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nadir
nadir [Arab.,=opposite], in astronomy, the point on the celestial sphere directly opposite the zenith , i.e., directly beneath the observer.... Read more |
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opposition
opposition in astronomy, alignment of two celestial bodies on opposite sides of the sky as viewed from earth. Opposition of the moon or planets is often determined in reference to the sun. Only the superior planets, whose orbits lie outside that of the earth, can be in opposition to the sun. When a... Read more |
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dialectical materialism
dialectical materialism official philosophy of Communism, based on the writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels , as elaborated by G. V. Plekhanov , V. I. Lenin , and Joseph Stalin . In theory dialectical materialism is meant to provide both a general world view and a specific method for... Read more |
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Guillaume Farel
Guillaume Farel , 1489-1565, French religious reformer, associate of John Calvin . In 1520, Farel joined Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples at Meaux to aid in church reform and to establish an evangelical school for students and preachers. Soon his iconoclastic ideas made him suspect, and he... Read more |
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Oliver Tambo
Oliver Reginald Tambo Oliver Reginald Tambo (1917-1993) was, as acting president of the African National Congress (ANC), a principal spokesman for the Black African opposition to apartheid in South Africa. He remained active in the ANC, ultimately living to witness the political end of apartheid... Read more |
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General Staff Act
General Staff Act (1903).The General Staff Act of 1903 culminated the reforms initiated by Secretary of War Elihu Root and provided the U.S. Army with a central planning body. The immediate impetus for creating such an agency was the chaotic mobilization for the Spanish‐American War (1898).... Read more |
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litotes
litotes , figure of speech in which a statement is made by indicating the negative of its opposite, e.g., "not many" meaning "a few." A form of irony , litotes is meant to emphasize by understating. Its opposite is hyperbole .... Read more |
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parallelogram
parallelogram closed plane figure bounded by four line segments, or sides, with opposite pairs of sides parallel and equal in length. The rhombus, rectangle, and square are special types of parallelograms. Any side of a parallelogram is a base; an altitude is the perpendicular distance from a base... Read more |
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Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich 1841-1915, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, b. Foster, R.I. He rose in local politics as state assemblyman (1875-76) and U.S. Representative (1879-81) before he served as Senator (1881-1911). Aldrich, after the death of Henry B. Anthony, dominated Republican politics in Rhode... Read more |
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