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work

(Encyclopedia)work, in physics and mechanics, transfer of energy by a force acting to displace a body. Work is equal to the product of the force and the distance through which it produces movement. Although both fo...

Lidköping

(Encyclopedia)Lidköping lēdˈchöˌpĭng [key], city (1990 pop. 22,010), Skaraborg co., S Sweden, a port on Lake Vänern; chartered 1446. It has an important porcelain industry, in addition to machine shops and m...

Saransk

(Encyclopedia)Saransk səränskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 312,000), capital of Mordovia, central European Russia. Machine building and food processing are the major industries. Saransk was founded as a fort in 1641....

Palatine, village, United States

(Encyclopedia)Palatine pălˈətīn [key], village (1990 pop. 39,253), Cook co., NE Ill.; inc. 1869. Primarily residential, the growing village manufactures a variety of products, such as machine tools and industri...

Hjørring

(Encyclopedia)Hjørring yörˈĭng [key], city, Nordjylland co., N Denmark. The center of an agricultural r...

Isafjörður

(Encyclopedia)Isafjörður ēˈsäfyörˌᵺür [key], town, NW Iceland, on the Isafjarðardjúp, an arm of ...

Kelowna

(Encyclopedia)Kelowna kĭlōˈnə [key], city (1991 pop. 75,950), S British Columbia, Canada, on Okanagan Lake. Kelowna is a tourist resort and serves as a trade center for a fruit-growing and lumbering area. Other...

Carpentersville

(Encyclopedia)Carpentersville, village (2020 pop. 36,494), Kane co., NE Ill., on the Fox River, settled 1834, platted 1851, inc. 1887. In a traditionally agricultural...

Borlänge

(Encyclopedia)Borlänge bôrˈlĕngˌə [key], city, Kopparberg co., S central Sweden, on the Dalälven Riv...

Rice, Elmer

(Encyclopedia)Rice, Elmer, 1892–1967, American dramatist, b. New York City, LL.B. New York Law School, 1912. After the success of his first play, On Trial (1914), he turned his interests to the theater. Rice's fi...