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116175 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm%20Wundt | Wilhelm Wundt | Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt (August 16 1832– August 31 1920) was a German medical doctor, psychologist, physiologist, and professor. Together with William James, he is regarded as the father of psychology. In 1879, Wundt founded the one of first formal laboratory for psychological research at the University of Leipzig, a... |
116176 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean%20machine | Bean machine | The bean machine, also known as the quincunx or Galton box, is a machine invented by Sir Francis Galton to demonstrate the law of error and the normal distribution.
The machine consists of a vertical board with interleaved rows of pins. Balls are dropped from the top, and bounce left and right as they hit the pins. Ev... |
116178 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regression%20analysis | Regression analysis | Regression analysis is a field of statistics. It is a tool to show the relationship between the inputs and the outputs of a system. There are different ways to do this. Better curve fitting usually needs more complex calculations.
Data modeling can be used without knowing about the underlying processes that have gene... |
116179 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic%20science | Forensic science | Forensic science (or forensics) is when different fields of science work together to answer the questions a lawyer would ask. Most often, forensics is about proving that someone was present at a place where a crime was committed. Specialists take samples which are later analyzed in a laboratory. Most forensic tests can... |
116180 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerprint | Fingerprint | A fingerprint is a trace of a human finger left on a surface. Human fingers have small structures on them (like mountains and valleys). These structures are unique in every human; they can be used as means of identification.
There are many different ways to take fingerprints. Forensic scientists use these techniques t... |
116181 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical%20cosmology | Physical cosmology | Physical cosmology is a branch of astronomy. It looks at large structures in the universe. It wants to explain how the universe came to be what it is today by using axioms of our current astronomy knowledge.
Cosmology
no:Kosmologi#Fysisk kosmologi |
116182 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald%20Fisher | Ronald Fisher | Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher FRS (17 February 1890 – 29 July 1962) was an English statistician, evolutionary biologist, and geneticist. He was described as "a genius who almost single-handedly created the foundations for modern statistical science". Richard Dawkins described him as "the greatest of Darwin's successors".
P... |
116183 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urla | Urla | Urla is a seaside town in the İzmir Province in Turkey.
Cities in Turkey |
116184 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monash%20Freeway | Monash Freeway | The Monash Freeway is a major freeway in Melbourne. It lets cars drive from the CBD to the south-eastern suburbs.
Exits and intersections
Melbourne
Roads in Australia |
116186 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Art%20of%20War | The Art of War | The Art of War () is an ancient Chinese military text. It was written by Sun Tzu, a high-ranking military general, strategist and Taoist philosopher. The text contains 13 chapters. Each chapter covers one aspect of warfare. The book was written over 2,500 years ago. The Art of War was one of the earliest books on Chine... |
116187 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princes%20Freeway | Princes Freeway | The Princes Freeway is a freeway in Victoria, Australia. It links Geelong, Victoria to Traralgon, Victoria, via Melbourne, Victoria.
Interchanges
Western section
Eastern section
Roads in Australia
Melbourne |
116192 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conference%20USA | Conference USA | Conference USA, officially abbreviated C-USA, is a group of college sports teams that play each other on the NCAA Division I level. It was formed in 1995 when the Great Midwest Conference and Metro Conference merged, and has added several members since then. Most of the new members have come from either the Western At... |
116195 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewall%20Wright | Sewall Wright | Sewall Green Wright (21 December 1889 – 3 March 1988) was an American geneticist. He was a founder of population genetics, and contributed to evolutionary theory. He also did original work in statistics in a field called path analysis.
With R.A. Fisher and J.B.S. Haldane, he was a founder of theoretical population ge... |
116200 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartan | Tartan |
Related pages
Tartan Day, a day set aside for the celebration of the Scottish influence on North America, Australia and New Zealand, but not celebrated in Scotland itself. It is the anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath.
