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Nampa

(Encyclopedia) NampaNampanămˈpə [key], city (1990 pop. 28,365), Canyon co., SW Idaho, in the fertile Treasure Valley; inc. 1890. It is the commercial, processing, and shipping center for an irrigated…

Irvine, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Irvine Irvine ûrˈvīn [key], city (2020 pop. 307,670), Orange co., SW Calif.; inc. 1971. Its…

Iwaki

(Encyclopedia) Iwaki Iwaki ēwäˈkē [key], city, Fukushima prefecture, NE Honshu, Japan, on the Pacific Ocean…

Lufkin

(Encyclopedia) Lufkin, city (1990 pop. 30,206), seat of Angelina co., E Tex.; inc. 1890. Situated in the deep pine woods, it is the core of a region of forest industries with many sawmills and the…

Cherbourg

(Encyclopedia) Cherbourg Cherbourg shĕrb&oomacr;rˈ [key], city, Manche dept., NW France, in Normandy, on the…

Pyeongtaek

(Encyclopedia) Pyeongtaek or Pyongtaek, city (2016 pop. 470,832), Gyeonggi prov., NW South Korea, 45 mi (70 km) S of Seoul. In a rice, fruit, and dairy farming area, it is a port on the Yellow Sea…

Sapporo

(Encyclopedia) SapporoSapporosäp-pōˈrō [key], city (1990 pop. 1,671,742), capital of Hokkaido prefecture, SW Hokkaido, Japan. It is one of Japan's most rapidly growing urban centers. Food processing…

Southfield

(Encyclopedia) Southfield, city (1990 pop. 75,728), Oakland co., SE Mich., a suburb of Detroit, on the Rouge River; laid out 1817, inc. as a city 1958. There are electronics research, meat-processing…

Canandaigua

(Encyclopedia) Canandaigua Canandaigua kănəndāˈgwə [key], city (2020 pop. 10,576), seat of Ontario co., W central N.Y…

spintronics

(Encyclopedia) spintronics,&sp;spin electronics, or magnetoelectronics, science and technology that harnesses the spin state of electrons in addition to the electrical charge state to store data…