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111Atlas Mountains — a mountain range in NW Africa, extending through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. Highest peak, Mt. Tizi, 14,764 ft. (4500 m). * * * Mountain system, northwestern Africa. It extends some 1,200 mi (2,000 km) from the Moroccan port of Agadir in the… …
112impenetrable — impenetrableness, n. impenetrably, adv. /im pen i treuh beuhl/, adj. 1. not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc. 2. inaccessible to ideas, influences, etc. 3. incapable of being understood; inscrutable; unfathomable: an… …
113physical science, principles of — Introduction the procedures and concepts employed by those who study the inorganic world. physical science, like all the natural sciences, is concerned with describing and relating to one another those experiences of the surrounding… …
114Plinthosol — ▪ FAO soil group one of the 30 soil groups in the classification system of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (soil). Plinthosols form under a variety of climatic and topographic conditions. They are defined by a subsurface layer… …
115Accident — • The obvious division of things into the stable and the unstable Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Accident Accident † …
116Atom — • Primarily, the smallest particle of matter which can exist Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Atom Atom † …
117Extension — • Philosophical term. From Lat. ex tendere, to spread out Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Extension Extension † …
118Infinity — • The infinite, as the word indicates, is that which has no end, no limit, no boundary, and therefore cannot be measured by a finite standard, however often applied; it is that which cannot be attained by successive addition, not exhausted by… …
119Radiopaque — Anything that does not let X rays or other types of radiation penetrate. Radiopaque objects block radiation. They are opaque to radiation. A metal object, for example, is typically radiopaque. If a child swallows a coin and it goes down into the… …
120Fiesco (play) — Fiesco (full title Die Verschwörung des Fiesco zu Genua, or Fiesco s Conspiracy at Genoa) is the second full length drama written by the German playwright Friedrich Schiller. It is a republican tragedy based on the historical conspiracy of… …
