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Dumdum

(Encyclopedia) Dumdum Dumdum dŭmˈdəm [key], four towns in Suburban Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal state, E…

Fort Collins

(Encyclopedia) Fort Collins, city (2020 pop. 169,810), seat of Larimer co., N Colo., on the Cache la Poudre River, at the foot of the Rocky Mts., inc.…

Bowling Green

(Encyclopedia) Bowling Green. 1 City (2020 pop. 181,616), seat of Warren co., S Ky., on the Barren River; inc. 1812. It is a shipping and marketing…

Watts

(Encyclopedia) Watts, residential section of south central Los Angeles. Named after C. H. Watts, a Pasadena realtor, the section became part of Los Angeles in 1926. Artist Simon Rodia's celebrated…

Plano

(Encyclopedia) PlanoPlanoplāˈnō [key], city (1990 pop. 128,713), Collin co., N Tex., less than 20 mi (32 km) NE of Dallas; inc. 1873. In a farm and livestock area on the blackland prairie, Plano is a…

Parker, Isaac Charles

(Encyclopedia) Parker, Isaac Charles, 1838–96, American frontier judge, b. Belmont co., Ohio. Self-taught in law, Parker began practice in St. Joseph, Mo., in 1859. He was elected to the U.S. House…

Stillwater

(Encyclopedia) Stillwater. 1 City (1990 pop. 13,822), seat of Washington co., E Minn., on the St. Croix River; inc. 1854. Boats, metal products, signs, computer supplies, molding and tools, and…

cone, in mathematics

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Cone cone or conical surface, in mathematics, surface generated by a moving line (the generator) that passes through a given fixed point (the vertex) and continually intersects…

Covent Garden

(Encyclopedia) Covent GardenCovent Gardenkŭvˈənt [key], area in London historically containing the city's principal fruit and garden market and the Royal Opera House. The market was established in…

Formulas for Various Areas (table)

(Encyclopedia) Formulas for Various Areas Plane Figures Area1 triangle ab/2 parallelogram ab rectangle ab square s2 circle πr2 Solids Total Surface Area1 right circular cylinder 2πr(r + …