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Physics World at 25: Puzzle 5

29 Oct 2013 Louise Mayor

By Louise Mayor

It is time for the final and most fiendish challenge in the Physics World at 25 Puzzle. Have you got what it takes to figure it out? #PW25puzzle

Check out our round-up of the entire puzzle series where you can enter your answers to all five puzzles.

 

This question consists of a list of 55 words, plus one lone word. You have to work out where the lone word slots into the list. Each of the 56 words can be associated with another word and this second set of 56 words are in alphabetical order. The second set of 56 words divide up into seven sets of eight words, with the seven sets representing seven methods of pairing. The list reads from left to right, top to bottom.

Where does FLOW slot into the following list?

METEOR        POSITRON      PRINCIPLE     MARS

NUMBER        MODEL         COINCIDENCE   BORDA

DISH          NEUTRON       UNIVERSE      EFFECT

MOON          LANE          DAY           MAN

LINES         HOLOGRAPHY    KLEIN         NAMAKA

KING          SUN           GIBBS         INDUCTANCE

FREQUENCY     TIME          WATER         ENERGY

IO            MASS          CYCLOTRON     LANDAU

PHOBOS        WELL          LEVY          FERRIMAGNETISM

TRITON        TON           RESISTANCE    PRESSURE

ROSE          GROSS         CONSTANT      CHARON

ARGON         NEUTRINO      FORD          TITAN   

CONDUCTANCE   FRICTION      MIRANDA       FORCE

POWER         DARCY         MODULUS

The answer needs to be entered as three words, in this order: the associated word of the listed word that precedes FLOW, FLOW’s associated word, and the associated word of the listed word that follows FLOW. The three words should be entered as a single string of text with no spaces.

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