text stringlengths 24 5.93k |
|---|
Randomness. In common usage, randomness is the apparent or actual lack of definite pattern or predictability in information.[1][2] A random sequence of events, symbols or steps often has no order and does not follow an intelligible pattern or combination. Individual random events are, by definition, unpredictable, but... |
Archipelago (disambiguation). An archipelago is a landform which consists of a chain or cluster of islands. Archipelago(s) may also refer to: |
Backgammon. Backgammon is a two-player board game played with counters and dice on tables boards. It is the most widespread Western member of the large family of tables games, whose ancestors date back at least 1,600 years. The earliest record of backgammon itself dates to 17th-century England, being descended from the... |
Tokugawa Ieyasu. Tokugawa Ieyasu[a][b] (born Matsudaira Takechiyo;[c][d] January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616) was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was the third of the three Great Unifiers of Japan, along with his former lord Oda... |
Island chain strategy. The island chain strategy is a strategic maritime containment plan first conceived by American foreign policy statesman John Foster Dulles in 1951, during the Korean War.[1] It proposed surrounding the Soviet Union and China with naval bases in the West Pacific to project power and restrict sea ... |
Arpeggio. An arpeggio (Italian: [arˈpeddʒo]) is a type of chord in which the notes that compose a chord are individually sounded in a progressive rising or descending order. Arpeggios on keyboard instruments may be called rolled chords. Arpeggios may include all notes of a scale or a partial set of notes from a scale,... |
A cappella. Music performed a cappella (/ˌɑː kəˈpɛlə/ AH kə-PEL-ə, UK also /ˌæ kəˈpɛlə/ AK ə-PEL-ə, Italian: [a kkapˈpɛlla];[1] lit. in [the style of] the chapel), less commonly spelled acapella in English,[2] is music performed by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment. The term a cappella was... |
Go (game). Go is an abstract strategy board game for two players in which the aim is to fence off more territory than the opponent. The game was invented in China more than 2,500 years ago and is believed to be the oldest board game continuously played to the present day.[1][2][3][4][5] A 2016 survey by the Internation... |
Periodical literature. Periodical literature (singularly called a periodical publication or simply a periodical) consists of published works that appear in new releases on a regular schedule (issues or numbers, often numerically divided into annual volumes). The most familiar example of periodical literature is the ne... |
Eiger. The Eiger (Swiss Standard German pronunciation: [ˈaɪɡər] ⓘ) is a 3,967-metre (13,015 ft) mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland, just north of the main watershed and border with Valais. It is the easternmost peak of a ridge crest that extend... |
Roman type. In Latin script typography, roman is one of the three main kinds of historical type, alongside blackletter and italic. Sometimes called normal or regular, it is distinct from these two for its upright style (relative to the calligraphy-inspired italic) and its simplicity (relative to blackletter). During th... |
Taylor & Francis. Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in the United Kingdom that publishes books and academic journals. Its parts include Taylor & Francis, CRC Press, Routledge, F1000 Research and Dovepress.[6] It is a division of Informa, a United Kingdom-based publisher and conference comp... |
Matterhorn. The Matterhorn[note 3] is a mountain of the Alps, straddling the main watershed and border between Switzerland and Italy.[note 4] It is a large, near-symmetric pyramidal peak in the extended Monte Rosa area of the Pennine Alps, whose summit is 4,478 metres (14,692 ft) above sea level, making it one of the h... |
Indonesian archipelago. The Indonesian archipelago (Indonesian: Kepulauan Indonesia) is a large collection of over 17,000 to 18,000 islands[6][7] located between the Indian and Pacific Oceans in Southeast Asia and Oceania.[8] It is the worlds largest archipelago,[9] with five main islands—Sumatra, Java, Borneo (shared ... |
Tabletop game. Tabletop games or tabletops are games that are normally played on a table or other flat surface, such as board games, card games, dice games, miniature wargames, tabletop role-playing games, or tile-based games.[1][2] Tabletop games can be classified according to the general form, or equipment utilized:... |
Iisalmi. Iisalmi (Finnish: [ˈiːsɑlmi]; Swedish: Idensalmi)[5] is a town and municipality in the region of Northern Savonia in Finland. It is located 87 kilometres (54 mi) north of Kuopio and south of Kajaani. The municipality has a population of 20,330 (30 June 2025),[2] which makes it the second largest of the five t... |
