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5719 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/B | B | B is the 2nd letter of the English alphabet. Its appearance depends on the writer's calligraphy. It has an uppercase and lowercase version like any other letters.
The letter B was already part of the Phoenician alphabet more than 3000 years ago in 1000 BCE. It's part of many alphabets today.
Meanings for B
In educa... |
5720 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/C | C | If you typed C# and arrived at this page, then see C-sharp.
C is the third (3rd) letter in the English alphabet and ISO basic latin alphabet.
Meanings for C
In temperature, °C means "degrees Celsius".
In music, C is a note.
In chemistry, C is the atom of carbon, as in C40H56.
In physics, c is the speed of light,... |
5721 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/D | D | D is the fourth (number 4) letter in the alphabet. It is derived from the Greek Delta and the Phoenician Dalet
Meanings for D
In education, D is a barely passing grade.
In electronics, D is a standard size dry cell battery.
In music, D is a note.
In Roman numerals, D also means the number 500.
In computer progra... |
5722 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/E | E | For the drug sometimes referred to E, see Ecstasy.
E is the fifth (number 5) letter in the English alphabet.
In English it has two main sounds when it is spoken. Usually it is a short E (ĕ), but sometimes it is a long E (ē).
One more thing in English is the so-called magic E. That is when a silent e at the end of ... |
5723 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/F | F | F is the sixth letter in the English alphabet.
Meanings for F
In calendars, F is often an abbreviation for Friday, or for the month February.
In chemistry, F is the symbol for fluorine.
In education, F is a failing grade
In music, F is a note.
In temperature, °F is degrees Fahrenheit.
In logic, F stands for Fal... |
5724 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/G | G | G is the 7th (number 7) letter in the English alphabet (or Latin alphabet).u
History
The letter G was created in the third century BC by Spurius Carvilius Ruga. At the time, the letter C sounded like the "c" in "cat" and the "g" in "girl". To make the difference more clear, Ruga created the letter G.
Meanings for G ... |
5725 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/H | H | H () is the eighth (number 8) letter in the English alphabet.
Meanings for H
In chemistry, H is the symbol for hydrogen.
In music, H is a note in the German system, meaning "B natural".
In particle physics, H is the symbol for the Higgs boson. |
5726 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/I | I | I is the ninth (9) letter in the English alphabet.
In English, I is a pronoun which means "me".
"I like you."
"You and I shall walk to the store."
"You and I are friends."
In Turkish, the letter I has two kinds, one with a dot (İ, i) and one without (I, ı).
Meanings for I
In chemistry, I is the symbol for iodine.
I... |
5727 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/J | J | J is the tenth (number 10) letter in the English alphabet. It comes before the letter K and after the letter I. The letter was not used in the Roman civilization until 16th Century.
Meanings for J
In calendars, J can sometimes mean these months - January, June, or July.
In a deck of playing cards, J is used to mark... |
5728 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/K | K | K is the eleventh (number 11) letter in the English alphabet.
K or kappa is the tenth (number 10) letter in the Greek alphabet
Meanings for K
Degrees Kelvin. The kelvin (symbol: K) is the SI unit of temperature.
In chemistry, K is the symbol for potassium (from its German name kalium).
in chess, K is a notation... |
5729 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/L | L | L is the twelfth (number 12) letter in the English alphabet.
Meanings for L
For clothing, L sometimes means "large size".
In Roman numerals, L means the number fifty.
The city of Chicago, Illinois has an elevated train called the "Chicago 'L'".
A character from the manga and anime Death Note.
In Wheel of Fortune... |
5730 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/M | M | M is the 13th letter in the English alphabet.
Meanings for M
In calendars, M sometimes means Monday or means one of the months "March" or "May".
In money, M means million, such as $25M (twenty-five million dollars).
In the SI, m is the symbol for the metre.
In Roman numerals, M means one thousand.
M is also the ... |
5731 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/N | N | N is the fourteenth (number 14) letter in the English alphabet.
Meanings for N
On calendars, N sometimes means the month November
In chemistry, N is the symbol for nitrogen
In chess, N is a symbol for the knight piece.
In physics, n is the symbol for a neutron
In Wheel of Fortune, N is one of the six letters giv... |
5732 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/O | O | O is the fifteenth (number 15) letter in the English alphabet and it has a shape of a circle.
