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2654 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abatement%20of%20debts%20and%20legacies | Abatement of debts and legacies | Abatement of debts and legacies is a common law doctrine of wills that holds that when the equitable assets of a deceased person are not sufficient to satisfy fully all the creditors, their debts must abate proportionately, and they must accept a dividend.
In the case of legacies when the funds or assets out of which ... |
2661 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affection | Affection | Affection or fondness is a "disposition or state of mind or body" that is often associated with a feeling or type of love. It has given rise to a number of branches of philosophy and psychology concerning emotion, disease, influence, and state of being. "Affection" is popularly used to denote a feeling or type of love,... |
2662 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affiliation%20%28family%20law%29 | Affiliation (family law) | In law, affiliation (from Latin affiliare, "to adopt as a son") was previously the term to describe legal establishment of paternity. The following description, for the most part, was written in the early 20th century, and it should be understood as a historical document.
Affiliation procedures in England
In England... |
2663 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affinity | Affinity | Affinity may refer to:
Commerce, finance and law
Affinity (law), kinship by marriage
Affinity analysis, a market research and business management technique
Affinity fraud, a type of scam targeting a specific demographic
Affinity marketing, a method of extending market reach by forming partnerships and cross-sell... |
2665 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affray | Affray | In many legal jurisdictions related to English common law, affray is a public order offence consisting of the fighting of one or more persons in a public place to the terror (in ) of ordinary people. Depending on their actions, and the laws of the prevailing jurisdiction, those engaged in an affray may also render the... |
2667 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan%20Turkestan | Afghan Turkestan | Afghan Turkestan, also known as Southern Turkestan, is a region in northern Afghanistan, on the border with the former Soviet republics of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. In the 19th century, there was a province in Afghanistan named Turkestan with Mazari Sharif as provincial capital. The province incorporated... |
2668 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afyonkarahisar | Afyonkarahisar | Afyonkarahisar (, "poppy, opium", kara "black", hisar "fortress") is a city in western Turkey, the capital of Afyon Province. Afyon is in the mountainous countryside inland from the Aegean coast, south-west of Ankara along the Akarçay River.
In Turkey, Afyonkarahisar stands out as a capital city of hot springs and sp... |
2670 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abba%20Arikha | Abba Arikha | Abba Arikha (175–247 CE; Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: ; born: Rav Abba bar Aybo, ), commonly known as Rav (), was a Jewish amora of the 3rd century. He was born and lived in Kafri, Asoristan, in the Sasanian Empire.
Abba Arikha established at Sura the systematic study of the rabbinic traditions, which, using the Mishna... |
2671 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbahu | Abbahu | Rabbi Abbahu () was a Jew and Talmudist of the Talmudic Academies in Syria Palaestina from about 279-320 and is counted a member of the third generation of Amoraim. He is sometimes cited as Rabbi Abbahu of Kisrin (Caesarea).
Biography
His rabbinical education was acquired mainly at Tiberias in the academy presided ove... |
2673 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbreviator | Abbreviator | An Abbreviator (plural "Abbreviators" in English and "Abbreviatores" in Latin) or Breviator was a writer of the Papal Chancery who adumbrated and prepared in correct form Papal bulls, briefs, and consistorial decrees before these were written out in extenso by the scriptores.
They are first mentioned in the Papal bull... |
2674 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abd%20al-Latif%20al-Baghdadi | Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi | ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī (, 1162 Baghdad–1231 Baghdad), short for Muwaffaq al-Dīn Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Laṭīf ibn Yūsuf al-Baghdādī (), was a physician, philosopher, historian, Arabic grammarian and traveller, and one of the most voluminous writers of his time.
Biography
Many details of ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī's life ar... |
2676 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abd%20al-Rahman%20I | Abd al-Rahman I | Abd al-Rahman I ibn Mu’awiya (in full: Abd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya ibn Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan; 731-788; Arabic: عبد الرحمن الأول) was the founder of the Umayyad Arab dynasty that ruled the greater part of Iberia for nearly three centuries (including the succeeding Caliphate of Córdoba). Abd al-Rahman was a m... |
2677 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abd%20al-Rahman%20II | Abd al-Rahman II | Abd ar-Rahman II () (792–852) was the fourth Umayyad Emir of Córdoba in the Al-Andalus Iberia from 822 until his death.
