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7213 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius%20Aelianus | Claudius Aelianus | Claudius Aelianus (, Greek transliteration Kláudios Ailianós; c. 175c. 235 AD), commonly Aelian (), born at Praeneste, was a Roman author and teacher of rhetoric who flourished under Septimius Severus and probably outlived Elagabalus, who died in 222. He spoke Greek so fluently that he was called "honey-tongued" ( ); R... |
7214 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callisto%20%28mythology%29 | Callisto (mythology) | In Greek mythology, Callisto or Kallisto (; ) was a nymph, or the daughter of King Lycaon; the myth varies in such details. She was one of the followers of Artemis (Diana for the Romans) who attracted Zeus. According to some writers, Zeus transformed himself into the figure of Artemis to lure Callisto and seduce her.... |
7218 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookie | Cookie | A cookie is a baked or cooked snack or dessert that is typically small, flat and sweet. It usually contains flour, sugar, egg, and some type of oil, fat, or butter. It may include other ingredients such as raisins, oats, chocolate chips, nuts, etc.
In most English-speaking countries except for the United States, cru... |
7220 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common%20Gateway%20Interface | Common Gateway Interface | In computing, Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is an interface specification that enables web servers to execute an external program, typically to process user requests.
Such programs are often written in a scripting language and are commonly referred to as CGI scripts, but they may include compiled programs.
A typical... |
7222 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choctaw | Choctaw | The Choctaw (in the Choctaw language, Chahta) are a Native American people originally based in the Southeastern Woodlands, in what is now Alabama and Mississippi. Their Choctaw language is a Western Muskogean language. Today, Choctaw people are enrolled in three federally recognized tribes: the Choctaw Nation of Oklaho... |
7224 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calypso | Calypso | Calypso refers to:
Calypso (mythology), a nymph who, famously in Homer's Odyssey, kept Odysseus with her on her island of Ogygia for seven years.
Calypso (nymphs), other nymphs called Calypso.
Calypso may also refer to:
Books
"Calypso" (Ulysses episode), an episode in James Joyce's novel Ulysses
Calypso (book)... |
7225 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical%20affinity | Chemical affinity | In chemical physics and physical chemistry, chemical affinity is the electronic property by which dissimilar chemical species are capable of forming chemical compounds. Chemical affinity can also refer to the tendency of an atom or compound to combine by chemical reaction with atoms or compounds of unlike composition.... |
7227 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet%20Hale%E2%80%93Bopp | Comet Hale–Bopp | Comet Hale–Bopp (formally designated C/1995 O1) is a comet that was one of the most widely observed of the 20th century and one of the brightest seen for many decades.
Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp discovered Comet Hale–Bopp separately on July 23, 1995, before it became visible to the naked eye. It is difficult to predict... |
7230 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy | Conspiracy | A conspiracy, also known as a plot, is a secret plan or agreement between persons (called conspirers or conspirators) for an unlawful or harmful purpose, such as murder or treason, especially with political motivation, while keeping their agreement secret from the public or from other people affected by it. In a politi... |
7232 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholistan%20Desert | Cholistan Desert | The Cholistan Desert (; Punjabi: ), also locally known as Rohi (), is a large desert in the southern part of Punjab, Pakistan that forms part of the Greater Thar Desert, which extends to Sindh province and the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is one of two large deserts in Punjab, the other being Thal Desert. The name is ... |
7233 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causant%C3%ADn%20mac%20Cin%C3%A1eda | Causantín mac Cináeda | or (in Modern Gaelic: ; died 877) was a king of the Picts. He is often known as Constantine I in reference to his place in modern lists of kings of Scots, but contemporary sources described only as a Pictish king. A son of ("Kenneth MacAlpin"), he succeeded his uncle as Pictish king following the latter's death on ... |
7234 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine%20II%20%28emperor%29 | Constantine II (emperor) | Constantine II (; February 316 – 340) was Roman emperor from 337 to 340. Son of Constantine the Great and co-emperor alongside his brothers, his attempt to exert his perceived rights of primogeniture led to his death in a failed invasion of Italy in 340.
