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111accounting — /euh kown ting/, n. 1. the theory and system of setting up, maintaining, and auditing the books of a firm; art of analyzing the financial position and operating results of a business house from a study of its sales, purchases, overhead, etc.… …
112business cycle — a recurrent fluctuation in the total business activity of a country. [1920 25] * * * Periodic fluctuation in the rate of economic activity, as measured by levels of employment, prices, and production. Economists have long debated why periods of… …
113Iraq — /i rak , i rahk /, n. a republic in SW Asia, N of Saudi Arabia and W of Iran, centering in the Tigris Euphrates basin of Mesopotamia. 22,219,289; 172,000 sq. mi. (445,480 sq. km). Cap.: Baghdad. Also, Irak. * * * Iraq Introduction Iraq Background …
114lake — lake1 /layk/, n. 1. a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land. 2. any similar body or pool of other liquid, as oil. 3. (go) jump in the lake, (used as an exclamation of dismissal or impatience.) [bef. 1000; ME lak(e) …
115Lake — /layk/, n. Simon, 1866 1945, U.S. engineer and naval architect. * * * I Relatively large body of slow moving or standing water that occupies an inland basin. Lakes are most abundant in high northern latitudes and in mountain regions, particularly …
116radioactivity — /ray dee oh ak tiv i tee/, n. Physics, Chem. the phenomenon, exhibited by and being a property of certain elements, of spontaneously emitting radiation resulting from changes in the nuclei of atoms of the element. Also called activity. [1895… …
117respiration — respirational, adj. /res peuh ray sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of respiring; inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing. 2. Biol. a. the sum total of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which oxygen is conveyed to tissues and cells,… …
118Commemorative coins of Poland: 1998 — Main article: Commemorative coins of Poland Poland has a selection of gold and silver commemorative coins. In the year 1998 coins were launched in the series: Polish Kings and Princes , Castles and Palaces of Poland , The Animals of the World and …
119Toda oscillator — In physics, the Toda oscillator is special kind of nonlinear oscillator; it is vulgarization of the Toda field theory, which is a continuous limit of Toda s chain, of chain of particles, with exponential potential of interaction between neighbors …
120Kryptonite — This article is about Kryptonite, the element from the Superman mythos. For other uses, see Kryptonite (disambiguation). Kryptonite Lex Luthor in front of a display of kryptonite and holding green kryptonite. From a panel in Action Comics Annual… …
