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6986 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carotene | Carotene | The term carotene (also carotin, from the Latin carota, "carrot") is used for many related unsaturated hydrocarbon substances having the formula C40Hx, which are synthesized by plants but in general cannot be made by animals (with the exception of some aphids and spider mites which acquired the synthesizing genes from ... |
6988 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic%20adenosine%20monophosphate | Cyclic adenosine monophosphate | Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP, cyclic AMP, or 3',5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate) is a second messenger important in many biological processes. cAMP is a derivative of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and used for intracellular signal transduction in many different organisms, conveying the cAMP-dependent pathway.... |
6991 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimabue | Cimabue | Cimabue (; ; – 1302), also known as Cenni di Pepo or Cenni di Pepi, was an Italian painter and designer of mosaics from Florence.
Although heavily influenced by Byzantine models, Cimabue is generally regarded as one of the first great Italian painters to break from the Italo-Byzantine style. While medieval art then ... |
6997 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporatocracy | Corporatocracy | Corporatocracy (, from corporate and ; short form corpocracy) is a term used to refer to an economic, political and judicial system controlled by corporations or corporate interests.
The concept has been used in explanations of bank bailouts, excessive pay for CEOs, as well as complaints such as the exploitation of na... |
6999 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture%20of%20Canada | Culture of Canada | The culture of Canada embodies the artistic, culinary, literary, humour, musical, political and social elements that are representative of Canada and Canadians. Throughout Canada's history, its culture has been influenced by European culture and traditions, mostly by the British and French, and by its own indigenous cu... |
7000 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20companies%20of%20Canada | List of companies of Canada | Canada is a country in the northern part of North America.
Canada is the world's tenth-largest economy , with a nominal GDP of approximately US$1.52 trillion. It is a member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Group of Seven (G7), and is one of the world's top ten trading nation... |
7003 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauchy%20distribution | Cauchy distribution | The Cauchy distribution, named after Augustin Cauchy, is a continuous probability distribution. It is also known, especially among physicists, as the Lorentz distribution (after Hendrik Lorentz), Cauchy–Lorentz distribution, Lorentz(ian) function, or Breit–Wigner distribution. The Cauchy distribution is the distribu... |
7011 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control%20engineering | Control engineering | Control engineering or control systems engineering is an engineering discipline that deals with control systems, applying control theory to design equipment and systems with desired behaviors in control environments. The discipline of controls overlaps and is usually taught along with electrical engineering and mechani... |
7012 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chagas%20disease | Chagas disease | Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, is a tropical parasitic disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. It is spread mostly by insects in the subfamily Triatominae, known as "kissing bugs". The symptoms change over the course of the infection. In the early stage, symptoms are typically either not present o... |
7015 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiaan%20Barnard | Christiaan Barnard | Christiaan Neethling Barnard (8 November 1922 – 2 September 2001) was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation. On 3 December 1967, Barnard transplanted the heart of accident-victim Denise Darvall into the chest of 54-year-old Louis Washkansky, with Washk... |
7016 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concubinage | Concubinage | Concubinage is an interpersonal and sexual relationship between a man and a woman in which the couple does not want, or cannot enter into a full marriage. Concubinage and marriage are often regarded as similar but mutually exclusive.
