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technical education: the academic and vocational preparation of students for jobs involving applied science and modern technology. It emphasizes the understanding and practical application of basic principles of science and mathematics, rather than the attainment of proficiency in manual skills that is ...
Technicolor: (trademark), motion-picture process using dye-transfer techniques to produce a colour print. The Technicolor process, perfected in 1932, originally used a beam-splitting optical cube, in combination with the camera lens, to expose three black-and-white films. The light beam was split into ...
techno: electronic dance music that began in the United States in the 1980s and became globally popular in the 1990s. With its glacial synthesizer melodies and brisk machine rhythms, techno was a product of the fascination of middle-class African-American youths in ...
technocracy: government by technicians who are guided solely by the imperatives of their technology. The concept developed in the United States early in the 20th century as an expression of the Progressive movement and became a subject of considerable public interest ...
technology: the application of scientific knowledge to the practical aims of human life or, as it is sometimes phrased, to the change and manipulation of the human environment.
technology, history of: the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek techne, "art, craft," with logos, "word, speech," meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both fine and applied. When ...
Tecoman: city, southeastern Colima estado ("state"), west-central Mexico. It is situated on the Pacific lowlands near the Armeria River, at 260 feet (80 m) above sea level. Located in the state's major agricultural region, Tecoman's surrounding area yields coconuts, cotton, various ...
tectogene: great downbuckle of the Earth's crust into the mantle below deep-sea trenches that are filled with marine sediments. The sediments become crumpled and folded within the deep downbuckle; some portions are squeezed downward into the mantle, while others are squeezed ...
tectonic basins and rift valleys: landforms characterized by relatively steep, mountainous sides and flat floors. The steep sides are created by displacement on faults such that the valley floor moves down relative to the surrounding margins, or, conversely, the margins move up relative to the ...
tectonic landform: any of the relief features that are produced chiefly by uplift or subsidence of the Earth's crust or by upward magmatic movements. They include mountains, plateaus, and rift valleys.
tectonics: scientific study of the deformation of the rocks that make up the Earth's crust and the forces that produce such deformation. It deals with the folding and faulting associated with mountain building; the large-scale, gradual upward and downward movements of ...
Tecumseh: Shawnee Indian chief, orator, military leader, and advocate of intertribal Indian alliance who directed Indian resistance to white rule in the Ohio River valley. In the War of 1812 he joined British forces for the capture of Detroit and the ...
Teda: people of the eastern and central Sahara (Chad, Niger, and Libya). Their language, also called Teda (or Tedaga), is closely related to the Kanuri and Zaghawa languages, and it belongs to the Saharan group of the Nilo-Saharan language family. Teda ...
Teda language: language spoken in Chad, Niger, and Libya. It is closely related to the Kanuri, Zaghawa, and Berti languages and belongs to the Saharan group of the Nilo-Saharan family of languages. Teda has northern and southern groups, and the term Teda ...
Tedder, Arthur William Tedder, 1st Baron: marshal of the Royal Air Force and deputy commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force under U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower who contributed significantly to the success of the Allied invasion of Normandy (June 6, 1944) and the German defeat on ...
Teddington: residential area in the London borough of Richmond upon Thames, about 11 miles (18 km) southwest of central London. Teddington is situated on the north bank of the River Thames, and its large lock (1912) marks both the North Sea ...
teens: the years 13 to 19 in the human life span, a period roughly equivalent to adolescence (q.v.).
Tees, River: river in northeastern England, rising on Cross Fell in the northern Pennines and flowing 70 miles (110 km) east to the North Sea. It forms the boundary between the historic counties of Yorkshire and Durham. In its upper course the ...
Teesdale: district, administrative county of Durham, northeastern England, in the southwestern part of the county. The district lies on both sides of the River Tees. The area north of the river belongs to the historic county of Durham, and the area ...
teetotum: form of top having usually 4, 6, 8, or 12 sides marked with distinctive symbols. A teetotum is used for playing games, mostly of the gambling variety, and serves in place of dice. The hexagonal (six-sided) teetotum was known to ...
Tefe: city, central Amazonas estado (state), northwestern Brazil. Founded by missionaries as Nogueira in the 17th century and also called Ega at one time, Tefe lies on the left (north) bank of the portion of the Amazon River ...
Teflon: trade name for synthetic resin composed of polytetrafluoroethylene (q.v.).
Tefnakhte: chieftain of Sais, in the northwest Nile delta, later king and founder of the 24th dynasty, which lasted from about 722 to about 715 BC. He was reduced to vassalage by Piye (formerly called Piankhi), a Cushite (Nubian) ruler who ...
Tegal: kotamadya (municipality) and port, northwestern Jawa Tengah provinsi (Central Java province), central Java, west-central Indonesia, located on the Java Sea about 160 miles (257 km) east-southeast of Jakarta. Roads and railway link it with ...
Tegea: ancient Greek city of eastern Arcadia, 4 miles (6.5 km) southeast of the modern town of Tripolis. The Temple of Athena Alea at Tegea was described by the Greek geographer Pausanias (2nd century AD) as excelling all others in the ...
Tegelen: gemeente (commune), Limburg provincie, southeastern Netherlands, bounded on the west by the Maas (Meuse) River. It is known for the Passion Play performed there every few years (May to September). Situated near Venlo in a market-gardening area, Tegelen, as the ...
