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Velocity
2026-06-23T12:14:46Z
**Velocity** is a measure of how fast something moves in a particular direction. To define it needs both magnitude and direction. If an object moves east at 9 metres per second (9 m/s), then its velocity is 9 m/s to the east. The idea behind this is that speed does not tell us in which direction the object moves in a ...
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Virtual community
2025-06-27T03:00:53Z
A **virtual community** is a group of people who share an interest, hobby or set of views. The people in it may come from many different places. They talk with each other using technology, such as the Internet, telephone calls, texting, video calls and email. ## How virtual communities communicate Virtual communitie...
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World Wide Web
2026-08-22T05:11:29Z
> *"The Web" redirects here. For other uses, see Web (disambiguation)*. The **World Wide Web** ("**WWW**" or "**the Web**", "**the Webspace"**) is the part of the Internet that contains websites and webpages. It was invented in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland. Sir Tim Berners-Lee created a new ma...
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Wiki
2026-07-14T23:55:19Z
A **wiki** is a type of website allowing users to create and change its pages from their browsers. The purpose of a wiki is to host information. Content is made by the user for the site, as well as the moderation, cleanup, and improvement to articles. These keep it from being vandalized as well as being full of correc...
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Website
2025-06-18T17:38:00Z
A **website** is a set of webpages that are joined. People look at websites with a computer of some kind, which can sometimes be the computer inside a mobile phone or a television. The websites are kept on computers called web servers. ## Overview There is almost always a single homepage which has links to other page...
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Word
2026-03-26T09:10:45Z
**A word** is something spoken by the mouth that is meaningful. It is usually part of a sentence which makes the meaning clear. Words are also used in writing, which is a relatively modern invention. In alphabetic writing, a word is a collection of letters. The word then communicates a meaning that can also usually be...
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Web browser
2026-07-26T16:33:25Z
A **web browser** is a computer program or mobile application for visiting websites on the World Wide Web. Since the late 1990s, most personal computers, mobile phones and other mobile devices have supported web browsers. Web browsers are used to browse websites on the Internet. The first web browser was created in 19...
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Webpage
2025-05-27T11:12:05Z
A **webpage** (or **web page**) is a document from the internet which can be seen with a web browser. Web pages each have a URL or address, which is how a page is found, and is different for every page. When a webpage is part of a larger group of pages managed by a company, person, or organization, it is part of a we...
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Wiktionary
2025-05-01T20:52:44Z
**Wiktionary** is a wiki-based project to develop a multilingual online dictionary, or a group of meanings for words, in the form of a wiki. There are many languages of Wiktionary. Wiktionary is also a thesaurus. Wiktionary is run by the Wikimedia Foundation, which also runs Wikipedia. The English Wiktionary currently ...
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Microsoft Windows
2026-07-21T09:48:12Z
**Microsoft Windows** is an operating system for computers made by the United States-based company Microsoft. Windows is the most popular operating system, being used by almost 51% of desktop and laptop computers. Versions are available all over the world especially in the European Union, United States, Canada, Austral...
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Window
2025-12-20T11:33:03Z
A **window** is an opening in a wall or roof of a building, in a car etc., to let air and light in. It is usually filled with a sheet of glass. There can be many different shapes and sizes, including rectangular, square, circular, or irregular shapes. Some windows include coloured glass. Windows are usually transparent...
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Wine
2026-07-11T16:30:29Z
{\| align\="right" cellpadding\="0" border\="1" cellspacing\="0" \|----- \| \| \|----- \| colspan\="2" align\="center" \| [red and white wine]{.small} \|} **Wine** is an alcoholic drink. It is made from the juice of grape. If alcoholic drinks are made from the juice of other fruits (such as plums or blackberries) ...
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Width
2025-03-25T17:14:24Z
**Width** or **breadth** is the side-to-side length, measuring across the object at right angles to the height. For example, the distance between the left side and right side of a chair is its width. Objects have a length and a width in two dimensions or more. In shapes such as rectangles, multiplying the length and ...
