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Charpentier’s bands

illusory light and dark bands that appear to follow a moving slit of light in the dark. [Pierre Marie Augustin Charpentier (1852–1916), French experimentalist]

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May 10th 2024

mortality

mortality

n.

1. the state or condition of being subject to illness, decline, and death.

2. the death rate in a population.