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30119 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toucan | Toucan | The toucan is a South American bird in the family Ramphastidae. This social bird lives in small flocks in lowland rainforests in countries such as Costa Rica. It flies short distances between trees. Toucans rest in holes in trees. They mostly eat fruit, but sometimes they also eat insects and small lizards.
They are b... |
30126 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbow | Elbow | The elbow is a hinge-joint between the bones of the upper and lower arm. It joins the humerus of the upper arm and the radius and ulna of the forearm together. Everyone has 2 elbows. It allows the lower arm to be extended or retracted (moved in). The elbow also allows the arm to turn. It moves by using three ligaments:... |
30127 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrist | Wrist | The wrist is the joint that links together the lower arm and the hand.
Other websites
The ligaments in the wrist
Joints |
30128 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knee | Knee | The knee is the joint that links 4 of the upper and lower bones of the leg, which are called the femur, tibia, fibula and the patella. The knee joint is the largest joint in the body and is an extensive network of ligaments and muscles. Basically, it is a hinge which allows movement of the lower leg in only one directi... |
30129 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic%20theory | Atomic theory | In chemistry and physics, the atomic theory explains how our understanding of the atom has changed over time. Atoms were once thought to be the smallest pieces of matter. However, it is now known that atoms are made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons. These subatomic particles are made up of quarks. The first idea ... |
30130 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particle%20physics | Particle physics | Particle physics is a type of physics that studies really tiny pieces of things, known as particles. These particles are the really small pieces that build up the world around us. They are best described in the language of math: calculus, the imaginary number, and group theory (which describes symmetry).
Fundamental f... |
30131 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/X%20Japan | X Japan | X Japan is a Japanese rock band. They were formed in 1982 by Yoshiki. They have sold over 30 million albums and singles and over 2 million videos to date. X Japan stopped making music in 1997, but reunited in 2007. They performed their first world tour live in Hong Kong in 2009. They played to 20,000 people in two days... |
30132 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20Anthem%20of%20the%20Soviet%20Union | State Anthem of the Soviet Union | The State Anthem of the Soviet Union was the national anthem of the Soviet Union from 1944 until 1991. It replaced the old one, which was a Russian translation of The Internationale.
History
The music was created around 1938 by Alexander Alexandrov, a great Russian composer who earlier started the Alexandrov Ensemble.... |
30136 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimalism | Minimalism | Minimalism is a way of making modern art or music that uses simple ideas, sounds or shapes. It was most popular in America in the 1960s and 1970s. There are many different kinds of minimalism. Sometimes a simple thing is repeated many times until it seems very complicated. Today minimalism can be used to talk about man... |
30137 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor%20Stravinsky | Igor Stravinsky | Igor Stravinsky was born in Lomonosov (then Oranienbaum), 17 June 1882 and died in New York, 6 April 1971. He was one of the most important composers of the 20th century, and a leader in modernism in music. He was brought up in Russia. When the Russian Revolution started he moved to Switzerland and then to Paris, and f... |
30147 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio%20de%20Villota | Emilio de Villota | Emilio de Villota Ruíz (born in Madrid, July 26, 1946) is a former racing driver from Spain. He participated in 15 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on May 2, 1976. He scored no championship points.
In 2005, he participated in Formula Palmer Audi driving a Mapfre's car (nº7)
1946 births
Living pe... |
30148 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAE%20connector | TAE connector | TAE (Telekommunikations-Anschluss-Einheit) is the German standard for telephone plugs and sockets.
The standard covers two TAE types: F ("Fernsprechgerät": for telephones) and N ("Nebengerät": for other devices such as answering machines and modems).
Pin-out
Electrical connectors |
30150 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological%20singularity | Technological singularity | The technological singularity is the idea that a machine or computer, or a group of machines and computers, will one day be smarter than humans.