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Water
2026-08-27T14:28:07Z
**Water** (<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="chem"><div data-arg>H</div><div data-arg>2</div><div data-arg>O</div></template>) is a simple chemical compound made of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. It is clear, has no taste or smell, and is almost colorless. All living things need water to surv...
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Want
2026-03-04T05:27:09Z
A **want** is a wish or a desire for something. If a person would like to have something, but can choose not to have it, that thing is wanted or can be called a want. To want is not the same as to need, which is when someone *must* have something. People often talk about needing a thing, when they really just want it....
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War
2026-08-03T16:30:23Z
**War** is a situation or a period of fighting between countries or groups of people. A war generally involves the use of weapons, a military organization and soldiers. War is a situation in which a nation enforces its rights by using force. Not every armed conflict is a war. A fight between individuals, between gangs,...
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Yiddish
2025-07-16T15:27:07Z
**Yiddish** is a language spoken by some Jews. It is a dialect of German that Jews began speaking in 11th-century Europe. It is still used in the United States, especially in New York City, and other countries with surviving Jewish populations. ## Overview Most Yiddish words come from German and Hebrew. Some Yiddish ...
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417
944
1,786,903
Year
2026-04-16T01:08:27Z
The **year** (symbol: **y** or **a**, also known as the **annum** or **annus**) is about 365 days (except in a leap year). It is the time it takes the Earth to go completely around (orbit) the sun once. A year is actually almost 365.25 days long, but the Gregorian and Julian calendar has 365 days, except in a leap year...
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You
2024-11-01T14:06:16Z
**You** is a second-person English pronoun. The word can be singular or plural. It is what a person says when he or she is addressing another person in second person. Sometimes, just using the English letter "u" is acceptable, and "ur" for the words "you're" and "your". This is very informal, and is mostly used in text...
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419
949
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Chinese language
2026-01-26T14:39:55Z
The **Chinese language** is the group of languages used by Chinese people in China and elsewhere. It forms part of a language family called the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. Chinese includes many regional language varieties, the main ones being Mandarin, Wu, Yue and Min, and are not mutually intelligible Many of t...
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950
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0
2026-08-10T04:58:32Z
**Zero** (**0, ⁰**) is a unique number. If there are zero things, then there is nothing at all. For example, if a person has zero hats, that means they do not have any hats. The Roman numeral for zero is **O**, **Ↄ** or **’**. ## Symbol The symbol for the number zero is "0". It is the additive identity of common numb...
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954
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Zoology
2025-08-27T13:08:03Z
**Zoology** is the science of studying animal life. It is part of biology*. *Animal life is classified into groups called *phyla*, of which there are at least thirty. **Zoologists** are scientists who study animals. They may work in laboratories, or do field research. The methods are many and various. At the heart, th...
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Zinc
2026-07-26T10:02:02Z
{{good}} **Zinc**, sometimes called **spelter**, is a chemical element. It is in the group of metals called the transition metals. It is sometimes considered a post-transition metal. Its symbol on the periodic table is "**Zn**". Zinc is the 30th element on the periodic table, and has an atomic number of 30. Zinc has a...
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423
956
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Zebra
2025-08-26T03:09:11Z
**Zebras** are mammals of the family *Equidae*. Zebras are African horses. They are in the same genus as the common horse, *Equus caballus*, and donkeys. Zebras are known for having many black and white stripes. There are three main species of zebra, Grevy's Zebra, the Plains Zebra, and the Mountain Zebra. ## Specie...
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Zoo
2026-04-27T20:47:12Z
A **zoological garden**, **zoological park**, or **zoo** is a place where many different species of animals are kept so that people can see and watch them. Modern zoos try not only to be for people's entertainment, but for education, research, and the conservation and protection of animals. Many zoos are centers where...
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1,586
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Copyright
2026-05-27T17:22:56Z
**Copyright** **or ©** is a law that gives the work (for example, a book, movie, television programs, picture, song or website) an ownership or a property of an owner. Copyright laws help authors to make money by selling their works. It is one part of a group of laws about intellectual property (the others being ...
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Jail
2025-09-13T12:52:35Z
A **jail** (also spelled **gaol**) is a protected place where people are locked up. The police or other, similar groups, who are meant to protect people, are in charge of it. Some of the people locked in jails are: - People who might have done something against the law (doing this is a crime) and have not yet been to...
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427
1,934
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Prison
2026-04-08T18:42:54Z
A **prison **or **jail** is a facility where people are held against their will as a punishment or in pretrial detention. The main cause for imprisonment is breaking the law. Those who break the law and are convicted (found guilty) in court can receive a prison sentence, which is an order to spend an amount of time in ...
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428
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Mexico
2026-06-28T03:29:25Z
**Mexico**, officially the **United Mexican States**, is a country in North America. It borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundaries with the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the southeast, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east. Mexico...
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Atlantic Ocean
2026-07-25T13:18:49Z
The **Atlantic Ocean** is the world's second largest ocean. It covers a total area of about 106400000 km2, about 20 percent of the Earth's surface. It is named after the Ancient Greek god Atlas, the Titan in Greek mythology. ## Geologic history The Atlantic formed when the Americas moved west from Eurasia and Afric...
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430
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Mercury (element)
2026-06-25T22:49:45Z
**Mercury**, also known as **quicksilver** or **hydrargyrum** (pronounced hai-DRAR-jər-əm), is a chemical element. Its symbol on the periodic table is **Hg**, and its atomic number is 80. Its atomic mass is 200.59. The symbol *Hg* stands for its Latinized Greek name *hydrargyrum*, meaning watery or liquid silver. ## ...
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431
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Africa
2026-08-31T19:20:13Z
**Africa** is the second largest continent on Earth. It makes up about one-fifth of the world's total land area. It is surrounded by large areas of water. There are 54 fully recognised and independent countries in Africa, and 14.7% (1.216 billion) of the world's population lives there. It is thought to be the continent...
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432
1,943
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Butter
2025-10-08T01:32:05Z
**Butter** is a dairy food. It is made by moving the milk from whole cream for a long time. The fat in the cream separates from the liquid. The fat is butter. Butter is often used on bread, as a main ingredient in biscuits, as a shortening agent in some baking and cooking recipes, and for frying foods. Often, butter ...
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433
1,949
693,482
Cold War
2026-07-26T08:22:09Z
The **Cold War** (**1947-1991**) was the fighting between the United States and its allies and the Soviet Union and its allies between the end of World War II and the fall of the Soviet Union. It is called the "Cold" War because the Americans and the Soviets never actually fought each other directly. Instead, they inf...
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434
1,961
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Mainland China
2025-07-22T10:31:06Z
**Mainland China**, also called the **Chinese Mainland**, is the part of China not including the Republic of China controlling Taiwan, Kinmen, Matsu, and the Pescadores. The term also excludes Hong Kong and Macau. In the Qing Dynasty (Manchu Dynasty), all of Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Kinmen, Matsu, t...
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435
1,968
532,461
Capital city
2026-05-13T18:44:01Z
A **capital city**, or **capital town** or **capital**, is a city or town, specified by law or constitution, by the government of a country, or part of a country, such as a state, province, or county. It usually serves as the location of the government's central meeting place and offices. Most of the country's leaders...
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436
1,970
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Climate
2026-06-26T21:02:55Z
**Climate** means the usual condition of the temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, rainfall, and other meteorological patterns in an area of the Earth's surface for a long time. In simple terms, climate is the average condition for about thirty years. Climate and weather are different: weather is the day t...
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437
1,971
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Fold (geology)
2025-09-26T17:35:47Z
A **fold** is rock that is bent, instead of being broken, by its deformation. The term is used in geology when one or a stack of surfaces that were originally flat and level, such as sedimentary strata, are bent or curved as a result of high pressures and temperatures. The basic cause is likely to be some aspect of pla...
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438
1,972
7,847,641
Volcanism
2021-10-30T09:03:00Z
**Volcanism** (or **vulcan activity**) is the eruption of magma onto the surface of the Earth. Magma under the crust is under very great pressure. When folding and faulting occur, cracks or fractures appear. These are lines of weakness. When these lines of weakness develop downward in the crust and reach the magma,...
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439
1,975
1,370,780
Pacific Ocean
2026-03-19T02:50:42Z
The **Pacific Ocean** is the largest ocean and covers one third of the surface of the entire world. The body of water is between Asia and Australia in the west, the Americas in the east, the Southern Ocean to the south, and the Arctic Ocean to the north. It joins the Atlantic Ocean at a line drawn south from Cape Horn,...
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440
1,976
1,477,024
Antarctica
2025-09-25T09:50:02Z
**Antarctica** is the Earth's southernmost and the continent with the least people. It is on the South Pole. It is almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle. Around Antarctica is the Southern Ocean. It is the fifth-largest continent in area after Asia, Africa, North America, and South America. About 99% of Antarcti...
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441
1,977
1,203,320
South Pole
2026-03-21T14:24:53Z
90 S 0 E The **South Pole** is the most southern point on the Earth. It is in Antarctica and is the center of the Southern Hemisphere. From the South pole, everywhere is North. Unlike the North Pole, which is covered by sea and flat sea-ice, the South Pole is on a mountainous continent called Antarctica. Antarctica h...
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442
1,978
639,731
Indian Ocean
2026-01-18T09:48:09Z
The **Indian Ocean** is the world's third-largest ocean, at 73,400,000 sqkm. It is surrounded by Asia to the north, Australia and the Pacific Ocean to the east, the Southern Ocean to the south, and Africa and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. It is named for the Indian subcontinent which projects into it. The Bay of Beng...
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443
1,980
1,714,672
Arctic Ocean
2026-03-06T14:29:09Z
The **Arctic Ocean** is the ocean around the North Pole. The most northern parts of Eurasia and North America are around the Arctic Ocean. Thick pack ice and snow cover almost all of the ocean in winter and most of it in summer. An icebreaker and a nuclear-powered submarine can use the Northwest Passage through the Arc...
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444
1,983
1,848,909
Inuit
2026-08-06T02:23:32Z
The **Inuit** are one of many groups of indigenous people in the Americas and live in very cold places in the Arctic: northern Canada, Greenland, and Alaska. The word Inuit means "the people" in Inuktitut, their language. The people are sometimes called *Eskimos*, a word that likely comes from the Algonquin language ...
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445
1,986
1,582,584
Basket
2025-02-23T03:25:33Z
A **basket** is a container. It is usually light in weight. Basket makers use a wide variety of materials to create a basket, such as bark, willow rods, leaves, wire, plastic, paper, and rope. There are three basic kinds of baskets—coiled, twined, or woven. A woven basket is made of spokes and weavers: the spokes r...
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446
1,987
1,649,829
Software
2026-01-27T16:15:14Z
**Computer software,** also called software, is a set of instructions and documentation that tells a computer what to do or how to perform a task. Software includes all different programs on a computer, such as applications and the operating system. Applications are programs that are designed to perform a specific oper...
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447
1,988
1,508,758
Container
2025-03-01T18:25:04Z
A **container** is an object used for holding something. People put things in a container. The use of shipping containers is called Containerization. ## Types of container - Bottle - receptacle - Box - Can - Tin - Jug (container) - Jar - Pan - Tub - Carton - Packet - Barrel - Vessel - Crate
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448
1,989
1,834,391
South America
2026-07-08T15:52:02Z
**South America** is the continent to the south of North America. These two continents are separated by the Panama Canal. There are seven continents which make up the globe, South America being the 4th largest. South America includes 12 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, ...
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449
1,992
693,482
Bed
2026-08-03T16:33:25Z
A **bed** is an item of furniture that people sleep on. It normally has a soft mattress on a bed frame. Many beds also have bed sheets to cover the mattress and additional sheets for the people to sleep under. People also use a pillow under their heads. A bed comes in many different sizes including a single, double an...
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450
1,994
1,475,106
Asia
2026-07-10T02:32:12Z
**Asia** is the largest continent on Earth by area and number of people. It is mainly in the northern hemisphere. Asia is connected to Europe in the west and Africa on the south, and separated from North America at the east. Sometimes Asia and Europe are combined to form a larger continent called Eurasia. Some of the o...
