A rain gauge (also known as a udometer, pluviometer, or an ombrometer) is an instrument used by meteorologists and hydrologists to gather and measure the amount of liquid precipitation over a set period of time.

Reflation is the act of stimulating the economy by increasing the money supply or by reducing taxes, seeking to bring the economy back up to the long-term trend, following a dip in the business cycle. It is the opposite of disinflation, which seeks to return the economy back down to the long-term trend.

Democracy is a system of government where the citizens exercise power by voting. In a direct democracy, the citizens as a whole form a governing body and vote directly on each issue. In a representative democracy the citizens elect representatives from among themselves.

In 1835, Lord Macaulay successfully westernised education in India; English was made the official language for the government and courts, and was adopted as the official medium of instruction.

resident Ram Nath Kovind, sworn in seven-term member of Parliament Virendra Kumar as the pro-tem speaker of Lok Sabha.

Analgesics are drugs designed specifically to relieve pain. There are several types of analgesics: acetaminophen (Tylenol), which is available without a prescription, and a variety of opioid analgesics, which are available only with a prescription.

Chicory is a permitted additive to coffee powder and very safe to the human system. Chicory (Cichorium intybus Linn.) is a tuberous plant of which the root is used for coffee adjunct. The cut pieces of these roots are dried, roasted and ground for mixing with coffee powder.

Radio waves are used to communicate with the satellites that are revolving in the lower orbit.

Sublimation is the transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas phase, without passing through the intermediate liquid phase.

Dry ice" is actually solid, frozen carbon dioxide, which happens to sublimate, or turn to gas, at a chilly -78.5 °C (-109.3°F).

Camphor iodine crystals and solid carbondioxide are such substances. Such substances are called sublimatory substances and this process of conversion.