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(Encyclopedia) Bhaktapur Bhaktapur bŭkˈtəp&oobreve;rˌ [key] or Bhadgaon…Yang, Chen-ning
(Encyclopedia) Yang, Chen-ningYang, Chen-ningchĕn-nĭng yäng [key], 1922–, American physicist, b. China, Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1948. Yang was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study at…Westmeath
(Encyclopedia) WestmeathWestmeathwĕstmēthˈ, wĕstˈmēᵺ [key], county (1991 pop. 61,880), 681 sq mi (1,764 sq km), central Republic of Ireland. The county seat is Mullingar. A part of the central plain…Tônlé Sap
(Encyclopedia) Tônlé SapTônlé Saptŏnˈlā säp [key] [great lake], lake, central Cambodia; largest lake of SE Asia. It occupies the depression of the Cambodian plain and is fed by many streams; the…pen-based computer
(Encyclopedia) pen-based computer, computer that uses software to enable it to accept handwriting or drawing as a form of input. A stylus, which may contain special electronic circuitry, may be used…Aztec Ruins National Monument
(Encyclopedia) Aztec Ruins National Monument, 318 acres (129 hectares), NW N.Mex., near Farmington; est. 1923. Ruins of a 12th-century Pueblo town contain interesting kivas, one of which has been…Dead Sea
(Encyclopedia) Dead Sea, salt lake, c.390 sq mi (1,010 sq km), extending c.45 mi (70 km) in the Jordan trough of the Great Rift Valley between the Ghor on the north and Wadi Arabah on the south, on…stratosphere
(Encyclopedia) stratospherestratospherestrătˈəsfēr [key], second lowest layer of the earth's atmosphere. The level from which it extends outward varies with latitude; it begins c.51&fslsh;2 mi (9…Colleyville
(Encyclopedia) Colleyville, city (2020 pop. 26,057), Tarrant co., NE Tex.; inc. 1956. A residential suburb located between Dallas and Fort Worth, the…Ghor, the
(Encyclopedia) Ghor, the, Arabic Al Ghawr, region of the Jordan Valley, c.70 mi (110 km) long, between the Sea of Galilee (Lake Tiberias) and the Dead Sea, on the border of Jordan and Israel and the…Trending
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