Meanings for O
On calendars, O sometimes means the month October.
In chemistry, O is the symbol for oxygen.
In medicine, O is one of the human blood types.
Vowel letters |
5733 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/P | P | For technical reasons, :P redirects here. For the emoticon, see emoticons.
P is the sixteenth (number 16) letter in the English alphabet.
History
Meanings for P
In chemistry, P is the symbol for the element phosphorus, or sometimes for phosphate.
In chess, P is sometimes used as a symbol for the pawn piece
In Am... |
5734 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q | Q | Q is the seventeenth (number 17) letter in the English alphabet.
Some people say that the letter Q is not needed, because the sound it makes can be made with "K" and "W" instead. The same sort of things are said about the letters "X" and "C".
Below are some ancient ways of writing "Q":
Meanings for Q
In chess, Q i... |
5735 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/R | R | R is the eighteenth (number 18) letter in the English alphabet.
Meanings for R
On calendars, R is sometimes used as an short letter for Thursday instead of T, to avoid mistakes with Tuesday.
In chess, R is a notation symbol for the rook piece.
In geometry, R is most times a variable for the radius of a circle
In ... |
5736 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/S | S | S is the nineteenth (number 19) letter in the English alphabet.
Meanings for S
On calendars, S is most times the short letter for Saturday or Sunday, or the month September.
In chemistry, S is the symbol for sulphur.
In Wheel of Fortune, S is one of the six letters given to any contestant participating in the "Bo... |
5737 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/T | T | T is the twentieth (number 20) letter in the English alphabet.
Meanings for T
T- is used as a prefix for an object that is shaped like the capital letter T, such as:
T-shirt,
T-bone,
T-joint,
T-intersection and
T-square.
On calendars, T is most times a short letter for Tuesday or Thursday.
In science,
t is mo... |
5738 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/U | U | U (u) is the twenty-first (21) letter in the English alphabet (it is also used as a short form for 'you').
Meanings for U
On calendars, U is most times a short letter for Sunday, for use when S is being used for Saturday.
In chemistry, U is the symbol for uranium.
It is pronounced "you".
Vowel letters |
5739 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/V | V | V is the twenty-second (number 22) letter in the English alphabet.
Meanings for V
In electronics and electricity, V is the symbol for volts, the unit of voltage.
In chemistry, V is the symbol for vanadium.
In communication, V is the name of a hand gesture. Most of the time, it means "victory".
In Roman numerals, ... |
5740 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/W | W | W is the twenty-third (number 23) letter in the Latin alphabet. It is sometimes considered a vowel. In words like away, what, write and women, the W is a consonant. In words like draw, few, and low, the W is a vowel
Meanings for W
On calendars, W is most times a short letter for Wednesday.
In chemistry, W is the sy... |
5741 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/X | X | X is the twenty-fourth (number 24) letter in the English alphabet. It sometimes makes a sound like ks (for example: exit, next, fox), or if it is at the beginning of a word, it makes a sound like zzz (for example: xylophone). The language of origin is from the greek and latin language
Meanings for X
In a general sense... |
5742 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y | Y | Y is the twenty-fifth (number 25) letter in the English alphabet. It is sometimes considered a vowel. In words like year, yell, and yes, the Y is a consonant. In words like cry, fly, and sky, the Y is considered a vowel.
Where it came from
Semitic, Phoenician, Greek and Latin
"Y" has appeared as the Semitic letter "... |
5743 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z | Z | Z is the twenty-sixth (number 26) and last letter in the English alphabet. The small letter, z, is used as a lowercase consonant. Z is not used much. It is the most rarely used letter in the English language. The same letter of the Greek alphabet is named zeta.
How it is said
The letter is said as either zed or zee.... |
5747 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuck | Fuck | Fuck is a common English language swear word. It can be used to either mean the act of sex or as an expression. However, the word fucking is used as an intensifier before a word (e.g I fucking hate this game).
Related pages
Arse
Ass
Bitch
Cunt
Motherfucker
Shit
English profanity |
5757 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus | Virus | A virus is a tiny parasite. Virology is the study of viruses.
