprene/isoprene

isosceles triangle /3/Geometry/Plane/Polygon/Kinds/Triangle/Kinds/isosceles triangle

isothermal /5/Physics/Heat/Flow/isothermal

isotope /5/Physics/Matter/Atom/Isotope/isotope

isotropy /5/Astronomy/Universe/isotropy

isthmus /5/Earth Science/Land/Land Forms/Shore/isthmus

iteration /6/Linguistics/Grammar/Syntax/Recursion/iteration

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