Glossary of board games. This glossary of board games explains commonly used terms in board games, in alphabetical order. For a list of board games, see List of board games; for terms specific to chess, see Glossary of chess; for terms specific to chess problems, see Glossary of chess problems. |
Summit (disambiguation). A summit is the highest point of a mountain, hill, road, or railway. Summit may also refer to: |
East Sea (Chinese literature). The East Sea (simplified Chinese: 东海; traditional Chinese: 東海; pinyin: Dōng Hǎi), one of the Four Seas, is identified as the body of water east of the mainland according to ancient Chinese geography. In Chinese literature, the Four Seas are a metaphor for the boundaries of China.[1] It co... |
Imja Tse. Imja Tse, better known as Island Peak, is a mountain in Sagarmatha National Park in the Himalayas of eastern Nepal. The peak was named Island Peak in 1953 by members of the British Mount Everest expedition because it appears as an island in a sea of ice when viewed from Dingboche.[4] The peak was later rename... |
Sea of Japan naming dispute. A dispute exists over the international name for the body of water which is bordered by Japan, Korea (North and South) and Russia. In 1992, objections to the name Sea of Japan were first raised by North Korea and South Korea at the Sixth United Nations Conference on the Standardization of ... |
Summit (meeting). A summit meeting (or just summit) is an international meeting of heads of state or government, usually with considerable media exposure, tight security, and a prearranged agenda. Notable summit meetings include those of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin during World War II. H... |
Katakana. Katakana (片仮名、カタカナ; IPA: [katakaꜜna, kataꜜkana]) is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana,[2] kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word katakana means fragmentary kana, as the katakana characters are derived from components or fragme... |
Geomorphology (journal). Geomorphology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal about geomorphology. This article about a journal on geomorphology is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. See tips for writing articles about academic journals. Further suggestions might be found on the articles talk page. |
Monopoly (game). Monopoly is a multiplayer economics-themed board game. In the game, players roll two dice (or 1 extra special red die) to move around the game board, buying and trading properties and developing them with houses and hotels. Players collect rent from their opponents and aim to drive them into bankruptc... |
Badlands. Badlands are a type of dry terrain where softer sedimentary rocks and clay-rich soils have been extensively eroded.[1] They are characterized by steep slopes, minimal vegetation, lack of a substantial regolith, and high drainage density.[2] Ravines, gullies, buttes, hoodoos and other such geologic forms are c... |
Grove Karl Gilbert. Grove Karl Gilbert (May 6, 1843 – May 1, 1918), known by the abbreviated name G. K. Gilbert in academic literature, was an American geologist. Gilbert was born in Rochester, New York, the youngest of three kids of the painter Grove Sheldon Gilbert, and his wife, Eliza.[1] He graduated from the Univ... |
Shale. Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock formed from mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g., kaolin, Al2Si2O5(OH)4) and tiny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especially quartz and calcite.[1] Shale is characterized by its tendency to sp... |
Fremont River. The Fremont River is a 95-mile (153 km) long river in southeastern Utah, United States that flows from the Johnson Valley Reservoir, which is located on the Wasatch Plateau near Fish Lake, southeast through Capitol Reef National Park to the Muddy Creek near Hanksville where the two rivers combine to form... |
Washington (state). Washington, officially the State of Washington,[5] is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is often referred to as Washington state[a] to distinguish it from the national capital,[6] both named after George Washington (the first U.S. president). Washington borders the Pa... |
Geography (disambiguation). Geography is the study of Earth and its features, inhabitants, and phenomena. Geography may also refer to: |
List of seas on Earth. This is a list of seas of the World Ocean, including marginal seas, areas of water, various gulfs, bights, bays, and straits.[2] In many cases it is a matter of tradition for a body of water to be named a sea or a bay, etc., therefore all these types are listed here. Entities called seas which ... |
Finland. – in Europe (green & dark grey)– in the European Union (green) – [Legend] Finland,[a] officially the Republic of Finland,[b][c] is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finlan... |
Batuan, Bohol. Batuan, officially the Municipality of Batuan (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Batuan; Tagalog: Bayan ng Batuan), is a municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 13,845 people.[5] Batuan covers a total area of 7,908 hectares (19,540 acres) comprising fi... |
