Jeffrey Tambor is an American actor who is best known for his comedic work, notably in the television series The Larry Sanders Show (1992–98), Arrested Development (2003–06, 2013, 2018–19), and Transparent (2014–17). Tambor took up acting at age 12 and earned theater degrees at San Francisco State

Mount Tambora, volcanic mountain on the northern coast of Sumbawa island, Indonesia, that in April 1815 exploded in the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history. It is now 2,851 metres (9,354 feet) high, having lost much of its top in the 1815 eruption. The volcano remains active; smaller

Mount Tambora, volcanic mountain on the northern coast of Sumbawa island, Indonesia, that in April 1815 exploded in the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history. It is now 2,851 metres (9,354 feet) high, having lost much of its top in the 1815 eruption. The volcano remains active; smaller

tambour, embroidery worked on material that has been stretched taut on a tambour frame, which consists of two wooden hoops, one slightly larger than the other, fitting close together. The embroidery is worked with a needle or a tambour hook. When an expanse of material has to be covered that is too

tambura, long-necked fretless Indian lute. It has a hollow neck, measures about 40–60 inches (102–153 cm) in length, and usually has four metal strings tuned (relative pitch) c–c′–c′–g or c–c′–c′–f. Precision tuning is achieved by inserting bits of wool or silk between the strings and lower bridge

tambourine, small frame drum (one whose shell is too narrow to resonate the sound) having one or two skins nailed or glued to a shallow circular or polygonal frame. The tambourine is normally played with the bare hands and often has attached to it jingles, pellet bells, or snares. European

Tambov, city and administrative centre of Tambov oblast (region), western Russia. It lies along the upper Tsna River. Founded in 1636 as a fortress on the Belgorod defensive line, in 1779 it became the centre of a province. Growth came slowly, chiefly in the late 19th century after construction of

Tambov, oblast (region), western Russia. It is located on the low, level plain of the Oka and Don rivers. The natural vegetation is forest-steppe on rich soils, but much of it has been cleared for agriculture; large areas of pine forest survive only on sandy soils along the Tsna and Vorona rivers.

Tirunelveli: It lies along the Tambraparni River slightly upstream from the town of Palayankottai, with which it is now merged administratively. Its name is derived from the Tamil words tiru (“holy”), nel (“paddy”), and veli (“fence”), referring to a legend that the god Shiva protected a devotee’s rice crop there.…

ṭanbūr, long-necked fretted lute played under various names from the Balkans to northwestern Asia. Resembling the long lutes of ancient Egypt and Babylon as well as the ancient Greek pandoura, it has a deep pear-shaped body, some 1 to 4 dozen adjustable frets, and 2 to 10 metal strings that are

tambura, long-necked fretless Indian lute. It has a hollow neck, measures about 40–60 inches (102–153 cm) in length, and usually has four metal strings tuned (relative pitch) c–c′–c′–g or c–c′–c′–f. Precision tuning is achieved by inserting bits of wool or silk between the strings and lower bridge

tambura, long-necked fretless Indian lute. It has a hollow neck, measures about 40–60 inches (102–153 cm) in length, and usually has four metal strings tuned (relative pitch) c–c′–c′–g or c–c′–c′–f. Precision tuning is achieved by inserting bits of wool or silk between the strings and lower bridge

Antonio Tamburini was an Italian operatic baritone, particularly noted for his starring roles in the works of Gioacchino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, and Vincenzo Bellini. As a youth he studied the horn with his bandmaster father and voice with Aldobrando Rossi and Bonifazio Asioli, making his

Latin American architecture: Academic architecture, c. 1870–1914: In Buenos Aires, Francisco Tamburini remodeled the Casa Rosada in the late 1800s to become the offices of the president. This Beaux-Arts composition, with its central arch and side loggias, then became the standard for the institutions of government in the interior of Argentina: in Corrientes (a new…

Timur was a Turkic conqueror, chiefly remembered for the barbarity of his conquests from India and Russia to the Mediterranean Sea and for the cultural achievements of his dynasty. Timur was a member of the Turkicized Barlas tribe, a Mongol subgroup that had settled in Transoxania (now roughly

Tamburlaine the Great, first play by Christopher Marlowe, produced about 1587 and published in 1590. The play was written in two parts, each of which has five acts, and was based on the earlier Silva de varia lección (1540; The Foreste; or, Collection of Histories) by the early 16th-century Spanish