Viruses can only be seen under a scanning electron microscpe. Some can infect living organisms and cause disease. The virus can make copies of itself inside another organism's cells. Viruses consist of nucleic acid and a protein coat. Usually the nucleic ac... |
5760 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microprocessor | Microprocessor | A microprocessor is an electronic component that is used by a computer to do its work. It is a central processing unit on a single integrated circuit chip containing millions of very small components including transistors, resistors, and diodes that work together. Some microprocessors in the 20th century required sever... |
5761 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat | Heat | Heat, or thermal energy is the sum of the kinetic energy of atoms or molecules. In thermodynamics, heat means energy which is moved between two things, when one of them has a higher temperature than the other thing.
Adding heat to something increases its temperature, but heat is not the same as temperature. The tempe... |
5762 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogun | Shogun | is a military title in pre-Meiji period Japan. Shogun means general in the Japanese language. The full name was Seii Taishogun (Great General who fights against the Eastern savages and will win).
In the earlier times, Shogun were simply generals for emperors. The emperor had power over the shogun, choosing each shogun... |
5763 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bratislava | Bratislava | Bratislava is the capital city of Slovakia. About 450,000 people live there. It used to be called Pressburg (German) or Pozsony (Hungarian) and by some other names. Bratislava is the seat of national government, the presidency, and the parliament. It has several museums, galleries and of other educational, cultural and... |
5770 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington | Wellington | Wellington is the capital of New Zealand. It has been the capital since 1865. Before then Auckland was the capital. Wellington is the second largest city in New Zealand. It had about 448,000 people in 2006. Wellington is the southernmost capital city in the world.
Wellington is in the middle of New Zealand, at the sou... |
5771 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biochemistry | Biochemistry | Biochemistry is the study of chemical reactions in living beings, and of biological molecules in general. It is important to cell biology and physiology. The study of biochemistry involves enzymes, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, sugars, proteins, and lipids. In the body, most of the molecules are polymers built of long ... |
5773 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadness | Sadness | Sadness is an emotion. It is the opposite of happiness. People feel sad when something bad has happened, for example, if their mother or father has died.
In big letters, SAD, or S.A.D. is short for "Seasonal Affective Disorder". SAD is a sickness that some people have in the winter. They feel depressed as the nights ... |
5775 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microeconomics | Microeconomics | Microeconomics is the science of how people make decisions at the small scale. It is different from macroeconomics which looks at how the economy works as a whole ("on aggregate"). In microeconomics, we might look at how a person chooses what to buy at the store, or how many things a company will make. Some parts of mi... |
5776 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port%20%28disambiguation%29 | Port (disambiguation) | A port is a place at the edge of an ocean, river, or lake for ships to load and unload their cargo.
It can also refer to:
Port wine, a special kind of wine made in Oporto in Portugal
A part of a piece of electronic equipment where other things can be connected to it. For example, a USB port |
5777 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptography | Cryptography | Cryptography, or cryptology, is the practice and study of hiding information. It is sometimes called code, but this is not really a correct name. It is the science used to try to keep information secret and safe. Modern cryptography is a mix of mathematics, computer science, and electrical engineering. Cryptography is... |
5780 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuesday | Tuesday | Tuesday is the day of the week between Monday and Wednesday. In some countries, for example the United States of America, Tuesday is the third day of the week. In other parts of the world, Tuesday is the second day of the week.
History of the name
The name Tuesday comes from a Middle English word, Tiwesday. This word... |
5781 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wednesday | Wednesday | In some countries, like the United States of America, Wednesday is the fourth day of the week. In other parts of the world Wednesday is said to be the third day of the week.
Wednesday is named after the Norse god Woden.
References
03 |
5782 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thursday | Thursday | In some countries, like the United States of America, Thursday is the fifth day of the week. In other parts of the world Thursday is said to be the fourth day of the week. It comes after Wednesday and before Friday. Thursday is named after the Norse god Thor.
04 |
5783 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday | Friday | Friday is a day of the week. In some countries, for example the United States, it is the sixth day of the week. In other parts of the world, for example the United Kingdom, it is said to be the fifth day of the week. Friday is the Sabbath for Muslims.
There is a superstition that a Friday on the 13th day of a month is... |
5784 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday | Saturday | In some countries, like the United States of America, Saturday is the seventh and final day of the week. In other parts of the world, like the United Kingdom, Saturday is said to be the sixth day of the week. It is also the day of rest and worship for Jewish people. Along with Sunday, it makes up the weekend. Its name ... |
5789 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laos | Laos | Lao People's Democratic Republic or Laos (ᝮᝢ), is a country in southeast Asia. The capital of Laos is Vientiane.
