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almond
Tree (Prunus dulcis) in the rose family, native to SW Asia; also its edible seed, or nut. The tree, growing somewhat larger and living longer than the peach, is strikingly beautiful when in flower. The nuts are either sweet or bitter. Sweet almonds are the edible type consumed as nuts and used in cooking. The extracted oil of bitter almonds is used to make flavoring extracts for foods and liqueurs. Almonds provide small amounts of protein, iron, calcium, phosphorus, and B vitamins and are high in fat. They are commonly used in confectionery baking and in marzipan, a traditional European candy.
Olmec
First elaborate pre-Columbian culture of Mesoamerica. The Olmec lived in the lowlands of S Mexico's Gulf Coast. Developing a wide trading network, their cultural influence spread north to the Valley of Mexico and south to Central America; later native religions and iconography throughout Mesoamerica have Olmec roots. Their oldest known building site, San Lorenzo, which dates to c.1150 BC, is remarkable for its colossal stone sculptures of human heads. The dominant motif in Olmec art is the figure of a god that is a hybrid of a jaguar and a human infant. Olmec buildings, monuments, and art style all indicate a complex and nonegalitarian society.
ALGOL
High-level algebraic computer programming language developed in the late 1950s as an international language for the expression of algorithms (its name is derived from ALGOrithmic Language) between humans as well as between humans and machines. Used especially in mathematical and scientific applications, ALGOL was more popular in Europe than in the U.S., but it was an important precursor of Pascal and it influenced the development of C language.
alloy
Metallic substance composed of two or more elements, as either a mixture, compound, or solid solution. The components of alloys are ordinarily themselves metals, though carbon is an essential nonmetal component of steel. Alloys are usually produced by melting the mixture of ingredients. The value of alloys was discovered in very ancient times; brass (copper and zinc) and bronze (copper and tin) were especially important. Today the most important are the alloy steels, which have a wide range of special properties, incl. hardness, toughness, corrosion resistance, magnetizability, and workability.
Almaty
City (pop., 1995 est.: 1,150,000), SE Kazakstan. Formerly the capital of Kazakstan, it lost its capital status in 1995 to Aqmola (now Astana). The modern city was founded in 1854 when the Russians established a military fortification on the site of the ancient city of Almaty, destroyed by the Mongols in the 13th cent. With the coming of the railroad in 1930, its population grew rapidly. In World War II, heavy industry expanded widely as factories were evacuated to there from Russian Europe. The city remains a major industrial ...
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