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Kahoʻolawe
2026-04-19T10:36:42Z
**Kahoolawe** is the smallest of the eight main volcanic islands of Hawaii. It is west of Maui and south of Lanai. It is roughly 11 miles long by 6 mi across (45 sqmi). The highest point, Lua Makika, is 1477 ft above sea level. The island is dry because its low elevation does not cause much rain to fall from the nor...
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Killing
2025-05-25T22:07:00Z
**Killing** a living thing is when someone or something ends that life and makes the living thing die. It means causing a death. When a human being kills another human being, it is called murder or homicide, such as manslaughter. Pesticide`<nowiki/>`{=html}s and herbicide`<nowiki/>`{=html}s are poisons for killing b...
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Kilometre
2026-05-04T02:57:02Z
The **kilometre** is a common unit used for longer distances on Earth. The international unit for measuring distances is the metre and a kilometre is 1000 metres. It is used in most countries for measuring road and sea distances. In the UK and the USA, the statute mile is used more than kilometres for road distances an...
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Language
2026-06-13T08:29:38Z
**Language** is the normal way humans communicate. Only humans use language, though other animals communicate through other means. The study of language is called linguistics. Human language has syntax, a set of rules for connecting words together to make statements and questions. Language can also be changed, by add...
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Leisure
2025-10-14T15:34:16Z
**Leisure** (or **free time**) is when a person can choose what to do. During a person's leisure time, they do not have an obligation to be at school or work at a job. During leisure time, people can do fun activities, family activities, or other non-work activities, such as hobbies. Common forms of recreation or le...
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Life
2026-08-03T09:50:11Z
**Life** is matter that can make more of itself. It is separated by non-living matter. Most life on Earth is powered by solar energy: the only known exceptions are the chemo-synthetic bacteria living around the hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor. All life on Earth is based on the chemistry of carbon compounds, invo...
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Law
2026-08-19T00:17:54Z
**Law** is a set of rules made by a particular place or authority to keep society safe and peaceful. Courts or police help to make sure these rules are followed. They can punish people who break the laws, for example by making them pay a fine or by sending them to jail. In ancient societies, leaders wrote laws that t...
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L. L. Zamenhof
2025-05-29T17:29:00Z
**Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof** (IPAC: ˈzæmənhɒf; Ludwik Łazarz Zamenhof, לײזער לֵוִי זאַמענהאָף; <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="OldStyleDate"><div data-arg>15 December</div><div data-arg>1859</div><div data-arg>3 December</div></template> – <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="OldStyleDa...
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List of countries
2026-08-27T16:43:57Z
This is a list of sovereign states. Disputed countries and dependencies are listed at the bottom. yes\|List of states\|UN member states and General Assembly observer states\|Other states\|Bibliography\|yes\|yes\|yes\|\| ## Countries ### A {{#flag}}Afghanistan{{/flag}} – {{#flag}}Albania{{/flag}} – {{#flag}}Algeria{{...
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Provinces and territories of Canada
2026-08-11T19:18:04Z
Canada is a country and sovereign state in the northern area of North America. It is made up of thirteen administrative divisions: ten provinces and three territories. The different levels of government in Canada are based on the principles of a federation: the governments of each province and territory share power w...
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Las Vegas
2026-08-09T17:28:26Z
**Las Vegas** is a city in the American state of Nevada. There were 641,903 people living in the city in 2020, and more than 2,000,000 people living in the metropolitan area. It is the largest city in Nevada. Las Vegas is also the county seat of Clark County. Las Vegas is famous for its casinos and resort hotels. It i...
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Lānaʻi
2026-04-19T10:26:46Z
**Lānai** (sometimes spelled **Lanai**) is sixth largest of the Hawaiian Islands, in the United States. It is also known as the "Pineapple Island". The island is almost a circle in shape and is 18 miles wide in the longest direction. The land area is 140 sq. miles (367 km^2^). It is separated from the island of Moloka'...
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Leap year
2026-07-21T06:48:37Z
A **leap year** is a calendar year in which an extra day is added to the Gregorian calendar (the calendar used by most of the world). A common year has 365 days, but a leap year has 366 days. In a leap year, the extra day is always February 29, with the day added to the month of February. In a common year, February ha...
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Leather
2025-07-17T17:26:11Z
**Leather** is the skin of an animal made into a durable material by tanning. The skins of cows, pigs, and goats are often used to make leather. Skins of snakes, alligators or crocodiles, and ostriches are sometimes used to make fancier leather. Shoes, bags, clothes, and balls are often made of leather. Sometimes peop...
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License
2026-03-18T12:59:41Z
A **license** (in American English) or **licence** (in British English) allows someone to do something that they otherwise are not allowed to do. A person usually has to pay some money, and maybe pass a test to get a license. A license is usually written but it does not have to be. Most kinds of licenses can only be us...
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Link
2026-06-04T07:36:50Z
A **link**, also **hyperlink** in computing, is a part of a chain. A chain is made of many pieces of metal; each piece is a link. Today, people also use the word link in a new way. The World Wide Web on the Internet is made of many different Web pages. The computer software that people use to make these pages (HTML) ...
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Library
2026-06-26T08:44:16Z
A **library** is a place where many books are kept. Most libraries are public and let people take the books to use in their home. Most libraries let people borrow books for several weeks. Some belong to institutions, for example, companies, churches, schools, and universities. The people who work in libraries are libr...
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List of mathematics topics
2022-06-05T01:55:29Z
There are a number of topics in mathematics. Some of them include: - Algebra - Analysis - Arithmetic - Calculus - Combinatorial game theory - Cryptography - Differential equations - Partial differential equations - Ordinary differential equation - Discrete mathematics - Geometry - Graph theory - Infinity - Line...
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Like
2026-03-12T16:52:20Z
**Like** has different meanings: 1. We can use **to like** to say that we find a thing is good: > *I like my house.* \= I think my house is good. > > > *I like Jenny* \= I think Jenny is an OK person. 2. We can use **like** for "the same as" or "nearly the same as": > *This cheese sandwich feels like rubber* \= t...
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Political divisions of China
2025-03-14T07:22:09Z
There are twenty-three provinces, four municipalities, five autonomous regions and two special administrative regions in the **People's Republic of China**. Provinces are pronounced *Shěng* in Chinese Pinyin. Provinces and autonomous regions are subdivided into prefectures and sub-provincial cities. The island of **Ta...
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List of fruits
2026-07-27T07:45:14Z
**Fruits** on this list are defined as the word is used in everyday speech. It does not include vegetables, whatever their origin. \*Abiu \*Açaí \*Acerola \*Akebi \*Ackee \*African Cherry Orange \*Apple \*Apricot \*Aratiles \*Araza \*Avocado \*Banana \*Bilberry \*Blackberry \*Blackcurrant \*Black sapote \*Blueberry \...
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Legislature
2026-01-01T13:47:35Z
**Legislature** is a word that comes from the Latin language, meaning "those who write the laws." A legislature is therefore a group of people who introduce, debate and vote for and on new laws, for example in a state or country. Each person in the legislature is usually either elected or appointed. The constitution o...
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Linear algebra
2026-04-02T06:10:09Z
**Linear algebra** is a branch of mathematics. It came from mathematicians trying to solve systems of linear equations. Vectors and matrices are used to solve these systems. The main objects of study currently are vector spaces and linear mappings between vector spaces. Linear algebra is useful in other branches of mat...
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London
2026-07-31T12:48:48Z
**London** is the capital and largest city of both England and its surrounding area. It is also the city with the highest population in the UK. The population is just under 9 million. The city is the largest in western Europe by population and area. On the Thames, London has been a central city since it was founded ...
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Litre
2025-10-30T17:04:55Z
The **litre** (international spelling) or **liter** (American spelling) (symbol: **l** or **L**) is one of the metric units of volume. It is not a basic SI unit, but it is a supplementary unit. One litre is the volume of 1000 cubic centimetres, that is a cube of 10 × 10 × 10 centimetres (1000 cm^3^). One litre of wate...
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Lime
2024-02-16T18:32:16Z
**Lime** is a green fruit, and the tree fruit itself. They are citrus fruits similar to lemons. Citrus fruits like limes are rich in vitamin C. Sailors from Britain were given lemon or lime juice to stop them falling ill with scurvy. This is how they got the nickname *Limey*. There are several citrus trees whose fruits...
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Mathematics
2026-08-03T12:12:46Z
**Mathematics** is the study of numbers, shapes, and patterns and letters. The word comes from the Greek *μάθημα* (máthema), meaning "science, knowledge, or learning", and is sometimes shortened to **math or maths**. It is the study of: - Numbers: including how things can be counted. - Structure: including how things...
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March
2026-05-18T12:41:58Z
**March** (Mar.) is the third month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, coming between February and April. It has 31 days. March is named after Mars, the Roman god of war. March always begins on the same day of the week as November, and additionally, February in common years. March always ends on the same day of t...
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May
2026-05-18T12:44:00Z
**May** is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, coming between April and June. It has 31 days. The month of May might have been named for the Roman goddess Maia, or more likely the Roman goddess of fertility Bona Dea, whose festival was held in May. May never begins or ends on the same da...
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Music
2026-06-15T00:04:43Z
**Music** is a form of art that uses sound organised in time. Music is also a form of entertainment that puts sounds together in a way that people like, find interesting or dance to. Most music includes people singing with their voices or playing musical instruments, such as the piano, guitar, drums or bass. ## Defini...
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Madrid
2026-03-07T08:13:15Z
**Madrid** (pronounced: “mah-drid or /məˈdrɪd/) is the capital and largest city of Spain. Madrid is in the middle of Spain, in the Community of Madrid. The Community is a large area that includes the city as well as small towns and villages outside the city. 7 million people live in the Community. More than 3 million l...
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Montreal
2026-05-24T17:26:54Z
**Montreal** (IPAC: ˌmʌntriˈɔːl, spelled *Montréal* in French) is a city in the country of Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec and the second-largest city in Canada, behind Toronto. Most of the people who live in Montreal speak French. Montreal is built on an island sitting in the Saint Lawrence R...
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Macadamia nut
2023-08-26T16:21:49Z
The **macadamia nut** is the fruit of a tree that first came from the east coast of Australia. There is more than one kind of Macadamia tree. Only two kinds are grown for food. The tree is an evergreen (stays green all year long). It grows up to 25 ft high. It has groups of small white flowers. It grows best in subtr...
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Maui
2026-04-19T10:24:56Z
**Maui** is the second largest of the Hawaiian Islands, in the United States. It has a population of just over 150,000 and is 727 square miles (1883 km²) in size. Maui is part of Maui County, Hawaii. The larger (or better known) towns include Kahului, Wailuku, Lahaina, Hana, and Wailea. Main industries are agriculture ...
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Molokaʻi
2026-04-19T10:22:01Z
**Molokaʻi** (or arguably **Molokai**) is the fifth largest island in the U.S. Hawaiian Islands. The island is 38 miles long and 10 miles across. Its land area is 261 square miles. The highest mountain is named Kamakou, and it is 4,970 feet (1,514 meters) high. Molokaʻi has many local indigenous names including Mol...
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Money
2026-03-04T05:29:23Z
**Money,** also sometimes called **currency**, can be defined as anything that people use to buy goods and services. Money is what many people receive for selling their own things or services. There are lots of different kinds of money in the world. Most countries have their own kind of money, such as the United States...
