• Question: whats your fav science word

    Asked by wario5000 to Aime, Akshat, Diana, Gemma, Judith on 14 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Judith McCann

      Judith McCann answered on 13 Jun 2011:

      hehe, i think we’re all supposed to say….WHY, best scientific word.ever.

      also, i like saying “biophysicist” its where engineering meets biology basically, but good word

    • Photo: Akshat Rathi

      Akshat Rathi answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      Osmium – it is a metal that I use a lot in my reactions. I love how the words sounds and I suspect I have taken the advice ‘love your work’ a little too seriously!

    • Photo: Aimé Fournier

      Aimé Fournier answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      I like “abelian” because it sounds like some exotic religion or philosophy but it just means that multiplying x times y is the same as y times x. (This is always true when x and y are numbers, but they could be something that makes it not true.)

    • Photo: Gemma Sharp

      Gemma Sharp answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      I quite like ‘myometrium’ it just rolls off the tongue! It’s the muscle layer of the uterus (womb) that contracts during labour.

      The cells I work on are called ‘myometrial myocytes’, and I like saying that 🙂

    • Photo: Diana Samuel

      Diana Samuel answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      ‘Cell’ – its so simple, but sounds good!

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