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Curing: Final conversion or drying or a coating material.

Procuring Cause: That effort which brings about the desired results. Also called predominant efficient cause or the contributing cause.

Helmholtz Free Energy: A thermodynamic property that can be used to predict whether a process will occur spontaneously at constant volume and temperature. Helmholtz free energy A is defined as A = U - TS where U, . . . View Full Definition

Isoleucine: A naturally occuring amino acid with a nonpolar side chain.

Leucine: A naturally occuring aliphatic amino acid with a nonpolar side chain.

Gibbs Free Energy: A thermodynamic property devised by Josiah Willard Gibbs in 1876 to predict whether a process will occur spontaneously at constant pressure and temperature. Gibbs free energy G is defined as . . . View Full Definition

Dynamic Equilibrium: Dynamic equilibrium is established when two opposing processes are occuring at precisely the same rate, so that there is no apparent change in the system over long periods of time.

Cysteine: A naturally occuring amino acid with an SH group on its side chain.

Cystine: A naturally occuring amino acid with a disulfide bridge group on its side chain, formed by condensation of two cysteine residues.

Native: The relationship between a transport user and a transport provider, both being based on the same transport protocol. Also, a specific software could be written to run on a specific processor . . . View Full Definition