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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brander%E2%80%93Spencer%20model
The Brander–Spencer model is an economic model in international trade originally developed by James Brander and Barbara Spencer in the early 1980s. The model illustrates a situation where, under certain assumptions, a government can subsidize domestic firms to help them in their competition against foreign producers an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elongated%20triangular%20gyrobicupola
In geometry, the elongated triangular gyrobicupola is one of the Johnson solids (). As the name suggests, it can be constructed by elongating a "triangular gyrobicupola," or cuboctahedron, by inserting a hexagonal prism between its two halves, which are congruent triangular cupolae (). Rotating one of the cupolae thro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudosphere
In geometry, a pseudosphere is a surface with constant negative Gaussian curvature. A pseudosphere of radius is a surface in having curvature in each point. Its name comes from the analogy with the sphere of radius , which is a surface of curvature . The term was introduced by Eugenio Beltrami in his 1868 paper on ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure%20%28mathematical%20logic%29
In universal algebra and in model theory, a structure consists of a set along with a collection of finitary operations and relations that are defined on it. Universal algebra studies structures that generalize the algebraic structures such as groups, rings, fields and vector spaces. The term universal algebra is used ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir-394%20microRNA%20precursor%20family
In molecular biology mir-394 microRNA is a short RNA molecule. MicroRNAs function to regulate the expression levels of other genes by several mechanisms. See also MicroRNA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristichopterus
Tristichopterus, with a maximum length of sixty centimetres, is the smallest genus in the family of prehistoric lobe-finned fish, Tristichopteridae that was believed to have originated in the north and dispersed throughout the course of the Upper Devonian into Gondwana. Tristichopterus currently has only one named spec...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User%20interface%20specification
A user interface specification (UI specification) is a document that captures the details of the software user interface into a written document. The specification covers all possible actions that an end user may perform and all visual, auditory and other interaction elements. Purpose The UI specification is the main...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinsurance%20to%20close
Reinsurance to close (RITC) is a business transaction whereby the estimated future liabilities of an insurance company are reinsured into another, in order that the profitability of the former can be finally determined. It is most closely associated with the Lloyd's of London insurance market that comprises numerous co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STEM%20pipeline
The STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) pipeline is a critical infrastructure for fostering the development of future scientists, engineers, and problem solvers. It's the educational and career pathway that guides individuals from early childhood through to advanced research and innovation in STEM-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbol%20%28formal%29
A logical symbol is a fundamental concept in logic, tokens of which may be marks or a configuration of marks which form a particular pattern. Although the term "symbol" in common use refers at some times to the idea being symbolized, and at other times to the marks on a piece of paper or chalkboard which are being used...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T/TCP
T/TCP (Transactional Transmission Control Protocol) was a variant of the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). It was an experimental TCP extension for efficient transaction-oriented (request/response) service. It was developed to fill the gap between TCP and UDP, by Bob Braden in 1994. Its definition can be found in RF...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle%20hypertrophy
Muscle hypertrophy or muscle building involves a hypertrophy or increase in size of skeletal muscle through a growth in size of its component cells. Two factors contribute to hypertrophy: sarcoplasmic hypertrophy, which focuses more on increased muscle glycogen storage; and myofibrillar hypertrophy, which focuses more ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azodicarbonamide
Azodicarbonamide, ADCA, ADA, or azo(bis)formamide, is a chemical compound with the molecular formula . It is a yellow to orange-red, odorless, crystalline powder. It is sometimes called a 'yoga mat' chemical because of its widespread use in foamed plastics. It was first described by John Bryden in 1959. Synthesis It i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichothiodystrophy
Trichothiodystrophy (TTD) is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder characterised by brittle hair and intellectual impairment. The word breaks down into tricho – "hair", thio – "sulphur", and dystrophy – "wasting away" or literally "bad nourishment". TTD is associated with a range of symptoms connected with organs o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standardized%20rate
