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V
V 22d letter of the alphabet (see U ). It is a usual symbol for a voiced labiodental spirant, as in the English v at. In Roman numerals it corresponds to Arabic 5. In chemistry V is the symbol of the element vanadium .
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drone
drone or remotely piloted vehicle, a pilotless craft guided by remote control. Aircraft, ships, and land vehicles can be designed or outfitted as drones, although underwater vessels—both piloted and pilotless—are usually called submersibles . Small, relatively inexpensive military ...
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volt
volt [for Alessandro Volta ], abbr. V, unit of electric potential and electromotive force . It is defined as the difference of electric potential existing across the ends of a conductor carrying a constant current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated is 1 watt. The kilovolt (1,000 V), the mill...
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chronicle plays
chronicle plays dramas based upon 16th-century chronicles in English, particularly those of Edward Hall and Raphael Holinshed . These plays became very popular late in the reign of Elizabeth I, when, in a burst of patriotism, the public became interested in the history of their country. Starting...
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Griswold v. Connecticut
Griswold v. Connecticut case decided in 1965 by the U.S. Supreme Court, establishing a right to privacy in striking down a Connecticut ban on the sale of contraceptives. The Court, through Justice William O. Douglas , found a "zone of privacy" created by several amendments to the U.S. Consti...
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Ohm's law
Ohm's law [for G. S. Ohm ], law stating that the electric current i flowing through a given resistance r is equal to the applied voltage v divided by the resistance, or i = v / r. For general application to alternating-current circuits where inductances and capacitances as well as resistan...
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Lemuel Shaw
Lemuel Shaw 1781-1861, American jurist, b. Barnstable, Mass. After a career in the Massachusetts state legislature, Shaw served as chief justice for the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts (1830-60). In Commonwealth v. Hunt (1842), Shaw provided an important precedent in labor relations by ...
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Henry V
Henry V 1387-1422, king of England (1413-22), son and successor of Henry IV .
Early Life
Henry was probably brought up under the care of his uncle, Henry Beaufort . He was knighted by Richard II in 1399 and created prince of Wales when his father usurped the throne in the same year. Wit...
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Wassily Kandinsky
Wassily Kandinsky , 1866-1944, Russian abstract painter and theorist. Usually regarded as the originator of abstract art, Kandinsky abandoned a legal career for painting at 30 when he moved to Munich. In subsequent trips to Paris he came into contact with the art of Gauguin , neoimpressionism (see ...
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guided missile
guided missile self-propelled, unmanned space or air vehicle carrying an explosive warhead. Its path can be adjusted during flight, either by automatic self-contained controls or remote human control. Guided missiles are powered either by rocket engines or by jet propulsion . The American, R. H....
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