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2025-04-05 23:52:07
10837
Faith and rationality
Faith and rationality exist in varying degrees of conflict or compatibility. Rationality is based on reason or facts. Faith is belief in inspiration, revelation, or authority. The word faith sometimes refers to a belief that is held in spite of or against reason or empirical evidence, or it can refer to belief based up...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_and_rationality
2025-04-05T18:29:42.307269
10839
List of film institutes
Some notable institutions celebrating film, including both national film institutes and independent and non-profit organizations. For the purposes of this list, institutions that do not have their own article on Wikipedia are not considered notable. American Film Institute Asia Pacific Film Institute Asian Academy ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_film_institutes
2025-04-05T18:29:42.308798
10841
Forth
Forth or FORTH may refer to: Arts and entertainment forth magazine, an Internet magazine Forth (album), by The Verve, 2008 Forth, a 2011 album by Proto-Kaw Radio Forth, a group of independent local radio stations in Scotland People Eric Forth (1944–2006), British politician Frederick Forth (1808–1876), Britis...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth
2025-04-05T18:29:42.313874
10842
F wave
In neuroscience, an F wave is one of several motor responses which may follow the direct motor response (M) evoked by electrical stimulation of peripheral motor or mixed (sensory and motor) nerves. F-waves are the second of two late voltage changes observed after stimulation is applied to the skin surface above the dis...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F_wave
2025-04-05T18:29:42.321335
10843
Fruit
upright2|thumb|Various edible fruits arranged at a stall at the Municipal Market of São Paulo|altsee caption thumb|Fresh fruit mix of blackberries, strawberries, and raspberries In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants (angiosperms) that is formed from the ovary after flowering (see Fruit an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit
2025-04-05T18:29:42.436401
10844
French materialism
French materialism is the name given to a handful of French 18th-century philosophers during the Age of Enlightenment, many of them clustered around the salon of Baron d'Holbach. Although there are important differences between them, all of them were materialists who believed that the world was made up of a single subs...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_materialism
2025-04-05T18:29:42.440641
10845
February
FEB}} February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The month has 28 days in common years and 29 in leap years, with the 29th day being called the leap day. February is the third and last month of meteorological winter in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, February ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February
2025-04-05T18:29:42.460793
10846
February 1
EventsPre-1600*1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. *1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia).1601–1900*1662 – The Chinese gener...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_1
2025-04-05T18:29:42.507295
10847
First Lady of the United States
FLOTUS (album)}} | website = }} The first lady of the United States (FLOTUS) is a title typically held by the wife of the president of the United States, concurrent with the president's term in office. Although the first lady's role has never been codified or officially defined, she figures prominently in the politic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Lady_of_the_United_States
2025-04-05T18:29:42.525848
10852
Frank Herbert
| image = Frank Herbert 1984 (square).jpg | caption = Herbert in 1984 | birth_date = | birth_place = Tacoma, Washington, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. | occupation = Novelist | education = University of Washington (no degree) | period = 1945–1986 | genre = Science fiction | movement = N...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Herbert
2025-04-05T18:29:42.571760
10853
Fictional language
Fictional languages are the subset of constructed languages (conlangs) that have been created as part of a fictional setting (e.g. for use in a book, movie, television show, or video game). Typically they are the creation of one individual, while natural languages evolve out of a particular culture or people group, and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictional_language
2025-04-05T18:29:42.585686
10854
Formula One
|category = Open-wheel single-seater Formula auto racing |country/region = International |inaugural2 = |drivers = 20 |teams = 10 |chassis manufacturers = 10 |engine manufacturers = |tyres = Pirelli |champion driver = Max Verstappen (2024)<br /> |constructor = McLaren-Mercedes (2024) |website = |current_season = Form...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula_One
2025-04-05T18:29:42.686886
10855
Franco Baresi
| image = Franco Baresi 2012.jpg | caption = Baresi in 2012 | fullname Franchino Baresi | birth_date | birth_place = Travagliato, Italy | height = 1.76 m | position = Defender | currentclub | youthyears1 1972–1977 | youthclubs1 = AC Milan | years1 = 1977–1997 | clubs1 = AC Milan | caps1 = 532 | goals1 = 16 | nationaly...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Baresi
2025-04-05T18:29:42.743286
10857
Stage (stratigraphy)
In chronostratigraphy, a stage is a succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic timescale, which usually represents millions of years of deposition. A given stage of rock and the corresponding age of time will by convention have the same name, and the same boundaries. Rock series are divided in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage_(stratigraphy)
2025-04-05T18:29:42.746921
10858
Franz Kafka
| birth_place = Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary | death_date | death_place = Klosterneuburg, Lower Austria, Austria | resting_place = New Jewish Cemetery, Prague | occupation = | alma_mater = German Charles-Ferdinand University | citizenship = * Czechoslovakia (from 1918) }} | works = List | style = Modernism | sig...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka
2025-04-05T18:29:42.888211
10859
Fields Medal
15,000 | year = | year2 = | website = |image2FieldsMedalBack.jpg|caption2The reverse of the medal}} The Fields Medal is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians under 40 years of age at the International Congress of the International Mathematical Union (IMU), a meeting that takes place every four years...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fields_Medal
2025-04-05T18:29:42.950777
10861
The Trial
Der Prozess}} | publisher = Verlag Die Schmiede, Berlin | release_date = 26 April 1925 | media_type = Print: hardback | pages | isbn | orig_lang_code= de | native_wikisource = Der Prozess | dewey = 833.912 | congress = PT2621.A26 P713 | set_in = A city in Central Europe |website= }} The Trial (), and . Kafka used...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trial
2025-04-05T18:29:42.959927
10862
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis (), also translated as The Transformation, is a novella by Franz Kafka published in 1915. One of Kafka's best-known works, The Metamorphosis tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect (, "monstrous vermin") and struggles ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Metamorphosis
2025-04-05T18:29:42.970102
10865
FSF
FSF may refer to: Frontier Science Foundation...owner Herman Hegge The Netherlands. Nexus Europe...World Explorer Group and Nexus US Organizations Free Software Foundation, an American non-profit organization with a mission to promote computer user freedom Federal Security Force (Pakistan) Federación de Sindicato...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FSF
2025-04-05T18:29:42.974128
10868
Francisco Goya
| birth_place = Fuendetodos, Aragon, Spain | death_date | death_place = Bordeaux, France | spouse | children = 8 | field = Painting, drawing | movement = Romanticism |notable_works= List of paintings and engravings |module }} '', ]] Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (; ; 30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Goya
2025-04-05T18:29:43.019090
10869
Frequentist probability
, who provided a thorough exposition of frequentist probability in his book, The Logic of Chance Probabilities can be found (in principle) by a repeatable objective process, as in repeated sampling from the same population, and are thus ideally devoid of subjectivity. The continued use of frequentist methods in scienti...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequentist_probability
2025-04-05T18:29:43.032488
10870
List of French-language poets
List of poets who have written in the French language: A Céline Arnauld (1885-1952) Louise-Victorine Ackermann (1813–1890) Adam de la Halle (v.1250 – v.1285) Dominique Aguessy (1937– ) Pierre Albert-Birot (1876–1967) Anne-Marie Albiach (1937–2012) Pierre Alféri (1963) Marc Alyn (1937) Catherine d'Amboise (1475...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_French-language_poets
2025-04-05T18:29:43.051374
10871
FM-2030
| birth_place = Brussels, Belgium | death_date = | death_place = New York City, New York, U.S. | resting_place = Cryopreserved at Alcor Life Extension Foundation | education = University of California, Los Angeles | occupation = Writer, philosopher, teacher, consultant | nationality = Iranian-American | genre = Scienc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FM-2030
2025-04-05T18:29:43.061435
10874
West Flemish
million | date = 1998 | ref = e18 | familycolor = Indo-European | fam2 = Germanic | fam3 = West Germanic | fam4 = Weser–Rhine Germanic | fam5 = Low Franconian | fam6 = Dutch | dia1 = Zeelandic | dia2 = French Flemish | lc1 = vls | ld1 = (West) Vlaams | lc2 = zea | ld2 = Zeelandic (Zeeuws) | lingua = 52-ACB-ag | glotto ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Flemish
2025-04-05T18:29:43.073302
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Fritz Leiber
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | death_date | death_place = San Francisco, California, U.S. | occupation = Writer | period 1934–1992 | genre = Fantasy, horror, science fiction | notableworks = Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series, The Big Time | spouse = * }} | children = Justin Leiber | parents = Fritz Leiber...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Leiber
2025-04-05T18:29:43.095407
10878
Flanders
SS Flandre|other uses|Flanders (disambiguation)}} | native_name_lang = nl | other_name = <br /> | settlement_type = Community and region | image_flag = Flag of Flanders.svg | flag_size = 140px | flag_alt = Flag of Flanders | image_shield = Flemish coat of arms.png | shield_size = 75px | shield_alt = Coat of arms of Fl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanders
2025-04-05T18:29:43.150663
10879
Freud (disambiguation)
Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) was the inventor of psychoanalysis, psychosexual stages, and the personality theory of Ego, Superego, and Id. Freud or Freudian may also refer to: Freudian slip Arts and entertainment Freud: The Secret Passion, a 1962 film by John Huston and starring Montgomery Clift Freud (miniseries),...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freud_(disambiguation)
2025-04-05T18:29:43.153739
10880
Plurality voting
Plurality voting refers to electoral systems in which the candidates in an electoral district who poll more than any other (that is, receive a plurality) are elected. Under single-winner plurality voting, and in systems based on single-member districts, plurality voting is called single member [district] plurality (SM...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plurality_voting
2025-04-05T18:29:43.201243
10881
Fetish
Fetish may refer to: Anthropological uses Fetishism, the attribution of religious or mystical qualities to inanimate objects, known as fetishes Zuni fetishes, small carvings from various stones made by the Zuni Indians Imiut fetish, in ancient Egypt a stuffed, headless animal skin tied by the tail to a pole Fetish...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetish
2025-04-05T18:29:43.203175
10882
February 14
It is observed in most countries as Valentine's Day. * 842 &ndash; Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German languages. *1014 &ndash; Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry of Bavaria, King of Germany and of Italy, as Holy Roman Emperor. *1130 &ndash; The troubled 1130 papal ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_14
2025-04-05T18:29:43.248358
10883
Free trade area
A free trade area is the region encompassing a trade bloc whose member countries have signed a free trade agreement (FTA). Such agreements involve cooperation between at least two countries to reduce trade barriers, import quotas and tariffs, and to increase trade of goods and services with each other. If natural perso...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_trade_area
2025-04-05T18:29:43.257456
10885
French fries
| variations = Curly fries, shoestring fries, steak fries, sweet potato fries, chili cheese fries, poutine, crinkle cut fries, waffle fries | other = Often served with salt and ketchup, mayonnaise, vinegar, barbecue sauce or other sauce | image_alt = French fries seasoned with salt | place_of_origin = France and Belgiu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_fries
2025-04-05T18:29:43.321255
10886
Field hockey
}} Field hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalkeeper. Teams must move a hockey ball around a field by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting circle and then into...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_hockey
2025-04-05T18:29:43.353956
10887
Finagle's law
Finagle's law of dynamic negatives (also known as Melody's law, Sod's Law or Finagle's corollary to Murphy's law) is usually rendered as "Anything that can go wrong, will—at the worst possible moment." The term "Finagle's law" is often associated with John W. Campbell Jr., the influential editor of Astounding Science ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finagle's_law
2025-04-05T18:29:43.359366
10890
Fundamental interaction
In physics, the fundamental interactions or fundamental forces are interactions in nature that appear not to be reducible to more basic interactions. There are four fundamental interactions known to exist: * gravity * electromagnetism * weak interaction * strong interaction The gravitational and electromagnetic inter...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_interaction
2025-04-05T18:29:43.376652
10891
Floppy disk
A floppy disk or floppy diskette (casually referred to as a floppy, a diskette, or a disk) is a type of disk storage composed of a thin and flexible disk of a magnetic storage medium in a square or nearly square plastic enclosure lined with a fabric that removes dust particles from the spinning disk. The three most pop...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk
2025-04-05T18:29:43.447439
10893
Fencing
}} Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. It consists of three primary disciplines: foil, épée, and sabre (also spelled saber), each with its own blade and set of rules. Most competitive fencers specialise in one of these disciplines. The modern sport gained prominence near the end of the 19th century...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fencing
2025-04-05T18:29:43.460892
10894
The Free Software Definition
The Free Software Definition, written by Richard Stallman and published by the Free Software Foundation (FSF), defines free software as being software that ensures that the users have freedom in using, studying, sharing and modifying that software. The term "free" is used in the sense of "free speech," not of "free of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Free_Software_Definition
2025-04-05T18:29:43.465377
10896
Felix Bloch
| birth_place = Zurich, Switzerland | death_date | death_place = Zurich, Switzerland | citizenship = | alma_mater = | known_for = Formulating the Bloch equations (1946) | spouse = | children = 4 | awards = Nobel Prize in Physics (1952) | honors = Pour le Mérite (1979) | fields = * Physics ** Nuclear physics | wor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Bloch
2025-04-05T18:29:43.474719
10897
Fugue
a 6" from The Musical Offering, in the hand of Johann Sebastian Bach]] In classical music, a fugue (, from Latin fuga, meaning "flight" or "escape") is a contrapuntal, polyphonic compositional technique in two or more voices, built on a subject (a musical theme) that is introduced at the beginning in imitation (repetit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugue
2025-04-05T18:29:43.531036
10898
Dissociative fugue
Dissociative fugue ( ), previously referred to as a fugue state or psychogenic fugue, is a rare psychiatric condition characterized by reversible amnesia regarding one’s identity, often accompanied by unexpected travel or wandering. In some cases, individuals may assume a new identity and be unable to recall personal i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_fugue
2025-04-05T18:29:43.550673
10902
Force
}} , | baseunits = kg·m·s<sup>−2</sup> | dimension = wikidata | derivations }} A force is an influence that can cause an object to change its velocity unless counterbalanced by other forces. The concept of force makes the everyday notion of pushing or pulling mathematically precise. Because the magnitude and directi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force
2025-04-05T18:29:43.595790
10905
Family law
Family law (also called matrimonial law or the law of domestic relations) is an area of the law that deals with family matters and domestic relations. Overview Subjects that commonly fall under a nation's body of family law include: * Marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships: ** Entry into legally recognized ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_law
2025-04-05T18:29:43.603362
10909
Foonly
| founder Dave W Poole | location_country = United States | location | key_people | products = Mainframes<br />Computer hardware<br />Computer software | fate = Dissolved | dissolved in 1976, that produced a series of DEC PDP-10 compatible mainframe computers. The first and most famous Foonly machine, the F1, was the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foonly
2025-04-05T18:29:43.611664
10911
Functional group
: ]] In organic chemistry, a functional group is a substituent or moiety in a molecule that causes the molecule's characteristic chemical reactions. The same functional group will undergo the same or similar chemical reactions regardless of the rest of the molecule's composition. This enables systematic prediction of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_group
2025-04-05T18:29:43.701647
10913
Fractal
- Infinite perimeter and zero area]] ]] : its boundary is a fractal curve with Hausdorff dimension 2. (Note that the colored sections of the image are not actually part of the Mandelbrot Set, but rather they are based on how quickly the function that produces it diverges.)|200x200px]] In mathematics, a fractal is a ge...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal
2025-04-05T18:29:43.887398
10915
Fluid
In physics, a fluid is a liquid, gas, or other material that may continuously move and deform (flow) under an applied shear stress, or external force. They have zero shear modulus, or, in simpler terms, are substances which cannot resist any shear force applied to them. <!-- The distinction between solids and fluid i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid
2025-04-05T18:29:43.893661
10916
FAQ
}} A frequently asked questions (FAQ) list is often used in articles, websites, email lists, and online forums where common questions tend to recur, for example through posts or queries by new users related to common knowledge gaps. The purpose of a FAQ is generally to provide information on frequent questions or conce...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAQ
2025-04-05T18:29:43.897504
10918
Fibonacci sequence
In mathematics, the Fibonacci sequence is a sequence in which each element is the sum of the two elements that precede it. Numbers that are part of the Fibonacci sequence are known as Fibonacci numbers, commonly denoted }}. Many writers begin the sequence with 0 and 1, although some authors start it from 1 and 1 and so...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci_sequence
2025-04-05T18:29:43.977060
10923
Fontainebleau
|elevation m = 69 |elevation min m = 42 |elevation max m = 150 |area km2 = 172.05 |population = |population date = |population footnotes = |INSEE = 77186 |postal code = 77300 |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Fontainebleau (Seine-et-Marne).svg }} Fontainebleau ( , , ) is a commune in the metropolitan area of Pa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontainebleau
2025-04-05T18:29:43.988637
10929
Fighter aircraft
Fighter}} (left), P-51D Mustang (bottom), F-86 Sabre (top), and F-22 Raptor (right) fly in a formation representing four generations of American fighters.]] Fighter aircraft (early on also pursuit aircraft), , , , , . The English term fell out of favour during the late interwar years, though the designation P, as in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighter_aircraft
2025-04-05T18:29:44.028118
10930
February 25
Events Pre-1600 *138 &ndash; Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius as his son, effectively making him his successor. * 628 &ndash; Khosrow II, the last great Shah of the Sasanian Empire (Iran), is overthrown by his son Kavadh II. *1336 &ndash; Four thousand defenders of Pilenai commit mass suicide rather than be ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_25
2025-04-05T18:29:44.132012
10931
Finite-state machine
A finite-state machine (FSM) or finite-state automaton (FSA, plural: automata), finite automaton, or simply a state machine, is a mathematical model of computation. It is an abstract machine that can be in exactly one of a finite number of states at any given time. The FSM can change from one state to another in respon...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite-state_machine
2025-04-05T18:29:44.191966
10933
Functional programming
In computer science, functional programming is a programming paradigm where programs are constructed by applying and composing functions. It is a declarative programming paradigm in which function definitions are trees of expressions that map values to other values, rather than a sequence of imperative statements which...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_programming
2025-04-05T18:29:44.284201
10936
February 29
Leap Day}} February 29 is a leap day (or "leap year day")—an intercalary date added periodically to create leap years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the 60th day of a leap year in both Julian and Gregorian calendars, and 306 days remain until the end of the leap year. It is the last day of February in le...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_29
2025-04-05T18:29:44.363620
10937
Francis Scott Key
| image = Francis Scott Key by Joseph Wood c1825.jpg | caption = Key | birth_date = | birth_place = Frederick County, Maryland (now Carroll County) | order = 4th | office = United States Attorney for the District of Columbia | term_start = 1833 | term_end = 1841 | predecessor = Thomas Swann | successor = Philip Richa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key
2025-04-05T18:29:44.388134
10938
FSU
FSU may refer to: Florida State University, a large public research university in Tallahassee, Florida Ferris State University, Michigan Frostburg State University, Maryland Fayetteville State University, North Carolina Fairmont State University, West Virginia Fitchburg State University, Massachusetts Framingham State...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FSU
2025-04-05T18:29:44.389309
10939
Formal language
thumb|upright=1.15|Structure of the syntactically well-formed, although thoroughly nonsensical, English sentence, "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously" (historical example from Chomsky 1957) In logic, mathematics, computer science, and linguistics, a formal language consists of words whose letters are taken from an a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formal_language
2025-04-05T18:29:44.478045
10940
Free to Choose
Free to Choose: A Personal Statement is a 1980 book by economists Milton and Rose D. Friedman, accompanied by a ten-part series broadcast on public television, that advocates free market principles. It was primarily a response to an earlier landmark book and television series The Age of Uncertainty, by the noted econom...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_to_Choose
2025-04-05T18:29:44.485346
10945
Albert Park Circuit
|Image = Albert Park Circuit 2021.svg |Image_size = 250px |Image_caption = Albert Park Circuit (2021–present) |FIAGrade = 1 |Opened <br>Re-opened: |Closed |Events = Current:<br />Formula One<br />Australian Grand Prix (1996–2019, 2022–present)<br />Former:<br />Australian Drivers' Championship (1957–1958) |Capacity ~...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Park_Circuit
2025-04-05T18:29:44.507111
10946
Monaco Grand Prix
| Laps = 78 | Circuit_length_km = 3.337 | Circuit_length_mi = 2.074 | Race_length_km = 260.286 | Race_length_mi = 161.734 | First_held = 1929 | Last_held | Times_held 81 | Most_wins_driver = Ayrton Senna (6) | Most_wins_constructor = McLaren (15) | Current_year = 2024 | Pole_driver = Charles Leclerc | Pole_team = Ferra...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaco_Grand_Prix
2025-04-05T18:29:44.599495
10947
Fission
Fission, a splitting of something into two or more parts, may refer to: Fission (biology), the division of a single entity into two or more parts and the regeneration of those parts into separate entities resembling the original Nuclear fission, when the nucleus of an atom splits into smaller parts Fission (band), ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fission
2025-04-05T18:29:44.601124
10948
Fusion
