floral decoration: Japan: …the earliest styles was the mitsu-gusoku, an arrangement of three or five articles often consisting of an incense burner, a candlestick in the form of a stork, and a vase of flowers. These were usually displayed before pictures of the Buddha or of founders of Buddhist sects.

Zero, fighter aircraft, a single-seat, low-wing monoplane used with great effect by the Japanese during World War II. Designed by Horikoshi Jiro, it was the first carrier-based fighter capable of besting its land-based opponents. It was designed to specifications written in 1937, was first tested

Mitsubishi Group: …a trading and shipping concern, Mitsubishi Commercial Company (Mitsubishi Shōkai), formed in 1873 by Iwasaki Yatarō out of a government-operated shipping company he had purchased in 1871. In its effort to promote Japanese commerce and industry, the government gave Iwasaki considerable financial assistance for several years, and the company grew…

Chrysler: Chrysler’s bailout: …venture, named Diamond-Star Motors, with Mitsubishi to produce subcompact cars at an Illinois plant. In 1991 Mitsubishi bought out Chrysler’s interest in the company and renamed it Mitsubishi Motors Manufacturing America.

Mitsubishi Group, loose consortium of independent Japanese companies that were created out of the giant, family-owned Mitsubishi business combine, or zaibatsu, which was broken up after World War II and reestablished in April 1950. The first of the Mitsubishi companies was a trading and shipping

Mercedes-Benz Group: Postwar growth, diversification, and a merger of equals: It bought 34 percent of Mitsubishi Motors in 2000, a move that made DaimlerChrysler the third largest automaker in the world (after General Motors Corporation and Ford Motor Company). The following year the company sold Adtranz, a supplier of rail systems, to concentrate on its automotive business. Its deal with…

metallurgy: Matte smelting: TBRC (top-blown rotary converter), and Mitsubishi processes. The Noranda reactor is a horizontal cylindrical furnace with a depression in the centre where the metal collects and a raised hearth at one end where the slag is run off. Pelletized unroasted sulfide concentrate is poured into the molten bath at one…

Chrysler: Chrysler’s bailout: …venture, named Diamond-Star Motors, with Mitsubishi to produce subcompact cars at an Illinois plant. In 1991 Mitsubishi bought out Chrysler’s interest in the company and renamed it Mitsubishi Motors Manufacturing America.

Mitsubishi Group: …a trading and shipping concern, Mitsubishi Commercial Company (Mitsubishi Shōkai), formed in 1873 by Iwasaki Yatarō out of a government-operated shipping company he had purchased in 1871. In its effort to promote Japanese commerce and industry, the government gave Iwasaki considerable financial assistance for several years, and the company grew…

Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group, major Japanese banking and financial institution, headquartered in Tokyo, that was formed through the merger of three leading Japanese banks in 2001. Its origins date to 1880 through the Yokohama Specie Bank, an international bank specializing in foreign exchange.

Mitsui Group: Mitsui and Company, Ltd. (Mitsui Bussan KK), is one of Japan’s largest general trading companies and is a major component of the Mitsui group. The company was established as the trading subsidiary of the Mitsui combine in 1876. In the 1950s several of the small…

Mitsui Group: Mitsui and Company, Ltd. (Mitsui Bussan KK), is one of Japan’s largest general trading companies and is a major component of the Mitsui group. The company was established as the trading subsidiary of the Mitsui combine in 1876. In the 1950s several of the small…

Mitsui Group, loose consortium of independent Japanese companies that were created out of the giant, family-owned Mitsui business combine, or zaibatsu, which was broken up after World War II. That zaibatsu, in turn, grew out of the House of Mitsui (Mitsui-ke), the largest Japanese merchant house of

Mitsui Group: …and other nonferrous metals; and Mitsui Mining Company, Ltd., which produces domestic coal, coke, and cement.

Mitsui Group: …and other nonferrous metals; and Mitsui Mining Company, Ltd., which produces domestic coal, coke, and cement.

Mitsui Group: …and other nonferrous metals; and Mitsui Mining Company, Ltd., which produces domestic coal, coke, and cement.

Mitsui Group: …and commercial buildings in Japan; Mitsui Mutual Life Insurance Company, one of Japan’s major life insurers; Mitsui Mining & Smelting Company, Ltd., engaged in the smelting and processing of zinc, copper, and other nonferrous metals; and Mitsui Mining Company, Ltd., which produces domestic coal, coke, and cement.