Standardized rates are a statistical measure of any rates in a population. These are adjusted rates that take into account the vital differences between populations that may affect their birthrates or death rates. Examples The most common are birth, death and unemployment rates. For example, in a community made up of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telomere
A telomere (; ) is a region of repetitive nucleotide sequences associated with specialized proteins at the ends of linear chromosomes. Telomeres are a widespread genetic feature most commonly found in eukaryotes. In most, if not all species possessing them, they protect the terminal regions of chromosomal DNA from pro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemisorption
Chemisorption is a kind of adsorption which involves a chemical reaction between the surface and the adsorbate. New chemical bonds are generated at the adsorbent surface. Examples include macroscopic phenomena that can be very obvious, like corrosion, and subtler effects associated with heterogeneous catalysis, where...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preferential%20alignment
The preferential alignment is a criterion of an orientation of a molecule or atom. The preferential alignment can be related to the formation of the crystal structure of an amorphous structure. For a polymer material with liquid crystals, the liquid crystals are molecules shaped like rigid rods. Just as logs being flo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARP%20cache
An ARP cache is a collection of Address Resolution Protocol entries (mostly dynamic) that are created when an IP address is resolved to a MAC address (so the computer can effectively communicate with the IP address). An ARP cache has the disadvantage of potentially being used by hackers and cyber attackers (an ARP ca...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congenital%20hypofibrinogenemia
Congenital hypofibrinogenemia is a rare disorder in which one of the three genes responsible for producing fibrinogen, a critical blood clotting factor, is unable to make a functional fibrinogen glycoprotein because of an inherited mutation. In consequence, liver cells, the normal site of fibrinogen production, make sm...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potential%20well
A potential well is the region surrounding a local minimum of potential energy. Energy captured in a potential well is unable to convert to another type of energy (kinetic energy in the case of a gravitational potential well) because it is captured in the local minimum of a potential well. Therefore, a body may not pro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common%20coding%20theory
Common coding theory is a cognitive psychology theory describing how perceptual representations (e.g. of things we can see and hear) and motor representations (e.g. of hand actions) are linked. The theory claims that there is a shared representation (a common code) for both perception and action. More important, seei...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethosome
Ethosomes are phospholipid nanovesicles used for dermal and transdermal delivery of molecules. Ethosomes were developed by Touitou et al.,1997, as additional novel lipid carriers composed of ethanol, phospholipids, and water. They are reported to improve the skin delivery of various drugs. Ethanol is an efficient perme...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabal%20%28set%20theory%29
The Cabal was, or perhaps is, a set of set theorists in Southern California, particularly at UCLA and Caltech, but also at UC Irvine. Organization and procedures range from informal to nonexistent, so it is difficult to say whether it still exists or exactly who has been a member, but it has included such notable figu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubicity
In graph theory, cubicity is a graph invariant defined to be the smallest dimension such that a graph can be realized as an intersection graph of unit cubes in Euclidean space. Cubicity was introduced by Fred S. Roberts in 1969 along with a related invariant called boxicity that considers the smallest dimension needed ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-slide
A four-slide, also known as a multislide, multi-slide, or four-way, is a metalworking machine tool used in the high-volume manufacture of small stamped components from bar or wire stock. The press is most simply described as a horizontal stamping press that uses cams to control tools. The machine is used for progressiv...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytotoxin
Phytotoxins are substances that are poisonous or toxic to the growth of plants. Phytotoxic substances may result from human activity, as with herbicides, or they may be produced by plants, by microorganisms, or by naturally occurring chemical reactions. The term is also used to describe toxic chemicals produced by pla...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth-centered%2C%20Earth-fixed%20coordinate%20system
The Earth-centered, Earth-fixed coordinate system (acronym ECEF), also known as the geocentric coordinate system, is a cartesian spatial reference system that represents locations in the vicinity of the Earth (including its surface, interior, atmosphere, and surrounding outer space) as X, Y, and Z measurements from its...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/162%20%28number%29
