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utility, public

(Encyclopedia)utility, public, industry required by law to render adequate service in its field at reasonable prices to all who apply for it. Public utilities frequently operate as monopolies in their market. In th...

King, William Lyon Mackenzie

(Encyclopedia)King, William Lyon Mackenzie, 1874–1950, Canadian political leader, b. Kitchener, Ont.; grandson of William Lyon Mackenzie. An expert on labor questions, he served in Wilfrid Laurier's Liberal admin...

solid-state physics

(Encyclopedia)solid-state physics, study of the properties of bulk matter rather than those of the individual particles that compose it. Solid-state physics is concerned with the properties exhibited by atoms and m...

Periodic Table of the Elements: Actinium

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Periodic Table of the Elements: Aluminum

(Encyclopedia)Periodic Table of the Elements: Aluminum ...

Periodic Table of the Elements: Americium

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Periodic Table of the Elements: Antimony

(Encyclopedia)Periodic Table of the Elements: Antimony ...

Periodic Table of the Elements: Argon

(Encyclopedia)Periodic Table of the Elements: Argon ...

Periodic Table of the Elements: Arsenic

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Periodic Table of the Elements: Astatine

(Encyclopedia)Periodic Table of the Elements: Astatine ...