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100 | 199 | 1,788,631 | Dimension | 2026-04-18T23:05:20Z | **Dimensions** are the way we see, measure and experience our world, by using up and down, right to left, back to front, before and after (geometric dimensions), hot and cold, how heavy and how long (physical dimensions), as well as more advanced concepts from mathematics and physics. One way to define a dimension is t... | [] |
101 | 203 | 1,161,309 | Distance | 2026-05-26T17:15:09Z | **Distance** is how far one thing is from another thing. It is also a measure of the space between two things. It can be measured along any path. Thus, someone who goes around in a circle has traveled a distance, even though his position has not changed.
In geometry, the distance between two points *A* and *B* is some... | [] |
102 | 204 | 1,513,493 | Depth | 2025-08-10T20:32:26Z | In math, the distance between the nearest end and the farthest end of an object is its **depth**.
For example, the depth of a box can be measured. When the distance between one end of the box and another end of the box is found, the box's depth was measured.
## Depth in Liquids
For liquids, the distance between the ... | [] |
103 | 206 | 532,461 | Dictionary | 2026-03-14T13:23:56Z | A **dictionary** is a type of book which explains the meanings of words or, more precisely, lexemes. The words are arranged in alphabetical order so that they can be found quickly. The word "dictionary" comes from the Latin "dictio" ("saying").
There are several types of dictionaries: dictionaries which explain words ... | [] |
104 | 207 | 116,449 | Definition | 2024-04-01T15:42:15Z | A **definition** in language explains what a word or phrase means. *Defining* means giving a definition.
Other words with this meaning are *description* and *explanation*. They describe what a word means and explains to the person when and where it can be used.
In mathematics, a definition is an exact way of saying ... | [] |
105 | 208 | 314,522 | Denmark | 2026-08-26T22:18:47Z | **Denmark** (Danmark), officially named the **Kingdom of Denmark**, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the furthest south of the Scandinavian countries, to the northeast of North America, to the south of Norway and south-west of Sweden (which it is connected to by a bridge). It has a south border with German... | [] |
106 | 209 | 693,482 | Death | 2026-08-03T11:39:55Z | **Death** is the end of a life in an organism. All biological and living activity of the living thing stops, including the mind and the senses. The usual signal for death in humans and many other animals is that the heart stops beating and cannot be restarted. This can be caused by many things. All living things have a... | [] |
107 | 210 | 1,549,658 | Diesel-electric | 2024-12-01T11:32:21Z | A **diesel-electric** engine is a diesel generator, a diesel engine that drives an electric generator. The generator feeds electric power to an electric motor which turns a driveshaft. Its efficiency is higher than when an engine drives a shaft through gears. Most locomotives and many ships use diesel-electric drive.... | [] |
108 | 214 | 70,336 | Embassy | 2023-11-04T10:41:12Z | A foreign **embassy** is the official office of one country in another. It is usually in the capital city of the other country. It is where the ambassador and other representatives of the home country work. Much of the diplomacy (talk) between the two governments happens there. They represent their country to the host... | [] |
109 | 216 | 805,501 | Europe | 2026-09-23T14:28:23Z | **Europe** is the western part of the continent of Eurasia, often thought of as its own continent. It is separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains in Russia and the Bosporus strait in Turkey.
Europe is bordered by water on three sides. On the west is the Atlantic Ocean. To the north is the Arctic Ocean. The Mediterran... | [] |
110 | 217 | 1,475,106 | Encyclopedia | 2026-09-29T01:21:27Z | An **encyclopedia** is a collection, usually a book or website, of information. Some are known as encyclopedic dictionaries. An encyclopedia contains a lot of information on many subjects like math, science, English, Geography, etc. making it helpful for learning.
## History
### Overview
All encyclopedias were print... | [] |
111 | 218 | 1,823,278 | Earth science | 2026-08-17T22:35:39Z | **Earth science** is an all-covering term for the sciences related to the planet Earth. Earth science may also be called **geoscience**. Geoscience is the study of the architecture of the Earth.
It is a broader term than geology because it includes aspects of planetary science, which is part of astronomy. The Earth sc... | [] |
112 | 219 | 693,482 | Earth | 2026-09-11T09:37:48Z | {{good}}
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**Earth** is the third planet from the Sun and the only place known where life exists. One big reason life can exist here is that Earth has a lot of water on its surface, being the only planet in our Solar System with liquid water. Most of Earth’s water is in th... | [] |
113 | 221 | 1,652,218 | Et cetera | 2025-08-26T04:33:34Z | **Et cetera** means "and the rest" in Latin. It is typically used in English to continue a list longer than what can be written. The word *et cetera* is often written as **etc.**. It is also rarely written as *&c*, or *&*. It is the same as *et* ‒ formed by the joining of "e" and "t" into a single letter.
