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31scanty — scant•y [[t]ˈskæn ti[/t]] adj. scant•i•er, scant•i•est, 1) insufficient in amount, extent, or degree 2) cvb clo scanties, very brief underpants, esp. for women • Etymology: 1650–60; scant (in obs. or dial. n. sense “dearth”) + y I; (def. 4)b.… …
32Paucity — Pau ci*ty, n. [L. paucitas, fr. paucus few, little: cf. F. paucit[ e] See {Few}.] 1. Fewness; smallness of number; scarcity. Hooker. [1913 Webster] Revelation denies it by the stern reserve, the paucity, and the incompleteness, of its… …
33Luminiferous aether — The luminiferous aether: it was hypothesised that the Earth moves through a medium of aether that carries light In the late 19th century, luminiferous aether or ether, meaning light bearing aether, was the term used to describe a medium for the… …
34Ottaviano Petrucci — (18 June 1466 – 7 May 1539) was an Italian printer. His Harmonice Musices Odhecaton, a collection of chansons printed in 1501, is commonly misidentified as the first book of sheet music printed from movable type. Actually that distinction belongs …
35Mincemeat — This article is about the fruit based food. For minced meat, see Ground meat. For the World War II deception plan, see Operation Mincemeat. Mince pie filled with mincemeat Mincemeat is a mixture of chopped dried fruit, distilled spirits and… …
36A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge — wikisourcepar|A Treatise concerning the principles of human knowledge A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (Commonly called Treatise when referring to Berkeley s works) is a 1710 work by the Irish Empiricist philosopher George… …
37Italian Australian — Infobox Ethnic group group = Italian Australian caption = Notable Italian Australians: John Aloisi , Ron Barassi , Pietro Porcelli , Natalie Imbruglia , Morris Iemma , Saverio Rocca poptime = Italian 199,124 (by birth, 2006) 852,417 (by ancestry …
38Anguilla — /ang gwil euh/, n. an island in the N Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies; a British dependency. 6500; 34 sq. mi. (88 sq. km). Cf. St. Kitts Nevis Anguilla. * * * Anguilla Introduction Anguilla Background: Colonized by English settlers from… …
39land reform — any program, esp. when undertaken by a national government, involving the redistribution of agricultural land among the landless. [1840 50, Amer.] * * * Deliberate change in the way agricultural land is held or owned, the methods of its… …
40quantum electrodynamics — Physics. the quantum field theory that deals with the electromagnetic field and its interaction with electrons and positrons. Abbr.: QED [1925 30] * * * ▪ physics quantum field theory of the interactions of charged (electric charge)… …