Bilar, Bohol. Bilar, officially the Municipality of Bilar (Cebuano: Munisipalidad sa Bilar; Tagalog: Bayan ng Bilar), is a municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 18,512 people.[5] Bilar is 42 kilometres (26 mi) from Tagbilaran. Bilar celebrates its fies... |
Geo. Geo- is a prefix derived from the Greek word γη or γαια, meaning earth, usually in the sense of ground or land”. GEO or Geo may also refer to: |
Sagbayan. Sagbayan, officially the Municipality of Sagbayan (Cebuano: Munisipyo sa Sagbayan; Tagalog: Bayan ng Sagbayan), is a municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 24,335 people.[6] Its main attraction is Sagbayan Peak, a tourism site overlooking a s... |
North Asia. North Asia or Northern Asia (Russian: Северная Азия) is the northern region of Asia, which is defined in geographical terms and consists of three federal districts of Russia: Ural, Siberian, and the Far Eastern. North Asia is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to its north; by Eastern Europe to its west; by Centr... |
East Asia. East Asia is a geocultural region of Asia. It includes China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan,[2][3] plus two special administrative regions of China, Hong Kong and Macau. The economies of China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan are among the worlds largest and most prosperous. East Asia... |
Carmen, Bohol. Carmen, officially the Municipality of Carmen (Cebuano: Munisipalidad sa Carmen; Tagalog: Bayan ng Carmen), is a municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 49,191 people.[5] Carmen celebrates its fiesta on January 17, to honor the town patro... |
Hirohito Ōta. Hirohito Ōta (太田宏人, ōta hirohito; April 1, 1970 – 2018) was a Japanese freelance writer and Zen monk. Hirohito was a researcher of Japanese graves and missionary history in South America with a focus on Peru. He was the Japanese editor for the Japanese-language Peru newspaper Peru Shinpō. He graduated fro... |
Cebuano language. Cebuano (/sɛˈbwɑːnoʊ/ se-BWAH-noh)[2][3][4] is an Austronesian language spoken in the southern Philippines by Cebuano people and other ethnic groups as a secondary language. It is natively, though informally, called by the generic name Bisayâ (Cebuano pronunciation: [bisəˈjaʔ] ⓘ), or Binisayâ ([bɪniː... |
Nepal. Nepal,[a] officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal,[b] is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north, and India to the south, east, and west, while it is n... |
Hirohito Gotō. Hirohito Gotō (後藤 ひろひと, Gotō Hirohito; born February 23, 1969) is a Japanese director, playwright, and actor. Born in Yamagata prefecture, he graduated from Yamagata Prefectural Yamagata East High School and dropped out of Hindi studies from Osaka University of Foreign Studies. In 1987 he joined the thea... |
Hirohito Furui. Hirohito Furui (古井 弘人, Furui Hirohito) is a Japanese musical arranger and keyboardist in distributors Being Inc., mainly in their label Giza Studio. In years 1999-2013 he was part of Japanese band Garnet Crow as arranger.[1][2][3] In March 2018, he launched his own band project Again, however in June 20... |
Cartography of China. Chinese cartography began in the 5th century BC during the Warring States period when cartographers started to make maps of the Earths surface. Its scope extended beyond Chinas borders with the expansion of the Chinese Empire under the Han dynasty. By the 11th century during the Song dynasty high... |
Geology. Geology is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other astronomical bodies, the rocks of which they are composed, and the processes by which they change over time.[1] The name comes from Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) earth and λoγία (-logía) study of, discourse.[2][3] Modern geology significantly ... |
History of geography. The History of geography includes many histories of geography which have differed over time and between different cultural and political groups. In more recent developments, geography has become a distinct academic discipline. Geography derives from the Greek γεωγραφία – geographia,[1] literally ... |
Emperor Fushimi. Emperor Fushimi (伏見天皇, Fushimi-tennō; 10 May 1265 – 8 October 1317) was the 92nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1287 through 1298.[1] Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (his imina) was Hirohito-shinn... |
Terrain (disambiguation). Terrain is the vertical and horizontal dimension of land surface. Terrain may also refer to: |
Outline (list). An outline, also called a hierarchical outline, is a list arranged to show hierarchical relationships and is a type of tree structure. An outline is used[1] to present the main points (in sentences) or topics (terms) of a given subject. Each item in an outline may be divided into additional sub-items. ... |