## Examples
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114 | 224 | 1,161,309 | Experiment | 2024-06-01T01:08:51Z | An **experiment** is a test of an idea or a method. It is often used by scientists and engineers. An experiment is used to see how well the idea matches the real world. Experiments have been used for many years to help people understand the world around them. Experiments are part of scientific method. Many experiments ... | [] |
115 | 226 | 693,482 | Ethics | 2026-07-26T14:58:11Z | **Ethics** is the study of good and bad behavior. It is one of the main parts of philosophy. Ethics tries to answer questions like:
- What actions are good? What actions are evil?
- How can we tell the difference?
- Are good and evil the same?
- How should we make hard decisions that might help or hurt other people?
-... | [] |
116 | 227 | 1,526,569 | E Prime | 2024-10-02T16:47:33Z | **E Prime** (it means **English Prime**) defines a way of speaking English without using the verb "to be" in any way ("be, is, am, are, was, were, been, and being"). Instead, an E Prime speaker or writer uses different verbs like "to become," "to remain," and "to equal" or they might choose to rearrange the sentence to... | [] |
117 | 230 | 693,482 | Einstein on the Beach | 2022-07-09T01:00:45Z | ***Einstein on the Beach*** is an opera written by the minimalist composer Philip Glass and theater director and designer Robert Wilson. It was first acted for an audience in Avignon, France in 1976.
It is a single act opera, about five hours long with no intermission. Because of the length and the minimalist (repeti... | [] |
118 | 234 | 1,452,189 | Ethnic group | 2026-08-05T12:21:52Z | An **ethnic group** is a group of people who are considered to be the same in some or multiple ways. They may all have the same ancestors, speak the same language, or have the same culture or tribe, which could sometimes include religion. They often live in the same or surrounding area.
Sometimes almost all of the peo... | [] |
119 | 242 | 693,482 | Ebola virus | 2026-07-26T14:53:37Z | **Ebola virus** or **Ebola virus disease (EVD)**, often shortened to **Ebola**, is a very dangerous virus. It belongs to the family *Filoviridae.* Four different types of Ebola virus can cause a severe disease which is often fatal. Ebola infection causes hemorrhagic fever which starts suddenly. "Hemorrhagic" means that... | [] |
120 | 243 | 532,461 | Ecology | 2026-06-26T03:11:58Z | **Ecology** is the branch or aspect of biology that studies the biota (living things), the environment, and their interactions. It comes from the Greek *oikos* \= house; *logos* \= study.
Ecology is the study of ecosystems. Ecosystems describe the web or network of relations among organisms at different scales of or... | [] |
121 | 246 | 314,522 | Economics | 2026-08-26T22:22:46Z | **Economics** is the social science which studies economic activity: how people make choices to get what they want. It has been called "the study of scarcity and choice" (scarcity is when there is not a lot of something). Economics is about the choices people make. It also studies what affects the production (making th... | [] |
122 | 247 | 1,068,771 | Chemical element | 2026-06-18T22:44:40Z | A **chemical element** is a substance that is made up of only one type of atom. Atoms are made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons.
The number of protons in an atom is called the atomic number. For example, all atoms with 6 protons are atoms of the chemical element carbon, and all atoms with 92 protons are atoms of... | [] |
123 | 248 | 1,475,106 | Egypt | 2026-09-15T04:00:49Z | **Egypt**, officially the **Arab Republic of Egypt**, is a country in the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean, located in North Africa and Western Asia.
It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north. To the northeast is the region of the Southern Levant comprising Israel and the Gaza Strip, which is part ... | [] |
124 | 249 | 640,235 | Everything2 | 2024-03-14T14:59:54Z | **Everything2** or **E2** is a website. It lets people make pages about many different things, and some people use it as a diary.
E2 users create pages called *nodes* and add stuff in *writeups*. Only logged-in users can create writeups. Only the person who created the writeup or someone who the website owners (cal... | [] |
125 | 255 | 68,157 | Ecological yield | 2013-08-10T13:51:11Z | **Ecological yield** is the harvestable growth of an ecosystem. It is most commonly measured in forestry - in fact sustainable forestry is defined as that which does not harvest more wood in a year than has grown in that year, within a given patch of forest.
