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nucleolus
nucleolus A clearly defined, often spherical area of the eukaryotic nucleus, composed of densely packed fibrils and granules. Its composition is similar to that of chromatin, except that it is very rich in RNA and protein. It is the site of the synthesis of ribosomal RNA, which forms a major part of... Read more |
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ash (combustion)
ash in chemistry, solid residue of combustion. The chemical composition of an ash depends on that of the substance burned. Wood ash contains metal carbonates (e.g., potassium carbonate) and oxides formed from metals originally compounded in the wood. Coal ash usually has a high content of minerals... Read more |
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Heitor Villa-Lobos
Heitor Villa-Lobos , 1887-1959, Brazilian composer, educated in Brazil but self-taught in composition. He developed an interest in Brazilian folk music, which became the strongest influence on his works. A series of compositions which he called Chôros, ranging from an instrumental solo to an... Read more |
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Computer music
Music, Computer The term "computer music" encompasses a wide range of compositional activities, from the generation of conventionally notated scores using data calculated by the computer, to the direct synthesis of sound in a digital form within the computer itself, ready for... Read more |
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Composite materials
Composite materials A composite material (or just composite) is a mixture of two or more materials with properties superior to the materials of which it is made. Many common examples of composite materials can be found in the world around us. Wood and bone are examples of natural composites. Wood... Read more |
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Marshall Warren Nirenberg
Marshall Warren Nirenberg 1927-, American biochemist, b. New York, N.Y., Ph.D., Univ. of Michigan, 1947. He spent his entire career as a researcher at the National Institutes of Health. Nirenberg was a co-recipient of the 1968 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine with Har Gobind Khorana and... Read more |
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Iannis Xenakis
Iannis Xenakis Composer For the Record… Worked with Le Corbusier Electronic Music Compositions ... Read more |
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composite material
composite material or composite, any material made from at least two discrete substances, such as concrete. Many materials are produced as composites, such as the fiberglass -reinforced plastics used for automobile bodies and boat hulls, but the term usually is used to describe any of various... Read more |
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Greek
Greek all Greek to me completely unintelligible. Greek for unintelligible language or gibberish is recorded from the late 16th century, as in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (1599) when Casca, having said that Cicero spoke Greek, adds, ‘for mine own part, it was Greek to me.’at the Greek... Read more |
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