National Geophysical Data Center. The United States National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) provided scientific stewardship, products and services for geophysical data describing the solid earth, marine, and solar-terrestrial environment, as well as earth observations from space. It was established in 1965 as part of t... |
Academic discipline. An academic discipline or academic field is a subdivision of knowledge that is taught and researched at the college or university level. Disciplines are defined (in part) and recognized by the academic journals in which research is published, and the learned societies and academic departments or fa... |
Bathymetry. Bathymetry[1][2] is the study of underwater depth of ocean floors (seabed topography), river floors, or lake floors. In other words, bathymetry is the underwater equivalent to hypsometry or topography. The first recorded evidence of water depth measurements are from Ancient Egypt over 3000 years ago.[3] Bat... |
Terrane. In geology, a terrane (/təˈreɪn, ˈtɛreɪn/;[1][2] in full, a tectonostratigraphic terrane) is a crust fragment formed on a tectonic plate (or broken off from it) and accreted or sutured to crust lying on another plate. The crustal block or fragment preserves its distinctive geologic history, which is different ... |
Natural science. Natural science or empirical science is a branch of science concerned with the description, understanding, and prediction of natural phenomena, based on empirical evidence from observation and experimentation.[1] Mechanisms such as peer review and reproducibility of findings are used to try to ensure ... |
Nereid (moon). Nereid, or Neptune II, is the third-largest moon of Neptune. It has the most eccentric orbit of all known moons in the Solar System.[4] It was the second moon of Neptune to be discovered, by Gerard Kuiper in 1949. Nereid was discovered on 1 May 1949 by Gerard P. Kuiper using photographic plates taken wit... |
Landscape (disambiguation). Landscape refers to the visible features of an area of land (usually rural), or a pictorial representation of an area of countryside. Landscape may also refer to: |
Index of geography articles. This page is a list of geography topics. Geography is the study of the world and of the distribution of life on the earth, including human life and the effects of human activity. Geography research addresses both the questions of where, as well as why, geographical phenomena occur. Geograp... |
Altimeter. An altimeter or an altitude meter is an instrument used to measure the altitude of an object above a fixed level.[1] The measurement of altitude is called altimetry, which is related to the term bathymetry, the measurement of depth under water. In 1931, the US Army Air corps and General Electric together tes... |
Islets of Ksamil. The Islets of Ksamil (Albanian: Ishujt e Ksamilit or Ishujt e Tetranisit), consist of four rocky islets located in the direct proximity to the Ionian Sea in Southern Albania. The village of Ksamil, after whom the islets are named, is located to the east of the islets. Furthermore, the islands are situ... |
Geophysical definition of planet. The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) is the internationally recognized body charged with fostering agreement on nomenclature and classification across geoscientific disciplines. However, they have yet to create a formal definition of the term planet.[1] As a result, th... |
Lëkurësi Castle. Lëkurësi Castle (Albanian: Kalaja e Lëkurësit) is a ruined castle near Sarandë, southern Albania. The castle is on a strategic hill point overlooking the town of Sarandë, southeast of the town centre. From here one can control the whole town as well as the islands of Ksamil.[1] The Lëkurësi castle is l... |
Prairie. Prairies are ecosystems considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome by ecologists, based on similar temperate climates, moderate rainfall, and a composition of grasses, herbs, and shrubs, rather than trees, as the dominant vegetation type. Temperate grassland regions include the... |
Branches of science. The branches of science, also referred to as sciences, scientific fields or scientific disciplines, are commonly divided into three major groups: Scientific knowledge must be grounded in observable phenomena and must be capable of being verified by other researchers working under the same conditio... |
Proteus (moon). Proteus (/ˈproʊtiəs/ PROH-tee-əs), also known as Neptune VIII, is the second-largest Neptunian moon, and Neptunes largest inner satellite. Discovered by Voyager 2 in 1989, it is named after Proteus, the shape-changing sea god of Greek mythology.[11] Proteus orbits Neptune in a nearly equatorial orbit at... |
Butrint National Park. Butrint National Park (Albanian: Parku Kombëtar i Butrintit) is a national park in Vlorë County, southern Albania. It is located 18 kilometres (11 mi) south of Sarandë. The park encompasses 9,424 hectares (94.24 km2) of hilly terrain with freshwater lakes, wetlands, salt marshes, open plains, ree... |
