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| ancient Rome |
a civilization cultivated by the city-state of Rome from the 8th century B.C.E. through its development as a republic and its collapse as an empire in the 5th century A.D. |
| attached |
designating an additional document or documents enclosed with a letter or e-mail. [2/4 definitions] |
| Cheng Tang |
first leader of the Shang dynasty of China, ruling in approximately the seventeenth century B.C.E. (exact dates contested). |
| E layer |
a thick layer of ions located at a height of about sixty to ninety miles in the E region of the earth's outer atmosphere and having the ability to deflect radio waves. |
| email |
to communicate with by e-mail. [2/4 definitions] |
| exclamation point |
a punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation (e.g., "It's hot!"), interjection (e.g., "Hey!"), or command (e.g., "Come here!"); exclamation mark. |
| fan club |
an organization of fans of a particular entertainer, sports team, or other famous entity. Members of a fan club are primarily linked by mail or e-mail. |
| Great Pyramid of Giza |
a limestone and granite pyramid, which is the oldest and only remaining of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, built circa 2500 B.C.E. as a memorial and tomb for King Khufu, the second king of the fourth Egyptian dynasty. |
| Heaviside layer |
see "E layer." |
| mi |
the tone E in the musical scale of C major. [1/2 definitions] |
| phish |
to attempt to fraudulently obtain sensitive data, such as credit card details and security passwords, through apparently official electronic communication, such as an e-mail or text message. |
| phishing |
attempts to fraudulently obtain sensitive data, such as credit card details and security passwords, through apparently official electronic communication, such as an e-mail or text message. |
| price-earnings ratio |
the ratio of the price of a share of a company's stock to the company's per-share annual earnings, usu. expressed as a single number; P/E ratio. |
| schwa |
a sign representing the schwa, consisting of an upside-down backward "e". [1/2 definitions] |
| Sesheshet |
the mother of King Teti, the Egyptian ruler who was the first pharaoh of Egypt's Sixth Dynasty in the third millenium B.C.E. |
| Seven Wonders of the Ancient World |
a list first compiled in the 2nd century B.C.E. of seven remarkable constructions of classical antiquity. |
| Shang Dynasty |
the second Chinese dynasty, in power for approximately six hundred years, starting in the late eighteenth or seventeenth century B.C.E. (exact dates contested). |
| Teti |
the first pharaoh of Egypt's Sixth Dynasty, reigning in the middle of the third millenium B.C.E. (2345 B.C.E.?-- 2333 B.C.E?). |
| tocopherol |
vitamin E. |
| vowel |
in the English alphabet, any of the letters "a," "e," "i," "o," "u," and sometimes "y". [1/3 definitions] |
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