However, the concept is also applicable to water, and soil,... | [] |
126 | 256 | 640,235 | Experience economy | 2024-01-07T22:44:36Z | The **experience economy** is the intangible service economy that customers experience directly. In moral purchasing, Natural Capitalism and other theories of how consumers make choices, they are actually choosing experiences or comprehensive outcomes of their choices. For instance to buy local is to choose a whole e... | [] |
127 | 257 | 532,461 | Execution | 2026-04-05T14:44:14Z | **Execution** or **capital punishment** is where state authorities kill someone for having committed an extremely serious crime, usually treason or especially terrible murders. In most countries where the death penalty is still provided for by law, using it is an option available to the sentencing judge: even if the ju... | [] |
128 | 258 | 532,461 | Flesch Reading Ease | 2024-05-02T05:14:06Z | The **Flesch Reading Ease** (FRES) score says how easy something is to read. J. Peter Kincaid and others made this formula for the U.S. Navy in 1975.
## How it works
The FRES test works by counting the number of words, syllables, and sentences in the text. It then calculates the average number of words per sentence a... | [] |
129 | 262 | 1,806,169 | February | 2026-05-18T12:40:25Z | **February** (Feb.) is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, coming between January and March. It has 28 days in common years, and 29 days in leap years. This was to make the calendar match to the rest of the world. In 1930 and 1931, February had 30 days in the Soviet Union because the gov... | [] |
130 | 269 | 532,461 | FAQ | 2024-11-27T21:54:57Z | **FAQ** is an abbreviation for "Frequently Asked Question(s)". The term is used for a list of questions and answers. All of the questions are supposed to be asked often and they all are about the same thing. Since the acronym was first used in written form, there are different ways it is said; both "fak" and "F.A.Q." a... | [] |
131 | 276 | 22,027 | Financial capital | 2019-02-14T02:16:43Z | **Financial capital** is a form of capital. It is things that have value, but do not do anything by themselves. They are only valuable because people value (want) them. For example, money is a form of financial capital. You cannot do anything with money but it still has value.
Financial capital is used to pay for thin... | [] |
132 | 278 | 1,604,351 | Fecund universes | 2025-08-05T03:24:04Z | **Fecund universes** is a multiverse theory of Lee Smolin. It relies on models of our universe and statistics from astrophysics but is more correctly a theory of cosmology.
In this theory, collapsing stars, or black holes, are always creating new universes with slightly different laws of physics. Because these laws ... | [] |
133 | 280 | 1,835,556 | Food | 2026-08-25T19:22:24Z | **Food** is what people and apes eat to live. Every organism needs energy to carry on with the process of living which comes from food. Food usually comes from animals and plants. It is eaten by living things to provide energy and nutrition. Food contains the nutrition that people need to be healthy. The consumption of... | [] |
134 | 283 | 863,768 | Fine | 2025-12-26T10:39:39Z | If someone is found guilty of a crime, their punishment may be to pay a **fine**, a certain amount of money. In many countries, fines can be ordered by police, court judges and some government officers.
When agreeing to a contract with a business, a customer may agree to certain rules. If the customer breaks the rules... | [] |
135 | 284 | 693,482 | Frying | 2026-07-26T14:53:19Z | **Frying** is cooking food in hot butter or vegetable oil or other fat. We can fry food in a small amount of fat in a pan or in a lot of oil in a pot. Some restaurants use deep frying to fry a large amount of food in a lot of oil, especially when cooking fast food like french fries, doughnuts, and chicken nuggets. Frie... | [] |
136 | 285 | 1,609,553 | Fish | 2026-06-30T20:11:17Z | **Fish** (plural: fish or fishes) are a group of animals which live in water and respire (get oxygen) from their gills. As a group, they are much older than other vertebrates. The first fish developed about 500 million years ago.
Shell fish such as the crab or lobster are actually small, boneless creatures that live i... | [] |
137 | 286 | 1,716,030 | Foot (human) | 2026-01-07T12:13:22Z | > ''Foot is also the name of a unit of measurement. See foot (unit).
