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phase
phase in astronomy, the measure of how much of the illuminated surface of a planet or satellite can be seen from a point at a distance from that body; the term is most often used to describe the moon as seen from the earth. When the moon is between the earth and the sun, we cannot see the lighted... Read more |
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Monday
Monday the day of the week before Tuesday and following Sunday. Recorded from Old English (in form Mōnandæg), the name originally meant ‘day of the moon’, a translation of late Latin lunae dies.Monday club a right-wing political club, formed in 1961, that originally held... Read more |
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Reoperation
Second-look surgery Definition Second-look surgery is performed after a procedure or course of treatment to determine if the patient is free of disease. If disease is found, additional procedures may or may not be performed at the time of second-look surgery. Purpose Second-look surgery may be... Read more |
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Evangeline
Evangeline; or, The Belle of Acadia (1874), a musical burlesque by J. Cheever Goodwin (book, lyrics), E. E. Rice (music). [Niblo's Garden, 16 perf.] When her people are expelled by the British from their Acadian village, Evangeline ( Ione Burke) and her lover Gabriel ( Connie Thompson) are... Read more |
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Sun Myung Moon
Sun Myung Moon , 1920-, Korean religious leader. He was an engineering student and dock worker before founding (1954) the Unification Church with a doctrine loosely based on Christianity as interpreted by Moon, who has declared (2004) himself the "Messiah." Moon introduced the movement to the... Read more |
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Garden cities
garden cities. Planned estates had been built by Robert Owen and Titus Salt in the earlier 19th cent., and by the Cadbury family at Bournville in the 1880s. Garden cities were conceived by Ebenezer Howard. Impressed by a visit to the ‘garden city’ of Chicago and influenced by ... Read more |
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crayfish
crayfish or crawfish, freshwater crustacean smaller than but structurally very similar to its marine relative the lobster , and found in ponds and streams in most parts of the world except Africa. Crayfish grow some 3 to 4 in. (7.6-10.2 cm) in length and are usually brownish green; some... Read more |
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blue Moon
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mole (animal)
mole in zoology, common name for the small, burrowing, insectivorous mammals of the family Talpidae, found throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere. Moles are trapped as pests, although they probably do less damage than the animals they destroy, and for their fur, which is highly valued.... Read more |
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