Mitsui Group: …members of the combine include Mitsui Real Estate Development Company, Ltd., a leading home builder and developer of office and commercial buildings in Japan; Mitsui Mutual Life Insurance Company, one of Japan’s major life insurers; Mitsui Mining & Smelting Company, Ltd., engaged in the smelting and processing of zinc, copper,…

Mitsui Group: Mitsui Taiyo Kobe Bank, Ltd. (Mitsui Taiyo Kobe Ginkō KK), was formed from the merger (1990) of Taiyo Kobe Bank, Ltd., and Mitsui Bank Ltd. (1876), the first private bank in Japan. Mitsui Bank, formed by merger with another bank during World War II, was…

Mitsui Group: Mitsui Taiyo Kobe Bank, Ltd. (Mitsui Taiyo Kobe Ginkō KK), was formed from the merger (1990) of Taiyo Kobe Bank, Ltd., and Mitsui Bank Ltd. (1876), the first private bank in Japan. Mitsui Bank, formed by merger with another bank during World War II, was…

Mitsui Group: …enterprise dates from 1673, when Mitsui Takatoshi (1622–94), the son of a sake brewer, opened textile shops in Kyōto and Edo (modern Tokyo). The success of these and subsequent shops allowed him to expand into moneylending and other financial services. Starting in 1691, members of the Mitsui family were designated…

goblin shark: Only one extant species (Mitsukurina owstoni) is known, on the basis of a few specimens, although fossils of extinct species have been found. The goblin shark is closely related to the sand shark. Although captured sporadically worldwide, most specimens have been taken from deep marine waters near Japan. They…

goblin shark, rare species of shark belonging to the family Mitsukurinidae (order Lamniformes). Only one extant species (Mitsukurina owstoni) is known, on the basis of a few specimens, although fossils of extinct species have been found. The goblin shark is closely related to the sand shark.

East Asian mathematics: The elaboration of Chinese methods: …Treatise”), published in 1627 by Yoshida Mitsuyoshi, seems to be the first book that played an important role in the emerging Japanese tradition. Inspired by the Chinese text “Systematic Treatise on Mathematics,” whose importance is stressed above, it described in Japanese the use of the soroban, an improvement of the…

mitzvah, any commandment, ordinance, law, or statute contained in the Torah (first five books of the Bible) and, for that reason, to be observed by all practicing Jews. The Talmud mentions 613 such mitzvahs, 248 mandatory (mitzwot ʿase) and 365 prohibitive (mitzwot lo taʿase). Many more (some

mitzvah, any commandment, ordinance, law, or statute contained in the Torah (first five books of the Bible) and, for that reason, to be observed by all practicing Jews. The Talmud mentions 613 such mitzvahs, 248 mandatory (mitzwot ʿase) and 365 prohibitive (mitzwot lo taʿase). Many more (some

mitzvah, any commandment, ordinance, law, or statute contained in the Torah (first five books of the Bible) and, for that reason, to be observed by all practicing Jews. The Talmud mentions 613 such mitzvahs, 248 mandatory (mitzwot ʿase) and 365 prohibitive (mitzwot lo taʿase). Many more (some

mitzvah, any commandment, ordinance, law, or statute contained in the Torah (first five books of the Bible) and, for that reason, to be observed by all practicing Jews. The Talmud mentions 613 such mitzvahs, 248 mandatory (mitzwot ʿase) and 365 prohibitive (mitzwot lo taʿase). Many more (some

Magnus Gösta Mittag-Leffler: …this work culminated in the Mittag-Leffler theorem, one of the basic theorems in analytic function theory. His estate and his mathematical library now form part of the Mittag-Leffler Mathematical Institute at Djursholm, Sweden.

Magnus Gösta Mittag-Leffler was a Swedish mathematician who founded the international mathematical journal Acta Mathematica and whose contributions to mathematical research helped advance the Scandinavian school of mathematics. Mittag-Leffler studied in Paris under Charles Hermite and in Berlin

Lakshmi Mittal is an Indian businessman who was CEO (2006–21) of ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steelmaking company. In the 1960s Mittal’s family moved to Calcutta (Kolkata), where his father operated a steel mill. Mittal worked at the mill while studying science at St. Xavier’s College. After

Lakshmi Mittal is an Indian businessman who was CEO (2006–21) of ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steelmaking company. In the 1960s Mittal’s family moved to Calcutta (Kolkata), where his father operated a steel mill. Mittal worked at the mill while studying science at St. Xavier’s College. After

