ekg
- n a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph
ekman
- n Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954)
el
- n angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
- n a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level
el-aksur
- n a city in central Egypt on the east bank of the Nile that is a center for visitors to the ruins of and around Thebes
el alamein
- n a village to the west of Alexandria on the northern coast of Egypt; the scene of a decisive Allied victory over the Germans in 1942
- n a pitched battle in World War II (1942) resulting in a decisive Allied victory by British troops under Montgomery over German troops under Rommel