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5664 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consciousness | Consciousness | Consciousness, at its simplest, is awareness of internal and external existence. However, its nature has led to millennia of analyses, explanations and debate by philosophers, theologians, and all of science. Opinions differ about what exactly needs to be studied or even considered consciousness. In some explanations,... |
5665 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency | Currency | A currency is a standardization of money in any form, in use or circulation as a medium of exchange, for example banknotes and coins.
A more general definition is that a currency is a system of money in common use within a specific environment over time, especially for people in a nation state. Under this definition, t... |
5666 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central%20bank | Central bank | A central bank, reserve bank, or monetary authority is an institution that manages the currency and monetary policy of a country or monetary union. In contrast to a commercial bank, a central bank possesses a monopoly on increasing the monetary base. Many central banks also have supervisory or regulatory powers to ensu... |
5667 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorine | Chlorine | Chlorine is a chemical element with the symbol Cl and atomic number 17. The second-lightest of the halogens, it appears between fluorine and bromine in the periodic table and its properties are mostly intermediate between them. Chlorine is a yellow-green gas at room temperature. It is an extremely reactive element and ... |
5668 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium | Calcium | Calcium is a chemical element with the symbol Ca and atomic number 20. As an alkaline earth metal, calcium is a reactive metal that forms a dark oxide-nitride layer when exposed to air. Its physical and chemical properties are most similar to its heavier homologues strontium and barium. It is the fifth most abundant el... |
5669 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium | Chromium | Chromium is a chemical element with the symbol Cr and atomic number 24. It is the first element in group 6. It is a steely-grey, lustrous, hard, and brittle transition metal.
Chromium metal is valued for its high corrosion resistance and hardness. A major development in steel production was the discovery that steel co... |
5672 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadmium | Cadmium | Cadmium is a chemical element with the symbol Cd and atomic number 48. This soft, silvery-white metal is chemically similar to the two other stable metals in group 12, zinc and mercury. Like zinc, it demonstrates oxidation state +2 in most of its compounds, and like mercury, it has a lower melting point than the transi... |
5675 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curium | Curium | Curium is a transuranic, radioactive chemical element with the symbol Cm and atomic number 96 and its made entirely from curry. This actinide element was named after eminent scientists Marie and Pierre Curie, both known for their research on radioactivity. Curium was first intentionally made by the team of Glenn T. Sea... |
5681 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate%20title | Corporate title | Corporate titles or business titles are given to corporate officers to show what duties and responsibilities they have in the organization. Such titles are used by publicly and privately held for-profit corporations, cooperatives, non-profit organizations, educational institutions, partnerships, and sole proprietorship... |
5685 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge%2C%20Massachusetts | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Cambridge ( ) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is a major suburb in the Greater Boston metropolitan area, located directly across the Charles River from Boston. The city's population as of the 2020 U.S. census was 118,403, making it the most populous city in the county, the 4th mos... |
5689 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College | College | A college (Latin: collegium) is an educational institution or a constituent part of one. A college may be a degree-awarding tertiary educational institution, a part of a collegiate or federal university, an institution offering vocational education, a further education institution, or a secondary school.
In most of... |
5691 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex | Codex | The codex (: codices ) was the historical ancestor of the modern book. Instead of being composed of sheets of paper, it used sheets of vellum, papyrus, or other materials. The term codex is often used for ancient manuscript books, with handwritten contents. A codex, much like the modern book, is bound by stacking the ... |
5693 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude%20Shannon | Claude Shannon | Claude Elwood Shannon (April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001) was an American mathematician, electrical engineer, computer scientist and cryptographer known as the "father of information theory". He is credited alongside George Boole for laying the foundations of the Information Age.
As a 21-year-old master's degree stu... |
5695 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community | Community | A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with a shared socially significant characteristic, such as place, set of norms, culture, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, town, or neighbourhood) or in vi... |
5698 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Babbage | Charles Babbage | Charles Babbage (; 26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871) was an English polymath. A mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, Babbage originated the concept of a digital programmable computer.
Babbage is considered by some to be "father of the computer". Babbage is credited with inventing the first ... |
5700 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-dressing | Cross-dressing | Cross-dressing is the act of wearing clothes traditionally or stereotypically associated with a different gender. From as early as pre-modern history, cross-dressing has been practiced in order to disguise, comfort, entertain, and express oneself.
