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11Western Africa — ▪ region, Africa Introduction region lying south of the Sahara and east and north of the Atlantic Ocean. It is latitudinally divided into two parallel belts of land: the western portion of the Sudan, a geographic area that stretches across… …
12account — I. n. 1. Record, register, inventory, score. 2. Bill, charge, registry of debt and credit. 3. Reckoning, computation, calculation, enumeration, tale, count. 4. Description, statement, narration, recital, rehearsal, relation, narrative, chronicle …
13James Wilson — Infobox Judge name = James Wilson imagesize = caption = office = Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court termstart = October 5 1789 termend = August 21 1798 nominator = George Washington appointer = predecessor = (none) successor =… …
14Annalists — (from Latin annus , year; hence annales , sc. libri , annual records), is the name given to a class of writers on Roman history, the period of whose literary activity lasted from the time of the Second Punic War to that of Sulla. They wrote the… …
15explain — I. v. a. 1. Interpret, elucidate, expound, illustrate, unfold, clear up, make plain, throw light upon, eclaircize (recent). 2. Account for, give the reasons for, make intelligible, solve, warrant, justify, reduce to law or to ascertained… …
16Earth Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Geology and Geochemistry The theme of the 33rd International Geological Congress, which was held in Norway in August 2008, was “Earth System Science: Foundation for Sustainable Development.” It was attended by nearly… …
17climate — /kluy mit/, n. 1. the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years. 2. a region or… …
18Paleontology — Palaeontology redirects here. For the scientific journal, see Palaeontology (journal). Paleontology studies the entire history of life on Earth. Paleontology (pronounced /ˌpælɪɒnˈtɒlədʒi/; British: palaeontology; from Greek: παλαιός… …
19philosophy, Western — Introduction history of Western philosophy from its development among the ancient Greeks to the present. This article has three basic purposes: (1) to provide an overview of the history of philosophy in the West, (2) to relate… …
20CPU cache — Cache memory redirects here. For the general use, see cache. A CPU cache is a cache used by the central processing unit of a computer to reduce the average time to access memory. The cache is a smaller, faster memory which stores copies of the… …
