A small apartment attached to or carved out of a nominally single-family house, ostensibly intended for occupancy by a mother-in-law or other relative, but potentially also rented out to a stranger.

(law, US) In the United States, a law that regulates the offering and sale of securities to protect the public from fraud, requiring the registration of all securities offerings and sales, as well as of stock brokers and brokerage firms.

plural of blue sky law

Misspelling of Kirchhoff's circuit laws.

Misspelling of Kirchhoff's voltage law.

Misspelling of Kirchhoff's current law.

(physics) Newton's observation that the rate of change of the momentum of a body is directly proportional to, and in the same direction as, the net force acting on it.

(physics) Newton's observation that to every action (force applied) there is an equal and opposite reaction (equal force applied in the opposite direction)

(physics) The observation that objects in motion tend to stay in motion, and objects at rest tend to stay at rest unless an outside force acts upon them.

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