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451
1,996
10,384,891
Wall
2025-07-11T02:54:02Z
A **wall** is a vertical dividing surface. It divides space in buildings into rooms or protects buildings. It is usually made of stone or brick. Walls have two main purposes: to support the top part of buildings, and to divide space, giving protection from invasion, escape, and weather. []{#city_wall}Before powerful a...
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452
1,998
70,336
Coordinated Universal Time
2026-08-08T06:08:03Z
{{Time zones of Europe}} **Coordinated Universal Time** (or **UTC**) is the standard time system of the world. It is the standard by which the world regulates clocks and time. It is, within about 1 second, mean solar time at 0° longitude. The standard before was Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). UTC and GMT are almost the s...
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453
1,999
1,823,122
Television
2026-07-27T01:47:04Z
A **television set** (also known as a **television receiver** or **televisor** or simply a **television**, **TV set**, **TV receiver** or **TV**) is a machine with a screen or set of lenses. Televisions receive broadcasting signals and change them into pictures and sound. The word "television" comes from the words ***t...
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454
2,002
1,729,607
Sociology
2026-02-08T21:01:25Z
**Sociology** is a social science that studies societies and how humans act in groups. (A society is the community of people living in a particular country or region and having shared customs, laws, and organizations.) There are many subfields. For example, criminology examines criminal behavior and crime. People who...
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2,004
693,482
Sky
2026-08-03T09:43:40Z
The **sky** is the appearance of the atmosphere around the surface of the planet from our point of view. We see many objects that are actually in space such as the Sun, the Moon, and stars because they are in the sky. On a clear day the sky appears blue. ## Physics At night, it appears from very dark blue to black. T...
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456
2,012
1,647,113
Tone language
2025-08-03T09:20:12Z
A **tonal language** or **tone language** is a language in which words can differ by tones (like pitches in music) in addition to consonants and vowels. Many languages, including Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Thai, Lao, Hmong, Meitei, Punjabi, Yorùbá, Igbo, Luganda, Ewe, Lingála, Cilubà, and Cherokee are tonal. Oth...
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457
2,017
1,150,185
Dollar
2025-11-26T08:17:19Z
A **dollar** is a type of currency. Many countries have named their money *the dollar*, so it is important to say which dollar is being talked about. The symbol for the dollar is a capital letter S, pierced by one or two vertical lines (**\$**). ## History The dollar is named after the thaler. The thaler was a large ...
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458
2,020
593,910
Beer
2026-02-09T17:42:49Z
> *Beer is also the name of a place in Devon, England - Beer (Devon)* **Beer** is a type of alcoholic drink. It is made with water, hops, barley (types of cereal grains), and types of yeast (a fungus that produces alcohol). A process called fermentation turns sugar into alcohol, using yeast. Another product of the fer...
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459
2,024
863,768
IP address
2026-07-19T12:40:36Z
An **IP address** (short for **Internet Protocol address**) is a label which is used to identify one or more devices on a computer network. An IP can be compared to a postal address. An IP address is a long string of numbers written in binary. Since such numbers are hard to communicate, IP addresses are usually writ...
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460
2,025
1,261,558
Eurasia
2025-08-07T09:48:20Z
**Eurasia** is the combined landmass of Europe and Asia in the northern part of Earth. It has the Atlantic Ocean on its west, and the Pacific Ocean to the east. The Arctic Ocean is to its north, and the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean to its south. It is the largest of the continents. Its name comes from adding the "Eur...
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461
2,028
532,461
North Pole
2026-02-14T19:11:30Z
The **North Pole** is the point that is farthest north on Earth. It is the point on which axis of Earth turns. It is in the Arctic Ocean and it is cold there because the sun does not shine there for about half a year and never rises very high. The ocean around the pole is always very cold and it is covered by a thick s...
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462
2,029
1,260,226
Plural
2025-12-24T03:24:35Z
In linguistics, noun phrases have grammatical number. **Plural** is one kind of grammatical number. In English, **plural** noun phrases are counted as more or less than one (e.g., *–32 degrees, no bananas*, *0.5 liters*, *1.2 grams*, *two times*, *three fish*, *20 mothers*). In contrast, a singular noun phrase usually ...
