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The Real World Destinations of Greek Mythology

The Real World Destinations of Greek Mythology The question "Is Mount Olympus Real" gets asked more often than you might think on the Internet. The root of this question is that, clearly, Mount…

Camino Real, El

(Encyclopedia) Camino Real, El [Span.,=The Royal Road]. There are Camino Reals in most former Spanish possessions, including four in former Spanish territory in the United States. Probably the best-…

Alcalá la Real

(Encyclopedia) Alcalá la Real Alcalá la Real älkäläˈ [key] Alcalá la Real lä rāälˈ [key], town, Jaén prov., S Spain, in Andalusia. It has well-known mineral…

Case, Karl Edwin

(Encyclopedia) Case, Karl Edwin, American economist, b. New York City, 1946, Ph.D. Harvard, 1976. As a professor at Wellesley College (1976–2010), Case focused on urban economics, real estate markets…

quadratic

(Encyclopedia) quadratic, mathematical expression of the second degree in one or more unknowns (see polynomial). The general quadratic in one unknown has the form ax2+bx+c, where a, b, and c are…

Leung Chun-ying

(Encyclopedia) Leung Chun-ying, 1954–, Hong Kong business and political leader, often referred to as C. Y. Leung. He studied surveying at Hong Kong Polytechnic and real estate management in Bristol,…

chattel

(Encyclopedia) chattelchattelchătˈəl [key], in law, any property other than a freehold estate in land (see tenure). A chattel is treated as personal property rather than real property regardless of…

image

(Encyclopedia) image, in optics, likeness or counterpart of an object produced when rays of light coming from that object are reflected from a mirror or are refracted by a lens. An image of an object…

sale, in law

(Encyclopedia) sale, in law, transfer of ownership in return for money. An exchange of goods for goods is termed barter, but the distinction between sale and barter is mainly technical; laws that…