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jade
jade common name for either of two minerals used as gems. The rarer variety of jade is jadeite, a sodium aluminum silicate, NaAl(SiO 3 ) 2 , usually white or green in color; the green variety is the more valuable. The commoner and less costly variety of jade is nephrite, a calcium magnesium iron... Read more |
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map
map conventionalized representation of spatial phenomena on a plane surface. Unlike photographs, maps are selective and may be prepared to show various quantitative and qualitative facts, including boundaries, physical features, patterns, and distribution. Each point on such a map corresponds to a... Read more |
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Gabonese
Gabonese PRONUNICATION:gab-uh-NEEZ LOCATION:Gabon (western Central Africa) POPULATION:About 1.2 million LANGUAGE:French; 45 local Niger-Congo languages RELIGION:Roman Catholicism; Protestantism; Islam; animism 1 • INTRODUCTION Gabon's stability keeps it in the shadows.... Read more |
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woodchuck
woodchuck or groundhog, common name of a North American species of marmot , Marmota monax. This large rodent is found in open woods and ravines throughout most of Canada and the NE United States. Its heavyset body is about 2 ft (60 cm) long, excluding the 6 in. (15 cm) tail, and is covered... Read more |
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Dong
Dong PRONUNCIATION:dAWNg ALTERNATE NAMES:Liao; Geling LOCATION:China POPULATION:2.5 million LANGUAGE:Dong; Chinese RELIGION:Polytheism 1 • INTRODUCTION The Dong are a nationality whose origin can be traced through a branch of the Xiou tribe during the Qin... Read more |
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Goshen
Goshen , in the Bible. 1 Fertile region of Egypt occupied by the Israelites. 2 Region, S ancient Palestine, conquered by Joshua. 3 Town of Judah.... Read more |
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Vitamin B2
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mercury
mercury or quicksilver [from the Roman god Mercury], metallic chemical element; symbol Hg [Lat. hydrargyrum =liquid silver]; at. no. 80; at. wt. 200.59; m.p. -38.842°C; b.p. 356.58°C; sp. gr. 13.55 at 20°C; valence +1 or +2. Mercury was discovered in antiquity, and was known to... Read more |
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