A **foot** (one *foot*, two or more **feet**) is a body part on the end of a leg. It is used when walking. It is also important for balance: it helps people stand straight. People also use it to kick, in both fighting and sports, football being an ex... | [] |
138 | 291 | 1,862,662 | France | 2026-09-07T14:54:12Z | **France** (<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="Audio-IPA"><div data-arg>en-us-France.ogg</div><div data-arg>/ˈfræns/</div></template> or {{#IPA}}/ˈfrɑːns/{{/IPA}}; {{#IPA-fr}}fʁɑ̃s{{/IPA-fr}}), officially the **French Republic** (<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="lang-fr"><div data-ar... | [] |
139 | 292 | 532,461 | Finland | 2026-08-02T09:15:48Z | **Finland** (Finnish: *Suomi*) is a country in Northern Europe and is a member state of the European Union and NATO. Finland is one of the Nordic countries and is also part of Fennoscandia. Finland is located between the 60th and 70th latitudes North. Its neighbours are Sweden to the west, Norway to the north, Russia t... | [] |
140 | 293 | 569,007 | Fruit | 2026-09-23T18:07:38Z | In botany, a **fruit** is a plant structure that contains the plant's seeds.
To a botanist, the word *fruit* is used only if it comes from the part of the flower which was an ovary. It is an extra layer round the seeds, which may or may not be fleshy. However, even in the field of botany, there is no general agreemen... | [] |
141 | 294 | 1,415,958 | Farm | 2024-12-13T21:05:23Z | A **farm** is a piece of land used to grow crops and/or raise animals.
People who grow these plants or raise these animals are called farmers. This work is called farming.
Land that is used to grow plants is called farmland. Land that is used to feed animals with its grass is called pasture. Land that can be used ... | [] |
142 | 296 | 1,810,777 | Geography | 2026-05-27T18:36:06Z | **Geography** (from Greek: γεωγραφία, *geographia*, literally "earth description") is the study of earth and its people. It is one of the social sciences. Its features are things like continents, seas, rivers and mountains. The 'inhabitants' of Earth are all the people and animals that live on it. Its phenomena are th... | [] |
143 | 299 | 1,475,106 | Grammar | 2026-09-29T01:21:27Z | **Grammar** is the study of words, how they are used in sentences, and how they change in different situations. The Ancient Greeks used to call it *grammatikē tékhnē*, the craft of letters. It can have any of these meanings:
1. The study of a language: how it works, and everything about it. This is *background researc... | [] |
144 | 300 | 1,633,172 | Great Lakes | 2026-08-31T18:36:47Z | The **Great Lakes** are five large lakes in east-central North America. They hold 21% of the world's surface fresh water.
The five lakes are: Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario.
## Geography
Four of the Great Lakes are on the border between Canada and the United States of America.... | [] |
145 | 302 | 1,865,211 | GNU Free Documentation License | 2026-09-11T02:46:36Z | The **GNU Free Documentation License** (**GNU FDL** or simply **GFDL**) is a copyleft license for open content such as software. It was made by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) for the GNU project. It was initially created for use with software documentation, but can be applied to other types of works as well, such a... | [] |
146 | 304 | 532,461 | Glass | 2026-01-02T03:34:26Z | **Glass** is a hard material that can be made in many shapes. It is usually transparent, but it can also be made in colours. Glass is mainly made of silica; glass made of silica only is called silica glass.
Glass used to make windows and bottles is a specific type called soda-lime glass, composed of about 75% silicon ... | [] |
147 | 305 | 1,871,365 | God | 2026-09-12T22:22:45Z |
<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="multiple image"><div data-arg data-name="footer">Representation (for the purpose of art or worship) of God in (from upper left) Christianity, Islam, Atenism, Buddhism, Balinese Hinduism, and Zoroastrianism.</div><div data-arg data-name="perrow">2</div><div data-arg ... | [] |
148 | 306 | 1,272,202 | Ghost | 2025-02-13T18:26:54Z | ```
[[File:Athenodorus - The Greek Stoic Philosopher Athenodorus Rents a Haunted House.jpg|thumb|upright|Greek philosopher [[Heathendom and the ghost]], by [[Henry Justice Ford]], c.1900]]
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In folklore a **ghost**, **phantom**, or **spirit**, is thought to be the soul of a dead person, usually ... | [] |
149 | 308 | 314,522 | Green | 2026-09-19T22:58:15Z | green\|00FF00
**Green** is a color between the yellow and blue colors in the rainbow. Green is a primary color (a color that can be mixed with another color) of light. The others are red and blue.
