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Atomic physics
Atomic physics is the field of physics that studies atoms as an isolated system of electrons and an atomic nucleus. Atomic physics typically refers to the study of atomic structure and the interaction between atoms. It is primarily concerned with the way in which electrons are arranged around the nucleus and the proces...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_physics
2025-04-05T18:25:35.016328
1201
American Sign Language
|date = 2006 |ref = e25 |speakers2L2 signers: (2006) through resolutions: Alberta, Manitoba.<br />45 US states and DC formally recognize ASL in state law; Five states recognize ASL for educational foreign language requirements, but have not formally recognized ASL as a language in their legislatures. |iso3 = ase |glott...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Sign_Language
2025-04-05T18:25:35.057546
1202
Applet
In computing, an applet is any small application that performs one specific task that runs within the scope of a dedicated widget engine or a larger program, often as a plug-in. The term is frequently used to refer to a Java applet, a program written in the Java programming language that is designed to be placed on a w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applet
2025-04-05T18:25:35.083343
1203
Alternate history
depicts an alternate history of the 1920s in Iron Harvest, in which rural peasants must contend with giant mechanical walking tanks.]] Alternate history (also referred to as alternative history, allohistory, althist, or simply AH) is a subgenre of speculative fiction in which one or more historical events have occurre...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_history
2025-04-05T18:25:35.123038
1206
Atomic orbital
Orbital shell (spaceflight)}} of a <!--Please don't italicize a bracket. --> function which depends on the coordinates of one electron. To see the elongated shape of functions that show probability density more directly, see pictures of d-orbitals below.]] In quantum mechanics, an atomic orbital () is a function des...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_orbital
2025-04-05T18:25:35.235352
1207
Amino acid
Amino acids are organic compounds that contain both amino and carboxylic acid functional groups. Although over 500 amino acids exist in nature, by far the most important are the 22 α-amino acids incorporated into proteins.<!----> Only these 22 appear in the genetic code of life. Amino acids can be classified according...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amino_acid
2025-04-05T18:25:35.316116
1208
Alan Turing
| image = File:Alan Turing (1951).jpg | caption = Turing in 1951 | birth_name = Alan Mathison Turing | birth_date | birth_place = Maida Vale, London, England | death_date | death_place = | death_cause Cyanide poisoning as an act of suicide | alma_mater = * Princeton University (PhD) }} | known_for = | prizes = Smi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing
2025-04-05T18:25:35.418682
1209
Area
Area is the measure of a region's size on a surface. The area of a plane region or plane area refers to the area of a shape or planar lamina, while surface area refers to the area of an open surface or the boundary of a three-dimensional object. Area can be understood as the amount of material with a given thickness th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area
2025-04-05T18:25:35.479296
1210
Astronomical unit
Au}} or AU | units1 = metric (SI) units | inunits1 | units2 = imperial & US units | inunits2 | units3 = astronomical units | inunits3 <br/> <br/> }} The astronomical unit (symbol: au or AU) is a unit of length defined to be exactly equal to . Historically, the astronomical unit was conceived as the average Earth-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_unit
2025-04-05T18:25:35.523481
1212
Artist
Singer}} }} at work at St Justinian, Wales, 2021]] An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. The most common usage (in both everyday speech and academic discourse) refers to a practitioner in the visual arts only. However, the term is also o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artist
2025-04-05T18:25:35.547062
1213
Actaeon
by Titian (1556–59)]] Actaeon (; Aktaiōn), in Greek mythology, was the son of the priestly herdsman Aristaeus and Autonoe in Boeotia, and a famous Theban hero. Through his mother he was a member of the ruling House of Cadmus. Like Achilles, in a later generation, he was trained by the centaur Chiron. He fell to the f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actaeon
2025-04-05T18:25:35.603950
1214
Anglicanism
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the largest branches of Christianity, with around 110 million adherents worldwide . Adh...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglicanism
2025-04-05T18:25:35.683633
1216
Athens
| image_skyline = | settlement_type = Capital city | nicknames (, "the glorious city")<br/> (, "the violet-crowned city") <br /> The City of Wisdom<br/>City of Reason | image_flag = Flag of the City of Athens.svg | flag_link | image_seal Coat of Arms of Athens (English Version).svg | pushpin_map = Greece#Europe | push...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens
2025-04-05T18:25:35.780535