Tartanry
Other websites
Online Tartan Designer Online photorealistic tartan designer
... |
116207 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff%20Tesreau | Jeff Tesreau | Charles Monroe "Jeff" Tesreau (March 5, 1888 - October 24, 1946) was an American baseball player. Tesreau signed with a Minor League Baseball team of the St. Louis Browns in 1909. In 1910, his contract was bought by the New York Giants where he played Major League Baseball with.
Other websites
Biography of Jeff Tesr... |
116227 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace%20Attorney%20Investigations%3A%20Miles%20Edgeworth | Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth | is an adventure video game that Capcom released for the Nintendo DS game console. It is a spin-off of the Ace Attorney games starring Miles Edgeworth and Dick Gumshoe, two main characters in the series.
Gameplay
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth plays differently from the other games. The games in the Ace ... |
116231 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun%20Belt%20Conference | Sun Belt Conference | The Sun Belt Conference is a group of college sports teams that play each other on the NCAA Division I level. The conference was formed in 1976, and started playing football in 2001. Of the current 12 full members (those playing most of their sports in the league), 10 play football in the top-level Division I FBS. The ... |
116235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain%20West%20Conference | Mountain West Conference | The Mountain West Conference (abbreviated as either "MW" or "MWC") is a group of colleges and universities in the Western United States, who play NCAA Division I sports against one another. In football, the MW plays in the top-level Division I FBS.
The league was formed in 1999 when eight schools split from the Wester... |
116237 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super%20Punch-Out%21%21%20%28Super%20NES%29 | Super Punch-Out!! (Super NES) | is a boxing video game made by Nintendo for the Super NES game console.
References
1994 video games
Super Nintendo Entertainment System games
Sports video games
ja:スーパーパンチアウト!!#スーパーファミコン版 |
116239 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-American%20Conference | Mid-American Conference | The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a college sports conference whose full members are located in the Great Lakes region of the United States. It sponsors 11 men's sports and 12 women's sports at the NCAA Division I level. In football, the MAC is one of 10 conferences that play in the top-level Football Bowl Subdivisi... |
116241 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super%20Metroid | Super Metroid | is an adventure video game developed by R&D1 and Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Super NES game console. It's the third game released in the Metroid series.
1994 video games
Intelligent Systems games
Metroid
Nintendo Research & Development 1 games
Super Nintendo Entertainment System games
Virtual... |
116246 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20at%20Buffalo | University at Buffalo | The State University of New York at Buffalo is a public university in Buffalo, New York. It is the largest university in a group called the "State University of New York" or "SUNY."
Sports
The Buffalo Bulls are the sports teams that play for the university at Buffalo. The NCAA Division I teams play in the Mid-American... |
116250 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock%20Band%20%28video%20game%29 | Rock Band (video game) | Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games, and distributed by EA Distribution. It was released on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, and the Wii.
This game comes with a guitar controller, a drum set, and a microphone. Up to four people can play the game on the... |
116258 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excelsior%20of%20Brooklyn | Excelsior of Brooklyn | The Brooklyn Excelsiors were an amateur baseball team that played in Brooklyn, New York. They formed in 1854.
Other websites
19th Century Baseball
BR Bullpen
Baseball teams
Brooklyn
Sports in New York City
1854 establishments in the United States
1850s establishments in New York (state) |
116261 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association%20of%20American%20Universities | Association of American Universities | The Association of American Universities (AAU) is a group of the leading research and education universities. Its members are 59 universities in the United States (both public and private) and two universities in Canada.
This is a list of colleges and universities in the Association of American Universities:
Public
... |
116272 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charizard | Charizard | Charizard (known as Lizardon in Japan) is a character of the Pokémon anime and video game series. Ash, one of the main characters in the series, owns a Charizard. Known as the Flame Pokémon, Charizards are violent yet honorable creatures, flying proudly around the sky and always looking for powerful enemies to fight wi... |
116282 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heiko%20Westermann | Heiko Westermann | Heiko Westermann (born August 14, 1983 in Wasserlos, Germany) is a German footballer of FC Schalke 04. On the German national football team, he made three matches and no goals.