Because it has not happened yet, nobody really knows what the technological singularity will do, or if it will even happen. Nonetheless, the technological singularity has bee... |
30152 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mew%20%28Pok%C3%A9mon%29 | Mew (Pokémon) | Mew (ミュウ, Myuu) is a fictional character from the Pokémon franchise. In the Pokémon video games, it is a Psychic-type secret Pokémon that was discovered in the first group of Pokémon games: Pokémon Red and Blue, Green, and Yellow. Mew is the Red/Blue/Green/Yellow counterpart to the Gold/Silver/Crystal Celebi and the Ru... |
30153 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avignon | Avignon | Avignon (; ) is a commune in southeastern France in the department of Vaucluse on the left bank of the Rhône river. It is the capital (prefecture) of the Vaucluse department.
The historical centre, which includes the Palais des Papes, the cathedral, and the Pont d'Avignon, became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. ... |
30154 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marseille | Marseille | Marseille (Occitan: Marselha) is a city in the south of France in the Bouches-du-Rhône department. About 1.7 million people live in the metropolitan area, and about 850,000 in the city itself. This makes it the second largest city in France by number of people. Its commercial port is the biggest in France and one of t... |
30155 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo%202 | Halo 2 | Halo 2 is an award winning first-person shooter video game made by Bungie Studios and published by Microsoft for its own Xbox console. It was released all over the world on November 9, 2004. It is the second game in the Halo series the first being Halo: Combat Evolved and the third being Halo 3. A Windows Vista version... |
30161 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actuary | Actuary | Actuaries are people who are experts in mathematics, probability, economics, and finance who figure out how much money businesses should charge for making promises to pay for something that may or may not happen.
History
Hundreds of years ago, when people got sick or died, it cost a lot of money to take care of them ... |
30164 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thesaurus | Thesaurus | A thesaurus is a dictionary of synonyms (words that have the same or similar meaning). Thesauruses (or thesauri) often include related words that mean almost the same thing. Some thesauruses also include antonyms (words that have the opposite meaning).
For example, by looking up the word "big" in a thesaurus, someone ... |
30170 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom | Boom | A boom can mean different things:
A boom is a low-pitched sound, often reverberant. The sound of thunder and the sound of an explosion are often called booms.
A boom is a long bar:
used in sailing and windsurfing to hold the sail.
used in waterskiing for the beginning skier to hold onto.
used in movies and televis... |
30171 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumble | Rumble | Rumble can mean different things:
A rumble is a dull vibration. It can also be the sound of one.
A rumble is another word for a fight.
Rumble strips are raised lines placed horizontally on a road. They are usually used to tell drivers that they must slow down or stop ahead. The strips make a rumbling sound when a car... |
30184 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass%20%28fish%29 | Bass (fish) | For other uses of the word "bass," see bass.
Bass is the name of some species (types) of fish that are often caught for food or sport. There are freshwater bass (that live in rivers and lakes) and saltwater bass (that live in the ocean). Many bass live in or near North America. Bass are from the order of Perciforme... |
30193 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxette | Roxette | Roxette is a Swedish pop music group formed in 1986. The band had 2 members, Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson. Their song "It Must Have Been Love" was one of the most sold singles by the duo. It was released first as a Christmas song in 1987 and then as an "ordinary song" in 1990. In 1991, Roxette release the very popu... |
30200 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu%20scripture | Hindu scripture | The Hindu scriptures are a number of books and other texts which tell about Hinduism and Hindu mythology. They are sacred literature for Hindus. Important Hindu scriptures include the following:
The Vedas
The Brahmanas
The Upanishads
The Puranas
Two epics (very important pieces), the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, are... |
30204 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aum | Aum | Om (also spelled Aum), is the most sacred symbol in Hinduism. Hindu scriptures tell many things about this symbol. In Hinduism, Om is like calling god's name towards you. This name is generally said three times, before chanting any prayers. Om is usually related to the Hindu God Shiva, who is the destroyer god.