Almost every human society throughout history has had expected norms fo... |
5702 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel%20Tunnel | Channel Tunnel | The Channel Tunnel (), also known as the Chunnel, is a underwater railway tunnel that connects Folkestone (Kent, England) with Coquelles (Pas-de-Calais, France) beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover. It is the only fixed link between the island of Great Britain and the European mainland. At its lowest poi... |
5703 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk | Cyberpunk | Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a dystopian futuristic setting that tends to focus on a "combination of lowlife and high tech", featuring futuristic technological and scientific achievements, such as artificial intelligence and cyberware, juxtaposed with societal collapse, dystopia or decay. Much of cyber... |
5704 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic%20strip | Comic strip | A comic strip is a sequence of cartoons, arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions. Traditionally, throughout the 20th and into the 21st century, these have been published in newspapers and magazines, with daily horizontal strips pri... |
5715 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptanalysis | Cryptanalysis | Cryptanalysis (from the Greek kryptós, "hidden", and analýein, "to analyze") refers to the process of analyzing information systems in order to understand hidden aspects of the systems. Cryptanalysis is used to breach cryptographic security systems and gain access to the contents of encrypted messages, even if the cry... |
5716 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicano | Chicano | Chicano (masculine form) or Chicana (feminine form) is an ethnic identity for Mexican Americans who have a non-Anglo self-image, embracing their Mexican Native ancestry. Chicano was originally a classist and racist slur used toward low-income Mexicans that was reclaimed in the 1940s among youth who belonged to the Pac... |
5717 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary%20Islands | Canary Islands | The Canary Islands (; , ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in Macaronesia in the Atlantic Ocean. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocco. They are the southernmost of the autonomous communities of Spain. The islands have a popul... |
5718 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck%20D | Chuck D | Carlton Douglas Ridenhour (born August 1, 1960), known professionally as Chuck D, is an American rapper, best known as the leader and frontman of the hip hop group Public Enemy, which he co-founded in 1985 with Flavor Flav. Chuck D is also a member of the rock supergroup Prophets of Rage. He has released several solo a... |
5721 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coma | Coma | A coma is a deep state of prolonged unconsciousness in which a person cannot be awakened, fails to respond normally to painful stimuli, light, or sound, lacks a normal wake-sleep cycle and does not initiate voluntary actions. The person may experience respiratory and circulatory problems due to the body's inability to ... |
5722 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call%20of%20Cthulhu%20%28role-playing%20game%29 | Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game) | Call of Cthulhu is a horror fiction role-playing game based on H. P. Lovecraft's story of the same name and the associated Cthulhu Mythos. The game, often abbreviated as CoC, is published by Chaosium; it was first released in 1981 and is in its seventh edition, with licensed foreign language editions available as well.... |
5724 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape%20Breton%20Island | Cape Breton Island | Cape Breton Island (, formerly ; or ; ) is a rugged and irregularly shaped island on the Atlantic coast of North America and part of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada.
The island accounts for 18.7% of Nova Scotia's total area. Although the island is physically separated from the Nova Scotia peninsula by the Strait... |
5729 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chariots%20of%20Fire | Chariots of Fire | Chariots of Fire is a 1981 British historical sports drama film directed by Hugh Hudson, written by Colin Welland and produced by David Puttnam. It is based on the true story of two British athletes in the 1924 Olympics: Eric Liddell, a devout Scottish Christian who runs for the glory of God, and Harold Abrahams, an En... |
5734 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consequentialism | Consequentialism | In ethical philosophy, consequentialism is a class of normative, teleological ethical theories that holds that the consequences of one's conduct are the ultimate basis for judgement about the rightness or wrongness of that conduct. Thus, from a consequentialist standpoint, a morally right act (or omission from acting) ... |
5735 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription | Conscription | Conscription (also called the draft in the United States) is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and it continues in some countries to the present day under various names. The modern system of near-universal national conscription... |
5738 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervix | Cervix | The cervix (: cervices) or cervix uteri (Latin, "neck of the uterus") is the lower part of the uterus (womb) in the human female reproductive system. The cervix is usually 2 to 3 cm long (~1 inch) and roughly cylindrical in shape, which changes during pregnancy. The narrow, central cervical canal runs along its entire ... |
5739 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiler | Compiler | In computing, a compiler is a computer program that translates computer code written in one programming language (the source language) into another language (the target language). The name "compiler" is primarily used for programs that translate source code from a high-level programming language to a low-level programm... |
5742 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castrato | Castrato | A castrato (Italian, : castrati) is a male singer who underwent castration before puberty in order to retain singing voice equivalent to that of a soprano, mezzo-soprano, or contralto. The voice can also occur in one who, due to an endocrinological condition, never reaches sexual maturity.