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Multiplication
2025-02-22T00:01:07Z
**Multiplication** is an arithmetic operation for finding the *product* of two numbers in mathematics, and is the opposite of division. It is often represented by symbols such as \(\times\) or \(\cdot\). Multiplication is the third operation in math, after addition which is the first, and subtraction which is the secon...
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Microsoft
2026-08-25T23:47:02Z
**Microsoft Corporation** is an American company that makes computer software and video games. Bill Gates and Paul Allen started the company in 1975. Microsoft makes Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office (including Microsoft Word), Edge, MSN and Xbox, among others. Most Microsoft programs cannot be downloaded for free–pe...
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Islamic world
2026-09-01T06:09:10Z
The **Islamic world** or **Muslim world** consists of all people who believe in Islam. It is not an exact location, but rather a community. When they do things together as Muslims, they are the "umma", which means "community" referring to all of the believers. The faith emphasizes unity and defense of fellow Muslims, s...
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Multiverse
2026-07-26T11:58:20Z
{{Cosmology}} {{String theory}} A **multiverse** is the theory of a conjectured set of multiple possible universes, including ours, which make up reality. These universes are sometimes called **parallel universes**. A number of different versions have been considered. The word "multiverse" was created in 1895 by psych...
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MediaWiki
2026-05-04T03:12:05Z
**MediaWiki** is the name of the software that runs all of the Wikimedia projects and many more. MediaWiki was released in 2002. It is a free server-based software which is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). This means it is free content, or open source. MediaWiki is designed to be run on a large we...
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First language
2025-07-01T15:30:12Z
A **first language** (also **mother language**, **mother tongue**, **native language**, **arterial language**, or **L1**) often means the language that a person learns first. It helps one understand words and concepts in the style of that language. Sometimes, but not often, *first language* means the language that a pe...
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Mustache
2025-03-28T23:58:52Z
The hair that grows on the upper lip of some men is called a **mustache**. The hair that grows on the sides of the face and the chin of some men is called a beard. Some men have a lot of hair and a big mustache, and some have very little. In the modern world, many men shave part or all of their mustaches, or cut their ...
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Mile
2026-08-24T07:00:09Z
The **mile** (symbol: **mi**) is a unit of length. There are many different kinds of mile but *mile* on its own usually means the **statute mile**. ## Statute mile In the US and the UK the word *mile* usually means the statute mile. | Feet | Yard | Chain | Furlong | Mile | Kilometres | |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |---...
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Margarine
2026-07-21T03:53:27Z
**Margarine** is an spread. It is made from some form of vegetable oil. It may also contain salt and emulsifiers. Margarine is used in many baked products. There are also "low fat" margarines, which contain even less fat. However, many types of margarine are made with hydrogenated oils. Products with hydrogenated oil h...
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Milky Way
2026-07-26T16:23:02Z
The **Milky Way** is our home galaxy. It contains around 400 billion stars, including our Sun. The Milky Way has a diameter of 26.8 \+/- as measured using the D~25~isophote, and is a barred spiral galaxy. The idea that the Milky Way is made of stars goes back to the Ancient Greek philosopher Democritus. The Milky Way...
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Movement
2025-11-23T20:30:45Z
**Movement**, or **motion**, is the state of changing something's position or changing where something is. A bird that is flying is **moving**. So is a person who is walking. This is, because they change where they are. They "move" from one place to another. There are many forms of science and mathematics that are rela...
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Metaphor
2026-08-29T13:51:39Z
**Metaphor** is a term for a figure of speech. It does not use a word in its basic literal sense. Instead, it uses a word in a kind of comparison. We run, and we also say rivers run. We may run into trouble, especially if we run up a bill at the bar. So a metaphor uses words to make a picture in our mind. It takes a ...
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Metabolism
2026-07-12T11:49:34Z
**Metabolism** is the chemical reactions which keep us alive. It happens in the cells of living organisms. The chemical reactions are catalyzed by enzymes. Metabolism allows organisms to grow, reproduce, maintain their structures, and respond to their environments. The word ‘metabolism’ can also refer to digestion and...