Relate... |
30213 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk%20Island | Norfolk Island | Norfolk Island (Norfuk: Norfuk Ailen) is a territory of Australia. It is in the South Pacific Ocean between Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia. It was one of the first British settlements in the Pacific. Twice it was used as a penal colony. People from Pitcairn Island were moved to Norfolk Island. It is now a po... |
30216 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas%20%28mythology%29 | Atlas (mythology) | Atlas is a Titan in Greek mythology. He is the son of Iapetus. He has seven daughters with the Oceanid Pleione. They are called the Pleiades.
After the war between the Olympians and the Titans, Atlas was punished. Zeus forced him to hold the heaven on the western edge of the world. Later, the story about him changed a... |
30224 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%20Paso%2C%20Texas | El Paso, Texas | El Paso is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in El Paso County and is the county seat (the city where the county is governed). It is at the western end of Texas, and is along Interstate 10. The name comes from El Paso de Norte, meaning The Passageway to the North, which was shortened to El Paso.
The large major... |
30260 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem | Ecosystem | An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a large community of living organisms (plants, animals and microbes) in a particular area. The living and physical components are linked together through nutrient cycles and energy flows. Ecosystems are of any size, but usually they are in particular places.
Each ecosystem has it... |
30262 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/House%20of%20Stuart | House of Stuart | The House of Stewart, or Stuart, is a royal house of Scotland and England.
The Tudor dynasty ended when Queen Elizabeth I died in 1603. She named her cousin James I as heir. He became James I of England, and started the Stuart dynasty.
List of monarchs
Here are the rulers of the Stuart dynasty:
Scotland
Great Britai... |
30270 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitism | Parasitism | Parasitism is a form of one-sided symbiosis. The parasites live off the host. They may, or may not, harm the host. Parasitoids, on the other hand, usually kill their hosts. A parasitic relationship is the opposite of a mutualistic relationship. Examples of parasites in humans include tapeworms and leeches. World-wide,... |
30281 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment%20of%20silence | Moment of silence | There is also a video game The Moment of Silence, and a poem "Moment of Silence".
A moment of silence is a short time when people do not make noise. A moment of silence shows respect for people who have died. Many countries observe a minute of silence after a tragic event. Moments of silence often last one minute, but... |
30292 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad%20Ali%20Jinnah | Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Muhammad Ali Jinnah, (; ; 25 December 1876 – 11 September 1948 in Karachi) was a Pakistani politician. He is the founder of Pakistan. After the partition of India, he became the Governor-General of Pakistan. As a mark of respect, Pakistanis call him Quaid-e-Azam. bra
is a phrase which, in the Urdu language, means "... |
30303 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor%20Mendel | Gregor Mendel | Gregor Johann Mendel (Heinzendorf, Austria, 20 July 1822 – Brünn, Austro-Hungary, 6 January 1884) was an Austrian monk and botanist.
Mendel founded genetics by his work cross-breeding pea plants. He discovered dominant and recessive characters (genes) from the crosses he performed on the plants in his greenhouse. What... |
30304 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marschall%20der%20DDR | Marschall der DDR | Marschall der DDR (Marshal of the German Democratic Republic), was the highest rank in the NVA, the army of the DDR. It was founded on 25th March 1982. The reason was a strategy change in the armies of Warsaw Pact. After the change the DDR needed a new rank to be sure there was only one high command. The rank was never... |
30305 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farscape | Farscape | Farscape is a science fiction television show. The series was filmed in Australia. It was first shown from 1999 to 2004. The show was cancelled after four seasons and ended with a cliffhanger. The cliffhanger was resolved in a miniseries, The Peacekeeper Wars, in 2004.
Rockne S. O'Bannon came up the idea for the s... |
30306 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interplanetary%20internet | Interplanetary internet | An interplanetary internet does not exist yet. When people talk about an interplanetary internet, they are talking about a problem they are still trying to solve - the problem of making the internet to work between different planets.