1217
Anguilla
| mapsize = 290px | image_map2 = Anguilla - Location Map (2013) - AIA - UNOCHA.svg | mapsize2 = 290px | map_caption2 | subdivision_type Sovereign state | subdivision_name = | established_title = English control | established_date = 1667 | established_title2 = Federation with Saint Kitts and Nevis | established_date2 =...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anguilla
2025-04-05T18:25:35.837968
1223
Telecommunications in Anguilla
<!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see WP:SDNONE --> This article is about communications systems in Anguilla. Telephone Telephones – main lines in use: 6,200 (2002) :country comparison to the world: 212 Telephones – mobile cellular: 1,800 (2002) :country comparison to the world: 21...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Anguilla
2025-04-05T18:25:35.871218
1227
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
| total_islands | major_islands 4 | area_km2 | population 0 | population_as_of = July 2021 | country = Australia }} The Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands is an uninhabited Australian external territory consisting of four low-lying tropical islands in two separate reefs (Ashmore and Cartier), as well as the terr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashmore_and_Cartier_Islands
2025-04-05T18:25:35.898336
1234
Acoustic theory
Acoustic theory is a scientific field that relates to the description of sound waves. It derives from fluid dynamics. See acoustics for the engineering approach. For sound waves of any magnitude of a disturbance in velocity, pressure, and density we have \begin{align} \frac{\partial \rho'}{\partial t} +\rho_0\nabla...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_theory
2025-04-05T18:25:35.972643
1235
Alexander Mackenzie (politician)
| image = Alexander MacKenzie - portrait.jpg | alt = Monochrome photograph of Alexander Mackenzie sitting in a chair. | caption = Mackenzie in 1878 | order1 = 2nd | office1 = Prime Minister of Canada | term_start1 = November 7, 1873 | term_end1 = October 8, 1878 | monarch1 = Victoria | governor_general1 = The Earl of D...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Mackenzie_(politician)
2025-04-05T18:25:36.003346
1239
Ashoka
CE}} relief from Sanchi, showing Ashoka on his chariot, visiting the Ramagrama. | succession = 3rd Mauryan Emperor | reign 232 BCE | coronation | predecessor = Bindusara | successor = Dasharatha | birth_date = | death_date = 232 BCE | residence = Pataliputra, Magadha, Mauryan Empire | spouses = | issue = | father =...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashoka
2025-04-05T18:25:36.125914
1241
American (word)
<!--Please do not delete the language templates (ex. , , , , etc. They're needed for accessibility reasons, especially for screen readers. See WP:ATLANG--> The meaning of the word American in the English language varies according to the historical, geographical, and political context in which it is used. American is de...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_(word)
2025-04-05T18:25:36.162465
1242
Ada (programming language)
| latest release version = Ada 2022 | latest release date = May 2023 | latest preview version | latest preview date | influenced by = ALGOL 68, Pascal, Simula 67, C++ (Ada 95), Smalltalk (Ada 95), Modula-2 (Ada 95) Java (Ada 2005), Eiffel (Ada 2012) | operating system = Multi- or cross-platform | file ext = .adb, .ads...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_(programming_language)
2025-04-05T18:25:36.206152
1247
Alfonso Cuarón
| birth_place = Mexico City, Mexico | alma_mater = National Autonomous University of Mexico | occupation = | years_active = 1981–present | spouse = * }} | children = 3, including Jonás Cuarón | relatives = Carlos Cuarón (brother) | awards = Full list }} Alfonso Cuarón Orozco ( ; ; born 28 November 1961) is a Mexica...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_Cuarón
2025-04-05T18:25:36.262970
1252
Arianism
Arianism (, ) is a Christological doctrine which rejects the traditional notion of the Trinity and considers Jesus to be a creation of God, and therefore distinct from God. It is named after its major proponent, Arius (). It is considered heretical by most modern mainstream branches of Christianity. It is held by a min...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianism
2025-04-05T18:25:36.349134
1254
August 1
Events Pre-1600 *30 BC &ndash; Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic. *AD 69 &ndash; Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt under the leadership of Gaius Julius Civilis. * 527 &ndash; Justinian I becomes the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_1
2025-04-05T18:25:36.402615
1256
Antoninus Pius
| birth_date = 19 September 86 | birth_place = Lanuvium, Italia, Roman Empire | death_date = 7 March 161 (aged 74) | death_place = Lorium, Italia, Roman Empire | burial_place = Hadrian's Mausoleum | spouse = Annia Galeria Faustina | issue = | issue-link = #Descendants | full name Titus Aelius Caesar Antoninus (after a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoninus_Pius
2025-04-05T18:25:36.459435
1259
August 3