Badlands National Park. Badlands National Park (Lakota: Makȟóšiča[3]) is a national park of the United States in southwestern South Dakota. The park protects 242,756 acres (379.3 sq mi; 982.4 km2)[1] of sharply eroded buttes and pinnacles, along with the largest undisturbed mixed grass prairie in the United States. Th... |
Dysnomia (moon). Dysnomia, formal designation (136199) Eris I, is the only known moon of the dwarf planet Eris and is the second-largest known moon of a dwarf planet, after Pluto I Charon. It was discovered in September 2005 by Mike Brown and the Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics (LGSAO) team at the W. M. Keck Observat... |
Russia. Russia,[b] or the Russian Federation,[c] is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world, and extends across eleven time zones, sharing land borders with fourteen countries.[d] With over 140 million people, Russia is the most populous country in Europe and the ninth-... |
Rainforest. Rainforests are forests characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforests can be generally classified as tropical rainforests or temperate rainforests, but other types have been described. Estim... |
Historical geography. Historical geography is the branch of geography that studies the ways in which geographic phenomena have changed over time.[1] In its modern form, it is a synthesizing discipline which shares both topical and methodological similarities with history, anthropology, ecology, geology, environmental s... |
South Dakota. South Dakota (/dəˈkoʊtə/ ⓘ;[9] Siouan languages: Dakȟóta itókaga, pronounced [daˈkˣota iˈtokaga]) is a double landlocked state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Dakota Sioux tribe, which comprises a large portion of the ... |
Omotesandō. Omotesandō (表参道) is a zelkova tree-lined avenue located in Shibuya and Minato, Tokyo, stretching from the Meiji Shrine entrance to Aoyama-dōri (Aoyama Street), where Omotesandō Station can be found. Omotesandō was originally created in the Taishō era (1912–1926) as the frontal (表, Omote) approach (参道, Sand... |
Central European Time. Central European Time (CET) is a standard time observed in Central as well as parts of Western and Southeast Europe, which is one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The time offset from UTC can be written as UTC+01:00. It covers most of continental Europe and it has been adopted by s... |
Kita-Aoyama. Kita-Aoyama (北青山, Kitaaoyama) is a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Minato City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools. Kita-Aoyama 1-2-chōme and 3-chōme 1-4-ban are zoned to Aoyama Elementary School (青山小学校). 3-chōme 5-15-ban are zoned to Seinan Elementary School (青南小学校). Al... |
Geography and cartography in the medieval Islamic world. Medieval Islamic geography and cartography refer to the study of geography and cartography in the Muslim world during the Islamic Golden Age (variously dated between the 8th century and 16th century). Muslim scholars made advances to the map-making traditions of... |
Planetary surface. A planetary surface is where the solid or liquid material of certain types of astronomical objects contacts the atmosphere or outer space. Planetary surfaces are found on solid objects of planetary mass, including terrestrial planets (including Earth), dwarf planets, natural satellites, planetesimals... |
Dryland (disambiguation). Drylands are ecoregions marked by aridity and low or unpredictable precipitation. Dry land is a figure of speech describing the parts of earth that are not ocean. Dryland, drylands, dry land, or dry lands may also refer to: |
Land (disambiguation). Land is the solid surface of the Earth that is not covered by water. Land, lands, The Land, or the Lands may also refer to: |
Ksamil. Ksamil (Albanian: Ksamili, Greek: Εξαμίλι) is a village and a former municipality in the riviera of Southern Albania, and part of Butrint National Park. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality of Sarandë.[2] The population as of the 2023 census is 2,731,[1] while accordin... |
UTC+01:00. UTC+01:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +01:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2019-02-07T23:28:34+01:00. It indicates a point of time meaning Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) plus one hour. It is synonym with British Summer Time (BST). This time is used in: Principal cities: ... |
Yoshihito (name). Yosihito (Nihon-shiki) Yoshihito is a masculine Japanese given name. Yoshihito can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples: The name can also be written in hiragana よしひと or katakana ヨシヒト. |
Akasaka Palace. Akasaka Palace (赤坂離宮, Akasaka Rikyū) is a state guest house (迎賓館, geihinkan) of the government of Japan. Other state guesthouses of the government include the Kyoto State Guest House. The palace was originally built as the Imperial Palace for the Crown Prince (東宮御所, Tōgū Gosho) in 1909. Today the palace... |
