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63044 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charcoal | Charcoal | Charcoal is a carbon-containing substance made from wood, naturally black and powdery. Charcoal is made from wood by heating it in an "airless" (minimal oxygen) space at a high temperature. The wood will not burn, but instead turn into charcoal. The by-product of making charcoal is tar and turpentine.
People use it fo... |
63047 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brose%20Baskets | Brose Baskets | Brose Baskets Bamberg (also Brose Baskets) is a basketball club in Bamberg, Germany. In 2005 (as GHP Bamberg), 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 it won the BBL. In 1992, 2010, 2011, and 2012 it won the German Cup.
Bamberg
Basketball teams
Sports clubs
Sport in Bavaria |
63049 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian%20Revolutionary%20Federation | Armenian Revolutionary Federation | The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF or ՀՅԴ) (Armenian: – Hay Heghapokhakan Dashnaktsutiun, Dashnaktsutiun, – Dashnak or Tashnag) is an Armenian political party founded in Tiflis (Tbilisi in modern-day Georgia) in 1890 by Christapor Mikaelian, Stepan Zorian, and Simon Zavarian. The party works in Armenia and in... |
63052 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christapor%20Mikaelian | Christapor Mikaelian | Christapor Mikaelian (Armenian: ) also known by his noms de guerre Hellen (), Topal (), and Edward (), (1859-1905) was one of the three founders of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation along Stepan Zorian and Simon Zavarian, also part of Armenian national liberation movement.
Early life
Rosdom was born in the villag... |
63055 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varazdat | Varazdat | Varasdates or Varazdat (, Varazdat) was an Armenian prince who succeeded his uncle King Papes as King of Armenia in 374.
Following the murder of King Papes, Valens sent Varazdat, a nephew of Pap, a young man highly reputed for his mental and physical gifts, to hold the Armenian throne. Shapur II, having failed on the... |
63060 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adana%20massacre | Adana massacre | The Adana massacre happened in Adana Province, in the Ottoman Empire, in April 1909. A religious-ethnic clash in the city of Adana amidst governmental upheaval resulted in a series of anti-Armenian pogroms throughout the district. Reports estimated that the massacres in Adana Province resulted in 20,000 to 30,000 death... |
63062 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adana | Adana | Adana (Greek Άδανα) (the ancient Antioch in Cilicia or Antioch on the Sarus) is the capital of Adana Province in Turkey. According to the 2000 census, with 1,130,710 inhabitants, it is the fifth most populous city of Turkey (after İstanbul, Ankara, İzmir and Bursa). The 2006 estimate of Adana's population is 1,271,894.... |
63065 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsley%20Massacre | Parsley Massacre | In October 1937, Dominican dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina ordered the execution of the Haitian population living within the borderlands with Haiti. The violence resulted in the killing of 17,000 to 35,000 Haitian civilians over a span of approximately five days. This would later become known as the Parsley Ma... |
63075 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat%20pump | Heat pump | A heat pump is a machine that moves heat from a cold place to a hot place. Examples include:
Refrigerator. It moves heat from the inside to the outside. This keeps the food inside cold, so it will not spoil.
Air conditioner. It moves heat from the inside of a building to the outside.
Peltier device. It moves heat f... |
63082 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second%20law%20of%20thermodynamics | Second law of thermodynamics | The second law of thermodynamics says that when energy changes from one form to another form, or matter moves freely, entropy (disorder) in a closed system increases.
Differences in temperature, pressure, and density tend to even out horizontally after a while. Due to the force of gravity, density and pressure do not ... |
63083 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air%20conditioner | Air conditioner | Note:the term "air conditioning" refers to any form of "Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning". This article deals specifically with units used as part of a cooling system.An air conditioner is a system or a machine that treats air in a defined, usually enclosed area via a refrigeration cycle in which warm air is r... |
63084 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branch%20%28disambiguation%29 | Branch (disambiguation) | A branch is a part of a tree.
Branch or branching could also mean:
Computing
Branch (computer science), a point in a computer program where program-flow may change depending on a condition.
Branch predictor, the part of a processor that determines whether a conditional branch in the instruction flow of a program is ... |
63092 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/First%20law%20of%20thermodynamics | First law of thermodynamics | The first law of thermodynamics states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed; it can change only from one form to another. The law forms the basis of the principle of conservation of energy. This means that anything that uses energy is changing the energy from one kind of energy to another. For example, exer... |
63093 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation%20of%20energy | Conservation of energy | This article refers to the law of conservation of energy in physics. For energy resources sustainably, see: Energy conservation.
In physics, the conservation of energy is that energy can not be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another, such as when electrical energy is changed into heat en... |
63095 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differences%20between%20butterflies%20and%20moths | Differences between butterflies and moths | The Lepidoptera are the butterflies and moths. However, though the butterflies are a natural monophyletic group, moths are not. Butterflies are often put in the suborder Rhopalocera, which includes Papilionoidea (true butterflies), the Hesperiidae (skippers), and the Hedylidae (butterfly moths).
In Linnaean taxonomy... |
63097 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monophyly | Monophyly | Monophyly means common descent from a single ancestor.
Biologists have introduced a kind of taxonomy called cladistics. The aim of this is to make biological classification fit what we know about the way organisms evolved.
If there is a group made of a common ancestor, and all its descendants, that group is monophyle... |
63098 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepidoptera | Lepidoptera | The order Lepidoptera is the second biggest order of insects. It includes the moths and butterflies including the skippers. There is no common word for the group: ordinary people talk of "butterflies and moths".
The order has more than 180,000 species in 128 families and 47 superfamilies. They are 10% of all the de... |
63102 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diurnal | Diurnal | Animals that are active during the day are called diurnal. They hunt or feed during the day and sleep during the night. Nocturnal animals do it the other way round.
Scientists sometimes use the word crepuscular to describe nocturnal animals that are not active when it is very dark at night; they are mostly active nea... |
63103 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skipper%20%28butterfly%29 | Skipper (butterfly) | The skippers are a family of butterflies, the Hesperiidae. They are named after their quick, darting flight.
Skippers used to be classified in their own superfamily, Hesperioidea, because they have their antennae clubs hooked backward like a crochet while the other butterflies have club-like tips to their antennae. S... |
63107 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy%20conservation | Energy conservation | Energy conservation is reducing the amount of energy used for different purposes. This may result in an increase of financial capital, environmental value, national and personal security, and human comfort.
Individuals and organizations that consume energy may conserve energy to reduce costs and promote economic, poli... |
63108 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogeneration | Cogeneration | Cogeneration (also combined heat and power, CHP) is the use of a heat engine or a power station to make both electricity and useful heat at the same time.
Conventional power plants emit the heat created as a byproduct of electricity generation into the environment through cooling towers, as flue gas, or by other means... |
63109 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quakenbr%C3%BCck | Quakenbrück | Quakenbrück is a small town in Lower Saxony. It has about 13,000 inhabitants.
References
Other websites |
63110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dew%20point | Dew point | The dew point is the temperature where water vapor condenses into liquid water.
All air holds different amounts of water vapor. The dew point shows the amount of moisture in the air. The higher the dew point is, the higher the level of moisture in the air at a given temperature. The dew point of humid air will be high... |
63112 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podgorica | Podgorica | Podgorica () is the capital of Montenegro. In 2011, the population was 185,937.
References
Cities in Montenegro
Municipalities of Montenegro
National capitals in Europe |
63113 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regi%C3%B3n%20Aut%C3%B3noma%20del%20Atl%C3%A1ntico%20Sur | Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur | The Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur is an independent part of Nicaragua. It is often simply known as RAAS. Its capital is Bluefields. It was made when new regions were formed in Nicaragua in 1989. The old region was turned into Atlántico Sur and Atlántico Norte. The capital of Atlántico Norte is Puerto Cabezas. There... |
63117 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regi%C3%B3n%20Aut%C3%B3noma%20del%20Atl%C3%A1ntico%20Norte | Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte | Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte is an autonomous region of Nicaragua. It was created in 1989. Its capital is Puerto Cabezas. Often the name is shotened to RAAN.
Geography of Nicaragua |
63121 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressor | Compressor | Compressor could mean:
Gas compressor, a mechanical device that compresses a gas e.g. air
Compressor (software), a video and audio compression and encoding application made for use with Final Cut
A device used to apply audio level compression to an audio signal
KOMPRESSOR, an electronic musician
Related pages
Compres... |
63122 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas%20compressor | Gas compressor | A gas compressor is a mechanical device that increases the pressure of a gas by reducing its volume. Compression of a gas naturally increases its temperature. When the gas is air, the machine is called an air compressor.
Compressors are similar to pumps: both increase the pressure on a fluid and both can transport the... |
63123 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash | Cash | Cash is a form of currency, such as banknotes or coins. There is usually different sorts in every country.
Bookkeeping and finance
In bookkeeping and finance, cash can also refer to checks, money orders, cashier's checks, bank drafts, or traveler's checks. In all these forms, the term indicates the most liquid form o... |
63124 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemer | Hemer | Hemer is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. About 35,000 people live there.
References
Other websites
Märkischer Rural District |
63127 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heating | Heating | Heating is making something warm. It could mean:
HVAC: Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning.
HVACR "R" stand for Refrigeration
Heating devices, or systems:
Block heater, or headbolt heater, an electric heater that heats the engine of a car to ease starting in cold weather
Boiler
Cathode heater, a coil or filament... |
63129 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat%20engine | Heat engine | In engineering and thermodynamics, a heat engine converts heat energy to mechanical work by using the temperature difference between a hot "source" and a cold "sink". Heat is transferred from the source, through the "working body" of the engine, to the "sink", and in this process some of the heat changes into work by ... |
63133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermodynamic%20cycle | Thermodynamic cycle | A thermodynamic cycle is a series of thermodynamic processes which returns a system to its initial state. Properties depend only on the thermodynamic state and thus do not change over a cycle. Variables such as heat and work are not zero over a cycle, but rather depend on the process. The first law of thermodynamics di... |
63137 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph%20Metzelder | Christoph Metzelder | Christoph Metzelder (born 5 November 1980 in Haltern, Germany) is a German football player. He plays for Real Madrid In the Germany national team he has played in 47 matches and scored no goal.
Club career statistics
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63138 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermodynamic%20system | Thermodynamic system | In thermodynamics, a thermodynamic system, originally called a working substance, is defined as that part of the universe that is under consideration. A real or imaginary boundary separates the system from the rest of the universe, which is referred to as the environment or surroundings (sometimes called a reservoir.) ... |
63139 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treat | Treat | Treat could mean:
Treat (band), a Swedish band
Treats, a 1975 play by Christopher Hampton
Tahitian Treat
Special Treat
Taco Treat
Chicken Treat
Trick-or-treating
Round of drinks, treating others to a drink.
People
Roger Treat
Robert Treat
Lawrence Treat
Treat Williams
Spencer Treat Clark
Treat Baldwin Jo... |
63140 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piston | Piston | In general, a piston is a lubricated sliding shaft that fits tightly inside the opening of a cylinder. Its purpose is to change the volume enclosed by the cylinder, to exert a force on a fluid inside the cylinder, to cover and uncover ports, or some combination of these. A rubber seal is sometimes used to keep the lub... |
63142 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin | Pinyin | Pinyin is the Mandarin word for "spelling", writing letters showing the sound of a word in place of a Chinese character. Today, it almost always has the sense of Hanyu Pinyin, the way of writing Mandarin sounds which has been used by the People's Republic of China from the 1950s. Other countries like the United States ... |
63145 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susianna%20Kentikian | Susianna Kentikian | Susianna "Susi" Kentikian (born September 11, 1987) is a woman boxer from Germany. She was born in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, but she left the country together with her family when she was five years old, because of the Nagorno-Karabakh War. Kentikian has lived in Hamburg since 1996 and has signed a contract with the Hamb... |
63150 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknote | Banknote | A banknote (more commonly known as a bill in the United States and Canada) is a paper by which a bank promises to pay to the bearer on demand. Together with coins, banknotes make up the cash forms of all modern money.
Coins are generally used for lower valued monetary units, and banknotes for higher values.
Originall... |
63151 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common%20cold | Common cold | The common cold is caused by viruses. It spreads easily, so it is very infectious. The symptoms are mostly in the upper respiratory system. Its damage is mostly felt in the nose and throat. The symptoms include coughs, painful throat, runny nose and fever. These symptoms usually last seven to ten days, but sometimes u... |
63152 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qajar%20dynasty | Qajar dynasty | The Qajar dynasty (, - or دودمان قاجار - Qâjâr) was a ruling Azerbaijani dynasty of Iran from 1781 to 1925.
