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(Encyclopedia) piquet or picquetpicquetboth: pēkāˈ [key], card game played by two persons with a deck of 32 cards—7 (low) up to ace (high) in each suit. Each player receives 12 cards, and eight cards…pronoun
(Encyclopedia) pronoun, in English, the part of speech used as a substitute for an antecedent noun that is clearly understood, and with which it agrees in person, number, and gender. In English the…Paleosiberian languages
(Encyclopedia) Paleosiberian languagesPaleosiberian languagespāˌlēōsībērˈēən [key], also called Paleoasiatic or Hyperborean languages, family of languages spoken by about 15,000 indigenous…Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average-Size Farm: <br />United States, 1990-2007
Find data below on the average size and number of farms in the United States. Year Number of farms Land in farms (1,000 acres)…Chiryu
(Encyclopedia) Chiryu Chiryu chēry&oomacr;ˈ [key], city, Aichi prefecture, S central Honshu, Japan. The city was…isotope
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Isotopes of hydrogen isotopeisotopeīˈsətōp [key], in chemistry and physics, one of two or more atoms having the same atomic number but differing in atomic weight and mass…chain reaction
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Chain reaction: A neutron (n) strikes the uranium nucleus (U-235), causing it to split into fission products A and B and release two neutrons. These neutrons can in turn cause…element
(Encyclopedia) CE5 element, in chemistry, a substance that cannot be decomposed into simpler substances by chemical means. A substance such as a compound can be decomposed into its constituent…Fortune, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Fortune, Robert, 1813–80, British botanist. He traveled in Asia for the Royal Horticultural Society and later for the East India Company and brought back to England a number of…multiculturalism
(Encyclopedia) multiculturalism or cultural pluralism, a term describing the coexistence of many cultures in a locality, without any one culture dominating the region. By making the broadest range of…Trending
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