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2826 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigonid%20dynasty | Antigonid dynasty | The Antigonid dynasty (; ) was a Hellenistic dynasty of Dorian Greek provenance, descended from Alexander the Great's general Antigonus I Monophthalmus ("the One-Eyed") that ruled mainly in Macedonia.
History
Succeeding the Antipatrid dynasty in much of Macedonia, Antigonus ruled mostly over Asia Minor and northern S... |
2827 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abingdon | Abingdon | Abingdon may refer to:
Places
United Kingdom
Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Abingdon (UK Parliament constituency) 1558–1983
Abingdon railway station (closed)
United States
Abingdon, Iowa
Abingdon, Illinois
Abingdon, Maryland
Abingdon, Virginia
Abingdon (plantation), Virginia
Other countries
Abingdon Downs, Quee... |
2830 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abjuration | Abjuration | Abjuration is the solemn repudiation, abandonment, or renunciation by or upon oath, often the renunciation of citizenship or some other right or privilege. The term comes from the Latin abjurare, "to forswear".
Abjuration of the realm
Abjuration of the realm was a type of abjuration in ancient English law. The person... |
2833 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abitibi | Abitibi | Abitibi may refer to:
Abitibi Canyon, Ontario, community adjacent to the Abitibi Canyon Generating Station
Abitibi Canyon Generating Station, Canadian hydroelectric power plant
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (Canada), a region of Quebec
AbitibiBowater, a pulp and paper manufacturing company
Abitibi-Consolidated, the compa... |
2834 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Vindication%20of%20the%20Rights%20of%20Woman | A Vindication of the Rights of Woman | A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects (1792), written by the 18th-century British proto-feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, is one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy. In it, Wollstonecraft responds to those educational and political theorists of the 18th century who b... |
2835 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan%20Hound | Afghan Hound | The Afghan Hound is a hound that is distinguished by its thick, fine, silky coat and its tail with a ring curl at the end. The breed is selectively bred for its unique features in the cold mountains of Afghanistan. Its local name is () or (). Other names for this breed are Tāzī, Balkh Hound, Baluchi Hound, Barakzai H... |
2836 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azawakh | Azawakh | The Azawakh is a breed of dog from West Africa. With ancient origins, it is raised throughout the Sahelian zone of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso. This region includes the Azawagh Valley for which the breed is named. While commonly associated with the nomadic Tuareg people, they are also bred and owned by other ethn... |
2838 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrylic%20paint | Acrylic paint | Acrylic paint is a fast-drying paint made of pigment suspended in acrylic polymer emulsion and plasticizers, silicone oils, defoamers, stabilizers, or metal soaps. Most acrylic paints are water-based, but become water-resistant when dry. Depending on how much the paint is diluted with water, or modified with acrylic ge... |
2839 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular%20momentum | Angular momentum | In physics, angular momentum (rarely, moment of momentum or rotational momentum) is the rotational analog of linear momentum. It is an important quantity in physics because it is a conserved quantity—the total angular momentum of a closed system remains constant. Angular momentum has both a direction and a magnitude, ... |
2840 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plum%20pudding%20model | Plum pudding model | The plum pudding model is one of several historical scientific models of the atom. First proposed by J. J. Thomson in 1904 soon after the discovery of the electron, but before the discovery of the atomic nucleus, the model tried to explain two properties of atoms then known: that electrons are negatively charged partic... |
2844 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic%20theory | Atomic theory | Atomic theory is the scientific theory that matter is composed of particles called atoms. Atomic theory traces its origins to an ancient philosophical tradition known as atomism. According to this idea, if one were to take a lump of matter and cut it into ever smaller pieces, one would eventually reach a point where th... |
2846 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai | Ai | Ai, AI or A.I. may refer to:
Animals
Ai (chimpanzee), an individual experimental subject in Japan
Ai (sloth) or the pale-throated sloth, northern Amazonian mammal species
Arts, entertainment and media