Club career stats
Other websites
Player profile - Kicker.de
Career stats at fussballdaten.de
1983 births
Living people
German footballe... |
116292 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope%20Pius%20XII | Pope Pius XII | Pope Pius XII (; ), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (March 2, 1876 – October 9, 1958), was an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the 261st Pope from 1939 to 1958.
Early life
Pacelli was born on 2 March 1876 in Rome, Italy. He studied at the Capranica Seminary and the Pontifical Gregorian Uni... |
116297 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procyonidae | Procyonidae | Procyonidae is a family of the order Carnivora. The Procyonids originally lived in the Americas.
Taxonomy
Family Procyonidae
Subfamily Potosinae
Genus Potos: Kinkajous
Kinkajou, Potos flavus
Genus Bassaricyon: Olingos
Allen's Olingo, Bassaricyon alleni
Beddard's Olingo, Bassaricyon beddardi
Bushy-tailed Olingo... |
116299 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamburello | Tamburello | Tamburello or pallatamburello is a traditional sport of Italy since 16th century. It has this name because they play with a roundish and oval tool named tamburello or tambourine in English language. Various forms of tamburello are popular in several nations of the world currently.
Forms
Tamburello open
This form is ... |
116301 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caniformia | Caniformia | Caniformia is a suborder of the order Carnivora. It contains all the dog-like mammals: Unlike the cat-like Feliformia, these animals have claws that are unable to contract. This group contains bears, seals, and true dogs, and more.
The other suborder of Carnivora is the cat-like Feliformia.
Classification
Suborder... |
116314 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attribute-value%20system | Attribute-value system | An attribute-value system is a basic knowledge representation framework comprising a table with columns designating "attributes" (also known as "properties", "predicates," "features," "dimensions," "characteristics" or "independent variables" depending on the context) and rows designating "objects" (also known as "enti... |
116316 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%20Henman | Tim Henman | Timothy Henry "Tim" Henman OBE (born 6 September 1974) is an English retired tennis player, born in Oxford.
He reached the semi finals of Wimbledon many times, the first British tennis player to do so since the 1970s. He reached six grand slam semi finals and won eleven titles in his career. He once was ranked number ... |
116324 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasi | Lasi | Lasi is the name of a tribe and a part of Sindh. It is in southeast Balochistan Province, Las Bela District, about 80 miles north northwest of Karachi. The population was 15,000 in 1998. Another name for this area is Saraiki.
Sindh
Pakistani tribes |
116325 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ormuri | Ormuri | Ormuri () is an East Iranian language spoken in the city of Kaniguram in Pakistan. It may also be spoken by a few people in Logar, Afghanistan. It is notable for its unusual sound inventory. This includes a voiceless alveolar trill and voiced and unvoiced alveolo-palatal fricatives.
References
Languages of Pakistan
L... |
116327 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sansi | Sansi | Sansi is a language spoken in Pakistan and the Republic of India.
Languages of Pakistan
Languages of India
Indo-Aryan languages |
116333 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindhi%20language | Sindhi language | Sindhi ( سنڌي, Sindhī) is the language of the Sindh region of South Asia, which is a province of Pakistan. It is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 41 million people in Pakistan and 12 million in the Republic of India. It was the "mother tongue" of Gandhi and Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
Related pages
Languages of Pakista... |
116336 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burig | Burig | The Burig (or Purik), are a group of Tibetan Muslims, who live south of the Balti in Ladakh. Most of them live in Ladakh and Baltistan, mostly in Kargil, although many live in Leh.
Pakistani people |
116337 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Pakistan | West Pakistan | The province of West Pakistan was created on 14 October 1955 by the merger of the provinces, states and tribal areas of the western wing. The province was composed of twelve divisions and the provincial capital was established at Lahore. The province of East Bengal was renamed East Pakistan with the provincial capital ... |
116341 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferozpur%20District | Ferozpur District | Ferozepur () founded by Firuz Shah Tughluq is a district in the Indian state of Punjab. The district is the oldest British district of Punjab. It was created in 1833 as district headquarters and was part of the earstwhile Lahore Division (now in Pakistan).