Events Pre-1600 *8 &ndash; Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bosna. * 435 &ndash; Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt. * 881 &ndash; Battle of Saucourt-en-Vime...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_3
2025-04-05T18:25:36.625576
1260
Advanced Encryption Standard
(Rijndael) | image | caption Visualization of the AES round function | designers = Joan Daemen, Vincent Rijmen | publish date = 1998 | derived from = Square | derived to = Anubis, Grand Cru, Kalyna | related to | certification AES winner, CRYPTREC, NESSIE, NSA | key size 128, 192 or 256 bits | block size 128 bits | str...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard
2025-04-05T18:25:36.652642
1261
April 26
Events Pre-1600 *1336 &ndash; Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) ascends Mont Ventoux. *1478 &ndash; The Pazzi family attack on Lorenzo de' Medici in order to displace the ruling Medici family kills his brother Giuliano during High Mass in Florence Cathedral. *1564 &ndash; Playwright William Shakespeare is baptized in Strat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_26
2025-04-05T18:25:36.691963
1264
Anisotropy
image of the tiny anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background radiation]] Anisotropy () is the structural property of non-uniformity in different directions, as opposed to isotropy. An anisotropic object or pattern has properties that differ according to direction of measurement. For example, many materials exhibit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisotropy
2025-04-05T18:25:36.706776
1267
Alpha decay
thumb|240px|right|Visual representation of alpha decay Alpha decay or α-decay is a type of radioactive decay in which an atomic nucleus emits an alpha particle (helium nucleus). The parent nucleus transforms or "decays" into a daughter product, with a mass number that is reduced by four and an atomic number that is re...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_decay
2025-04-05T18:25:36.726106
1270
Extreme poverty
}} thumb|upright=1.6|Number of people living in extreme poverty from 1820 to 2015. thumb|upright=1.6|Total population living in extreme poverty, by world region 1990 to 2015. thumb|upright=1.6|The number of people living on less than $1.90, $3.20, $5.50, and $10 globally from 1981 to 2015. Extreme poverty is the mo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_poverty
2025-04-05T18:25:36.776856
1271
Analytical engine
thumb|Portion of the calculating machine with a printing mechanism of the analytical engine, built by Charles Babbage, as displayed at the Science Museum (London) The analytical engine was a proposed digital mechanical general-purpose computer designed by English mathematician and computer pioneer Charles Babbage. It ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_engine
2025-04-05T18:25:36.863876
1273
Augustus
Augustus (title)|and|Augustus (disambiguation)|and|Octavian (disambiguation)}} | image = Augustus of Prima Porta (inv. 2290).jpg | image_size = 250px | alt = Statue of Augustus | caption = Augustus of Prima Porta, 1st century | succession = Roman emperor | reign = 16 January 27 BC – | predecessor | successor Tiberius...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus
2025-04-05T18:25:36.971082
1274
Geography of Antarctica
<!-- This short description is INTENTIONALLY "none" - please see WP:SDNONE before you consider changing it! --> | area ranking = 2nd (unofficially) | km area = 14,200,000 | percent land = 98 | km coastline = 17968 | borders = None | highest point Vinson Massif, | lowest point Denman Glacier, | longest river ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Antarctica
2025-04-05T18:25:36.987409
1279
Transport in Antarctica
thumb|300px|Part of a traverse, which was bringing fuel, food, and other supplies from Dumont d'Urville Station to Dome C (Concordia Station). January 2005 Transport in Antarctica has transformed from explorers crossing the isolated remote area of Antarctica by foot to a more open era due to human technologies enabling...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Antarctica
2025-04-05T18:25:37.003720
1285
Geography of Alabama
right|frame|Physiographic regions in Alabama right|thumb|260px|Political Regions of Alabama The geography of Alabama describes a state in the Southeastern United States in North America. It extends from high mountains to low valleys and sandy beaches. Alabama is 30th in size and borders four U.S. states: Mississippi,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Alabama
2025-04-05T18:25:37.025983
1286
List of governors of Alabama
| department = Government of Alabama | status = | residence = Alabama Governor's Mansion | termlength = Four years, renewable once consecutively | precursor = Governor of Alabama Territory | inaugural = William Wyatt Bibb | formation | succession = Line of succession | deputy = Lieutenant Governor of Alabama | salary...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Alabama
2025-04-05T18:25:37.131428
1288
Apocrypha
to the Pope (), published by Nicolae Iorga. Series 4: 1453–1476, Paris; Bucarest, 1915, pages 126–127]] Apocrypha () are biblical or related writings not forming part of the accepted canon of scripture, some of which might be of doubtful authorship or authenticity. In Christianity, the word apocryphal (ἀπόκρυφος) was f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocrypha
2025-04-05T18:25:37.181516
1291
Antarctic Treaty System
<br /><br /></small> | name = Antarctic Treaty | image = Flag of the Antarctic Treaty.svgborder | image_width = 180px | caption = Flag of the Antarctic Treaty System | type = Condominium | date_drafted | date_signed 1 December 1959 | location_signed = Washington, D.C., United States | date_sealed | date_effective 23 Ju...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Treaty_System
2025-04-05T18:25:37.225265
1293
Alfred Lawson
| birth_place = London, England | death_date = | death_place = San Antonio, Texas, US | resting_place | other_names | known_for = Baseball, aviation, philosophy | occupation | nationality Born in the United Kingdom, emigrated to Canada, then the United States by 1872 }} Alfred William Lawson (March 24, 1869 – No...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Lawson
2025-04-05T18:25:37.239702
1298
Ames, Iowa
| subdivision_name1 = Iowa | subdivision_name2 = Story | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = John Haila | established_title = Incorporated | established_date = 1864 | unit_pref = Imperial | area_total_sq_mi = 27.92 | area_footnotes | area_total_km2 = 72.32 | area_land_sq_mi = 27.58 | area_land_km2 = 71.43 | area_wate...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ames,_Iowa
2025-04-05T18:25:37.284327
1300
Abalone
Abalone ( or ; via Spanish , from <!----> Rumsen aulón<!---->) is a common name for any small to very large marine gastropod mollusc in the family Haliotidae, which once contained six genera but now contains only one genus, Haliotis. Other common names are ear shells, sea ears, and, now rarely, muttonfish or muttonshel...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abalone
2025-04-05T18:25:37.367314
1301
Abbess
}} with a crosier, , National Museum in Warsaw]] ]] An abbess (Latin: abbatissa'') is the female superior of a community of nuns in an abbey. Description In the Catholic Church (both the Latin Church and Eastern Catholic), Eastern Orthodox, Coptic and Anglican abbeys, the mode of election, position, rights, and auth...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbess
2025-04-05T18:25:37.376479
1303
Abdominal surgery
The term abdominal surgery broadly covers surgical procedures that involve opening the abdomen (laparotomy). Surgery of each abdominal organ is dealt with separately in connection with the description of that organ (see stomach, kidney, liver, etc.) Diseases affecting the abdominal cavity are dealt with generally under...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdominal_surgery
2025-04-05T18:25:37.383979
1304
Abduction
Abduction may refer to: Media Film and television "Abduction" (The Outer Limits), a 2001 television episode "Abduction", a 2007 episode of Death Note "Abductions", a 2002 episode of Totally Spies! "The Abduction" (Alias), a 2002 episode of an American television series "The Abduction" (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman),...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abduction
2025-04-05T18:25:37.387676
1305
Abensberg
| image_plan = Abensberg in KEH.svg | state = Bayern | region = Niederbayern | district = Kelheim | elevation = 370 | area = 60.27 | postal_code = 93326 | area_code = 09443 | licence = KEH | Gemeindeschlüssel = 09273111 | divisions = 7 Ortsteile | website = | mayor Dr. Bernhard Resch |leader_term = 2023&ndash;29 |part...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abensberg
2025-04-05T18:25:37.396013
1306
Arminianism
]] Arminianism is a movement of Protestantism initiated in the early 17th century, based on the theological ideas of the Dutch Reformed theologian Jacobus Arminius and his historic supporters known as Remonstrants. Dutch Arminianism was originally articulated in the Remonstrance'' (1610), a theological statement submit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arminianism
2025-04-05T18:25:37.482393
1307
The Alan Parsons Project
| years_active = 1975–1990 | label = | past_member_of = | website = | current_members | past_members * Alan Parsons * Eric Woolfson }} The Alan Parsons Project was a British rock band formed in London in 1975. Its core membership consisted of producer, audio engineer, musician and composer Alan Parsons, and singer,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Alan_Parsons_Project
2025-04-05T18:25:37.495564
1309
Almost all
In mathematics, the term "almost all" means "all but a negligible quantity". More precisely, if <math>X</math> is a set, "almost all elements of <math>X</math>" means "all elements of <math>X</math> but those in a negligible subset of <math>X</math>". The meaning of "negligible" depends on the mathematical context; for...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost_all
2025-04-05T18:25:37.518318
1313
Aromatic compound
Aromatic compounds or arenes are organic compounds "with a chemistry typified by benzene" and "cyclically conjugated." The word "aromatic" originates from the past grouping of molecules based on odor, before their general chemical properties were understood. The current definition of aromatic compounds does not have an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aromatic_compound
2025-04-05T18:25:37.535324
1315
Abbey
thumb|right|The cloister of Sénanque Abbey, Provence alt=|thumb|Church of the former Bath Abbey, Somerset thumb|right|An interior of the Bridgettine's Nådendal Abbey, a medieval Catholic monastery in Naantali, Finland An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey
2025-04-05T18:25:37.585096
1316
Annales school
The Annales school () is a group of historians associated with a style of historiography developed by French historians in the 20th century to stress long-term social history. It is named after its scholarly journal Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales, which remains the main source of scholarship, along with many book...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annales_school
2025-04-05T18:25:37.625606
1317
Antimatter
photograph of the first observed positron, 2 August 1932.]] In modern physics, antimatter is defined as matter composed of the antiparticles (or "partners") of the corresponding particles in "ordinary" matter, and can be thought of as matter with reversed charge, parity, and time, known as CPT reversal. Antimatter occ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimatter
2025-04-05T18:25:37.665316
1322
Casa Batlló
(House of Bones) | status | image Casa Batllo Overview Barcelona Spain cut.jpg | image_alt = Casa Batlló | image_size | caption | relief | altitude | building_type | architectural_style | structural_system | material stone, metal, wood, ceramic | cost | ren_cost | client | owner | current_tenants | landlord | location ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_Batlló
2025-04-05T18:25:37.678064
1324
Park Güell
| coords_ref | area | established = 1914 | operator | visitation_num | status | open | embedded = (i), (ii), (iv) | ID = 320-001 | year = 1984 | extension = 2005 }} }} Park Güell ( ; ) is a privatized complex of parks, gardens and architectural elements in the Gràcia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Güell
2025-04-05T18:25:37.685063
1325
Casa Milà
(i), (ii), (iv) | ID = 320-003 | year = 1984 | extension = 2005 }} }} Casa Milà (, ), popularly known as La Pedrera (, ; "the stone quarry") in reference to its unconventional rough-hewn appearance, is a Modernista building in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was the last private residence designed by architect Antoni...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_Milà
2025-04-05T18:25:37.699725
1327
Antiparticle
s (left) and antiparticles (right). From top to bottom; electron/positron, proton/antiproton, neutron/antineutron.]] In particle physics, every type of particle of "ordinary" matter (as opposed to antimatter) is associated with an antiparticle with the same mass but with opposite physical charges (such as electric cha...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiparticle
2025-04-05T18:25:37.719181
1331
Arabian Prince
| birth_place = Compton, California, U.S. | instruments = | genre = | occupations = | years_active = 1984–present | label = | past_member_of = N.W.A | website = }} Kim Renard Nazel (born June 17, 1965), better known by his stage names Arabian Prince or Professor X, is an American rapper and record producer. He wa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_Prince
2025-04-05T18:25:37.756924
1332
August 7
Events Pre-1600 * 461 &ndash; Roman Emperor Majorian is beheaded near the river Iria in north-west Italy following his arrest and deposition by the magister militum Ricimer. * 626 &ndash; The Avar and Slav armies leave the siege of Constantinople. * 768 &ndash; Pope Stephen III is elected to office, and quickly seeks F...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_7
2025-04-05T18:25:37.799188
1333
August 8
Events Pre-1600 *685 BC &ndash; Spring and Autumn period: Battle of Qianshi: Upon the death of the previous Duke of Qi, Gongsun Wuzhi, Duke Zhuang of Lu sends an army into the Duchy of Qi to install the exiled Qi prince Gongzi Jiu as the new Duke of Qi – but is defeated at Qianshi by Jiu's brother and rival claimant, t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_8
2025-04-05T18:25:37.857263
1334
April 16
Events Pre-1600 *1457 BC &ndash; Battle of Megido – the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail. *69 &ndash; Defeated by Vitellius' troops at Bedriacum, Roman emperor Otho commits suicide. *73 &ndash; Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of si...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_16
2025-04-05T18:25:37.937641
1335
Associative property
| statement | symbolic statement }} In mathematics, the associative property is a property of some binary operations that rearranging the parentheses in an expression will not change the result. In propositional logic, associativity is a valid rule of replacement for expressions in logical proofs. Within an expressi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associative_property
2025-04-05T18:25:37.954525
1336
The Apache Software Foundation
| location = Wakefield, Massachusetts, U.S. | origins | key_people | area_served | product | focus = Open-source software | method = Apache License | revenue $2.31 million | revenue_year = 2023 | expenses $2.01 million | expenses_year = 2023 | endowment | num_volunteers | num_employees | num_members | owner | Non-p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apache_Software_Foundation
2025-04-05T18:25:37.968180
1338
