Axis naval activity in Australian waters — Although Australia was remote from the main battlefronts, there was considerable Axis naval activity in Australian waters during World War II. A total of 54 German and Japanese warships and submarines entered Australian waters between 1940 and… … Wikipedia
Axis — The axis is the second cervical vertebra (symbol: C2). It is called the axis because the uppermost cervical vertebra (called the atlas) rotates about the odontoid process of C2. The joint between the axis and atlas is a pivot type of joint. It… … Medical dictionary
axis — noun (plural axes) Etymology: Latin, axis, axle; akin to Old English eax axis, axle, Greek axōn, Lithuanian ašis, Sanskrit akṣaḥ Date: 14th century 1. a. a straight line about which a body or a geometric figure rotates or may be … New Collegiate Dictionary
Agent Axis — is the name of three fictional comic book supervillains, two from DC Comics and the other from Marvel Comics.DC ComicsSuperherobox caption = character name = Agent Axis publisher = DC Comics debut = Boy Commandos #1 (Winter 1942) creators = Jack… … Wikipedia
Hetalia: Axis Powers — Cover of Hetalia: Axis Powers volume 1. Characters featured (from foreground to background): North Italy, Germany and Japan. ヘタリア Axis Powers Genre … Wikipedia
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The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five — Infobox Book name = The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five title orig = translator = image caption = US first edition cover (Alfred A. Knopf) author = Doris Lessing illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English … Wikipedia
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
airplane — /air playn /, n. 1. a heavier than air aircraft kept aloft by the upward thrust exerted by the passing air on its fixed wings and driven by propellers, jet propulsion, etc. 2. any similar heavier than air aircraft, as a glider or helicopter. Also … Universalium
Spacecraft magnetometers — Magnetometers are one of the most widely used scientific instruments in exploratory and observation satellites. These instruments were instrumental in the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts around Earth, discovered on the very first… … Wikipedia
Nuremberg Trials — For the 1947 Soviet film about the trials, see Nuremberg Trials (film). The Holocaust … Wikipedia