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4,967 | # Blackwood convention
## Variations not based on 4NT {#variations_not_based_on_4nt}
### Kickback
\"Kickback\" is the variant of RKCB devised by Jeff Rubens in accordance with the Useful Space Principle. The step responses are the same as in RKCB, but the ask is not necessarily 4NT. Instead it is the 4-level bid imm... | 704 | Blackwood convention | 4 |
4,987 | # Battle of El Alamein
*The Battle of El Alamein* (film)}}
There were two **Battles of El Alamein** in World War II, both fought in 1942. The battles occurred during the North African campaign in Egypt, in and around an area named after a railway stop called El Alamein.
- First Battle of El Alamein: 1--27 July 194... | 171 | Battle of El Alamein | 0 |
4,990 | # Bain-marie
A **bain-marie** (`{{IPAc-en|lang|ˌ|b|æ|n|m|ə|ˈ|r|iː}}`{=mediawiki} `{{respell|BAN|mə|REE}}`{=mediawiki}, `{{IPA|fr|bɛ̃ maʁi|lang}}`{=mediawiki}), also known as a **water bath** or **double boiler**, a type of heated bath, is a piece of equipment used in science, industry, and cooking to heat materials ge... | 537 | Bain-marie | 0 |
4,990 | # Bain-marie
## Culinary applications {#culinary_applications}
In cooking applications, a bain-marie usually consists of a pan or pot of water in which another container or containers of food to be cooked is/are placed.
- Chocolate can be melted in a bain-marie to avoid splitting (separation of cocoa butter and co... | 402 | Bain-marie | 1 |
4,990 | # Bain-marie
## Other uses {#other_uses}
In small scale soap-making, a bain-marie\'s inherent control over maximum temperature makes it optimal for liquefying melt-and-pour soap bases prior to molding them into bars. It offers the advantage of maintaining the base in a liquid state, or reliquefying a solidified base,... | 123 | Bain-marie | 2 |
4,994 | # Ballu tundu
***Ballu tundu*** or ***ballu sardu*** is a traditional Sardinian folk dance which is typically danced in a closed or open circle. The dance was described as early as 1805 by Mameli and by La Marmora in 1825. In northern and central Sardinia, the dance is lively and animated with leaps and agile movement... | 182 | Ballu tundu | 0 |
4,995 | # Barbagia
**Barbagia** (`{{IPA|it|barˈbaːdʒa|lang}}`{=mediawiki}; *Barbàgia* or *Barbàza*) is a geographical, cultural and natural region of inner Sardinia, contained for the most part in the province of Nuoro and Ogliastra and located alongside the Gennargentu massif.
The name comes from Cicero, who described the l... | 399 | Barbagia | 0 |
4,996 | # Brabham
**Motor Racing Developments Ltd.**, commonly known as **Brabham** (`{{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|r|æ|b|əm}}`{=mediawiki} `{{respell|BRAB|əm}}`{=mediawiki}), was a British racing car manufacturer and Formula One racing team. It was founded in 1960 by the Australian driver Jack Brabham and the British-Australian designer Ron... | 354 | Brabham | 0 |
4,996 | # Brabham
## Origins
thumb\|left\|upright=0.8\|alt=Photograph of Jack Brabham in 1966\|Jack Brabham was 40 when he won the F1 drivers\' title in a Brabham car The Brabham team was founded by Jack Brabham and Ron Tauranac, who met in 1951 while both were successfully building and racing cars in their native Australia.... | 490 | Brabham | 1 |
4,996 | # Brabham
## Racing history---Formula One {#racing_historyformula_one}
### Jack Brabham and Ron Tauranac (1961--1970) {#jack_brabham_and_ron_tauranac_19611970}
Motor Racing Developments initially concentrated on making money by building cars for sale to customers in lower formulae, so the new car for the Formula One... | 826 | Brabham | 2 |
4,996 | # Brabham
## Racing history---Formula One {#racing_historyformula_one}
### Bernie Ecclestone (1972--1988) {#bernie_ecclestone_19721988}
Tauranac left Brabham early in the 1972 season after Ecclestone changed the way the company was organised without consulting him. Ecclestone has since said \"In retrospect, the relat... | 1,285 | Brabham | 3 |
4,996 | # Brabham
## Racing history---Formula One {#racing_historyformula_one}
### Bernie Ecclestone (1972--1988) {#bernie_ecclestone_19721988}
For the 1986 season, Patrese returned to Brabham, and was joined by Elio de Angelis. The season was a disaster for Brabham, scoring only two points. Murray\'s radical long and low BT... | 527 | Brabham | 4 |
