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heliport
heliport airport designed exclusively for helicopter traffic.
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John Fitch
John Fitch 1743-98, American inventor, b. Windsor, Conn. Fitch began (1785) work on the invention of the steam engine and steamboat and secured soon afterward the exclusive right to build and operate steamboats on the waters of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, and Virginia. A trial run...
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exclusion principle
exclusion principle physical principle enunciated by Wolfgang Pauli in 1925 stating that no two electrons in an atom can occupy the same energy state simultaneously. The energy states, or levels, in an atom are described in the quantum theory by various values of four different quantum numbers;...
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cable television
cable television the transmission of televised images to viewers by means of coaxial cables. Cable systems receive the television signal, which is sent out over cables to individual subscribers, by a common antenna (CATV) or satellite dish. Early cable systems developed in the late 1940s to improve...
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Korah
Korah , in the Bible. 1 Levite leader, with Dathan and Abiram, of the unsuccessful revolt in the desert against the exclusive priesthood of the Aaronic family and against the leadership of Moses; the rebels were consumed by fire and earthquake. 2 Levitical family, perhaps descended from 1, t...
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Vladimir de Pachmann
Vladimir de Pachmann , 1848-1933, Russian pianist, studied with his father, a violinist, and at the Vienna Conservatory. He devoted himself almost exclusively to playing Chopin's smaller piano pieces, and he was known as a colorful, eccentric performer.
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presbytery
presbytery. 1. Part of a church in which the high-altar stands, at the east of the choir. It is often raised above floor-level, and is used exclusively by those who minister in the services of the altar. 2. Priest's house....
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science fiction
science fiction literary genre in which a background of science or pseudoscience is an integral part of the story. Although science fiction is a form of fantastic literature, many of the events recounted are within the realm of future possibility, e.g., robots, space travel, interplanetary war, inv...
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John le Carré
John le Carré , pseud. of David John Moore Cornwell, b. 1931-, English novelist, b. Poole, Dorset, grad. Oxford, 1956. He was a tutor at Eton College (1956-58), subsequently working for the British Foreign Service in Germany (1961-64). Le Carré's best-known novel is The Spy Who Ca...
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sharia
sharia the religious law of Islam. As Islam makes no distinction between religion and life, Islamic law covers not only ritual but many aspects of life. The actual codification of canonic law is the result of the concurrent evolution of jurisprudence proper and the so-called science of the roots of...
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