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Elwood

(Encyclopedia)Elwood, city (2020 pop. 8,410), Madison co., central Ind.; inc. 1872. It has large canneries and plants that make a variety of metal, electrical, and ma...

work

(Encyclopedia)work, in physics and mechanics, transfer of energy by a force acting to displace a body. Work is equal to the product of the force and the distance through which it produces movement. Although both fo...

Kelowna

(Encyclopedia)Kelowna kĭlōˈnə [key], city (1991 pop. 75,950), S British Columbia, Canada, on Okanagan Lake. Kelowna is a tourist resort and serves as a trade center for a fruit-growing and lumbering area. Other...

Lidköping

(Encyclopedia)Lidköping lēdˈchöˌpĭng [key], city (1990 pop. 22,010), Skaraborg co., S Sweden, a port on Lake Vänern; chartered 1446. It has an important porcelain industry, in addition to machine shops and m...

Hjørring

(Encyclopedia)Hjørring yörˈĭng [key], city, Nordjylland co., N Denmark. The center of an agricultural r...

Isafjörður

(Encyclopedia)Isafjörður ēˈsäfyörˌᵺür [key], town, NW Iceland, on the Isafjarðardjúp, an arm of ...

Saransk

(Encyclopedia)Saransk səränskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 312,000), capital of Mordovia, central European Russia. Machine building and food processing are the major industries. Saransk was founded as a fort in 1641....

Palatine, village, United States

(Encyclopedia)Palatine pălˈətīn [key], village (1990 pop. 39,253), Cook co., NE Ill.; inc. 1869. Primarily residential, the growing village manufactures a variety of products, such as machine tools and industri...

Carpentersville

(Encyclopedia)Carpentersville, village (2020 pop. 36,494), Kane co., NE Ill., on the Fox River, settled 1834, platted 1851, inc. 1887. In a traditionally agricultural...

Borlänge

(Encyclopedia)Borlänge bôrˈlĕngˌə [key], city, Kopparberg co., S central Sweden, on the Dalälven Riv...