Tamburlaine the Great, first play by Christopher Marlowe, produced about 1587 and published in 1590. The play was written in two parts, each of which has five acts, and was based on the earlier Silva de varia lección (1540; The Foreste; or, Collection of Histories) by the early 16th-century Spanish

Ella Grasso was an American public official, the first woman elected to a U.S. state governorship in her own right. Grasso graduated from Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, with honours in 1940 and took an M.A. in 1942. During World War II she served as assistant director of

Japanese literature: Late Tokugawa period (c. 1770–1867): …Colours: The Plum Calendar”), by Tamenaga Shunsui, is the story of Tanjirō, a peerlessly handsome but ineffectual young man for whose affections various women fight. The author at one point defended himself against charges of immorality: “Even though the women I portray may seem immoral, they are all imbued with…

Tamanrasset, town, southern Algeria. Located in the mountainous Ahaggar (Hoggar) region on the Wadi Tamanghasset, the town originated as a military outpost, guarding trans-Saharan trade routes. It has become an important way station on the north-south asphalt road called the Trans-Sahara Highway

Hannah Höch: …figures, such as that of Tamer (c. 1930), a photomontage of a large female mannequin head atop a muscular male body with arms folded across the chest. The mannequin’s head is peering downward at a sly-looking sea lion in a corner of the composition. Though the human figure is much…

Tamerlane, dramatic monologue by Edgar Allan Poe, published in Tamerlane and Other Poems (1827) and revised in later editions of the book, which he initially published anonymously at age 18. Like much of Poe’s early verse, “Tamerlane” shows the influence of the Romantic poets, in particular Lord

Timur was a Turkic conqueror, chiefly remembered for the barbarity of his conquests from India and Russia to the Mediterranean Sea and for the cultural achievements of his dynasty. Timur was a member of the Turkicized Barlas tribe, a Mongol subgroup that had settled in Transoxania (now roughly

Jizzax: …routes to the Mediterranean near Tamerlane’s Gates, the only convenient passage through the Nuratau Mountains to the Zeravshan River valley. Today the city processes cotton and other local agricultural products together with building materials. Pop. (2014 est.) 163,200.

River Thames, chief river of southern England. Rising in the Cotswold Hills, its basin covers an area of approximately 5,500 square miles (14,250 square km). The traditional source at Thames Head, which is dry for much of the year, is marked by a stone in a field 356 feet (108.5 metres) above sea

Tameside, metropolitan borough in the eastern part of the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, northwestern England. The parts of Tameside west of the River Tame, such as Ashton-under-Lyne (the metropolitan borough’s administrative centre), Audenshaw, and Denton, are in the historic county of

River Thames, chief river of southern England. Rising in the Cotswold Hills, its basin covers an area of approximately 5,500 square miles (14,250 square km). The traditional source at Thames Head, which is dry for much of the year, is marked by a stone in a field 356 feet (108.5 metres) above sea

Niger: Relief: …the Talak region includes the Tamesna area in the north (where fossil valleys are filled with moving sand dunes) and the Azaoua area in the south. East of the Aïr is the Ténéré region, covered partly by an expanse of sand called an erg, partly by a stony plain called…

Fouta Djallon: Mount Loura (Tamgué), its highest point (5,046 feet [1,538 metres]), rises near the town of Mali. Originating in the Fouta Djallon’s central plateau are the headwaters of the Gambia, Bafing (Sénégal), Koliba, Kolenté (Great Scarcies), Kaba (Little Scarcies), and Konkouré rivers. The Fouta’s eastern slopes…

Tami style, type of Oceanic carving originating on the Tami Islands, in Papua New Guinea. The style spread to the coastal areas along the Huon Gulf, to the islands of Umboi and Siassi, and to western New Britain. In representations of the human figure, the Tami style creates an impression of

Tamiahua Lagoon, long coastal lagoon in Veracruz state, eastern Mexico. An inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, it extends approximately 65 miles (105 km) southward from Tampico. A long, narrow, sandy peninsula from which Cape Rojo projects eastward shelters the 12-mile- (19-km-) wide lagoon from the Gulf.

chipmunk, (genus Tamias), any of 25 species of small, striped, terrestrial squirrels with large internal cheek pouches used for transporting food. They have prominent eyes and ears, a furry tail, and delicate claws. All are active only during the day, and all but one are North American, occurring

chipmunk: The smallest chipmunk is the least chipmunk (T. minimus), which weighs about half as much as the eastern chipmunk. The Hopi chipmunk (T. rufus) lives among the buttes and canyonlands of the American Southwest and is remarkably adept at climbing sheer rock faces and overhangs. The Uinta chipmunk (T. umbrinus),…

chipmunk: The Hopi chipmunk (T. rufus) lives among the buttes and canyonlands of the American Southwest and is remarkably adept at climbing sheer rock faces and overhangs. The Uinta chipmunk (T. umbrinus), which lives in montane forests of the western United States, is much like a tree…

chipmunk: …Old World species is the Siberian chipmunk (T. sibiricus), which ranges from the White Sea of northwestern Russia eastward through Siberia to northern Japan and south to China.

chipmunk: The eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus), common to the deciduous forests of eastern North America, is the largest. Weighing 70–142 grams (2.5–5 ounces), it has a body 14–19 cm (5.5–7.5 inches) long and a shorter tail (8–11 cm [3.1–4.3 inches]). The fur is reddish brown and is…

chipmunk: The Uinta chipmunk (T. umbrinus), which lives in montane forests of the western United States, is much like a tree squirrel in its habits. In addition to denning in burrows, it regularly sleeps and nests in trees, where it sometimes raises young in tree cavities or abandoned bird…

squirrel: Natural history: Some red squirrels (genus Tamiasciurus) and Sciurus species of temperate climates will stalk, kill, and eat other squirrels, mice, and adult birds and rabbits for food, but such predation in tropical tree squirrels seems rare.

David Douglas: Legacy and honors: …the Douglas fir and the Douglas squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii).

oseltamivir, antiviral drug that is active against both influenza type A and influenza type B viruses. Oseltamivir and a similar agent called zanamivir (marketed as Relenza) were approved in 1999 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and represented the first members in a new class of antiviral

Tamil, people originally of southern India who speak Tamil, one of the principal languages of the Dravidian family. Numbering about 64 million in the early 21st century (including about 3 million speakers in northern and eastern Sri Lanka), Tamil speakers make up the majority of the population of

South Asian arts: Chant intonation: …found today, that of the Tamil Aiyar Brahmans, it is clear that the accent is differentiated in terms of pitch. This chanting is based on three tones; the udatta and the nonaccented syllables (called prachaya) are recited at a middle tone, the preceding anudatta syllable at a low tone, and…

Sinhala Only Bill: The Tamil Federal Party, led by S.J.V. Chelvanayakam, pressed demands that Ceylon be made a federal state. To conciliate the Tamils, Bandaranaike made a pact with Chelvanayakam, allowing for the official use of Tamil in Tamil-speaking provinces; in April 1958, however, under pressure of Sinhalese extremists,…

Tamil language, member of the Dravidian language family, spoken primarily in India. It is the official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry (Pondicherry). It is also an official language in Sri Lanka and Singapore and has significant numbers of speakers

Sinhala Only Bill: In August 1958 The Tamil Language (Special Provisions) Act was passed, providing for the use of Tamil for certain administrative purposes and as a medium of instruction in secondary and higher education, a measure that temporarily mollified but did not satisfy either the Tamils or the more extremist Sinhalese.

Tamil literature, body of writings in Tamil, a Dravidian language of India and Sri Lanka. Apart from literature written in classical (Indo-Aryan) Sanskrit, Tamil is the oldest literature in India. Some inscriptions on stone have been dated to the 3rd century bc, but Tamil literature proper begins

Tamil Nadu, state of India, located in the extreme south of the subcontinent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the east and south and by the states of Kerala to the west, Karnataka (formerly Mysore) to the northwest, and Andhra Pradesh to the north. Enclosed by Tamil Nadu along the

Tamil Nadu Plains, eastern coastal lowlands of Tamil Nadu state, southern India. Bounded by the Andhra plains to the north, the Bay of Bengal to the east, the Indian Ocean to the south, and the Eastern Ghats to the west, the Tamil Nadu Plains consist of the Kaveri (Cauvery) River delta and the

Tamil Nadu Uplands, hilly region in central Tamil Nadu state, southern India. The uplands extend over an area of about 15,200 square miles (39,000 square km) and are bounded by the Telangana plateau to the north, the Tamil Nadu Plains to the east, the Sahyadris (Western Ghats) to the south, and the

Grantha alphabet: The modern Tamil script may also be derived from Grantha, but this is not certain.

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), guerrilla organization that sought to establish an independent Tamil state, Eelam, in northern and eastern Sri Lanka. The LTTE was established in 1976 by Velupillai Prabhakaran as the successor to an organization he had formed earlier in the 1970s. The LTTE

Sri Lanka: Ethnic relations: …in a demand by the Tamil United Liberation Front, the main political party of that community, for an independent Tamil state comprising the northern and eastern provinces. This demand grew increasingly militant and eventually evolved into a separatist war featured by acts of terrorism. The violence to which the Tamils…

Vijay: Vijay founded the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK; “Victory Party of the Tamilakam”), which made its electoral debut in Tamil Nadu’s 2026 legislative assembly elections, emerging as the single largest party in the state.

India: Southern Indian kingdoms: Tamilakam, the abode of the Tamils, was defined in cankam literature as approximately equivalent to the area south of present-day Chennai (Madras). Tamilakam was divided into 13 nadus (districts), of which the region of Madurai was the most important as the core of the Tamil…

history of Central Asia: The Uyghur empire: A Muslim traveler, Tamīm ibn Baḥr, who visited the city about 821, speaks in admiring terms of this fortified town lying in a cultivated country—a far cry from the traditional picture of the pastoral nomad existence.

Franco Zeffirelli: …Shakespeare adaptations: a richly produced The Taming of the Shrew (1967), with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor; Romeo and Juliet (1968), in which he for the first time featured teenage actors in the title roles; and Hamlet (1990), with Mel Gibson. His later films included Jane Eyre (1996), Tea with…

The Taming of the Shrew, comedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, written sometime in 1590–94 and first printed in the First Folio of 1623. The play describes the volatile courtship between the shrewish Katharina (Kate) and the canny Petruchio, who is determined to subdue Katharina’s legendary

Douglas Fairbanks: …The Iron Mask (1929), and The Taming of the Shrew (1929), in which he costarred with Mary Pickford, the popular leading lady to whom he was married from 1920 to 1935.

Hermann Götz: …opera Der widerspänstigen Zähmung (1874; The Taming of the Shrew) achieved immediate success for its spontaneous style and lighthearted characterization. His other works include a less successful opera, Francesca da Rimini (1877; completed by Ernst Frank), chamber and choral works, an overture, a piano concerto, and a symphony.

S.E. Hinton: Other popular novels and film adaptations: Fish (1975), Tex (1979), and Taming the Star Runner (1988). Each of those books features a cast of characters who suffer from society’s ills. Young people alienated from their families and from their peers are seen to veer onto criminal paths.

Joni Mitchell: Later albums: Taming the Tiger (1998) further mined her personal life for inspiration, notably on the track “Stay in Touch,” a nod to the daughter she gave up for adoption in 1965 and with whom she reunited in 1997. She covered standards on Both Sides Now (2000)…

Puffy AmiYumi: Both women credited Okuda Tamio, a respected Japanese singer-songwriter and producer, for mentoring them through the early stages of their joint career. In 1996 they released their first single, “Asia no junshin” (“True Asia”), which was a huge hit throughout Asia. The single was soon followed by their…

Arabic literature: The short story: …Yūsuf Idrīs of Egypt and Zakariyyā Tāmir of Syria. Beginning a writing career in the 1950s with an outpouring of story collections, Idrīs—who wrote plays and novels, as well as publishing many more story collections in the last half of the 20th century—managed to recount in his vignettes the realities…

Helen Tamiris was an American choreographer, modern dancer, and teacher, one of the first to make use of jazz, African American spirituals, and social-protest themes in her work. Helen Becker began her dance studies with Irene Lewisohn in freestyle movement. Later, trained in ballet by Michel

For Whom the Bell Tolls: …drunken guerrilla leader, Pablo (Akim Tamiroff), resents Jordan’s affection for María and initially refuses to help him, whereupon Pablo’s wife, Pilar (Paxinou), steps in to aid Jordan in completing the mission. Pablo eventually relents, and the others detonate the explosives, destroying the bridge. Several of their comrades are lost…

Timiş River, river, rising in the Cernei Mountains at the western end of the Southern Carpathian Mountains in Romania, and flowing north, west, then south in an arc through Caransebeş and Lugoj to enter the Danube River at Pančevo, east of Belgrade, Serbia, after a course of 211 miles (340 km). Its

Russian literature: Literature under Soviet rule: …smuggled abroad for publication (“tamizdat”), and works written “for the drawer,” or not published until decades after they were written (“delayed” literature). Moreover, literature publishable at one time often lost favour later; although nominally acceptable, it was frequently unobtainable. On many occasions, even officially celebrated works had to be…

Tamluk, town, southern West Bengal state, northeastern India. It lies just south of the Rupnarayan River. Archaeological excavations have revealed a sequence of occupation going back to a period in which stone axes and crude pottery were in use, with continuous settlement from about the 3rd century

Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm was a Soviet physicist who shared the 1958 Nobel Prize for Physics with Pavel A. Cherenkov and Ilya M. Frank for his efforts in explaining Cherenkov radiation. Tamm was one of the theoretical physicists who contributed to the construction of the first Soviet thermonuclear

al-Farazdaq was an Arab poet famous for his satires in a period when poetry was an important political instrument. With his rival Jarīr, he represents the transitional period between Bedouin traditional culture and the new Muslim society that was being forged. Living in Basra, al-Farazdaq (“The

Gustav Tammann was a Russian chemist who helped to found the science of metallurgy and pioneered in the study of the internal structure and physical properties of metals and their alloys. In addition, his studies on heterogenous equilibria (i.e., the behaviour of matter as a function of chemical

Gustav Tammann was a Russian chemist who helped to found the science of metallurgy and pioneered in the study of the internal structure and physical properties of metals and their alloys. In addition, his studies on heterogenous equilibria (i.e., the behaviour of matter as a function of chemical

Tammany Hall, the executive committee of the Democratic Party in New York City historically exercising political control through the typical “boss-ist” blend of charity and patronage. Its name was derived from that of an association that predated the American Revolution and had been named after

Tammany Hall, the executive committee of the Democratic Party in New York City historically exercising political control through the typical “boss-ist” blend of charity and patronage. Its name was derived from that of an association that predated the American Revolution and had been named after

Frederick Gilmer Bonfils: With Harry H. Tammen (1856–1924), he purchased the Post in 1895. They dedicated the paper to “the service of the people” and conducted spirited campaigns against crime and corruption; above the door of the Post building, they inscribed “O Justice, when expelled from other habitations, make…

Tampere, city, southwestern Finland. It is located on an isthmus traversed by the Tammer Rapids between Lakes Näsi and Pyhä, northwest of Helsinki. Tampere is Finland’s second largest city and both an educational and an industrial centre. It is also a lake port and major rail junction. Founded in

Fast of 17 Tammuz: …of the Hebrew month of Tammuz, falling in June or July on the Gregorian calendar. The holiday inaugurates the Three Weeks, a period of mourning that culminates in the 24-hour fast of Tisha b’Av. Jews observing the Fast of 17 Tammuz keep a fast from dawn until nightfall. If the…

Tammuz, in Mesopotamian religion, god of fertility embodying the powers for new life in nature in the spring. The name Tammuz seems to have been derived from the Akkadian form Tammuzi, based on early Sumerian Damu-zid, The Flawless Young, which in later standard Sumerian became Dumu-zid, or Dumuzi.

nuclear weapon: Iraq: …Iraq a research reactor (called Osirak or Tammuz-1) that used weapon-grade uranium as the fuel. Iraq imported hundreds of tons of various forms of uranium from Portugal, Niger, and Brazil, sent numerous technicians abroad for training, and in 1979 contracted to purchase a plutonium separation facility from Italy. Iraq’s program…

Dan Aykroyd: Later roles: …the mid-2010s Aykroyd appeared in Tammy (2014) with Melissa McCarthy and Susan Sarandon and in the James Brown biopic Get on Up (2014), starring Chadwick Boseman. He rejoined Sandler and James in Pixels (2015).

Debbie Reynolds: her husband, singer Eddie Fisher; Tammy and the Bachelor (1957); and The Mating Game (1959). Reynolds reached the height of her popularity in the late 1950s, during which time she was involved in a scandalous divorce from Fisher, who left her for actress Elizabeth Taylor.

