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101Pavilion Mountain — Elevation 2,089 m (6,854 ft) Prominence 1,019 m (3,343 ft) …
102Neutron Radiography — is the process by which film is exposed by first passing neutrons through an object to produce a visible image of the materials that make up the object. Primarily used in scientific investigations. Contents 1 Brief History of Neutron Imaging 2… …
103Neutron imaging — Manual of Style …
104Auctorum — (abbreviated auct. or auctt.), in botany and zoology is a term used to indicate that a name is used in the sense of a number of subsequent authors and not in its (different) sense as established by the original author. auctorum is Latin and means …
105Etymology of Karnataka — Karnataka is an Indian state. Several etymologies have been suggested for the name Karnataka. One derivative is from Sanskrit where Karna means ear, and atati means wander, together giving a meaning for Karnata as where ones ears would want to… …
106fakir — c.1600, from Arabic faqir a poor man, from faqura he was poor. Term for Muslim holy man who lived by begging, misapplied in 19c. English (possibly under influence of faker) to Hindu ascetics. Arabic plural form fuqara may have led to variant… …
107Australia — Why is Australia called Australia? From the early sixteenth century, European philosophers and mapmakers assumed a great southern continent existed south of Asia. They called this hypothetical place Terra Australis, Latin for southern land . The… …
108fetish — 1. Fetish, meaning ‘a thing evoking special respect’ (and more precise meanings in anthropology and psychology), is now pronounced fet ish. The word is a 17c adoption of French fétiche, and was originally an African object or amulet having… …
