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(Encyclopedia) Bensenville bĕnˈsənvĭl [key], village (2020 pop. 17,740), Cook and Du Page counties, NE Ill., a ...

(Encyclopedia) Wilkinsburg, residential borough (1990 pop. 21,080), Allegheny co., SW Pa., a suburb of Pittsburgh; settled c.1800, inc. 1887. There is some light manufacturing, including book publishing and printing...

(Encyclopedia) Altadena ăltədēˈnə [key], uninc. residential city (2020 pop. 44,850), Los Angeles co., S Calif., just N of Pasadena, on the slopes of the San Gabriel Mts.; founded 18...

(Encyclopedia) Gloucester City, city (2020 pop. 11,484), Camden co., SW N.J., on the Delaware River, a suburb adjoining Camden and opposite Philadelphia; site of Fort ...

(Encyclopedia) optical character recognition (OCR), method for the machine-reading of typeset, typed, and, in some cases, hand-printed letters, numbers, and symbols using optical sensing and a computer. The light re...

(Encyclopedia) DeCarava, Roy, 1919–2009, American photographer, b. Harlem, New York City, as Roy Rudolph DeCarava; he studied (1944–45) under Charles White at theGeorge Washington Carver Art School. He intended ...

(Encyclopedia) Dickinson, Edwin Walter, 1891–1978, American painter, b. Seneca Falls, N.Y. He studied in New York City with William Merritt Chase, and spent most of his life on Cape Cod. Working during the moderni...

(Encyclopedia) bolometer bōlŏmˈətər, bə– [key], instrument for detecting and measuring radiation, e.g., visible light, infrared radiation, and ultraviolet radiation, in amounts as small as one millionth of a...

(Encyclopedia) Fiedler, Arthur, 1894–1979, American conductor, b. Brookline, Mass. Fiedler, who ultimately became a grandfatherly American musical icon, studied violin with his father, a member of the Boston Symph...

(Encyclopedia) Arvada ärvădˈə [key], city (2020 pop. 124,402), Jefferson and Adams counties, N central Colo., a suburb of Denver; inc. 1904. Primarily residential, Arvada has some li...