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121coordination compound — Chem. complex (def. 10). Also called coordination complex. * * * ▪ chemistry Introduction any of a class of substances with chemical structures in which a central metal atom is surrounded by nonmetal atoms or groups of atoms, called ligands… …
122star — starless, adj. /stahr/, n., adj., v., starred, starring. n. 1. any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night. 2. Astron. any of the large, self luminous, heavenly bodies, as the sun, Polaris,… …
123tapestry — tapestrylike, adj. /tap euh stree/, n., pl. tapestries, v., tapestried, tapestrying. n. 1. a fabric consisting of a warp upon which colored threads are woven by hand to produce a design, often pictorial, used for wall hangings, furniture… …
124Klee, Paul — born Dec. 18, 1879, Münchenbuchsee, Switz. died June 29, 1940, Muralto Swiss painter. After studies in Germany and Italy, he settled in Munich, where he became associated with Der Blaue Reiter (1911). He taught at the Bauhaus (1920–31), then at… …
125Local field — In mathematics, a local field is a special type of field that is a locally compact topological field with respect to a non discrete topology.[1] Given such a field, an absolute value can be defined on it. There are two basic types of local field …
126Diagonalizable matrix — In linear algebra, a square matrix A is called diagonalizable if it is similar to a diagonal matrix, i.e., if there exists an invertible matrix P such that P −1AP is a diagonal matrix. If V is a finite dimensional vector space, then a linear …
127History of manifolds and varieties — The study of manifolds combines many important areas of mathematics: it generalizes concepts such as curves and surfaces as well as ideas from linear algebra and topology. Certain special classes of manifolds also have additional algebraic… …
128English Gothic architecture — Westminster Hall and its hammerbeam roof, pictured in the early 19th century. English Gothic is the name of the architectural style that flourished in England from about 1180 until about 1520. Contents …
