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British Expeditionary Force
British Expeditionary Force (BEF), the UK's contribution to the Anglo-French alliance which took part in the fighting which preceded the fall of France in June 1940. It initially comprised some 152,000 men formed into two corps of two infantry divisions each, plus their supporting arms, though... Read more |
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ice hockey
ice hockey team sport in which players use sticks to propel a hard, round disk into a net-backed goal. Rules and Equipment Ice hockey is played on a rectangular rink with curved corners whose length may vary from 184 to 200 ft (56-61 m), its width from 85 to 98 ft (26-30 m). Six players—a... Read more |
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cattail
cattail or reed mace, any plant of the genus Typha, perennial herbs found in almost all open marshes. The cattail (also called club rush) has long narrow leaves, sometimes used for weaving chair seats, and a single tall stem bearing two sets of tiny flowers, the male flowers above the female.... Read more |
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Torbay
Torbay city (1991 pop. 54,430) and district, Devon, SW England. The district comprises the former municipal borough of Torquay and the urban districts of Paignton and Brixham. On Tor Bay is a noted tourist resort area, known as the "English Riviera." William of Orange landed at nearby Brixham... Read more |
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Bobby Orr
Bobby Orr 1948- Canadian hockey player Bobby Orr is widely regarded as the greatest defenseman in hockey history. From the time he joined the Boston Bruins at the age of eighteen, Orr revolutionized the way hockey was played. Prior to that time, defensive players had confined themselves to... Read more |
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Centrosome
centrosome (cell centre; centrosphere) A specialized region of all eukaryote cells except fungi, situated next to the nucleus, that organizes the microtubules of the spindle during cell division. It also serves as the chief microtubule-organizing centre in animal cells. The centrosomes of most... Read more |
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zone
zone [Gr.,=girdle], in geography, area with a certain physical and/or cultural unity that distinguishes it from other areas. The division of the earth into five climatic zones probably originated (5th cent. BC) with Parmenides, who recognized a torrid zone (see tropics ) and north and south... Read more |
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spindle
spindle A structure formed from microtubules in the cytoplasm during cell division that moves chromatids (see mitosis) or chromosomes (see meiosis) diametrically apart and gathers them in two clusters at opposite ends (poles) of the cell. Broad in the middle and narrowing to a point at either pole,... Read more |
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field hockey
field hockey outdoor stick and ball game. Field hockey, like many sports, is of obscure origins, but traces in one form or another to the ancient Egyptians and Persians, making it one of the world's oldest known sports. London's Wimbledon Hockey Club (organized 1883) standardized the game after... Read more |
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hybrid zone
hybrid zone A zone that exists between the populations of two related species, whose geographical ranges overlap, which contain hybrids resulting from matings between the two species. The hybrids, which have a reduced fertility, will eventually act as a barrier between further interspecific mating... Read more |
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