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(Encyclopedia)Menevia, Wales: see Saint David's. ...milu
(Encyclopedia)milu: see Père David's deer.cold fusion
(Encyclopedia)cold fusion or low-temperature fusion, nuclear fusion of deuterium, an isotope of hydrogen, at or relatively near room temperature. Fusion, the reaction involved in the release of the destructive ener...electrostatics
(Encyclopedia)electrostatics, study of phenomena associated with charged bodies at rest (see charge; electricity). A charged body has an excess of positive or negative charges, a condition usually brought about by ...magnetron
(Encyclopedia)magnetron măgˈnĭtrŏnˌ [key], vacuum tube oscillator (see electron tube) that generates high-power electromagnetic signals in the microwave frequency range. Its operation is based on the combined ...Walden Pond
(Encyclopedia)Walden Pond, Mass.: see Thoreau, Henry David. ...Rei
(Encyclopedia)Rei rēˈī [key], loyal adherent of David.Adamson, Robert
(Encyclopedia)Adamson, Robert: see Hill, David Octavius. ...Chronicles
(Encyclopedia)Chronicles, two books of the Bible, originally a single work in the Hebrew canon (the final book of that canon), called First and Second Chronicles in the Authorized Version, and called First and Seco...L'Olonnois, François
(Encyclopedia)L'Olonnois, François: see Nau, Jacques Jean David. ...Browse by Subject
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