Method
The way the internet works here on Earth is simple. Computers need to connec... |
30337 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20China | History of China | The History of China covers thousands of years. The earliest records are from about 1250 BC but a few things are known about earlier times. Chinese history covers many periods and dynasties. It may be divided into the following parts:
Prehistory
Prehistory means history of a time before any written record. In such ca... |
30339 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briefs | Briefs | Briefs are a type of short underwear for males or females. They provide a close fit, and come in either white, or in other colors like blue, pink, or red.
For male briefs, before 2000s, briefs often came with hard elastic waistband. This would cause stretch marks, and this was eventually replaced by the soft elastic w... |
30341 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayastha | Kayastha | Kayastha is one of the social groups of India. They have a long history. They number around 5–7 million people and most of them live in India.
Hindus believe that Lord Brahma created the world. He then created 16 sons from different parts of his body. His 17th son, Shree Chitraguptjee, was created from his mind and so... |
30345 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow%20Brite%20and%20the%20Star%20Stealer | Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer | Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer is an animated movie from 1985. It was produced by DiC Entertainment and Hallmark Cards, and released by Warner Bros.
This is the only movie in which the title character, Rainbow Brite, appears.
Other websites
Moria.co.nz review
Kiddie Matinee overview
1985 movies
Animated movi... |
30354 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic%20Monkeys | Arctic Monkeys | Arctic Monkeys are an Indie rock band from Sheffield, England. Arctic Monkeys' first album was Whatever People Say I am, That's What I'm Not. It reached #1 in the United Kingdom album charts. Over 300 thousand copies of the album were sold in the first week. This makes it the fasting selling first album by a band in Br... |
30361 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarm | Swarm | A swarm is a big group of animals. The term is usually used for insects, but other animals such fish and birds can make a swarm also. A good example of animals that swarm are locusts. Mammals do not build swarms, but herds.
Insects |
30365 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s%20University | Queen's University | Queen's University is a public university in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Queen's University was started on October 16, 1841.
References
Colleges and universities in Canada |
30374 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/String%20quartet | String quartet | A string quartet is a piece of music for four string instruments.
A string quartet can also mean the four people who play a piece for four string instruments.
The four instruments in a string quartet are almost always 2 violins, 1 viola and 1 cello. The reason that a double bass is not used is that it would sound too l... |
30382 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus%20number | Opus number | Opus or the shortened form op. after the title of a piece of music means “work”. It is followed by a number. When a composer writes their first piece of music it is followed by the term “opus 1”. The next composition would then be called “opus 2”, etc.
Giving pieces of music opus numbers helps us to identify which... |
30387 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amino%20acid | Amino acid | Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins. In eukaryotes, there are 20 standard amino acids out of which almost all proteins are made.
In biochemistry, an amino acid is any molecule that has both amine (NH2+R) and carboxyl (C=O) functional groups. In biochemistry, this term refers to alpha-amino acids with the g... |
30393 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlightenment | Enlightenment | Enlightenment has several meanings. Some of them are given below:
A concept in philosophy and psychology.
Nirvana, the goal of Buddhism
Moksha, a religious concept of Hinduism
Age of Enlightenment, a period in European history
Enlightenment (Window Manager), A window manager for Linux distributions |
30395 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscarriage | Miscarriage | A miscarriage is the natural death of an embryo or fetus in the womb, before it is old enough to live on its own, outside the mother. The medical words for a miscarriage are spontaneous abortion. ("Spontaneous" means something that a person did not expect to happen. An "abortion" is when a pregnancy ends early, befo... |
30397 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuan%20dynasty | Yuan dynasty | The Yuan dynasty was a Mongol dynasty that ruled Mongolia and China from 1271 to 1368. Before this dynasty, China was ruled by the Song dynasty. After the Yuan dynasty, the Ming dynasty ruled China. Genghis Khan and his army of Mongols conquered many parts of China. His grandson Kublai Khan added more parts of China to... |
30398 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20India | History of India | The History of India covers thousands of years and discusses many diverse languages, cultures, periods, and dynasties. Indian civilization began in the Indus Valley and some literature survives from that time. More is known of the time after the Persian Empire conquered India.