Richard Wagner: Exile: …Mitteilung an meine Freunde (A Communication to My Friends), and Oper und Drama (Opera and Drama). The latter outlined a new, revolutionary type of musical stage work—the vast work, in fact, on which he was engaged. By 1852 he had added to the poem of Siegfrieds Tod three others…

20th-century international relations: War aims of the belligerents: …perhaps Portugal’s, would constitute a Mittelafrika of immense proportions. In Europe the Germans determined to assure that France and Russia would pose no threat in the future and to create an economic base suitable for a world power. This notion of a single economic bloc from Berlin to Baghdad, including…

V-2 rocket: …least 10,000 prisoners from the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp died when used as forced labour in building V-2s at the underground Mittelwerk factory. After the war, both the United States and the Soviet Union captured large numbers of V-2s and used them in research that led to the development of their…

Friedrich Naumann: …occupied territories, but his book Mitteleuropa (1915) provided the vision of a postwar German cultural and economic imperium in central Europe. In 1919 he cofounded the Democratic Party, for which he served as party leader until his death. He was a man of considerable intelligence and great personal integrity whose…

20th-century international relations: War aims of the belligerents: …the Balkans, was popularized as Mitteleuropa in a 1915 best-seller by Friedrich Naumann. How committed Germany’s civilian leadership was to this hegemonic plan is disputed: Bethmann favored abandoning much of it in hopes of a negotiated peace. But a war-aims majority held the balance in the Reichstag until 1917 and…

Germany: The Central German Uplands: Geographically, the Central German Uplands form a region of great complexity. Under the impact of the Alpine orogeny, the planed-off remnants of the former Hercynian mountains were shattered and portions thrust upward to form block mountains, with sedimentary rocks preserved between them…

Switzerland: Relief and drainage: …Alpine ranges lies the hilly Mittelland, accounting for nearly one-fourth of the country and enclosed by the two mountain ranges and the two largest lakes, Lake Geneva (Lac Léman) in the west and Lake Constance (Bodensee) in the east. The fertile rolling land of the Mittelland is the agricultural heartland…

Mittelland Canal, German waterway begun in 1905 and completed in 1938. It extends from the Dortmund-Ems Canal east of Rheine, running eastward along the northern border of the Central German Uplands to the Elbe River north of Magdeburg (a distance of about 321 km, or 199 miles), linking there with

Mittelland Canal, German waterway begun in 1905 and completed in 1938. It extends from the Dortmund-Ems Canal east of Rheine, running eastward along the northern border of the Central German Uplands to the Elbe River north of Magdeburg (a distance of about 321 km, or 199 miles), linking there with

migration: Lower invertebrates: …freshwater crabs, such as the Chinese crab (Eriocheir sinensis), after remaining for three to five years in fresh water, migrate to brackish water, where mating occurs. Females with eggs externally attached then travel to the sea and remain a few miles offshore for several months during winter. The following spring…

bryophyte: Ecology and habitats: …liverwort Cyathodium and the mosses Mittenia and Schistostega), leaf surfaces (the moss Ephemeropsis and the liverwort genus Metzgeria and many species of the liverwort family Lejeuneaceae), salt pans (the liverwort Carrpos), bases of quartz pebbles (the moss Aschisma), and

Mittenwald, village, Bavaria Land (state), southern Germany. It lies along the Isar River, at the foot of the Karwendel Mountains, at the Austrian border. Chartered in 1307, it was an important trading centre in the 15th and 16th centuries. The village has been famous since the 17th century for its

Rosi Mittermaier was a German Alpine skier who won two gold medals and one silver medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. Her performance was, at that time, the best ever by a woman Alpine skier at the Olympics. Mittermaier first showed promise of being a world-class skier as a

François Mitterrand was a politician who served two terms (1981–95) as president of France, leading his country to closer political and economic integration with western Europe. The first socialist to hold the office, Mitterrand abandoned leftist economic policies early in his presidency and

François Mitterrand was a politician who served two terms (1981–95) as president of France, leading his country to closer political and economic integration with western Europe. The first socialist to hold the office, Mitterrand abandoned leftist economic policies early in his presidency and

Württemberg: With Hermann von Mittnacht as chief minister (from 1876 to 1900), Württemberg found a comfortable place in the new Germany, retaining its independence in internal administration, ecclesiastical affairs, and education and also in the management of the postal and railway services. It moreover retained special rights…

tunnels and underground excavations: Machine-mined tunnels: …of the first machine—the “Mittry Mole.” Later contracts developed three other Oahe-type moles, so that all the various tunnels here were machine-mined—totaling eight miles of 25- to 30-foot diameter. These were the first of the modern moles that since 1960 have been rapidly adopted for many of the world’s…