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463
2,031
640,235
Alexander Gode
2023-11-04T22:34:10Z
**Alexander Gottfried Friedrich Gode-von Aesch**, or simply **Alexander Gode** (October 30, 1906 – August 10, 1970), was a German-American linguist, and translator. He helped create the auxiliary language Interlingua.
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2,032
1,803,214
Oceania
2026-05-13T14:51:40Z
**Oceania** is a large geographical region in the Pacific Ocean. It is made up of 14 countries in the surrounding area. It is often listed as one of the continents in the world. The term "Oceania" does not have one single agreed definition. The widest definition of Oceania includes the entire region between continenta...
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465
2,033
1,661,212
Southern Ocean
2025-09-14T08:02:15Z
The **Southern Ocean**, also called the **Antarctic Ocean**, is the ocean around the continent of Antarctica. The fourth-largest sea by area, at 20,327,000 km², it has a coastline 17,968 km long and is surrounded by the waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. Since the 1770s, geographers have discussed its...
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466
2,035
10,499,889
Catalan language
2025-09-06T15:59:13Z
The **Catalan language** is a Romance language spoken in Catalonia, Valencian Community, the eastern part of Aragon, the Balearic Islands, a small zone of Murcia (all of them in Spain), Andorra, North Catalonia (in France) and the Italian city of L'Alguer. Together, those places are often called the Catalan Countries. ...
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467
2,039
1,328,866
Corset
2024-08-19T18:33:29Z
A **corset** is a body covering undergarment (clothes worn under others). It is made in many forms. - A tight-lacing corset is a common form used today. - "Stays" are an old form, which were used from about 1500 to after 1860 - An orthopaedic corset supports the back of an injured person. ## Other websites
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2,041
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Pop music
2026-03-22T01:17:45Z
**Pop music** is a type of popular music. The term "pop music" can be used for all kinds of music that was written to be popular. The term "pop music" was used from about 1880 onwards, when new kinds of music became popular. styles of pop music in the 2020s (today) include rock music, electronic dance music and hip hop...
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469
2,044
1,389,678
General semantics
2024-06-12T06:15:21Z
**General semantics** is a philosophy that deals with how people react to things that happen around them based on meaning. It was created by Alfred Korzybski during the 1920s and early 1930s. The goal of general semantics is for people to know that when we simplify something, either mentally or in language, that simpl...
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470
2,045
10,295,215
Semiotics
2025-05-29T19:39:35Z
**Semiotics** (or **semiology**) is a theoretical framework for the study of the meaning of language, signs and symbols. It was first developed in the early 20th century, separately, by the Swiss Ferdinand Saussure and Charles Sanders Peirce of the U.S.A. Semiotics can be described as both a science and a technique. ...
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471
2,061
1,645,178
Nitrogen
2026-03-14T10:52:24Z
**Nitrogen** is a nonmetal chemical element. The atmosphere contains more than 78 percent of nitrogen. It has the chemical symbol **N** and atomic number 7. Its stable inside typically contains 14 nucleons (7 protons and 7 neutrons). It has 5 electrons in its outer shell. ## Properties Nitrogen is a colorless odorle...
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Association football
2026-08-16T10:45:02Z
> *For the American sport, see American football. For other sports known as football, see Football* **Association football**, or **soccer**, is a sport played between two teams. In the United States, Canada, Australia and Ireland, it is called **soccer**. In other English-speaking countries, it is called **football**....
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Spamming
2026-04-09T05:01:19Z
**Spamming** is when one person or company sends an unwanted email to another person. Spam emails are the computer version of unwanted "junk mail" that arrives in a mailbox, such as advertising pamphlets and brochures. Spam emails are usually sent to try to get the person to buy something or do something else that will...
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Earthquake
2026-04-02T14:17:50Z
An **earthquake** is when Earth's tectonic plates shake and move Earth's surface. Strong earthquakes damage buildings. Disturbances in the Earth cause earthquakes. Different tectonic plates are slowly moving. When they get stuck, tension builds up in them. Earthquakes occur when tectonic plates suddenly break free, s...