Green and blue are next to each other on the spectrum, and there are languages which do not distinguish between them. Ex... | [] |
150 | 309 | 1,649,621 | God's eye view | 2025-11-05T18:24:29Z | **God's eye view** is a name for a point of view where the speaker or writer assumes they have knowledge only God would have. It appears several ways:
- In religion, when an institution claims to speak for a divine being.
- In writing, when a writer leaves the point of view of the main actor to start writing about th... | [] |
151 | 310 | 1,879,714 | Google | 2026-09-26T19:07:20Z | **Google** is an American multinational corporation from the United States. Known for creating and running one of the largest search engines on the World Wide Web, also known as the (WWW). Every day more than a billion people use it. Google's headquarters (known as the "Googleplex") is in Mountain View, California, par... | [] |
152 | 311 | 139,244 | Gallon | 2026-09-22T22:26:18Z | A **gallon** is a volumetric unit of measurement. People have used many different gallons throughout history. Only two gallons are still commonly used, which are the imperial and U.S. liquid gallon. 1 imperial gallon is 4.5 litres and 1 U.S. liquid gallon is 4.4 litres
## Sale of petrol
Petrol, also known as gasolin... | [] |
153 | 312 | 1,832,295 | Government | 2026-07-03T20:23:57Z | A **government** is a group of people that have the power to rule in a territory, according to the administrative law. This territory may be a country, a state or province within a country, or a region. There are many types of government, such as democratic, parliamentary, presidential, federal or unitary
## Works
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154 | 314 | 532,461 | Galaxy | 2026-09-06T22:48:33Z | A **galaxy** is a group of many stars, with gas, dust, and dark matter. The name 'galaxy' is taken from the Greek word *galaxia* meaning milky, a reference to our own galaxy, the Milky Way. Most galaxies look very misty, like small micro-droplets of milk, when looked through a telescope.
Gravity holds galaxies togeth... | [] |
155 | 315 | 1,475,106 | Geometry | 2026-03-03T02:52:19Z | **Geometry** (from Ancient Greek: Γεωμετρία (romanized: *Geometria* (English: "Land measurement") derived from Γη (romanized: Ge; English: "Earth" or "land") and also derived from Μέτρον) (romanized: *Métron*; English: "A measure")) is a branch of mathematics that studies the size, shapes, positions and dimensions of t... | [] |
156 | 316 | 532,461 | Graph theory | 2024-12-23T20:46:10Z | **Graph theory** is a field of mathematics about graphs. A graph is an abstract representation of: a number of points that are connected by lines. Each point is usually called a *vertex* (more than one are called *vertices*), and the lines are called *edges*. Graphs are a tool for modelling relationships. They are used... | [] |
157 | 318 | 1,508,758 | Goatee | 2024-10-31T01:21:15Z | A **goatee** is a beard formed by a tuft of hair under the chin, resembling that of a billy goat.
## Other websites
- [Information on goatees](http://www.goatee.org)
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158 | 323 | 373,511 | Herm | 2022-06-23T00:22:13Z | 49 28 N 2 27 W type:isle
**Herm** is the smallest of the Channel Islands that is open to the public.
Herm is only 11/2 miles long. Cars are banned from the small island just like its Channel Island neighbour, Sark. Unlike Sark, bicycles are banned too. The sandy white beaches make Herm a walker's paradise.
Populatio... | [] |
159 | 324 | 1,452,189 | History | 2026-10-01T08:40:27Z | **History** is the study of past events. People know what happened in the past by looking at things *from* the past including sources (like books, newspapers, scripts and letters), buildings and different types of artifacts (like pottery, tools, coins and human or animal remains.) Libraries, archives, and museums colle... | [] |
160 | 325 | 17,988 | Health | 2026-08-15T21:51:54Z | **Health** is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease according to the World Health Organization (WHO). *Physical* health is about the body. *Mental* health is about how people think and feel. *Social* health talks about how people live with other people. It is... | [] |
161 | 326 | 1,570,152 | Harbor | 2025-03-07T01:14:58Z | A **harbor** (American English) or **harbour** (British English) is a place where ships may shelter. Some harbors are used as port`<nowiki/>`{=html}s to load and unload ships. The port will have quays or piers where the ships may be tied up and a transport system for taking goods inland. Often railway and road transpor... | [] |
162 | 332 | 1,814,378 | Hawaii | 2026-06-01T09:44:28Z | **Hawaii** (Hawai'i) is a U.S. state and the only U.S. State that is in Oceania, about 1700 NM southwest of the U.S. mainland. It is the most recent state to join the United States, becoming a state on August 21, 1959. It is the only state made only of islands. Hawaii is also the name of the largest island. The capital... | [] |
163 | 333 | 1,816,836 | Honolulu | 2026-06-05T14:22:24Z | **Honolulu** <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="Audio-nohelp"><div data-arg>LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Honolulu.wav</div><div data-arg>Honolulu</div></template> is the capital city of the U.S. state of Hawaii. It is also the largest city in Hawaii and it has the most important harbor. It is on the ... | [] |
164 | 335 | 19,530 | Hawaiʻi (island) | 2026-04-19T10:40:05Z | The **Island of Hawaiʻi** is the largest U.S. Hawaiian Island, and it is the farthest south. It is also called the "Big Island." Its area is 4,038 sq. miles (10,458 km2). The widest part of the island is 93 miles (150 km) across.
