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Gaddi, family of Florentine artists
(Encyclopedia) GaddiGaddigädˈdē [key], celebrated family of Florentine artists. Gaddo Gaddi, c.1260–c.1333, painter and mosaicist, is said by Vasari to have been associated with Cimabue and Giotto.…Camden, borough, Greater London, England
(Encyclopedia) Camden, inner borough of Greater London, SE England. Within the borough, residential Hampstead is popular with writers…Brahman cattle
(Encyclopedia) Brahman cattle, breed of beef cattle developed in the S United States in the early 1900s by combining several breeds or strains of zebu cattle of India. Brahman cattle have a very…strabismus
(Encyclopedia) strabismusstrabismusstrəbĭzˈməs [key], inability of the eyes to focus together because of an imbalance in the muscles that control eye movement; also called squint. It is a consequence…transept
(Encyclopedia) transepttransepttrănˈsĕptˌ [key], term applied to the transverse portion of a building cutting its main axis at right angles or to each arm of such a portion. Transepts are found…conduction
(Encyclopedia) conduction, transfer of heat or electricity through a substance, resulting from a difference in temperature between different parts of the substance, in the case of heat, or from a…prisoner of war
(Encyclopedia) prisoner of war, in international law, person captured by a belligerent while fighting in the military. International law includes rules on the treatment of prisoners of war but…nimbus, in art
(Encyclopedia) nimbusnimbusnĭmˈbəs [key], in art, the luminous disk or circle or other indication of light around the head of a sacred personage. It was used in Buddhist and other Asian art and by…levee
(Encyclopedia) leveeleveelĕvˈē [key] [Fr.,=raised], embankment built along a river to prevent flooding by high water. Levees are the oldest and the most extensively used method of flood control. They…leech
(Encyclopedia) leech, predacious or parasitic annelid worm of the class Hirudinea, characterized by a cylindrical or slightly flattened body with suckers at either end for attaching to prey. The…Trending
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