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Microscope
2025-03-14T16:32:17Z
A **microscope** is a scientific instrument. It makes small objects look larger. This lets people see the small things. People who use microscopes frequently in their jobs include doctors and scientists. Student`<nowiki/>`{=html}s in science classes such as biology also use microscopes to study small things. The earli...
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Mass
2026-08-16T11:22:44Z
The **mass** of an object is a measure of how much of it there is. For example, A mountain has more mass than a rock. Mass is different from weight. Weight is the product of mass times gravitational acceleration. You can measure the mass of an object by using a force on it. The more mass it has, the less it will chan...
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Mercury (planet)
2026-07-26T15:15:47Z
**Mercury** is the first planet from the Sun. It is the second hottest planet, and the smallest in the Solar System. It is also the closest planet to the Sun. It makes one trip around the Sun once every 87.969 days. Mercury is bright when we can see it from Earth. It has an apparent magnitude ranging from −2.0 to 5....
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Mars
2026-07-26T14:48:31Z
**Mars** is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, nicknamed ** The Red Planet**. Mars is a terrestrial planet with caps of water and carbon dioxide. It has the largest volcano in the Solar System, and some very large impact craters. Mars is named after the mythological Rom...
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Classic Mac OS
2023-12-03T09:00:19Z
**Mac OS** is an operating system for Macintosh computers. Mac OS was first made by Apple Inc. in 1984. In those days Mac OS was called **Macintosh System Software** – which was shortened to **System** or **SSW** (**S**ystem **S**oft**w**are). The term "Mac OS" first appeared in the splash screen for System 7.5.1, but ...
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Apple Macintosh
2026-07-12T20:12:04Z
The **Apple Macintosh** or just **Mac** is a line of personal computers made by the American company Apple Inc. The Macintosh was one of the first computers in which the people could use a mouse for pointing on a screen which had icons. This new way of working with a computer (interface) was known as graphical user int...
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Metre
2026-05-04T03:02:30Z
The **metre** (British spelling) or **meter** (American spelling) (symbol: **m**) is the basic unit of length in the SI measurement system. The symbol for the metre is **m**. The first meaning (in the French Revolution) was one ten-millionth of the distance between the Earth's equator and the North Pole along the Paris...
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Magnifying glass
2024-06-05T05:46:24Z
A **magnifying glass** is a lens through which can be used to make things appear bigger, so you can see them better. It is used in many applications and manual operations, e.g., for examining postage stamps in philately. The magnifying glass consists of a piece of convex-shaped glass or plastic. It has to be held at t...
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Molecule
2025-10-24T00:48:33Z
A **molecule** is the smallest amount of a chemical substance that can exist. If a molecule were split into smaller pieces, it would be a different substance. Molecules are made up of atoms that are stuck together in a particular shape or form. Not all combinations of atoms are equally possible; atoms make certain sh...
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Moral reasoning
2015-06-22T06:18:50Z
**Moral reasoning** is a topic studied in psychology and in moral philosophy. It studies how people think about moral issues, problems, and questions. Psychologists who have studied it include Lawrence Kohlberg and Elliot Turiel. Kohlberg said that moral understanding develops in three main stages as a person gets olde...
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Mosque
2026-07-25T22:16:21Z
{{good}} A **mosque** is a place where Muslims worship. The word *mosque* comes from the Arabic word *masjid*. A larger, 'collective', mosque is called a *masjid jāmi*. Larger mosques offer more services to their community. For many Muslim people, a mosque is more than a place of worship. Muslims worship, study and ...
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Mammal
2026-08-22T20:49:41Z
**Mammals** are in the class **Mammalia**. They are a group of vertebrate animals. They have fur or hair and very precise temperature regulation. With the exception of the monotremes, all mammals bear live young. Unlike other vertebrates, they are the only animals that produce milk for their young through their mamm...