The Big Island has more than half (\~62%) of the total land area of State of Hawaii. It is... | [] |
165 | 337 | 5,295 | Hawaii Ponoi | 2025-07-08T20:16:48Z | "**Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī**" ({{#IPA-haw}}hə.ˈʋɐj.ʔi po.no.ˈʔiː{{/IPA-haw}}; "Hawai's Sons") is the state song of Hawaii. The words were written by King David Kalakaua, the music by Prof. Henry Berger, the Royal Bandmaster. "Hawai\`i Ponoi" was also the anthem of the Kingdom of Hawai\`i and the Territory of Hawai\`i.
## Lyric... | [] |
166 | 338 | 532,461 | Healing | 2021-01-19T14:59:54Z | **Healing** is a process that happens in the body. Through healing, cells are able to repair damaged tissue.
There are two different ways healing can happen:
- The damaged tissue is replaced with tissue of the same kind. This is called *regeneration*.
- The damaged tissue is replaced with scar tissue. This is called *... | [] |
167 | 342 | 1,720,120 | History of Australia | 2026-08-28T18:28:56Z | People have lived in Australia for over 65,000 years. The first people who arrived in Australia were the Aboriginals and the Torres Strait Islanders. They lived in all parts of Australia. They lived by hunting, fishing and gathering.
Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders invented tools like the boomerang, spear, and... | [] |
168 | 346 | 70,336 | History of Spain | 2026-08-30T18:23:22Z | **Spain** is a country in Europe.
## Early History
People have lived on the Iberian Peninsula for about 500,000 years. Neanderthal man came about 200,000 years ago. Modern humans first came about 40,000 years. Thousands of years ago Iberians and Celts lived there, and the Phoenicians made a few cities there to get ti... | [] |
169 | 348 | 1,161,309 | Height | 2026-05-26T17:15:02Z | **Height** is the distance between the lowest end and highest end of an object.
For example, it is said the bottom of the foot is a person's lowest end, and the top of the head is a person's highest end. If the distance between the bottom of a person's foot and the top of that person's head is 64 inches, then that per... | [] |
170 | 349 | 1,316,807 | Historian | 2024-06-28T17:07:19Z | A **historian** is someone who studies history. Historians use written sources to understand past events and societies.
## Education
Professional historians often get a Master's degree or PhD. A Master's degree student spends most of their time in the classroom. A PhD student needs to write a long research paper kno... | [] |
171 | 353 | 1,791,283 | Human body | 2026-04-23T05:38:53Z | The **human body** is the body of a person. It is the physical structure of a person.
The body is a thing that can be hurt or killed. Its functions are stopped by death. You need your muscles and your joints to move.
## Study of the human body
Some people study the human body. They look at where it is different from... | [] |
172 | 355 | 693,482 | Hydrogen | 2026-07-26T16:40:48Z | **Hydrogen** is the lightest and most abundant element in the universe. It is the simplest element and the first in the periodic table. It has the chemical symbol **H** and atomic number 1, which means it has just one proton in its nucleus. Hydrogen also has a standard atomic weight of 1.008. Hydrogen is a colorless, o... | [] |
173 | 357 | 314,522 | Helium | 2026-08-26T22:12:59Z | **Helium** is a chemical element. It has the chemical symbol **He**, atomic number 2, and atomic weight of about 4.002602. There are 9 isotopes of helium, only two of which are stable. These are ^3^He and ^4^He. ^4^He is by far the most common isotope.