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Color
2026-08-14T21:00:07Z
**Color** (or **colour** in Commonwealth English; see spelling differences) is a property of light. The following are the most common color names: 55% - Red - Orange - Yellow - Green - Cyan - Blue - Magenta - Purple - Lavender - Lilac - White - Black - Grey - Silver - Pink - Maroon - Brown - Beige - Tan - Peach - Li...
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Scurvy
2026-04-20T20:13:51Z
**Scurvy** is a disease (sickness). It is caused by not eating enough vitamin C. But scurvy can be prevented. It has many symptoms. People who have scurvy get spots on their skin, especially on their legs. Their teeth may loosen and/or fall out. They may bleed from the mouth, nose, and gums (mucus membranes). A person ...
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Ion
2025-09-19T21:11:20Z
An **ion** is an electrically charged atom or molecule (group of atoms). It is "charged" so it will move near electricity. Atoms are made from positively charged protons, negatively charged electrons, and uncharged neutrons. Ions are charged because they have an unequal number of protons and electrons. Making an ion f...
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Cognitive science
2025-07-13T00:49:13Z
**Cognitive science** studies how people make their ideas and what makes thoughts logical. It is often seen as the result of several different scientific fields working together. These fields are psychology (a study of the mind), neuroscience (biological study of the brain), computer science (the creation of programs a...
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Anthropology
2026-04-30T09:29:39Z
**Anthropology** is the study of human beings in the past and present. The word anthropology has two roots: \[ **anthrop-** \] and \[ **-ology** \]. **Anthrop-** means “about human beings,” and **-ology** means “a type of science." Anthropology is a type of science about human beings. A person who studies anthropology...
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Education
2025-12-25T23:42:25Z
**Education** is about learning skills and knowledge. It also means helping people to learn how to do things and support them to think about what they learn. It is also important for educators to teach ways to find and use information. Education needs research to find out how to make it better. Through education, the ...
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Army
2025-09-15T18:42:27Z
The **army** is the part of a country's military that fights on the ground. People in the army are called soldiers. Many modern armies have vehicles such as tanks, airplanes, and helicopters to help soldiers fight on the ground. A soldier may be a volunteer and so choose to serve, or he may be forced by the government...
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Theology
2022-09-19T18:14:03Z
**Theology** is the study of one or more religions (‘Theo-’ means God in Greek and ’-logy’ is study, which makes it ’God study’ or ’study of God’). Somebody who studies theology is called a theologian. Books or ideas about theology are called theological. Theology may be studied for many reasons`<nowiki/>`{=html}. So...
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Romania
2026-08-04T06:42:40Z
**Romania** (old spelling: **Rumania**, **Roumania**; România, {{#IPA2}}ro.mɨˈni.a{{/IPA2}}) is a country in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. It is north of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube River. Western Romania is circled by the Carpathian Mountains. Romania also has a border on the Black Sea. Most of the Da...
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Argon
2026-07-26T11:26:42Z
**Argon** is a chemical element. Its symbol is argon is **Ar** and its atomic number is 18. It is part of the noble gas group. It is an odorless and tasteless gas. Argon is the third-most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere. The name "argon" is from the Greek word ἀργός meaning "lazy" or "inactive" because it does ...
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Trade
2025-07-17T17:59:55Z
To **trade** is to willingly give things or services and get other things or services in return. For example, a person giving a thing must find another person who wants to get that thing. The giver gets something back in return. A trade is sometimes also called an "exchange" or a "swap". An early type of trade is bart...
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European Union
2026-08-28T07:23:57Z
The **European Union** (abbreviation: **EU**) is a union of 27 member countries in Europe on the landmass of Eurasia. It was created by the Maastricht Treaty in 1993. It is a unique political organization; in some ways, it acts like a federation, and in other ways, it acts like a confederation. (Political scientists c...
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Greece
2026-08-12T20:07:08Z
**Greece** (Ελλάδα {{#IPA}}\[eˈlaða\]{{/IPA}} or Ελλάς {{#IPA}}\[eˈlas\]{{/IPA}}), officially the **Hellenic Republic** (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία {{#IPA}}\[eliniˈkʲi ðimokraˈtia\]{{/IPA}}), historically known as **Hellas** (Ελλάς), is a country mostly located in Southeastern Europe with small island territories in Asia. Its...
