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Farm Credit Administration

(Encyclopedia)Farm Credit Administration (FCA), an independent agency of the executive branch of the federal government that supervises and regulates the Farm Credit System (FCS) for American agriculture. The Farm ...

ignition

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Ignition system ignition, apparatus for igniting a combustible mixture. The German engineer Nikolaus A. Otto, in his first gas engine, used flame ignition; another method was heating a metal t...

national parks and monuments

(Encyclopedia)CE5 national parks and monuments. The National Park Service, a bureau of the U.S. Dept. of the Interior, was established in 1916 to oversee the administration of 40 national parks and monuments und...

dendrite

(Encyclopedia)dendrite: see nervous system; synapse. ...

ductless gland

(Encyclopedia)ductless gland: see endocrine system; gland. ...

axon

(Encyclopedia)axon: see nervous system; synapse. ...

vas deferens

(Encyclopedia)vas deferens: see reproductive system; vasectomy. ...

Gerlachovský

(Encyclopedia)Gerlachovský gĕrläkh-ôfˈskē [key], peak, 8,711 ft (2,655 m) high, in the Tatra Mts.; highest peak of the Carpathian Mt. system and of Slovakia. ...

Notre Dame Mountains

(Encyclopedia)Notre Dame Mountains, section of the Appalachian system, extending c.500 mi (800 km) from the Green Mts. of Vermont into the Gaspé Peninsula, Canada. Worn low by erosion, the ancient mountains have a...

Georgia Institute of Technology

(Encyclopedia)Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, Ga.; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1885, opened 1888. It is a member school in the university system of Georgia. Significant among its faciliti...