Helium is called a noble gas, because it does not regularly mix wi... | [] |
174 | 358 | 16,695 | Home page | 2025-12-05T18:33:18Z | The **home page** of a website is the document that a web server sends to another computer's web browser application when it has been contacted without a request for specific information. That is, when one enters only a domain name in the Address box without specifying a directory or a file, the *home page* is usually... | [] |
175 | 359 | 1,876,955 | Hair | 2026-09-29T03:14:20Z | **Hair** is something that grows from the skin of mammals. Hair is made of keratins, which are proteins.
Animal hair is usually called **fur**. Sheep and goats have curly hair, called wool. Wool is used to make many products, like clothing and blankets.
Humans and some other animals have lost much of their hair th... | [] |
176 | 361 | 1,782,334 | Ireland | 2026-09-25T18:09:36Z | **Ireland** (IPAC: ˈaɪərlənd; Éire <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="IPA-ga"><div data-arg>ˈeːɾʲə</div><div data-arg></div><div data-arg>Ga-Éire.oga</div></template>; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is about 486 kilometres (302 miles) long and about 288 kilometres (... | [] |
177 | 362 | 1,824,376 | Internet | 2026-09-25T20:08:07Z | The **Internet** is the world’s largest global communication network for computers and other devices.
It connects many smaller networks from homes, schools, businesses, and governments. These networks share different kinds of information. The short form of the Internet is “the Net.” One of its most popular services is ... | [] |
178 | 363 | 1,475,106 | Italy | 2026-09-27T01:03:12Z | **Italy** (Italia \[iˈtaːlja\]) is a country in Southern Europe with small island territories in North Africa. It is a founding member of the European Union and a member of the G7 and G20, as it has the eighth largest gross domestic product in the world. Italy's official name is the **Italian Republic** (Repubblica Ita... | [] |
179 | 367 | 1,796,376 | Island | 2026-05-01T22:27:26Z | An **island** is a piece of land that is surrounded by a body of water such as a lake, river, sea or ocean. Islands are smaller than continents. Although there are many Islands that are surrounded by fresh water, the vast majority of them are surrounded by oceans.
Greenland and Australia are huge islands, but they are... | [] |
180 | 371 | 532,461 | Idiom | 2026-05-16T12:17:48Z | An **idiom** is a common phrase which means something different from its literal meaning but can be understood because of their popular use.
Idioms are difficult for someone not good at speaking the language. Some idioms are only used by some groups of people or at certain times. The idiom *shape up or ship out*, whic... | [] |
181 | 373 | 1,334,790 | IELTS | 2026-04-16T10:09:43Z | The **International English Language Testing System** (IELTS) tests how fluent you are in the English language. People who take the test take the Academic Module or the General Training Module. The academic one is for people who want to go to university. The general one is for people who want to do other training or wa... | [] |
182 | 378 | 693,482 | Ink | 2026-08-03T16:31:08Z | **Ink** is a liquid that is used to write, draw, print, or make marks. The word ink is from Latin and means "colored water". Ink is used in pens, in some computer printers, and in printing presses. In some countries, people write by using ink and brushes. People usually write or print using black ink, but ink can be an... | [] |
183 | 381 | 1,692,044 | Inch | 2025-11-13T11:56:38Z | The **inch** is a unit of length in the Imperial system and the United States customary system. The abbreviation for inches is **in** or **"**. There are 12 inches in a foot. One inch is equal to 2.54 centimetres.
The word "inch" came from Middle English *unche*, which came from Old English *ynce*, from Latin *uncia* ... | [] |
184 | 384 | 373,511 | Pint | 2023-05-18T17:02:36Z | The **pint** (abbreviated **pt**) is a unit of volume in imperial units and United States customary units. There are three types of pints used in different countries. An imperial pint and US pint both equal <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="frac"><div data-arg>1</div><div data-arg>2</div><div data-arg... | [] |
185 | 388 | 1,495,229 | Italians | 2025-04-10T13:20:04Z | **Italians** (italiani {{#IPA-it}}itaˈljaːni{{/IPA-it}}) are a Romance ethnic group native to the Italian peninsula. Italians have a common culture, history, ancestry and language.
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186 | 390 | 40,117 | ISO 19011 | 2025-07-28T11:07:34Z | **ISO 19011** is the new global accounting standard, replacing accounting standards that were part of ISO 14001 and ISO 9001. It is the most likely basis for accounting reform which could put an end to accounting scandals.
