Columbia Encyclopedia
Search results
339 results found
Sputnik
(Encyclopedia)Sputnik: see satellite, artificial; space exploration. ...prosthesis
(Encyclopedia)prosthesis prŏsˈthĭsĭs [key]: see artificial limb. ...meteorological satellite
(Encyclopedia)meteorological satellite: see satellite, artificial; weather satellite. ...Fort Lauderdale
(Encyclopedia)Fort Lauderdale lôˈdərdāl [key], residential, commercial, and resort city (2020 pop. 182,760), seat ...Baylor University
(Encyclopedia)Baylor University, mainly at Waco, Tex.; coeducational; chartered and opened 1845 by Baptists (see Baylor, Robert E. B.) at Independence, moved 1886 and absorbed Waco Univ. (chartered 1861). The libra...Hofu
(Encyclopedia)Hofu hōˈfo͞o [key], city, Yamaguchi prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on the Suo Sea. It is a ...Matsubara
(Encyclopedia)Matsubara mätso͞oˈbärä [key], city (1990 pop. 135,919), Osaka prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan. It is an industrial and residential suburb of Osaka known for the production of cultured and artificial...life support system
(Encyclopedia)life support system: see artificial life support; Life Support for Human Spaceflight under space science. ...Leixões
(Encyclopedia)Leixões lāˈshoiNsh [key], artificial seaport of Oporto, NW Portugal. Built in the late 19th cent, its chief export is port wine. ...Ozarks, Lake of the
(Encyclopedia)Ozarks, Lake of the, artificial lake, 93 sq mi (241 sq km), c.130 mi (210 km) long, central Mo., largest reservoir in the state; created by the impounding of the Osage River by Bagnell Dam. Its irregu...Browse by Subject
- Earth and the Environment +-
- History +-
- Literature and the Arts +-
- Medicine +-
- People +-
- Philosophy and Religion +-
- Places +-
- Africa
- Asia
- Australia and Oceania
- Britain, Ireland, France, and the Low Countries
- Commonwealth of Independent States and the Baltic Nations
- Germany, Scandinavia, and Central Europe
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- Oceans, Continents, and Polar Regions
- Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, and the Balkans
- United States, Canada, and Greenland
- Plants and Animals +-
- Science and Technology +-
- Social Sciences and the Law +-
- Sports and Everyday Life +-