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- Ship (18843 bytes)
2: ... size (or the number of [[mast (sailing)|mast]]s) which a boat requires to become a ship. (Note that ...
4: ...ig [[German Empire|German]] ships and [[barque]]s were built partly for [[prestige]] reasons.
6: ...e, it has come to be more particularly associated with the noun '[[navy]]'.
10: ...asure [[volume]] rather than weight, and are used when describing merchant ships for the purpose of t...
12: ...gerously unstable condition. Additionally, anyone who signed onto such a ship for a voyage and, upon ... - Capacitor (29664 bytes)
2: ...c field]] created between a pair of conductors on which equal but opposite electric charges have been...
5: === Overview ===
7: ...e charge, the ''total'' charge in the device is always zero.
9: ...al capacitor, the dielectric is in direct contact with the plates.)]]
13: ...n [[potential difference]] or ''voltage'' (''V'') which appears across the plates: - Jellyfish (6276 bytes)
15: ...ion. They are [[Coelenterates]] which means "hollow [[gut]]", and are made up of a [[layer]] of [[epi...
17: Jellyfish have two major body forms throughout their life.
18: ...ent and is also the form most people are familiar with.
20: ...e oral arms, which form a temporary brood chamber where fertilization takes place.
26: ...y be formed. These young jellies swim off and grow up into adults. - Geography of Italy (2563 bytes)
12: :* Water: 7,210 km²
16: ...City) 3.2 km, San Marino 39 km, Slovenia 232 km, Switzerland 740 km
25: ...ly rugged and mountainous; some plains, coastal lowlands
27: :* Lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
30: : Mercury, potash, marble, sulfur, dwindling natural gas and crude oil reserves, fish, ... - Nutrition (42689 bytes)
2: ...'' is a science which studies the relationship between [[diet (nutrition)|diet]] and states of [[heal...
4: ...s [[scurvy]], [[obesity]] or [[osteoporosis]], as well as psychological and behavioral problems. More...
5: ...ience of nutrition attempts to understand how and why specific dietary aspects influence health.
7: ==Overview==
8: ...body]] comprises [[chemical compounds]] such as [[water]], [[amino acids]] ([[proteins]]), [[fatty ac... - Termite (5655 bytes)
19: ... | binomial_name = Earthlife | author = [http://www.earthlife.net/insects/isoptera.html Earthlife] | ...
22: ...mite species are tropical or subtropical, but a few live in [[temperate]] regions. They are of great ...
25: ...ngs are shed after the swarming termites find a new nest site.
27: ...young taking the form of small termites that grow without significant morphological changes.
31: ...] for them, absorbing the end products for their own use. These protozoans in turn rely on symbiotic ... - Helicopter (20080 bytes)
1: ...ully-controllable helicopter placed in production was invented by [[Igor Sikorsky]].
5: ...ter can travel to any location, and land anywhere with a clearing a rotor disk and a half in diameter...
9: ...licopters can carry slung loads, accommodating awkwardly shaped items), or as a mount for still, film...
13: ...hina that described some of the ideas in a rotary wing aircraft.
15: ...47]] designed by [[Arthur M. Young|Arthur Young]] was the first helicopter to be licensed (in March [... - Hybrid vehicle (47544 bytes)
3: ...[[Whispering Wheel]] Bus, a hybrid bus with an in wheel motor design. |300px]]
6: ...th all-[[Battery electric vehicle|electric car]]s which use batteries charged by an external source s...
8: ...], hybrid was often used to describe an [[engine swap]], such as the common Honda [[Honda B engine#B1...
12: ... accessdate=June 26 | accessyear=2002}} of George W. Bush's administration in 2001.
14: ...oved to [[nuclear power]], which can operate underwater indefinitely, though a number of nations cont... - Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
2: ...age:Phxdowntown.jpg|thumb|right|475px|Phoenix Uptown (northern skyline) in 2004, looking north ]]
5: ...t city, surpassing [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] with 1.5 million people
6: ...h largest metropolitan area of the United States, with a population of 3,251,876 (2000 census)
7: ...y by area and population in the U.S. (including [[Washington, DC]])
8: * the eighth-fastest growing metropolitan area in the U.S. (2000 census) - Economy of Russia (68844 bytes)
2: ...this process. Russia's experience is detailed below.
7: ... economy. It also has a well-educated labor force with substantial technical expertise. At the same t...
9: ...al planning system left a number of legacies with which the Russian economy must deal in its transiti...
11: ... met or exceeded its plan, then demand and supply would balance.
13: ...vised the economic production activities of units within their areas of responsibility. Regional mini... - Geography of Estonia (3012 bytes)
1: ...rn shores of the [[Baltic Sea]] on the level northwestern part of the rising east European platform. ...
3: ...]'s Muuga port offers one of Europe's finest warm-water harbor facilities.
5: ...[Petseri]] regions on Estonia's eastern frontier, which still remain contested bilaterally.