Abd ar-Rahman II was born in Toledo, the son of Emir Al-Hakam I. In his youth he took part in the so-called "massacre of the ditch", when from 700 to 5,000 people came to pay homage to the princes wh... |
2678 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abd%20al-Rahman%20III | Abd al-Rahman III | ʿAbd al-Rahmān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥakam al-Rabdī ibn Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Dākhil () or ʿAbd al-Rahmān III (890 - 961), was the Umayyad Emir of Córdoba from 912 to 929, at which point he founded the Caliphate of Córdoba, serving as its first caliph until his death.... |
2679 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abd%20al-Rahman%20IV | Abd al-Rahman IV | Abd ar-Rahman IV Mortada () was the Caliph of Córdoba in the Umayyad dynasty in Al-Andalus, succeeding Sulayman ibn al-Hakam, in 1018. That same year, he was murdered at Cadiz while fleeing from a battle in which he had been deserted by the very supporters which had brought him into power. His brief reign was similar t... |
2680 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abd%20al-Rahman%20V | Abd al-Rahman V | Abd ar-Rahman V () was an Umayyad Caliph of Córdoba.
In the agony of the Umayyad dynasty in the Al-Andalus (Moorish Iberia), two princes of the house were proclaimed Caliph of Córdoba for a very short time, Abd-ar-Rahman IV Mortada (1017), and Abd-ar-Rahman V Mostadir (1023–1024). Both were the mere puppets of faction... |
2681 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdulaziz | Abdulaziz | Abdulaziz ( ; 8 February 18304 June 1876) was the 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and reigned from 25 June 1861 up until 30 May 1876, where he was overthrown via a government coup. He was the son of Sultan Mahmud II and succeeded his brother Abdulmejid I in 1861.
Born at Eyüp Palace, Constantinople (present-day Ista... |
2684 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdera%2C%20Spain | Abdera, Spain |
Abdera was an ancient Carthaginian and Roman port on a hill above the modern Adra on the southeastern Mediterranean coast of Spain. It was located between Malaca (now Málaga) and Carthago Nova (now Cartagena) in the district inhabited by the Bastuli.
Name
Abdera shares its name with a city in Thrace and another in ... |
2685 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdera%2C%20Thrace | Abdera, Thrace | Abdera () is a municipality in the Xanthi regional unit of Thrace, Greece. In classical antiquity, it was a major Greek polis on the Thracian coast.
The ancient polis is to be distinguished from the municipality, which was named in its honor. The polis lay 17 km east-northeast of the mouth of the Nestos River, almost ... |
2686 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollos | Apollos | Apollos () was a 1st-century Alexandrian Jewish Christian mentioned several times in the New Testament. A contemporary and colleague of Paul the Apostle, he played an important role in the early development of the churches of Ephesus and Corinth.
Biblical account
Acts of the Apostles
Apollos is first mentioned as a C... |
2687 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquis%20communautaire | Acquis communautaire | The Community acquis or acquis communautaire (; ), sometimes called the EU acquis and often shortened to acquis, is the accumulated legislation, legal acts and court decisions that constitute the body of European Union law. The term is French: acquis meaning "that which has been acquired or obtained", and communautaire... |
2689 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antacid | Antacid | An antacid is a substance which neutralizes stomach acidity and is used to relieve heartburn, indigestion or an upset stomach. Some antacids have been used in the treatment of constipation and diarrhea. Marketed antacids contain salts of aluminum, calcium, magnesium, or sodium. Some preparations contain a combination o... |
2690 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidiarrhoeal | Antidiarrhoeal | An anti-diarrhoeal drug (or anti-diarrheal drug in American English) is any medication which provides symptomatic relief for diarrhoea.
Types
Electrolyte solutions, while not true antidiarrhoeals, are used to replace lost fluids and salts in acute cases.
