{"id":73359,"date":"2024-01-02T13:01:18","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T07:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/?p=73359"},"modified":"2024-01-02T15:06:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T09:36:18","slug":"the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-january-2-2024-day-522","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-january-2-2024-day-522\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary\u2013 January 2, 2024; Day 522"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Difficult Word\/ Phrase<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Contextual Sense<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Polarimeter&nbsp;<\/td><td>An instrument which measures the angle of rotation by passing polarized light through an optically active (chiral) substance.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Astrophysical<\/td><td>Related to the study of stars and other objects in space using physical laws<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Heartening&nbsp;<\/td><td>Making you feel happier and more positive<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Skewed&nbsp;<\/td><td>Not accurate or exact<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Exceptional&nbsp;<\/td><td>Much greater than usual, especially in skill, intelligence, quality, etc<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Observe&nbsp;<\/td><td>To watch carefully the way something happens<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Emission<\/td><td>The act of sending out gas, heat, light, etc.:<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Intense<\/td><td>Extreme and forceful or (of a feeling) very strong<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Priority<\/td><td>Something that is very important and must be dealt with before other things<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Unfurled&nbsp;<\/td><td>Make or become spread out from a rolled or folded state, especially in order to be open to the wind<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Radiation&nbsp;<\/td><td>A form of energy that comes from a nuclear reaction and that can be very dangerous to health<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Shield<\/td><td>To protect someone or something<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vignette&nbsp;<\/td><td>To describe briefly<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Navigates&nbsp;<\/td><td>To deal effectively with a difficult situation<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Inevitable<\/td><td>Certain to happen and unable to be avoided or prevented<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sign of the future: On ISRO\u2019s PSLV C58 mission<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The PSLV C58 mission is a symbol of the demands being made of ISRO<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Two missions the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched in the five months since its success with Chandrayaan-3 have both been scientific in nature: the Aditya L-1 space probe to study the sun and the X-ray <strong>Polarimeter (an instrument which measures the angle of rotation by passing polarized light through an optically active (chiral) substance). <\/strong>Satellite (XPoSat) to study polarised X-rays emitted in <strong>astrophysical (related to the study of stars and other objects in space using physical laws) <\/strong>phenomena. ISRO launched the XPoSat, in a two-part mission, onboard a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on its C58 flight on January 1. The relative timing of these launches may be a coincidence but it is <strong>heartening (making you feel happier and more positive) <\/strong>because the ratio of scientific to technological missions ISRO has launched is <strong>skewed (not accurate or exact) <\/strong>in favour of the latter, at the expense of research in the sense of discovery. Those science-oriented missions have all been <strong>exceptional (much greater than usual, especially in skill, intelligence, quality, etc) <\/strong>in their own right. For example, XPoSat is only the second space-based experiment to study X-ray polarisation, and at higher x-ray energies than the other, NASA\u2019s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer. Its POLIX payload, realised by the Raman Research Institute, will track X-rays in the 8-30 kilo-electron-volt (keV) energy range and <strong>observe (to watch carefully the way something happens) <\/strong>emissions from around 50 sources in five years. The XSPECT payload, by ISRO\u2019s U.R. Rao Satellite Centre, will study X-rays of energy 0.8-15 keV and changes in continuous X-ray <strong>emissions (the act of sending out gas, heat, light, etc)<\/strong>. Together, they are expected to shed light on <strong>intense (extreme and forceful or (of a feeling) very strong) <\/strong>X-ray sources such as pulsars and black holes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then again, the science-technology skew is a reminder that ISRO among the world\u2019s spacefaring organisations has unique needs and <strong>priorities (something that is very important and must be dealt with before other things)<\/strong>. This is exemplified by the second part of the C58 mission. After launching XPoSat in a 650-km circular orbit around the earth, the fourth stage of the rocket lowered itself into a 350-km-high orbit and <strong>unfurled (make or become spread out from a rolled or folded state, especially in order to be open to the wind) <\/strong>solar panels, becoming a rudimentary satellite and orbital testbed for the 10 payloads it carried. These are a radio payload by the K.J. Somaiya Institute of Technology and a device to measure ultraviolet radiation from L.B.S. Institute of Technology for Women; a \u2018green\u2019 cubesat propulsion unit, a \u2018green\u2019 monopropellant thruster, a tantalum-based <strong>radiation (a form of energy that comes from a nuclear reaction and that can be very dangerous to health) shield (to protect someone or something)<\/strong>, a heater-less hollow cathode, and a nanosatellite platform, all from private entities; and an interplanetary dust counter, a fuel-cell power system, and a high-energy cell from ISRO centres. This is only the third time ISRO has operated the PSLV fourth stage in this way. As such, the C58 mission represents a union of the aspirations of professional scientists, aspiring students of science, and India\u2019s private spaceflight sector. This again is a <strong>vignette (to describe briefly) <\/strong>of the demands of ISRO itself as it <strong>navigates (to deal effectively with a difficult situation) <\/strong>an era in which a permanent lunar station seems <strong>inevitable (certain to happen and unable to be avoided or prevented)<\/strong>, drawing as much on technological capabilities as \u2014 based on scientific missions \u2014 humankind\u2019s knowledge of the universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Want to improve your vocabulary further?&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/vocabulary\/the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-download-free-pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download the Lists of Word-Meanings of Previous Months here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to know the meanings of difficult words in the Hindu Editorial Vocabulary of January 2, 2024? 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