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  • 11technology, history of — Introduction       the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …

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  • 12Toyota Prius — Infobox Automobile name=Toyota Prius manufacturer=Toyota Motor Corporation similar=Honda Civic Hybrid class=Hybrid car layout=FF layout production=1997–presentThe Toyota Prius [ˈpri.əs] is a hybrid electric mid size car developed and manufactured …

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  • 13japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …

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  • 14Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …

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  • 15Jamaica — /jeuh may keuh/, n. 1. an island in the West Indies, S of Cuba. 4413 sq. mi. (11,430 sq. km). 2. a republic coextensive with this island: formerly a British colony; became independent in 1962, retaining membership in the Commonwealth of Nations.… …

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  • 16Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …

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  • 17Pitcairn Islands — a group of small islands under British rule in the southern Pacific Ocean, only one of which, Pitcairn Island, has people living on it. They are mostly descended from the sailors who took part in the incident shown in the Mutiny on the Bounty and …

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  • 18po|ten´tial|ly — po|ten|tial «puh TEHN shuhl», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. possible as opposed to actual; capable of coming into being or action: »There is a potential danger of being bitten when one plays with a strange dog. The potential efficiency of modern… …

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  • 19po|ten|tial — «puh TEHN shuhl», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. possible as opposed to actual; capable of coming into being or action: »There is a potential danger of being bitten when one plays with a strange dog. The potential efficiency of modern chemical weapons …

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  • 20aerogenerator — noun generator that extracts usable energy from winds • Syn: ↑windmill, ↑wind generator • Hypernyms: ↑generator • Part Meronyms: ↑blade, ↑vane * * * | ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) ̷ ̷| …

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