Laos is landlocked (it does not have a coast on a sea or ocean). It is bordered by Myanmar (used to be known in English as "Burma") and by China to the northwest, by Vietnam to the east, by Cambodia to the ... |
5793 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes | Yes | Yes is an English word that shows acceptance or agreement, or making a positive response or exclamation. It is the opposite of no.
Yes may also mean:
In music:
Yes (band), a progressive rock band from the United Kingdom
Yes (album), their debut album
The Yes Album, their third album
Yes (Mika Nakashima album)
Ye... |
5805 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaterasu | Amaterasu | Amaterasu (), Amaterasu-ōmikami ( or ) or Ōhirume-no-muchi-no-kami (), is a goddess in Japanese mythology. She is the Sun Goddess, and the most sacred of all Shinto deities. Her name, Amaterasu, means "(that which) illuminates Heaven." Her shrine is at Ise.
Tradition
Amaterasu is the sister of Susano'o, the god of th... |
5812 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organism | Organism | An organism is an individual living thing. It is easy to recognize a living thing, but not so easy to define it. Animals and plants are organisms, obviously. Organisms are a biotic, or living, part of the environment. Rocks and sunshine are parts of the non-living environment.
Organisms usually have five basic needs t... |
5813 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic%20energy | Kinetic energy | Kinetic energy is the energy that an object has because of its motion. This energy can be converted into other kinds, such as gravitational or electric potential energy, which is the energy that an object has because of its position in a gravitational or electric field.
Difference between Kinetic & Potential Energy
K... |
5814 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potential%20energy | Potential energy | Potential energy is the stored or pent-up energy of an object. It is often contrasted with kinetic energy.
In physics, potential energy is the energy which an object has due to its position in a force field or which a system has due to the way its parts are arranged.
Common types include the gravitational potential ... |
5816 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship | Ship | A ship is a large vehicle used to travel on water. It is bigger than a boat. Most are cargo ships, which carry most of the world's international trade. There are also many warships, passenger ships and other kinds for different purposes.
When people talk about a ship, they often use the pronoun "she". For example: She... |
5817 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boat | Boat | A boat is a vehicle used to travel on water. It is smaller than a ship and can be lifted out of the water and carried on a ship. Some boats have sails, some are powered by rowing with oars, and some use motors. Those that use steam engines are steamboats
These boats are usually made of wood. However, some parts are ma... |
5818 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navy | Navy | The navian is the part of a country's military that fights on water using boats. People in the navy are called navians. The navy is mostly made up of warships. It may also have its own air force and soldiers. It may have special boats that can go underwater, called submarines, or another kind of special boat that is me... |
5819 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air%20force | Air force | An air force is the branch of a country's military which fights in the air. The air force is made up of aircraft such as fighters, bombers, helicopters and transport aircraft. When a navy has its own air force it is called Naval Aviation.
Air forces began in the early 20th century, usually as part of the army. Most c... |
5821 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20words%20about%20computers | List of words about computers |
A
Adobe
Acrobat
Algorithm
AMD
Android
API
Apple
Application
Analog
B
Boot
binary
BIOS
bitcoin
byte
bot
Botnet
Browser
C
C programming language
Cable
Cache memory
Captcha
Connection
Control
Cookie
C++
Computer
D
data
database
datalake
Debian
decompress
desktop
dialer
digital
documen... |
5824 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adware | Adware | Adware is an advertising computer program that can be put there by other people on someone's computer, sometimes without their permission. It is controversial because sometimes businesses put the program there so they can see what people are doing or what web pages they are browsing. They then put an advertisement that... |
5828 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender | Gender | Gender is a word that is used to talk about how people express masculine (traits most people think of as male) or feminine (traits most people think of as female) traits. It is commonly used for a person's sex (male or female) but this word only means someone’s biology (body parts).