Ferozepur has easy access by road and rail to other places su... |
116342 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathankot | Pathankot | Pathankot (, ) is a city and a municipal committee in Gurdaspur district in the Punjab State of India. It is the fifth largest city in the state of Punjab in terms of population.
Pathankot is a meeting point of the Punjab region and considered a disputed territory by the United Nations. It is the last city in Punjab o... |
116343 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kori%20Creek | Kori Creek | The Kori Creek (, ) is a tidal creek and maritime Border dispute between the Kutch region of the Indian state of Gujarat and the Kachchhi region of the Pakistani province of Sindh. It is in the Rann of Kutch marshland east of the Sir Creek, which is disputed between India and Pakistan. It is a 96 km (60 mi) strip of w... |
116345 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yonex | Yonex | () is a Japanese maker of sporting equipment for badminton, golf and tennis, making racquets, clubs, shoes, shuttlecocks, and other equipment for those sports.
Other websites
Official company website
Companies of Japan
Sports equipment
1946 establishments in Asia
1940s establishments in Japan |
116349 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh%20Liberation%20War | Bangladesh Liberation War | The Bangladesh Liberation War ( Muktijuddho) was a revolutionary war for the independence of Bangladesh in 1971. The war was between East Pakistan (later with the help of India) and West Pakistan and lasted nine months.
There were large-scale atrocities in the war. Ten million refugees left the country, beand 30 milli... |
116352 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toray%20Pan%20Pacific%20Open | Toray Pan Pacific Open | The Toray Pan Pacific Open (東レ・パン・パシフィック・テニス) is a WTA Tour of tennis tournaments for women. It is held every year since 1984 in Tokyo, Japan.
Past finals
Singles
Doubles
Other websites
Official tournament website
Tennis tournaments |
116367 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Potamus | Peter Potamus | Peter Potamus is a cartoon made by Hanna-Barbera. It was first shown on television on September 16, 1964. The main characters are a friendly purple hippopotamus called Peter Potamus and his friend So-So the monkey. Together they explore the world in a time-traveling hot-air balloon. Peter has a special "Hippo Hurric... |
116370 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscovy%20duck | Muscovy duck | The Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata) is a duck from Mexico. Its common name muscovy duck comes from commerce with Russia. It is related to Aix, a species of shelduck.
Other website
Auk
Ducks |
116374 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soar | Soar | Soar could mean:
Soaring, a mode of flight
Soar (album), the second album (released 1991) by the American band Samiam
Hank Soar (1914–2001), an American football player, baseball umpire and basketball coach
Soar (cognitive architecture)
160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), a US Army regiment
Soap on a... |
116375 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soaring | Soaring | Soaring might mean:
Lift (soaring)
Gliding
Hang gliding
Paragliding
Soaring (magazine), published by the Soaring Society of America
Related pages
Bird flight |
116383 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hino | Hino | Hino could mean:
Hino, Shiga
Hino, Tokyo
Hino, Tottori
Hino District, Tottori
Hino Motors, Ltd.
Lake Hino in Estonia |
116386 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feliformia | Feliformia | Feliformia is a suborder in the mammal order Carnivora. It contains all the Felidae, which are cat-like animals. The suborder also contains the relatives of the cats, which includes hyaenas, civets, and more. There are six families, twelve subfamilies, 56 genera and 114 species in the Feliformia suborder now.
Molecula... |
116394 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack | Crack | Crack frequently refers to:
Crack, a fracture or discontinuation in a body
Crack, in geology, a fracture (geology) in a rock
Crack, short for crack cocaine, the freebase form of cocaine that can be smoked
Other uses
Cracking (chemistry), the process whereby complex organic molecules are broken down into simpler ... |
116410 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eared%20seal | Eared seal | An eared seal or otariid is Phocidae's family Otariidae.
