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bass viol
bass viol , properly, the largest instrument of the viol family. The term now refers most often to the double bass .
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Albion
Albion , ancient and literary name of Britain. It is usually restricted to England and is perhaps derived from the Latin albus meaning "white," referring to the chalk cliffs of S England.
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instrumental
instrumental in the grammar of certain languages (e.g., Russian), the case referring to means or instrument. The Latin ablative may in some instances be termed instrumental.
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Rephaim
Rephaim , in the Bible. 1 Pre-Israelite race of giants. They were also referred to simply as "giants." 2 Valley, SW of Jerusalem.
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Scotia
Scotia , originally the Latin name for Ireland. In the Middle Ages, it was used to refer to Scotland, to which the Scots had migrated from Ireland. Today it is used poetically.
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Shunem
Shunem , in the Bible, town of Issachar, on the north side of the vale of Jezreel. The adjective Shulamite probably refers to it. It is the present-day Sulam (Israel).
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still
still term applied to the apparatus used in distillation , referring either to the flask in which a liquid to be distilled is evaporated, or to other pieces of equipment, or to the entire apparatus.
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electric potential
electric potential work per unit of electric charge expended in moving a charged body from a reference point to any given point in an electric field (see electrostatics ). The potential at the reference point is considered to be zero, and the reference point itself is usually chosen to be at inf...
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Ashtaroth
Ashtaroth , Hebrew plural form of Ashtoreth, the name of the Canaanite fertility goddess and consort of Baal . Her name is vocalized in Greek as Astarte . She was worshiped at various local shrines. There are several references to her in the Bible.
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Big Ben
Big Ben the bell in the Parliament tower (Westminster Palace), London, England. It was named for Sir Benjamin Hall, commissioner of works when the bell was installed in 1856. The name is often used to refer to the huge clock in the tower.
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