Works
Ai (album), a 2004 release by Seraphim
A.I. Artificial Intelligence, a 2001 American film
AI: The Somnium... |
2847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aung%20San%20Suu%20Kyi | Aung San Suu Kyi | Aung San Suu Kyi (; ; born 19 June 1945) is a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and a 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served as State Counsellor of Myanmar (equivalent to a prime minister) and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2021. She has served as the chairperson of the National League for Democracy ... |
2851 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham%20Joshua%20Heschel | Abraham Joshua Heschel | Abraham Joshua Heschel (January 11, 1907 – December 23, 1972) was a Polish-born American rabbi and one of the leading Jewish theologians and Jewish philosophers of the 20th century. Heschel, a professor of Jewish mysticism at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, authored a number of widely read books on Jewish p... |
2853 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdeen%20Bestiary | Aberdeen Bestiary | The Aberdeen Bestiary (Aberdeen University Library, Univ Lib. MS 24) is a 12th-century English illuminated manuscript bestiary that was first listed in 1542 in the inventory of the Old Royal Library at the Palace of Westminster. Due to similarities, it is often considered to be the "sister" manuscript of the Ashmole Be... |
2856 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin%20American%20Integration%20Association | Latin American Integration Association | The Latin American Integration Association / Asociación Latinoamericana de Integración / Associação Latino-Americana de Integração (LAIA / ALADI) is an international and regional scope organization. It was created on 12 August 1980 by the 1980 Montevideo Treaty, replacing the Latin American Free Trade Association (LAFT... |
2858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft%20spotting | Aircraft spotting | Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline r... |
2861 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advertising | Advertising | Advertising is a marketing communication that employs an openly sponsored, non-personal message to promote or sell a product, service or idea. Sponsors of advertising are typically businesses wishing to promote their products or services. Advertising is differentiated from public relations in that an advertiser pays fo... |
2862 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI-complete | AI-complete | In the field of artificial intelligence, the most difficult problems are informally known as AI-complete or AI-hard, implying that the difficulty of these computational problems, assuming intelligence is computational, is equivalent to that of solving the central artificial intelligence problem—making computers as inte... |
2864 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeoastronomy | Archaeoastronomy | Archaeoastronomy (also spelled archeoastronomy) is the interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary study of how people in the past "have understood the phenomena in the sky, how they used these phenomena and what role the sky played in their cultures". Clive Ruggles argues it is misleading to consider archaeoastronomy to be... |
2865 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrzej%20Sapkowski | Andrzej Sapkowski | Andrzej Sapkowski (; born 21 June 1948) is a Polish fantasy writer. He is best known for his book series The Witcher, which has been translated into 37 languages making him the second most-translated Polish science fiction and fantasy writer after Stanisław Lem. His books sold over 15 million copies. He is the recipien... |
2866 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammeter | Ammeter | An ammeter /ˈamɪtə/ (abbreviation of Ampere meter) is a measuring instrument used to measure the current in a circuit. Electric currents are measured in Amperes (A), hence the name. The ammeter is usually connected in series with the circuit in which the current is to be measured. An ammeter usually has low resistance ... |
2868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda%20Hesser | Amanda Hesser | Amanda Hesser (born 1971) is an American food writer, editor, cookbook author and entrepreneur. Most notably, she was the food editor of The New York Times Magazine, the editor of T Living, a quarterly publication of The New York Times, author of The Essential New York Times Cookbook which was a New York Times bestsell... |
2869 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anxiolytic | Anxiolytic | An anxiolytic (; also antipanic or antianxiety agent) is a medication or other intervention that reduces anxiety. This effect is in contrast to anxiogenic agents which increase anxiety. Anxiolytic medications are used for the treatment of anxiety disorder and its related psychological and physical symptoms.
