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Dorval

(Encyclopedia)Dorval dôrvälˈ [key], city, S Que., Canada, on the south shore of Montreal island and on t...

North Haven

(Encyclopedia)North Haven, town (1990 pop. 22,249), New Haven co., S Conn., on the Quinnipiac River; settled c.1650, set off from New Haven 1786. Chiefly residential, it has some manufactures, such as aircraft part...

Agawam

(Encyclopedia)Agawam ăgˈəwäm [key], town (2020 pop. 28,692), Hampden co., S Mass., on the Connecticut River; settled 1636, inc. 1855. Largely residential, the town has robotics, mac...

Sesto San Giovanni

(Encyclopedia)Sesto San Giovanni sĕˈstō sän jōvänˈnē [key], city (1991 pop. 86,721), Lombardy, N Italy; an industrial suburb of Milan. Manufactures include iron, machinery, chemicals, aircraft, and textiles...

stele

(Encyclopedia)stele stēˈlē [key], slab of stone or terra-cotta, usually oblong, set up in a vertical position, for votive or memorial purposes. Upon the slabs were carved inscriptions accompanied by ornamental d...

Coamo

(Encyclopedia)Coamo kwäˈmō [key], town and municipality, S central Puerto Rico, on the Coamo River. It i...

jet stream

(Encyclopedia)jet stream, narrow, swift currents or tubes of air found at heights ranging from 7 to 8 mi (11.3–12.9 km) above the surface of the earth. They are caused by great temperature differences between adj...

cruiser

(Encyclopedia)cruiser, large, fast, moderately armed warship, intermediate in type between the aircraft carrier and the destroyer. During World War II, battle cruisers operated as small battleships, combining in on...

airship

(Encyclopedia)airship, an aircraft that consists of a cigar-shaped gas bag, or envelope, filled with a lighter-than-air gas to provide lift, a propulsion system, a steering mechanism, and a gondola accommodating pa...

barograph

(Encyclopedia)barograph, instrument used to make a continuous recording of atmospheric pressure. The pressure-sensitive element, a partially evacuated metal cylinder, is linked to a pen arm in such a way that the v...