Mendeleev is the one who taught us that the properties of the elements are a function of the atomic mass.

门捷列夫教授我们元素特性,是元素质量所起的功能。

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So, saying wave functions within molecules might sound a little confusing, but remember we spent a lot of time talking about wave functions within atoms, and we know how to describe that, we know that a wave function just means an atomic orbital.

说分子内的波函数可能,听着有点容易搞混，但记住我们花了很多时间,讨论了原子中的波函数，而且我们知道如何去描述它，我们知道波函数意味着原子轨道。

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What I am looking at here is boiling point as a function of atomic number.

我在看的是非典,作为原子序数的功能。

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Barring a radical change in the technological playing field, there will never be an effective cyber equivalent of the International Atomic Energy Agency despite all the aspirations of organizations like the International Telecommunications Union to serve such a function.

CNN: Cyber arms control? Forget about it