Medicatio... |
2870 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipsychotic | Antipsychotic | Antipsychotics, also known as neuroleptics, are a class of psychotropic medication primarily used to manage psychosis (including delusions, hallucinations, paranoia or disordered thought), principally in schizophrenia but also in a range of other psychotic disorders. They are also the mainstay together with mood stabil... |
2871 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akita | Akita | is a Japanese name and may refer to:
Places
8182 Akita, a main-belt Asteroid
Akita Castle, a Nara period fortified settlement in Akita, Japan
Akita Domain, also known as Kubota Domain
Akita, Kumamoto (飽田町), a former town in Kumamoto Prefecture
Akita Prefecture, Japan
Akita (city) (秋田市), its capital city
Akita-... |
2875 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archduke%20Charles%2C%20Duke%20of%20Teschen | Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen | Archduke Charles Louis John Joseph Laurentius of Austria, Duke of Teschen (; 5 September 177130 April 1847) was an Austrian field-marshal, the third son of Emperor Leopold II and his wife, Maria Luisa of Spain. He was also the younger brother of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor. Despite being epileptic, Charles achieved ... |
2877 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine%20of%20Canterbury | Augustine of Canterbury | Augustine of Canterbury (early 6th century – probably 26 May 604) was a monk who became the first Archbishop of Canterbury in the year 597. He is considered the "Apostle to the English" and a founder of the English Church.
Augustine was the prior of a monastery in Rome when Pope Gregory the Great chose him in 595 to l... |
2881 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20of%20Hales | Alexander of Hales | Alexander of Hales (also Halensis, Alensis, Halesius, Alesius ; 21 August 1245), also called Doctor Irrefragibilis (by Pope Alexander IV in the Bull De Fontibus Paradisi) and Theologorum Monarcha, was a Franciscan friar, theologian and philosopher important in the development of scholasticism.
Life
Alexander was born ... |
2883 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active%20Server%20Pages | Active Server Pages | Active Server Pages (ASP) is Microsoft's first server-side scripting language and engine for dynamic web pages.
It was first released in December 1996, before being superseded in January 2002 by ASP.NET.
History
Initially released as an add-on to Internet Information Services (IIS) via the Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack... |
2885 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoxicillin | Amoxicillin | Amoxicillin is an antibiotic used to treat a number of bacterial infections. These include middle ear infection, strep throat, pneumonia, skin infections, and urinary tract infections among others. It is taken by mouth, or less commonly by injection.
Common adverse effects include nausea and rash. It may also increase... |
2889 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphous%20solid | Amorphous solid | In condensed matter physics and materials science, an amorphous (from the Greek a, "without", and morphé, "shape, form") or non-crystalline solid is a solid that lacks the long-range order, which is a characteristic of a crystal. In some older articles and books, the term was used synonymously with glass. Today, howeve... |
2890 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Wizard%20of%20Earthsea | A Wizard of Earthsea | A Wizard of Earthsea is a fantasy novel written by American author Ursula K. Le Guin and first published by the small press Parnassus in 1968. It is regarded as a classic of children's literature and of fantasy, within which it is widely influential. The story is set in the fictional archipelago of Earthsea and centers... |
2893 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex%20Lifeson | Alex Lifeson | Aleksandar Živojinović, (born August 27, 1953), known professionally as Alex Lifeson, is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the guitarist and backing vocalist of the progressive rock band Rush. In 1968, Lifeson co-founded the band that would later become Rush, with drummer John Rutsey ... |
2894 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AZ | AZ | AZ (or similar) may refer to:
People
Az (people), a turcophone people of non-Turkic origin
AZ (rapper), a rapper from Brooklyn, New York
Azie Faison, known as AZ, a former drug dealer from New York
Places
Arizona, a state in the United States whose postal abbreviation is "AZ"
Azerbaijan, a Eurasian country, desi... |
2899 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArgoUML | ArgoUML | ArgoUML is an UML diagramming application written in Java and released under the open source Eclipse Public License. By virtue of being a Java application, it is available on any platform supported by Java SE.
History
ArgoUML was originally developed at UC Irvine by Jason E. Robbins, leading to his Ph.D. It was an op... |
2900 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%20archiver | File archiver | A file archiver is a computer program that combines a number of files together into one archive file, or a series of archive files, for easier transportation or storage. File archivers may employ lossless data compression in their archive formats to reduce the size of the archive.