Career
The eldest son of Constantine the Great and Fausta, Con... |
7235 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine%20II%20of%20Scotland | Constantine II of Scotland | Constantine, son of Áed (Medieval Gaelic: Causantín mac Áeda; Modern Gaelic: Còiseam mac Aoidh, known in most modern regnal lists as Constantine II; born no later than 879; died 952) was an early King of Scotland, known then by the Gaelic name Alba. The Kingdom of Alba, a name which first appears in Constantine's lifet... |
7236 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine%20the%20Great | Constantine the Great | Constantine I (; ; 27 February 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great or just Constantine, was Roman emperor reigning from 306 to 337. Born in Naissus, Dacia Mediterranea (now Niš, Serbia), he was the son of Flavius Constantius (a Roman army officer born in Dacia Ripensis who had been one of the four emperor... |
7237 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common%20Language%20Infrastructure | Common Language Infrastructure | The Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) is an open specification and technical standard originally developed by Microsoft and standardized by ISO (ISO/IEC 23271) and Ecma International (ECMA 335) that describes executable code and a runtime environment that allows multiple high-level languages to be used on different... |
7239 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket%20World%20Cup | Cricket World Cup | The Cricket World Cup (officially known as ICC Men's Cricket World Cup) is the international championship of One Day International (ODI) cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), every four years, with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals ... |
7241 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth%20Heads%20of%20Government%20Meeting | Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting | The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM; or) is a biennial summit meeting of the de facto leaders from all Commonwealth nations. Despite the name, the head of state may be present in the meeting instead of the head of government, especially among semi-presidential states. Every two years the meeting is he... |
7242 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese%20classics | Chinese classics | Chinese classic texts or canonical texts () or simply dianji (典籍) refers to the Chinese texts which originated before the imperial unification by the Qin dynasty in 221 BC, particularly the "Four Books and Five Classics" of the Neo-Confucian tradition, themselves a customary abridgment of the "Thirteen Classics". All o... |
7243 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call%20centre | Call centre | A call centre (Commonwealth spelling) or call center (American spelling; see spelling differences) is a centralised office used for receiving or transmitting a large volume of enquiries by telephone. An inbound call centre is operated by a company to administer incoming product or service support or information enquiri... |
7246 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Messier | Charles Messier | Charles Messier (; 26 June 1730 – 12 April 1817) was a French astronomer. He published an astronomical catalogue consisting of 110 nebulae and faint star clusters, which came to be known as the Messier objects. Messier's purpose for the catalogue was to help astronomical observers distinguish between permanent and tran... |
7247 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cemetery%20H%20culture | Cemetery H culture | The Cemetery H culture was a Bronze Age culture in the Punjab region in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, from about 1900 BC until about 1300 BC. It is regarded as a regional form of the late phase of the Harappan (Indus Valley) civilisation (alongside the Jhukar culture of Sindh and Rangpur culture of Guja... |
7248 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrado%20Gini | Corrado Gini | Corrado Gini (23 May 1884 – 13 March 1965) was an Italian statistician, demographer and sociologist who developed the Gini coefficient, a measure of the income inequality in a society. Gini was a proponent of organicism and applied it to nations.