Walter Mitty, American literary character, a meek and bumbling man who spends much of his time lost in heroic daydreams. The short story “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” (1939) by American author James Thurber begins with its protagonist’s fearlessly leading a Navy crew through an aircraft takeoff

Sigrid Nunez: First short stories and novels: Mitz: The Marmoset of Bloomsbury (1998) is a whimsical biography of a pet monkey owned by English novelist Virginia Woolf and her husband, publisher and author Leonard Woolf. It was the first of many works by Nunez to feature an animal as a primary character.

religious dress: Early sacerdotal dress: …high priest usually wore a mitzenfet (either a tiara or a turban), except on Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), when he wore nothing but white linen garments upon entering the Holy of Holies (the inner sanctuary).

mitzvah, any commandment, ordinance, law, or statute contained in the Torah (first five books of the Bible) and, for that reason, to be observed by all practicing Jews. The Talmud mentions 613 such mitzvahs, 248 mandatory (mitzwot ʿase) and 365 prohibitive (mitzwot lo taʿase). Many more (some

mitzvah, any commandment, ordinance, law, or statute contained in the Torah (first five books of the Bible) and, for that reason, to be observed by all practicing Jews. The Talmud mentions 613 such mitzvahs, 248 mandatory (mitzwot ʿase) and 365 prohibitive (mitzwot lo taʿase). Many more (some

mitzvah, any commandment, ordinance, law, or statute contained in the Torah (first five books of the Bible) and, for that reason, to be observed by all practicing Jews. The Talmud mentions 613 such mitzvahs, 248 mandatory (mitzwot ʿase) and 365 prohibitive (mitzwot lo taʿase). Many more (some

mitzvah, any commandment, ordinance, law, or statute contained in the Torah (first five books of the Bible) and, for that reason, to be observed by all practicing Jews. The Talmud mentions 613 such mitzvahs, 248 mandatory (mitzwot ʿase) and 365 prohibitive (mitzwot lo taʿase). Many more (some

mitzvah, any commandment, ordinance, law, or statute contained in the Torah (first five books of the Bible) and, for that reason, to be observed by all practicing Jews. The Talmud mentions 613 such mitzvahs, 248 mandatory (mitzwot ʿase) and 365 prohibitive (mitzwot lo taʿase). Many more (some

mitzvah, any commandment, ordinance, law, or statute contained in the Torah (first five books of the Bible) and, for that reason, to be observed by all practicing Jews. The Talmud mentions 613 such mitzvahs, 248 mandatory (mitzwot ʿase) and 365 prohibitive (mitzwot lo taʿase). Many more (some

mitzvah: …ʿase) and 365 prohibitive (mitzwot lo taʿase). Many more (some virtually equated with divine law) have been added throughout the ages on the authority of outstanding rabbinical leaders, such as reciting the Hallel (specific psalms) at prescribed times, reading the Book of Esther on Purim, washing the hands before…

mitzvah: …such mitzvahs, 248 mandatory (mitzwot ʿase) and 365 prohibitive (mitzwot lo taʿase). Many more (some virtually equated with divine law) have been added throughout the ages on the authority of outstanding rabbinical leaders, such as reciting the Hallel (specific psalms) at prescribed times, reading the Book of Esther on…

Miura, city, Kanagawa ken (prefecture), east-central Honshu, Japan. It lies at the southern tip of the Miura Peninsula, just south of the city of Yokosuka farther north on the peninsula. Miura was first mentioned in the 8th century. Its port of Misaki is a base for commercial deep-sea fishing,

William Adams was a navigator, merchant-adventurer, and the first Englishman to visit Japan. At the age of 12 Adams was apprenticed to a shipbuilder in the merchant marine, and in 1588 he was master of a supply ship for the British navy during the invasion of the Spanish Armada. Soon after the

Miura Baien was a Japanese economist and Confucianist philosopher during the Tokugawa period (1603–1867). He formulated the jōrigaku (“rationalist studies”) doctrine, which was a precursor to modern scientific and philosophical thought in Japan. Although schooled in the Chinese Classics, Miura