Fusion, or synthesis, is the process of combining two or more distinct entities into a new whole. Fusion may also refer to: Science and technology Physics Nuclear fusion, multiple atomic nuclei combining to form one or more different atomic nuclei and subatomic particles Fusion power, power generation using controlle...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusion
2025-04-05T18:29:44.605935
10949
Four color theorem
thumb|Example of a four-colored mapthumb|A four-colored map of the states of the United States (ignoring lakes and oceans) In mathematics, the four color theorem, or the four color map theorem, states that no more than four colors are required to color the regions of any map so that no two adjacent regions have the sa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_color_theorem
2025-04-05T18:29:44.662165
10951
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 is a 1953 dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury. It presents a future American society where books have been outlawed and "firemen" burn any that are found. The novel follows in the viewpoint of Guy Montag, a fireman who becomes disillusioned with his role of censoring literature and destroying...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451
2025-04-05T18:29:44.705807
10957
Francis Xavier
| birth_place = Xavier, Kingdom of Navarre | home_town | residence | death_date | death_place = Shangchuan Island, Chuanshan Archipelago, Xinning, China | venerated_in | beatified_date = 25 October 1619 | beatified_place = Rome, Papal States, | beatified_by = Pope Paul V | canonized_date = 12 March 1622 | canonized_...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Xavier
2025-04-05T18:29:44.765581
10958
Fossil
and Palaeosinopa; bottom row: Gryphaea and Harpactocarcinus]] A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved in amber, hair, pet...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil
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10960
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
| acts amended | acts repealed | title amended | sections created <!-- can be used--> | sections amended | leghisturl | introducedin = Senate | introducedbill | introducedby James L. Buckley (C-R–NY) | introduceddate | committees | passedbody1 = House | passeddate1 = January 3, 1973 | passedvote1 | passedbody2 Senat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Educational_Rights_and_Privacy_Act
2025-04-05T18:29:44.825121
10963
Forgetting
Forgetting or disremembering is the apparent loss or modification of information already encoded and stored in an individual's short or long-term memory. It is a spontaneous or gradual process in which old memories are unable to be recalled from memory storage. Problems with remembering, learning and retaining new info...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgetting
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10965
Fay Wray
| birth_place = Cardston, Alberta, Canada | death_date = | death_place = New York City, U.S. | occupation = Actress | resting_place = Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California | years_active = 1923–1980 | spouse = * * }} | children = 3, including Victoria Riskin }} Vina Fay Wray (September 15, 1907 – A...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay_Wray
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10967
Forgetting curve
The forgetting curve hypothesizes the decline of memory retention in time. This curve shows how information is lost over time when there is no attempt to retain it. A related concept is the strength of memory that refers to the durability that memory traces in the brain. The stronger the memory, the longer period of ti...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgetting_curve
2025-04-05T18:29:44.899352
10969
Field-programmable gate array
FPGA from Altera]] A field-programmable gate array (FPGA) is a type of configurable integrated circuit that can be repeatedly programmed after manufacturing. FPGAs are a subset of logic devices referred to as programmable logic devices (PLDs). They consist of an array of programmable logic blocks with a connecting gri...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field-programmable_gate_array
2025-04-05T18:29:44.930111
10971
Free-running sleep
Free-running sleep is a rare sleep pattern whereby the sleep schedule of a person shifts later every day. It occurs as the sleep disorder non-24-hour sleep–wake disorder or artificially as part of experiments used in the study of circadian rhythms and other rhythms in biology. Study subjects are shielded from all time ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-running_sleep
2025-04-05T18:29:44.934249
10972
Fenrir
thumb|300px|Fenrir and Naglfar on the Tullstorp Runestone. The inscription mentions the name Ulfr ("wolf"), and the name Kleppir/Glippir. The last name is not fully understood, but may have represented Glæipiʀ which is similar to Gleipnir which was the rope with which the Fenrir wolf was bound. The two male names may h...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenrir
2025-04-05T18:29:44.963502
10974
Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy (video game)|other uses|Final Fantasy (disambiguation)}} |spinoffs = |first release version = Final Fantasy |first release date = December 18, 1987 |latest release version = Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail |latest release date = July 2, 2024 |artist=Yoshitaka Amano<br/>Yusuke Naora<br/>Tetsuya Nomura<br/>S...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy
2025-04-05T18:29:45.087175
10975
Fatty acid
fatty acids have perfectly straight chain structure. Unsaturated ones are typically bent, unless they have a trans configuration.]] In chemistry, particularly in biochemistry, a fatty acid is a carboxylic acid with an aliphatic chain, which is either saturated or unsaturated. Most naturally occurring fatty acids have a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatty_acid
2025-04-05T18:29:45.193913
10977
Fearless (1993 film)
| screenplay = Rafael Yglesias | based_on = | starring = | music = Maurice Jarre | cinematography = Allen Daviau | editing = | distributor = Warner Bros. | released = | runtime = 122 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $20 million | gross $7 million }} Fearless is a 1993 American dram...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fearless_(1993_film)
2025-04-05T18:29:45.205551
10979
Franklin D. Roosevelt
* * <!--Please stop linking his name--> }} | term_start = March 4, 1933 | term_end = April 12, 1945 | predecessor1 = Herbert Hoover | successor1 = Harry S. Truman | order2 = 44th | office2 = Governor of New York | term_start2 = January 1, 1929 | term_end2 = December 31, 1932 | predecessor2 = Al Smith | successor2 = He...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt
2025-04-05T18:29:45.304891
10980
Four Freedoms
in Washington, D.C.]] The Four Freedoms were goals articulated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Monday, January 6, 1941. In an address known as the Four Freedoms speech (technically the 1941 State of the Union address), he proposed four fundamental freedoms that people "everywhere in the world" ought to enjoy...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Freedoms
2025-04-05T18:29:45.321126
10983
First-order logic
First-order logic—also called predicate logic, predicate calculus, quantificational logic—is a collection of formal systems used in mathematics, philosophy, linguistics, and computer science. First-order logic uses quantified variables over non-logical objects, and allows the use of sentences that contain variables. Ra...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-order_logic
2025-04-05T18:29:45.370634
10987
Functor
In mathematics, specifically category theory, a functor is a mapping between categories. Functors were first considered in algebraic topology, where algebraic objects (such as the fundamental group) are associated to topological spaces, and maps between these algebraic objects are associated to continuous maps between ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functor
2025-04-05T18:29:45.788769
10989
Felix Hausdorff
| birth_place = Breslau, Kingdom of Prussia<br>(now Wrocław, Poland) | death_date | death_place = Bonn, Germany | nationality = German | field = Mathematics | work_institutions = University of Bonn, University of Greifswald, University of Leipzig | alma_mater = University of Leipzig | thesis_title = Zur Theorie der as...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Hausdorff
2025-04-05T18:29:45.845073
10990
Fimbulwinter
Fimbulwinter (from , ) is the immediate prelude to the events of Ragnarök in Norse mythology. Etymology comes from Old Norse, meaning "awful, mighty winter". The prefix fimbul, albeit with a largely unknown etymology, means "mighty, giant" etc., so the literal interpretation is "mighty winter". Overview Fimbulwinter...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fimbulwinter
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10991
February 10
Events Pre-1600 *1258 &ndash; The Siege of Baghdad ends with the surrender of the last Abbasid caliph to Hulegu Khan, a prince of the Mongol Empire. *1306 &ndash; In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, sparking the revolution in the Wars of Scottish Independenc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_10
2025-04-05T18:29:45.910841
10992
Frankfurt
|image_flag = Flag of Frankfurt am Main.svg |image_coa = DEU Frankfurt am Main COA.svg |coordinates |image_plan = Hesse F.svg |plantext |state Hesse |region = Darmstadt |district = urban |elevation = 112 |area = 248.31 |pop_urban 2319029 |pop_metro 5604523 |postal_code = 60306–60599, 65929–65936 |area_code = 069, 0610...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt
2025-04-05T18:29:46.076746
10993
Albert, King of Saxony
<br /> | image = Albert of Saxony by Nicola Perscheid c1900.jpg | image_size | caption Photograph by Nicola Perscheid, 1900 | reign = 29 October 1873 – 19 June 1902 | predecessor = John | successor = George | succession = King of Saxony | spouse = | issue | house Wettin | father = John of Saxony | mother = Amalie Aug...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert,_King_of_Saxony
2025-04-05T18:29:46.100740
10996
François d'Aguilon
thumb|upright=1.1|Opticorum libri sex, 1613 François d'Aguilon (; also d'Aguillon or in Latin Franciscus Aguilonius) (4 January 1567 – 20 March 1617) was a Jesuit, mathematician, physicist, and architect from the Spanish Netherlands. D'Aguilon was born in Brussels; his father was a secretary to Philip II of Spain. The...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/François_d'Aguilon