162 (one hundred [and] sixty-two) is the natural number between 161 and 163. In mathematics Having only 2 and 3 as its prime divisors, 162 is a 3-smooth number. 162 is also an abundant number, since its sum of divisors is greater than it. As the product of numbers three units apart from each other, it is a triple f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir-42%20microRNA%20precursor%20family
In molecular biology, mir-42 microRNA is a short RNA molecule. MicroRNAs function to regulate the expression levels of other genes by several mechanisms. See also MicroRNA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rempeyek
Rempeyek or peyek is a deep-fried savoury Indonesian-Javanese cracker made from flour (usually rice flour) with other ingredients, bound or coated by crispy flour batter. The most common type of rempeyek is peyek kacang ("peanut peyek"); however, other ingredients can be used instead, such as teri (dried anchovies), re...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagicoccus%20mobilis
Pelagicoccus mobilis is a Gram-negative and chemoheterotrophic bacterium from the genus of Prosthecobacter which has been isolated from seawater from Japan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini-DVI
The Mini-DVI connector is used on certain Apple computers as a digital alternative to the Mini-VGA connector. Its size is between the full-sized DVI and the tiny Micro-DVI. It is found on the 12-inch PowerBook G4 (except the original 12-inch 867 MHz PowerBook G4, which used Mini-VGA), the Intel-based iMac, the MacBook ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercomputer%20operating%20system
A supercomputer operating system is an operating system intended for supercomputers. Since the end of the 20th century, supercomputer operating systems have undergone major transformations, as fundamental changes have occurred in supercomputer architecture. While early operating systems were custom tailored to each sup...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barents%20Sea%20Opening
The Barents Sea Opening (BSO) is an oceanographic term for the Western Barents Sea, the sea area between Bear Island in the south of Svalbard and the northern extremity of Norway through which a water mass of Atlantic origin flows into the Arctic Ocean. The inflow of relative warm water into the Arctic Ocean occurs not...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uterosacral%20ligament
The uterosacral ligaments (or rectouterine ligaments) are major ligaments of uterus that extend posterior-ward from the cervix to attach onto the (anterior aspect of the) sacrum. Anatomy Microanatomy/histology The uterosacral ligaments consist of fibrous connective tissue, and smooth muscle tissue. Relations The u...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois%20Riedler
Alois Riedler (May 15, 1850 - October 25, 1936) was a noted Austrian mechanical engineer, and, as professor in Germany, a vigorous proponent of practically-oriented engineering education. Riedler was born in Graz, Austria, and studied mechanical engineering at the Technische Hochschule (TH) Graz from 1866-1871. After...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biofilm%20prevention
Biofilm formation occurs when free floating microorganisms attach themselves to a surface. Although there are some beneficial uses of biofilms, they are generally considered undesirable, and means of biofilm prevention have been developed. Biofilms secrete extracellular polymeric substance that provides a structural ma...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bypass%20ratio
The bypass ratio (BPR) of a turbofan engine is the ratio between the mass flow rate of the bypass stream to the mass flow rate entering the core. A 10:1 bypass ratio, for example, means that 10 kg of air passes through the bypass duct for every 1 kg of air passing through the core. Turbofan engines are usually describ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse%20Genome%20Informatics
Mouse Genome Informatics (MGI) is a free, online database and bioinformatics resource hosted by The Jackson Laboratory, with funding by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICH...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird%20ichnology
Bird ichnology is the study of avian life traces in ornithology and paleontology. Such life traces can include footprints, nests, feces and coproliths. Scientists gain insight about the behavior and diversity of birds by studying such evidence. Ichnofossils (or ichnites) are especially important for clarifying the evo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project%20Shield
Project Shield is an anti-distributed-denial-of-service (anti-DDoS) service that is offered by Jigsaw, a subsidiary of Google, to websites that have "media, elections, and human rights related content." The main goal of the project is to serve "small, under-resourced news sites that are vulnerable to the web's growing ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaf%20plastochron%20index
Leaf plastocron index is a measure of plant leaf age based on morphological development (the plastochron). It is useful in studying plant development requiring destructive measurement on multiple individuals. By measuring a metric against morphological age, instead of chronological time, one can reduce variations occur...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt%20fingering
