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change in the velocity of a body with respect to time. Since velocity is a vector quantity, involving both magnitude and direction, acceleration is al...
( g´´ r k´r t s) (KEY) , fl. 5th cent. B.C., Athenian sculptor born on the island of Paros, said to have been the favorite pupil of Phidias. His be...
(frä änj l´ k ) (KEY) , c.1400–1455, Florentine painter, b. Vicchio, Tuscany. He was variously named Guido (his baptismal name), or Guidolino, di...
( b´ l n) (KEY) . 1 City (1990 pop. 6,242), seat of Dickinson co., central Kans., on the Smoky Hill River; inc. 1869. It was (1867–71) a railhead f...
( k ´d ) (KEY) , Fr. Acadie, region and former French colony, E Canada, encompassing modern Nova Scotia but also New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island...
( k ´ n) (KEY) , confederation of cities on the Gulf of Corinth. The First Achaean League, about which little is known, was formed presumably before ...