Basic archivers just take a list of f... |
2905 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis | Artemis | Artemis (; ) is the Greek goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, the Moon, and chastity. The goddess Diana is her Roman equivalent.
Artemis is the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo. She was the patron and protector of young children and women, and was believed to both bring disease u... |
2906 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbeit%20macht%20frei | Arbeit macht frei | () is a German phrase meaning "Work sets you free" or "Work makes one free". The slogan is known for appearing on the entrance of Auschwitz and other Nazi concentration camps.
Origin
The expression comes from the title of an 1873 novel by German philologist Lorenz Diefenbach, , in which gamblers and fraudsters find th... |
2907 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axayacatl | Axayacatl | Axayacatl (; ; ; meaning "face of water"; –1481) was the sixth of the of Tenochtitlan and Emperor of the Aztec Triple Alliance.
Biography
Early life and background
Axayacatl was a son of the princess Atotoztli II and her cousin, prince Tezozomoc. He was a grandson of the Emperors Moctezuma I and Itzcoatl. He was ... |
2908 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahuitzotl | Ahuitzotl | Ahuitzotl (, ) was the eighth Aztec ruler, the Huey Tlatoani of the city of Tenochtitlan, son of princess Atotoztli II. His name literally means "Water Thorny" and was also applied to the otter. He was responsible for much of the expansion of the Mexica domain, and consolidated the empire's power after emulating his pr... |
2909 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albinism%20in%20humans | Albinism in humans | Albinism is a congenital condition characterized in humans by the partial or complete absence of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes. Albinism is associated with a number of vision defects, such as photophobia, nystagmus, and amblyopia. Lack of skin pigmentation makes for more susceptibility to sunburn and skin cancers.... |
2911 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amr%20Diab | Amr Diab | Amr Abdel Basset Abdel Azeez Diab (, ; born on 11 October 1961) is an Egyptian singer, composer, and actor. He has established himself as an acclaimed recording artist and author in most Mediterranean countries.
According to a research by Michael Frishkopf, he has created his style termed as "Mediterranean music", a bl... |
2916 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian%20hip%20hop | Belgian hip hop | Belgian hip hop music has a few rappers stemming from Africa and Italy. Belgium, like France, controlled African countries like the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), Rwanda, and Burundi until the early 1960s. Like in France, immigrants from these countries started to study and live in Belgium.
The Bel... |
2917 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch%20hip%20hop | Dutch hip hop | This article is written from a predominantly Netherlands viewpoint – neglecting much of the Belgian (Flanders) scene, let alone Dutch- or mixed-language rap/hip hop in the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, nor Suriname!
Dutch hip hop or Nederhop ("Netherhop"), is hip hop / rap music created by Dutch s... |
2919 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana%C3%AFs%20Nin | Anaïs Nin | Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell (February 21, 1903 – January 14, 1977) (, ), was a French-Cuban-American diarist, essayist, novelist and writer of short stories and erotica. Born to Cuban parents in France, Nin was the daughter of the composer Joaquín Nin and the classically trained singer Rosa ... |
2923 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM%20%28software%29 | AIM (software) | AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) was an instant messaging and presence computer program created by AOL, which used the proprietary OSCAR instant messaging protocol and the TOC protocol to allow registered users to communicate in real time.
AIM was popular by the late 1990s, in United States and other countries, and was the... |
2925 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ackermann%20function | Ackermann function | In computability theory, the Ackermann function, named after Wilhelm Ackermann, is one of the simplest and earliest-discovered examples of a total computable function that is not primitive recursive. All primitive recursive functions are total and computable, but the Ackermann function illustrates that not all total co... |
2926 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic | Antarctic | The Antarctic ( or , US English also or ; commonly ) is a polar region around Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica, the Kerguelen Plateau and other island territories located on the Antarctic Plate or south of the Antarctic Convergenc... |
2927 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanians | Albanians | The Albanians (; ) are an ethnic group native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common Albanian ancestry, culture, history and language. They primarily live in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia as well as in Croatia, Greece, Italy and Turkey. They also constitute a large diaspora with several comm... |
2928 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association%20for%20Computing%20Machinery | Association for Computing Machinery | The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is a US-based international learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 and is the world's largest scientific and educational computing society. The ACM is a non-profit professional membership group, claiming nearly 100,000 student and professional members . Its h... |
2934 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabaptism | Anabaptism | Anabaptism (from Neo-Latin , from the Greek : "re-" and "baptism", , earlier also ) is a Christian movement which traces its origins to the Radical Reformation.