Bulking agents like methylcellulose, guar gum or plant fibre (... |
2691 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81ed%20mac%20Cin%C3%A1eda | Áed mac Cináeda | Áed mac Cináeda (Modern Scottish Gaelic: Aodh mac Choinnich; ; died 878) was a son of Cináed mac Ailpín. He became king of the Picts in 877, when he succeeded his brother Constantín mac Cináeda. He was nicknamed Áed of the White Flowers, the wing-footed () or the white-foot ().
Sources
The Chronicle of the Kings of Al... |
2692 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul%20Hamid%20I | Abdul Hamid I | Abdülhamid I, Abdul Hamid I or Abd Al-Hamid I (, `Abdü’l-Ḥamīd-i evvel; ; 20 March 1725 – 7 April 1789) was the 27th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, reigning over the Ottoman Empire from 1774 to 1789.
Early life
He was born on 20 March 1725 in Constantinople, a younger son of Sultan Ahmed III (reigned 1703–1730) and hi... |
2695 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdur%20Rahman%20Khan | Abdur Rahman Khan | Abdur Rahman Khan GCSI (Pashto/Dari: ) (between 1840 and 1844 – 1 October 1901) was Emir of Afghanistan from 1880 to his death in 1901. He is known for uniting the country after years of internal fighting and negotiation of the Durand Line Agreement with British India.
Abdur Rahman Khan was the first child and only so... |
2696 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abencerrages | Abencerrages | The Abencerrages or Abencerrajes (from the Arabic for "Saddler's Son") were a family or faction that is said to have held a prominent position in the Kingdom of Granada in the 15th century.
The name appears to have been derived from Yussuf ben-Serragh, the head of the tribe in the time of Muhammed VII, Sultan of Grana... |
2699 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberavon%20%28UK%20Parliament%20constituency%29 | Aberavon (UK Parliament constituency) | Aberavon (Welsh: Aberafan) is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2015 by Stephen Kinnock of the Welsh Labour Party. It includes the town of Aberavon, although the largest town in the constituency is Port Talbot.
History
The constituency was created for the ... |
2700 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abercarn | Abercarn | Abercarn is a small town and community in Caerphilly county borough, Wales. It is 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Newport on the A467 between Cwmcarn and Newbridge, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.
History
An estate at Abercarn was owned by the ironmaster Richard Crawshay; in 1808, it passed to his son-i... |
2701 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdare | Aberdare | Aberdare ( ; ) is a town in the Cynon Valley area of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, at the confluence of the Rivers Dare (Dâr) and Cynon. Aberdare has a population of 39,550 (mid-2017 estimate). Aberdare is south-west of Merthyr Tydfil, north-west of Cardiff and east-north-east of Swansea. During the 19th century it beca... |
2702 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberration | Aberration | An aberration is something that deviates from the normal way.
Aberration may also refer to:
Optics and physics
Optical aberration, an imperfection in image formation by an optical system
Chromatic aberration, caused by differences in refractive index for different wavelengths of light, in contrast with monochromatic ... |
2703 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberration%20%28astronomy%29 | Aberration (astronomy) | In astronomy, aberration (also referred to as astronomical aberration, stellar aberration, or velocity aberration) is a phenomenon which produces an apparent motion of celestial objects about their true positions, dependent on the velocity of the observer. It causes objects to appear to be displaced towards the directi... |
2704 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical%20aberration | Optical aberration | In optics, aberration is a property of optical systems, such as lenses, that causes light to be spread out over some region of space rather than focused to a point. Aberrations cause the image formed by a lens to be blurred or distorted, with the nature of the distortion depending on the type of aberration. Aberration ... |
2705 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy%20Grant | Amy Grant | Amy Lee Grant (born November 25, 1960) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. She started in contemporary Christian music (CCM) before a successful crossover to pop music in the 1980s and 1990s. She has been referred to as "The Queen of Christian Pop".
, she had sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, won... |
2707 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20William%20%C3%A0%20Beckett | Arthur William à Beckett | Arthur William à Beckett (25 October 1844 – 14 January 1909) was an English journalist and intellectual.
