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(Encyclopedia)CE5 British Columbia, province, 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. The Conservatives ...newton, unit of measure
(Encyclopedia)newton, abbr. N, unit of force in the mks system of units, which is based on the metric system; it is the force that produces an acceleration of 1 meter per second per second when exerted on a mass of...British Guiana
(Encyclopedia)British Guiana: see Guyana.British Honduras
(Encyclopedia)British Honduras: see Belize.British Somaliland
(Encyclopedia)British Somaliland: see Somalia.British Togoland
(Encyclopedia)British Togoland: see Togoland.meter, unit of measure
(Encyclopedia)meter, abbr. m, fundamental unit of length in the metric system. The meter was originally defined as 1/10,000,000 of the distance between the equator and either pole; however, the original survey was ...British Museum
(Encyclopedia)British Museum, the national repository in London for treasures in science and art. Located in the Bloomsbury section of the city, it has departments of antiquities, prints and drawings, coins and med...British Isles
(Encyclopedia)British Isles: see Great Britain; Ireland. ...British Cameroons
(Encyclopedia)British Cameroons: see Nigeria, Federation of; Cameroon, Republic of. ...Browse by Subject
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