The phenomenon that people can sometimes recover more quickly from more intense emotions or pain than from less distressing experiences, tentatively attributed to the fact that only the more intense states trigger psychological defense processes.

An autonomous region of Indonesia. Capital: Yogyakarta

A branch of chemical engineering that uses geometric and mathematical optimization concepts to assist in the design of networks of chemical reactors.

A regional district of Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Canada. Seat: City of Powell River

The region of Belgium consisting of the capital city, Brussels, and its suburbs.

(physics, meteorology) An extensive area of the Earth's surface over which bodies of air frequently remain for a sufficient time to acquire characteristic temperature and moisture properties imparted by that surface. Air so modified becomes identifiable as a distinct air mass. See airmass.

cat scratch disease

official name of the Azores

The region of Brazil comprising the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul and the Distrito Federal.

plural of nether region