The standard offers four resources to organizations to "save time, effort and money":
- A clea... | [] |
187 | 391 | 248,920 | India | 2026-09-16T20:52:01Z | **India** (<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="native name"><div data-arg>hi</div><div data-arg>भारत</div></template> 85%\|Bhārat Gaṇarājya), officially the **Republic of India**, also known as **Hindustān**, is a country in South Asia. It is the world's seventh-largest country by area. It is also the m... | [] |
188 | 393 | 7,753,373 | Insult | 2021-09-02T04:54:35Z | An **insult** is a description of someone that will offend them. It may or may not be true. It is called *derogatory* language. Terms like foolish, stupid, idiot and moron are insults, because they say that a person's mind is not quick or smart.
Insulting someone's mother directly is a serious insult in many cultures.... | [] |
189 | 394 | 693,482 | Immunology | 2022-02-23T16:58:24Z | **Immunology** is the study of the **immune system**. The immune system is the parts of the body which work against infection and parasitism by other living things. Immunology deals with the working of the immune system in health and diseases, and with malfunctions of the immune system.
An immune system is present in ... | [] |
190 | 395 | 1,824,860 | Infinity | 2026-06-20T06:18:44Z | **Infinity** (\(\infty\)) is a mathematical concept which is about things that never end. It is written in a single digit. Infinity means many different things, depending on when it is used. The word is from Latin origin, meaning "with endless". Infinity goes on forever, so sometimes space, numbers, and other things ar... | [] |
191 | 400 | 569,007 | January | 2026-09-15T18:32:38Z | **January** (Jan.) is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, coming between December (of the previous year) and February (of the current year). It has 31 days.
January begins on the same day of the week as October in common years, and April and July in leap years. January ends on the same d... | [] |
192 | 401 | 1,806,169 | June | 2026-05-18T12:46:03Z | **June** (Jun.) is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, coming between May and July. It has 30 days. June is named for the Roman goddess Juno, the wife of Jupiter.
June never begins on the same day of the week as any other month, but always ends on the same day of the week as March.
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193 | 402 | 1,806,169 | July | 2026-05-18T12:47:28Z | **July** (Jul.) is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, coming between June and August. It has 31 days. July was named after Julius Caesar. The halfway point of the year is either on July 2 or in the night of July 1-2.
July always begins on the same day of the week as April, and additionally, Janua... | [] |
194 | 403 | 314,522 | Japan | 2026-08-25T01:12:23Z | **Japan** (日本 にほん; Romanized as *Nihon* or *Nippon*) is a country in East Asia. It is a group of islands close to the east coast of Korea, China and Russia. The Pacific Ocean is to the east of Japan and the Sea of Japan is to the west. Most people in Japan live on one of the four islands. The biggest of these islands, ... | [] |
195 | 404 | 640,235 | Jargon | 2023-04-28T20:57:33Z | **Jargon** is a special way to use words that are shared only by a certain group of people. They may not mean what the dictionary says they mean. They have different meanings to the people using them than their everyday meaning.
For example, the ordinary words *boot*, *net*, and *web* also have special meanings for ... | [] |
196 | 408 | 1,881,279 | Jupiter | 2026-09-29T02:38:14Z | **Jupiter** is the largest planet in the Solar System. It is the fifth planet from the Sun. Jupiter is a gas giant because it is large and made mostly of gas. Gas giants are a type of giant planets. The other gas giant planets in the Solar System are Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
Jupiter was discovered by Galileo Galile... | [] |
197 | 410 | 1,693,811 | King | 2025-11-16T12:46:21Z | A **king** is usually a male monarch who rules a country or territory which is a monarchy. The person usually inherits the title and position. A king comes to power when the previous monarch dies, who is usually a family member of his, most likely a parent. Sometimes a person may become king due to the previous monarch... | [] |
198 | 411 | 693,482 | Knowledge | 2026-07-26T15:47:40Z | **Knowledge** is the collection of facts, skills, and understanding that people gain through learning, experience, thinking, or discovery. It can come from things we are taught, things we figure out ourselves, or things we observe in the world. Some knowledge is easy to explain, like facts in textbooks or math formulas... | [] |
199 | 412 | 19,530 | Kauaʻi | 2026-04-19T10:29:28Z | **Kauai** (sometimes spelled **Kauai**) is the second oldest (after Ni'ihau) and fourth largest of the main Hawaiian Islands, in the United States. Known also as the "Garden Isle", Kauai lies 73 miles (117 kilometers) across the Kauai Channel, northwest of Honolulu on Oahu. It is of volcanic origin. The highest point o... | [] |
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