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measure of land area used in the English units of measurement. The acre was originally the area a yoke of oxen could plow in a day and therefore diffe...
( k ´st ks) (KEY) [Gr.,=the facts about hearing], the science of sound, including its production, propagation, and effects. Various branches of acou...
( k´t ) (KEY) , official texts of ancient Rome, written or carved on stone or metal. Usually acta were texts made public, although publication was so...
right of scholars to pursue research, to teach, and to publish without control or restraint from the institutions that employ them. It is a civil righ...
( g ´sh s) (KEY) , fl. 1st cent. B.C., Greek sculptor. His Borghese Warrior, discovered in the 17th cent., is in the Louvre....
(ä´b äl-färaj´ äl ´, sfähän´) (KEY) , 897–967, Arabic scholar from Iran. He is mainly known for his invaluable Kitab al-Aghani (book of ...