Unit
3: Essays
5.
Scientific Research is a Token of Humankind’s Survival
by Vladimir
Keilis-Borok
Glossary
acronym |
a word made
from the first letters of the name of any organisation, e.g. MAD (Mutually
Assured Destruction) |
शब्दका छोटो रुप |
annihilation |
complete
destruction |
पूर्ण विनाश |
camaraderie |
a
feeling of close friendship in a team |
सौहार्द, मित्रभाव |
cold war |
intense
economic, political, military, and ideological conflict between nations |
शीत युद्ध |
forensic |
of
scientific method of finding out about a crime |
अपराध पत्ता लगाउने वैज्ञानिक
विधि |
headhunted |
identify and approach a suitable person
employed elsewhere |
भर्ती गरे |
immersion |
deep mental involvement in sth. |
तल्लीनता |
indispensable |
crucial, essential, necessary |
अपरिहार्य |
indisputable |
known
to be true |
निर्विवाद |
inhabitable |
livable, habitable |
बसोबास गर्न योग्य |
iron curtain |
the name for the socio-political border that
was believed to exist between Western Europe and the communist countries of
Central and Eastern Europe |
सांस्कृतिक तथा राजनीतिक भिन्नता |
L. Tolstoy |
(Leo Tolstoy) a Russian writer, author of
the novel War and Peace |
लियो टोल्सटोय |
lore |
information
about a subject |
विद्या, सल्लाह |
Mc George Bundy |
He was United States National Security
Advisor to presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson |
म्याक जर्ज बंडी |
megalopolis |
a very large, heavily populated city or
urban complex |
महानगर |
non-linear |
unmanaged, disperse |
अस्तव्यस्त |
ominous |
making
you feel that something bad is going to happen |
अशुभ, अनिष्टसूचक |
outburst |
explosion, eruption |
विस्फोट |
overwhelming |
a
great effect on you that you feel very happy; overpowering |
भारी, विनासकारी |
persistent |
continuing firmly or obstinately in an
opinion |
निरन्तर |
pharmaceutical
industry |
medical industry, drug industry |
औषधि उद्योग |
radioactivity |
radiation, particle emission |
रेडियोएक्टिभिटी, रेडियोसक्रियता |
retaliation |
counterattack,
revenge |
बदला |
seismic |
caused by earthquakes |
भुकम्पीय |
seismic waves |
seismic waves, seismic waves |
भूकम्पीय कम्पन |
seismologist |
earth
scientists specialized in geophysics who study the genesis and the
propagation of seismic waves in geological materials |
भूकम्प विज्ञानी |
self-inflict |
to cause pain
or problem for oneself |
आत्म–प्रभाव, आफ्नै कारणले |
springboard |
a strong, flexible board that saves the
stuntmen or falling persons |
मोटो म्याट |
stalemate |
a
situation without an agreement or disagreement |
गतिरोध |
standoff |
a
situation in which one side counterbalances the other a standstill |
गतिरोध |
summoned |
an order to come and see somebody |
बोलाउनु, सम्बोधन गर्नु |
tremor |
earthquake, earth tremor |
भुकम्प, थरथराउनु |
undisputable |
undeniable, unquestionable |
निर्विवाद |
venture |
anew
risky activity |
उद्यम |
war mystery |
something
that people do not know anything about it; an unknown |
युद्ध रहस्य |