Taxonomy
Family Otariidae (Eared seals)
Genus Arctocephalus (Fur seals)
Genus Callorhinus
Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus)
Genus Eumetopias
Steller Sea Lion or Northern Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus)
Genus Neophoca
Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea)
... |
116423 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earless%20seal | Earless seal | The earless seals or true seals are Otariidae's family Phocidae, one of the three pinniped families.
Taxonomy
Family Phocidae
Subfamily Monachinae
Tribe Monachini
Genus Monachus
Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus)
Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi)
Caribbean Monk Seal (Monachus tropicalis) †
... |
116432 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst%20Mayr | Ernst Mayr | Ernst Walter Mayr (July 5, 1904, Kempten, Germany – February 3, 2005, Bedford, Massachusetts), was a German American scientist. He was one of the 20th century's leading evolutionary biologists. He was also a well-known taxonomist, tropical explorer, ornithologist, historian of science, and naturalist. He was a leading ... |
116442 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovis | Ovis | Ovis is a genus of the subfamily Caprinae, of the family Bovidae. The wild sheep and domestic sheep and other animals like it belong to this genus. There are 5 or more animals in this genus.
Taxonomy
Genus Ovis
Ovis orientalis group
Ovis orientalis
Mouflon (Ovis orientalis orientalis group)
Domestic sheep (Ovis ... |
116444 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdeen%20F.C. | Aberdeen F.C. | Aberdeen Football Club (also known as The Dons, The Reds and The Dandies) is a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen. They compete in the Scottish Premier League and are one of the most successful teams in their country, having won four league titles and seven Scottish Cups. They are also the only Scott... |
116446 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar%20Nordstr%C3%B6m | Gunnar Nordström | Gunnar Nordström (12 March 1881, Helsinki – 24 December 1923, Helsinki) was a Finnish physicist. He is best known for his theory of gravitation, which was a competitor of Albert Einstein's general relativity. In 1914, Nordström added a space dimension to his theory. This described gravity and electromagnetism at the sa... |
116455 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope%20Pius%20XI | Pope Pius XI | Pope Pius XI (; , 31 May 1857–10 February 1939), born Achille Ratti, was an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the 260th Pope from 1922 to 1939.
Priest
Ratti was ordained as a priest in 1875.
Father Ratti was a professor at the Padua Seminary from 1882 to 1888. He worked at Ambrosian Library of Milan fr... |
116464 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defender%20%28football%29 | Defender (football) | A defender in football is a player, who plays in at the back of the formation. There are many positions classed as a defender, mainly:
Left Back
Central Defender
Right back
Sweeper
Full Back
The defenders are the first number when referring to formations, for example:
4-3-3 is the formation. This formation sho... |
116465 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defender | Defender | A defender is usually somebody who participates in a legal defense (legal).
Defender can also refer to:
Defender (football), a position in association football (soccer)
Defendant, in Scots law for civil cases
Public defender, in American law
Windows Defender, an anti-spyware technology
Related pages
Defencem... |
116466 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern%20evolutionary%20synthesis | Modern evolutionary synthesis | The modern evolutionary synthesis is about evolution. It explained how the discoveries of Gregor Mendel fit with Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by means of natural selection. Mendel found out how we inherit our genes.
Key biologists who contributed work to the synthesis included: Julian Huxley, Theodosius Dobzha... |
116467 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midfielder | Midfielder | A midfielder in football is a player who usually plays in the centre of the field. There are usually a number of midfielders in each team of football, and are normally split into three: attacking; central; and defending.
The midfielders are always the middle parts of the formation numbers, for example:
Position of mi... |
116468 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward | Forward | A Forward (or a Striker) is a football player who is the closest to the other team's goal. The forwards are the players that are known to score the most goals.
Coaches usually send a forward that scores all the goals (the centre forward) and sends another forward that makes the assists (second striker).
