Curie (lunar crater) — For other uses, see Curie (disambiguation). Curie (lunar crater) Curie from Apollo 15. NASA photo. Coordinates … Wikipedia
Pierre Curie — Infobox Scientist name = Pierre Curie caption = Pierre Curie (1859 1906) birth date = 15 May 1859 birth place = Paris, France death date = death date and age|df=yes|1906|4|19|1859|5|5 death place = Paris, France nationality = French field =… … Wikipedia
SM U-14 (Austria-Hungary) — French submarine Curie (Q87) redirects here. For other ships of the same name, see French submarine Curie An Austro Hungarian wartime postcard of the submarine in Austro Hungarian Navy service as SM U 14 … Wikipedia
rock — rock1 rockless, adj. rocklike, adj. /rok/, n. 1. a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like. 2. Geol. a. mineral matter of variable composition, consolidated or unconsolidated, assembled in masses or considerable… … Universalium
Rock — /rok/, n. a male given name. * * * I In geology, a naturally occurring and coherent aggregate of minerals. The three major classes of rock igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic are based on the processes that formed them. These three classes are… … Universalium
Earth exploration — Introduction the investigation of the surface of the Earth and of its interior. By the beginning of the 20th century most of the Earth s surface had been explored, at least superficially, except for the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Today the… … Universalium
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France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… … Universalium
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literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium