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Harrisburg

(Encyclopedia)Harrisburg. <1> City (2020 pop. 8,219), seat of Saline co., SE Ill; founded c. 1852. In the mid-19th century, it was a center of woolen and ...

Tibetan art and architecture

(Encyclopedia)Tibetan art and architecture have been almost entirely religious in character (see Tibetan Buddhism). The art of Tibetan Lamaism retains strong elements drawn from the forms of both Hinduism and Buddh...

Hall of Fame for Great Americans

(Encyclopedia)Hall of Fame for Great Americans, national shrine, on the campus of Bronx Community College of the City Univ. of New York, Bronx, New York City; est. 1900. The Hall of Fame, a 630-ft (192-m) colonnade...

GEM, acronym for ground-effect machine

(Encyclopedia)GEM: see air-cushion vehicle.

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

(Encyclopedia)American Standard Code for Information Interchange: see ASCII. ...

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

(Encyclopedia)International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) (IBRD), independent specialized agency of the United Nations, with headquarters at Washington, D.C.; one of five closely associated develop...

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

(Encyclopedia)European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), international financial institution that invests primarily in the private sector to promote entrepreneurship and foster the development of demo...

Scutari, alternate name for Shkodër, Albania

(Encyclopedia)Scutari: see Shkodër, Albania.

Scutari, alternate name for Üsküdar, Turkey

(Encyclopedia)Scutari, Turkey: see Üsküdar.

Prefixes for Basic Metric Units (table)

(Encyclopedia)Prefixes for Basic Metric Units Multiples Fractions ...