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Number
2026-08-30T20:54:51Z
A **number** is a mathematical object used to **count**, **measure**, and **label**: - People use symbols to represent numbers; they call them numerals. Common places where numerals are used are for labeling, as in telephone numbers, for ordering, as in serial numbers, or to put a unique identifier, as in an ISBN, a u...
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November
2026-05-18T12:52:52Z
**November** (Nov.) is the eleventh month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, coming between October and December. It has 30 days. Its name is from the Latin word *novem*, which means "nine". It was the ninth month of the year before January and February were added to the Roman Calendar. November always begins on t...
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National anthem
2026-01-14T03:41:21Z
A **national anthem** is a country's national song; the people of a nation sing their national anthem to remember and respect their country. By the 18th century, most countries had a national anthem and new countries chose a national anthem when they became independent. Some monarchies have a royal anthem for their mon...
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Name
2025-11-15T09:59:28Z
A **name** is a word (or a set of words) given to things and people. For example, *cat* is the name of a kind of animal. "Aarav" , "Adhrit" are names of a person, usually a male. "Ananya" is a common female name. The word 'name' can also be used as a verb. To name something is to give it a name. ## People's names...
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Niʻihau
2026-04-19T10:21:04Z
**Niihau** (sometimes spelled **Niihau**) is the smallest of the inhabited islands of Hawaii, in the United States. It has a land area of 70 sq. miles (184 km^2^). It is the oldest of the eight main islands. ## Ownership The whole island is owned by the Robinson family. They bought it from the Kingdom of Hawaii for \...
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Nēnē
2023-12-08T18:49:46Z
The **Nēnē**, or **Hawaiian goose** (*Branta sandvicensis*) is a species of goose. It is found today on only three Hawaiian islands. It gets its name from its soft call. This is an unmistakable species, with its generally brown plumage (feathers) and darker head. Its strong toes have much reduced webbing (skin between...
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Fishing net
2026-07-26T15:42:56Z
A **fishing net** is a woven trap usually used to catch fish. They are usually made out of rope. A net is a kind of tool. **Fishing nets** are one of the oldest ways of catching fish. They can be made with all kinds of fabric like nylon, cotton, grass, flax, and tree fibers. The oldest known fish nets dates back to 85...
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Internet slang
2026-08-03T13:55:42Z
**Internet slang** is slang words which are used on the internet. Most of these words are new, such as Wiki and blog, which were not used before the internet became popular. Some old words were given new meanings, such as mail (which now means email). This makes many metaphor`<nowiki/>`{=html}s on the Internet, such ...
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Nauru
2026-08-31T20:14:20Z
**Nauru**, (IPAC: langnɑːˈu:ruː ), officially the **Republic of Naoero**, (IPAC: langˈnaʊɛərəʊ ) is a island nation in the South Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Kiribati, 300 km east. Nauru is the smallest island nation, covering just 21 km2, the smallest republic, and the only republican state without a capital. Wit...
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Noun
2026-06-18T22:49:35Z
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Nature
2023-07-08T14:35:31Z
The words **nature** and **natural** are used for all the things that are normally not made by humans. The word comes from the Latin *natura* meaning "birth". Nature includes many things like weather, organisms, landforms, celestial bodies. Scientists study the way the parts of nature work. Things that have been made b...
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Natural resource
2026-04-27T07:33:01Z
A **natural resource** is what people can use from the natural environment. Examples of natural resources are air, water, wood, fossil fuel`<nowiki/>`{=html}s, wind energy, ores, and food. The dividing line between natural resources and man-made resources is not clear-cut. Hydro-electric energy is not a natural resou...
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Negentropy
2025-02-05T14:56:48Z
**Negentropy** is reverse entropy. It means things becoming more in order. Here 'order' means organisation, structure and function: the opposite of randomness or chaos. One example of negentropy is a star system such as the Solar System. Another example is life. As a general rule, everything in the universe tends tow...