7: ...ng the [[Baltic Sea]] and [[Gulf of Finland]], between [[Latvia]] and [[Russia]].
16: ''water:'' 2,015 km²<br /> - Glacier (6999 bytes)
1: ...ht|250px|Austria's longest glacier, the Pasterze, winds its 8 km (5 mile) route at the foot of Austri...
3: ...the Himalaya is the largest alpine glacier in the world. Glaciers are found on every continent except...
5: ...water. The [[Hubbard Glacier]] is the longest tidewater glacier in [[Alaska]] and has a calving face ...
7: ...d valley]]s and [[cirque (landform)|cirques]] ([[cwm]]s) at their heads.
11: ...te a stream and while the glacier may be a barren waste of dense ice, fertile land is often nearby. - Molecular nanotechnology (10344 bytes)
1: ... in modern macroscale factories. Its most well-known exposition is in the books of [[K. Eric Drexler]...
3: ...ually wanted, with the other species discarded as waste. Nanotechnology could therefore offer much cl...
8: Drexler has noted that some British writers have applied the term "nanotechnology" to m...
10: ...dot.org/article.pl?sid=03/10/29/2017242][http://www.azonano.com/details.asp?ArticleID=56]
15: ...n skin; and while this technology is relatively new, it is already seeing commercial application in v... - New Deal (82408 bytes)
2: ...nd the [[Securities and Exchange Commission]], as well as the [[Tennessee Valley Authority|TVA]].
5: ...ef, economic recovery, and financial reform; this was also called the 'Three Rs'.
7: ...ritical situation."<ref>Parker 2002, Friedman, ''Two Lucky People'' (1998) p. 59.</ref>
9: ... the New Deal's efforts to help corporate America were channeled through a Hoover program, the [[Reco...
11: ...php ''Interview with John Hawkins''. Right Wing News.]</ref> - Fashion (7767 bytes)
16: ...es of [[aesthetics]] with [[innovation]], coupled with pleasing details and expense.
20: ...rned out ''bourgeoise'' from [[Nuremburg]] (left) with her counterpart from [[Venice]], in 1496-97. T...
21: ...uette are galvanized in theatres of European war, where gentleman officers had opportunities to make ...
23: ...test Paris styles. By 1800, all Western Europeans were dressing alike: local variation became first a...
25: ...art; people who like or respect them may start to wear clothes of a similar [[style]]. - Indus Valley Civilization (23571 bytes)
2: ...haggar]]-[[Hakra River|Hakra]] river in what is now [[Pakistan]]. The '''Indus Valley Civilization'''...
4: ==Overview==
7: ...declined during the mid [[2nd millennium BC]] and was forgotten until its rediscovery in the [[1920s]...
11: ...years before the Vedic period. Over 140 ancient towns and cities have been discovered along its cours...
13: ...e Indus Civilization may have had a population of well over five million. - History of the Kurds (8244 bytes)
1: ... one of the [[Iranian peoples]] and speak a north-western [[Iranian language]] related to [[Persian l...
3: ...ns, apart from the original Mitanni leadership. However, Kurds consider themselves as much Indo-Europ...
5: ...nd [[Akkad]]ians of [[Babylonia]]; and during the whole period of the [[Assyrian Empire]] they seem t...
7: ...story of tribes in overwhelming numbers who, from whatever quarter they may have sprung, belonged cer...
9: ...he muster roll of the army of [[Xerxes I|Xerxes]] which [[Herodotus]] has preserved. - Bayeux Tapestry (13194 bytes)
2: ...um in the town of [[Bayeux]] in [[Normandy]]. It was made in [[England]] after the [[Norman Conquest...
5: ...udes 623 humans, 202 horses, 41 ships, 2000 Latin words and 8 different colors of yarn. (Baker 275)
7: ...209) Now it is stored in a museum in a dark room with special lighting to avoid damaging it.
9: ...and off-white can be found in cloth traditionally woven in the region.
11: ...e up the tapestry, and it is unknown whether they were done in chronological order. (Crack 1) - William I of England (8753 bytes)
2: ...William_I_of_England.jpg|thumb|right|180px|''King William I of England'']]
7: ...attle of Hastings]] in 1066 in what has become known as the [[Norman Conquest]].
9: ...triotic print he is wearing [[plate armour]] that was invented generations after his death.
12: ...grandnephew]] of Queen [[Emma of Normandy|Emma]], wife of King [[Ethelred the Unready]] and later of ...
14: ... and invasion. With the assistance of King Henry, William finally secured control of Normandy by defe... - Attila the Hun (23655 bytes)
3: ...t [[Battle of Chalons|Chalons]]; and he drove the western emperor [[Valentinian III]] from his capita...
5: ...figure in the [[history of Europe]]. In much of [[Western Europe]], he is remembered as the epitome o...
9: ...t, amazing mobility, and weapons like the [[Hun bow]].
11: ...ader and a capable warrior is reasonable but unknowable.
15: ...Constantinople]], building the city's first [[sea wall]], and to build up his border defenses along t...
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