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51Libya — /lib ee euh/, n. 1. Anc. Geog. the part of N Africa W of Egypt. 2. Italian, Libia. a republic in N Africa between Tunisia and Egypt: formerly a monarchy 1951 69. 5,648,359; 679,400 sq. mi. (1,759,646 sq. km). Cap.: Tripoli. * * * Libya… …
52perissodactyl — perissodactylous, adj. /peuh ris oh dak til/, adj. 1. having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot. n. 2. any mammal of the order Perissodactyla, comprising the odd toed hoofed quadrupeds and including the tapirs, rhinoceroses, and… …
53Chroneme — In linguistics, a chroneme is a basic, theoretical unit of sound that can distinguish words by duration only of a vowel or consonant. The noun chroneme is derived from Greek χρονος (chronos, time), and the suffixed eme, which is analogous to the… …
54foot — /foot/, n., pl. feet for 1 4, 8 11, 16, 19, 21; foots for 20; v. n. 1. (in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves. 2. (in invertebrates) any part similar in position or function. 3.… …
55Foot (prosody) — The foot is the basic metrical unit that generates a line of verse in most Western traditions of poetry, including English accentual syllabic verse and the quantitative meter of classical ancient Greek and Latin poetry. The unit is composed of… …
56Gene — The basic biological unit of heredity. A segment of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) needed to contribute to a function. An official definition: According to the official Guidelines for Human Gene Nomenclature, a gene is defined as a DNA segment that… …
57LGM-30 Minuteman — Type Intercontinental ballistic missile Service hist …
58Common practice period — Musical eras Prehistoric Ancient (before AD 500) Early (500 – 1760) Common practice (1600 – 1900) Modern and contemporary (1900 – present) …
59Hazaj meter — is a quantitative verse metric frequently found in the epic poetry of the Middle East and western Asia. A musical rhythmRef label|iqa|a|none of the same nameRef label|name|b|none is based on the literary meter. Like the other meters of the al… …
60Cangjie input method — Traditional Chinese 倉頡輸入法 Simplified Chinese 仓颉输入法 Tran …