Soga Shōhaku was a Japanese painter of the mid-Tokugawa period (1603–1867) who tried to revive the brush-style drawing of the great masters of the Muromachi period (1338–1573). As a young man he studied painting under the guidance of Takada Keiho of the Kanō school (school of painting based on

Miura Baien was a Japanese economist and Confucianist philosopher during the Tokugawa period (1603–1867). He formulated the jōrigaku (“rationalist studies”) doctrine, which was a precursor to modern scientific and philosophical thought in Japan. Although schooled in the Chinese Classics, Miura

St. George Jackson Mivart was a British biologist and a leading critic of Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection. Unable to enter the University of Oxford, then open only to Anglican students, after his conversion to Roman Catholicism (1844), Mivart continued his studies at St. Mary’s, Oscott

Miwok, California Indians speaking languages of Penutian stock and originally comprising seven dialectally and territorially discrete branches: the Coast Miwok in an area just north of what is now San Francisco; the Lake Miwok in the Clear Lake Basin; the Bay Miwok (or Saclan), living along the

Penutian languages: …families are Wintun (two languages), Miwok-Costanoan (perhaps five Miwokan languages, plus three extinct Costanoan languages), Sahaptin (two languages), Yakonan (two extinct languages), Yokutsan (three languages), and Maiduan (four languages)—plus Klamath-Modoc, Cayuse (extinct), Molale

Deepwater Horizon oil spill: Charges against individuals: Kurt Mix, who had worked for BP until January 2012, was charged in federal court with obstructing justice for deleting hundreds of text messages concerning the flow rate of oil despite having received legal notification to preserve the correspondence. Some of the messages were forensically…

Tom Mix was an American film actor, a celebrated star of western cowboy films during the silent era. Mix worked as a cowhand in Texas, Arizona, Wyoming, and Montana and served in the U.S. Army in the Spanish-American War and in the pursuit of Pancho Villa during the Mexican Revolution. He was also

Tom Mix was an American film actor, a celebrated star of western cowboy films during the silent era. Mix worked as a cowhand in Texas, Arizona, Wyoming, and Montana and served in the U.S. Army in the Spanish-American War and in the pursuit of Pancho Villa during the Mexican Revolution. He was also

Beastie Boys: The instrumental hip-hop album The Mix-up (2007) represented a return to basics, and its fusion of funk, Latin, and lounge music won the band another Grammy. The trio’s eighth studio album, Hot Sauce Committee Part One, was scheduled for release in 2009, but Yauch was diagnosed with cancer in…

Mixco, city, south-central Guatemala. It is a western suburb of Guatemala City and supplies the capital with produce. Pop. (2002)

Mixe-Zoquean: …Mixe-Zoquean peoples today comprise the Mixe, living in northeastern Oaxaca; the Zoque, primarily inhabiting northwestern Chiapas; and the Popoluca (not to be confused with the Popoloca), who live in eastern Veracruz and Oaxaca, about midway between the Mixe and Zoque. The languages of these people are closely related, and their…

Mixe-Zoquean, group of Middle American Indian peoples inhabiting territories in southern Mexico. The Mixe-Zoquean peoples today comprise the Mixe, living in northeastern Oaxaca; the Zoque, primarily inhabiting northwestern Chiapas; and the Popoluca (not to be confused with the Popoloca), who live

Mixe-Zoquean languages, family of North American Indian languages spoken in southern Mexico. The languages in the family are divided into two branches, or divisions—Zoquean and Mixean. Zoquean is spoken in the Mexican states of Chiapas, Tabasco, Veracruz, and Oaxaca. Gulf Zoquean languages include

Mixe-Zoquean languages: …two branches, or divisions—Zoquean and Mixean.

cerebral palsy: …an individual is diagnosed with mixed cerebral palsy.

Polybius: Conception of history: His analysis of the mixed constitution, which had enabled Rome to avoid the cycle of change and deterioration to which simple constitutional forms were liable, is full of problems, but it has exercised widespread influence, from Cicero’s De republica down to Machiavelli and Montesquieu.

