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  • 111Chinese literature — Introduction       the body of works written in Chinese, including lyric poetry, historical and didactic writing, drama, and various forms of fiction.       Chinese literature is one of the major literary heritages of the world, with an… …

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  • 112Albright syndrome — 1. A genetic disorder of bones, skin pigmentation and hormonal problems with premature sexual development. Also called McCune Albright syndrome and polyostotic fibrous dysplasia. In the syndrome, there is bone disease with fractures and deformity …

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  • 113contour — 1. The outline of a part; the surface configuration. 2. In dentistry, to restore the normal outlines of a broken or otherwise misshapen tooth, or to create the external shape or form of a prosthesis. [L. con (intens.), + torno, to turn (in a… …

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  • 114Additive rhythm and divisive rhythm — Additive and divisive meters. In music, additive and divisive are terms used to distinguish two types of both rhythm and meter. A divisive (or, more commonly, multiplicative) rhythm is a rhythm in which a larger period of time is divided into… …

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  • 115contour — I. noun Etymology: French, from Italian contorno, from contornare to round off, from Medieval Latin, to turn around, from Latin com + tornare to turn on a lathe more at turn Date: 1662 1. an outline especially of a curving or irregular figure ;… …

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  • 116Geographic information system — GIS redirects here. For other uses, see GIS (disambiguation). A geographic information system, geographical information science, or geospatial information studies is a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present… …

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  • 117Julian calendar — The Julian calendar began in 45 BC (709 AUC) as a reform of the Roman calendar by Julius Caesar. It was chosen after consultation with the astronomer Sosigenes of Alexandria and was probably designed to approximate the tropical year (known at… …

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  • 118Cloud — For other uses, see Cloud (disambiguation). Cumulus cloudscape over Swifts Creek, Australia A cloud …

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  • 119Romanesque architecture — is the term that is used to describe the architecture of Middle Ages Europe which evolved into the Gothic style beginning in the 12th century. The term Romanesque , meaning descended from Roman , was used to describe the style from the early 19th …

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  • 120Righteous army — Infobox Korean name hangul=의병 hanja=義兵 rr=Uibyeong mr=Ŭibyŏng Righteous armies, sometimes called irregular armies or militias, have emerged repeatedly in Korean history, when the national armies have been unable to defend the country. The first… …

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