The attackers... |
116472 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniela%20Hantuchov%C3%A1 | Daniela Hantuchová | Daniela Hantuchová (born April 24,1983) is a former Slovak professional tennis player. As of May 2016, she was ranked World No. 170 in women's singles tennis and 179th in doubles. In 2008, she reached the Australian Open semi-finals and has been ranked as World No. 5 for both women's singles and doubles. She played t... |
116476 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lollywood | Lollywood | Lollywood () is the name of Pakistani movie industry that is based in the city of Lahore. The name is a combination of the city's first letter with the name "Hollywood". The word "Lollywood" was first used in the summer of 1989.
Languages used in Lollywood movies
The movies made in Lollywood are usually in Urdu. Some ... |
116477 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mugger%20crocodile | Mugger crocodile | The mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) is also known as the marsh crocodile, broad-snouted crocodile and mugger.
It lives in the Indian subcontinent and nearby countries. In Pakistan's coastal regions of the Makran and delta marshlands of Sindh, it is known as the Indus crocodile. The name "Mugger" is a corrupt... |
116479 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikhism%20in%20Pakistan | Sikhism in Pakistan | Sikhism is a very small minority religion in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan but has many cultural, historical and political ties to the country, and to the historical region of the Punjab.
Today, Pakistan, a nation of over 170 million, is 97% Muslim, with Christians and Hindus making up the largest minority faiths, ... |
116480 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banbury | Banbury | Banbury is a market town on the River Cherwell in northern Oxfordshire, England. It had a population of 43,867 at the 2001 census. Although this figure has increased greatly in recent years. Banbury is part of the Cherwell district. The Member of Parliament for Banbury is Victoria Prentis. Banbury played an important... |
116483 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecha | Mecha | Mecha (also known as meka or mechs) are walking vehicles run by a pilot, often shown in science fiction or fantasy with a futuristic element. Some stories, such as the Manga Patlabor and American miniatures game Battletech, also show mecha doing civilian purposes such as heavy construction work, police topics, or firef... |
116488 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tautology | Tautology | Tautology could mean:
Tautology (logic), a statement of propositional logic which holds for all truth values of its atomic propositions
Tautology (rhetoric), use of redundant language
hu:Tautológia#Nyelvtudományi és irodalmi tautológia |
116491 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kochi | Kochi | Kochi could mean:
Kochi, India, a city in the state of Kerala, India, formerly known as Cochin
Kingdom of Kochi, also known as the Kingdom of Cochin, a princely state in pre-independence India
Kōchi Prefecture, a prefecture in Japan
Kōchi, Kōchi, the capital city of Kochi Prefecture
Kochi, Hiroshima, a former town... |
116494 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Xena%3A%20Warrior%20Princess%20episodes | List of Xena: Warrior Princess episodes | The following is a complete episode list for the historical fantasy series Xena: Warrior Princess, which began airing on September 4, 1995. The series ran for six seasons and 134 episodes until its final episode aired on May 21, 2001. Three pilot episodes for the series, collectively called The Xena Trilogy, initially ... |
116507 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyph | Glyph | A glyph is an element of writing. Example: the ligature æ in archæology represents a and e letters.
More exactly, a glyph is an element in an agreed set of symbols. A mark used in a language is a glyph, but in another language it may not be a glyph. For example, an n with tilde, ñ, is used in Spanish, as in piñata. It... |
116509 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilde | Tilde | The tilde ( ~ ) can be many things, such as a diacritic. Many languages use tildes. Two of these are Spanish and Portuguese.
In Spanish, the tilde, which is only put over the N ( Ñ ), makes it sound like [ɲ] (like 'ny' in canyon) instead of [n].
The tilde also appears in Portuguese where it is used to nasalise (meani... |
116517 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burlington%2C%20Iowa | Burlington, Iowa | Burlington is a city in Des Moines County, Iowa, United States. The population was 26,839 at the 2000 census.
Other websites
Official City Website
Burlington Public Library
Cities in Iowa
County seats in Iowa |
116518 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regis%20High%20School%20%28Cedar%20Rapids%29 | Regis High School (Cedar Rapids) | Regis Catholic High School was a Catholic high school in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It is at 735 Prairie Drive NE. It merged with LaSalle High School to form Xavier High School in 1998.
