Term: barn: (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter
Broader: area unit: a system of units used to measure areas | Unrelated: tentmaker: someone who makes or repairs tents
Broader: area unit: a system of units used to measure areas | Unrelated: corrections: the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole
Broader: area unit: a system of units used to measure areas | Unrelated: slough: a hollow filled with mud
Broader: area unit: a system of units used to measure areas | Unrelated: heloderma: type genus of the Helodermatidae; American venomous lizards
Broader: area unit: a system of units used to measure areas | Unrelated: hot-air balloon: balloon for travel through the air in a basket suspended below a large bag of heated air
Broader: area unit: a system of units used to measure areas | Unrelated: phlebothrombosis: thrombosis of a vein without prior inflammation of the vein; associated with sluggish blood flow (as in prolonged bedrest or pregnancy or surgery) or with rapid coagulation of the blood
Broader: area unit: a system of units used to measure areas | Unrelated: fisher: large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal
Broader: area unit: a system of units used to measure areas | Unrelated: capstan: a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails
Broader: area unit: a system of units used to measure areas | Unrelated: standdown: (military) a temporary stop of offensive military action
Broader: area unit: a system of units used to measure areas | Unrelated: trench: a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor