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2035 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan%20language | Catalan language | 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.
The... |
2039 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corset | Corset | 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
Underwear |
2041 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop%20music | Pop music | Pop music is a type of popular music that many people like to listen to. The term "pop music" can be used for all kinds of music that was written to be popular. The word "pop music" was used from about 1880 onwards, when a type of music called music was popular. Styles of pop music in the 2020s (today) include rock mu... |
2044 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/General%20semantics | General semantics | 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 simplifi... |
2045 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiotics | Semiotics | 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. It can be described as both a science and a technique: a science because... |
2061 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen | Nitrogen | 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 odorless gas at no... |
2062 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association%20football | Association football | For the American sport, see American football. For other sports known as football, see Football
Association football is a sport played between two teams. In the United States, Canada and Australia, it is called soccer. In most other English-speaking countries it is called football. Association football is the most pop... |
2064 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spamming | Spamming | 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 cau... |
2081 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake | Earthquake | An earthquake is a sudden movement or trembling of the Earth's tectonic plates that creates shaking of the Earth's surface. High magnitude earthquakes in residential areas often lead to building damage.
Earthquakes are caused by disturbances in the balance of the earth. The different tectonic plates slowly move past ... |
2083 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colour | Colour | Color (American English) or colour (Commonwealth English) is a property of light as seen by people. In Commonwealth English, it is spelled “colour” (notice the “U”), while in American English it is “color” (no “U”).
The most common color names are:
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Cyan
Blue
Magenta
Purple
White
Blac... |
2091 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scurvy | Scurvy | 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 with... |
2099 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion | Ion | An ion is an electrically charged atom or group of atoms.
It can be made from an atom, or from a group of atoms (molecule). It is "charged" so it will move near electricity. This is because atoms are made of three smaller parts:
neutrons (with no charge),
number of protons with positive charges and
equal number of ... |
2104 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive%20science | Cognitive science | 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 and c... |
2110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropology | Anthropology | Anthropology [anth-row-pahl-O-gee] 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 i... |
2113 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education | Education | 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's 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 kn... |
2115 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army | Army | 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 (someone who joins something because they want to), or he may be ... |
2120 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theology | Theology | 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. Some people study theolo... |
2121 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work | Work | Work can mean different things depending on how the word is used.
Employment
Labour (economics)
Work (physics), something that happens when a force is applied to an object and a resulting movement takes place
Basic English 850 words |
2124 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania | Romania | Romania (old spelling: Rumania, Roumania; , ) is a country in 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 Danube Delta is found inside Romania. Romania shares borders... |
2126 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argon | Argon | 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 not reac... |
2127 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade | Trade | 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 barter. ... |
2132 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Union | European Union | The European Union (abbreviation: EU) is a confederation of 27 member countries in Europe established by the Maastricht Treaty in 1992-1993. The EU grew out of the European Economic Community (EEC) which was established by the Treaties of Rome in 1957. It has created a common economic area with Europe-wide laws allowi... |
2133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece | Greece | Greece ( or ), officially the Hellenic Republic ( ), (historically known as Hellas) (Greek: Ελλάς), is a country in Southeastern Europe. Its capital city is Athens.
It borders Albania, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea is to the East and South of mainland Greece, the I... |
2136 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden | Sweden | Sweden () is a Nordic country in the part of Europe called Scandinavia. Its neighbors are Finland and Norway. Sweden is also connected to Denmark in the south by a bridge. 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 mi... |
2137 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital | Capital | Capital can mean:
Capital city (also called capital city or political capital), a city or town that contains the government of a country, state, or other area
Capital (economics), how much real money a company or person has that they can use
Capital (architecture), the top part of a pillar or column
Capitalization... |
2138 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert%20Einstein | Albert Einstein | Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born American scientist. He worked on theoretical physics. He developed the theory of relativity. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 for theoretical physics.
His famous equation is (E = energy, m = mass, c = speed of light (energy = mass × speed... |
2139 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro | Euro | Euro 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 Spanish "céntimos... |
2140 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency | Currency | Currency is the unit of money used by the people of a country or Union for buying and selling goods and services.
Certain currencies are said to be "pegged" or "fixed" to something, usually another currency. A fixed or pegged currency is one that has a constant value compared to what it is pegged to. For example, the ... |
2141 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercure | Mercure | Mercure may refer to:
MERCURE, an atmospheric dispersion modeling CFD code developed by Électricité de France
Mercure Hotels, a chain of hotels run by Accor
French ship Mercure (1783)
Dassault Mercure, a French airliner built in the 1970s |
2142 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio%20telescope | Radio telescope | 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 about ... |
2143 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light%20year | Light year | 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 a length... |
2159 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea | Korea | Korea is a peninsula in northeast Asia, the 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... |
2160 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/English%20as%20a%20second%20language | English as a second language | English as a second language is a common phrase which has related acronyms, including
ESL, which means "English as a Second Language". This is most often used in a country where English is the primary language
EFL, which means "English as a Foreign Language". This is most often used in a country where English is not ... |
2161 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland | Switzerland | Switzerland (; ; ; ; Swiss German: Schwiz) is a comparatively small country in Western Europe. The official name of Switzerland is Confoederatio Helvetica. This is Latin and is not often used except for official state documents. Switzerland is a confederation of even smaller states, which are the 26 cantons.
Switzerla... |
2172 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOL | LOL | 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, lol means ... |
2210 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto | Toronto | Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario in Canada. It is also the largest city in both Ontario and Canada. It is found on the north-west side of Lake Ontario.
The City of Toronto itself has a population of almost 3 million people. Even more people live in the regions around it. All together, the Greater... |
2682 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/English%20numerals | English numerals | Here are some words for small numbers. Words in bold are irregular.
When writing other numbers between 21 and 99, you must use a hyphen, like a minus sign (-).
21: twenty-one
22: twenty-two
23: twenty-three
24: twenty-four
25: twenty-five
26: twenty-six
27: twenty-seven
28: twenty-eight
29: twenty-nine
30: ... |
2684 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20dollar | United States dollar | The United States dollar (or American dollar) is the official currency (money) of the United States of America. It is also used in some other countries outside the US. It is the standard currency for international markets selling goods such as gold and oil (petrol). When writing, the symbol for the American dollar is t... |
2809 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid%20ounce | Fluid ounce | A fluid ounce is a unit of volume in both the imperial system of units and the U.S. customary units system. However, the two measures are not quite the same:
The Imperial fluid ounce is (1/160) of an imperial gallon or 8 fluid drams, about 1.734 cubic inches or exactly 28.413 07425 ml (as specified legally in The Unit... |
2810 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shape%20of%20the%20universe | Shape of the universe | The shape of the Universe cannot be discussed with everyday terms, because all the terms need to be those of Einsteinian relativity. The geometry of the universe is therefore not the ordinary Euclidean geometry of our everyday lives.
According to the special theory of relativity, it is impossible to say whether two di... |
2812 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor%20shower | Meteor shower | A meteor shower is an event when many meteors seem to come from one point in the night sky. These meteors are caused by meteoroids entering Earth's atmosphere at extremely high speeds on parallel paths. Most meteors are smaller than a grain of sand, so almost all of them burn up and never hit the Earth's surface.
A me... |
2815 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat | Cat | Cats, also called domestic cats (Felis catus), are small, carnivorous mammals, of the family Felidae.
Domestic cats are often called 'house cats' when kept as indoor pets. Cats have been domesticated (tamed) for nearly 10,000 years.
They are one of the most popular pets in the world. They are kept by humans for hunti... |
2816 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering | Engineering | Engineering is the use of science and math to design or make things. People who do engineering are called engineers. They learn engineering at a college or university. Engineers usually design or build things. Some engineers also use their skills to solve technical problems. There are different types of engineers that ... |
2817 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communication | Communication | Communication is when information is passed from a sender to a recipient using a medium. There are different media that can be used:
Visual communication (using body language or gestures)
Communicating with sounds (like human language, but may also be the barking of a dog)
Communication using touch
Using smell
Using wr... |
2819 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle | Miracle | A miracle is an amazing, beneficial event that goes (or at least seems to go) against natural laws. Some people say that a miracle is always an act brought about by God or other supernatural force (such as an angel). Others say that there can always be another explanation for it. And thirdly, some say the event is myt... |
2832 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kami | Kami | Kami (神) is a Japanese word for the spirits that are worshipped in the Shinto religion. Not all of Kami are gods of the personified type. Instead, they have to do with phenomena and events like the growth of trees, or rain, or wind, or other aspects of Nature; it is believed that these kami live in those natural things... |
2837 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardboard | Cardboard | Cardboard is a heavy type of paper, notable for its stiffness and durability. It was first invented in China some time in the 15th century, and is used for a wide variety of purposes. One of its more common uses is as a packaging material.
Cardboard boxes were first produced commercially in 1817 in England. Corrugated... |
2843 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/English%20language | English language | English is a language that started in Anglo-Saxon England. It is originally from Anglo-Frisian and Old Saxon dialects. English is now used as a global language. There are about 375 million native speakers (people who use it as their first language) in the world.
Frisian is the language closest to English. The vocabula... |
2846 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trier | Trier | Trier is a city at the Moselle River in Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. The population is about 100,000.
Trier is famous for some Roman buildings like the Porta Nigra and others. It is famous as the birthplace of Karl Marx. Trier is also famous for the wine of the wine-growing-region Mosel-Saar-Ruwer.
Districts
Th... |
2860 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey | Turkey | Turkey officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. It shares borders with the Black Sea to the north; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Ir... |
2861 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomm | Thomm | Thomm is a village near Trier (at the Moselle River) in Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany.
Thomm is famous for an old Celtic stone, called Hinkelstein near the village and a big Celtic grave.
In further times there was a slate minor industry near Thomm.
Thomm is also famous for its cider, an apple-wine.
The FIA Europ... |
2862 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moselle | Moselle | The Moselle River (German: Mosel) is a river which flows through France and Luxembourg, then becomes part of the Rhine River after it flows into Germany. It is long.
Important cities at the Moselle river are Metz, Thionville, Trier, Bernkastel-Kues and Koblenz.
The valley of the Moselle river is famous for the win... |
2866 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible | Bible | The Bible, also known as the Holy Bible, is a group of religious texts of Judaism and Christianity, it contains both The Old Testament and The New Testament. The word Bible comes from the Greek word τὰ (biblía) which means "books" in English, because it is many books in one book. It includes laws, stories, prayers, so... |
2871 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria | Bavaria | Bavaria (; , ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (, ; ), is a State (Bundesland) of Germany. The territory of this state is the largest of the 16 German states. The state capital is Munich with 1.3 million people. About 12.5 million people live in Bavaria.
Like many German states, Bavaria was once independent. L... |
2875 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome | Rome | Rame (Latin: Roma) is the capital city of Italy. It is also the capital and largest city in the region of Lazio, and the geographical region of Latium. It is on the Tiber River and has 2.8 million people. An estimate by the OECD put the number of people of the city area of Rome at 3.47 million. When the Roman Empire wa... |
2876 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnivore | Carnivore | For animals of the mammal order, see Carnivora.
A carnivore is an animal which eats only meat. Predators commonly hunt and kill their own prey. Scavengers are carnivores which eat animals they did not kill themselves. Carnivores which eat mainly or only insects are called insectivores. Carnivores which eat mainly or ... |
2878 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne | Cologne | Cologne (, ) is a city in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It is on the Rhine River. About 1,060,000 people live there, making Cologne the biggest city in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is in the southern part of the 'Rhine-Ruhr agglomeration' of cities with a combined total population of about 10 million pe... |
2888 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senegal | Senegal | The Republic of Senegal (French République da Sénégal) is a country in West Africa. The capital is Dakar.
Senegal covers a land area of almost 197,000 square kilometres. It has population of about 13 million. The climate is tropical with two seasons: the dry season and the rainy cold season. Senegal was given indepen... |
2889 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developmental%20biology | Developmental biology | Developmental biology is the study of how organisms grow and develop.
Modern developmental biology studies the genetic control of cell growth, differentiation and morphogenesis. These are the processes which turn a zygote into an adult animal.
Cell differentiation
Differentiation is the formation of cell types, fro... |
2891 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity can refer to:
Solidarity (Polish trade union), a Polish trade union originally led by Lech Wałęsa;
Solidarity, a United States political party from the fusion of the International Socialists, Socialist Unity, and Workers' Power;
Solidarity, a newspaper published by the Alliance for Workers Liberty in the ... |
2896 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1924 | 1924 | 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday.
Events
January 22 – Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister.
February 8 – The first execution with gas was in Carson City, Nevada.
February 14 – IBM founded.
March 25 – Greece proclaims it is a republic.
May 4 – The 1924 Summer Olympics begins.
May 10 –... |
2897 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1929 | 1929 | Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday in the Gregorian calendar. By January 1 of this year, every state in the entire world had adopted the Gregorian calendar, having abandoned the Julian calendar.
Events
February 20 – American Samoa becomes organized as a territory of the United States
July 16... |
2898 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920s | 1920s | The 1920s was the decade that started on January 1, 1920 and ended on December 31, 1929. This decade was known as the Roaring Twenties or the Jazz Age.
The most important events
Golden Twenty
1920 – Prohibition began in the United States.
1922 – March on Rome
1922 – Howard Carter discovered the tomb of the Egypt... |
2899 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer%20space | Outer space | Space, also known as outer space, is the near-vacuum between celestial bodies. It is where everything (all of the planets, stars, galaxies and other objects) is found.
On Earth, space begins at the Kármán line (100 km above sea level). This is where Earth's atmosphere is said to stop and outer space begins. This is n... |
2900 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural%20satellite | Natural satellite | A natural satellite in astronomy is a smaller body which moves around a larger body. The smaller body is held in orbit by gravitation. The term is used for moons which go around planets, and it is also used for small galaxies which orbit larger galaxies.
Bodies which orbit planets are called moons. They vary in size. ... |
2901 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity | Gravity | Gravity, or gravitation is one of the fundamental forces of the universe. It is an attraction, or pull, between any two objects with mass. We discuss it in three parts:
Everyday sense: the force which causes objects to fall to the ground
Newton's laws: how gravity keeps the Solar System and most major astronomical o... |
2902 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centripetal%20force | Centripetal force | Centripetal force is an accelerating force that acts on any body that revolves around a centre. This force contributes to keeping the body in rotation. This force is always directed towards the centre.
The opposite force (by Isaac Newton's third law of motion) is called centrifugal force. This is the force that acts o... |
2904 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty | Treaty | A treaty is a written agreement between two or more parties. International treaties are covered by international law. The parties may be countries or other important groups. A treaty may be about any subject.
Two countries might agree to stop a war, or declare war on a common enemy. Very common are treaties where a co... |
2906 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg | Luxembourg | Luxembourg is a country in Western Europe. Its official name is the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (, , ). It is a small country by land area. It was one of the first countries in the European Union. It is also a member of the Benelux. The countries next to Luxembourg are Belgium, Germany, and France. In 2015, its populatio... |
2907 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg | Baden-Württemberg | Baden-Württemberg (, ; Alemannic German: Baade-Wiirdebäärg) is a federal state (Bundesland) in the southwestern region of Germany. It is the third largest German state by total area (after Bavaria and Lower Saxony) with a size of nearly 35,752 km² and population (after North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria) with over 11 m... |
2908 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna | Vienna | Vienna (; ; Central Austro-Bavarian: Wean ; Viennese German and Austrian German: Wian []) is the capital and largest city of Austria.
It is in the east of the country on the river Danube. More than 1,800,000 people live there (2016). It is an administrative district (Bundesland) of its own.
Before World War I, it wa... |
2909 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925 | 1925 |
Art, music, theatre, literature
Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush is released.
Events
January 21 – Albania becomes a republic.
July 18 – Adolf Hitler publishes his book Mein Kampf.
October 30 – The Scottish engineer John Logie Baird creates the first television transmitter in London.
November 9 – The NSDAP builts t... |
2911 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telescope | Telescope | A telescope (from the Ancient Greek τῆλε, tele "far" and σκοπεῖν, skopein "to look or see"; τηλεσκόπος, teleskopos) makes astronomical objects appear closer to the naked eye. It is an important tool for astronomy that gathers light and directs it to a single point. Some do this with curved mirrors, some with curved len... |
2913 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homonym | Homonym | A homonym is a word that has more than one meaning. For example, right means moral, the opposite of left, and a personal freedom.
Definition: one of a group of words that share the same spelling and pronunciation but have different meanings.
The point is that homonyms are both homophones (they sound the same) and hom... |
2914 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal | Principal | Not to be confused with principle.
A principal is a person who is in charge of something. The person is usually in charge of a school, or a research project, or a business.
see also headmaster
Occupations |
2915 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru | Peru | Peru is a country in South America. The capital is Lima. The ruins of Machu Picchu, the Andes mountains, and the source of the Amazon River are all found in Peru.
Peru is bordered to the north by Ecuador and Colombia, to the east by Brazil, to the south by Chile, and to the southeast by Bolivia. Peru is a representati... |
2916 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/States%20of%20Germany | States of Germany | The Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) has 16 states (). The biggest is Bavaria and the smallest is Bremen. Most of them were created after the Second World War, although their historical roots can be traced back to the early Middle Ages in some cases.
State creation since 1949:
1952: Three small states (Baden, Württ... |
2917 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich | Munich | Munich ( ; ; ) is the third biggest city of Germany (after Berlin and Hamburg), and the capital of Bavaria. It has a population of 1,407,000. The metropolitan area of Munich includes the city itself, and all the suburbs around it, and has about 2.6 million people in it. It is one of the most important centres of the ... |
2922 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin | Berlin | Berlin (; ) is the capital city of Germany. It is the largest city in the European Union by population, with around 3.7 million people in 2020. Berlin residents come from about 190 different countries.
The city is in the eastern part of Germany in Central Europe and is surrounded by many forests and lakes. Berlin has ... |
2923 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930s | 1930s | The 1930s was the decade that started on January 1, 1930 and ended on December 31, 1939.
Events
1930 The Dirty Thirties Dust Bowl
1933 – Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
1933 – Prohibition ends in the United States
1939 – The start of World War II
Nancy Drew books debut
The 1930s was a bad time because o... |
2924 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940s | 1940s | The 1940s was the decade that started on January 1, 1940, and ended on December 31, 1949.
Events
1940 – Retreat at Dunkirk
1941; Attack on Pearl Harbor, which followed by U.S join the war then.
1944 – Normandy invasion
1945 (August 6 and 9) – first use of the atomic bomb in warfare.
1945 – World War II ends
194... |
2925 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950s | 1950s | The 1950s was the decade that started on January 1, 1950, and ended on December 31, 1959.
Events
1950–1953 Korean War.
1953 – Structure of DNA published by James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins.
1953 – Edmund Hillary is the first man on Mount Everest.
1954 – Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends France's coloniz... |
2947 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg | Hamburg | Hamburg, or in full Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (, Low German: Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg), is a city in the north of Germany on the banks of the River Elbe, 18 km away from the North Sea. It is also one of the States of Germany.
With a population of about 1.85 million (1850000), it is the biggest German city ... |
2948 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emphysema | Emphysema | Emphysema is a disease of the lungs.
It is one of the diseases that make up chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This is a set of diseases where the flow of air in the lungs is obstructed. Emphysema is most often caused by smoking but can be caused by other diseases or have no known cause at all.
It occurs ... |
2949 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen | Oxygen | Oxygen is a chemical element. It has the symbol O and atomic number 8. It is the third most common element in the universe, after hydrogen and helium.
Oxygen is more than a fifth of the Earth's atmosphere by volume. In the air, two oxygen atoms usually join to make dioxygen (), a colourless gas. This gas is often jus... |
2950 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood | Blood | Blood is a liquid in humans and many animals. Blood is pushed through the organism by the heart. It brings nutrients and oxygen to the tissues of the body. It also takes away waste and carbon dioxide from tissues.
Blood is made up of blood plasma and various cells. These include red blood cells, white blood cells and ... |
2951 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960s | 1960s | The 1960s was the decade that started on January 1, 1960 and ended on December 31, 1969. Many things happened in the sixties, including the Space Race, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Vietnam War.
The 1960s term also refers to an era more often called the Sixties. This was a set of cultural and political trends aro... |
2952 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970s | 1970s | The 1970s was the decade that started on January 1, 1970, and ended on December 31, 1979.
Events
Throughout the decade: decolonization continued: Angola, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, Oman, the Bahamas, and many other countries gained independence. Also, metrication in many English speaking countries.
1970, Decembe... |
2953 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980s | 1980s | The 1980s was the decade that started on January 1, 1980 and ended on December 31, 1989.
This decade (group of ten years) is sometimes called the "Greed decade" in English speaking countries. Unlike the 1960s and 1970s, this is when the word yuppie was used to describe "young urban professionals" – young adults who li... |
2954 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990s | 1990s | The 1990s was the decade that started on January 1, 1990, and ended on December 31, 1999.
Events
1990 - 1991 – Gulf War
1990 – German reunification
1991 – The end of the Cold War.
1991 – Breakup of Yugoslavia.
Yugoslav Wars
1991 – Dissolution of the Soviet Union
1992 – The European Union is founded.
1993 – Di... |
2955 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Rhine-Westphalia | North Rhine-Westphalia | North Rhine-Westphalia (, Low Franconian: Noordrien-Wesfale, Low German: Noordrhien-Westfalen, Kölsch: Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale) is the federal state (Bundesland) with the highest population in Germany. It is in the western part of Germany and has 18,033,000 inhabitants. The capital is Düsseldorf, while the city with the mo... |
2957 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20program | Computer program | A computer program is a list of instructions that tell a computer what to do. Everything a computer does is done by using a computer program. Programs stored in the memory of a computer ("internal programming") let the computer do one thing after another, even with breaks in between. John von Neumann, a mathematician b... |
2958 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data | Data | The word data means "known facts". Data especially refers to numbers, but can mean words, sounds, and images. Metadata is data about data. It is used to find data.
Originally, data is the plural of the Latin word datum, from dare, meaning "give". Datum is rarely used in English. So data often gets used as if it were a... |
2960 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000s%20%28decade%29 | 2000s (decade) | The 2000s, also known as the noughties was the decade that began on January 1, 2000 and ended on December 31, 2009.
Events
November 7, 2000 – George W. Bush is elected President of the United States. The results were not known until December 12, 2000 due to the state of Florida being too close to the results.
Jan... |
2961 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttgart | Stuttgart | Stuttgart (; Swabian: ) is a city in Germany. It is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg and of the Administrative District of Stuttgart (Regierungsbezirk). Stuttgart is on the river Neckar. In December 2011, 613,392 people lived there. This makes it the most populous city in Baden-Württemberg.
Stuttgart is ... |
2962 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwerin | Schwerin | Schwerin (, , ; Mecklenburgian Low German: Swerin; (, Suerinum) is the capital city of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. It has a population of 97,000. It is the second biggest city (behind Rostock) in the state. It is the smallest capital of a German state.
Gallery
References
Other websites
States of the... |
2963 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton%20of%20Schwyz | Canton of Schwyz | Schwyz was one of the first cantons of Swiss canton (Urkanton).
The capital is Schwyz and the main language is German (91%). It has an area of 908 km² and 130200 inhabitants. Schwyz is near to Lucerne.
Districts and Municipalities
The Canton of Schwyz is divided into six districts and 30 municipalities, although the... |
2964 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia | Russia | Russia (), officially the Russian Federation (), is a country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. It has land from the Baltic Sea to the Bering Strait. It is the largest country in the world, followed by Canada, the United States, and China. Russia's population is about 146.7 million people. It is the most populous count... |
2965 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow | Moscow | Moscow ( , US chiefly ; ) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city is on the Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population of around 13 million people in the city limits, over 17 million people in the urban area, and over 20 million people in the metropolitan area. The city has an area of . Moscow's u... |
2966 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton%20of%20St.%20Gallen | Canton of St. Gallen | St. Gallen is a canton in Switzerland. St. Gallen is in the north-east corner of Switzerland. North of St. Gallen is the canton Thurgau. West of St. Gallen is Zürich. South of St. Gallen is Schwyz, Glarus, and Graubünden. East of St. Gallen are the countries Austria and Liechtenstein. The cantons Appenzell Innerrhoden ... |
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