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Tyndall, SD -- U.S. city in South Dakota
Population (2000): 1239
Housing Units (2000): 579
Land area (2000): 1.581212 sq. miles (4.095320 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.581212 sq. miles (4.095320 sq. km)
FIPS code: 64860
Located within: South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
Location: 42.991775 N, 97.863539 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 57066
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords: Tyndall, SD Tyndall

Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
 

 

Tyndall

noun

British physicist (born in Ireland) remembered for his experiments on the transparency of gases and the absorption of radiant heat by gases and the transmission of sound through the atmosphere; he was the first person to explain why the daylight sky is blue (1820-1893) [syn: John Tyndall]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

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