Soltan Ahmad Shah Qajar (1909-1925) was the last ruling Shah. Among many other members of the Qajar family are
Mohammad Mosaddegh 19 May 1882 – 5 March 1967), the Prime Minister who nationalised Iran's oil ind... |
63157 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenwalk%20Linux | Zenwalk Linux | Zenwalk (formerly Minislack), or Zenwalk Linux, is a Linux distribution started by Jean-Philippe Guillemin. It was at first based on Slackware. Since its creation, the distribution has become very different from Slackware while still still being able to use its binary packages. Zenwalk aims to be a Linux distribution w... |
63161 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermodynamic%20equilibrium | Thermodynamic equilibrium | In thermodynamics, a thermodynamic system is said to be in thermodynamic equilibrium when it is in thermal equilibrium, mechanical equilibrium, radiative equilibrium, and chemical equilibrium. The local state of a system at thermodynamic equilibrium is determined by the values of its intensive parameters, as pressure, ... |
63162 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermodynamic%20potential | Thermodynamic potential | In thermodynamics, thermodynamic potentials are parameters associated with a thermodynamic system and have the dimensions of energy. They are called "potentials" because in a sense, they describe the amount of potential energy in a thermodynamic system when it is subjected to certain constraints. The different potentia... |
63163 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal%20efficiency | Thermal efficiency | The thermal efficiency () is a dimensionless performance measure of a thermal device such as an internal combustion engine, a boiler, or a furnace, for example.
The input, , to the device is heat, or the heat-content of a fuel that is consumed. The desired output is mechanical work, , or heat, , or possibly both. Beca... |
63165 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermodynamic%20state | Thermodynamic state | A thermodynamic state is the macroscopic condition of a thermodynamic system as described by its particular thermodynamic parameters. The state of any thermodynamic system can be described by a set of thermodynamic parameters, such as temperature, pressure, density, composition, independently of its surroundings or hi... |
63166 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal%20physics | Thermal physics | Thermal physics is the combined study of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and kinetic theory. This umbrella-subject is typically designed for physics students and functions to provide a general introduction to each of three core heat-related subjects. Other authors, however, define thermal physics loosely as a ... |
63167 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical%20mechanics | Statistical mechanics | Statistical mechanics is the application of probability theory, which includes mathematical tools for dealing with large populations, to the field of mechanics, which is concerned with the motion of particles or objects when subjected to a force.
It provides a framework for relating the microscopic properties of indiv... |
63168 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic%20theory | Kinetic theory | Kinetic theory or kinetic theory of gases attempts to explain overall properties of gases, such as pressure, temperature, or volume, by considering their molecular composition and motion. The theory basically states that pressure is not caused by molecules pushing each other away, like earlier scientists thought. Inste... |
63170 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frik | Frik | Frik was an Armenian poet who lived in the 13th and 14th centuries, at the time of Mongolian control over Armenia.
Armenian poets
13th-century births
14th-century deaths |
63171 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolian | Mongolian | Mongolian might mean:
Anything related to Mongolia
Mongolian language
Mongolian people
Mongolian Empire |
63174 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeghishe%20Charents | Yeghishe Charents | Yeghishe Charents (born Yeghishe Soghomonian, ) (13 March 1897, Kars - 29 November 1937, Yerevan) was an Armenian poet killed in Stalin's purges.
From 1904 to 1912 Yeghishe Soghomonian he was at school in Kars. Amid the upheavals of the First World War and the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire, he volunteered in... |
63175 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kars | Kars | Kars (, ) is a city in northeast Turkey and is the capital of the Kars Province, before at the head of a sanjak in the Turkish vilayet of Erzurum. Population: 8,672 (1878); 20,891 (1897); 54,000 (1970); 142,145 (1990); 130,361 (2000).
History
The early history of Kars is little known, beyond that it had its own dyna... |
63176 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kars%20Province | Kars Province | Kars is a province of Turkey. It is in the northeastern part of the country. It shares part of its border with the Republic of Armenia.
From 1878 until 1917 most of the present-day Turkish province of Kars was part of the Russian oblast of Kars.
In 1919 and 1920 the province came under the control of the Democratic... |
63181 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manny%20Gamburyan | Manny Gamburyan | Manvel Gamburyan (was born in 1981) is a mixed martial artist with a history in judo. Manvel was chosen as a participant on the reality show The Ultimate Fighter 5. He fights on Jens Pulver's team. Manny defeated Noah Thomas in the preliminary round.
Life
In May, 1991, Manvel's family relocated from Armenia to United... |
63201 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Mickey%20Mouse%20Club | The Mickey Mouse Club | The Mickey Mouse Club was an American variety television series that began in 1955, ran intermittently, and left the air in 1996. It was directed by Walt Disney Productions.
Over the years, the series featured many stellar teenage performers including Annette Funicello, Britney Spears, and Justin Timberlake. The origi... |
63203 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanta | Fanta | Fanta is an orange soda drink. It was created in Germany in 1940. Fanta was created during World War II in Nazi Germany by the German Coca Cola (GmbH) bottling company. Because of the war, there was no shipping between Nazi Germany and the United States. Therefore, the German bottling plant could no longer get Coca-Col... |
63215 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parameter | Parameter | In some non-technical contexts or in jargon, parameter may simply be a synonym for criterion.
In mathematics, statistics, and the mathematical sciences, parameters (L: auxiliary measure) are quantities that define certain relatively constant characteristics of systems or functions.
Most commonly represented θ in gene... |
63219 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agavaceae | Agavaceae | Agavaceae is a family of plants. Many of these plants grow in dry, hot climates. Some grow in the desert. Well-known plants of this family are the agave, yucca, and Joshua tree. The family includes about 550-600 species in around 18 genera. It is widespread in the tropical, subtropical and warm temperate regions of th... |
63221 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succulent%20plant | Succulent plant | Succulent plants are plants that have adapted to very dry climates. They have adapted in such a way that they can store water, either in their leaves, stems or roots.
Often, they look different than plants that do not do this. Their leaves may look more fleshy. Almost all cacti are succulents. Not all succulents are... |
63230 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu%20Xun%20%28Three%20Kingdoms%29 | Lu Xun (Three Kingdoms) | Lu Xun (183-254) was a general in Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period in ancient China.
He showed his skills by helping defeat Guan Yu with the Wei army. Sun Quan saw his potential and promoted him to main strategist in the Wu army after the death of Lu Meng. He showed his talents at Yiling where his tactics ... |
63231 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Jupiter%27s%20moons | List of Jupiter's moons | There are 79 known moons of Jupiter. Jupiter has the second largest number of moons with reasonably stable orbits of any planet in the Solar System.
The most massive of the moons are the four Galilean moons, which were independently discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei and Simon Marius. They were the first objects f... |
63233 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons%20of%20Saturn | Moons of Saturn | The planet Saturn has 53 named moons, and another 29 which are still being studied. Many of the moons are very small: 33 are less than in diameter and thirteen moons are less than . Many of the moons are named after Titans, Giants, or minor Greek or Roman gods. Some of Saturn's moons are very large; the moon Titan is ... |
63234 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vande%20Mataram | Vande Mataram | Vande Mataram is the national slogan and national marching song of India. It is not to be confused with the national anthem of India. The lyrics were written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, in a mix of Sanskrit and Bengali. The song was written in 1876, but published in 1882. The title means "Long live the Mother[land... |
63235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Uranus%27%20moons | List of Uranus' moons | This is a list of the 27 moons of Uranus. They are listed by how long they take to orbit (go around once) Uranus. They are all named after characters created by William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope.
Astronomy lists |
63236 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Neptune%27s%20moons | List of Neptune's moons | Neptune has a total of 14 known moons. The largest moon is Triton which was discovered by William Lassell just seventeen days after Neptune was found. One hundred years later the second moon, Nereid was found. The Hubble Telescope found the 14th moon in 2013.
Most of Neptune's moons are named after sea nymphs.
Un... |
63237 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%20%28chess%29 | King (chess) | The king is the most valuable chess piece in a game of chess. It can move left, right, up, down or diagonally. It can only move one square at a time. When recording chess games, king is shortened to K.
The object of the game is to checkmate (capture the king). If a player's king is attacked by an opponent's piece, it ... |
63238 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work%20%28thermodynamics%29 | Work (thermodynamics) | In thermodynamics, work transfer is an energy transfer in which temperature is not considered during energy transfer. Unit is always in Joules. It is also a result of force acting through the distance. W=FxD
History
1824
Work, i.e. "weight lifted through a height", was originally defined in 1824 by Nicolas Léonard Sa... |
63239 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal%20energy | Internal energy | In thermodynamics, the internal energy of a thermodynamic system, or a body with well-defined boundaries, denoted by U, or sometimes E, is the total of the kinetic energy due to the motion of molecules (translational, rotational, vibrational) and the potential energy associated with the vibrational and electric energy ... |
63241 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical%20law | Physical law | A physical law, scientific law, or a law of nature is a scientific generalization based on empirical observations of physical behavior. Empirical laws are typically conclusions based on repeated scientific experiments over many years, and which have become accepted universally within the scientific community. The pro... |
63242 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix%20Wright%3A%20Ace%20Attorney | Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney | Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is a visual novel/adventure game developed and published by Capcom. The game was originally a Japan-only Game Boy Advance title called Gyakuten Saiban. However, the Nintendo DS remake Gyakuten Saiban Yomigaeru Gyakuten was translated and released in 2005 outside of Japan. The DS remake feat... |
63243 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipe%20%28material%29 | Pipe (material) | A pipe is a tube or hollow cylinder for the transport of fluid. The terms 'pipe' and 'tube' can be used for the same objects. 'Pipe' is generally specified by the internal diameter (ID) whereas 'tube' is usually defined by the outside diameter (OD) but may be specified by any combination of dimensions (OD, ID, wall thi... |
63247 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron%20Diaz | Cameron Diaz | Cameron Michelle Diaz (born August 30, 1972) is an American retired actress and former fashion model. She was nominated for four Golden Globe Awards in 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2003.
Early life
Cameron Diaz was born in San Diego, California. Her mother, Billie Joann (née Early), is an import-export agent. Her father, Emil... |
63248 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon%20number | Bacon number | The Bacon number of an actor or actress is the number of degrees of separation (see Six degrees of separation) they have from actor Kevin Bacon, as defined by the game known as Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. It applies the Erdős number concept to the movie industry. The higher the Bacon number, the farther away from Kevin... |
63258 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pondicherry | Pondicherry | Pondicherry is the capital of the Indian union territory of Puducherry. It is also known as Puducherry since 2006.
Capital cities in India
Settlements in Puducherry |
63261 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanzibar | Zanzibar | Zanzibar is the name of an archipelago in the Indian Ocean 25–50 km off the coast of East Africa. There are many small islands and two large ones: Unguja (the main island, sometimes informally referred to as 'Zanzibar') and Pemba Island.
The archipelago was once the separate state of Zanzibar, which united with Tangan... |
63264 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enya | Enya | Enya (born Eithne Patricia Ní Bhraonáin on 17 May 1961 in Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland) is an Irish singer. She is famous for hits such as Orinoco Flow (1988) and Anywhere Is (1995).
She has also won four Grammy Awards and has become one of the world's most successful female singers. Her vocal range is mezzo-sopra... |
63265 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downing%20Street | Downing Street | Downing Street is a street in London. It is close to Whitehall and Buckingham Palace. The official residences of the two most senior Government ministers are here. These are the Prime Minister, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Downing Street is a few minutes' walk from the Houses of Parliament. The street was bui... |
63268 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian%20illuminated%20manuscript | Armenian illuminated manuscript | Armenian illuminated manuscripts are a form of artwork in the Byzantine tradition. They come from between the 5th century and the 13th century. They can include prayer rolls, the Mugni Gospels, and the Echmiadzin Gospels.
Other websites
Matenadaran site
Armenian manuscripts at Armenica.org
Illuminated manuscripts
A... |
63271 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcatraz%20Island | Alcatraz Island | Alcatraz Island (sometimes just called Alcatraz or The Rock) is a small island in San Francisco Bay in California. It was first a lighthouse, then a military fort, then a military prison, and finally a federal prison. In 1969, it became a museum.
The name Alcatraz comes from the original Spanish name of the island, Is... |
63280 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminated%20manuscript | Illuminated manuscript | An illuminated manuscript is a manuscript where text is decorated by things like initials, borders and miniature illustrations. Most of them were made in Europe in the Middle Agss, and some are from the Renaissance.
Related pages
Armenian illuminated manuscript |
63283 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript | Manuscript | A manuscript is any document that is written by hand, not printed or made in some other way. The early history of writing is intimately connected with the history of writing materials, of which the manuscript is one. Early printing made use of many ideas which developed in the era of manuscripts.
References
Manuscri... |
63285 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matenadaran | Matenadaran | Mesrop Mashtots' Matenadaran Institute of Ancient Manuscripts in Yerevan, Armenia, is one of the richest depositories of manuscripts and books in the world.
Armenian culture
Yerevan
Manuscripts |
63287 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20Mosque%2C%20Yerevan | Blue Mosque, Yerevan | The Blue Mosque () is a mosque in Yerevan, Armenia. It was built in 1766 during the reign of Huseyn Ali.
Yerevan
Buildings and structures in Armenia
Mosques
1766 establishments |
63288 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plainview | Plainview | Plainview is the name of several places in the United States of America:
Plainview, Arkansas
Plainview, Minnesota
Plainview, Nebraska
Plainview, New York
Plainview, Tennessee
Plainview, Texas |
63290 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/235%20BC | 235 BC | Year 235 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.
Events
By place
Roman Republic
In Rome, the consul Titus Manlius Torquatus does the first ever closing of the gates of the Temple of Janus, signifying peace.
Asia Minor
Under King Attalus I, Pergamum begins to build up its power and importance.
Greece
... |
63292 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/302%20BC | 302 BC |
Events
Following their agreement to work together to defeat Antigonus, Seleucus invades Asia Minor from Babylonia, while Ptolemy attacks Syria and Lysimachus moves into the western part of Asia Minor.
Docimus, the regent of Phrygia, and Phoenix, the strategos of Lycia, desert Antigonus.
The Macedonian general, Phi... |
63294 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Marino%20City | San Marino City | San Marino is the capital of the tiny nation of San Marino. It is the third largest city in the country, after Dogana and Borgo Maggiore.
National capitals in Europe
Municipalities of San Marino |
63296 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort%20Worth%2C%20Texas | Fort Worth, Texas | Fort Worth is the fifth largest city in Texas. It is the 16th largest city in the United States. It has gotten so big that it has overlapped the next biggest city next to it, Dallas, Texas. Because of this, the area is often referred to as Dallas/Ft. Worth, or DFW.
Fort Worth is the county seat of Tarrant County. Tex... |
63297 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akdamar%20Island | Akdamar Island | Akdamar Island (also known as Aghtamar, Ahktamar, and Aght'amar; Armenian: Աղթամար, Kurdish: Axtamar) is a small island in Lake Van in Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey.
Other websites
The Surp Hach (Saint Cross) church on Akhtamar Island
Islands of Turkey
Armenian Apostolic Churches |
63300 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandzasar%20monastery | Gandzasar monastery | The Gandzasar monastery (Armenian: Գանձասար) is an Armenian monastery in Nagorno-Karabakh, in the Mardakert region, near the village of Vank. Gandzasar means "treasure mountain" in Armenian.
Notes
Churches in Armenia
Armenian Apostolic Churches |
63301 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation | Deportation | Deportation, means the removal of someone from a country. People may be deported from a country for many reasons. For example, one may be deported from a country if he has got into the country illegally, or without a visa (permission).
Deportation can also happen inside a country. A person or a group of people may be ... |
63306 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/912 | 912 | 912 (CMXII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
May 11 – Alexander becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
November 23-Otto I the Great |
63307 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vahe | Vahe | Vahe was a legendary king of Armenia (351 BC–331 BC). He was the last offspring of the Hyke dynasty. He revolted against Alexander the Great and fought a war for Darius the Great of Persia.
References
Monarchs of Armenia |
63308 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhadamistus | Rhadamistus | Rhadamistus (other names Ghadam or Radamisto) was an Iberian prince who reigned in Armenia from 51 to 53 and 54 to 55 CE.
Monarchs of Armenia
la:Radamisto |
63310 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction | Construction | Construction is the process of erection or assembly of any building or infrastructure on a site. In general, there are three types of construction:
Building construction
Heavy/civil construction
Industrial construction
Building construction is the process of adding structure to real property. Industrial constructi... |
63311 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrastructure | Infrastructure | Infrastructure is the term used to describe the facilities which support modern human life.
These are the main items: water supply, sewage plants, housing, roads, cable networks, food supply facilities, schools, hospitals, airports, community meeting places, business and government buildings, bridges, railways. In fac... |
63314 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceremony | Ceremony | A ceremony is an activity performed at a special time usually with according seriousness. Ceremonies may be done to celebrate an event or rite of passage. Other important ceremonies include the tea ceremony in Asian cultures,
A ceremony may mark a rite of passage in a person's job or life, showing how important it ... |
63315 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk%20Kerkorian | Kirk Kerkorian | Kerkor "Kirk" Kerkorian (June 6, 1917 – June 15, 2015) was an Armenian-American
billionaire, and president/CEO of Tracinda Corporation, his private holding company based in Beverly Hills, California.
Kerkorian is known as one of the important figures in shaping the city of Las Vegas, Nevada.
1917 births
2015 deaths
... |
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