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Olympic elk

(Encyclopedia)Olympic elk: see wapiti.

(Encyclopedia)modern dance, serious theatrical dance forms that are distinct from both ballet and the show dancing of the musical comedy or variety stage. By the late 20th cent., distinctions among modern da...

Periodic Table of the Elements (table)

(Encyclopedia)Periodic Table of the Elements (showing atomic number and atomic symbol; click on atomic symbol for more detailed information) Lanthanide Series(Rare Earth Elements) Actinide Series(Radioactive Rar...

table

(Encyclopedia)table, article of furniture employed for household or ecclesiastical purposes. Elaborately decorated tables of wood or metal were known in ancient Egypt and Assyria, and the Greeks used small tables o...

Museum of Modern Art

(Encyclopedia)Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, established and incorporated in 1929. It is privately supported. Alfred H. Barr, Jr., was its first director. Operating at first in rented galleries, the mu...

modern architecture

(Encyclopedia)modern architecture, new architectural style that emerged in many Western countries in the decade after World War I. It was based on the “rational” use of modern materials, the principles of funct...

Signs of the Zodiac (table)

(Encyclopedia)Signs of the Zodiac

table tennis

(Encyclopedia)table tennis, game played, usually indoors, by two or four players; it is more or less a miniature form of lawn tennis. It is also called Ping-Pong, after the trade name that a manufacturer adopted (c...