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Cambridge, city, England

(Encyclopedia) Cambridge, city and district, Cambridgeshire, E central England, on the River Cam. The city, set in flat country, is most famous as the…

wolverine

(Encyclopedia) wolverine or glutton, largest member of the weasel family, Gulo gulo, found in the northern parts of North America and Eurasia, usually in high mountains near the timberline or in…

Blades, Rubén

(Encyclopedia) Blades, RubénBlades, Rubénr&oomacr;bānˈ bläˈᵺās [key], 1948–, Panamanian singer, songwriter, band leader, and actor. He is a graduate (1972) of the Univ. of Panama law school and…

Bennett, Naftali

(Encyclopedia) Bennett, Naftali, 1972-, Israeli politician and prime minister (2021-), b. Haifa. The son of American immigrant parents, Naftali served…

Trafalgar, battle of

(Encyclopedia) Trafalgar, battle ofTrafalgar, battle oftrəfălˈgər [key], naval engagement fought off Cape Trafalgar on the SW coast of Spain on Oct. 21, 1805, in which the British fleet under Horatio…

thermionic emission

(Encyclopedia) thermionic emissionthermionic emissionthûrmˌīŏnˈĭk [key], emission of electrons or ions by substances that are highly heated, the charged particles being called thermions. The number…

magnetism

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Lines of induction around a single bar magnet and between opposite poles of different magnets magnetism, force of attraction or repulsion between various substances, especially…

sale, in law

(Encyclopedia) sale, in law, transfer of ownership in return for money. An exchange of goods for goods is termed barter, but the distinction between sale and barter is mainly technical; laws that…

Shekinah

(Encyclopedia) ShekinahShekinahshēkīˈnə [key] [Heb.,=dwelling, presence], in Judaism, term used in the Targum (Aramaic translation of the Hebrew Bible) and elsewhere to indicate the manifestation of…

racer

(Encyclopedia) racer, name for several related swift, slender snakes, especially those of the genus Coluber. All of the racers are nonpoisonous, nonconstricting, day-active snakes. The black racer, C…