Biography
He was a younger son of Gilbert Abbott à Beckett and Mary Anne à Beckett, brother of Gilbert Arthur à Beckett and educated at Felsted School. Besides fulfilling other journalistic engagements, Beckett was... |
2709 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdeen%2C%20South%20Dakota | Aberdeen, South Dakota | Aberdeen (Lakota: Ablíla) is a city in and the county seat of Brown County, South Dakota, United States, located approximately northeast of Pierre. The city population was 28,495 at the 2020 census, making it the third most populous city in the state after Sioux Falls and Rapid City. Aberdeen is the principal city of ... |
2710 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Au | Au | Au, AU, au or a.u. may refer to:
Science and technology
Computing
.au, the internet country code for Australia
Au file format, Sun Microsystems' audio format
Audio Units, a system level plug-in architecture from Apple Computer
Adobe Audition, a sound editor program
Windows Update or Automatic Updates, in Micros... |
2712 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdour | Aberdour | Aberdour (; Scots: , ) is a scenic and historic village on the south coast of Fife, Scotland. It is on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, looking south to the island of Inchcolm and its Abbey, and to Leith and Edinburgh beyond. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 1,633.
The village's wind... |
2714 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberfoyle%2C%20Stirling | Aberfoyle, Stirling | Aberfoyle () is a village in the historic county and registration county of Perthshire and the council area of Stirling, Scotland. The settlement lies northwest of Glasgow.
The parish of Aberfoyle takes its name from this village, and had a population of 1,065 at the 2011 Census.
Geography
The town is situated on t... |
2715 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abergavenny | Abergavenny | Abergavenny (; , archaically Abergafenni meaning "mouth of the River Gavenny") is a market town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales. Abergavenny is promoted as a Gateway to Wales; it is approximately from the border with England and is located where the A40 trunk road and the A465 Heads of the Valleys road meet.
... |
2716 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abersychan | Abersychan | Abersychan is a town and community north of Pontypool in Torfaen, Wales, and lies within the boundaries of the historic county of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent.
Abersychan lies in the narrow northern section of the Afon Lwyd valley.
The town includes two schools; Abersychan Comprehensive School and ... |
2717 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abertillery | Abertillery | Abertillery (; ) is a town and a community of the Ebbw Fach valley in the historic county of Monmouthshire, Wales. Following local government reorganisation it became part of the Blaenau Gwent County Borough administrative area.
The surrounding landscape borders the Brecon Beacons National Park and the Blaenavon World... |
2719 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abettor | Abettor | Abettor (from to abet, Old French abeter, à and beter, to bait, urge dogs upon any one; this word is probably of Scandinavian origin, meaning to cause to bite), is a legal term implying one who instigates, encourages or assists another to commit an offence.
An abettor differs from an accessory in that he must be prese... |
2720 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abeyance | Abeyance | Abeyance (from the Old French abeance meaning "gaping") is a state of expectancy in respect of property, titles or office, when the right to them is not vested in any one person, but awaits the appearance or determination of the true owner. In law, the term abeyance can be applied only to such future estates as have n... |
2722 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders%20Celsius | Anders Celsius | Anders Celsius (; 27 November 170125 April 1744) was a Swedish astronomer, physicist and mathematician. He was professor of astronomy at Uppsala University from 1730 to 1744, but traveled from 1732 to 1735 visiting notable observatories in Germany, Italy and France. He founded the Uppsala Astronomical Observatory in 17... |
2723 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%20Carolla | Adam Carolla | Adam Carolla (born May 27, 1964) is an American radio personality, comedian, actor and podcaster. He hosts The Adam Carolla Show, a talk show distributed as a podcast which set the record as the "most downloaded podcast" as judged by Guinness World Records in 2011.
Carolla co-hosted the syndicated radio call-in progra... |
2724 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocorrelation | Autocorrelation | Autocorrelation, sometimes known as serial correlation in the discrete time case, is the correlation of a signal with a delayed copy of itself as a function of delay. Informally, it is the similarity between observations as a function of the time lag between them. The analysis of autocorrelation is a mathematical tool ... |
2726 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas%20Autocode | Atlas Autocode | Atlas Autocode (AA) is a programming language developed around 1965 at the University of Manchester. A variant of the language ALGOL, it was developed by Tony Brooker and Derrick Morris for the Atlas computer.