Stone age
Paleolithic era
Remains (ston... |
30399 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1250s | 1250s |
Births
1254 – Marco Polo
Deaths
1250 – Fibonacci |
30400 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Life%20and%20Times%20of%20Michael%20K | The Life and Times of Michael K | Life and Times of Michael K is a novel written by J. M. Coetzee in 1983. It won a Booker Prize.
The story is about a simple gardener called Michael K, trying to run away from South Africa in the Apartheid Era.
Some people think there is a link between Michael K and Josef K. in The Trial by Franz Kafka.
Novels
1983 b... |
30407 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tort | Tort | Tort law is the part of law for most harms that are not either criminal or based on a contract. Tort law helps people to make claims for compensation (repayment) when someone hurts them or hurts their property. For example, a car accident where one driver hurts another driver because he or she was not paying attention... |
30411 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawsuit | Lawsuit | A lawsuit occurs when two people or organizations ask a court or judge to solve a disagreement or argument. The two (or more) participants in a lawsuit are called the parties. Each party is usually represented by a lawyer. That means that the lawyer will talk to the judge for the party.
The party that starts the la... |
30415 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamber%20music | Chamber music | Chamber music means music written for small groups of instruments. A “chamber” is a “room” (from the French word “chambre”). Usually the word “chamber” in English means a room in a large house or castle. In the days when people with big houses or castles kept their own musicians, they might have their own private orche... |
30419 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefano%20Mei | Stefano Mei | Stefano Mei (born 3 February 1963 in La Spezia) was an Italian long distance runner in several international athletics (also called track and field) events.
Mei won the silver medal in the 5,000 metre race, and the gold medal in the 10,000 metre race during the 1986 European Championships in Athletics in Stuttgart, Ge... |
30423 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum%20in%20Bielsko-Bia%C5%82a | Museum in Bielsko-Biała | The Bielsko-Biała Museum is a museum at Bielsko Castle, Poland. Since the 1970s there are three local branches: the Julian Fałat Museum, the Museum of Technology and Textile Industry and the Weaver's House Museum.
The castle
The castle was built in the 14th century by the Piast family, the rulers of the Cieszyn Duchy ... |
30427 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision | Circumcision | Circumcision is an operation in which the foreskin is removed. In common speech, someone who has been circumcised is described as cut while someone who is not is described as uncut. For example, one teenaged boy might ask another teenaged boy, "Are you cut?" While this is slang English, it is not considered profanity. ... |
30433 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moirai | Moirai | The Moirai (The Fates) were the three goddesses of destiny in Greek mythology. They were Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos ().
They controlled the life and destiny of everyone. Clotho spins the thread of life (begins a person's or creature's life), Lachesis measures it (looks at the how long it currently is), and Atropos c... |
30439 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikisource | Wikisource | Wikisource – The Free Library – is a project by Wikimedia. Its goal is to make a free wiki library of source texts. It has translations into many languages.
History
It began on November 24, 2003. Its name was "Project Sourceberg" (a play on words for Project Gutenberg), and its URL was http://sources.wikipedia.org. O... |
30442 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whaling | Whaling | Whaling is the practice of hunting whales. This is done to get meat and oil, called blubber. Hunters of whales are called whalers. Whaling has been done at least since 3000 BC.
Many communities on the coast have done whaling for food for a long time. They have also killed stranded whales.
Industrialisation started i... |
30449 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion | Opinion | An opinion is something a person or a group of people think. "What is your opinion?" is like saying: "What do you think about it?"
