Industry, WRE-ʿĀM

Industry, a group of productive enterprises or organizations that produce or supply goods, services, or sources of income. In economics, industries are customarily classified as primary, secondary, and tertiary; secondary industries are further classified as heavy and light.
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wrench
wrench, tool, usually operated by hand, for tightening bolts and nuts. Basically, a wrench consists of a stout......
wrought iron
wrought iron, one of the two forms in which iron is obtained by smelting; the other is cast iron (q.v.). Wrought......
yarn
yarn, continuous strand of fibres grouped or twisted together and used to construct textile fabrics. A brief treatment......
Ziegler-Natta catalyst
Ziegler-Natta catalyst, any of an important class of mixtures of chemical compounds remarkable for their ability......
zinc
zinc (Zn), chemical element, a low-melting metal of Group 12 (IIb, or zinc group) of the periodic table, that is......
zinc group element
zinc group element, any of the four chemical elements that constitute Group 12 (IIb) of the periodic table—namely,......
zinc processing
zinc processing, the extraction of zinc from its ores and the preparation of zinc metal or chemical compounds for......
Zinn, Walter Henry
Walter Henry Zinn was a Canadian-born nuclear physicist, who contributed to the U.S. atomic bomb project during......
zone melting
zone melting, any of a group of techniques used to purify an element or a compound or control its composition by......
ʿĀmiriyyah, Al-
Al-ʿĀmiriyyah, industrial district of Al-Iskandariyyah (Alexandria) muḥāfaẓah (governorate), northern Egypt. The......

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