Tōgū Palace. In Japan, the Tōgū Palace (東宮, Tōgū; lit. East Palace) traditionally does not refer to a single location, but to any residence of the imperial crown prince. As Prince Akishino, the current heir presumptive, is not a direct male descendant of the Emperor and not an imperial crown prince himself, there is cu... |
History of cartography. Maps have been one of the most important human inventions, allowing humans to explain and navigate their way. When and how the earliest maps were made is unclear, but maps of local terrain are believed to have been independently invented by many cultures. The earliest putative maps include cave... |
Aoyama Gakuin University. Aoyama Gakuin University (Japanese: 青山学院大学, Hepburn: Aoyama Gakuin Daigaku; AGU) is a private Christian university in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Originally established in 1874 by missionaries from the Methodist Episcopal Church, it was reconfigured in its current form in 1949 as tertiary component... |
Hayama Imperial Villa. Hayama Imperial Villa (葉山御用邸, Hayama Goyōtei), located in the town of Hayama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan is a residence owned by the Japanese Imperial Family, and used on infrequent intervals as an informal winter retreat.[1] The Imperial Family of Japan previously had residences in several locat... |
Point Reyes National Seashore. Point Reyes National Seashore is a 71,028-acre (287.44 km2) park preserve located on the Point Reyes Peninsula in Marin County, California. As a national seashore, it is maintained by the US National Park Service as an important nature preserve. No other park in the world hosts breeding ... |
Takanawa (disambiguation). Takanawa (Japanese: 高縄 or 高輪) may refer to the following places: |
Tissots indicatrix. In cartography, a Tissots indicatrix (Tissot indicatrix, Tissots ellipse, Tissot ellipse, ellipse of distortion) (plural: Tissots indicatrices) is a mathematical contrivance presented by French mathematician Nicolas Auguste Tissot in 1859 and 1871 to characterize local distortions due to map project... |
Polyhedral map projection. A polyhedral map projection is a map projection based on a spherical polyhedron. Typically, the polyhedron is overlaid on the globe, and each face of the polyhedron is transformed to a polygon or other shape in the plane. The best-known polyhedral map projection is Buckminster Fullers Dymaxio... |
Icosahedron. In geometry, an icosahedron (/ˌaɪkɒsəˈhiːdrən, -kə-, -koʊ-/ or /aɪˌkɒsəˈhiːdrən/[1]) is a polyhedron with 20 faces. The name comes from Ancient Greek εἴκοσι (eíkosi) twenty and ἕδρα (hédra) seat. The plural can be either icosahedra (/-drə/) or icosahedrons. There are infinitely many non-similar shapes o... |
Interruption (map projection). In map projections, an interruption is any place where the globe has been split. All map projections are interrupted at at least one point. Typical world maps are interrupted along an entire meridian. In that typical case, the interruption forms an east–west boundary, even though the glob... |
Vlorë. Vlorë (/ˈvlɔːrə/ VLOR-ə;[10][11] Albanian: [ˈvlɔɾə]; Albanian definite form: Vlora)[b] is the third most populous city of Albania and seat of Vlorë County and Vlorë Municipality. Located in southwestern Albania, Vlorë sprawls on the Bay of Vlorë and is surrounded by the foothills of the Ceraunian Mountains along... |
Net (polyhedron). In geometry, a net of a polyhedron is an arrangement of non-overlapping edge-joined polygons in the plane that can be folded (along edges) to become the faces of the polyhedron. Polyhedral nets are a useful aid to the study of polyhedra and solid geometry in general, as they allow for physical models ... |
Musashi Imperial Graveyard. Musashi Imperial Graveyard (武蔵陵墓地, Musashi ryōbochi) is a mausoleum complex of the Japanese Emperors in Nagabusa-machi, Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan. Located within a forest in the western suburbs of Tokyo and named for the ancient Musashi Province, the site contains the mausolea of Emperor Taishō... |
Daijō Tennō. Daijō Tennō or Dajō Tennō (太上天皇) is a title for an Emperor of Japan who abdicates the Chrysanthemum Throne in favour of a successor.[1] It is sometimes translated as Emperor Emeritus. As defined in the Taihō Code, although retired, a Daijō Tennō could still exert power. The first such example is the Empres... |
Age of Discovery. The Age of Discovery (c. 1418 – c. 1620),[1] also known as the Age of Exploration, was part of the early modern period and overlapped with the Age of Sail. It was a period from approximately the 15th to the 17th century, during which seafarers from European countries explored, colonized, and conquere... |
Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu. Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu (高松宮宣仁親王, Takamatsu-no-miya Nobuhito Shinnō; 3 January 1905 – 3 February 1987) was the third son of Emperor Taishō (Yoshihito) and Empress Teimei (Sadako) and a younger brother of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). He became heir to the Takamatsu-no-miya (formerly Arisugaw... |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.