Xi-an
a city in and the capital of shaanxi province, in central china: capital of the ancient chinese empire.
noun
an industrial city in central china, capital of shaanxi province: capital of china for 970 years at various times between the 3rd century bc and the 10th century ad; seat of the northwestern university (1937); famous for qin dynasty emperor qinshihuang’s tomb (207 bc) with 8000-strong terracotta army. pop: 3 256 000 (2005 est) former names changan, siking
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any of a family of baryons having strangeness −2 and isotopic spin ½. symbol: ξ.
- Xi-c-baryon
xi-c baryon xi-c baryon either of two subatomic particles in the baryon family, one neutral and one positively charged, with m-sses of 4,826 and 4,834 times that of an electron and average lifetimes of 3.5 × 10-13 and 9.8 × 10-14 seconds, respectively. see table at subatomic particle.
- Xia-gui
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- Xiang-jiang
a river in s china, flowing n to lake dongting. 715 miles (1150 km) long.
- Xianggang
hong kong. victoria (def 5).