Related topics from Britannicatrademark any visible sign or device used by a business enterprise to identify its goods and distinguish them from those made or carried by others. Trademarks may be words or groups of words, letters, ...
shotcrete concrete applied by spraying. Shotcrete is a mixture of aggregate and portland cement, conveyed by compressed air to the nozzle of a spray gun, where water is added. The wet mixture is then sprayed ...
Mylar (trademark), a versatile plastic film composed of the polyester (q.v.) polyethylene terephthalate.Strobane (trademark), of a chlorine-containing organic compound used as an insecticide. See toxaphene.Bellou, Sotiria Greek singer who was the first woman to have a career performing rebetika songs, Greek urban folk music, which she made her trademark for some 40 years (b. Aug. 29, 1921--d. Aug. 27, 1997).Barker, Louisa Dupont ("Blue Lu") American blues singer whose trademark style combined her innocent girlish voice with bawdy songs (b. Nov. 13, 1913, New Orleans, La.--d. May 7, 1998, New Orleans).industrial glass In some glasses it is possible to bring about a certain degree of crystallization in the normally random atomic structure. Glassy materials that exhibit such a structure are called glass ceramics. ...
industrial glass Another nonoxide group is the glassy metals, formed by high-speed quenching of fluid metals. Perhaps the most studied glassy metal is a compound of iron, nickel, phosphorus, and boron that is ...
Feder, Abraham Hyman American lighting designer who provided illumination for both buildings and theatrical productions for over 50 years; his trademark, Lighting by Feder, came to represent the highest standards in ...
Fuller, Ray W. U.S. biochemist who, as a pharmacological researcher at Eli Lilly & Co. from 1963, helped to create fluoxetine--the popular antidepressant drug known by the trademark Prozac. The drug, which ...
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