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North America
2026-03-24T17:02:09Z
**North America** is a large continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres of Earth. It is to the east of the Pacific Ocean, the west of the Atlantic Ocean, the south of the Arctic Ocean, and it is the northern part of the Americas. The southernmost part is Central America. It is the third largest continent in the ...
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Neptune
2026-06-15T23:26:14Z
**Neptune** is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun in the Solar System. It is an ice giant. It is the fourth-largest planet in the system. Neptune's mass is 17 times Earth's mass and a little bit more than Uranus' mass. Neptune is denser and smaller than Uranus. Because of its greater mass, Neptune's gravity ...
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Now
2026-07-26T05:15:17Z
**Now** is the time span between the past and the future. It can be long (like an eon in geologic time) or short (like a picosecond) but it is almost always used to refer to the span between the present instant to some time horizon when a decision must be made. It can be used to ask or demand that someone make a decisi...
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New York City
2026-07-09T18:24:22Z
**New York**, often called **New York City** (**NYC**), is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New York, and the largest city in the United States. It is at the southern end of the U.S. state of New York. Over 8 million people currently live in the city, and over 22 million people live in the bigger New York me...
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October
2026-05-18T12:51:38Z
**October** (Oct.) is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, coming between September and November. It has 31 days. The name comes from the Latin *octo* for "eight". It was the eighth month of the year before January and February were added to the beginning of the year. October begins on the same day o...
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Of
2026-05-26T20:57:26Z
**Of** is a preposition used in the English language to show a possessive relationship. For example, the phrase "book of maps" means that the book has maps. The phrase "father of Mike" means the father belongs to Mike.
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1 (number)
2026-08-10T04:59:12Z
**One** (**1**) is the first natural number, followed by two, then followed by three. The Roman numeral for one is **I**. ## Mathematics In mathematics, the number one is the multiplicative identity. It is also the only number for which these special facts are true: - Any number \(n\) multiplied by one equals that n...
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O Canada
2025-11-09T22:43:34Z
"**O Canada**" (Ô Canada) is the national anthem of Canada. Calixa Lavallée wrote the music, and Adolphe-Basile Routhier wrote the words in French. It was first sung in French in 1880. Robert Stanley Weir wrote the English words for the song, which are not a translation of the French lyrics, in 1908. It was sung as th...
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Oʻahu
2026-04-19T10:19:23Z
**Oahu** (often spelled **Oahu**) is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands, in the United States. It means "the gathering place" (a place where people meet) in the Hawaiian language. Most of the people of Hawaii live there (1.0 million of the state's 1.4 million in 2020). The total land area is 608 mi2. Honolulu, t...
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Open content
2026-06-28T06:18:44Z
**Open content** is content that is openly accessible, usable, editable, and distributable by anyone for any purpose, even commercially. Open content is licensed with an open license that authorizes use of the content as described above. When someone creates something (like a picture or book), they can open it for the...
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Orthography
2026-05-27T22:30:13Z
**Orthography** is an official or correct way to write a particular language. It includes rules of **spelling**. Orthography may also include rules about punctuation, capitalization, and diacritics (e.g. accents). In English, spelling is a problem for all learners, and is the main issue in orthography. Some languages ...
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Oil
2023-07-21T19:05:56Z
The word **oil** is used for many different kinds of liquids. Oil usually does not mix with water. Vegetable oils are made from plants. Many are used in foods and for cooking. Some kinds of plant oils that people use are palm oil, maize (*corn*), olive, peanut, soy, and sunflower. Other kinds of oil are made from cru...
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OK
2026-07-30T17:48:20Z
**OK** (okay) is a word in the English language. It is used to mean that something is good or correct. It is the opposite of the word bad. It can often be used instead of the word Yes. It is not certain where the word "OK" originally comes from, but some experts say it came from a funny way of writing "Ol Korrect" (A...
