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type metal

(Encyclopedia) type metal, alloy of lead with antimony, tin, and sometimes copper, so named because of its one time extensive use for making printing type. Expanding upon solidification, the alloy…

Bergerac

(Encyclopedia) Bergerac Bergerac bĕrzhəräkˈ [key], town, Dordogne dept., SW France, in Périgord, on the…

Beja

(Encyclopedia) Beja Beja bāˈzhə [key], town, S Portugal, capital of Beja dist. and Baixo Alentejo. It is…

Sámos

(Encyclopedia) SámosSámossāˈmŏs, Gr. säˈmôs [key], island (1991 pop. 33,032), c.181 sq mi (469 sq km), SE Greece, in the Aegean Sea; one of the Southern Sporades, near Turkey. Largely mountainous, it…

Parma, city, Italy

(Encyclopedia) ParmaParmapärˈmä [key], city (1991 pop. 170,520), capital of Parma prov., in Emilia-Romagna, N Italy, on the Parma River and on the Aemilian Way. It is a rich agricultural market, a…

Minsk

(Encyclopedia) MinskMinskmĭnsk, Rus. mēnsk [key], city (1990 est. pop. 1,610,000), capital of Belarus and of the Minsk region, on a tributary of the Berezina. It is a railroad junction with machine,…

cupric sulfate

(Encyclopedia) cupric sulfatecupric sulfatek&oomacr;ˈprĭk sŭlˈfāt, ky&oomacr;ˈ– [key] or copper (II) sulfate, chemical compound, CuSO4, taking the form of white rhombohedral crystals or…

Saaremaa

(Encyclopedia) Saaremaa or SaremaSaaremaaboth: säˈrĕmä [key], Swed. Ösel, Rus. Ezel, 1,048 sq mi (2,714 sq km), island off the mainland of Estonia, in the Baltic Sea, across the mouth of the Gulf of…

Šibenik

(Encyclopedia) ŠibenikŠibenikshēbĕˈnĭk [key], Ital. Sebenico, town (2011 pop. 46,332), S Croatia, on the Adriatic Sea. It is a seaport, naval base, and resort center on the Dalmatian coast. The city…

potassium nitrate

(Encyclopedia) potassium nitrate, chemical compound, KNO3, occurring as colorless, prismatic crystals or as a white powder; it is found pure in nature as the mineral saltpeter, or niter. (The name…