Salt fingering is a mixing process, example of double diffusive instability, that occurs when relatively warm, salty water overlies relatively colder, fresher water. It is driven by the fact that heated water diffuses more readily than salty water. A small parcel of warm, salty water sinking downwards into a colder, fr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20microscope
A comparison microscope is a device used to analyze side-by-side specimens. It consists of two microscopes connected by an optical bridge, which results in a split view window enabling two separate objects to be viewed simultaneously. This avoids the observer having to rely on memory when comparing two objects under a ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defective%20matrix
In linear algebra, a defective matrix is a square matrix that does not have a complete basis of eigenvectors, and is therefore not diagonalizable. In particular, an n × n matrix is defective if and only if it does not have n linearly independent eigenvectors. A complete basis is formed by augmenting the eigenvectors ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel%20i860
The Intel i860 (also known as 80860) is a RISC microprocessor design introduced by Intel in 1989. It is one of Intel's first attempts at an entirely new, high-end instruction set architecture since the failed Intel iAPX 432 from the beginning of the 1980s. It was the world's first million-transistor chip. It was releas...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart%20battery
A smart battery or a smart battery pack is a rechargeable battery pack with a built-in battery management system (BMS), usually designed for use in a portable computer such as a laptop. In addition to the usual positive and negative terminals, a smart battery has two or more terminals to connect to the BMS; typically t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasi-set%20theory
Quasi-set theory is a formal mathematical theory for dealing with collections of objects, some of which may be indistinguishable from one another. Quasi-set theory is mainly motivated by the assumption that certain objects treated in quantum physics are indistinguishable and don't have individuality. Motivation The Am...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash%20memory%20emulator
A flash emulator or flash memory emulator is a tool that is used to temporarily replace flash memory or ROM chips in an embedded device for the purpose of debugging embedded software. Such tools contain Dual-ported RAM, one port of which is connected to a target system (i.e. system, that is being debugged), and second ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond%20length
In molecular geometry, bond length or bond distance is defined as the average distance between nuclei of two bonded atoms in a molecule. It is a transferable property of a bond between atoms of fixed types, relatively independent of the rest of the molecule. Explanation Bond length is related to bond order: when more...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applications%20of%20sensitivity%20analysis%20to%20business
Sensitivity analysis can be usefully applied to business problem, allowing the identification of those variables which may influence a business decision, such as e.g. an investment. In a decision problem, the analyst may want to identify cost drivers as well as other quantities for which we need to acquire better kno...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth%20function
The growth function, also called the shatter coefficient or the shattering number, measures the richness of a set family. It is especially used in the context of statistical learning theory, where it measures the complexity of a hypothesis class. The term 'growth function' was coined by Vapnik and Chervonenkis in their...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugzilla
Bugzilla is a web-based general-purpose bug tracking system and testing tool originally developed and used by the Mozilla project, and licensed under the Mozilla Public License. Released as open-source software by Netscape Communications in 1998, it has been adopted by a variety of organizations for use as a bug track...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look-ahead%20%28backtracking%29
In backtracking algorithms, look ahead is the generic term for a subprocedure that attempts to foresee the effects of choosing a branching variable to evaluate one of its values. The two main aims of look-ahead are to choose a variable to evaluate next and to choose the order of values to assign to it. Constraint sati...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artifact%20%28error%29
In natural science and signal processing, an artifact or artefact is any error in the perception or representation of any information introduced by the involved equipment or technique(s). Computer science In computer science, digital artifacts are anomalies introduced into digital signals as a result of digital signal...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish%20fillet%20processor
A fish fillet processor processes fish into a fillet. Fish processing starts from the time the fish is caught. Popular species processed include cod, hake, haddock, tuna, herring, mackerel, salmon and pollock. Commercial fish processing is a global practice. Processing varies regionally in productivity, type of opera...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axenic
