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Definition: Argonne


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. An American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November 11.[Wordnet].
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Date "Argonne" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1771. (references)

Expressions	Definition
Argonne (automobile)	The Argonne was an American automobile manufactured from 1919 to 1920; only 24 were produced before the company folded. The car was a sports roadster with a 118-128-inch wheelbase and a four-cylinder Buda engine (a Rochester-Duesenberg power plant could be had as an alternative option). The marque featured a sharply-pointed radiator similar to that found on the Austro-Daimler. (references)
Argonne Forest	An American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November 11. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System	The Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System (ATLAS) is a scientific user facility at Argonne National Laboratory. ALTAS is the first superconducting linear accelerator for heavy ions at energies in the vicinity of the Coulomb barrier. (references)
Forest of Argonne	The Forest of Argonne is a long strip of rocky mountain and wild wood in the North-East of France. (references)
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Expressions	Domain	Definition
Argonne National Laboratory	Physics	One of the U.S. Department of Energy basic-research Laboratories, located in Illinois. Active in fusion reactor design and engineering studies. (need more info!). (references)
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Argonne can refer to several different things.

The Forest of Argonne in France
Argonne National Laboratory, a U.S. D.O.E. National Laboratory near Chicago, Illinois
Meuse-Argonne offensive, also called the Battle of Argonne Forest, a World War I battle
Argonne, Wisconsin, a town
USS Argonne, a U.S. Navy auxiliary ship, commissioned in 1921
Argonne (automobile), a short-lived U.S. car company

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Argonne". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: Argonne
Topics sorted by level of Interest	Level (1=low, 600=high)	Topics sorted Alphabetically	Level (1=low, 600=high)
USS Argonne	47	Argonne	5
USS Argonne (AS-10)	37	Argonne (automobile)	2
Argonne National Laboratory	23	Argonne National Laboratory	23
Argonne Rebels	7	Argonne Rebels	7
USS Argonne (1918)	6	Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System	4
Argonne	5	Forest of Argonne	4
Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System	4	USS Argonne	47
Forest of Argonne	4	USS Argonne (1918)	6
Argonne (automobile)	2	USS Argonne (AS-10)	37
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).