Concubinage was a formal and institutionalized practice in China until the 20th centu... |
7017 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central%20Plaza%20%28Hong%20Kong%29 | Central Plaza (Hong Kong) | Central Plaza is a 78-storey, skyscraper completed in August 1992 at 18 Harbour Road, in Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It is the third tallest tower in the city after 2 International Finance Centre in Central and the ICC in West Kowloon. It was the tallest building in Asia from 1992 to 1996, until the Shu... |
7018 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caravaggio | Caravaggio | Michelangelo Merisi (Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi) da Caravaggio, known as simply Caravaggio (, , ; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the final four years of his life he moved between Naples, Malta, and Sicily until his death. His paintin... |
7019 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste-Sim%C3%A9on%20Chardin | Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin | Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (; November 2, 1699 – December 6, 1779) was an 18th-century French painter. He is considered a master of still life, and is also noted for his genre paintings which depict kitchen maids, children, and domestic activities. Carefully balanced composition, soft diffusion of light, and granula... |
7021 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crookes%20radiometer | Crookes radiometer | The Crookes radiometer (also known as a light mill) consists of an airtight glass bulb containing a partial vacuum, with a set of vanes which are mounted on a spindle inside. The vanes rotate when exposed to light, with faster rotation for more intense light, providing a quantitative measurement of electromagnetic radi... |
7022 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold%20Chisel | Cold Chisel | Cold Chisel are an Australian pub rock band, which formed in Adelaide in 1973 by mainstay members Ian Moss on guitar and vocals, Steve Prestwich on drums and Don Walker on piano and keyboards. They were soon joined by Jimmy Barnes on lead vocals and, in 1975, Phil Small became their bass guitarist. The group disbanded ... |
7023 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate%20States%20of%20America | Confederate States of America | The Confederate States of America (CSA), commonly referred to as the Confederate States or simply the Confederacy, was an unrecognized breakaway republic in North America that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865. The Confederacy comprised U.S. states that declared secession and warred against the United State... |
7025 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranberry | Cranberry | Cranberries are a group of evergreen dwarf shrubs or trailing vines in the subgenus Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium. In Britain, cranberry may refer to the native species Vaccinium oxycoccos, while in North America, cranberry may refer to Vaccinium macrocarpon. Vaccinium oxycoccos is cultivated in central and northern... |
7030 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code%20coverage | Code coverage | In computer science, test coverage is a measure (in percent) of the degree to which the source code of a program is executed when a particular test suite is run. A program with high test coverage has more of its source code executed during testing, which suggests it has a lower chance of containing undetected software ... |
7033 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caitlin%20Clarke | Caitlin Clarke | Caitlin Clarke (born Katherine Anne Clarke, May 3, 1952 – September 9, 2004) was an American theater and film actress best known for her role as Valerian in the 1981 fantasy film Dragonslayer and for her role as Charlotte Cardoza in the 1998–1999 Broadway musical Titanic.
Biography
Clarke was born Katherine Anne Clark... |
7034 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruiser | Cruiser | A cruiser is a type of warship. Modern cruisers are generally the largest ships in a fleet after aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships, and can usually perform several roles.
The term "cruiser", in use for several hundred years, has changed its meaning over time. During the Age of Sail, the term cruising refe... |
7037 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlamydia | Chlamydia | Chlamydia, or more specifically a chlamydia infection, is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. Most people who are infected have no symptoms. When symptoms do appear they may occur only several weeks after infection; the incubation period between exposure and being able to inf... |
7038 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candidiasis | Candidiasis | Candidiasis is a fungal infection due to any type of Candida (a type of yeast). When it affects the mouth, in some countries it is commonly called thrush. Signs and symptoms include white patches on the tongue or other areas of the mouth and throat. Other symptoms may include soreness and problems swallowing. When it a... |
7039 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control%20theory | Control theory | Control theory deals with the control of dynamical systems in engineered processes and machines. The objective is to develop a model or algorithm governing the application of system inputs to drive the system to a desired state, while minimizing any delay, overshoot, or steady-state error and ensuring a level of contro... |
7042 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracking%20joints | Cracking joints | Cracking joints is manipulating one's joints to produce a distinct cracking or popping sound. It is sometimes performed by physical therapists, chiropractors, osteopaths, and masseurs in Turkish baths.
The cracking of joints, especially knuckles, was long believed to lead to arthritis and other joint problems. However... |
7043 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical%20formula | Chemical formula | A chemical formula is a way of presenting information about the chemical proportions of atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound or molecule, using chemical element symbols, numbers, and sometimes also other symbols, such as parentheses, dashes, brackets, commas and plus (+) and minus (−) signs. These are ... |
7044 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beetle | Beetle | Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 described species, is the largest of all orders, constituting almost 40% of described in... |
7045 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concorde | Concorde | The Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde () is a Franco-British turbojet-powered supersonic airliner that was operated from 1976 until 2003. It had a maximum speed over twice the speed of sound, at Mach 2.04 ( at cruise altitude), with seating for 92 to 128 passengers. First flown in 1969, Concorde entered service in 1976 and ope... |
7053 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannon | Cannon | A cannon is a large-caliber gun classified as a type of artillery, and usually launches a projectile using explosive chemical propellant. Gunpowder ("black powder") was the primary propellant before the invention of smokeless powder during the late 19th century. Cannons vary in gauge, effective range, mobility, rate of... |
7056 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20mouse | Computer mouse | A computer mouse (plural mice, sometimes mouses) is a hand-held pointing device that detects two-dimensional motion relative to a surface. This motion is typically translated into the motion of a pointer on a display, which allows a smooth control of the graphical user interface of a computer.
The first public demonst... |
7059 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil%20defense | Civil defense | Civil defence or civil protection is an effort to protect the citizens of a state (generally non-combatants) from natural disasters. It uses the principles of emergency operations: prevention, mitigation, preparation, response, or emergency evacuation and recovery. Programs of this sort were initially discussed at leas... |
7060 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chymotrypsin | Chymotrypsin | Chymotrypsin (, chymotrypsins A and B, alpha-chymar ophth, avazyme, chymar, chymotest, enzeon, quimar, quimotrase, alpha-chymar, alpha-chymotrypsin A, alpha-chymotrypsin) is a digestive enzyme component of pancreatic juice acting in the duodenum, where it performs proteolysis, the breakdown of proteins and polypeptides... |
7061 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community%20emergency%20response%20team | Community emergency response team | In the United States, community emergency response team (CERT) can refer to
one of five federal programs promoted under Citizen Corps;
an implementation of FEMA's National CERT Program, administered by a local sponsoring agency, which provides a standardized training and implementation framework to community members;... |
7063 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catapult | Catapult | A catapult is a ballistic device used to launch a projectile a great distance without the aid of gunpowder or other propellants – particularly various types of ancient and medieval siege engines. A catapult uses the sudden release of stored potential energy to propel its payload. Most convert tension or torsion energy ... |
7066 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinquain | Cinquain | Cinquain is a class of poetic forms that employ a 5-line pattern. Earlier used to describe any five-line form, it now refers to one of several forms that are defined by specific rules and guidelines.
American cinquain
The modern form, known as American cinquain inspired by Japanese haiku and tanka, is akin in spirit... |
7067 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook%20Islands | Cook Islands | The Cook Islands (Cook Islands Māori: Kūki 'Āirani) is a self-governing island country in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand. It comprises 15 islands whose total land area is . The Cook Islands' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers of ocean.
New Zealand is responsible for the Cook Islands' d... |
7068 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Cook%20Islands | History of the Cook Islands | The Cook Islands are named after Captain James Cook, who visited the islands in 1773 and 1777, although Spanish navigator Alvaro de Mendaña was the first European to reach the islands in 1595. The Cook Islands became aligned to the United Kingdom in 1890, largely because of the fear of British residents that France mig... |
7069 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography%20of%20the%20Cook%20Islands | Geography of the Cook Islands | The Cook Islands can be divided into two groups: the Southern Cook Islands and the Northern Cook Islands. The country is located in Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand.
Southern Cook Islands
Aitutaki
Atiu
Mangaia
Manuae
Mauke
Mitiaro
Palmerston Island
Rarotonga (c... |
7070 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics%20of%20the%20Cook%20Islands | Demographics of the Cook Islands | This article is about the demographic features of the population of the Cook Islands, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
A census is carried out every five years in the Cook Islands. The last cen... |
7071 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics%20of%20the%20Cook%20Islands | Politics of the Cook Islands | The politics of the Cook Islands, an associated state, takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democracy within a constitutional monarchy. The Queen of New Zealand, represented in the Cook Islands by the Queen's Representative, is the Head of State; the prime minister is the head of government and ... |
7072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy%20of%20the%20Cook%20Islands | Economy of the Cook Islands | The economy of the Cook Islands is based mainly on tourism, with minor exports made up of tropical and citrus fruit. Manufacturing activities are limited to fruit-processing, clothing and handicrafts.
As in many other South Pacific nations, the Cook Islands's economy is hindered by the country's isolation from foreign... |
7073 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications%20in%20the%20Cook%20Islands | Telecommunications in the Cook Islands | Like most countries and territories in Oceania, telecommunications in the Cook Islands is limited by its isolation and low population, with only one major television broadcasting station and six radio stations. However, most residents have a main line or mobile phone. Its telecommunications are mainly provided by Telec... |
7074 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20in%20the%20Cook%20Islands | Transport in the Cook Islands | This article lists transport in the Cook Islands.
Road transport
The Cook Islands uses left-handed traffic. The maximum speed limit is 50 km/h. On the main island of Rarotonga, there are no traffic lights and only two roundabouts. A bus operates clockwise and anti-clockwise services around the islands coastal ring-ro... |
7077 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20file | Computer file | A computer file is a computer resource for recording data in a computer storage device, primarily identified by its file name. Just as words can be written to paper, so can data be written to a computer file. Files can be shared with and transferred between computers and mobile devices via removable media, networks, ... |
7079 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CID | CID | CID may refer to:
Film
C.I.D. (1955 film), an Indian Malayalam film
C.I.D. (1956 film), an Indian Hindi film
C. I. D. (1965 film), an Indian Telugu film
C.I.D. (1990 film), an Indian Hindi film
Television
CID (Indian TV series)
C.I.D. (Singaporean TV series)
Organizations
Police units
Criminal Investigation ... |
7080 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian%20Doppler | Christian Doppler | Christian Andreas Doppler ( (; 29 November 1803 – 17 March 1853) was an Austrian mathematician and physicist. He is celebrated for his principle – known as the Doppler effect – that the observed frequency of a wave depends on the relative speed of the source and the observer. He used this concept to explain the colour ... |
7081 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerihew | Clerihew | A clerihew () is a whimsical, four-line biographical poem invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley. The first line is the name of the poem's subject, usually a famous person put in an absurd light, or revealing something unknown or spurious about them. The rhyme scheme is AABB, and the rhymes are often forced. The line len... |
7085 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil%20war | Civil war | A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country).
The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies.
The term is a calque of Latin bellum civile which was used to refer to the various civil wars o... |
7088 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20cryptographers | List of cryptographers | This is a list of cryptographers. Cryptography is the practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of third parties called adversaries.
Pre twentieth century
Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi: wrote a (now lost) book on cryptography titled the "Book of Cryptographic Messages".
Al-Kindi, 9t... |
7089 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate | Chocolate | Chocolate is a food product made from roasted and ground cacao pods, that is available as a liquid, solid or paste, on its own or as a flavoring agent in other foods. Cacao has been consumed in some form since at least the Olmec civilization (19th-11th century BCE), and the majority of Mesoamerican people - including t... |
7100 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornet | Cornet | The cornet (, ) is a brass instrument similar to the trumpet but distinguished from it by its conical bore, more compact shape, and mellower tone quality. The most common cornet is a transposing instrument in B, though there is also a soprano cornet in E and cornets in A and C. All are unrelated to the Renaissance and... |
7102 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAMP | CAMP | CAMP, cAMP or camP may stand for:
CAMP:
Cathelicidin, or Cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide
Campaign Against Marijuana Planting
CAMP, Center for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning in Prague
Central Atlantic magmatic province
CAMP (company), an Italian manufacturer of climbing equipment
cAMP:
Cyclic adenosine mon... |
7103 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CGMP | CGMP | CGMP is an initialism. It can refer to:
cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP)
current good manufacturing practice (cGMP)
CGMP, Cisco Group Management Protocol, the Cisco version of Internet Group Management Protocol snooping
caseinoglycomacropeptide (CGMP) or caseinomacropeptide; see K-casein
Competitive guaranteed ma... |
7104 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton%20Mather | Cotton Mather | Cotton Mather (; February 12, 1663 – February 13, 1728) was a New England Puritan clergyman and a prolific writer. Educated at Harvard College, in 1685 he joined his father Increase as minister of the Congregationalist Old North Church of Boston, where he continued to preach for the rest of his life. A major intelle... |
7105 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordwainer%20Smith | Cordwainer Smith | Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger (July 11, 1913 – August 6, 1966), better known by his pen-name Cordwainer Smith, was an American author known for his science fiction works. Linebarger was a US Army officer, a noted East Asia scholar, and an expert in psychological warfare. Although his career as a writer was shortened by... |
7110 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS%20%28disambiguation%29 | CSS (disambiguation) | CSS, or Cascading Style Sheets, is a language used to describe the style of document presentations in web development.
CSS may also refer to:
Computing and telecommunications
Central Structure Store book, in the PHIGS 3D API
Chirp spread spectrum, a modulation concept, part of the standard IEEE 802.15.4aCSS
Proprieta... |
7118 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churnsike%20Lodge | Churnsike Lodge | Churnsike Lodge is an early Victorian hunting lodge situated in the parish of Greystead, West Northumberland, England. Constructed in 1850 by the Charlton family, descendants of the noted Border Reivers family of the English Middle March, the lodge formed part of the extensive Hesleyside estate, located some 10 miles ... |
7119 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Kidd | William Kidd | William Kidd, also known as Captain William Kidd or simply Captain Kidd ( – 23 May 1701), was a Scottish sea captain who was commissioned as a privateer and had experience as a pirate. He was tried and executed in London in 1701 for murder and piracy.
Kidd had captured a French ship, commanded by an English captain, a... |
7120 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calreticulin | Calreticulin | Calreticulin also known as calregulin, CRP55, CaBP3, calsequestrin-like protein, and endoplasmic reticulum resident protein 60 (ERp60) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CALR gene.
Calreticulin is a multifunctional soluble protein that binds Ca2+ ions (a second messenger in signal transduction), rendering ... |
7122 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crannog | Crannog | A crannog (; ; ) is typically a partially or entirely artificial island, usually built in lakes and estuarine waters of Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. Unlike the prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps, which were built on the shores and not inundated until later, crannogs were built in the water, thus forming arti... |
7123 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar%20date | Calendar date | A calendar date is a reference to a particular day represented within a calendar system. The calendar date allows the specific day to be identified. The number of days between two dates may be calculated. For example, "25 " is ten days after "15 ". The date of a particular event depends on the observed time zone. For... |
7124 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cist | Cist | A cist ( or ; also kist ;
from , Middle Welsh Kist or Germanic Kiste) is a small stone-built coffin-like box or ossuary used to hold the bodies of the dead. Examples can be found across Europe and in the Middle East.
A cist may have been associated with other monuments, perhaps under a cairn or long barrow. Several cis... |
7125 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center%20%28group%20theory%29 | Center (group theory) | In abstract algebra, the center of a group, , is the set of elements that commute with every element of . It is denoted , from German Zentrum, meaning center. In set-builder notation,
.
The center is a normal subgroup, . As a subgroup, it is always characteristic, but is not necessarily fully characteristic. The qu... |
7129 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth%20of%20England | Commonwealth of England | The Commonwealth was the political structure during the period from 1649 to 1660 when England and Wales, later along with Ireland and Scotland, were governed as a republic after the end of the Second English Civil War and the trial and execution of Charles I. The republic's existence was declared through "An Act decla... |
7131 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Evers | Charles Evers | James Charles Evers (September 11, 1922July 22, 2020) was an American civil rights activist, businessman, disc jockey, and politician. Evers was known for his role in the civil rights movement along with his younger brother Medgar Evers. After serving in World War II, Evers began his career as a disc jockey at WHOC in ... |
7143 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code-division%20multiple%20access | Code-division multiple access | Code-division multiple access (CDMA) is a channel access method used by various radio communication technologies. CDMA is an example of multiple access, where several transmitters can send information simultaneously over a single communication channel. This allows several users to share a band of frequencies (see band... |
7144 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet%20filter | Internet filter | An Internet filter is software that restricts or controls the content an Internet user is capable to access, especially when utilized to restrict material delivered over the Internet via the Web, Email, or other means. Content-control software determines what content will be available or be blocked.
Such restrictions ... |
7145 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chambered%20cairn | Chambered cairn | A chambered cairn is a burial monument, usually constructed during the Neolithic, consisting of a sizeable (usually stone) chamber around and over which a cairn of stones was constructed. Some chambered cairns are also passage-graves. They are found throughout Britain and Ireland, with the largest number in Scotland.
... |
7147 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian%20whisky | Canadian whisky | Canadian whisky is a type of whisky produced in Canada. Most Canadian whiskies are blended multi-grain liquors containing a large percentage of corn spirits, and are typically lighter and smoother than other whisky styles. When Canadian distillers began adding small amounts of highly-flavourful rye grain to their mashe... |
7148 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective%20noun | Collective noun | In linguistics, a collective noun is a word referring to a collection of things taken as a whole. Most collective nouns in everyday speech are not specific to one kind of thing. For example, the collective noun "group" can be applied to people ("a group of people") or dogs ("a group of dogs") or other things. Some coll... |
7158 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carat%20%28mass%29 | Carat (mass) | The carat (ct) is a unit of mass equal to or 0.00643 troy oz, and is used for measuring gemstones and pearls.
The current definition, sometimes known as the metric carat, was adopted in 1907 at the Fourth General Conference on Weights and Measures, and soon afterwards in many countries around the world. The carat is d... |
7160 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Conference%20of%20Postal%20and%20Telecommunications%20Administrations | European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations | The European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) was established on June 26, 1959 by nineteen European states in Montreux, Switzerland, as a coordinating body for European state telecommunications and postal organizations. The acronym comes from the French version of its name Conférence... |
7162 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tramlink | Tramlink | London Trams, previously Tramlink and Croydon Tramlink, is a light rail tram system serving Croydon and surrounding areas in South London, England. It began operation in 2000, the first tram system in London since 1952. It is owned by London Trams, part of Transport for London (TfL), and has been operated by FirstGroup... |
7163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catenary | Catenary | In physics and geometry, a catenary (, ) is the curve that an idealized hanging chain or cable assumes under its own weight when supported only at its ends in a uniform gravitational field.
The catenary curve has a U-like shape, superficially similar in appearance to a parabolic arch, but it is not a parabola.
The cu... |
7164 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color%20temperature | Color temperature | The color temperature of a light source is the temperature of an ideal black-body radiator that radiates light of a color comparable to that of the light source. Color temperature is a characteristic of visible light that has important applications in lighting, photography, videography, publishing, manufacturing, astro... |
7165 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoon | Cartoon | A cartoon is a type of illustration that is typically drawn, sometimes animated, in an unrealistic or semi-realistic style. The specific meaning has evolved over time, but the modern usage usually refers to either: an image or series of images intended for satire, caricature, or humor; or a motion picture that relies o... |
7167 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief%20Minister%20of%20the%20Northern%20Territory | Chief Minister of the Northern Territory | The chief minister of the Northern Territory is the head of government of the Northern Territory. The office is the equivalent of a State Premier.
When the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was created in 1974, the head of government was officially known as Majority Leader. This title was used in the first parl... |
7172 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemotherapy | Chemotherapy | Chemotherapy (often abbreviated to chemo and sometimes CTX or CTx) is a type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (chemotherapeutic agents) as part of a standardized chemotherapy regimen. Chemotherapy may be given with a curative intent (which almost always involves combinations of drugs), or it ... |
7174 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese%20historiography | Chinese historiography | Chinese historiography is the study of the techniques and sources used by historians to develop the recorded history of China.
Overview of Chinese history
The recording of Chinese history dates back to the Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC). Many written examples survive of ceremonial inscriptions, divinations and record... |
7175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese%20Communist%20Party | Chinese Communist Party | The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921 by Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao, Chairman Mao Zedong led the party to victory in the Chinese Civil War against the Kuomintang. Since 1949, the CCP ... |
7176 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryogenics | Cryogenics | In physics, cryogenics is the production and behaviour of materials at very low temperatures.
The 13th IIR International Congress of Refrigeration (held in Washington DC in 1971) endorsed a universal definition of “cryogenics” and “cryogenic” by accepting a threshold of 120 K (or –153 °C) to distinguish these terms fr... |
7179 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cary%20Elwes | Cary Elwes | Ivan Simon Cary Elwes (; born 26 October 1962) is an English actor and writer. He is best known for his leading film roles as Westley in The Princess Bride (1987), Robin Hood in Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), and Dr. Lawrence Gordon in the Saw film series. He is also known for his performances in films like Glory (1... |
7180 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Sarandon | Chris Sarandon | Christopher Sarandon Jr. (; born July 24, 1942) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Jerry Dandrige in Fright Night (1985), Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride (1987), Detective Mike Norris in Child's Play (1988), and Jack Skellington in The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993). He was nominated for the... |
7182 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher%20Guest | Christopher Guest | Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest (born February 5, 1948), is an American-British screenwriter, composer, musician, director, actor, and comedian. Guest is most widely known in Hollywood for having written, directed, and starred in his series of comedy films shot in mock-documentary (mockumentary) style. M... |
7183 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol%20Kane | Carol Kane | Carolyn Laurie Kane (born June 18, 1952) is an American actress and comedian. She became known in the 1970s and 1980s in films such as Hester Street, for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, Annie Hall, and The Princess Bride. She appeared on the television series Taxi in the early 1980s, as... |
7184 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2A-algebra | C*-algebra | In mathematics, specifically in functional analysis, a C∗-algebra (pronounced "C-star") is a Banach algebra together with an involution satisfying the properties of the adjoint. A particular case is that of a complex algebra A of continuous linear operators on a complex Hilbert space with two additional properties:
A... |
7185 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London%20Borough%20of%20Croydon | London Borough of Croydon | The London Borough of Croydon () is a London borough in south London, part of Outer London. It covers an area of . It is the southernmost borough of London. At its centre is the historic town of Croydon from which the borough takes its name; while other urban centres include Coulsdon, Purley, South Norwood, Norbury, Ne... |
7188 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carme%20%28moon%29 | Carme (moon) | Carme is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson at Mount Wilson Observatory in California in July 1938. It is named after the mythological Carme, mother by Zeus of Britomartis, a Cretan goddess.