In biology, axenic (, ) describes the state of a culture in which only a single species, variety, or strain of organism is present and entirely free of all other contaminating organisms. The earliest axenic cultures were of bacteria or unicellular eukaryotes, but axenic cultures of many multicellular organisms are al...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20programming
Quantum programming is the process of designing or assembling sequences of instructions, called quantum circuits, using gates, switches, and operators to manipulate a quantum system for a desired outcome or results of a given experiment. Quantum circuit algorithms can be implemented on integrated circuits, conducted wi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zassenhaus%20algorithm
In mathematics, the Zassenhaus algorithm is a method to calculate a basis for the intersection and sum of two subspaces of a vector space. It is named after Hans Zassenhaus, but no publication of this algorithm by him is known. It is used in computer algebra systems. Algorithm Input Let be a vector space and , tw...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salted%20squid
Salted squid is squid or cuttlefish cured with dry salt and thus preserved for later consumption. Drying or salting, either with dry salt or with brine is a widely available method of seafood preservation. Salted squid is often mistaken with dried shredded squid, which is specifically shredded and seasoned dried squid....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life%20on%20Venus
The possibility of life on Venus is a subject of interest in astrobiology due to Venus's proximity and similarities to Earth. To date, no definitive evidence has been found of past or present life there. In the early 1960s, studies conducted via spacecraft demonstrated that the current Venusian environment is extreme c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral%20Sensor%20Interface%205
Peripheral Sensor Interface (PSI5) is a digital interface for sensors. PSI5 is a two-wire interface, used to connect peripheral sensors to electronic control units in automotive electronics. Both point-to-point and bus configurations with asynchronous and synchronous data transmission are supported. Functional descri...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese%20postal%20mark
is the service mark of Japan Post and its successor, Japan Post Holdings, the postal operator in Japan. It is also used as a Japanese postal code mark since the introduction of the latter in 1968. Historically, it was used by the , which operated the postal service. The mark is a stylized katakana syllable te (テ), from...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Include%20directive
Many programming languages and other computer files have a directive, often called include, import, or copy, that causes the contents of the specified file to be inserted into the original file. These included files are called s or copybooks. They are often used to define the physical layout of program data, pieces of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drazin%20inverse
In mathematics, the Drazin inverse, named after Michael P. Drazin, is a kind of generalized inverse of a matrix. Let A be a square matrix. The index of A is the least nonnegative integer k such that rank(Ak+1) = rank(Ak). The Drazin inverse of A is the unique matrix AD that satisfies It's not a generalized inverse i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transversion
Transversion, in molecular biology, refers to a point mutation in DNA in which a single (two ring) purine (A or G) is changed for a (one ring) pyrimidine (T or C), or vice versa. A transversion can be spontaneous, or it can be caused by ionizing radiation or alkylating agents. It can only be reversed by a spontaneous r...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van%20Vleck%20paramagnetism
In condensed matter and atomic physics, Van Vleck paramagnetism refers to a positive and temperature-independent contribution to the magnetic susceptibility of a material, derived from second order corrections to the Zeeman interaction. The quantum mechanical theory was developed by John Hasbrouck Van Vleck between the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNU%20%28software%29
BNU is a high-performance communications device driver designed to provide enhanced support for serial port communications. The BNU serial port driver was specifically targeted for use with early (late 1980s - 1990s) DOS-based BBS software. The reason for BNU and other similar enhanced serial port drivers was to provid...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris%20folding
Iris folding is a paper craft technique that involves folding strips of colored paper in such a way to form a design. The center of the design forms an iris—a shape reminiscent of the iris diaphragm of a camera lens. History Iris folding originated in 20th-century Holland, where early craft people made their designs u...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%28R%29%20gravity
{{DISPLAYTITLE:f(R) gravity}} () is a type of modified gravity theory which generalizes Einstein's general relativity. () gravity is actually a family of theories, each one defined by a different function, , of the Ricci scalar, . The simplest case is just the function being equal to the scalar; this is general relativ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyproline%20helix
