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61IMPATT diode — An IMPATT diode (IMPact ionization Avalanche Transit Time) is a form of high power diode used in high frequency electronics and microwave devices. They are typically made with silicon carbide owing to their high breakdown fields.They operate at… …
62Rain Queen — The Modjadji or Rain Queen is the hereditary queen of Balobedu, a people of the Limpopo Province of South Africa. The succession to the position of Rain Queen is matrilineal, meaning that the Queen s eldest daughter is the heir, and that males… …
63Roller skiing — Roller skis. Roller skiing is a non snow equivalent to cross country skiing. Emulating skis, elongated inline skates, with wheels at the ends, are used on tarmac. The skating/skiing action is very similar to actual cross country skiing on snow.… …
64Air Ambulances in the United Kingdom — List of air ambulancesThe following is a list of Air Ambulances in the United Kingdom and the area they cover where that is not obvious from the title * East Anglian Air Ambulance Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and has now expanded to cover… …
65zanni — ▪ stock theatrical character plural zanni or zannis stock servant character in the Italian improvisational theatre known as the commedia dell arte. Zanni were valet buffoons, clowns, and knavish jacks of all trades. All possessed common… …
66Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …
67performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …
68United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
69Earth Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Geology and Geochemistry The theme of the 33rd International Geological Congress, which was held in Norway in August 2008, was “Earth System Science: Foundation for Sustainable Development.” It was attended by nearly… …
70Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …
