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Lansdowne, India
Lansdowne (formerly Kaludanda) is a 1,700 m cantonment hill station in Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, founded in 1887 and named after Viceroy Lord Lansdowne; it is the Garhwal Rifles headquarters, with a proposed renaming to Jaswantgarh.
Lansing Generating Station
Lansing Generating Station was a coal-fired power plant in Lansing, Iowa, operated by Interstate Power and Light Company, with units built between 1948 and 1977 before its 2023 retirement.
Lansing–Ishii Agreement
The Lansing–Ishii Agreement (石井・ランシング協定) was a 1917 exchange of notes between US Secretary of State Robert Lansing and Japanese envoy Ishii Kikujirō recognizing Japan's special interests in China.
Lansing, Michigan
Lansing, Michigan, the state capital since 1847 in Ingham County at the Grand and Red Cedar rivers; incorporated 1859, population 112,644 (2020), home of the 1879 Michigan State Capitol and Olds automotive heritage.
Lansium
Lansium is a genus of three Meliaceae tree species native to Peninsular Thailand and Malesia; its cultivated species Lansium domesticum (langsat, duku, longkong) is a major Southeast Asian fruit tree, distinct from Clausena lansium (wampee).
Lansium domesticum
Lansium domesticum, langsat or duku (lansones, longkong), a Meliaceae fruit tree native from Peninsular Thailand to Borneo, grown in Southeast Asia for sweet segmented fruit; two varieties, var. pubescens and var. domesticum.
Lansky (2021 film)
Lansky (2021) is an American biographical crime drama directed by Eytan Rockaway, starring Harvey Keitel as mob financier Meyer Lansky, with Sam Worthington and John Magaro. Released June 25, 2021; 119 minutes; R-rated; $5 million budget, $136,579 gross.
Lansoprazole
Lansoprazole (Prevacid, Zoton FasTabs) is a Japanese-developed proton pump inhibitor approved in the US in 1995 that blocks gastric (H+/K+)-ATPase to treat GERD, ulcers, H. pylori, and Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.
Lansquenet
Lansquenet, from German Landsknecht: a German mercenary foot soldier serving France in the 15th-16th centuries, and a French banking card game named in Rabelais's 1542 Gargantua, ancestor of faro, Skin, and Zecchinetta.
Lanta Oil and Gas Field
Lanta is a small oil and gas-condensate field in concession block G4/43 in the northern Gulf of Thailand, about 125 miles south of Bangkok, operated by Chevron Offshore (Thailand) and producing since 2007.
Lantana
Lantana is a genus of flowering shrubs in the verbena family, native to tropical America and Africa and grown worldwide for clusters of small, brightly colored flowers.
Lantana (2001 film)
Lantana (2001) is an Australian psychological mystery drama by Ray Lawrence, adapted by Andrew Bovell from his play Speaking in Tongues, starring Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush, and Barbara Hershey; it won seven AFI Awards including Best Film.
Lantana camara
Lantana camara, also known as West Indian lantana, is a flowering shrub native to tropical America and one of the world's most widely distributed invasive weeds.
Lanterman–Petris–Short Act
Lanterman–Petris–Short Act (LPS Act), California's 1967 involuntary psychiatric treatment law (W&I Code 5000 et seq.): 5150 72-hour holds, 5250/5270 certifications, 5350 conservatorships, due process safeguards, and SB 43 (2023) reforms.
Lantern
A lantern, historically also spelled lanthorn, is a portable or fixed lighting device whose enclosed sides protect the flame from wind and reduce fire risk.
Lantern (Better Call Saul)
Lantern is the Better Call Saul season 3 finale (S3E10, 30th episode overall), aired June 19, 2017 on AMC; directed by Peter Gould, written by Gennifer Hutchison, ending with Chuck McGill's death by fire, the first main character death in the series.
Lantern clock
A lantern clock is a weight-driven brass wall clock made in England from about 1600, first made in London, with an open four-pillared frame and a bell on top.
Lantern Festival
The Lantern Festival (元宵节, yuán xiāo jié) is a Chinese holiday on the 15th day of the first lunar month, closing the Lunar New Year period.
Lanterna di Genova
The Lanterna di Genova is the main lighthouse of the port of Genoa, Italy, rebuilt in 1543 and the tallest lighthouse in the Mediterranean, second tallest in Europe.
Lanternfish
Lanternfish (Myctophidae), about 250 species of small bioluminescent mesopelagic fishes with species-specific photophores, dominate the ocean twilight zone, migrate vertically nightly, and anchor global mesopelagic biomass estimates.
Lanterns (TV series)
Lanterns is an HBO drama series (2026) created by Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, and Tom King, based on DC's Green Lantern, starring Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan and Aaron Pierre as John Stewart, investigating a murder in Nebraska. Third DCU TV series; eight episodes; season 2 not greenlit.
Lanthanide
The lanthanides, also called lanthanoids, are the fifteen metallic elements with atomic numbers 57 through 71, from lanthanum to lutetium, part of the rare earths.
Lanthanide contraction
The lanthanide contraction is the steady decrease in atomic and ionic radii of the lanthanide elements from lanthanum to lutetium, caused by poor shielding by 4f electrons.
Lanthanide curtain
A lanthanide curtain is a lanthanide-rich, neutron-rich ejecta layer surrounding a kilonova that absorbs blue optical light and redirects the observable emission into redder bands, depending on viewing angle.
Lanthanide single-molecule magnets
Lanthanide single-molecule magnets are coordination complexes of trivalent lanthanide ions that retain magnetization after an external field is removed, led by dysprosium and terbium complexes.
Lanthanum
Lanthanum is a soft, silvery-white metallic element with atomic number 57, the first of the lanthanide series, discovered by Carl Gustav Mosander in Sweden in 1839.
Lanthanum aluminate
Lanthanum aluminate (LaAlO3) is a perovskite-structure oxide ceramic of lanthanum, aluminum, and oxygen, used as a substrate and gate dielectric; its interface with SrTiO3 hosts a two-dimensional electron liquid with superconducting and magnetic phases.
Lanthanum aluminate-strontium titanate interface
The lanthanum aluminate-strontium titanate interface (LAO/STO) is the boundary between two insulating oxides where a two-dimensional electron gas forms, discovered by Ohtomo and Hwang in 2004.
Lanthanum hexaboride
Lanthanum hexaboride (LaB₆) is a refractory ceramic compound of lanthanum and boron, with a low work function and a melting point of 2715 °C, used as a standard high-brightness electron emitter in electron microscopes.
Lanthanum manganite
Lanthanum manganite (LaMnO3) is a perovskite oxide of lanthanum and manganese, the parent compound of doped manganites, the family in which colossal magnetoresistance was discovered around 1993.