A polyproline helix is a type of protein secondary structure which occurs in proteins comprising repeating proline residues. A left-handed polyproline II helix (PPII, poly-Pro II, κ-helix) is formed when sequential residues all adopt (φ,ψ) backbone dihedral angles of roughly (-75°, 150°) and have trans isomers of their...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freezing%20tolerance
Freezing tolerance describes the ability of plants to withstand subzero temperatures through the formation of ice crystals in the xylem and intercellular space, or apoplast, of their cells. Freezing tolerance is enhanced as a gradual adaptation to low temperature through a process known as cold acclimation, which initi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider%20toxin
Spider toxins are a family of proteins produced by spiders which function as neurotoxins. The mechanism of many spider toxins is through blockage of calcium channels. A remotely related group of atracotoxins operate by opening sodium channels. Delta atracotoxin from the venom of the Sydney funnel-web spider produces p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%3A700%20scale
1:700 scale is a widely popular scale mainly used by Japanese ship model kit manufacturers, such as Aoshima, Tamiya, Hasegawa, Fujimi and Pit-Road. History Manufacturers such as Airfix, Renwal, and Heller were producing ship models in various scales, ranging from 1/400 to 1/600 scale. Airfix began producing constant s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%91nig%27s%20lemma
Kőnig's lemma or Kőnig's infinity lemma is a theorem in graph theory due to the Hungarian mathematician Dénes Kőnig who published it in 1927. It gives a sufficient condition for an infinite graph to have an infinitely long path. The computability aspects of this theorem have been thoroughly investigated by researchers ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child%20Exploitation%20Tracking%20System
Child Exploitation Tracking System (CETS) is a Microsoft software based solution that assists in managing and linking worldwide cases related to child protection. CETS was developed in collaboration with law enforcement in Canada. Administered by the loose partnership of Microsoft and law enforcement agencies, CETS off...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opitutus
Opitutus is a genus of bacteria from the family of Opitutaceae with one known species (Opitutus terrae).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloche%20%28agriculture%29
In agriculture and gardening, a cloche (from French, cloche for "bell") is a covering for protecting plants from cold temperatures. The original form of a cloche is a bell-shaped glass cover that is placed over an individual plant; modern cloches are usually made from plastic. The use of cloches is traced back to marke...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20gateway
An International Gateway is a telephone number through which calls are routed to get cheaper rates on international long distance charges, or to make calls through voice over IP (VOIP) networks internationally. They also are effective in making an international call into the US appear as if it is originating from a lo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/509th%20Composite%20Group
The 509th Composite Group (509 CG) was a unit of the United States Army Air Forces created during World War II and tasked with the operational deployment of nuclear weapons. It conducted the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in August 1945. The group was activated on 17 December 1944 at Wendover Army A...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apical%20ligament%20of%20dens
The ligament of apex dentis (or apical odontoid ligament) is a ligament that spans between the second cervical vertebra in the neck and the skull. It lies as a fibrous cord in the triangular interval between the alar ligaments, which extends from the tip of the odontoid process on the axis to the anterior margin of the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location%20transparency
In computer networks, location transparency is the use of names to identify network resources, rather than their actual location. For example, files are accessed by a unique file name, but the actual data is stored in physical sectors scattered around a disk in either the local computer or in a network. In a location t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zax%20%28Duke%20Power%29
Zax is an animated mascot character featured in 1980s public service announcements for Charlotte, North Carolina electric power company Duke Power. The character, introduced in 1984, was designed to appeal to children, and educate them about the dangers of electricity, and how to use energy more efficiently. Zax's voic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sediment%20%28wine%29
Sediment is the solid material that settles to the bottom of any wine container, such as a bottle, vat, tank, cask, or barrel. Sediment is a highly heterogeneous mixture which at the start of wine-making consists of primarily dead yeast cells (lees) the insoluble fragments of grape pulp and skin, and the seeds that set...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isolation%20booth
An isolation booth is a cabinet used to prevent a person or people from seeing or hearing certain events, usually for television programs or for blind testing of products. Its most visual use is on game shows, where an isolation booth (either portable or built into the show's set) is in use to prevent a contestant fr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond%20softening