Among the Anabaptist groups still present are mainly the Amish, Brethren, Hutterites and Mennonites. In the 21st century, there are large cultural differen... |
2935 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANS | ANS | Ans may refer to:
Ans, a Belgian municipality in the province of Liège
Ans, Denmark, a village in Denmark
Ans (given name), a Dutch feminine given name
Primarily as an acronym, ANS or Ans may also refer to:
Chemistry and biology
Adrenergic nervous system, adrenaline and noradrenaline neurotransmitters distribution... |
2936 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast%20Alaska | Southeast Alaska | Southeast Alaska, colloquially referred to as the Alaska Panhandle or Alaskan Panhandle, is the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Alaska, bordered to the east by the northern half of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The majority of Southeast Alaska's area is part of the Tongass National Forest, the Un... |
2938 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algemeen%20Nijmeegs%20Studentenblad | Algemeen Nijmeegs Studentenblad | The Algemeen Nijmeegs Studentenblad is an independent student magazine for the Radboud University Nijmegen. Founded in 1985 by members of the local student union AKKU, it is now published by the Stichting Multimedia.
External links
http://www.ans-online.nl/ (Flash required)
1985 establishments in the Netherlands
Dut... |
2939 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interior%20Alaska | Interior Alaska | Interior Alaska is the central region of Alaska's territory, roughly bounded by the Alaska Range to the south and the Brooks Range to the north. It is largely wilderness. Mountains include Denali in the Alaska Range, the Wrangell Mountains, and the Ray Mountains. The native people of the interior are Alaskan Athabaskan... |
2940 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And%20did%20those%20feet%20in%20ancient%20time | And did those feet in ancient time | "And did those feet in ancient time" is a poem by William Blake from the preface to his epic Milton: A Poem in Two Books, one of a collection of writings known as the Prophetic Books. The date of 1804 on the title page is probably when the plates were begun, but the poem was printed . Today it is best known as the hymn... |
2941 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Bush%20%28Alaska%29 | The Bush (Alaska) | In Alaska, the Bush typically refers to any region of the state that is not connected to the North American road network or does not have ready access to the state's ferry system. A large proportion of Alaska Native populations live in the Bush, often depending on subsistence hunting and fishing.
Geographically, the ... |
2942 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Little%20Night%20Music | A Little Night Music | A Little Night Music is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. Inspired by the 1955 Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night, it involves the romantic lives of several couples. Its title is a literal English translation of the German name for Mozart's Serenade No. 13, K. 525,... |
2943 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual%20wield | Dual wield | Dual wielding is the technique of using two weapons, one in each hand for training or combat. It is not a common combat practice. Although historical records of dual wielding in war are limited, there are numerous weapon-based martial arts that involve the use of a pair of weapons. The use of a companion weapon is some... |
2944 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel%20Sharon | Ariel Sharon | Ariel Sharon (; ; ; also known by his diminutive Arik, , born Ariel Scheinermann, ; 26 February 1928 – 11 January 2014) was an Israeli general and politician who served as the 11th Prime Minister of Israel from March 2001 until April 2006.
Sharon was a commander in the Israeli Army from its creation in 1948. As a sold... |
2945 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romantic%20orientation | Romantic orientation | Romantic orientation, also called affectional orientation, indicates the sex or gender with which a person is most likely to have a romantic relationship or fall in love. It is used both alternatively and side by side with the term sexual orientation, and is based on the perspective that sexual attraction is only a sin... |
2947 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubalus%20%28Anoa%29 | Bubalus (Anoa) | Anoa, also known as dwarf buffalo and sapiutan, is a subgenus of Bubalus comprising two species endemic to the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia: the mountain anoa (Bubalus quarlesi) and the lowland anoa (Bubalus depressicornis). Both live in undisturbed rainforest and are similar in appearance to miniature water buffalo... |
2948 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agner%20Krarup%20Erlang | Agner Krarup Erlang | Agner Krarup Erlang (1 January 1878 – 3 February 1929) was a Danish mathematician, statistician and engineer, who invented the fields of traffic engineering and queueing theory.