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
| acts amended | title amended 42 U.S.C.: Public Health and Social Welfare | sections created = § 12101 et seq. | leghisturl = https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/senate-bill/933/actions | introducedin = Senate | introducedbill = | introducedby = Tom Harkin (D–IA) | introduceddate = May 9, 1989 | committees =...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_with_Disabilities_Act_of_1990
2025-04-05T18:25:38.006070
1344
Apple I
prefix|Internet-related prefixes#"i-"|other uses|Apple 1 (disambiguation)}} | lifespan | price | discontinued = | os Custom system monitor | unitssold = | unitsshipped | media | power | soc | cpu = MOS 6502 | CPUspeed = 1 MHz | memory 4 or 8 KB) | sound | input | controllers | camera | touchpad | connectivity ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_I
2025-04-05T18:25:38.050697
1346
Apatosaurus
| image = Louisae.jpg | image_caption = Mounted A. louisae (specimen CM 3018), Carnegie Museum of Natural History | image_upright = 1.1 | taxon = Apatosaurus | authority = Marsh, 1877 | type_species = Apatosaurus ajax | type_species_authority = Marsh, 1877 | subdivision_ranks = Other species | subdivision = *A. louisae...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatosaurus
2025-04-05T18:25:38.132985
1347
Allosaurus
| image = Allosaurus SDNHM (1).jpg | image_caption = Mounted A. fragilis skeleton cast, San Diego Natural History Museum | image_upright = 1.15 | parent_authority = Marsh, 1878 | taxon = Allosaurus | authority = Marsh, 1877 | type_species = Allosaurus fragilis | type_species_authority = Marsh, 1877 | subdivision_ranks ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allosaurus
2025-04-05T18:25:38.242201
1348
AK-47
|}} The new rifle proved to be reliable under a wide range of conditions and possessed convenient handling characteristics. In 1949, it was adopted by the Soviet Army as the "7.62 mm Kalashnikov rifle (AK)".Further developmentThere were many difficulties during the initial phase of production. The first production mo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AK-47
2025-04-05T18:25:38.349731
1349
Atanasoff–Berry computer
| price | connectivity | lifespan | media | os = <!-- operating system --> | input = Decimal, via standard IBM 80-column punched cards | power | cpu More than 300 vacuum tubes | CPUspeed = 60 Hz | storage | memory 3000 bits | RAMtype | display Decimal, via a front panel display | dimensions | weight | touchpad | pre...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanasoff–Berry_computer
2025-04-05T18:25:38.383314
1354
Andes
| other_name= | photo= Cordillera de los Andes.jpg | photo_caption= An aerial view of the Andes between Santiago in Chile and Mendoza, Argentina with a large ice field on the southern slope of San José volcano (left), Marmolejo (right), and Tupungato (far right) <!-- Due to a bug in the tracking code, using hlist will...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andes
2025-04-05T18:25:38.427225
1356
Ancylopoda
| taxon = Ancylopoda | image = Chalicotherium paris.jpg | subdivision_ranks = Superfamilies | subdivision_ref = | subdivision = *Chalicotherioidea *Lophiodontidae }} Ancylopoda is a group of browsing, herbivorous, mammals in the Perissodactyla that show long, curved and cleft claws. Morphological evidence indicates t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancylopoda
2025-04-05T18:25:38.438287
1358
Anchor
thumb|Stockless ship's anchor and chain on display thumb|Anchor of Amoco Cadiz in Portsall, north-west Brittany, France thumb|Memorial anchor in Kirjurinluoto, Pori, Finland thumb|Massive anchor chain for large ships. The weight of the chain is vital for proper holding of the anchor. An anchor is a device, normally ma...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchor
2025-04-05T18:25:38.488621
1359
Anbar (town)
<!-- Infobox begins --> | website | footnotes }} <!-- Infobox ends --> Anbar (, ) was an ancient and medieval town in central Iraq. It played a role in the Roman–Persian Wars of the 3rd–4th centuries, and briefly became the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate before the founding of Baghdad in 762. It remained a modera...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anbar_(town)
2025-04-05T18:25:38.499913
1360
Anazarbus
|alternate_name = Caesarea, Justinopolis |image = Anavarza_Triumphal_arch_in_Anazarbus_2754.jpg |alt |caption The triumphal arch of Anazarbus was later converted to the city's South Gate. |map_type = Turkey |map_alt |map_size 270 |coordinates |location = Adana Province, Turkey |region = Cilicia |type = Settlement |par...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anazarbus
2025-04-05T18:25:38.508773
1361
Anagram
An anagram is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of a different word or phrase, typically using all the original letters exactly once. For example, the word anagram itself can be rearranged into the phrase "nag a ram"; which is an Easter egg suggestion in Google after searching for the word "anagram". ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anagram
2025-04-05T18:25:38.528117
1362
Anadyr (river)
