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81Cabinet projection — or sometimes cabinet perspective is a type of oblique projection. The term stems from the use for illustrations in furniture industry. This projection has been used in early video games such as Paperboy and Pac Mania. Principle Like Cavalier… …
82Predicting the timing of peak oil — M. King Hubbert, who devised the peak theory, correctly predicted in 1956 that oil production would peak in the United States between 1965 and 1970Nuclear Energy and the Fossil Fuels,M.K. Hubbert, Presented before the Spring Meeting of the… …
83Muostakh Island — Location of Muostakh Island in the Buor Khaya Bay. Muostakh Island (Russian: Остров Муостах), also spelled Mostakh , is an island in the Buor Khaya Gulf of the Laptev Sea. It is located off the eastern side of the Lena delta, enclosing the Tiksi… …
84Dark energy — Not to be confused with dark matter, dark fluid, or dark flow. Physical cosmology …
85Antarctica — /ant ahrk ti keuh, ahr ti /, n. the continent surrounding the South Pole: almost entirely covered by an ice sheet. ab. 5,000,000 sq. mi. (12,950,000 sq. km). Also called Antarctic Continent. * * * Antarctica Introduction Antarctica Background:… …
86cosmos — /koz meuhs, mohs/, n., pl. cosmos, cosmoses for 2, 4. 1. the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system. 2. a complete, orderly, harmonious system. 3. order; harmony. 4. any composite plant of the genus Cosmos, of tropical… …
87molding — /mohl ding/, n. 1. the act or process of molding. 2. something molded. 3. a strip of contoured wood or other material placed just below the juncture of a wall and a ceiling. 4. Archit., Furniture. a. any of various long, narrow, ornamental… …
88moon — mooner, n. moonless, adj. /moohn/, n. 1. the earth s natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km). 2. this body during a particular lunar month, or during a… …
89Moon — /moohn/, n. Sun Myung /sun myung/, born 1920, Korean religious leader: founder of the Unification Church. * * * Sole natural satellite of Earth, which it orbits from west to east at a mean distance of about 238,900 mi (384,400 km). It is less… …
90recede — recede1 /ri seed /, v.i., receded, receding. 1. to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw. 2. to become more distant. 3. (of a color, form, etc., on a flat surface) to move away or be perceived as moving away… …
