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André-Marie Ampère

a French physicist and mathematician who is considered one of the founders of electromagnetism

livermorium

a synthetic element that has the symbol Lv and atomic number 116

natural sciences

the branches of science that study the natural world

trench

a long, narrow ditch dug in the ground

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