4,996 | # Brabham
## Racing history---Formula One {#racing_historyformula_one}
### Middlebridge Racing (1989--1992) {#middlebridge_racing_19891992}
After Lüthi\'s arrest on tax fraud charges in mid-1989, several parties disputed the ownership of the team. Middlebridge Group Limited, a Japanese engineering firm owned by billi... | 537 | Brabham | 5 |
4,996 | # Brabham
## Motor Racing Developments {#motor_racing_developments}
Brabham cars were also widely used by other teams, and not just in Formula One. Jack Brabham and Ron Tauranac called the company they set up in 1961 to design and build formula racing cars to customer teams Motor Racing Developments (MRD), and this c... | 609 | Brabham | 6 |
4,996 | # Brabham
## Racing history---other categories {#racing_historyother_categories}
### IndyCar
Brabham cars competed at the Indianapolis 500 from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. After an abortive project in 1962, MRD was commissioned in 1964 to build an IndyCar chassis powered by an American Offenhauser engine. The ... | 585 | Brabham | 7 |
4,996 | # Brabham
## Technical innovation {#technical_innovation}
Brabham was considered a technically conservative team in the 1960s, chiefly because it persevered with traditional spaceframe cars long after Lotus introduced lighter, stiffer monocoque chassis to Formula One in 1962. Chief designer Tauranac reasoned that mon... | 747 | Brabham | 8 |
4,996 | # Brabham
## Controversy
The fan car and hydropneumatic suspension exploited loopholes in the sporting regulations. In the early 1980s, Brabham was accused of going further and breaking the regulations. During 1981, Piquet\'s first championship year, rumours circulated of illegal underweight Brabham chassis. Driver J... | 489 | Brabham | 9 |
5,001 | # Trieste (bathyscaphe)
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5,015 | # Bjørn Lomborg
**Bjørn Lomborg** (`{{IPA|da|ˈpjɶɐ̯ˀn ˈlɔmˌpɒˀ|lang}}`{=mediawiki}; born 6 January 1965) is a Danish political scientist, author, and the president of the think tank Copenhagen Consensus Center. He is the former director of the Danish government\'s Environmental Assessment Institute (EAI) in Copenhagen... | 316 | Bjørn Lomborg | 0 |
5,015 | # Bjørn Lomborg
## Career
Lomborg lectured in statistics in the Department of Political Science at the Aarhus University as an assistant professor (1994--1996) and associate professor (1997--2005). He left the university in February 2005 and in May of that year became an adjunct professor in Policy-making, Scientific... | 348 | Bjørn Lomborg | 1 |
5,015 | # Bjørn Lomborg
## Books
### *The Skeptical Environmentalist* {#the_skeptical_environmentalist}
In 2001, he attained significant attention by publishing *The Skeptical Environmentalist*, a controversial book whose main thesis is that many of the most-publicized claims and predictions on environmental issues are wron... | 688 | Bjørn Lomborg | 2 |
5,015 | # Bjørn Lomborg
## Copenhagen Consensus {#copenhagen_consensus}
Lomborg and the Environmental Assessment Institute founded the Copenhagen Consensus in 2002, which seeks to establish priorities for advancing global welfare using methodologies based on the theory of welfare economics. A panel of prominent economists wa... | 706 | Bjørn Lomborg | 3 |
5,015 | # Bjørn Lomborg
## Views on climate change {#views_on_climate_change}
Lomborg has set out his views on climate change in several books, articles, interviews, and opinion pieces. Lomborg knows that climate change is occurring and humans are responsible, but disputes that the effects and economic impacts will be negati... | 561 | Bjørn Lomborg | 4 |
5,015 | # Bjørn Lomborg
## Discussions in the media {#discussions_in_the_media}
After the release of *The Skeptical Environmentalist* in 2001, Lomborg was subjected to intense scrutiny and criticism in the media. As in the scientific community, his scientific qualifications and integrity were criticized, although some popula... | 387 | Bjørn Lomborg | 5 |
5,015 | # Bjørn Lomborg
## Publications
- \"Nucleus and Shield: Evolution of Social Structure in the Iterated Prisoner\'s Dilemma\", *American Sociological Review*, 1996.
