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megalithHuge, often undressed stone used in various types of Neolithic and Early Bronze Age monuments. The most ancient form of megalithic construction is probably the dolmen, a type of burial chamber consisting of several upright supports and a flat roofing slab. Another form is the menhir, a simple upright stone usually placed with others to form a circle, as at Stonehenge and Avebury in England, or a straight alignment, as at Carnac in France. The meaning of megalithic monuments remains largely unknown, but all share certain architectural and technical features suggesting that their creators sought to impose a conspicuously human design on the landscape and imbue it with cultural symbols. See also rock art. |
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Guided by Indian spirits from his dreams, Timothy aims to destroy the megalithic railroad corporation and its control over life in North America. Eclipse challenges traditional models of megalithic enterprise development tools, allowing users to adopt more granular tools better aligned to their needs -- and this agility is seen by adopters as one of the key advantages of Eclipse," states Carl Zetie, vice president, Forrester Research, in "The Eclipse Tools Market Enters The Next Phase," October 2005. In a land of megalithic corporations with armies of engineers, Ubit has with just a handful of talented international developers created a successful European business worth millions of dollars a year. |
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