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Mississippi State University for Women

(Encyclopedia)Mississippi State University for Women, at Columbus; the first state-supported women's college; chartered 1884, opened 1885 as Mississippi Industrial Institute and College, renamed Mississippi State C...

AC, abbreviation for alternating current

(Encyclopedia)AC: see alternating current.

Formosa, former name for Taiwan

(Encyclopedia)Formosa: see Taiwan.

Formulas for Various Areas (table)

(Encyclopedia)Formulas for Various Areas 1 The abbreviations used are: b = base (length of any side of a plane figure); a = altitude (perpendicular distance from the farthest point of the figure to t...

FM, abbreviation for frequency modulation

(Encyclopedia)FM: see modulation; radio. ...

church, building for Christian worship

(Encyclopedia)church [Gr. kuriakon=belonging to the Lord], in architecture, a building for Christian worship. The earliest churches date from the late 3d cent.; before then Christians, because of persecutions, wors...

AM, abbreviation for amplitude modulation

(Encyclopedia)AM: see modulation; radio. ...

European Organization for Nuclear Research

(Encyclopedia)European Organization for Nuclear Research: see CERN. ...

New Jersey College for Women

(Encyclopedia)New Jersey College for Women: see Rutgers Univ. ...

New School for Social Research

(Encyclopedia)New School for Social Research: see New School Univ. ...