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(Encyclopedia) Legendre, Adrien MarieLegendre, Adrien MarieädrēăNˈ märēˈ ləzhäNˈdrə [key], 1752–1833, French mathematician. He is noted especially for his work on the theory of numbers, on which he…
(Encyclopedia) KirkukKirkukkĭrk&oomacr;kˈ [key], city (1987 pop. 418,624), NE Iraq. It is a center of Iraq's oil industry and is connected by pipelines to ports on the Mediterranean Sea. Kirkuk…
(Encyclopedia) musk deer, small, antlerless deer, Moschus moschiferus, found in wet mountain forests from Siberia and Korea to the Himalayas. In summer it ranges up to 8,000 ft (2,400 m). It is from…
(Encyclopedia) HuastecHuastecwäsˈtĕk [key], indigenous people of the Pánuco River basin, E Mexico. They speak a Mayan language but are isolated from the rest of the Mayan stock, from whom they may…
(Encyclopedia) interval, in music, the difference in pitch between two tones. Intervals may be measured acoustically in terms of their vibration numbers. They are more generally named according to…
(Encyclopedia) alphanumericalphanumericălˌfən&oobreve;mĕrˈĭk [key] or alphamericalphamericălˌfəmĕrˈĭk [key], the set of letters and numbers. When used in reference to computer input and output,…
(Encyclopedia) ChipewyanChipewyanchĭpˌəwīˈən [key], Native North Americans of the Athabascan branch of the Nadene linguistic stock (see also Native American languages). Formerly the largest of the…