The person's answer might start with: "In my opinion..........." or "I think........."
Sometimes companies try to find out what people think about something by asking many people their o... |
30450 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/School%20year | School year | A school year is the time of year when students go to school. In some countries, it starts after summer, and goes to the next summer. The typical school year in the United States ranges from 170 days to 190 days. In the south, a school year is 180 days for students and 190 days for teachers.
Education
Academia
en:Aca... |
30451 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audience | Audience | An audience is a group of people that see, hear or otherwise experience the same thing. It may be many different kinds of thing, such as a play, a movie, a book, or a broadcast. Audience members participate in different ways in different kinds of art; some live performance events invite the audience to be part of the... |
30452 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group | Group | This page is about 'group' in the common sense. For the mathematical concept, see Group (mathematics).
A group is a set of things or a number of individuals who have regular contact and frequent interaction.
Examples of groups
A family of people
A herd of animals
A class of students
A sports team
Ethnic group
T... |
30453 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Side-scrolling%20video%20game | Side-scrolling video game | A side-scrolling video game or 2D game is a video game where the player goes toward one side of the screen, either to the left or the right, although this is different for each video game. A famous side-scroller is Super Mario Bros. The character usually moves from left to right but sometimes it is the other way around... |
30454 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating | Eating | Eating is taking in food to get energy or nutrients or for enjoyment. People and animals need to eat because they cannot make their own food inside their bodies like plants. All plants' energy comes from the sun. Plants take the sun's energy, and they are eaten by other animals as food. The animals then eat each other ... |
30455 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathroom | Bathroom | A bathroom (also known as a restroom, washroom, toilet or lavatory) is where people go for personal hygiene activities. This includes use of the toilet, wash their hands, brush their teeth, take a bath, or take a shower. The room may also contain a sink, often called a "wash basin", “hair basin” or "hand basin" (in par... |
30456 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shower | Shower | A shower is where a person cleans themself by using water. They stand up when they use a shower and usually do not wear clothes in a shower. Showers have a shower head that squirts out water usually from above.
There are different kinds of showers. One is a "power shower" where there are many jets of water from all ar... |
30460 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangtok | Gangtok | Gangtok is the capital of the Indian state of Sikkim, It has a population of 50,000. It is located at a height of 1,780 metres in the Himalayan Mountains . It is small town, filled with different cultures and religions living together.
The city has wide roads, flyovers, markets, a modern hospital, schools, colleges a... |
30461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transposing%20instrument | Transposing instrument | A transposing instrument is a musical instrument that does not play the notes you might think it will play. But all the notes differ from the real notes by the same musical interval. So a song played on the transposing instrument will sound familiar, but played in a different key. That is because the transposing instru... |
30462 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transposition%20%28music%29 | Transposition (music) | Transposition or transposing in music means playing or writing music in a way that makes it sound higher or lower. This can be done by playing or writing the music in a different key, or by playing or writing it up or down an octave, without changing the key.
Transposing is a useful skill for people who play an instru... |
30469 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erinyes | Erinyes | The Erinyes (or Eumenides) were the goddesses of revenge in Greek mythology. They are also known as the Furies. These three female divinities were named Alecto, Tisiphone, and Megaera.
Description
The Erinyes were born from Mother Earth and the blood of Uranos. They avenged family crimes such as matricide and patricid... |
30473 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian%20subcontinent | Indian subcontinent | The Indian subcontinent is a term mainly used for the geographic region surrounded by the Indian Ocean: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
The subcontinent was once part of Gondwana, the ancient southern supercontinent. Geologically, the origin of the Himalayas is the impact of the Ind... |
30482 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dike | Dike | Dike or dyke, can mean:
A slang term for lesbian
Another word for levee, a long wall or bank built to hold water, or to separate land areas
Dyke (geology), where magma or sediment cut across normal rock formations
Another word for diagonal pliers, a hand tool used by electricians and others
Dike, the Greek goddess... |
30484 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horae | Horae | The Horae were three goddesses in Greek mythology.