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- *Global Crises, Global Solutions*, Copenhagen Consensus, Cambridge University Press, 2004. `{{ISBN|0521606144}}`{=mediawiki}, as editor
- *How... | 154 | Bjørn Lomborg | 6 |
5,038 | # List of Olympic medalists in biathlon
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5,049 | # Burns supper
A **Burns supper** is a celebration of the life and poetry of the poet Robert Burns (25 January 1759`{{spaced ndash}}`{=mediawiki}21 July 1796), the author of many Scots poems. The suppers are usually held on or near the poet\'s birthday, 25 January, known as **Burns Night** (*Burns Nicht*; *Oidhche na ... | 430 | Burns supper | 0 |
5,049 | # Burns supper
## Standard order {#standard_order}
### Piping in guests {#piping_in_guests}
A bagpiper sometimes greets the guests, who gather and mix as at any informal party. At less formal gatherings, traditional Scottish music is played.
### Host\'s welcoming speech {#hosts_welcoming_speech}
The host welcomes ... | 717 | Burns supper | 1 |
5,052 | # Bentley
**Bentley Motors Limited** is a British designer, manufacturer and marketer of luxury cars and SUVs. Headquartered in Crewe, England, the company was founded by W. O. Bentley (1888--1971) in 1919 in Cricklewood, North London, and became widely known for winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1924, 1927, 1928, 19... | 1,240 | Bentley | 0 |
5,052 | # Bentley
## History
### Cricklewood (1919--1931) {#cricklewood_19191931}
#### Performance at Le Mans {#performance_at_le_mans}
#### 24 hours of Le Mans Grand Prix d\'Endurance {#hours_of_le_mans_grand_prix_dendurance}
- *1923 4th (private entry)* (3-Litre)
- 1924 1st (3-Litre)
- *1925 did not finish*
- *192... | 231 | Bentley | 1 |
5,052 | # Bentley
## History
### Rolls-Royce (1931--1970) {#rolls_royce_19311970}
#### Derby
Rolls-Royce took over the assets of Bentley Motors (1919) Ltd and formed a subsidiary, Bentley Motors (1931) Ltd. Rolls-Royce had acquired the Bentley showrooms in Cork Street, the service station at Kingsbury, the complex at Crickl... | 848 | Bentley | 2 |
5,052 | # Bentley
## History
### Vickers (1970--1998) {#vickers_19701998}
The problems of Bentley\'s owner with Rolls-Royce aero engine development, the RB211, brought about the financial collapse of its business in 1970.
The motorcar division was made a separate business, Rolls-Royce Motors Limited, which remained independ... | 569 | Bentley | 3 |
5,052 | # Bentley
## History
### Volkswagen (1998--present) {#volkswagen_1998present}
#### Investment and company development {#investment_and_company_development}
After acquiring the business, Volkswagen spent £500 million (about US\$845 million) to modernise the Crewe factory and increase production capacity. As of early 2... | 1,157 | Bentley | 4 |
5,052 | # Bentley
## List of Bentley vehicles {#list_of_bentley_vehicles}
Model Name Introduced Discontinued Class
----------------- ------------ -------------- -----------------------------------------
3 Litre 1921 1929 Sports car
3.5 Litre 1933 1939 L... | 286 | Bentley | 5 |
5,178 | # Classics
**Classics**, also **classical studies** or **Ancient Greek and Roman studies**, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, *classics* traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek and Roman literature and their original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classics may also include as s... | 1,067 | Classics | 0 |
5,178 | # Classics
## History
### 20th century to present {#th_century_to_present}
During the 20th century, the study of classics became less common. In England, for instance, Oxford and Cambridge universities stopped requiring students to have qualifications in Greek in 1920, and in Latin at the end of the 1950s. When the N... | 303 | Classics | 1 |
5,178 | # Classics
## Subdisciplines
One of the most notable characteristics of the modern study of classics is the diversity of the field. Although traditionally focused on ancient Greece and Rome, the study now encompasses the entire ancient Mediterranean world, thus expanding the studies to Northern Africa and parts of th... | 880 | Classics | 2 |
5,178 | # Classics
## Subdisciplines
### Reception studies {#reception_studies}
Another discipline within the classics is \"reception studies\", which developed in the 1960s at the University of Konstanz. Reception studies is concerned with how students of classical texts have understood and interpreted them. As such, recept... | 131 | Classics | 3 |
