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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 centrifugal force, act...

Paraguay, river, Brazil and Paraguay

(Encyclopedia)Paraguay, river, c.1,300 mi (2,090 km) long, rising in the highlands of central Mato Grosso state, Brazil. Flowing generally southward, it forms the border between Brazil and Paraguay in the pantanal,...

Carlos, Spanish and Portuguese kings

(Encyclopedia)Carlos. For Spanish and Portuguese kings thus named, use Charles.

National Parks and Monuments (table)

(Encyclopedia)National Parks and Monuments 1 National Parks and Monuments National Monuments National and International Historic Sites and Historical Parks National Memorials National Battlef...

Dib, Mohammed

(Encyclopedia)Dib, Mohammed môämĕdˈ dēb [key], 1920–2003, Algerian novelist and poet, b. Tlemcen. From 1959 on he lived most of his life in France. In a vigorous, forthright style, he wrote in French about l...

mace, in botany and cooking

(Encyclopedia)mace, in botany and cooking: see nutmeg. ...

rust, in chemistry and metallurgy

(Encyclopedia)rust, in chemistry and metallurgy: see corrosion. ...

American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac

(Encyclopedia)American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac: see ephemeris. ...

Catawba, river, N.C. and S.C.

(Encyclopedia)Catawba, river, N.C. and S.C.: see Wateree. ...