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Belmont

(Encyclopedia)Belmont bĕlˈmŏnt [key]. 1 City (2020 pop. 28,335), San Mateo co., W Calif., a residential ...

Coleraine

(Encyclopedia)Coleraine kōlrānˈ [key], town and district, N Northern Ireland, near the mouth of the Bann ...

Haldia

(Encyclopedia)Haldia hălˈdēə, hôlˈ– [key], city, West Bengal, NE India. Haldia is being developed as a major ...

Roosendaal en Nispen

(Encyclopedia)Roosendaal en Nispen rōˈsəndälˌ ən nĭsˈpən [key], city (1994 pop. 62,784), North Brabant prov., SW Netherlands, near the Belgian border. It is a transportation and industrial center. Manufact...

Calverley, Charles Stuart

(Encyclopedia)Calverley, Charles Stuart, 1831–84, English poet and translator. Expelled from Oxford for a youthful prank, he earned academic honors at Cambridge. He became famous for the wit and erudition of his ...

Arnold, Sir Edwin

(Encyclopedia)Arnold, Sir Edwin, 1832–1904, English author. After serving as principal of the government college in Pune, India, he joined (1861) the staff of the London Daily Telegraph. He won fame for his blank...

Hoddesdon

(Encyclopedia)Hoddesdon hŏdzˈdən [key], city, Hertfordshire, E central England. A residential suburb of ...

Arago, Dominique François

(Encyclopedia)Arago, Dominique François dômēnēkˈ fräNswäˈ ärägōˈ [key], 1786–1853, French physicist and astronomer. He is noted for his discoveries in magnetism and optics as well as for his astronomi...

Sandwich, town, England

(Encyclopedia)Sandwich, town (1991 pop. 4,184), Kent, SE England, on the Stour River. It is a resort and market center with some light industries. One of the Cinque Ports in the 11th cent., Sandwich flourished in t...

antibody

(Encyclopedia)antibody, protein produced by the immune system (see immunity) in response to the presence in the body of antigens: foreign proteins or polysaccharides such as bacteria, bacterial toxins, viruses, or ...
 

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