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• Evaporation Allowance: The volume of alcohol that the graduate students can drink in a year's time.
  -- The Ultimate Scientific Dictionary...
• Mercury: (From L. Mercurius, the swift messenger of the gods) Element No.
  80, so named because of the speed of which one of its compounds (calomel, Hg2Cl2) goes through the human digestive tract....
• Computer Resources: The major item of any budget, allowing for the acquisition of any capital equipment that is obsolete before the purchase request is released.
  -- The Ultimate Scientific Dictionary...
• Pilot Plant: A modest facility used for confirming design errors before they are built into a costly, full-scale production facility.
  -- The Ultimate Scientific Dictionary...
• Publish or Perish: The imposed, involuntary choice between fame and oblivion, neither of which is handled gracefully by most faculty members.
  -- The Ultimate Scientific Dictionary...
• SI: Acronym for "Systeme Infernelle". -- The Ultimate Scientific Dictionary
• Biological Science: A contradiction in terms. -- The Ultimate Scientific Dictionary
• Flame Test: Trial by fire. -- The Ultimate Scientific Dictionary
• Sagan: The international unit of humility. -- The Ultimate Scientific Dictionary