The word Autocode was basically an early term for programming language. Different autocodes could vary great... |
2729 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20J.%20Stone | Arthur J. Stone | Arthur J. Stone (1847–1938), a leading American silversmith, was born, trained and worked in Sheffield, England, and Edinburgh, Scotland, before travelling to the United States in 1884. He was one of the last silversmiths in America to train apprentices to carry out designs in hand-wrought silver. In 1901, Stone set up... |
2732 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Au%20file%20format | Au file format | The Au file format is a simple audio file format introduced by Sun Microsystems. The format was common on NeXT systems and on early Web pages. Originally it was headerless, being simply 8-bit μ-law-encoded data at an 8000 Hz sample rate. Hardware from other vendors often used sample rates as high as 8192 Hz, often inte... |
2733 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April%2025 | April 25 |
Events
Pre-1600
404 BC – Admiral Lysander and King Pausanias of Sparta blockade Athens and bring the Peloponnesian War to a successful conclusion.
775 – The Battle of Bagrevand puts an end to an Armenian rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate. Muslim control over the South Caucasus is solidified and its Islamizati... |
2734 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April%2024 | April 24 |
Events
Pre-1600
1479 BC – Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty).
1183 BC – Traditional reckoning of the Fall of Troy marking the end of the legendary Trojan War, given by chief librarian of the Library of Ale... |
2735 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April%207 | April 7 |
Events
Pre-1600
451 – Attila the Hun sacks the town of Metz and attacks other cities in Gaul.
529 – First draft of the Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I.
611 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul sacks rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico... |
2736 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andalusia | Andalusia | Andalusia (, ; ) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a "historical nationality". The territory is divided into eight provinces: Almería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Má... |
2739 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhorrers | Abhorrers | Abhorrers, the name given in 1679 to the persons who expressed their abhorrence at the action of those who had signed petitions urging King Charles II of England to assemble Parliament.
Feeling against Catholics, and especially against James, Duke of York, was running strongly; the Exclusion Bill had been passed by th... |
2740 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiathar | Abiathar | Abiathar ( ’Evyatar, ’Ebiyatar, or ’Eviyathar, "the father is great"), in the Hebrew Bible, is a son of Ahimelech or Ahijah, High Priest at Nob, the fourth in descent from Eli and the last of Eli's House to be a High Priest.
Bible account
Abiathar was the only one of the priests to escape from Saul's (reigned c. 1020... |
2741 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail | Abigail | Abigail () was an Israelite woman in the Hebrew Bible married to Nabal; she became married to the future King David after Nabal's death (1 Samuel ). Abigail was David's second wife, after Saul and Ahinoam's daughter, Michal, whom Saul later married to Palti, son of Laish when David went into hiding.
She became the mot... |
2742 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abila | Abila | Abila, also spelled Abyla, may refer to:
Towns
Abila in Decapolis, also called Seleucia, northeast of present-day Irbid in Jordan
Abila Lysaniou, capital of ancient Abilene, northwest of present-day Damascus in Syria
Abila in Peraea, northeast of the northern shore of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan
Abila in H... |
2745 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azad%20Kashmir | Azad Kashmir | Azad Jammu and Kashmir (; , ), abbreviated as AJK and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir, is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entity and constituting the western portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 194... |
2747 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian%20Sea | Arabian Sea | The Arabian Sea () is a region of the northern Indian Ocean bounded on the north by Pakistan, Iran and the Gulf of Oman, on the west by the Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Peninsula, on the southeast by the Laccadive Sea and the Maldives, on the southwest by Somalia, and on the east by India. Its total ... |
2752 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartame | Aspartame | Aspartame is an artificial non-saccharide sweetener 200 times sweeter than sucrose, and is commonly used as a sugar substitute in foods and beverages. It is a methyl ester of the aspartic acid/phenylalanine dipeptide with the trade names NutraSweet, Equal, and Canderel. Aspartame was first made in 1965 and approved for... |
2753 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoCAD | AutoCAD | AutoCAD is a commercial computer-aided design (CAD) and drafting software application. Developed and marketed by Autodesk, AutoCAD was first released in December 1982 as a desktop app running on microcomputers with internal graphics controllers. Before AutoCAD was introduced, most commercial CAD programs ran on mainfra... |
2754 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoCAD%20DXF | AutoCAD DXF | AutoCAD DXF (Drawing Interchange Format, or Drawing Exchange Format) is a CAD data file format developed by Autodesk for enabling data interoperability between AutoCAD and other programs.
