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lese majesty

(Encyclopedia)lese majesty or leze majesty both: lēz măˈjĭstē [key] [Fr. lèse majesté, Lat. laesae maiestatis (crimen)=(crime of) violating majesty], offense against the dignity of the sovereign of a state o...

atom

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Bohr-Rutherford atom CE5 Probability distribution of the electron in the hydrogen atom: A. Ground state B. Highly excited state atom [Gr.,=uncuttable (indivisible)], basic unit of matte...

Alicante

(Encyclopedia)Alicante älēkänˈtā [key], city, capital of Alicante prov., SE Spain, in Valencia. A Mediterranean port, it has exports of wine, oil, cereals, fruit, and esparto from ...

Chongjin

(Encyclopedia)Chongjin or Chungjin both: chŭngˈjĕnˈ [key], Jap. Seishin, city, NE North Korea, an i...

Engels

(Encyclopedia)Engels ĕngˈgĭls [key], city (1989 pop. 181,000), E European Russia, a port on the Volga River. It has a large chemical fiber complex. Founded by Ukrainian settlers, it was a major destination of Ge...

Iligan

(Encyclopedia)Iligan ēlēˈgän [key], city, capital of Lanao del Norte prov., W central Mindanao, the Phi...

Medinipur

(Encyclopedia)Medinipur mĭdˈnəpûrˌ [key], town (1991 pop. 125,498), West Bengal state, E India, on the Kasai River. It is a district administrative center and has textile and chemical manufactures. A canal lin...

Orsk

(Encyclopedia)Orsk ôrsk [key], city (1989 pop. 271,000), Orenburg region, in the foothills of the S Ural Mts., central Russia, on the Ural River. It is the center of the Orsk-Khalilovo industrial area, which has r...

lignin

(Encyclopedia)lignin lĭgˈnĭn [key], a highly polymerized and complex chemical compound especially common in woody plants. The cellulose walls of the wood become impregnated with lignin, a process called lignific...

Vanadzor

(Encyclopedia)Vanadzor, city (1989 pop. 75,616), in N Armenia, at the junction of the Pambak, Tandzut, and Vanadzoriget rivers. A rail center and a major chemical producer, it also manufactures textiles and foodstu...