| mouth = Bering Sea | mouth_location = Gulf of Anadyr | mouth_coordinates | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Siberia, Russian Federation | length | source1_elevation | mouth_elevation | tributaries_left= Belaya, Tanyurer | tributaries_right= Yablon, Yeropol, Mayn | discharge1_location= Anadyr Es...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anadyr_(river)
2025-04-05T18:25:38.534151
1363
André-Marie Ampère
| image = Ampere Andre 1825.jpg | caption = Engraving of Ampère by Ambroise Tardieu, 1825 | birth_date | birth_place = Lyon, Kingdom of France | death_date | death_place = Marseille, Kingdom of France | known_for = | awards = ForMemRS (1827) | fields = Physics<br>Mathematics | work_institutions = École polytechnique...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/André-Marie_Ampère
2025-04-05T18:25:38.545599
1365
Ammonia
|Ammonium|the gum ammoniac|Ammoniacum|the route in South Africa|R717 (South Africa)|other uses|NH 3 (disambiguation)|and|Ammonia (disambiguation)}} <!-- THIS ARTICLE WAS STARTED IN BRITISH SPELLING. PLEASE KEEP PER WP:ENGVAR. --> |Section1 = |PubChem = 222 |ChEMBL_Ref = |ChEMBL = 1160819 |ChemSpiderID = 217 |ChemSp...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonia
2025-04-05T18:25:38.651997
1366
Amethyst
) | molweight | system Trigonal | class = Trapezohedral (32) | symmetry = P321 (no. 154) | color = Purple, violet, dark purple | habit = 6 sided prism ending in 6 sided pyramid (typical) | twinning = Dauphine law, Brazil law, and Japan law | cleavage = None | fracture = Conchoidal | mohs = 7 (lower in impure varieties...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amethyst
2025-04-05T18:25:38.670882
1367
Albertosaurus
<small>Possible Campanian record</small> | image = Albertosaurus_sarcophagus_cast.jpg | image_caption = Mounted cast in the Milwaukee Public Museum | display_parents = 2 | genus = Albertosaurus | parent_authority = Osborn, 1905 | species = sarcophagus | authority = Osborn, 1905 | synonyms = *Deinodon sarcophagus <br/><...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertosaurus
2025-04-05T18:25:38.727215
1368
Assembly language
| latest release version | latest release date <!-- --> | typing = None | scope | programming language | platform | operating system | license | file ext <code>.asm</code>, <code>.s</code>, <code>.S</code>, <code>.inc</code>, <code>.wla</code>, <code>.SRC</code> as well as several others depending on the assembler | ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_language
2025-04-05T18:25:38.765195
1369
Ambrosia
dish attributed to Nicola da Urbino]] In the ancient Greek myths, ambrosia (, ) is the food or drink of the Greek gods, and is often depicted as conferring longevity or immortality upon whoever consumed it. It was brought to the gods in Olympus by doves and served either by Hebe or by Ganymede at the heavenly feast. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrosia
2025-04-05T18:25:38.775070
1370
Ambrose
–500) of Ambrose in the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio | church | diocese Mediolanum (Milan) | see = Mediolanum | term_start = 374 AD | term_end = 4 April 397 | predecessor = Auxentius | successor = Simplician <!---------- Orders ----------> | ordination | ordained_by | consecration = 7 December 374 | consecrated_by | rank...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose
2025-04-05T18:25:38.861221
1371
Ambracia
| map_type | map_alt | map_caption | map_size | mapframe = <!-- "yes" to show an interactive map --> | altitude_m = <!-- Enter a number for altitude in meters (m) --> | altitude_ref | relief | coordinates | gbgridref | map_dot_label | location | region Epirus | type = City | part_of | abandoned | epochs = Greek, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambracia
2025-04-05T18:25:38.867842
1372
Amber
]] Amber is a tree resin fossil. Examples of it have been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since the Neolithic times, Amber is used in jewelry and as a healing agent in folk medicine. There are five classes of amber, defined on the basis of their chemical constituents. Because it originates as a soft, sti...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber
2025-04-05T18:25:38.900173
1373
Amalaric
502 |death_date = 531 (29 years) |religion = later Arianism }} Amalaric (; Spanish and Portuguese: Amalarico; 502–531) was king of the Visigoths from 522 until his assassination. He was a son of king Alaric II and his first wife Theodegotha, daughter of Theodoric the Great. Biography When Alaric II was killed while fi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalaric
2025-04-05T18:25:38.904735
1374
Alphorn
| hornbostel_sachs = 423.121.12 | hornbostel_sachs_desc End-blown straight labrosones with mouthpiece | musicians | builders | related | articles }} playing the alphorn at the Bardentreffen festival in Nuremberg 2009]] The alphorn (; ; ) is a traditional lip-reed wind instrument. It consists of a very long straight w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphorn
2025-04-05T18:25:38.913030
1376
Army
soldiers at a 2020 parade]] soldiers on parade in 2014]] An army, ground force or land force is an armed force that fights primarily on land. In the broadest sense, it is the land-based military branch, service branch or armed service of a nation or country. It may also include aviation assets by possessing an army a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army
