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81North America — North American. the northern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending from Central America to the Arctic Ocean. Highest point, Mt. McKinley, 20,300 ft. (6187 m); lowest, Death Valley, 276 ft. (84 m) below sea level. 400,000,000 including… …
82optics — /op tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision. [1605 15; < ML optica < Gk optiká, n. use of neut. pl. of OPTIKÓS; see OPTIC,… …
83Mare Boreum quadrangle — The Mare Boreum quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Astrogeology Research Program. The Mare Boreum quadrangle is also referred to as MC 1 (Mars Chart 1).[1] Map of Mare… …
84Mars Ocean Hypothesis — The blue region of low topography in the Martian northern hemisphere is hypothesized to be the site of a primordial ocean of liquid water. The Mars Ocean Hypothesis states that nearly a third of the surface of Mars was covered by an ocean of… …
85Muḥammad ibn Jābir al-Ḥarrānī al-Battānī — Albategnius redirects here. For the lunar crater, see Albategnius (crater). Al Battānī A modern artist s impression of al Battānī holding an astrolabe Full name Al Battānī Born c. 858 CE Harran …
86New Chronology (Fomenko) — Not to be confused with New Chronology (Rohl). Cover of History: Fiction or Science? Chronology volumes 1,2,3 The New Chronology is a fringe theory in history, which argues that the conventional chronology is fundamentally flawed, that events… …
87Oxia Palus quadrangle — Quadrangle map of Oxia Palus labeled with major features. This quadrangle contains many areas of chaotic terrain and many outflow channels (old river valleys) The Oxia Palus quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the… …
88Jacques Laskar — (* 28. April 1955 in Paris) ist ein französischer Astronom, bekannt für himmelsmechanische Untersuchungen, die Hinweise auf chaotisches Verhalten im Sonnensystem erbrachten. Laskar studierte 1974 bis 1977 an der École normale supérieure de Cachan …
89indirection — I (deceitfulness) noun concealment of truth, cozenage, craft, craftiness, cunning, deceit, deception, deviousness, dishonesty, disingenuity, disingenuousness, dissimulation, duplicity, falsehood, falseness, fraud, fraudulency, guile, hypocrisy,… …
90angularity — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Quality of having angles Nouns 1. (quality of having an angle) angularity, obliquity; angle, notch, fork, bifurcation; elbow, knee, knuckle, ankle, shoulder, groin, crotch, crutch, crane, fluke; zigzag,… …
