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Beveland, North, and South Beveland

(Encyclopedia) Beveland, North, and South BevelandBeveland, North, and South Bevelandbāˈvəlänt [key], peninsula developed from the above former islands, Zeeland prov., SW Netherlands, in the Scheldt…

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

(Encyclopedia) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, philanthropic institution founded in 1994 by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, to improve the lives of the poor throughout the…

age grade and age set

(Encyclopedia) age grade and age set, differentiation of social role based on age, commonly found in small-scale societies of North America and East Africa. Age sets are a type of sodality (…

centripetal force and centrifugal force

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Centripetal and centrifugal forces: When a ball is swung in a circle at the end of a string, centripetal and centrifugal forces act as shown above. centripetal force and…

Brentwood, city and district, England

(Encyclopedia) Brentwood, city and district, Essex, SE England. Brentwood is mainly residential but produces some agricultural equipment, film, and…

Camp Fire Boys and Girls

(Encyclopedia) Camp Fire Boys and Girls, American organization for boys and girls from birth to age 21, originally the Camp Fire Girls, for girls 6 to 18 years old. It was founded (1910) by Luther…

Cardamoms, mountains, Thailand and Cambodia

(Encyclopedia) CardamomsCardamomskärˈdəməmz [key], Thai Banthat, Khmer Kravanh, mountain group extending c.100 mi (160 km) along the Thai-Cambodian border, E of Chanthaburi, SE Thailand. The…

Caribbean Community and Common Market

(Encyclopedia) Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM), organization founded by the Treaty of Chaguaramas (Trinidad; 1973, revised 2001) and including Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados,…

vertical takeoff and landing aircraft

(Encyclopedia) vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (VTOL), craft capable of rising and descending vertically from and to the ground, thus requiring no runway. While a balloon or an airship has…