Castration before puberty (o... |
5750 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive%20behavioral%20therapy | Cognitive behavioral therapy | Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a psycho-social intervention that aims to reduce symptoms of various mental health conditions, primarily depression and anxiety disorders. Cognitive behavioral therapy is one of the most effective means of treatment for substance abuse and co-occurring mental health disorders. CBT ... |
5751 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese%20language | Chinese language | Chinese ( or ) is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in Greater China. Approximately 1.3 billion people, or around 16% of the global population, speak a variety of Chinese as their first language.
Chinese languages form the Sinitic branch of the Sino... |
5760 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20China | History of China | The history of China spans several millennia across a wide geographical area. Each region now considered part of the Chinese world has experienced periods of unity, fracture, prosperity, and hardship. Classical Chinese civilization first emerged in the Yellow River valley, which along with the Yangtze and Pearl River b... |
5762 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil%20engineering | Civil engineering | Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewage systems, pipelines, structural components of buildings, and railways.
Civil... |
5766 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement%20Attlee | Clement Attlee | Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, (3 January 18838 October 1967) was a British statesman and Labour Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955. He was Deputy Prime Minister during the wartime coalition government under W... |
5771 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher%20Marlowe | Christopher Marlowe | Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe (; baptised 26 February 156430 May 1593), was an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe is among the most famous of the Elizabethan playwrights. Based upon the "many imitations" of his play Tamburlaine, modern scholars consider him to have ... |
5776 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caving | Caving | Caving – also known as spelunking in the United States and Canada and potholing in the United Kingdom and Ireland – is the recreational pastime of exploring wild cave systems (as distinguished from show caves). In contrast, speleology is the scientific study of caves and the cave environment.
The challenges involved ... |
5778 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave | Cave | A cave or cavern is a natural void in the ground, specifically a space large enough for a human to enter. Caves often form by the weathering of rock and often extend deep underground. The word cave can refer to smaller openings such as sea caves, rock shelters, and grottos, that extend a relatively short distance into ... |
5783 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20program | Computer program | A computer program is a sequence or set of instructions in a programming language for a computer to execute. It is one component of software, which also includes documentation and other intangible components.
A computer program in its human-readable form is called source code. Source code needs another computer progra... |
5785 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime | Crime | In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term crime does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition, though statutory definitions have been provided for certain purposes. The most popular view is that crime is a category created... |
5786 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%20Institute%20of%20Technology | California Institute of Technology | The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech or CIT) is a private research university in Pasadena, California. The university is responsible for many modern scientific advancements and is among a small group of institutes of technology in the United States which are strongly devoted to the instruction of ... |
5796 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity | Celebrity | Celebrity is a condition of fame and broad public recognition of a person or group as a result of the attention given to them by mass media. An individual may attain a celebrity status from having great wealth, their participation in sports or the entertainment industry, their position as a political figure, or even fr... |
5804 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Baudelaire | Charles Baudelaire | Charles Pierre Baudelaire (, ; ; 9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet who also worked as an essayist, art critic and translator. His poems are described as exhibiting mastery of rhyme and rhythm, containing an exoticism inherited from Romantics, and are based on observations of real life.
His most famous w... |
5808 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey%20at%20the%20Bat | Casey at the Bat | "Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic, Sung in the Year 1888" is a mock-heroic poem written in 1888 by Ernest Thayer. It was first published anonymously in The San Francisco Examiner (then called The Daily Examiner) on June 3, 1888, under the pen name "Phin", based on Thayer's college nickname, "Phinney". Featuri... |
5810 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical%20guitar | Classical guitar | The classical guitar, also called Spanish guitar, is a member of the guitar family used in classical music and other styles. An acoustic wooden string instrument with strings made of gut or nylon, it is a precursor of the modern steel-string acoustic and electric guitars, both of which use metal strings. