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Radcliffe

(Encyclopedia)Radcliffe, town (1991 pop. 27,664), Bury metropolitan district, N England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. Industries include cotton and rayon mills and chemical, engineering, and paper p...

milk of magnesia

(Encyclopedia)milk of magnesia, common name for the chemical compound magnesium hydroxide, Mg(OH)2. The viscous, white, mildly alkaline mixture that is used medicinally as an antacid and laxative is a suspension of...

Mond, Alfred Moritz, 1st Baron Melchett

(Encyclopedia)Mond, Alfred Moritz, 1st Baron Melchett mŏnd, mĕlˈchĭt [key], 1868–1930, English industrialist and politician; son of Ludwig Mond. He played a leading part in the centralization of the English c...

weathering

(Encyclopedia)weathering, collective term for the processes by which rock at or near the earth's surface is disintegrated and decomposed by the action of atmospheric agents, water, and living things. Some of these ...

engineering

(Encyclopedia)engineering, profession devoted to designing, constructing, and operating the structures, machines, and other devices of industry and everyday life. Until the Industrial Revolution there were only t...

Sabae

(Encyclopedia)Sabae säbäˈā [key], city (1990 pop. 62,283), Fukui prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is an agricultural market with textile and chemical industries. ...

Ichikawa

(Encyclopedia)Ichikawa ēchēˈkäwä [key], city, Chiba prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Edo River. It ...

formality

(Encyclopedia)formality, in chemistry: see chemical equilibrium; concentration. ...

metallic bond

(Encyclopedia)metallic bond: see chemical bond; metal. ...

Niihama

(Encyclopedia)Niihama nēˈhämä [key], city (1990 pop. 129,149), Ehime prefecture, N Shikoku, Japan. It is a commercial port and a manufacturing and mining center, producing copper and chemical products. ...