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Service, Robert William
(Encyclopedia) Service, Robert William, 1874–1958, Canadian poet and novelist, b. England, educated at the Univ. of Glasgow. He went to Canada in 1897 and held odd jobs in British Columbia and at…prism
(Encyclopedia) prism, in optics, a piece of translucent glass or crystal used to form a spectrum of light separated according to colors. Its cross section is usually triangular. The light becomes…Kortrijk
(Encyclopedia) KortrijkKortrijkkôrtˈrīk [key], Fr. Courtrai, city (1991 pop. 76,141), West Flanders prov., SW Belgium, on the Leie River. It is an important linen, lace, and textile-manufacturing…Monza
(Encyclopedia) MonzaMonzamōnˈtsä [key], city (1991 pop. 120,651), Lombardy, N Italy. Manufactures of this highly diversified industrial center include felt hats, carpets, textiles, glass, plastics,…parabola
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Parabola parabolaparabolapərăbˈələ [key], plane curve consisting of all points equidistant from a given fixed point (focus) and a given fixed line (directrix) (see illustration…Hesburgh, Theodore Martin
(Encyclopedia) Hesburgh, Theodore Martin, 1917–2015, American educator and civil rights advocate, b. Syracuse, N.Y., grad. Pontifical Gregorian Univ. (1939), Catholic Univ. of America (Ph.D., 1945).…Calvary
(Encyclopedia) CalvaryCalvarykălˈvərē [key] [Lat.,=a skull] or GolgothaGolgothagŏlˈgəthə [key] [Heb.,=a skull], in the Gospels, place where Jesus was crucified, outside what was then the wall of…Agnus Dei
(Encyclopedia) Agnus DeiAgnus Deiăgˈnəs dēˈī, änˈy&oobreve;s dāˈē [key] [Lat.], the Lamb of God, i.e., Jesus. The lamb of the Passover sacrifice is said to prefigure the crucifixion. Isaiah calls…Central Valley project
(Encyclopedia) Central Valley project, central Calif., long-term general scheme for the utilization of the water of the Sacramento River basin in the north for the benefit of the farmlands of the San…Tyne
(Encyclopedia) TyneTynetīn [key], river, c.62 mi (100 km) long, NE England, formed near Hexham, Northumberland, by the confluence of the North Tyne (33 mi/53 km long; rising in SW Cheviot Hills) and…Trending
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