Bit
Particles
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- While fictional subatomic particles to differentiate things a bit more could patch up this outlandishly high number of elements, such an explanation hasn't been offered... to date, anyway.
Source: Artistic License Chemistry - Brilliantly parodied in a UK advert for BBQ sauce done in the style of a shampoo ad, complete with the narrator saying "And now the sciencey bit" and an animation of ingredients being absorbed into a line of sauce, like all those cheesy graphics of hair strands absorbing various particles.
Source: Here Comes the Science -
BioShock: The in-game advertisement for the Incinerate plasmid ends with "Warning: Fire spreads," and it's not just a joke — anything that is on fire can set other things on fire, due to a clever bit of programming that makes fire particles themselves double as ignition triggers.
Source: Infernal Retaliation
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