5,178 | # Classics
## Classical Greece {#classical_greece}
Ancient Greece was the civilization belonging to the period of Greek history lasting from the Archaic period, beginning in the eighth century BC, to the Roman conquest of Greece after the Battle of Corinth in 146 BC. The Classical period, during the fifth and fourth ... | 952 | Classics | 4 |
5,178 | # Classics
## Classical Rome {#classical_rome}
### Language {#language_1}
The language of ancient Rome was Latin, a member of the Italic family of languages. The earliest surviving inscription in Latin comes from the 7th century BC, on a brooch from Palestrina. Latin from between this point and the early 1st century... | 546 | Classics | 5 |
5,178 | # Classics
## Legacy of the classical world {#legacy_of_the_classical_world}
The classical languages of the ancient Mediterranean world influenced every European language, imparting to each a learned vocabulary of international application. Thus, Latin grew from a highly developed cultural product of the Golden and S... | 252 | Classics | 6 |
5,192 | # Geography of Canada
Canada has a vast geography that occupies much of the continent of North America, sharing a land border with the contiguous United States to the south and the U.S. state of Alaska to the northwest. Canada stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west; to the north... | 488 | Geography of Canada | 0 |
5,192 | # Geography of Canada
## Physiography `{{anchor|Physical geography}}`{=mediawiki}
thumb\|upright=1.4\|Canada can be divided into seven physiographic regions: the Canadian Shield, the interior plains, the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands, the Appalachian region, the Western Cordillera, Hudson Bay Lowlands, and the Ar... | 768 | Geography of Canada | 1 |
5,192 | # Geography of Canada
## Physiography `{{anchor|Physical geography}}`{=mediawiki}
### Western Cordillera {#western_cordillera}
thumb\|upright=1.2\|Map of the Hart Ranges in British Columbia The Coast Mountains in British Columbia run from the lower Fraser River and the Fraser Canyon northwestward, separating the Inte... | 423 | Geography of Canada | 2 |
5,192 | # Geography of Canada
## Physiography `{{anchor|Physical geography}}`{=mediawiki}
### Hudson Bay Lowlands {#hudson_bay_lowlands}
thumb\|upright=1.2\|The Hudson Bay Lowlands approximately coincide with the Southern Hudson Bay taiga ecoregion of North America. `{{excerpt|Hudson Bay Lowlands |hat=no|only=paragraphs}}`{=... | 540 | Geography of Canada | 3 |
5,192 | # Geography of Canada
## Biogeography
thumb\|right\|upright=1.4\|ELC Ecozones and ecoprovinces of Canada Canada is divided into fifteen major terrestrial and five marine ecozones, that are further subdivided into 53 ecoprovinces, 194 ecoregions, and 1,027 ecodistricts. These eco-areas encompass over 80,000 classified... | 927 | Geography of Canada | 4 |
5,192 | # Geography of Canada
## Political geography {#political_geography}
thumb\|upright=1.4\|alt=Labelled map of Canada detailing its provinces and territories\|A political map of Canada showing its 10 provinces and 3 territories\|link=Provinces and territories of Canada
Canada is divided into ten provinces and three ter... | 319 | Geography of Canada | 5 |
5,196 | # Telecommunications in Canada
Present-day **telecommunications in Canada** include telephone, radio, television, and internet usage. In the past, telecommunications included telegraphy available through Canadian Pacific and Canadian National. `{{TOC right}}`{=mediawiki}
## History
The history of telegraphy in Canad... | 591 | Telecommunications in Canada | 0 |
5,196 | # Telecommunications in Canada
## Television
As of 2018, 762 TV services were broadcasting in Canada. This includes both conventional television stations and discretionary services.
Cable and satellite television services are available throughout Canada. The largest cable providers are Bell Canada, Rogers Cable, Vid... | 350 | Telecommunications in Canada | 1 |
5,228 | # Cheirogaleidae
The **Cheirogaleidae** are the family of strepsirrhine primates containing the various dwarf and mouse lemurs. Like all other lemurs, **cheirogaleids** live exclusively on the island of Madagascar.
