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Airdrie
(Encyclopedia)Airdrie ârˈdrē [key], town, North Lanarkshire, S central Scotland. Chemicals and electrical and electronic equipment are produced. There are facilities for electronic r...subsidy
(Encyclopedia)subsidy, financial assistance granted by a government or philanthropic foundation to a person or association for the purpose of promoting an enterprise considered beneficial to the public welfare. Sub...machine translation
(Encyclopedia)machine translation, in computational linguistics, publishing, and other fields, the use of computers to conduct large-scale translation operations. The electronic translation of one language into ano...Sosthenes
(Encyclopedia)Sosthenes sŏsˈthənēz [key]. 1 In the New Testament, prominent Jew at Corinth, beaten by the crowd when Gallio refused to try Paul for heresy. Acts 18.17. 2 Early Christian. 1 Cor. 1.1. ...avionics
(Encyclopedia)avionics āˌvēŏnˈĭks [key], electronic instruments used in air or space flight; also the design and production of such instruments. Early planes had few instruments, but as aviation and aircraft ...Ussachevsky, Vladimir
(Encyclopedia)Ussachevsky, Vladimir vlədyēˈmĭr o͞osəchĕfˈskē [key], 1911–90, Russian-American composer, b. Manchuria. Ussachevsky emigrated to the United States in 1931 and studied at the Eastman School....Johor Baru
(Encyclopedia)Johor Baru , jə– [key], city (1991 pop. 561,071), capital of Johor, Malaysia, S Malay Peninsula, opposite Singapore. The city is connected with Singapore by a stone causeway across the narrow Johor...Bradman, Sir Donald George
(Encyclopedia)Bradman, Sir Donald George, 1908–2001, Australian cricketeer, widely considered the sport's greatest player and one of the world's most outstanding athletes, b. Cootamundra. His 20-year-long cricket...John, Elton Hercules
(Encyclopedia)John, Elton Hercules, 1947–, English popular singer, pianist, and composer, b. Reginald Kenneth Dwight. By the mid-1970s he had become famous presenting his own and other composers' songs in spectac...Baalath
(Encyclopedia)Baalath bāˈəlăth [key] [Heb., fem. of Baal], in the Bible. 1 Town of Dan. Joshua 19.44 2 Unidentified city. 1 Kings 9.18; 2 Chron. 8.6. ...Browse by Subject
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