There are in fact two different groups of goddesses which were known at different times: today they are called the first and second generation to distinguish between them.
They were the children of Zeus and Themis.
First Generation
The first Horae were goddesses of t... |
30500 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkmene | Alkmene | Alcmene ALK-meen is a person mentioned in Greek mythology. She is not a goddess, for Alcmene was mortal. She was the daughter of King Elektryon of Mycenae and his wife Anaxo. She was the wife of Amphitryon. She is the mother of Heracles HERR-uh-klees and Iphicles.
Once when Amphitryon was not at home, the god Zeus, se... |
30502 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana%C3%AB | Danaë | Danaë is a person in Greek mythology. She was the daughter of King Akrisios of Argos. She is the mother of Perseus by Zeus.
Akrisios was told by an oracle that he would be killed by his grandchild. Because of that he put his daughter Danaë in a tower where noone was allowed to enter, so she could not have a child. But... |
30505 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrisios | Akrisios | Akrisios (or Acrisius) is a person in Greek mythology. He was the King of Argos. He is the father of Danaë, and grandfather of Perseus.
Akrisios was told by an oracle that he would be killed by his grandchild. Because of that he put his daughter Danaë in a tower where noone was allowed to enter, so she could not have ... |
30508 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda%20%28mythology%29 | Andromeda (mythology) | In Greek mythology, Andromeda (, Androméda or Ἀνδρομέδη, Andromédē) is an Aethiopian princess, the daughter of King Cepheus and his wife Cassiopeia. When Cassiopeia boasted that her daughter was more beautiful than the Nereids, this angered the sea god Poseidon, who sent the sea monster Ceto to ravage the land as punis... |
30626 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GB | GB | GB or Gb could mean:
Sarin
Great Britain, or the United Kingdom (ISO code GB)
Gigabyte (GB) unit of measurement of bytes
Game Boy handheld video game console line |
30627 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaur | Centaur | A centaur is a creature in Greek mythology. It has the upper body of a human, but below the waist it has the body of a horse. There are also female centaurs.
Famous centaurs are Chiron and Nessus.
Greek legendary creatures |
30628 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunt%C3%A1l | Bruntál | Bruntál is a small city in the Czech Republic. Bruntál is in the Hrubý Jeseník mountains (part of Nízký Jeseník). Approximately 20,000 people live there.
Bruntál was probably built in 1223. Its name is in the Unicov Charter published by Přemysl Otakar I. It is the oldest Czech city with Magdeburg Rights, meaning a ci... |
30629 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concerto | Concerto | A concerto is a piece of music made for a solo instrument and an orchestra. When an orchestra plays at a concert they might play a symphony (a piece for orchestra) and they might play a concerto (with a soloist). If the solo instrument is a violin the piece is called a “violin concerto”, if it is a piano it is called... |
30630 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concerto%20grosso | Concerto grosso | A Concerto Grosso is a piece of music from the 18th century in which there are a small group of instruments and a large group of instruments. These two groups are contrasted with one another. Sometimes both play together, sometimes one plays by itself, or the two groups might imitate one another. The small group is c... |
30637 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai%20Grandeur | Hyundai Grandeur | The Hyundai Grandeur is an automobile made by Hyundai Motor Company. It was first sold in 1986. In North America the automobile was called Hyundai XG (third generation) and Hyundai Azera (fourth generation).
First generation (1986–1992)
The first Grandeur of 1986 was developed together with Mitsubishi(Mitsubishi Deb... |
30643 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ape | Ape | Apes are mammals belonging to the primate family Hominoidea. Its members are called hominoids. They are native to Africa and Southeast Asia. Its living members are divided into two families:
Hylobatidae, the gibbons and siamangs;
Hominidae, consisting of humans, chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans.