DXF was introduced in December 1982 as part of AutoCAD 1.0, and was intended to provide an exact representation of the data in the ... |
2756 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asexual%20reproduction | Asexual reproduction | Asexual reproduction is a type of reproduction that does not involve the fusion of gametes or change in the number of chromosomes. The offspring that arise by asexual reproduction from either unicellular or multicellular organisms inherit the full set of genes of their single parent. Asexual reproduction is the primary... |
2758 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aelbert%20Cuyp | Aelbert Cuyp | Aelbert Jacobsz. Cuyp (20 October 1620 – 15 November 1691) was one of the leading Dutch Golden Age painters, producing mainly landscapes. The most famous of a family of painters, the pupil of his father Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp (1594–1651/52), he is especially known for his large views of Dutch riverside scenes in a golden... |
2761 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkene | Alkene | In chemistry, an alkene is a hydrocarbon containing a carbon–carbon double bond.
Alkene is often used as synonym of olefin, that is, any hydrocarbon containing one or more double bonds. Two general types of monoalkenes are distinguished: terminal and internal. Also called α-olefins, terminal alkenes are more useful.
... |
2762 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allenes | Allenes | Allenes are organic compounds in which one carbon atom has double bonds with each of its two adjacent carbon centres. Allenes are classified as cumulated dienes. The parent compound of this class is propadiene, which is itself also called allene. Compounds with an allene-type structure but with more than three carbon a... |
2763 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkyne | Alkyne | In organic chemistry, an alkyne is an unsaturated hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon—carbon triple bond. The simplest acyclic alkynes with only one triple bond and no other functional groups form a homologous series with the general chemical formula . Alkynes are traditionally known as acetylenes, although the... |
2764 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AbiWord | AbiWord | AbiWord () is a free and open-source software word processor. It is written in C++ and since version 3 it is based on GTK+ 3. The name "AbiWord" is derived from the root of the Spanish word "abierto", meaning "open".
AbiWord was originally started by SourceGear Corporation as the first part of a proposed AbiSuite but ... |
2766 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ames%20test | Ames test | The Ames test is a widely employed method that uses bacteria to test whether a given chemical can cause mutations in the DNA of the test organism. More formally, it is a biological assay to assess the mutagenic potential of chemical compounds. A positive test indicates that the chemical is mutagenic and therefore may a... |
2767 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACE%20inhibitor | ACE inhibitor | Angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors (ACE inhibitors) are a class of medication used primarily for the treatment of high blood pressure and heart failure. They work by causing relaxation of blood vessels as well as a decrease in blood volume, which leads to lower blood pressure and decreased oxygen demand from the ... |
2769 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antianginal | Antianginal | An antianginal is a drug used in the treatment of angina pectoris, a symptom of ischaemic heart disease.
Examples
Drugs used are nitrates, beta blockers, or calcium channel blockers.