Notable alumni
Kurt Warner (1989), NFL quarterback, 1999 Super Bowl MVP
Zach Johnson (1994), professional golfer, 2007 Masters champion
... |
116520 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar%20Rapids%2C%20Iowa | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Cedar Rapids () is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is the county seat of Linn County.
References
Other websites
City of Cedar Rapids
County seats in Iowa |
116547 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Northern%20Iowa | University of Northern Iowa | The University of Northern Iowa is a public university in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
References
Other websites
Official site of the University of Northern Iowa
Official site of UNI athletics
UNI Alumni Association
Colleges and universities in Iowa
Missouri Valley Conference
Missouri Valley Football Conference
1876 esta... |
116549 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling | Bowling | Bowling is a sport where people roll a heavy ball. It was invented centuries ago when grenades were heavy iron balls. Two main kinds of bowling arose. In one kind the bowler rolls a ball near a target and knocks away the ball of another bowler. This kind includes lawn bowling.
In the more common kind nowadays, the bo... |
116553 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbot%20Suger | Abbot Suger | Abbot Suger (c. 1081 – January 13, 1151) was one of the last French abbot-statesmen. He was also a historian and the first patron of Gothic architecture.
Life
Suger was part of a poor family, and in 1091, he was brought to the abbey of Saint-Denis. There he trained and eventually became secretary to the abbot of Sain... |
116554 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch%20of%20Constantine | Arch of Constantine | The Arch of Constantine () is an arch in Rome, found between the Colosseum and the Palatine Hill. It was built in honour of Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge on October 28, 312. It is the latest of the triumphal arches in Rome.
Inscriptions
The main inscription was made of bronze ... |
116555 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20hall | Great hall | A great hall was the main room of a royal palace, a nobleman's castle or a large manor house in the Middle Ages. At that time the word great meant big. Great halls were found in France, England and Scotland and some other European countries.
Appearance
A great hall was a rectangular room between 1.5 and 3 times as lo... |
116557 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%20VI%20of%20France | Louis VI of France | Louis VI (1 December 1081 – 1 August 1137), called the Fat (), was King of France from 1108 until his death (1137).
Marriages and children
He married in 1104: 1) Lucienne de Rochefort — the marriage was cancelled.
Their child:
1) Isabelle (c.1105 – before 1175), married (ca 1119) William of Vermandois, seigneur of Cha... |
116558 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%20VII%20of%20France | Louis VII of France | Louis VII, called the Younger or the Young (; 1120 – 18 September 1180), was King of France from 1137 until his death. He was the son and successor of Louis VI.
Ancestors
Marriages and Children
Louis married three times. By Eleanor of Aquitaine, he had:
Marie, married Henry I of Champagne
Alix, married Theobald V of ... |
116559 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatehouse | Gatehouse | A gatehouse was a strong building built over the gateway to a city or castle. A gatehouse is found on European castles, manor houses and mansions.
Sometimes gatehouses defended a town by being built across a bridge, a river or a moat, as in Monmouth.
English gatehouses
Ightham Mote
Nottingham Castle
Stokesay Castle... |
116560 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittodrie%20Stadium | Pittodrie Stadium | Pittodrie Stadium is a stadium in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is mostly used as a football stadium for Aberdeen F.C.
Aberdeen have played at Pittodrie Stadium throughout their existence. The ground was first used by the original Aberdeen F.C. in 1899, in a 7–1 win over Dumbarton; when they merged with two other teams in 19... |
116561 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence%20Cathedral | Florence Cathedral | One of the most amazing architecture made during the Renaissance was built in Italy by a man called Filippo Brunelleschi. Brunelleschi made the Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral in Florence, Italy. It took him 16 years to create and used mainly only two materials marble and brick. The cathedral finished its construction ... |
116564 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauvais%20Cathedral | Beauvais Cathedral | Beauvais Cathedral () is an unfinished cathedral in Beauvais, in northern France. It was started in the 13th century.
