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( k´´t n m´ t r) (KEY) , instrument used to measure the heating power of radiation. Actinometers are used chiefly in meteorology to measure solar r...
(tendo calcaneus) (t n´d k lk ´n s) (KEY) , sinew prominent at the back of the ankle, connecting the tendons of the calf muscles to the heelbone. ...
1776–1837, English painter, b. Suffolk. Constable and Turner were the leading figures in English landscape painting of the 19th cent. Constable beca...
at Wolfville, N.S., Canada; founded 1838; became Acadia Univ. 1891. It has faculties of arts, pure and applied sciences, management and education, and...
( b´l t v´´) (KEY) [Lat.,=carrying off], in Latin grammar, the case used in a number of circumstances, particularly with certain prepositions and ...
(ädämäwä´, d´´ mä´w ) (KEY) , plateau, c.26,000 sq mi (67,300 sq km), N central Cameroon and E Nigeria, W central Africa. It is sparsely pop...