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hour

a unit of time that is equal to 3,600 seconds

line of reflection

the line along which light travels after it is reflected from a surface

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

an English-American astronomer who was the first woman to earn a PhD in astronomy from Harvard University

solvent

a liquid that can dissolve other substances

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