## Characteristics
Cheirogaleids are smaller than the other lemurs and, in fact, they are the smallest... | 587 | Cheirogaleidae | 0 |
5,229 | # Callitrichidae
The **Callitrichidae** (also called **Arctopitheci** or **Hapalidae**) are a family of New World monkeys, including marmosets, tamarins, and lion tamarins. At times, this group of animals has been regarded as a subfamily, called the **Callitrichinae**, of the family Cebidae.
This taxon was traditiona... | 336 | Callitrichidae | 0 |
5,230 | # Cebidae
The **Cebidae** are one of the five families of New World monkeys now recognised. Extant members are the capuchin and squirrel monkeys. These species are found throughout tropical and subtropical South and Central America.
## Characteristics
Cebid monkeys are arboreal animals that only rarely travel on the... | 240 | Cebidae | 0 |
5,252 | # Lists of universities and colleges
This is a list of **lists of universities and colleges** | 16 | Lists of universities and colleges | 0 |
5,259 | # Common descent
**Common descent** is a concept in evolutionary biology applicable when one species is the ancestor of two or more species later in time. According to modern evolutionary biology, all living beings could be descendants of a unique ancestor commonly referred to as the last universal common ancestor (LU... | 715 | Common descent | 0 |
5,259 | # Common descent
## Evidence
### Common biochemistry {#common_biochemistry}
All known forms of life are based on the same fundamental biochemical organization: genetic information encoded in DNA, transcribed into RNA, through the effect of protein- and RNA-enzymes, then translated into proteins by (highly similar) r... | 876 | Common descent | 1 |
5,259 | # Common descent
## Objections
### Gene exchange clouds phylogenetic analysis {#gene_exchange_clouds_phylogenetic_analysis}
Theobald noted that substantial horizontal gene transfer could have occurred during early evolution. Bacteria today remain capable of gene exchange between distantly-related lineages. This weak... | 406 | Common descent | 2 |
5,261 | # Celtic music
**Celtic music** is a broad grouping of music genres that evolved out of the folk music traditions of the Celtic people of Northwestern Europe (the modern Celtic nations). It refers to both orally-transmitted traditional music and recorded music and the styles vary considerably to include everything fro... | 409 | Celtic music | 0 |
5,261 | # Celtic music
## Divisions
In *Celtic Music: A Complete Guide*, June Skinner Sawyers acknowledges six Celtic nationalities divided into two groups according to their linguistic heritage. The Q-Celtic nationalities are the Irish, Scottish and Manx peoples, while the P-Celtic groups are the Cornish, Bretons and Welsh ... | 749 | Celtic music | 1 |
5,261 | # Celtic music
## Celtic fusion {#celtic_fusion}
The oldest musical tradition which fits under the label of Celtic fusion originated in the rural American south in the early colonial period and incorporated English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, German, and African influences. Variously referred to as roots music, American... | 353 | Celtic music | 2 |
5,261 | # Celtic music
## Other modern adaptations {#other_modern_adaptations}
Outside of America, the first deliberate attempts to create a \"Pan-Celtic music\" were made by the Breton Taldir Jaffrennou, having translated songs from Ireland, Scotland, and Wales into Breton between the two world wars. One of his major works ... | 414 | Celtic music | 3 |
5,285 | # STS-51-F
s payload bay \| mission_type = Astronomical observations \| operator = NASA \| COSPAR_ID = \| SATCAT = \| mission_duration = `{{time interval|July 29, 1985, 21:00:00|August 6, 1985, 19:45:26|show=dhms|sep=,}}`{=mediawiki} \| distance_travelled = 5284350 km \| orbits_completed = 127 \| spacecraft = `{{OV|09... | 514 | STS-51-F | 0 |
5,285 | # STS-51-F
## Launch
thumb\|upright=1.0\|left\|Aborted launch attempt at T−3 seconds on July 12, 1985. thumb\|upright=1.0\|right\|The control panel of the Shuttle on the STS-51-F mission, showing the selection of the Abort-to-Orbit (ATO) option.