One clear differen... |
30653 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattingen | Hattingen | Hattingen an der Ruhr is a city about 60.000 people in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It belongs to the Ruhr area. It lies south of Bochum and Essen. Very famous is its Altstadt.
References
Other websites
Ennepe-Ruhr Rural District |
30654 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shart | Shart | Shart is the name of several Bollywood and Tollywood movies.
Shart (1954), directed by Bibhuti Mitra, starring Deepak and Shashikala
Shart (1969), directed by Kewal Misra, starring Sanjay Khan and Mumtaz
Shart (1986), directed by Ketan Anand, starring Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi
Shart: The Challenge (2004), dire... |
30658 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning%20wood | Morning wood | Morning wood is an informal term for a morning erection, for which the technical medical term is "nocturnal penile tumescence". It means an erection that a man sometimes has while asleep or right after waking up. Men who do not have erectile dysfunction can experience this sensation. It usually happens during Rapid Eye... |
30692 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accompaniment | Accompaniment | An accompaniment in music is music that accompanies (goes with) something else.
A piece of music may have a melody (tune) and an accompaniment underneath. The music may be played on the piano with the right hand playing the tune and the left hand playing the accompaniment. The accompaniment might also be played on a... |
30698 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagalog%20language | Tagalog language | Tagalog is one of the main languages spoken in the Philippines and is the national language of the country. More than 22 million people speak it as their first language.
It was originally spoken by the Tagalog people in the Philippines, who were mainly in Bulacan, Cavite, and some parts of Luzon. Now, Tagalog is spoke... |
30703 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basso%20continuo | Basso continuo | Basso continuo is a form of musical accompaniment used in the Baroque period. It means "continuous bass".
Basso continuo, sometimes just called "continuo", was played by an instrument providing chordal accompaniment such as a keyboard instrument or plucked string instrument such as the lute along with another bass ins... |
30709 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diwali | Diwali | Diwali (also: Deepawali) is one of India's biggest festivals. The word 'Deepawali' means rows of lighted lamps. It is a Festival of Lights and Hindus celebrate it with joy. During this festival, people light up their houses and shops with Diyas (small cup-shaped oil lamp made of baked clay). They worship the Lord Ganes... |
30711 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthashastra | Arthashastra | Arthashastra is an ancient book of India. Kautilya (also known as Chanakya) wrote this book. Kautilya was a minister of Chandragupta Maurya (321 BC – 297 BC), an emperor of Ancient India. After many revisions and additions, the book took its present form about 1800 years before, in the 2nd century.
The book is divide... |
30712 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanuman | Hanuman | Hanuman is one of the most popular gods of Hindus. He is also known by other names like Hanumat. His mother’s name was Anjana. Based on her mother’s name, Hanuman is sometimes called Anjaneya, that is, one born of Anjana. His father’s name was Kesari.
He is blessed by Vayu as the god of winds. Hanuman’s image shows hi... |
30715 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra | Indra | (Devanagari: इन्द्र) or is the most important among the Indo-Aryan gods. He is the God of war, the god of thunderstorms. In the Vedas, many verses (hymns) are there in his praise. The Rigveda praises him as a very strong God. Many Hindu scriptures tell about Indra, his character and his deeds.
Indra resides in a myth... |
30716 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badrinath | Badrinath | Badrinath is an important pilgrimage place for the Hindus. The place is in Uttarakhand state of India, and is located at a high altitude in the Himalayas. The Hindu scriptures say that the place is sacred to Vishnu, one of the gods of Hindus.
Badrinath gets its name from a tree's name. The name of that tree is badri-t... |
30718 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanchipuram | Kanchipuram | Kanchipuram is one of the seven most holy cities of Hindus. It is about southwest of Chennai, Tamil Nadu state, India. Kanchipuram was an important religious and cultural place of Ancient India. The city continues to be an important religious place.
For a long time, from the 6th century till the 8th century, the cit... |
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