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Behistun Inscription

(Encyclopedia)Behistun Inscription bēso͞oto͞onˈ, bēsə– [key], cuneiform text, the decipherment of which was the key to all cuneiform script and opened to scholars the study of the written works of ancient M...

Fukuchiyama

(Encyclopedia)Fukuchiyama fo͞oko͞ochēˈyämä [key], city, Kyoto prefecture, W central Honshu, Japan, on the Yura River. ...

Lie, Marius Sophus

(Encyclopedia)Lie, Marius Sophus mäˈrēo͝os sōˈfo͝os lē [key], 1842–99, Norwegian mathematician. He is noted for his contributions to the theories of differential equations and continuous transformation gr...

Kokubunji

(Encyclopedia)Kokubunji kōko͞oˈbo͞onjē [key], city (1990 pop. 100,982), Tokyo Metropolis, central Honshu, Japan. It is a suburb of Tokyo and is noted for its Kokubunji (Buddhist) temple founded in 1588. ...

Roodepoort

(Encyclopedia)Roodepoort ro͞oˈdəpo͝ort [key], city, now part of the City of Johannesburg metropolitan municipality, Gauteng prov., NE South Africa; founded in 1887. It is a gold-mining center and a resort. ...

Purulia

(Encyclopedia)Purulia po͝oro͞olˈyə [key], town (1991 pop. 92,574), West Bengal state, E central India. It is a district administrative center and has a major agricultural market. An annual fair is held in Septe...

Elementary Particles (table)

(Encyclopedia)Elementary Particles Leptons Quarks1 Gauge Bosons Some Sample Hadrons For each of these particles, except the photon, gluon, and Z-boson, there is an antiparticle with the same mass and op...

Eubulides

(Encyclopedia)Eubulides yo͞obyo͞oˈlĭdēz [key], 4th cent. b.c., Greek philosopher, native of Miletus. He was a contemporary and adversary of Aristotle and was the successor of Euclid of Megara as head of the Me...

Frug, Simeon Samuel

(Encyclopedia)Frug, Simeon Samuel sĭmyônˈ səmo͞oēlˈ fro͞ok [key], 1860–1916, Russian-Jewish lyricist and writer. His poems, dealing mainly with Zionist themes, appeared in Russian and Jewish periodicals u...

Fukuyama

(Encyclopedia)Fukuyama fo͞oko͞oˈyämä [key], city, Hiroshima prefecture, W Honshu, Japan, on the Ashida River. ...