Nitrates
Nitrates cause vasodilation of the venous capacitance vessels by stimulating the endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF). ... |
2770 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomical%20Therapeutic%20Chemical%20Classification%20System | Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System | The Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) Classification System is a drug classification system that classifies the active ingredients of drugs according to the organ or system on which they act and their therapeutic, pharmacological and chemical properties. Its purpose is an aid to monitor drug use and for research to... |
2778 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel%20ATA | Parallel ATA | Parallel ATA (PATA), originally , also known as ATA or IDE is standard interface designed for IBM PC-compatible computers. It was first developed by Western Digital and Compaq in 1986 for compatible hard drives and CD or DVD drives. The connection is used for storage devices such as hard disk drives, floppy disk drives... |
2779 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari%202600 | Atari 2600 | The Atari 2600, branded as the Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS) until November 1982, is a home video game console developed and produced by Atari, Inc. Released in September 1977, it popularized microprocessor-based hardware and games stored on swappable ROM cartridges, a format first used with the Fairchild Cha... |
2780 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari%205200 | Atari 5200 | The Atari 5200 SuperSystem or simply Atari 5200 is a home video game console introduced in 1982 by Atari, Inc. as a higher-end complement for the popular Atari Video Computer System. The VCS was renamed to the Atari 2600 at the time of the 5200's launch. Created to compete with Intellivision, the 5200 wound up a direct... |
2781 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari%207800 | Atari 7800 | The Atari 7800 ProSystem, or simply the Atari 7800, is a home video game console officially released by Atari Corporation in 1986 as the successor to both the Atari 2600 and Atari 5200. It can run almost all Atari 2600 cartridges, making it one of the first consoles with backward compatibility. It shipped with a diffe... |
2782 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari%20Jaguar | Atari Jaguar | The Atari Jaguar is a home video game console developed by Atari Corporation and released in North America in November 1993. Part of the fifth generation of video game consoles, it competed with the 16-bit Sega Genesis and Super NES and the 32-bit 3DO Interactive Multiplayer that launched the same year. Despite its tw... |
2783 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari%20Lynx | Atari Lynx | The Atari Lynx is a hybrid 8-bit and 16-bit handheld game console released by Atari Corporation in September 1989 in North America, and in Europe and Japan in 1990.
It arose as the first handheld game console with a color LCD screen. Its advanced graphics and ambidextrous layout competed with Nintendo's Game Boy (rele... |
2784 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahimsa | Ahimsa | Ahimsa (, IAST: ahiṃsā, ; ), less commonly spelled ahinsa, is an ancient Indian principle of nonviolence which applies to all living beings. It is a key virtue in the Dhārmic religions: Jainism, Buddhism, and Hinduism.
Ahimsa is one of the cardinal virtues of Jainism, where it is first of the Pancha Mahavrata. It is a... |
2785 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annals%20of%20Mathematics | Annals of Mathematics | The Annals of Mathematics is a mathematical journal published every two months by Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study.
History
The journal was established as The Analyst in 1874 and with Joel E. Hendricks as the founding editor-in-chief. It was "intended to afford a medium for the presentation ... |
2786 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei%20Sakharov | Andrei Sakharov | Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov (; 21 May 192114 December 1989) was a Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident, Nobel laureate, and activist for disarmament, peace and human rights.
He became renowned as the designer of the Soviet Union's RDS-37, a codename for Soviet development of thermonuclear weapons. Sakharov later became... |
2787 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrobiology | Astrobiology | Astrobiology, known as exobiology, is an interdisciplinary scientific field that studies the origins, early evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe. Astrobiology is the multidisciplinary field that investigates the deterministic conditions and contingent events with which life arises, distributes, ... |
2790 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air%20show | Air show | An air show, (or airshow, air fair, air tattoo) is a public event where aircraft are exhibited.
They often include aerobatics demonstrations, without they are called "static air shows" with aircraft parked on the ground.
The largest air show measured by number of exhibitors and size of exhibit space is Le Bourget foll... |
2792 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic%20principle | Anthropic principle | The anthropic principle is the principle that there is a restrictive lower bound on how statistically probable our observations of the universe are, given that we could only exist in the particular type of universe capable of developing and sustaining sentient life. Proponents of the anthropic principle argue that it e... |
2795 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20Army | Australian Army | The Australian Army is the principal land warfare force of Australia, a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. The Army is commanded by the Chief of Army (CA), who is subordinate to the Chief of the Defence Force (CDF) who commands the ADF. Th... |
2799 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Registry%20for%20Internet%20Numbers | American Registry for Internet Numbers | The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) is the regional Internet registry for Canada, the United States, and many Caribbean and North Atlantic islands. ARIN manages the distribution of Internet number resources, including IPv4 and IPv6 address space and AS numbers. ARIN opened for business on December 22, 19... |
2800 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asimov%20%28disambiguation%29 | Asimov (disambiguation) | Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) was a writer.
