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High Point

(Encyclopedia)High Point, city (2020 pop. 114,059), Davidson, Guilford, and Randolph counties, N N.C., in a heavily forested Piedmont region; settled before 1750, inc...

West Point

(Encyclopedia)West Point, U.S. military post, since 1802 seat of the United States Military Academy. On the high west bank of the Hudson River N of New York City, West Point was the site of Revolutionary forts guar...

melting point

(Encyclopedia)melting point, temperature at which a substance changes its state from solid to liquid. Under standard atmospheric pressure different pure crystalline solids will each melt at a different specific tem...

High Church

(Encyclopedia)High Church: see England, Church of. ...

High Wycombe

(Encyclopedia)High Wycombe wĭkˈəm [key], city, Buckinghamshire, S England. The city is well known for its ...

Arguello, Point

(Encyclopedia)Arguello, Point ärgwēlˈō [key], promontory, SW Calif., extending W into the Pacific Ocean. A U.S. navy missile-launching complex is nearby. ...

Montauk Point

(Encyclopedia)Montauk Point mŏnˈtôkˌ [key], eastern extremity of the south peninsula of Long Island, SE N.Y. Approximately 115 mi (190 km) E of Manhattan, it is the easternmost point of the state. It has been t...

interrogation point

(Encyclopedia)interrogation point: see punctuation. ...

dew point

(Encyclopedia)dew point: see dew.

East Point

(Encyclopedia)East Point, city (2020 pop. 34,879), Fulton co., NW Ga., an industrial suburb of Atlanta; inc. 1887. Textiles, machinery, chemicals, and paper are among...