Serial-position effectSerial-position effect is the tendency of a person to recall the first and last items in a series best, and the middle items worst. The term was coined by Hermann Ebbinghaus through studies he performed on himself, and refers to the finding that recall accuracy varies as a function of an item's position within a study list. When asked to recall a list of items in any order (free recall), people tend to begin recall with the end of the list, recalling those items best (the recency effect).
Portance (aérodynamique)La portance aérodynamique est la composante de la force subie par un corps en mouvement dans un fluide qui s'exerce perpendiculairement à la direction du mouvement (au vent relatif). Cela concerne les aérodynes (engins plus denses que l'air). lang=fr |vignette |304x171px Un corps placé dans un écoulement d'air (ou d'eau) subit une force aérodynamique (ou hydrodynamique). Pour l'analyse, on décompose cette force en une composante parallèle au vent relatif : la traînée (voir aussi Aérodynamique), et une composante perpendiculaire au vent relatif : la portance.
Historical sourceHistorical source is an original source that contains important historical information. These sources are something that inform us about history at the most basic level, and are used as clues in order to study history. Historical sources can include coins, artefacts, monuments, literary sources, documents, artifacts, archaeological sites, features, oral transmissions, stone inscriptions, paintings, recorded sounds, images and oral history. Even ancient relics and ruins, broadly speaking, are historical sources.