Alan Ayckbourn: …were published—included Relatively Speaking (1968), Mixed Doubles: An Entertainment on Marriage (1970), How the Other Half Loves (1971), the trilogy The Norman Conquests (1973), Absurd Person Singular (1974), Intimate Exchanges (1985), Mr. A’s Amazing Maze Plays (1989), Body Language

mixed economy, in economics, a market system of resource allocation, commerce, and trade in which free markets coexist with government intervention. A mixed economy may emerge when a government intervenes to disrupt free markets by introducing state-owned enterprises (such as public health or

farm building: Mixed farms: The small and medium farms which characterize European agriculture and which exist in many other parts of the world are managed on the traditional mixed farming and animal husbandry system. Consequently, this type of farm normally has several service buildings: one for machinery,…

farm building: Mixed farms: The small and medium farms which characterize European agriculture and which exist in many other parts of the world are managed on the traditional mixed farming and animal husbandry system. Consequently, this type of farm normally has several service buildings: one for machinery,…

mixed forest, a vegetational transition between coniferous forest and broad-leaved deciduous forest, especially in the Northern Hemisphere. “Mixed forest” also may denote a forest with two or more dominant tree species. In North America, the term is often used to designate the forest of the

deaf-blindness: Hearing and visual impairment: A mixed hearing loss is diagnosed when an individual has both a conductive and a sensorineural hearing loss. Cortical deafness is caused by damage to the auditory cortex of the brain. A hearing loss of any kind can range from mild to profound. A conductive hearing…

World Heritage site: Designating World Heritage sites: Mixed heritage sites contain elements of both natural and cultural significance. The ratio of cultural to natural sites on the World Heritage List is roughly 3 to 1. Several new sites are added to the list at the middle of each year (until 2002, sites…

mixed martial arts (MMA), hybrid combat sport incorporating techniques from boxing, wrestling, judo, jujitsu, karate, Muay Thai (Thai boxing), and other disciplines. Although it was initially decried by critics as a brutal blood sport without rules, MMA gradually shed its no-holds-barred image and

printmaking: Contemporary experimentation: The combining of various media is closely related to the experimentation in colour printing. Each medium has its own capabilities and limitations; combined, the media often complement each other. It is now common to see three or four different techniques combined.

metaphor: A mixed metaphor is the linking of two or more disparate elements, which can result in an unintentionally comic effect produced by the writer’s insensitivity to the literal meaning of words or by the falseness of the comparison. A mixed metaphor may also be used with…

Adam Sandler: …on an SNL sketch; and Mixed Nuts (1994). He established himself as a star with Billy Madison (1995), the first of a number of movies he cowrote; in it he played the oafish scion of a wealthy businessman who must prove his worthiness to succeed his father by repeating his…

primary election: …have adopted variations, including the mixed primary, which allows independents to vote in either party’s primary but requires voters registered with a political party to vote in their own party’s primary.

game theory: Mixed strategies and the minimax theorem: When saddlepoints exist, the optimal strategies and outcomes can be easily determined, as was just illustrated. However, when there is no saddlepoint the calculation is more elaborate, as illustrated in Table 2.

history of logic: Syllogisms: … (they are sometimes called “mixed” if only one of the premises is modal).

Atlantic Ocean: Tides of the Atlantic Ocean: Mixed tides, or those that can have both diurnal (one high and one low tide per day) and semidiurnal oscillations, predominate in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea and also are found along the southeastern coast of Brazil and in Tierra del Fuego,…

fat: Chemical composition of fats: …the simple type; most are mixed triglycerides (i.e., one molecule of glycerol is combined with two or three different fatty acids). Thus stearodipalmitin, C3H5(OCOC15H31)2(OCOC17H35), contains two palmitic acid radicals and one stearic acid radical. Similarly, oleopalmitostearin, C3H5(OCOC15H31)(OCOC1

uranium processing: Oxide fuels: …procedures are employed to fabricate mixed uranium-plutonium dioxide (MOX) pellets for use in fast-neutron breeder reactors. Unirradiated MOX fuel typically contains 20 to 35 percent plutonium dioxide.

industrial glass: Electrical conductivity: …additivity relationship here is the mixed-alkali effect, in which glasses containing two or more different types of alkali ions have a significantly lower electrical conductivity than linear additivity would suggest. In applications such as high-wattage lamps, where low electrical conductivity is desired, mixed-alkali glasses are useful.

turbine: Mixed-flow turbines: Francis turbines are probably used most extensively because of their wider range of suitable heads, characteristically from three to 600 metres. At the high-head range, the flow rate and the output must be large; otherwise the runner becomes too small for reasonable fabrication.…

prairie: Midgrass, or mixed-grass, prairie, supporting both bunchgrasses and sod-forming grasses, is the most extensive prairie subtype and occupies the central part of the prairie region. Species of porcupine grass, grama grass, wheatgrass, and buffalo grass dominate the vegetation. Sand hills are common in the western…