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Sputnik

(Encyclopedia)Sputnik: see satellite, artificial; space exploration. ...

prosthesis

(Encyclopedia)prosthesis prŏsˈthĭsĭs [key]: see artificial limb. ...

meteorological satellite

(Encyclopedia)meteorological satellite: see satellite, artificial; weather satellite. ...

Fort Lauderdale

(Encyclopedia)Fort Lauderdale lôˈdərdāl [key], residential, commercial, and resort city (2020 pop. 182,760), seat ...

Baylor University

(Encyclopedia)Baylor University, mainly at Waco, Tex.; coeducational; chartered and opened 1845 by Baptists (see Baylor, Robert E. B.) at Independence, moved 1886 and absorbed Waco Univ. (chartered 1861). The libra...

Hofu

(Encyclopedia)Hofu hōˈfo͞o [key], city, Yamaguchi prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on the Suo Sea. It is a ...

life support system

(Encyclopedia)life support system: see artificial life support; Life Support for Human Spaceflight under space science. ...

Matsubara

(Encyclopedia)Matsubara mätso͞oˈbärä [key], city (1990 pop. 135,919), Osaka prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan. It is an industrial and residential suburb of Osaka known for the production of cultured and artificial...

Leixões

(Encyclopedia)Leixões lāˈshoiNsh [key], artificial seaport of Oporto, NW Portugal. Built in the late 19th cent, its chief export is port wine. ...

acrylic

(Encyclopedia)acrylic, artificial fiber made from a special group of vinyl compounds, primarily acrylonitrile. Acrylic fibers are thermoplastic (i.e., soften when heated, reharden upon cooling), have low moisture r...