(1937- ) a US COMPOSER of modern CLASSICAL music, who was influenced by Indian music, and is famous for his minimalist style, in which short musical phrases are repeated again and again, with very slight changes
(1872) a book for children by Lewis CARROLL in which the main character, Alice, a little girl, visits a strange world by stepping through a mirror. Many of the people she meets are CHESS pieces or characters from NURSERY RHYME s (= old songs or poems for young children) such as HUMPTY DUMPTY .
thermometer consisting of a glass capillary tube marked with degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit and containing alcohol which rises or falls as it expands or contracts with changes in temperature