Tegernsee: lake, southern Bayern (Bavaria), southeastern Germany, lying at 2,380 feet (725 m) above sea level, surrounded by wooded mountains on the fringe of the Bavarian Alps, south of Munich. It is nearly 4 miles (6.5 km) long, almost 1 mile ...
Tegh Bahadur: ninth Sikh Guru and second Sikh martyr, who gave his life for a religion not his own. He was also the father of the tenth Guru, Gobind Singh.
Tegner, Esaias: Swedish teacher, bishop, and most popular poet of his period.
tegu: (Tupinambis), any of several large, carnivorous, tropical South American lizards of the family Teiidae. All species are black with yellow or white bands across the back. The scales are small, square, and arranged in regular rings around the body.
Tegucigalpa: city and capital of the Republic of Honduras. It is located on hilly terrain hemmed in by mountains, at an elevation of 3,200 feet (975 metres) above sea level. Tegucigalpa, founded in 1578 on the slopes of Mount Picacho as ...
Tehachapi Mountains: segment of the Coast Ranges (see Pacific mountain system), south-central California, U.S. They extend for about 50 miles (80 km) and link the south end of the Sierra Nevada with the mountains along the coast. Elevations in the Tehachapi Mountains ...
Tehran: city, capital of Iran, situated on the southern slopes of the Elburz Mountains 62 miles (100 km) from the Caspian Sea. It lies at an elevation of about 3,800 feet (1,200 metres) above sea level between the Jajrud and the ...
Tehran Conference: (November 28-December 1, 1943), meeting between U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin in Tehran during World War II. The chief discussion centred on the opening of a "second front" in western ...
Tehri-Garhwal: town, northern Uttar Pradesh state, northern India. The town (usually called simply Tehri) is an agricultural trade centre on the Bhagirathi River.
Tehuacan: city, southeastern Puebla estado ("state"), south-central Mexico. It is situated in the Tehuacan valley of the Sierra Madre Oriental, at an elevation of 5,500 feet (1,700 m). Founded in 1540, Tehuacan is one of the oldest Spanish settlements in Mexico. ...
Tehuantepec, Gulf of: large inlet of the Pacific Ocean, forming the southern shore of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, southeastern Mexico. The gulf extends approximately 300 miles (500 km) from Puerto Angel, in Oaxaca state, southeastward to Barra del Suchiate, in Chiapas state, and ...
Tehuantepec, Isthmus of: isthmus in southern Mexico, between the Gulf of Campeche on the Gulf of Mexico, to the north, and the Gulf of Tehuantepec on the Pacific Ocean, to the south. From gulf to gulf the isthmus is 137 miles (220 km) ...
Tehuelche: South American Indians who formerly inhabited the Patagonian plains from the Strait of Magellan to the Negro River. They were divided into northern and southern branches. Each division had its own dialect; the northerners have been classified as horse nomads, ...
Teide Peak: volcanic peak at the centre of the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands. At 12,198 feet (3,718 m), it is the highest point on Spanish soil. Teide is the peak atop El Pilon, a 492-foot- (150-metre-) high volcanic cone ...
Teignbridge: district in the south-central part of the administrative and historic county of Devon, England, surrounding the valley of the River Teign between Dartmoor and the sea. Teignbridge's varied coastline attracts tourists and retired residents to such communities as Starcross, Dawlish, ...
Teignmouth: town ("parish"), Teignbridge district, administrative and historic county of Devon, England. It lies along the north bank of the Teign estuary where it joins the English Channel. The Saxon settlement of Tegutum was burned by the Danes in 970 and ...
Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre: French philosopher and paleontologist known for his theory that man is evolving, mentally and socially, toward a final spiritual unity. Blending science and Christianity, he declared that the human epic resembles "nothing so much as a way of the Cross." ...
Teirlinck, Herman: Flemish novelist, poet, short-story writer, essayist, and playwright who is considered one of the four or five best modern Flemish writers. His dramas were a notable influence on post-World War I European theatre.
Teishebaini: ancient Urartian fortified town, located on the hill of Karmirblur, near the city of Yerevan in what is now Armenia. Russian excavations at Teishebaini concentrated on the citadel, which occupied the top of the hill and contained about 150 rooms. ...
Teispes: early Achaemenid Persian king (reigned c. 675-c. 640), the forefather of the great kings Darius I and Cyrus II.
Teisserenc de Bort, Leon: French meteorologist who discovered the stratosphere, thus paving the way for further study of the upper atmosphere.
Tejano: popular music style fusing Mexican, European, and U.S. influences. Its evolution began in northern Mexico (a variation known as norteno) and Texas in the mid-19th century with the introduction of the accordion by German, Polish, and Czech ...
Tekakwitha, Kateri: first North American Indian proposed for canonization in the Roman Catholic church.
Tekapo, Lake: lake in central South Island, New Zealand, occupying 37 square miles (96 square km) of a valley that has been dammed by a moraine (glacial debris). The lake is about 15 miles (24 km) long and 3.5 miles (6 km) ...
Tekirdag: city, European Turkey, on the Sea of Marmara. Probably founded in the 7th century BC as a Greek settlement called Bisanthe, it was renamed Rhaedestus when it became the capital of Thrace in the 1st century BC. Taken by the ...