10 STEM Uncommonly Words

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1. Cut-throat


If you describe a situation as cut-throat, you mean that the people or companies involved all want success and do not care if they harmeach other in getting it.
Synonyms: competitivefierceruthlessrelentless 

Example:

In such a cut-throat industry that is how it has to be.

I learned it from Personal Development Subject

2. Meticulous


If you describe someone as meticulous, you mean that they do things very carefully and with great attention to detail.
Synonyms: thoroughdetailedparticularstrict

Example:

The way you mix creative ideas with a meticulous attention to detail is the key to success.

I learned it from Personal Development Subject

3. Perplexed


If you are perplexed, you feel confused and slightly worried by something because you do not understand it.
Synonyms: puzzledconfused, stumped, baffled 

Example:

I didn’t say anything to you at the time, I know: I was very confused and perplexed.

I learned it from Philosophy Subject

4. Desolate


3rd person singular present tense desolates, present participle desolating, past tense, past participle desolated
Synonyms: miserabledepressedlonelylonesome

Example:

From the air they seem desolate, a place where a man could find true solitude.

I learned it from General Chemistry Subject

5. Sweltering


If you describe the weather as sweltering, you mean that it is extremely hot and makes you feel uncomfortable.
Synonyms: hotburningboiling, steaming  

Example:

The weather through late June and July was mostly sweltering, and nobody had much energy for games.

I learned it from General Chemistry Subject

6. Quantum Cryptography

Quantum cryptography draws its strength from the weirdness of reality at small scales. The particles making up our universe are inherently uncertain creatures, able to simultaneously exist in more than one place or more than one state of being.

Example:

The sections on quantum cryptography, quantum proper ties of squeezed light, and experimental effort to measure gravitational waves provide adequate introduction to these exciting applications of quantum optics.

I learned it from Empowerment Technology Subject.

7. Singularity


A hypothetical point in space-time at which matter is infinitely compressed to infinitesimal volume

Example:

It’s said that they carked their minds – ah, ah, their very consciousness – into the singularity at the galaxy’s core.

I learned it from Earth and Life Science Subject.

8. Quantum Physics

Quantum theory (otherwise known as quantum physics or quantum mechanics) is one of the two main planks of modern physics, along with general relativity, and between them the two theories claim to explain virtually everything about the universe.

Example:

Ever since the first science fiction stories regarding time travel and alternate dimensions were published, a growing population of researchers turn to Quantum Physics for a solution to most paranormal issues.

I learned it from General Biology and Chemistry Subject.

9. Compelling

Human hand holding lightning
compelling argument or reason is one that convinces you that something is true or that something should be done.

Example:

She lay still, her head turned away until he tugged gently on her braid, compelling her towards him.

I learned it from Earth and Life Science Subject.

10. Skewed

Skewness is asymmetry in a statistical distribution, in which the curve appears distorted or skewed either to the left or to the right.

Example:

There are good reasons why the balance has become skewed.

I learned it from Statistics and Probability.

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