Other websites
Cathedral of Beauvais Digital Media Archive
360 degrees panorama virtual tour of some French cathedrals including Beauvais
Roman Catholic Cathedrals
Cathedrals in France
Hauts-de-F... |
116565 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orvieto%20Cathedral | Orvieto Cathedral | The Duomo di Orvieto is a big 14th century Roman Catholic cathedral found in the town of Orvieto in Umbria in Italy.
Other websites
Historical Information and photos
Orvieto Duomo Photo Pages
Orvieto Duomo Detailed description
Roman Catholic Cathedrals
Cathedrals in Italy
Umbria
14th-century establishments in Europ... |
116567 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laon%20Cathedral | Laon Cathedral | Laon Cathedral () is a cathedral in Laon, Hauts-de-France, France. The current gothic cathedral was built between 1135 and 1270, on the site of an romanesque church which had been destroyed by a fire. It is one of the most important examples of the Gothic architecture of the 12th and 13th centuries. It is also among th... |
116569 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln%20Cathedral | Lincoln Cathedral | Lincoln Cathedral is an Anglican church in Lincoln, England. It was the tallest building in the world for over 200 years (1300–1549), but the central spire fell down in the sixteenth century and was not rebuilt. It owns one of the four surviving copies of the Magna Carta.
Other websites
Lincoln Cathedral Official W... |
116571 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan%20Cathedral | Milan Cathedral | Milan Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Milano) is the cathedral church of Milan found in Lombardy, northern Italy. The cathedral where locate in Milan was built according to Italian style. Its construction was started in 1386 and was completed in 1965. The construction took 579 years. Capacity of the cathedral is 60000 pe... |
116573 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte%20Chapelle | Sainte Chapelle | The Sainte-Chapelle () is a Gothic chapel found on the Île de la Cité in the heart of Paris, France. This chapel is an example of the rayonnante period of Gothic architecture. The chapel was designed by architect, Pierre de Montereau.
La Sainte-Chapelle was built in six years (1242-1248). It was consecrated in 1248. T... |
116574 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloucester%20Cathedral | Gloucester Cathedral | Gloucester Cathedral is an Anglican church in Gloucester, England. It is in the north of the city near the river. It started with the foundation of an Abbey built for Saint Peter in 678 or 679. Henry VIII ordered the monasteries to be dissolved and Gloucester Abbey surrendered in January 1540. The abbey buildings becam... |
116577 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legendary%20creature | Legendary creature | A legendary creature (mythical or mythological creature) is a type of fictional entity, typically a hybrid, that has not been proved. Legendary creatures may be described in legends, fantasy, mythology, fables, folklore, poetry, fairy tales, novels and fiction, but in historical accounts before history became a science... |
116580 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uppsala%20Cathedral | Uppsala Cathedral | The Cathedral of Uppsala (), found in the city of Uppsala, Sweden, was built in the late 13th century. It is at a height and length of 118.7 m is the largest church building in Scandinavia.
Other websites
Photos of Cathedral of Uppsala
Tourist guide
Official Uppland tourist page
Cathedral's website
Church o... |
116581 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo%20Cathedral | Toledo Cathedral | The Cathedral of Saint Mary of Toledo (also called Primate Cathedral of Toledo, Spain) is one of the three 13th century High Gothic cathedrals in Spain.
The Toledo Cathedral was one of 100 finalists for the 12 Treasures of Spain in 2007.
References
In Spanish
Camón Aznar, José. Historia general del arte, Tomo XVII... |
116584 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equilateral%20triangle | Equilateral triangle | In geometry, an equilateral triangle is a triangle where all three sides are the same length and all three angles are also the same and are each 60°.
If an altitude is drawn, it bisects the side to which it is drawn, in turn leaving two separate 30-60-90 triangles
Other websites
MathWorld - the construction of an eq... |
116587 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoges%20Cathedral | Limoges Cathedral | Limoges Cathedral () is a Roman Catholic cathedral found in Limoges, France.
Other websites
Location
Roman Catholic Cathedrals
Cathedrals in France
Limoges |
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