History
Carme did not receive its present name until 1975; before then, i... |
7193 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commutator | Commutator | In mathematics, the commutator gives an indication of the extent to which a certain binary operation fails to be commutative. There are different definitions used in group theory and ring theory.
Group theory
The commutator of two elements, and , of a group , is the element
.
This element is equal to the group's i... |
7196 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairn | Cairn | A cairn is a man-made pile (or stack) of stones. The word cairn comes from the (plural ).
Cairns have been and are used for a broad variety of purposes, from prehistoric times to the present. In modern times, cairns are often erected as landmarks, a use they have had since ancient times. However, since prehistory, ... |
7198 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Characteristic%20subgroup | Characteristic subgroup | In mathematics, particularly in the area of abstract algebra known as group theory, a characteristic subgroup is a subgroup that is mapped to itself by every automorphism of the parent group. Because every conjugation map is an inner automorphism, every characteristic subgroup is normal; though the converse is not gua... |
7199 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20cat%20breeds | List of cat breeds | The following list of cat breeds includes only domestic cat breeds and domestic and wild hybrids. The list includes established breeds recognized by various cat registries, new and experimental breeds, landraces being established as standardized breeds, distinct domestic populations not being actively developed and lap... |
7200 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class%20action | Class action | A class action, also known as a class-action lawsuit, class suit, or representative action, is a type of lawsuit where one of the parties is a group of people who are represented collectively by a member or members of that group. The class action originated in the United States and is still predominantly a U.S. phenome... |
7201 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contempt%20of%20court | Contempt of court | Contempt of court, often referred to simply as "contempt", is the offense of being disobedient to or disrespectful toward a court of law and its officers in the form of behavior that opposes or defies the authority, justice, and dignity of the court. A similar attitude toward a legislative body is termed contempt of Pa... |
7202 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corroborating%20evidence | Corroborating evidence | Corroborating evidence, also referred to as corroboration, is a type of evidence in law.
Types and uses
Corroborating evidence tends to support a proposition that is already supported by some initial evidence, therefore confirming the proposition. For example, W, a witness, testifies that she saw X drive his automobil... |
7203 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-examination | Cross-examination | In law, cross-examination is the interrogation of a witness called by one's opponent. It is preceded by direct examination (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, South Africa, India and Pakistan known as examination-in-chief) and may be followed by a redirect (re-examination in Ireland, England, Scotland, ... |
7206 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiania | Christiania |
Christiania may refer to:
Businesses and organizations
Christiania Bank, a former Norwegian bank
Christiania Theatre in Oslo, Norway
Christiania Spigerverk, a steel company which was founded in Oslo, Norway, in 1853
Christiania Norwegian Theatre, founded in 1852 under the name of Norwegian Dramatic School
Chris... |
7207 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20d%27Abancourt | Charles d'Abancourt | Charles Xavier Joseph de Franque Ville d'Abancourt (4 July 17589 September 1792) was a French statesman, minister to Louis XVI.
Biography
D'Abancourt was born in Douai, and was the nephew of Charles Alexandre de Calonne. He was Louis XVI's last minister of war (July 1792), and organised the defence of the Tuileries P... |
7211 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss%20P-40%20Warhawk | Curtiss P-40 Warhawk | The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground-attack aircraft that first flew in 1938. The P-40 design was a modification of the previous Curtiss P-36 Hawk which reduced development time and enabled a rapid entry into production and operational service. The Warhawk wa... |
7212 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creed | Creed | A creed, also known as a confession of faith, symbol, or statement of faith, is a statement of the shared beliefs of (an often religious) community in a form structured by subjects summarizing core tenets.
The earliest known creed in Christianity, "Jesus is Lord", originated in the writings of Paul the Apostle. One of... |
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