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111pasta — /pah steuh/; esp. Brit. /pas teuh/, n. any of various flour and egg food preparations of Italian origin, made of thin, unleavened dough and produced in a variety of forms, usually served with a sauce and sometimes stuffed. [1870 75; < It < LL.… …
112permafrost — /perr meuh frawst , frost /, n. (in arctic or subarctic regions) perennially frozen subsoil. Also called pergelisol. [1943; PERMA(NENT) + FROST] * * * Perennially frozen earth, with a temperature below 32 °F (0 °C) continuously for two years or… …
113steel — steellike, adj. /steel/, n. 1. any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying …
114César — (as used in expressions) Alexandre César Léopold Bizet Dumont d Urville Jules Sébastien César Faidherbe Louis Léon César Franck César Auguste La Harpe Frédéric César de Milstein César * * * ▪ 1999 French sculptor (b. Jan. 1, 1921, Marseille …
115sedimentary rock — Rock formed at or near the Earth s surface by the accumulation and lithification of fragments of preexisting rocks or by precipitation from solution at normal surface temperatures. Sedimentary rocks can be formed only where sediments are… …
116Engineering Projects — ▪ 1995 Introduction BRIDGES Notable Engineering Projects(For Notable Engineering Projects in work, see Table (Notable Engineering Projects).) As the decade of the 1990s reached its midpoint, the limits to bridge design were being… …
117press box — noun a) The section in a stadium or arena set aside for the press, or specifically for sportscasters. In major league stadiums the press box is usually located between the first and second decks in the loge level. b) In a cotton gin, the box in… …
118Cercola Airfield —   Part of Twelfth Air Force …
119CityCar — Sketch of the CityCar, the ultra small vehicle developed by MIT Media Lab. The CityCar or MIT CityCar is an urban all electric concept car designed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab. The project was conceived by the late… …
120Controlled Traffic Farming — (CTF) is a management tool which is used to reduce the damage to soils caused by heavy or repeated agricultural machinery passes on the land. This damage and its negative consequences have been well documented and include increased fuel use, poor …