2025-04-05T18:25:38.925309
1380
Alligatoridae
| image = Florida Alligator.jpg | image_caption = American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) | authority = Gray, 1844 | subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies | subdivision = * Alligatorinae * Caimaninae }} The family Alligatoridae of crocodylians includes alligators, caimans and their extinct relatives. Phylogeny The...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligatoridae
2025-04-05T18:25:38.945387
1383
Alder
|Duschekia |Alnaster |Clethropsis |Semidopsis |Alnobetula |Cremastogyne }} }} male catkins]] Alders are trees of the genus Alnus in the birch family Betulaceae. The genus includes about 35 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, a few reaching a large size, distributed throughout the north temperate zone with ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alder
2025-04-05T18:25:38.968081
1384
Amos Bronson Alcott
| birth_place = Wolcott, Connecticut, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | resting_place = Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts, U.S. | education | occupation | spouse | parents | children }} Amos Bronson Alcott (; November 29, 1799 – March 4, 1888) was an American teacher, wr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Bronson_Alcott
2025-04-05T18:25:39.012799
1386
Arachnophobia
| synonym | field Psychiatry | symptoms | complications | onset | duration | types | causes | risks | diagnosis | differential | prevention | treatment Exposure therapy or a cultural phenomenon that is most common in predominantly European societies.Evolutionary An evolutionary reason for the phobia remains unres...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnophobia
2025-04-05T18:25:39.024820
1387
Alabaster
thumb|Calcite alabaster: The tomb of Tutankhamun (d. 1323 BC) contained a practical objet d’art, a cosmetics jar made of Egyptian alabaster, which features a lid surmounted by a lioness (goddess Bast). Alabaster is a mineral and a soft rock used for carvings and as a source of plaster powder. Archaeologists, geologist...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabaster
2025-04-05T18:25:39.058324
1389
Ahab
BC | coronation | full name | birth_name | birth_date <!-- --> | birth_place | death_date BC | death_place = Ramoth-Gilead, Syria | burial_date | burial_place Samaria, Kingdom of Israel | predecessor = Omri | successor = Ahaziah | queen = Jezebel of Sidon | spouse | issue | royal house | dynasty Omrides | father = Om...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahab
2025-04-05T18:25:39.068692
1391
ASIC (disambiguation)
In the realm of electronic technology, ASIC stands for application-specific integrated circuit, an integrated circuit customized for a specific task. ASIC may also refer to: Accreditation Service for International Colleges, an educational accreditation agency in the UK Acid-sensing ion channels, a protein family Ai...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASIC_(disambiguation)
2025-04-05T18:25:39.070873
1392
Dasyproctidae
| image = Dasyprocta punctata (Gamboa, Panama).jpg | image_caption = Central American agouti, D. punctata | taxon = Dasyproctidae | authority = Gray 1825 | type_genus = Dasyprocta | type_genus_authority = Illiger, 1811 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = See text }} Dasyproctidae is a family of large South Am...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dasyproctidae
2025-04-05T18:25:39.081727
1394
Algol
|caption = Location of β Persei (circled) }} | appmag_v 2.12 (- 3.39) | constell=Perseus }} | b-v−0.05 |dist_footnote }} -milliarcsecond resolution in the near-infrared H-band. The elongated appearance of Algol Aa2 (labelled B) and the round appearance of Algol Aa1 (labelled A) are real, but the form of Algol Ab ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algol
2025-04-05T18:25:39.105203
1395
Amazing Grace
|end_date}} --> | published | misc }} "Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn published in 1779, written in 1772 by English Anglican clergyman and poet John Newton (1725–1807). It is possibly the most sung and most recorded hymn in the world, and especially popular in the United States, where it is used for both religiou...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazing_Grace
2025-04-05T18:25:39.127495
1397
AOL
| type = Subsidiary | traded_as = | foundation = (as Control Video Corporation)| (as AOL Inc.)}} | founders = | hq_location = 770 Broadway | hq_location_city = New York City | hq_location_country = U.S. | area_served = Worldwide | key_people | services Web portal and online services | num_employees = 5,600 | owner | ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL
2025-04-05T18:25:39.202438
1400
Anno Domini
, Austria]] The terms (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used when designating years in the Gregorian and Julian calendars. The term is Medieval Latin and means "in the year of the Lord" but is often presented using "our Lord" instead of "the Lord", taken from the full original phrase "", which translates to "in the year...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_Domini
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