STS-51-F\'s first launch attempt on July 12, 1985, was halted with the ... | 277 | STS-51-F | 1 |
5,285 | # STS-51-F
## Mission summary {#mission_summary}
thumb\|upright=1.0\|right\|The Plasma Diagnostics Package (PDP) grappled by the Canadarm. thumb\|upright=1.0\|right\|Space art for the Spacelab 2 mission, showing some of the various experiments in the payload bay. thumb\|upright=1.0\|right\|Tony England drinks soda in... | 361 | STS-51-F | 2 |
5,285 | # STS-51-F
## Mission summary {#mission_summary}
### Other payloads {#other_payloads}
The Plasma Diagnostics Package (PDP), which had been previously flown on STS-3, made its return on the mission, and was part of a set of plasma physics experiments designed to study the Earth\'s ionosphere. During the third day of t... | 451 | STS-51-F | 3 |
5,285 | # STS-51-F
## Mission insignia {#mission_insignia}
The mission insignia was designed by Houston, Texas, artist Skip Bradley. `{{OV|99}}`{=mediawiki} is depicted ascending toward the heavens in search of new knowledge in the field of solar and stellar astronomy, with its Spacelab 2 payload. The constellations Leo and ... | 128 | STS-51-F | 4 |
5,312 | # On the Consolation of Philosophy
***On the Consolation of Philosophy*** (*De consolatione philosophiae*), often titled as ***The Consolation of Philosophy*** or simply the ***Consolation***, is a philosophical work by the Roman philosopher Boethius. Written in 523 while he was imprisoned and awaiting execution by th... | 564 | On the Consolation of Philosophy | 0 |
5,312 | # On the Consolation of Philosophy
## Interpretation
In the *Consolation*, Boethius answered religious questions without reference to Christianity, relying solely on natural philosophy and the Classical Greek tradition. He believed in the correspondence between faith and reason. The truths found in Christianity would... | 293 | On the Consolation of Philosophy | 1 |
5,312 | # On the Consolation of Philosophy
## Influence
From the Carolingian epoch to the end of the Middle Ages and beyond, *The Consolation of Philosophy* was one of the most popular and influential philosophical works, read by statesmen, poets, historians, philosophers, and theologians. It is through Boethius that much of... | 813 | On the Consolation of Philosophy | 2 |
5,315 | # Character encodings in HTML
While Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) has been in use since 1991, HTML 4.0 from December 1997 was the first standardized version where international characters were given reasonably complete treatment. When an HTML document includes special characters outside the range of seven-bit ASCII... | 878 | Character encodings in HTML | 0 |
5,332 | # Politics of Chad
The **politics of Chad** take place in a framework of a semi-presidential republic, whereby the President of Chad is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament. ... | 632 | Politics of Chad | 0 |
5,332 | # Politics of Chad
## International organization participation {#international_organization_participation}
ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AU, BDEAC, CEMAC, FAO, FZ, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OIC, ONUB, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNOCI, UPU, WCL, ... | 168 | Politics of Chad | 1 |
5,334 | # Telecommunications in Chad
**Telecommunications in Chad** include radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet.
## Radio and television {#radio_and_television}
**Radio stations:**
- state-owned radio network, Radiodiffusion Nationale Tchadienne (RNT), operates national and regional stations;... | 594 | Telecommunications in Chad | 0 |
5,373 | # Coitus interruptus
***Coitus interruptus***, also known as **withdrawal**, **pulling out** or the **pull-out method**, is an act of birth control during sexual intercourse, whereby the penis is withdrawn from a vagina prior to ejaculation so that the ejaculate (semen) may be directed away in an effort to avoid insem... | 1,178 | Coitus interruptus | 0 |
5,373 | # Coitus interruptus
## Disadvantages
Compared to the other common reversible methods of contraception such as IUDs, hormonal contraceptives, and male condoms, *coitus interruptus* is less effective at preventing pregnancy. As a result, it is also less cost-effective than many more effective methods: although the met... | 476 | Coitus interruptus | 1 |
5,375 | # Country code
A **country code** is a short alphanumeric identification code for countries and dependent areas. Its primary use is in data processing and communications. Several identification systems have been developed.
The term *country code* frequently refers to ISO 3166-1 alpha-2, as well as the telephone count... | 371 | Country code | 0 |
5,375 | # Country code
## Other country codes {#other_country_codes}
The developers of ISO 3166 intended that in time it would replace other coding systems.
