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soap plant

(Encyclopedia) soap plant, any of various plants having cleansing properties. A few are of commercial importance, but most soap plants are used locally, as in early times, for toilet and laundry…

quantum chromodynamics

(Encyclopedia) quantum chromodynamics (QCD), quantum field theory that describes the properties of the strong interactions between quarks and between protons and neutrons in the framework of quantum…

Geometry: Proofs About Alternate Angles

Proofs About Alternate AnglesGeometryProving Relationships Between LinesProofs Involving Perpendicular LinesLet's Get ParallelProofs About Alternate AnglesParallel Lines and Supplementary AnglesUsing…

Brewer's: Agrarian Law

from the Latin ager (land), is a law for making land the common property of a nation, and not the particular property of individuals. In a modified form, it means a redistribution of land…

Brewer's: Peculium

My own peculium. Private and individual property or possession. The Roman slaves were allowed to acquire property, over which their masters had no right or control; this was called their…

Brewer's: Fagot Votes

Votes obtained by the nominal transfer of property to a person whose income was not otherwise sufficient to qualify him for being a voter. The “fagot” was a bundle of property divided into…