Definitions and history
"Gender" c... |
5843 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch%20language | Dutch language | Dutch () is a West Germanic language. It comes from the Netherlands and is the country's official language. It is also spoken in the northern half of Belgium (the region called Flanders), and in the South American country of Suriname. A language known as Afrikaans was developed from Dutch by the people in southern Afri... |
5852 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative%20Commons%20licenses | Creative Commons licenses | The Creative Commons licenses relates to the name of several copyright licenses released on December 16, 2002. The licenses were released by Creative Commons, a United States nonprofit corporation. Everybody can put their own creations under these licenses.
There are four basic license conditions. A simple overview of... |
5888 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall%20Islands | Marshall Islands | The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) is a Micronesian island nation in the western Pacific Ocean. The capital of Marshall Islands is Majuro. The official languages are Marshallese and English.
National Anthem: Forever Marshall Islands
Roughly 10% of the population of the Marshall Islands can now be found in nor... |
5892 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet | Alphabet | An alphabet is a writing system, a list of symbols for writing. The basic symbols in an alphabet are called letters. In an alphabet, each letter is a symbol for a sound or related sounds. To make the alphabet work better, more signs assist the reader: punctuation marks, spaces, standard reading direction, and so on.
T... |
5893 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/County | County | A county is the name for a piece of land. It has a different meaning in different languages. Originally the word was for the land under a count (in Great Britain an earl). Today a "county" is often something between a larger state and a smaller town or district.
County governments keep records and organize elections a... |
5894 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20University | New York University | New York University, also known as NYU, is a research university in New York City. It is the largest private university in the United States, and is highly regarded in the nation as well as around the world.
Rankings
In 2020, it was ranked as the 11th best university in the United States by the QS World University Ran... |
5896 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee | Bee | Bees are flying insects of the Hymenoptera, which also includes ants, wasps and sawflies. There are about 20,000 species of bees. Bees collect pollen from flowers. Bees can be found on all continents except Antarctica.
Bees fall into four groups:
Honeybees, including the Africanized honeybee.
Bumblebees: 250 species i... |
5897 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly | Dragonfly | Dragonflies are flying insects of the order Odonata. There are about 5,300 species of dragonfly. The adults eat other flying insects.
Dragonflies have large compound eyes, which is their main sense organ. They have four strong transparent wings, and a long body.
Dragonflies are usually found around lakes, ponds, str... |
5898 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind | Wind | WIND is the flow of gases. On Earth, wind is mostly the movement of air. In outer space, solar wind is the movement of gases or particles from the sun through space. The strongest winds seen on a planet in our solar system are on Neptune and Saturn.
Short bursts of fast winds are called gusts. Strong winds that go on ... |
5899 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertebrate | Vertebrate | A vertebrate is an animal with a spinal cord surrounded by cartilage or bone. The word comes from vertebrae, the bones that make up the spine. Animals that are not vertebrates are called invertebrates. Vertebrates include birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals. The parts of the vertebrate skeleton are:
Braincas... |
5900 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha%20male | Alpha male | An alpha male is the top-ranking male in a mammalian social group.
Origin
Some animals live in a social structure where the most powerful male in the group is decided by either fights or very aggressive battles that sometimes end in death (in the wild). The current alpha male must defend his position from younger memb... |
5909 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore | Singapore | Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign country as well as a city-state. It is an island state at the southern end of the Malay Peninsula in Asia, between the Straits of Malacca and the South China Sea. Singapore is about one degree of latitude () north of the equator. About 5.70 million peopl... |
5915 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannesburg | Johannesburg | Johannesburg is the largest city in South Africa. It is the capital of the Gauteng Province. It was founded on October 4, 1886 and has the JSE Securities Exchange, which is the largest stock exchange in Africa.
Johannesburg houses the tallest office block in Africa, the Carlton Centre (50 stories) and the tallest towe... |
5935 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast is the first meal of the day. It is usually eaten in the morning. The word comes from two other words; "break" ("end") and fast ("not eating for a long time").
Definition: [1463] from break (v.) + fast (n.). Cf. Fr. déjeuner "to breakfast," from L. dis-jejunare "to break the fast."
People around the world e... |
5936 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast | Fast | Fast can mean different things:
Moving at a high speed
Fasting - when someone stops eating.
Quick |
5937 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town | Town | A town is usually a place with a lot of houses, but not a city. As with cities, there is more than one way to say what a town is in different countries. In some places, it is a kind of local government. When they say "town" people are normally thinking of a big, important place. It may even be a city.
Generally, a to... |
5938 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condensed%20matter%20physics | Condensed matter physics | Condensed matter physics is a branch of physics which talks about matter that has its molecules packed together very closely. This usually means it deals with solids (solid matter).
Matter
Basic physics ideas |
5939 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bag | Bag | A bag is a kind of soft container. It can hold or carry things. It may be made from cloth, leather, plastic, or paper. Many bags are disposable but some are made to use for a long time. A bag may have one or two handles or a shoulder strap. Bags come in different shapes and sizes depending on how they will be used. A s... |
5940 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius%20Caesar | Julius Caesar | Gaius Julius Caesar (July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a military commander, politician and author at the end of the Roman Republic.
Caesar became a member of the First Triumvirate, and when that broke up, he fought a civil war against Pompey the Great. Winning the war, Caesar became Roman dictator for life. He was ... |
5949 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapporo | Sapporo | is the capital city of Hokkaidō Prefecture in Japan. The port city is on the southwest part of the island of Hokkaidō and it is the island's largest city.
The city has a famous snow festival in winter, it has a growing population of about 1,800,000 people. Its area is . There are a lot of fish markets in Sapporo. A b... |
5950 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokkaid%C5%8D%20Prefecture | Hokkaidō Prefecture | is a special Japanese prefecture in Hokkaidō region on the island Hokkaidō. It is the most northern prefecture of Japan.
Sapporo is the capital city of Hokkiado.
History
Until the Meiji Restoration, the island was called Ezo, Watari-shima, Yeddo, and Yezo. Since 1869, it has been called Hokkaidō.
The population e... |
5961 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism | Hinduism | Hinduism is not only a religion but also a way of life. Hinduism is known to have more than one god and is widely practiced in South Asia mainly in India and Nepal. Hinduism is the oldest religion in the world, and Hindus refer to it as n, "the eternal tradition," or the "eternal way," beyond human history. Scholars re... |
5963 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20elements%20by%20symbol | List of elements by symbol | This is a list of elements by atomic number with symbol.
Second list
Chemistry lists |
5966 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodic%20table%20%28big%29 | Periodic table (big) |
Related pages
Periodic table
Periodic table |
5967 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodic%20table%20%28metals%20and%20non-metals%29 | Periodic table (metals and non-metals) | Color coding for atomic numbers:
Elements numbered in blue are liquids at Standard Temperature and Pressure (STP);
those in green are gases at STP;
those in black are solid at STP;
those in red are synthetic (all are solid at STP).
those in gray have not yet been discovered (they also have muted filled colors indi... |
5968 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hern%C3%A1n%20Cort%C3%A9s | Hernán Cortés | Hernán Cortés (1485 - 2 December 1547) was an explorer and Conquistador from Spain. Between 1519 and 1521, he conquered the Aztec Empire of emperor Montezuma II where Mexico is today. He introduced vanilla and chocolate to Europe.
Early life
Cortes was born Medellín, Extremadura province, in the Kingdom of Castile in... |
5974 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible%20study | Bible study | Bible study is intensive reading of the Bible.
For Christians, study of the Bible is often part of daily life. A lot of other people are also interested in this piece of world literature.
In Europe before the 16th century it was not possible for most people to study the Bible. Books were written using only the langu... |
5975 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medlar | Medlar | The medlar is a tree and the name of the fruit of this tree. Its Latin name is Crataegus germanica, or "German medlar", but it is not from Germany. It grows in the Near East and South-Eastern Europe, and the Romans took it to Germany. Near the Caspian Sea, people grew the medlar about three thousand years ago. It came ... |
5976 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism | Atheism | Atheism is rejecting the belief in a god or gods.
It is the opposite of theism, which is the belief that at least one god exists. A person who rejects belief in gods is called an atheist. Adding an a, meaning "without", before the word theism results in atheism, or literally, "without theism".
Atheism is not the same ... |
5978 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocrates | Hippocrates | Hippocrates (c. 460 – c. 370 BC) was a Greek doctor who is called the "father of medicine". He was the first person to teach that people got sick for scientific reasons. Previously, people believed that disease was caused by angry gods.
Many of Hippocrates' writings are still important to doctors. For example, patient... |
5981 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commensurability | Commensurability | Commensurability is a concept in the philosophy of science. Scientific theories are described as commensurable if one can compare them to find out which is more accurate. If there is no way one can compare them to determine which is more accurate, they are incommensurable.
Behind this is the idea that it is possible... |
5983 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvest | Harvest | Harvest means to collect what has been planted and grown in the ground. It is usually done by farmers, and in the fall season. This is also called picking crops. Crop failure (also known as harvest failure) is a loss or reduced crop yield due to plants being damaged, killed, or destroyed. Sometimes it brings famine.
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6010 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELISPOT | ELISPOT | ELISPOT stands for "Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Spot Assay". It is a laboratory technique for detecting cells that make (or "secrete") various substances. These substances include specific types of cytokines or antibodies. The ELISPOT method is typically used with blood cells, and is a helpful tool in studying the h... |
6011 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20biochemistry%20topics | List of biochemistry topics | This is a list of all the articles related to biochemistry.
A
abiogenesis - adenine - adenosine diphosphate (ADP) - adenosine triphosphate (ATP) - albumin - allotrope - alpha helix - amino acid - amylase - antibiotic - antibody - antigen -
B
B vitamin complex - base pair - bilirubin - benzene - biochemistry - bio... |
6013 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztecs | Aztecs | The Aztecs were Native American people who lived in Mesoamerica. They ruled the Aztec Empire from the 14th century to the 16th century.
The name "Aztec" comes from the phrase "people from Aztlan". Legends say that Aztlan was the first place the Aztecs ever lived. "Aztlan" means "place of the herons" in the Nahuatl la... |
6014 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion | Billion | Billion is a name for a large number. It may refer specifically to:
1,000,000,000 (, one thousand million), the short scale definition now normal in both British and American English
1,000,000,000,000 (, one million million), the long scale definition used formerly in Britain and currently in certain other languages... |
6027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Nixon | Richard Nixon | Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was an American politician. He was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974, when he became the only president to resign. Before that, Nixon was the 36th vice president (from 1953 to 1961 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower), and a U.S.... |
6028 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald%20Ford | Gerald Ford | Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr.; July 14, 1913 — December 26, 2006) was an American politician who had served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. Before becoming president, he was the 40th vice president from 1973 to 1974. As a member of the Republican Party, he was also ... |
6029 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Kerry | John Kerry | John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American politician. He is a former United States Secretary of State and former Senator from Massachusetts and the Democratic nominee for President in 2004. He lost to George W. Bush. He has served in the Senate for 23 years and has also served as the lieutenant governo... |
6033 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%20blood%20cell | White blood cell | The job of white blood cells (also called leukocytes) is to fight infections and cancer. They also remove poison, waste and damaged cells from the body.
The number of white blood cells increases when a person is fighting infection or disease and decrease when a person is healthy.
Types of white blood cells
Lymphocyt... |
6034 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lymphocyte | Lymphocyte | Lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell (or leukocyte). They help an organism to fight infections. They occur in the immune system of all vertebrates. All lymphoctes have a large, blob-like nucleus.
Lymphocytes can be divided into three main types:
large granular lymphocytes: these are part of the innate immune sys... |
6035 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Author | Author | An author is a person who writes books, stories, poems, or other written work. Their writing can be truth or fiction, short or long. Often, author is a word for a professional writer, but any person who writes may also be called that.
Sometimes, a person who creates something that is not prose is called an author. ... |
6037 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedipalp | Pedipalp | Pedipalps are the two appendages on the front of a spider's head. Some spiders seem to have ten legs and not eight, because these pedipalps look like an extra pair of legs. The pedipalps are used rather like arms. Spiders often use them to hold insects (for example crickets) for them to eat.
Male spiders also use ped... |
6039 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionic%20compound | Ionic compound | In chemistry, an ionic compound is a compound made of ions. They have strong ionic bonds between particles. Lots of energy (heat) is required to break the bond apart, resulting in high melting and boiling points. The ions join together because they have different charges. Compounds of metals and non-metals are usually ... |
6045 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELISA | ELISA | The ELISA method (Enzyme Linked Immuno-Sorbent Assay) is a technique used in biochemistry to determine if a certain substance--such as a specific cytokine or antigen--is present within a sample. It is sometimes abbreviated as "EIA."
This technique uses special antibodies that attach themselves to the substance. These ... |
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