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Vandenberg Air Force Base
(Encyclopedia) Vandenberg Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 3,456 acres (1,399 hectares), SW Calif., near Lompoc; chief Pacific coast launch site for military satellites, and headquarters…Thule , town, Greenland
(Encyclopedia) ThuleThuleth&oomacr;ˈlē, t&oomacr;ˈ– [key] or QaanaaqThulekänäkˈ [key], town (1995 pop. 627), N Greenland, on the north side of Inglefield Gulf. The name of Thule was…Camp LeJeune
(Encyclopedia) Camp LeJeuneCamp LeJeuneləzh&oomacr;nˈ [key], U.S. marine corps base, 82,969 acres (33,576 hectares), SE N.C., SE of Jacksonville; est. 1941. It is the major East Coast training…acids and bases
(Encyclopedia) acids and bases, two related classes of chemicals; the members of each class have a number of common properties when dissolved in a solvent, usually water. Another theory that…logarithm
(Encyclopedia) logarithmlogarithmlŏgˈərĭᵺəm [key] [Gr.,=relation number], number associated with a positive number, being the power to which a third number, called the base, must be raised in order…Biskra
(Encyclopedia) Biskra Biskra bēskräˈ [key], city, NE Algeria, at the foot of the Aurès Mts. It is a…Formulas for Various Areas (table)
(Encyclopedia) Formulas for Various Areas Plane Figures Area1 triangle ab/2 parallelogram ab rectangle ab square s2 circle πr2 Solids Total Surface Area1 right circular cylinder 2πr(r + …Mers-el-Kebir
(Encyclopedia) Mers-el-KebirMers-el-Kebirmĕrs-ĕl-kəbĭrˈ [key], town, NW Algeria, on the Gulf of Oran. Originally a Roman port, it has a long history of maritime importance. During the 15th cent. it…Caribou, town, United States
(Encyclopedia) Caribou Caribou kârˈĭb&oomacr; [key], town (2020 pop. 7,396), Aroostook co., NE Maine, on the…Qeqertarsuaq
(Encyclopedia) QeqertarsuaqQeqertarsuaqkĕkˌĕrtärs&oomacr;ˈäk [key], formerly GodhavnGodhavngôᵺˈhoun [key], town (1996 pop. 1,095), Qeqertarsuaq dist., W Greenland, on Disko Island; founded in…