### Other general-purpose systems {#other_general_purpose_systems}
- **FIPS country codes**: Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 10-4 defined two-letter c... | 521 | Country code | 1 |
5,390 | # Conversion of units
**Conversion of units** is the conversion of the unit of measurement in which a quantity is expressed, typically through a multiplicative **conversion factor** that changes the unit without changing the quantity. This is also often loosely taken to include replacement of a quantity with a corresp... | 1,276 | Conversion of units | 0 |
5,390 | # Conversion of units
## Factor--label method {#factorlabel_method}
### Example
Starting with:
: $Z = n_i \times [Z]_i$
replace the original unit `{{tmath|1= [Z]_i }}`{=mediawiki} with its meaning in terms of the desired unit `{{tmath|1= [Z]_j }}`{=mediawiki}, e.g. if `{{tmath|1= [Z]_i = c_{ij} \times [Z]_j }}`{=... | 481 | Conversion of units | 1 |
5,390 | # Conversion of units
## Software tools {#software_tools}
There are many conversion tools. They are found in the function libraries of applications such as spreadsheets databases, in calculators, and in macro packages and plugins for many other applications such as the mathematical, scientific and technical applicati... | 90 | Conversion of units | 2 |
5,394 | # Chervil
**Chervil** (`{{IPAc-en|ˈ|tʃ|ɜr|,|v|ɪ|l}}`{=mediawiki}; ***Anthriscus cerefolium***), sometimes called **French parsley** or **garden chervil** (to distinguish it from similar plants also called chervil), is a delicate annual herb related to parsley. It was formerly called myrhis due to its volatile oil with... | 552 | Chervil | 0 |
5,404 | # Critical philosophy
**Critical philosophy** (*kritische Philosophie*) is a movement inaugurated by Immanuel Kant (1724--1804). It is dedicated to the self-examination of reason with the aim of exposing its inherent limitations, that is, to defining the possibilities of knowledge as a prerequisite to advancing to kno... | 136 | Critical philosophy | 0 |
5,409 | # Commelinales
**Commelinales** is an order of flowering plants. It comprises five families: Commelinaceae, Haemodoraceae, Hanguanaceae, Philydraceae, and Pontederiaceae. All the families combined contain over 885 species in about 70 genera; the majority of species are in the Commelinaceae. Plants in the order share a... | 268 | Commelinales | 0 |
5,411 | # Cucurbitales
The **Cucurbitales** are an order of flowering plants, included in the rosid group of dicotyledons. This order mostly belongs to tropical areas, with limited presence in subtropical and temperate regions. The order includes shrubs and trees, together with many herbs and climbers. One major characteristi... | 841 | Cucurbitales | 0 |
5,412 | # Contra dance
**Contra dance** (also **contradance**, **contra-dance** and other variant spellings) is a form of folk dancing made up of long lines of couples. It has mixed origins from English country dance, Scottish country dance, and French dance styles in the 17th century. Sometimes described as New England folk ... | 392 | Contra dance | 0 |
5,412 | # Contra dance
## History
thumb\|upright=1.25\|A contra dance called by Dudley Laufman in Richmond, New Hampshire, in 1964 or 1965 thumb\|upright=1.25\|Contra dancers at a ball in Peterborough, New Hampshire, United States (silent video) Contra dance has European origins, and over 100 years of cultural influences fro... | 859 | Contra dance | 1 |
5,412 | # Contra dance
## Events
Contra dances take place in more than 200 cities and towns across the U.S. (`{{As of|2020|lc=y}}`{=mediawiki}), as well as in other countries.