2025-04-05T18:29:46.127655
10997
Hyphanet
<!-- --> | discontinued = No | latest release version | latest release date | latest preview version | latest preview date | repo = https://github.com/hyphanet/fred | programming language = Java | operating system = Cross-platform: Unix-like (Android, Linux, BSD, macOS), Microsoft Windows | platform = Java | size |...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphanet
2025-04-05T18:29:46.152755
10998
Fortified wine
thumb|A glass of port, a fortified wine thumb |A collection of vermouth and quinquina bottles, including Noilly Prat Extra Dry, Lillet Blanc, Dolin Rouge, and Martini & Rossi Rosso Fortified wine is a wine to which a distilled spirit, usually brandy, has been added. In the course of some centuries, winemakers have dev...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortified_wine
2025-04-05T18:29:46.199147
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Fred Hoyle
| birth_place = Gilstead, Bingley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | death_date | death_place = Bournemouth, England | spouse | children = | fields = Astronomy | workplaces = St John's College, Cambridge<br>Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge | alma_mater = Emmanuel College, Cambridge | doctoral_advisor = <!--Hoyle ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hoyle
2025-04-05T18:29:46.256211
11002
French cuisine
French Cuisine (film)}} presentation]] presentation]] s are usually made to accompany French cuisine.]] French cuisine is the cooking traditions and practices of France. In the 14th century, Guillaume Tirel, a court chef known as "Taillevent", wrote Le Viandier, one of the earliest recipe collections of medieval Fra...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_cuisine
2025-04-05T18:29:46.329805
11003
Five-spice powder
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-spice_powder
2025-04-05T18:29:46.339532
11004
Fundamental group
In the mathematical field of algebraic topology, the fundamental group of a topological space is the group of the equivalence classes under homotopy of the loops contained in the space. It records information about the basic shape, or holes, of the topological space. The fundamental group is the first and simplest homo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_group
2025-04-05T18:29:46.391249
11006
February 19
Events Pre-1600 * 197 &ndash; Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies. * 356 &ndash; The anti-paganism policy of Constantius II forbids the worship of pagan idols in the Roman Empire. *1594 &ndash; Having already been elected to the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_19
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11007
February 24
Events Pre-1600 484 – King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica. 1303 – The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence. 1386 – King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda. 1525 – A Spanish-Austrian a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_24
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11008
February 23
Events Pre-1600 * 303 &ndash; Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. * 532 &ndash; Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a new Orthodox Christian basilica in Constantinople &ndash; the Hagia Sophia. * ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_23
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11009
February 22
Events Pre-1600 1076 – Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. 1316 – The Battle of Picotin, between Ferdinand of Majorca and the forces of Matilda of Hainaut, ends in victory for Ferdinand. 1371 – Rober...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_22
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11010
February 21
Events Pre-1600 *452 or 453 &ndash; Severianus, Bishop of Scythopolis, is martyred in Palestine. *1245 &ndash; Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery. *1440 &ndash; The Prussian Confederation is formed. 1601–1900 *1613 &ndash; Mikhail I is unanimously e...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_21
2025-04-05T18:29:46.985312
11011
FBI (disambiguation)
The FBI is the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States. FBI may also refer to: Music F.B.I. (album), a 1996 song and album by The Dayton Family "F.B.I." (instrumental), a 1961 single by The Shadows FBi Radio, a community radio station based in Sydney, Australia Television The F.B.I. (TV series), a 1965–...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI_(disambiguation)
2025-04-05T18:29:47.006101
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Forth (programming language)
| designer = Charles H. Moore | typing = Typeless | implementations = SwiftForth (Forth, Inc.)<br/>Gforth (GNU Project)<br/>VFX Forth (MicroProcessor Engineering) | influenced = Bitcoin Script, Factor, Joy, RPL, Rebol, STOIC | file_ext .fs, .fth, .4th, .f, .forth | website = }} Forth is a stack-oriented programming l...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_(programming_language)
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