Bond softening is an effect of reducing the strength of a chemical bond by strong laser fields. To make this effect significant, the strength of the electric field in the laser light has to be comparable with the electric field the bonding electron "feels" from the nuclei of the molecule. Such fields are typically in t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vignetting
In photography and optics, vignetting (; ) is a reduction of an image's brightness or saturation toward the periphery compared to the image center. The word vignette, from the same root as vine, originally referred to a decorative border in a book. Later, the word came to be used for a photographic portrait that is cle...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oostvaardersplassen
The Oostvaardersplassen () is a nature reserve in the Netherlands, managed by the Staatsbosbeheer (state forestry service). Covering about in the province of Flevoland, it is an experiment in rewilding. It is in a polder created in 1968; by 1989, its ecological interest had resulted in its being declared a Ramsar wetl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleportation%20in%20fiction
Teleportation is the theoretical transfer of matter and/or energy from one point to another without traversing the physical space between them. It is a common subject in science fiction and fantasy literature, film, video games, and television. In some situations, teleporting is presented as time traveling across space...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20Reader
"Social Reader" may refer to the Washington Post Social Reader (formerly available at socialreader.com), or may be used to describe a more general category of social news reading applications. List of popular Social Readers Google Reader While not advertised as a "social reader," Google Reader was an RSS reader with...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenless%20video
Screenless video is any system for transmitting visual information from a video source without the use of a screen. Screenless computing systems can be divided into three groups: Visual Image, Retinal Direct, and Synaptic Interface. Visual image Visual Image screenless display includes any image that the eye can pe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spore%20Origins
Spore Origins (also known as Spore Mobile) is the mobile device spin-off of Spore, and focuses on a single phase of the larger game's gameplay - the cell phase. Gameplay The simplified game allows players to try to survive as a multicellular organism in a tide pool, with the ability to upgrade its creature as with th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexaxial%20reference%20system
The hexaxial reference system, better known as the Cabrera system, is a convention to present the extremity leads of the 12 lead electrocardiogram, that provides an illustrative logical sequence that helps interpretation of the ECG, especially to determine the heart's electrical axis in the frontal plane. The most prac...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COCOA%20%28digital%20humanities%29
COCOA (an acronym derived from COunt and COncordance Generation on Atlas) was an early text file utility and associated file format for digital humanities, then known as humanities computing. It was approximately 4000 punched cards of FORTRAN and created in the late 1960s and early 1970s at University College London an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapped%20transform
In signal processing, a lapped transform is a type of linear discrete block transformation where the basis functions of the transformation overlap the block boundaries, yet the number of coefficients overall resulting from a series of overlapping block transforms remains the same as if a non-overlapping block transform...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATI%20Avivo
ATI Avivo is a set of hardware and low level software features present on the ATI Radeon R520 family of GPUs and all later ATI Radeon products. ATI Avivo was designed to offload video decoding, encoding, and post-processing from a computer's CPU to a compatible GPU. ATI Avivo compatible GPUs have lower CPU usage when a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrostatic%20discharge
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is a sudden and momentary flow of electric current between two differently-charged objects when brought close together or when the dielectric between them breaks down, often creating a visible spark associated with the static electricity between the objects. ESD can create spectacular ele...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holistic%20management%20%28agriculture%29
Holistic Management (from holos, a Greek word meaning all, whole, entire, total) in agriculture is an approach to managing resources that was originally developed by Allan Savory for grazing management. Holistic Management has been likened to "a permaculture approach to rangeland management". Holistic Management is a ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastoid%20lymph%20nodes
The mastoid lymph nodes (retroauricular lymph nodes or posterior auricular glands) are a small group of lymph nodes, usually two in number, located just beneath the ear, on the mastoid insertion of the sternocleidomastoideus muscle, beneath the posterior auricular muscle. Their mastoid lymph nodes receives lymph from ...