Career
Gini was born on May 23, 1884, in Motta di Livenza, near Treviso... |
7249 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crankshaft | Crankshaft | A crankshaft is a shaft driven by a crank mechanism consisting of a series of cranks and crankpins to which the connecting rods of an engine is attached. It is a mechanical part able to perform a conversion between reciprocating motion and rotational motion. In a reciprocating engine, it translates reciprocating motion... |
7250 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNS | CNS | CNS may refer to:
Science and medicine
Central nervous system
Clinical nurse specialist
Coagulase-negative staphylococcus
Connectedness to nature scale
Conserved non-coding sequence of DNA
Crigler–Najjar syndrome
Crystallography and NMR system, a software library
Color Naming System
CNS (DNS server), Caching ... |
7251 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central%20nervous%20system | Central nervous system | The central nervous system (CNS) is the part of the nervous system consisting primarily of the brain and spinal cord. The CNS is so named because the brain integrates the received information and coordinates and influences the activity of all parts of the bodies of bilaterally symmetric and triploblastic animals—that i... |
7252 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell%20cycle | Cell cycle | The cell cycle, or cell-division cycle, is the series of events that take place in a cell that cause it to divide into two daughter cells. These events include the duplication of its DNA (DNA replication) and some of its organelles, and subsequently the partitioning of its cytoplasm and other components into two daught... |
7253 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartesian | Cartesian | Cartesian means of or relating to the French philosopher René Descartes—from his Latinized name Cartesius. It may refer to:
Mathematics
Cartesian closed category, a closed category in category theory
Cartesian coordinate system, modern rectangular coordinate system
Cartesian diagram, a construction in category theory
... |
7255 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connection%20%28dance%29 | Connection (dance) | In partner dancing, connection is a term that refers to physical, non-verbal communication between dancers to facilitate synchronized or coordinated dance movements. Some forms of connection involve "lead/follow" in which one dancer (the "lead") directs the movements of the other dancer (the "follower") by means of non... |
7257 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste | Caste | Caste is a form of social stratification characterised by endogamy, hereditary transmission of a style of life which often includes an occupation, status in a hierarchy, and customary social interaction and exclusion based on cultural notions of purity and pollution. Its paradigmatic ethnographic example is the divisio... |
7258 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creation | Creation | Creation may refer to:
Religion
Creatio ex nihilo, the concept that matter was created by God out of nothing
Creation myth, a religious story of the origin of the world and how people first came to inhabit it
Creationism, the belief that the universe was created in specific divine acts and the social movement affil... |
7262 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CORAL | CORAL | CORAL, short for Computer On-line Real-time Applications Language is a programming language originally developed in 1964 at the Royal Radar Establishment (RRE), Malvern, Worcestershire, in the United Kingdom. The R was originally for "radar", not "real-time". It was influenced primarily by JOVIAL, and thus ALGOL, but i... |
7264 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyming%20slang | Rhyming slang | Rhyming slang is a form of slang word construction in the English language. It is especially prevalent in the UK and Australia. It was first used in the early 19th century in the East End of London; hence its alternative name, Cockney rhyming slang. In the United States, especially the criminal underworld of the West ... |
7265 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canchim | Canchim | The Canchim is a breed of beef cattle developed in Central Brazil by crossing European Charolais cattle with Indubrazil cattle already kept in Brazil where Asian Zebu type cattle are best suited to the tropical conditions. When compared with Zebu bulls, Canchim bulls produce the same number of calves, but heavier and o... |
7271 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist%20Party%20of%20the%20Soviet%20Union | Communist Party of the Soviet Union | The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), also known by various other names during its history, was the founding and ruling party of the Soviet Union. The CPSU was the sole governing party of the Soviet Union until 1990 when the Congress of People's Deputies modified Article 6 of the 1977 Soviet Constitution, whi... |
7272 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity%20and%20homosexuality | Christianity and homosexuality | Within Christianity, there are a variety of views on sexual orientation and homosexuality. Even within a denomination, individuals and groups may hold different views, and not all members of a denomination necessarily support their church's views on homosexuality.
History
The Hebrew Bible and its traditional interpre... |
7273 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chadic%20languages | Chadic languages | The Chadic languages form a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are spoken in parts of the Sahel. They include 150 languages spoken across northern Nigeria, southern Niger, southern Chad, the Central African Republic, and northern Cameroon. The most widely spoken Chadic language is Hausa, a lingua franca of... |
7274 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cushitic%20languages | Cushitic languages | The Cushitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are spoken primarily in the Horn of Africa, with minorities speaking Cushitic languages to the north in Egypt and the Sudan, and to the south in Kenya and Tanzania. As of 2012, the Cushitic languages with over one million speakers were Oromo, ... |
7279 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapter%2011%2C%20Title%2011%2C%20United%20States%20Code | Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code | Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) permits reorganization under the bankruptcy laws of the United States. Such reorganization, known as "Chapter 11 bankruptcy", is available to every business, whether organized as a corporation, partnership or sole proprietorship, and t... |
7280 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjugation | Conjugation | Conjugation or conjugate may refer to:
Linguistics
Grammatical conjugation, the modification of a verb from its basic form
Emotive conjugation or Russell's conjugation, the use of loaded language
Mathematics
Complex conjugation, the change of sign of the imaginary part of a complex number
Conjugate (square roots... |
7283 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy | Controversy | Controversy is a state of prolonged public dispute or debate, usually concerning a matter of conflicting opinion or point of view. The word was coined from the Latin controversia, as a composite of controversus – "turned in an opposite direction".
Legal
In the theory of law, a controversy differs from a legal case; wh... |
7284 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centromere | Centromere | The centromere links a pair of sister chromatids together during cell division. This constricted region of chromosome connects the sister chromatids, creating a short arm (p) and a long arm (q) on the chromatids. During mitosis, spindle fibers attach to the centromere via the kinetochore.
The physical role of the cent... |
7287 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castello | Castello | Castello may refer to:
Places
Castello, Venice, the largest of the six sestieri of Venice
Castello, the old town center of Giudicato of Cagliari in Sardinia
Castello, a neighbourhood in Florence
Castello, Hong Kong, a private housing estate in Hong Kong
A locality in the town of Monteggio in Switzerland
Cittadella (Go... |
7288 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common%20preference | Common preference | Common preference is an everyone wins situation in a number of places:
Zero-sum game#Non-zero-sum
Taking Children Seriously
Win-win situation |
7291 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CuteFTP | CuteFTP | CuteFTP is a series of FTP (file transfer protocol) client applications distributed and supported since 1996 by GlobalSCAPE, who later bought the rights to the software. Both a Windows-based or Mac-based interface were made for both home and professional use.
CuteFTP is used to transfer files between computers and Fi... |
7293 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore%2064 | Commodore 64 | The Commodore 64, also known as the C64 or the CBM 64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, January 7–10, 1982, in Las Vegas). It has been listed in the Guinness World Records as the highest-selling single computer model of all ti... |
7294 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartography | Cartography | Cartography (; from Greek χάρτης chartēs, "papyrus, sheet of paper, map"; and γράφειν graphein, "write") is the study and practice of making and using maps. Combining science, aesthetics and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality (or an imagined reality) can be modeled in ways that communicate spatia... |
7295 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumption | Consumption | Consumption may refer to:
Resource consumption
Tuberculosis, an infectious disease, historically
Consumption (ecology), receipt of energy by consuming other organisms
Consumption (economics), the purchasing of newly produced goods for current use also defined as the consuming of products
Consumption function, an ec... |
7296 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac%20glycoside | Cardiac glycoside | Cardiac glycosides are a class of organic compounds that increase the output force of the heart and decrease its rate of contractions by inhibiting the cellular sodium-potassium ATPase pump. Their beneficial medical uses are as treatments for congestive heart failure and cardiac arrhythmias; however, their relative tox... |
7299 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonialism | Colonialism | Colonialism is a practice or policy of control by one people or power over other people or areas, often by establishing colonies and generally with the aim of economic dominance. In the process of colonisation, colonisers may impose their religion, language, economics, and other cultural practices. The foreign administ... |
7300 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial | Colonial | Colonial or The Colonial may refer to:
Colonial, of, relating to, or characteristic of a colony or colony (biology)
Architecture
American colonial architecture
French Colonial
Spanish Colonial architecture
Automobiles
Colonial (1920 automobile), the first American automobile with four-wheel brakes
Colonial (Sha... |
7301 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablanca | Casablanca | Casablanca (, ; ) is the largest city of Morocco. Located on the Atlantic coast of the Chaouia plain in the central-western part of Morocco, it is the second largest city in the Maghreb region and the eighth-largest in the Arab world. Casablanca is Morocco's chief port and one of the largest financial centers in Africa... |
7303 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross | Cross | A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two intersecting lines or bars, usually perpendicular to each other. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally. A cross of oblique lines, in the shape of the Latin letter X, is termed a saltire in heraldic terminology.
The cross in its various shapes and forms was ... |
7304 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordination%20complex | Coordination complex | A coordination complex consists of a central atom or ion, which is usually metallic and is called the coordination centre, and a surrounding array of bound molecules or ions, that are in turn known as ligands or complexing agents. Many metal-containing compounds, especially those that include transition metals (elemen... |
7305 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleco | Coleco | Coleco Industries, Inc. was an American company founded in 1932 by Maurice Greenberg as The Connecticut Leather Company. It became a highly successful toy company in the 1980s, known for its mass-produced version of Cabbage Patch Kids dolls and its video game consoles, the Coleco Telstar dedicated consoles and ColecoVi... |
7306 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ColecoVision | ColecoVision | ColecoVision is a second-generation home video-game console developed by Coleco and launched in North America in August 1982. It was released a year later in Europe by CBS Electronics as the CBS ColecoVision.
The console offered a closer experience to more powerful arcade video games compared to competitors such as th... |
7309 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleco%20Telstar%20series | Coleco Telstar series | The Coleco Telstar brand is a series of dedicated first-generation home video game consoles produced, released and marketed by Coleco from 1976 to 1978. Starting with Coleco Telstar Pong clone based video game console on General Instrument's AY-3-8500 chip in 1976, there were 14 consoles released in the Coleco Telstar ... |
7310 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conventional%20warfare | Conventional warfare | Conventional warfare is a form of warfare conducted by using conventional weapons and battlefield tactics between two or more states in open confrontation. The forces on each side are well-defined and fight by using weapons that target primarily the opponent's military. It is normally fought by using conventional weapo... |
7312 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauvinism | Chauvinism | Chauvinism is the unreasonable belief in the superiority or dominance of one's own group or people, who are seen as strong and virtuous, while others are considered weak, unworthy, or inferior. It can be described as a form of extreme patriotism and nationalism, a fervent faith in national excellence and glory.
In En... |
7316 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothetical%20types%20of%20biochemistry | Hypothetical types of biochemistry | Hypothetical types of biochemistry are forms of biochemistry agreed to be scientifically viable but not proven to exist at this time. The kinds of living organisms currently known on Earth all use carbon compounds for basic structural and metabolic functions, water as a solvent, and DNA or RNA to define and control the... |
7322 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creation%20myth | Creation myth | A creation myth (or cosmogonic myth) is a symbolic narrative of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it. While in popular usage the term myth often refers to false or fanciful stories, members of cultures often ascribe varying degrees of truth to their creation myths. In the society in which it is t... |
7324 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifix | Crucifix | A crucifix (from Latin cruci fixus meaning "(one) fixed to a cross") is an image of Jesus on the cross, as distinct from a bare cross. The representation of Jesus himself on the cross is referred to in English as the corpus (Latin for "body").
The crucifix is a principal symbol for many groups of Christians, and one o... |
7327 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernican%20principle | Copernican principle | In physical cosmology, the Copernican principle states that humans, on the Earth or in the Solar System, are not privileged observers of the universe. Named for Copernican heliocentrism, it is a working assumption that arises from a modified cosmological extension of Copernicus's argument of a moving Earth.
Origin and... |
7329 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprinidae | Cyprinidae | Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest vertebrate animal family in general with about 3,000 species, of which only 1,270... |
7330 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complementary%20DNA | Complementary DNA | In genetics, complementary DNA (cDNA) is DNA synthesized from a single-stranded RNA (e.g., messenger RNA (mRNA) or microRNA (miRNA)) template in a reaction catalyzed by the enzyme reverse transcriptase. cDNA is often used to clone eukaryotic genes in prokaryotes. When scientists want to express a specific protein in a... |
7331 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular%20digital%20packet%20data | Cellular digital packet data | Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD) was a wide-area mobile data service which used unused bandwidth normally used by AMPS mobile phones between 800 and 900 MHz to transfer data. Speeds up to 19.2 kbit/s were possible, though real world speeds seldom reached higher than 9.6 kbit/s. The service was discontinued in conjun... |
7333 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera | Chimera | Chimera, chimaera, or chimaira may refer to:
Chimera (mythology), a monstrous creature with parts from multiple animals
Mount Chimaera, the region in Lycia that some believe was an inspiration for the myth
Biology
Chimaera, any of various cartilaginous fishes of the order Chimaeriformes
Chimaera (genus), the epony... |
7335 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creature%20of%20statute | Creature of statute | A creature of statute (also known as creature of the state) is a legal entity, such as a corporation, created by statute. Creatures of statute may include municipalities and other artificial legal entities or relationships. Thus, when a statute in some fashion requires the formation of a corporate body—often for govern... |
7339 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General%20Conference%20on%20Weights%20and%20Measures | General Conference on Weights and Measures | The General Conference on Weights and Measures (GCWM; ) is the supreme authority of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM), the intergovernmental organization established in 1875 under the terms of the Metre Convention through which member states act together on matters related to measurement science a... |
7341 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy%20Bebop | Cowboy Bebop | is a Japanese neo-noir science fiction anime television series created and animated by Sunrise, led by a production team of director Shinichirō Watanabe, screenwriter Keiko Nobumoto, character designer Toshihiro Kawamoto, mechanical designer Kimitoshi Yamane, and composer Yoko Kanno, who are collectively billed as Haji... |
7342 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement%20of%20Alexandria | Clement of Alexandria | Titus Flavius Clemens, also known as Clement of Alexandria (; – ), was a Christian theologian and philosopher who taught at the Catechetical School of Alexandria. Among his pupils were Origen and Alexander of Jerusalem. A convert to Christianity, he was an educated man who was familiar with classical Greek philosophy ... |
7344 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogito%2C%20ergo%20sum | Cogito, ergo sum | The Latin , usually translated into English as "I think, therefore I am", is the "first principle" of René Descartes's philosophy. He originally published it in French as , in his 1637 Discourse on the Method, so as to reach a wider audience than Latin would have allowed. It later appeared in Latin in his Principles o... |
7345 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20Barks | Carl Barks | Carl Barks (March 27, 1901 – August 25, 2000) was an American cartoonist, author, and painter. He is best known for his work in Disney comic books, as the writer and artist of the first Donald Duck stories and as the creator of Scrooge McDuck. He worked anonymously until late in his career; fans dubbed him The Duck Man... |
7346 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centimetre%E2%80%93gram%E2%80%93second%20system%20of%20units | Centimetre–gram–second system of units | The centimetre–gram–second system of units (abbreviated CGS or cgs) is a variant of the metric system based on the centimetre as the unit of length, the gram as the unit of mass, and the second as the unit of time. All CGS mechanical units are unambiguously derived from these three base units, but there are several dif... |
7355 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christology | Christology | In Christianity, Christology (from Greek Χριστός Khristós and , -logia), translated literally from Greek as "the study of Christ", is a branch of theology that concerns Jesus. Different denominations have different opinions on questions like whether Jesus was human, divine, or both, and as a messiah what his role would... |
7357 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complaint | Complaint | In legal terminology, a complaint is any formal legal document that sets out the facts and legal reasons (see: cause of action) that the filing party or parties (the plaintiff(s)) believes are sufficient to support a claim against the party or parties against whom the claim is brought (the defendant(s)) that entitles t... |
7362 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir%20III%20the%20Great | Casimir III the Great | Casimir III the Great (; 30 April 1310 – 5 November 1370) reigned as the King of Poland from 1333 to 1370. He also later became King of Ruthenia in 1340, and fought to retain the title in the Galicia-Volhynia Wars. He was the third son of Ladislaus the Short and Jadwiga of Kalisz, and the last Polish king from the Pias... |
7363 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complexity | Complexity | Complexity characterises the behaviour of a system or model whose components interact in multiple ways and follow local rules, meaning there is no reasonable higher instruction to define the various possible interactions.
The term is generally used to characterize something with many parts where those parts interact w... |
7366 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chastity | Chastity | Chastity, also known as purity, is a virtue related to temperance. Someone who is chaste refrains either from sexual activity considered immoral or any sexual activity, according to their state of life. In some contexts, for example when making a vow of chastity, chastity would mean the same as celibacy.
Etymology
The... |
7376 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic%20microwave%20background | Cosmic microwave background | The cosmic microwave background (CMB, CMBR), in Big Bang cosmology, is electromagnetic radiation which is a remnant from an early stage of the universe, also known as "relic radiation". The CMB is faint cosmic background radiation filling all space. It is an important source of data on the early universe because it is ... |
7378 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative%20law | Comparative law | Comparative law is the study of differences and similarities between the law (legal systems) of different countries. More specifically, it involves the study of the different legal "systems" (or "families") in existence in the world, including the common law, the civil law, socialist law, Canon law, Jewish Law, Islamic... |
7380 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD%20%28disambiguation%29 | CD (disambiguation) | A CD or compact disc is a thin plastic silvery disc for audio recordings.
CD or cd may also refer to:
Science and technology
Astronomy and cosmology
Cordoba Durchmusterung, a star catalog of the southern sky
Cosmological decade or CÐ, a unit of time
Type-cD galaxy, a galaxy morphology classification
Biology, eco... |
7381 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberspace | Cyberspace | Cyberspace is a concept describing a widespread interconnected digital technology. "The expression dates back from the first decade of the diffusion of the internet. It refers to the online world as a world 'apart', as distinct from everyday reality. In cyberspace people can hide behind fake identities, as in the famou... |
7382 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Maritimes | The Maritimes | The Maritimes, also called the Maritime provinces, is a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island (PEI). The Maritimes had a population of 1,813,606 in 2016, which makes up 5.6% of Canada's population. Together with Canada's easternmost province, Newfou... |
7383 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril%20of%20Alexandria | Cyril of Alexandria | {{Infobox Christian leader
| honorific_prefix = Saint
| name = Cyril of Alexandria
| birth_date = 376
| birth_place = Didouseya, Roman Egypt(modern-day El-Mahalla El-Kubra)
| death_date =
| death_place = Alexandria
| venerated = Latin ChristianityEastern CatholicismEastern OrthodoxyOriental OrthodoxyAnglicanismLuther... |
7387 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril%20of%20Jerusalem | Cyril of Jerusalem | Cyril of Jerusalem (, Kýrillos A Ierosolýmon; ; 313 386 AD) was a theologian of the early Church. About the end of 350 AD he succeeded Maximus as Bishop of Jerusalem, but was exiled on more than one occasion due to the enmity of Acacius of Caesarea, and the policies of various emperors. Cyril left important writings ... |
7388 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanukkah | Hanukkah | Hanukkah (; ), also known as the Festival of Lights (, ), is a Jewish festival commemorating the recovery of Jerusalem and subsequent rededication of the Second Temple at the beginning of the Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century BCE.
Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting ... |
7390 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian%20views%20on%20marriage | Christian views on marriage | From the earliest days of the Christian faith, Christians have honored holy matrimony (as Christian marriages are referred to) as a divinely blessed, lifelong, monogamous union, between a man and a woman. According to the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer (1979), reflecting the traditional view, "Christian marriage is a... |
7392 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class%20%28computer%20programming%29 | Class (computer programming) | In object-oriented programming, a class is an extensible program-code-template for creating objects, providing initial values for state (member variables) and implementations of behavior (member functions or methods). In many languages, the class name is used as the name for the class (the template itself), the name fo... |
7394 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterbury%20%28disambiguation%29 | Canterbury (disambiguation) | Canterbury is a city located in the county of Kent in southeast England. It may also refer to:
Places
Australia
Canterbury, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney
Electoral district of Canterbury, an electoral district in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
City of Canterbury, New South Wales, a local government ar... |
7397 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color%20blindness | Color blindness | Color blindness (color vision deficiency) is the decreased ability to see color or differences in color. It can impair tasks such as selecting ripe fruit, choosing clothing, and reading traffic lights. Color blindness may make some educational activities more difficult. However, problems are generally minor, and most c... |
7398 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20security | Computer security | Computer security, cybersecurity, or information technology security (IT security) is the protection of computer systems and networks from information disclosure, theft of or damage to their hardware, software, or electronic data, as well as from the disruption or misdirection of the services they provide.
The field i... |
7400 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Cunningham | Chris Cunningham | Chris Cunningham (born 15 October 1970) is a British video artist and music video director, best known for his music videos for electronic musicians such as Autechre, Squarepusher, and most notably Aphex Twin on videos for "Windowlicker" and "Come to Daddy", and Björk's "All is Full of Love". All were used in Chris' ch... |
7401 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaur | Centaur | A centaur ( ; ; ), or occasionally hippocentaur, is a creature from Greek mythology with the upper body of a human and the lower body and legs of a horse.
Centaurs are thought of in many Greek myths as being as wild as untamed horses, and were said to have inhabited the region of Magnesia and Mount Pelion in Thessaly,... |
7403 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemotaxis | Chemotaxis | Chemotaxis (from chemo- + taxis) is the movement of an organism or entity in response to a chemical stimulus. Somatic cells, bacteria, and other single-cell or multicellular organisms direct their movements according to certain chemicals in their environment. This is important for bacteria to find food (e.g., glucose) ... |
7406 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheshire | Cheshire | Cheshire, archaically the County Palatine of Chester, is a historic county in North West England. It is bordered by the counties of Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south, and Wales to the west. Cheshire's county town is Chester, while its large... |
7407 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County%20town | County town | In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a county town is the most important town or city in a county. It is usually the location of administrative or judicial functions within a county and the place where the county's members of Parliament are elected. Following the establishment of the English county councils in 1889, the ... |
7411 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution%20of%20Canada | Constitution of Canada | The Constitution of Canada () is the supreme law in Canada. It outlines Canada's system of government and the civil and human rights of those who are citizens of Canada and non-citizens in Canada. Its contents are an amalgamation of various codified acts, treaties between the Crown and Indigenous Peoples (both historic... |
7424 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crochet | Crochet | Crochet (; ) is a process of creating textiles by using a crochet hook to interlock loops of yarn, thread, or strands of other materials. The name is derived from the French term crochet, meaning 'small hook'. Hooks can be made from a variety of materials, such as metal, wood, bamboo, or plastic. The key difference bet... |
7425 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic%20coil | Electromagnetic coil | An electromagnetic coil is an electrical conductor such as a wire in the shape of a coil, spiral or helix. Electromagnetic coils are used in electrical engineering, in applications where electric currents interact with magnetic fields, in devices such as electric motors, generators, inductors, electromagnets, transfor... |
7426 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20I%20of%20England | Charles I of England | Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. He was born into the House of Stuart as the second son of King James VI of Scotland, but after his father inherited the English throne in 1603 (as James I), he moved to England, wher... |
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