Diphtheria. An acute infectious disease of humans caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Classically, the disease is characterized by low-grade fever, sore throat, and a pseudomembrane covering the tonsils and pharynx.
Statistician / Economist formerly employed in various Government Departments in the UK, freelance mathematics and statistics tutor since retiring in 2008, Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society. 1 second = 100 centiseconds. To help you remember, 1 meter = 100 centimeters and centi- anything is the same.
She often contrasted this nanosecond with a microsecond-a coil of wire nearly a thousand feet long-as she encouraged programmers not to waste even a microsecond.. Light travels ~29.979 cm in one nanosecond, meaning that, technically, a light-foot is ~1.0167 nanoseconds.he often contrasted this nanosecond with a microsecond-a coil of wire nearly a thousand feet long-as she encouraged programmers not to waste even a microsecond.. Light travels ~29.979 cm in one nanosecond, meaning that, technically, a light-foot is ~1.0167 nanoseconds.