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red giant

(Encyclopedia) red giant, star that is relatively cool but very luminous because of its great size. All normal stars are expected to pass eventually through a red-giant phase as a consequence of…

Red Sea

(Encyclopedia) Red Sea, ancient Sinus Arabicus or Erythraean Sea, narrow sea, c.170,000 sq mi (440,300 sq km), c.1,450 mi (2,330 km) long and up to…

The Calorie Content of Red and White Wine

The Question: Is the caloric value of white wine different from that of red wine? In other words-if I drink the same volume of red and white wine, will I consume the same…

Red Wing

(Encyclopedia) Red Wing, city (1990 pop. 15,134), seat of Goodhue co., SE Minn., on the Mississippi River at the head of Lake Pepin; inc. 1857. It is a commercial and manufacturing center in the…

Auerbach, Red

(Encyclopedia) Auerbach, Red (Arnold Jacob Auerbach)Auerbach, Redouˈərbăkˌ, –bäkˌ [key], 1917–2006, American basketball coach and executive, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. As coach of the Boston Celtics (1950–66…

red cedar

(Encyclopedia) red cedar: see juniper.

red eft

(Encyclopedia) red eft: see newt.

red fir

(Encyclopedia) red fir: see pine.

red maids

(Encyclopedia) red maids: see purslane.