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reading, mental process

(Encyclopedia)reading, process of mentally interpreting written symbols. Facility in reading is an essential factor in educational progress, and instruction in this basic skill is a primary purpose of elementary ed...

open-hearth process

(Encyclopedia)open-hearth process: see steel.

Ben Day process

(Encyclopedia)Ben Day, or Benday, process: see printing. ...

basic oxygen process

(Encyclopedia)basic oxygen process, method of producing steel from a charge consisting mostly of pig iron. The charge is placed in a furnace similar to the one used in the Bessemer process of steelmaking except tha...

due process of law

(Encyclopedia)due process of law: see Fourteenth Amendment. ...

minnow

(Encyclopedia)minnow, common name for the Cyprinidae, a large family of freshwater fish which includes the carp (Cyprinus carpio), and of which there are some 2,400 species. Minnows have soft-rayed fins and teeth i...

ectoderm

(Encyclopedia)ectoderm, layer of cells that covers the surface of an animal embryo after the process of gastrulation has occurred. This outer layer, together with the endoderm, or inner layer, is present in all ear...

semicircular canal

(Encyclopedia)semicircular canal: see ear.

ultrasonics

(Encyclopedia)ultrasonics, study and application of the energy of sound waves vibrating at frequencies greater than 20,000 cycles per second, i.e., beyond the range of human hearing. The application of sound energy...

cochlea

(Encyclopedia)cochlea kŏkˈlēə [key]: see ear. ...