Asimov may also refer to:
Places
Asimov (crater), an impact crater on Mars, named after Isaac Asimov
5020 Asimov, an asteroid named after Isaac Asimov
Other
Asimov (surname)
Asimov's Science Fiction, an American science fiction magazine named after Isaac Asimov
Asimov's SF Adve... |
2802 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akihabara | Akihabara | is a common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan. Administratively, the area called Akihabara mainly belongs to the and Kanda-Sakumachō districts in Chiyoda. There exists an administrative district called Akihabara in the Taitō ward further north of Akihabara Station, but it i... |
2807 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active%20Directory | Active Directory | Active Directory (AD) is a directory service developed by Microsoft for Windows domain networks. It is included in most Windows Server operating systems as a set of processes and services. Initially, Active Directory was used only for centralized domain management. However, Active Directory eventually became an umbrell... |
2809 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arian%20%28disambiguation%29 | Arian (disambiguation) | Arianism is a nontrinitarian Christological doctrine.
Arian may also refer to:
Pertaining to Arius
A follower of Arius, a Christian presbyter in the 3rd and 4th century
Arian controversy, several controversies which divided the early Christian church
Arian fragment, Arian palimpsest
People
Groups of people
Arians... |
2810 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldona%20of%20Lithuania | Aldona of Lithuania | Aldona (baptized Ona or Anna; her pagan name, Aldona, is known only from the writings of Maciej Stryjkowski; – 26 May 1339) was Queen consort of Poland (1333–1339), and a princess of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. She was the daughter of Gediminas, Grand Duke of Lithuania.
Biography
Aldona married Casimir III of Pola... |
2812 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aron%20Nimzowitsch | Aron Nimzowitsch | Aron Nimzowitsch (, , Aron Isayevich Nimtsovich; 7 November 1886 – 16 March 1935) was a Latvian-born Danish chess player and writer. In the late 1920s, Nimzowitsch was one of the best chess players in the world. He was the foremost figure amongst the hypermoderns and wrote a very influential book on chess theory: My S... |
2813 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aragonese%20language | Aragonese language | Aragonese (; aragonés in Aragonese) is a Romance language spoken in several dialects by about 12,000 people as of 2011, in the Pyrenees valleys of Aragon, Spain, primarily in the comarcas of Somontano de Barbastro, Jacetania, Alto Gállego, Sobrarbe, and Ribagorza/Ribagorça. It is the only modern language which survive... |
2815 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced%20Mobile%20Phone%20System | Advanced Mobile Phone System | Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS) was an analog mobile phone system standard originally developed by Bell Labs and later modified in a cooperative effort between Bell Labs and Motorola. It was officially introduced in the Americas on October 13, 1983, Israel in 1986, Australia in 1987, Singapore in 1988, and Pakistan... |
2819 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerodynamics | Aerodynamics | Aerodynamics, from Greek ἀήρ aero (air) + δυναμική (dynamics), is the study of the motion of air, particularly when affected by a solid object, such as an airplane wing. It involves topics covered in the field of fluid dynamics and its subfield of gas dynamics.The term aerodynamics is often used synonymously with gas d... |
2820 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas%20Schl%C3%BCter | Andreas Schlüter | Andreas Schlüter (1659 – c. June 1714) was a German baroque sculptor and architect, active in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the Russian Tsardom.
Biography
Andreas Schlüter was born probably in Hamburg. His early life is obscure as at least three different persons o... |
2822 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash | Ash | Ash or ashes are the solid remnants of fires. Specifically, ash refers to all non-aqueous, non-gaseous residues that remain after something burns. In analytical chemistry, to analyse the mineral and metal content of chemical samples, ash is the non-gaseous, non-liquid residue after complete combustion.
Ashes as the e... |
2823 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiderivative | Antiderivative | In calculus, an antiderivative, inverse derivative, primitive function, primitive integral or indefinite integral of a function is a differentiable function whose derivative is equal to the original function . This can be stated symbolically as . The process of solving for antiderivatives is called antidifferentiatio... |
2824 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet%20song | Alphabet song | An alphabet song is any of various songs used to teach children an alphabet. Alphabet songs typically recite the names of all letters of the alphabet of a given language in order.
The A.B.C. (Verse 1)
"The A.B.C." or "A.B.Cs" is one of the best-known English language alphabet songs, and perhaps the one most frequen... |
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