By the time of his relatively early death at the age of 51, Erlang had created the field of telephone networks analysis. His early work in sc... |
2950 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anyone%20Can%20Whistle | Anyone Can Whistle | Anyone Can Whistle is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents.
Described by theater historian Ken Mandelbaum as "a satire on conformity and the insanity of the so-called sane," the show tells a story of an economically depressed town whose corrupt mayor decides to create a fa... |
2952 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcopop | Alcopop | An alcopop (or cooler, spirit cooler [in South African English], or malternative [in American English]) is any of certain flavored alcoholic beverages with relatively low alcohol content (e.g., 3–7% alcohol by volume), including:
Malt beverages to which various fruit juices or other flavorings have been added
Wine co... |
2955 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkali | Alkali | In chemistry, an alkali (; from ) is a basic, ionic salt of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal. An alkali can also be defined as a base that dissolves in water. A solution of a soluble base has a pH greater than 7.0. The adjective alkaline is commonly, and alkalescent less often, used in English as a synonym f... |
2956 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain%27t%20I%20a%20Woman%3F%20%28book%29 | Ain't I a Woman? (book) | Ain't I a Woman? Black Women and Feminism is a 1981 book by bell hooks titled after Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?" speech. hooks examines the effect of racism and sexism on Black women, the civil rights movement, and feminist movements from suffrage to the 1970s. She argues that the convergence of sexism and raci... |
2957 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMOS%20%28programming%20language%29 | AMOS (programming language) | AMOS BASIC is a dialect of the BASIC programming language implemented on the Amiga computer. AMOS BASIC was published by Europress Software and originally written by François Lionet with Constantin Sotiropoulos in the year 1990. AMOS was considered to be a fast language. It also had 3D capabilities.
History
AMOS is ... |
2959 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcadia%202001 | Arcadia 2001 | The Arcadia 2001 is a second-generation 8-bit home video game console released by Emerson Radio in May 1982 for a price of US$ 99, several months before the release of ColecoVision. It was discontinued only 18 months later, with a total of 35 games having been released. Emerson licensed the Arcadia 2001 to Bandai, whic... |
2961 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convex%20uniform%20honeycomb | Convex uniform honeycomb | In geometry, a convex uniform honeycomb is a uniform tessellation which fills three-dimensional Euclidean space with non-overlapping convex uniform polyhedral cells.
Twenty-eight such honeycombs are known:
the familiar cubic honeycomb and 7 truncations thereof;
the alternated cubic honeycomb and 4 truncations thereo... |
2963 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination | Assassination | Assassination is the murder of a prominent or important person, such as a head of state, head of government, politician, member of a royal family, or CEO. An assassination may be prompted by political and military motives, or done for financial gain, to avenge a grievance, from a desire to acquire fame or notoriety, or... |
2964 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical%20audio%20disc | Optical audio disc | An audio optical disc is an optical disc that stores sound information such as music or speech.
It may specifically refer to:
Audio CDs
Compact disc (CD), an optical disc used to store digital data (700 MB storage)
Compact Disc Digital Audio (CD-DA), a CD that contains PCM encoded digital audio in the original "Red... |
2965 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholism | Alcoholism | Alcoholism is, broadly, any drinking of alcohol that results in significant mental or physical health problems. Because there is disagreement on the definition of the word alcoholism, it is not a recognized diagnostic entity. Predominant diagnostic classifications are alcohol use disorder (DSM-5) or alcohol dependence ... |
2972 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstraction | Abstraction | Abstraction in its main sense is a conceptual process where general rules and concepts are derived from the usage and classification of specific examples, literal ("real" or "concrete") signifiers, first principles, or other methods.