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Oxymoron
2025-05-22T06:22:29Z
An **oxymoron** is a term for a figure of speech. It is made up of two or more words that seem to be opposite to each other, or actually are opposite. For example, the phrases "Wise fool", "Warm freezer", and "Legal murder" all have two words. In each one, the one word looks like the opposite of the other word. Yo...
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Operating system
2026-04-29T10:14:10Z
An **operating system** (**OS**) is a kind of computer program that helps a computer to interact with other machines or with people. An OS is not actually one single program but a group of small programs, like file managers, device drivers, and kernels. An OS can be small (like Damn Small Linux), or large (like Microso...
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Philosophy
2026-07-26T14:47:27Z
**Philosophy** is the study of wisdom. Philosophia is the Ancient Greek word for the "love of wisdom". A person who works in the field of philosophy is called a **philosopher**. A philosopher is a kind of thinker and researcher. Philosophers ask general and fundamental questions. The topics of these questions include...
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Physics
2026-08-31T02:00:01Z
**Physics** is the science of how things move in space and time and how the universe works. It studies matter and forces. The word *physics* comes from the Greek word ἡ φύσις or physis meaning “nature”. Physics can also be defined as “that department of knowledge which relates to the order of nature, or, in other word...
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Politics
2025-06-29T19:58:29Z
**Politics** (from Ancient Greek πολιτικά (politiká) 'affairs of the cities') is the way that people living in groups make planned decisions. Politics is about making agreements between people so that they can live together in groups such as tribes, cities, or countries. In large groups, such as countries, some people...
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Value (personal and cultural)
2024-12-12T17:36:44Z
A **value** (or **principle**) usually means an abstract rule, one that can be seen to apply in many experiences, or can be applied by choice in a lot of situations. It can also mean a moral choice one makes often and consistently, for example, some Buddhists avoid eating meat (vegetarianism) as a matter of principle. ...
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Profanity
2026-05-01T10:45:02Z
**Profanity** is a word or action that is impolite, inappropriate, offensive, or taboo. The adjective is *profane*. Different words can be profane to different people and in different cultures. The words that people consider profane can also change over time. Religion can also play a role in what people think of as ...
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People's Republic of China
2026-08-24T13:45:12Z
The **People's Republic of China** (**PRC**) (<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="Lang-zh"><div data-arg data-name="s">中华人民共和国</div><div data-arg data-name="t">中華人民共和國</div></template>) is a Communist one-party state in East Asia governed by the Communist Party of China (CPC). It was founded on 1 Octobe...
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Psychoneuroimmunology
2026-08-16T09:09:59Z
**Psychoneuroimmunology** (**PNI**) is the study of the interaction between psychological processes and the nervous and immune systems of the human body. PNI takes an interdisciplinary approach. The main interests of PNI are the interactions between the nervous and immune systems and the relationships between mental p...
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Political party
2025-04-09T10:55:15Z
A **political party** is an organized group of people or bodies who seek to capture political power through an election in order to run the affairs of a country. It often puts forward candidates for public office. In a democracy, leaders must "run for office" in an election. In a dictatorship, there is generally only o...
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Pet
2026-08-03T04:26:34Z
A **pet** is a domesticated animal that lives with people, but is not forced to work and is not eaten, in most instances. In most cases, a pet is kept to entertain people or for companionship. Some pets such as dogs and cats are placed in an animal shelter if there is no one willing to take care of them. If no one adop...
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Platonic realism
2024-06-14T14:52:16Z
**Platonic realism** is the theory of reality developed by Plato, and explained in his theory of forms. Platonic realism states that the visible world of particular things is a shifting exhibition, like shadows cast on a wall by the activities of their corresponding universal Ideas or Forms. Whereas the visible world o...
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Paradox
2025-04-27T08:08:42Z
A **paradox** is a sentence in logic that cannot be true but also cannot be false. It is self-contradictory. Many famous problems of this kind exist. ## Liar's paradox A famous paradox is called the **liar's paradox**. It is the simple sentence "This sentence is a lie", or equivalently, "This statement is false." If...
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