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Sweden
2026-08-04T06:52:49Z
**Sweden** (Sverige) is a Nordic country in the part of Europe called Scandinavia. Its neighbors are Finland and Norway. It is a developed country. It is famous for its welfare state. People who live in Sweden are called Swedes. The population of Sweden is about 10 million people. Sweden's capital city is Stockholm, w...
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Albert Einstein
2026-07-16T13:53:45Z
**Albert Einstein** (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born Jewish scientist. He worked on theoretical physics. He is most famous for the theory of relativity. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 for theoretical physics. His most famous equation is \(E=mc^2\) in which E is for Energy, m for mass, c is ...
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Euro
2026-04-23T13:56:31Z
**Euro** or **€** is the currency of the countries in the eurozone. One euro is divided into 100 *cent* (officially) (singular) or "cents" (unofficially). Because of the number of different languages in the European Union, there are different, unofficial, names for this unit (the French call them "centimes" and the Sp...
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Currency
2024-11-21T23:22:13Z
**Currency** is a unit of money used for buying and selling goods and services, commonly backed by a country or a union of countries. Some currencies are "pegged" or "fixed" to something, like another currency. These currencies have a constant value compared to what it is pegged to. For example, the Cape Verdian escud...
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Radio telescope
2024-05-10T09:54:24Z
A **radio telescope** is a type of antenna used for radio astronomy. The majority look like a huge satellite television dish. Stars shine, and the light can be seen with an ordinary telescope, but they also give off radio waves. Scientists with radio telescopes receive these radio waves and use computers to learn ab...
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Light year
2026-05-02T10:54:12Z
A **light year** (symbol: **ly**) is the distance that light travels in empty space in one year. Since the speed of light is about 300,000 km per second (about 186,000 miles per second), then a light year is 9.46 trillion kilometers (about 5.87 trillion miles), for AU, one light year is 63,241 AU. A light year is not ...
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Korea
2026-04-09T16:32:34Z
**Korea** is a peninsula in northeast Asia, Korean Peninsula. Korea became a country (or state) in 918. In 1948, it split into two countries: North Korea and South Korea. North and South Korea and their allies fought against each other in the Korean War. People have lived in Korea for about 15,000 years. In the pas...
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English as a second language
2026-06-19T23:31:07Z
**English as a second language** is a common byphrase which has related acronyms, including - **ESL**, which means "**E**nglish as a **S**econd **L**anguage". This is most often used in a country where English is the primary language - **EFL**, which means "**E**nglish as a **F**oreign **L**anguage". This is most ofte...
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Switzerland
2026-06-09T03:09:53Z
**Switzerland** (Schweiz; Suisse; Svizzera; Svizra; Swiss German: *Schwiz*) is a country in Western Europe. Switzerland is a federation of 26 cantons. The official name of Switzerland is *Confoederatio Helvetica* (**Swiss Confederation**). This is Latin and is not often used except for official state documents. When i...
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LOL
2026-03-27T21:03:07Z
**LOL,** or **lol**, is an internet slang term that means "laugh(ing) out loud". It is commonly mistaken for "lots of love." LOL is often used in messages meaning "That is really funny." It also means mute in Persian and is a native Dutch word (not an acronym) which means "fun" ("lollig" means "funny"). In Welsh, lo...
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Toronto
2026-08-22T03:50:37Z
**Toronto** is the capital city of the province of Ontario. It is found on the northwest side of Lake Ontario behind New York City and Chicago. With a 2021 population of 2,794,356 people, Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth-most populous city in North America. Even more people live in the regions...
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English numerals
2025-09-16T23:37:53Z
Here are some words for small numbers. Words in **bold** are irregular. {\| class\="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style\="background:transparent" \|\+ \| valign\=top \| {\| class\=wikitable \| 0 \|\| zero \|- \| 1 \|\| one \|- \| 2 \|\| two \|- \| 3 \|\| three \|- \| 4 \|\| four \|- \| 5 \|\| five \|...
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