Contra dance events are typically open to all, regardless of experience, unless explicitly stated otherwise. It is common to see dancers with a wide ... | 612 | Contra dance | 2 |
5,412 | # Contra dance
## Form
### Formations
Contra dances are arranged in long lines of couples. A pair of lines is called a *set*. Sets are generally arranged so they run the length of the hall, with the *top* of the set being the end closest to the band and caller, and the *bottom* of the set being the end farthest from... | 696 | Contra dance | 3 |
5,412 | # Contra dance
## Choreography
*Main article: Contra dance choreography* Contra dance choreography specifies the dance formation, the figures, and the sequence of those figures in a dance. Contra dance figures (with a few exceptions) do not have defined footwork; within the limits of the music and the comfort of thei... | 669 | Contra dance | 4 |
5,412 | # Contra dance
## Music
thumb\|upright=1.5\|thumbtime=60\|Calluna plays Money Musk at Youth Dance Weekend 2019 in Weston, Vermont The most common contra dance repertoire is rooted in the Anglo-Celtic tradition as it developed in North America. Irish, Scottish, French Canadian, and Old-time tunes are common, and Klezm... | 771 | Contra dance | 5 |
5,413 | # Coin collecting
thumb\|upright=1.35\|A coin collection, featuring coins loose and in various storage mediums. `{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}`{=mediawiki} `{{Numismatics}}`{=mediawiki}
**Coin collecting** is the collecting of coins or other forms of minted legal tender. Coins of interest to collectors include ... | 798 | Coin collecting | 0 |
5,413 | # Coin collecting
## Collector types {#collector_types}
Some coin collectors are generalists and accumulate examples from a broad variety of historical or geographically significant coins, but most collectors focus on a narrower, specialist interest. For example, some collectors focus on coins based on a common theme... | 659 | Coin collecting | 1 |
5,429 | # Geography of Cambodia
Cambodia is a country in mainland Southeast Asia. It borders Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, the Gulf of Thailand and covers a total area of approximately 181,035 km2. The country is situated in its entirety inside the tropical Indomalayan realm and the Indochina Time zone (ICT).
Cambodia\'s main geo... | 580 | Geography of Cambodia | 0 |
5,429 | # Geography of Cambodia
## General topography {#general_topography}
Bowl- or saucer-shaped, Cambodia covers 181035 km2 in the south-western part of the Indochinese peninsula as its landmass and marine territory is situated entirely within the tropics.
The bowl\'s bottom represents Cambodia\'s interior, about 75 perc... | 529 | Geography of Cambodia | 1 |
5,429 | # Geography of Cambodia
## Regions
### Central plain {#central_plain}
The vast alluvial and lacustrine interconnected Cambodian flood-plain is a geologically relatively recent depression where the sediments of the Mekong and its tributaries accumulate as waters are subject to frequent course changes. The area covers... | 1,132 | Geography of Cambodia | 2 |
5,429 | # Geography of Cambodia
## Regions
### Eastern Highlands {#eastern_highlands}
Tall grasses and deciduous forests cover the ground east of the Mekong River in Mondulkiri, where the transitional plains merge with the eastern highlands at altitudes from 200 to. The landscape has suffered from rubber farming, logging and... | 299 | Geography of Cambodia | 3 |
5,429 | # Geography of Cambodia
## Climate
Cambodia\'s climate, like that of much of the rest of mainland Southeast Asia is dominated by monsoons, which are known as tropical wet and dry because of the distinctly marked seasonal differences. The monsoonal air-flows are caused by annual alternating high pressure and low press... | 362 | Geography of Cambodia | 4 |
5,429 | # Geography of Cambodia
## Hydrology
The Mekong River and its tributaries comprise one of the largest river systems in the world. The central Tonle Sap, the *Great Lake* has several input rivers, the most important being the Tonle Sap River, which contributes 62% of the total water supply during the rainy season. Dir... | 488 | Geography of Cambodia | 5 |
5,429 | # Geography of Cambodia
## Vegetation & ecoregions {#vegetation_ecoregions}
Cambodia has one of the highest levels of forest cover in the region as the interdependence of Cambodia's geography and hydrology makes it rich in natural resources and biological diversity - among the bio-richest countries in Southeast Asia.... | 982 | Geography of Cambodia | 6 |
5,429 | # Geography of Cambodia
## Vegetation & ecoregions {#vegetation_ecoregions}
### Coastal habitats {#coastal_habitats}
The Cambodian coastline consists of 60000 ha of over 30 species of mangroves - among the most biologically diverse wetlands on earth. The most pristine mangrove forests are found in Koh Kong Province. ... | 338 | Geography of Cambodia | 7 |
5,429 | # Geography of Cambodia
## Protected areas {#protected_areas}
\"The 1993 Royal Decree on the Protection of Natural Areas recognized 23 protected areas, which at the time covered more than 18% of the country's total land area.\"
- Natural parks (sometimes described as 'national parks')
- Wildlife reserves
- Pro... | 1,817 | Geography of Cambodia | 8 |
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