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Frank·lin 
[frangk-lin] Pronunciation Key
[frangk-lin] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | A·re·tha [uh-ree-thuh] Pronunciation Key, born 1942, U.S. singer. |
| 2. | Benjamin, 1706–90, American statesman, diplomat, author, scientist, and inventor. |
| 3. | Sir John, 1786–1847, English Arctic explorer. |
| 4. | John Hope, born 1915, U.S. historian and educator. |
| 5. | a district in extreme N Canada, in the Northwest Territories, including the Boothia and Melville peninsulas, Baffin Island, and other Arctic islands. 549,253 sq. mi. (1,422,565 sq. km). |
| 6. | a town in S Massachusetts. 18,217. |
| 7. | a city in SE Wisconsin. 16,871. |
| 8. | a town in central Tennessee. 12,407. |
| 9. | a town in central Indiana. 11,563. |
| 10. | a town in SW Ohio. 10,711. |
| 11. | a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “freeholder.” |
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| Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790.
American public official, writer, scientist, and printer. After the success of his Poor Richard's Almanac (1732-1757), he entered politics and played a major part in the American Revolution. Franklin negotiated French support for the colonists, signed the Treaty of Paris (1783), and helped draft the Constitution (1787-1789). His numerous scientific and practical innovations include the lightning rod, bifocal spectacles, and a stove. |
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| benjamin franklin | |
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| printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790) [syn: Franklin] |
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| Franklin
(frāngk'lĭn) Pronunciation Key
American public official, scientist, inventor, and writer who fully established the distinction between negative and positive electricity, proved that lightning and electricity are identical, and suggested that buildings could be protected by lightning conductors. He also invented bifocal glasses, established the direction of the prevailing storm track in North America and determined the existence of the Gulf Stream.
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