"An abstraction" is the outcome of this process—a concept that acts as a common noun ... |
2974 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abelian%20group | Abelian group | In mathematics, an abelian group, also called a commutative group, is a group in which the result of applying the group operation to two group elements does not depend on the order in which they are written. That is, the group operation is commutative. With addition as an operation, the integers and the real numbers fo... |
2975 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Ballistic%20Missile%20Treaty | Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty | The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM Treaty or ABMT) (1972—2002) was an arms control treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union on the limitation of the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) systems used in defending areas against ballistic missile-delivered nuclear weapons. Under the terms of the treaty, each part... |
2983 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria-Hungary | Austria-Hungary | Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Dual Monarchy, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 and was dissolved shortly after its defeat in the First World War.
At its core was th... |
2986 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abracadabra | Abracadabra | Abracadabra is a magic word used in stage magic tricks. Historically it was believed to be an incantation having healing powers when inscribed on an amulet.
Etymology
Abracadabra is of unknown origin, and its first occurrence is in the second century works of Serenus Sammonicus, according to the Oxford English Dicti... |
2987 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts%20of%20Union%201707 | Acts of Union 1707 | The Acts of Union () were two Acts of Parliament: the Union with Scotland Act 1706 passed by the Parliament of England, and the Union with England Act passed in 1707 by the Parliament of Scotland. They put into effect the terms of the Treaty of Union that had been agreed on 22 July 1706, following negotiation between c... |
2988 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiralty%20%28United%20Kingdom%29 | Admiralty (United Kingdom) | The Admiralty was the British government department responsible for the command of the Royal Navy until 1964, historically under its titular head, the Lord High Admiral – one of the Great Officers of State. For much of its history, from the early 18th century until its abolition, the role of the Lord High Admiral was a... |
2991 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphibian%20%28disambiguation%29 | Amphibian (disambiguation) | An amphibian is an ectothermic, tetrapod vertebrate.
Amphibian may also refer to:
Amphibian (comics), a superhero
"Amphibian" (song), by Björk
Amphibious aircraft, an aircraft that can operate from water or land, typically a floatplane or flying boat equipped with retractable wheeled landing gear
Loening OL or Loening... |
2992 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amputation | Amputation | Amputation is the removal of a limb by trauma, medical illness, or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as malignancy or gangrene. In some cases, it is carried out on individuals as a preventive surgery for such problems. A special case is that of co... |
2994 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anemometer | Anemometer | An anemometer is a device used for measuring wind speed and direction. It is also a common weather station instrument. The term is derived from the Greek word anemos, which means wind, and is used to describe any wind speed instrument used in meteorology. The first known description of an anemometer was given by Leon ... |
2995 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeopteryx | Archaeopteryx | Archaeopteryx (; ), sometimes referred to by its German name, "" (lit. 'original bird' or 'first bird'), is a genus of bird-like dinosaurs. The name derives from the ancient Greek (archaīos), meaning "ancient", and (ptéryx), meaning "feather" or "wing". Between the late 19th century and the early 21st century, Archae... |
2999 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20Laurents | Arthur Laurents | Arthur Laurents (July 14, 1917 – May 5, 2011) was an American playwright, theatre director, film producer and screenwriter.
After writing scripts for radio shows after college and then training films for the U.S. Army during World War II, Laurents turned to writing for Broadway, producing a body of work that includes ... |
3003 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian%20Lamo | Adrian Lamo | Adrián Alfonso Lamo Atwood (February 20, 1981 – March 14, 2018) was an American threat analyst and hacker. Lamo first gained media attention for breaking into several high-profile computer networks, including those of The New York Times, Yahoo!, and Microsoft, culminating in his 2003 arrest.
Lamo was best known for re... |
3004 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associate%20Justice%20of%20the%20Supreme%20Court%20of%20the%20United%20States | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | An associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is any member of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the chief justice of the United States. The number of associate justices is eight, as set by the Judiciary Act of 1869.
Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution of the United Sta... |
3010 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Jay%20Lerner | Alan Jay Lerner | Alan Jay Lerner (August 31, 1918 – June 14, 1986) was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, and later Burton Lane, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre both for the stage and on film. He won three Tony Awards and three Academy Awards, am... |
3012 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%20Capp | Al Capp | Alfred Gerald Caplin (September 28, 1909 – November 5, 1979), better known as Al Capp, was an American cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip Li'l Abner, which he created in 1934 and continued writing and (with help from assistants) drawing until 1977. He also wrote the comic strips Abbie an' ... |
3013 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann%20Druyan | Ann Druyan | Ann Druyan ( ; born June 13, 1949) is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning American documentary producer and director specializing in the communication of science. She co-wrote the 1980 PBS documentary series Cosmos, hosted by Carl Sagan, whom she married in 1981. She is the creator, producer, and writer of the 2014 sequ... |
3014 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analcime | Analcime | Analcime or analcite (from the Greek analkimos - "not strong") is a white, gray, or colorless tectosilicate mineral. Analcime consists of hydrated sodium aluminium silicate in cubic crystalline form. Its chemical formula is NaAlSi2O6·H2O. Minor amounts of potassium and calcium substitute for sodium. A silver-bearing s... |
3017 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey%20Pajitnov | Alexey Pajitnov | Alexey Leonidovich Pajitnov (born 16 April 1955) is a Russian-American video game designer and computer engineer. He is best known for creating and designing Tetris in 1984 while working for the Dorodnitsyn Computing Centre of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, a Soviet government-founded R&D center.
He only started to g... |
3019 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CA%BBAbdu%27l-Bah%C3%A1 | ʻAbdu'l-Bahá | ʻAbdu'l-Bahá (; Persian: , 23 May 1844 – 28 November 1921), born ʻAbbás (), was the eldest son of Baháʼu'lláh and served as head of the Baháʼí Faith from 1892 until 1921. ʻAbdu'l-Bahá was later canonized as the last of three "central figures" of the religion, along with Baháʼu'lláh and the Báb, and his writings and au... |
3020 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose%20of%20Alexandria | Ambrose of Alexandria | Ambrose of Alexandria (before 212 – c. 250) was a friend of the Christian theologian Origen. Ambrose was attracted by Origen's fame as a teacher, and visited the Catechetical School of Alexandria in 212. At first a gnostic Valentinian and Marcionist, Ambrose, through Origen's teaching, eventually rejected this theolog... |
3022 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous%20building | Autonomous building | An autonomous building is a building designed to be operated independently from infrastructural support services such as the electric power grid, gas grid, municipal water systems, sewage treatment systems, storm drains, communication services, and in some cases, public roads.
Advocates of autonomous building describe... |
3027 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anubis | Anubis | Anubis or Inpu, Anpu in Ancient Egyptian (; , Egyptian: inpw, Coptic: Anoup) is the Greek name of the god of death, mummification, embalming, the afterlife, cemeteries, tombs, and the Underworld, in ancient Egyptian religion, usually depicted as a canine or a man with a canine head.
Like many ancient Egyptian deities... |
3029 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20Jensen | Arthur Jensen | {{Infobox scientist
|name=Arthur Jensen
|birth_name = Arthur Robert Jensen
|image = Arthur Jensen Vanderbilt 2002.jpg
|caption = Arthur Jensen, 2002 at ISIR
|birth_date =
|birth_place = San Diego, California, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place = Kel... |
3032 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Funny%20Thing%20Happened%20on%20the%20Way%20to%20the%20Forum | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart.
Inspired by the farces of the ancient Roman playwright Plautus (254–184 BC), specifically Pseudolus, Miles Gloriosus, and Mostellaria, the musical tells the bawdy story of... |
3034 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleut | Aleut | The Aleuts (; ), who are usually known in the Aleut language by the endonyms Unangan (eastern dialect), Unangas (western dialect), Унаӈан (lit. 'people', singular is Unangax̂), are the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands.
Both the Aleut people and the islands are divided between the US state of Alaska and the Ru... |
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