Tamoanchán, in Aztec mythology, the verdant paradise of the west, birthplace of Xochiquetzal, the goddess of beauty. See Pre-Columbian Meso-American

Titus Andronicus: …Goths, bringing with him Queen Tamora, whose eldest son he sacrifices to the gods. The late emperor’s son Saturninus is supposed to marry Titus’s daughter Lavinia; however, when his brother Bassianus runs away with her instead, Saturninus marries Tamora. Saturninus and Tamora then plot revenge against Titus. Lavinia is raped…

tamoxifen, synthetic hormone, used primarily in the prevention and treatment of breast cancer, that inhibits the growth-promoting actions of estrogen in breast cancer cells. Tamoxifen was first synthesized in 1962 by scientists at the British pharmaceutical company Imperial Chemical Industries PLC

Tampa, city, seat (1834) of Hillsborough county, west-central Florida, U.S. It is situated on the northern shore of Tampa Bay at the mouth of the Hillsborough River and is connected to St. Petersburg and Clearwater (southwest and west) across the bay’s western arm (Old Tampa Bay) by the Gandy and

Tampa Bay, arm of the Gulf of Mexico, indenting the west coast of Florida, U.S., covering about 400 square miles (1,000 square km). The bay, shaped roughly like a crescent some 40 miles (65 km) long, is partly sheltered from the gulf on the west by the Pinellas Peninsula. The smaller Interbay

Tampa Bay Buccaneers, American professional gridiron football team based in Tampa, Florida, that plays in the National Football Conference (NFC) of the National Football League (NFL). The Buccaneers won Super Bowl titles in 2003 and 2021. The Buccaneers (often shortened to “Bucs”) were established

Tampa Bay Rays, American professional baseball team based in St. Petersburg, Florida, that plays in the American League (AL). The Rays began play in 1998 and were known as the Devil Rays until the end of the 2007 season. In the years before the advent of the Rays, the Tampa–St. Petersburg area was

Tampa Bay Lightning, American professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida, that plays in the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Lightning won the Stanley Cup in 2004, 2020, and 2021. The Lightning entered the league alongside the Ottawa Senators in 1992. As

Tampa Bay Rays, American professional baseball team based in St. Petersburg, Florida, that plays in the American League (AL). The Rays began play in 1998 and were known as the Devil Rays until the end of the 2007 season. In the years before the advent of the Rays, the Tampa–St. Petersburg area was

blues: History and notable musicians: …1920s and ’30s Memphis Minnie, Tampa Red, Big Bill Broonzy, and Sonny Boy Williamson were popular Chicago performers. After World War II they were supplanted by a new generation of bluesmen that included Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf,

Tampa: …Florida Metropolitan University), and the University of Tampa (1931); the main building of the latter institution is Plant’s Tampa Bay Hotel. Inc. 1855. Pop. (2010) 335,709; Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater Metro Area, 2,783,243; (2020) 384,959; Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater Metro Area, 3,175,275.

Ki Seto ware: …of decorated ware known as tampan was especially popular with tea cult devotees. Tampan was painted with pictorial designs executed in a pale-green copper glaze.

Stone Age: East and Southeast Asia: …referred to collectively as the Tampanian, since they come from a place called Kota Tampan in Perak. Still another late Middle Pleistocene assemblage, called the Patjitanian, is known from a very prolific site in south-central Java. In both the Tampanian and Patjitanian the main types of implements consist of single-edged…

atomic bomb: The properties and effects of atomic bombs: …is the use of a tamper; this is a jacket of beryllium oxide or some other substance surrounding the fissionable material and reflecting some of the escaping neutrons back into the fissionable material, where they can thus cause more fissions. In addition, “boosted fission” devices incorporate such fusionable materials as…

Tampere, city, southwestern Finland. It is located on an isthmus traversed by the Tammer Rapids between Lakes Näsi and Pyhä, northwest of Helsinki. Tampere is Finland’s second largest city and both an educational and an industrial centre. It is also a lake port and major rail junction. Founded in

Finland: Early independence: …under his command won the Battle of Tampere. German troops came to the aid of the White forces in securing Helsinki; by May the rebellion had been suppressed, bringing to an end the Finnish Civil War. It was followed by trials in which harsh sentences were passed. During the summer…

Tampere: Tampere has two universities: the University of Tampere and Tampere University of Technology. Pop. (2021 est.) 244,223.

Tampico, city and port, southeastern Tamaulipas estado (state), northeastern Mexico. It lies on the northern bank of the Pánuco River, 6 miles (10 km) from the Gulf of Mexico. Tampico is almost surrounded by swampy lands and lagoons. The city grew around a monastery founded on the ruins of an Aztec

toxic shock syndrome: …used a certain brand of tampons. Scientists later found that several types of highly absorbent material (polyacrylate rayon and polyester foam), which are no longer used in tampons, promoted the bacterial production of toxins.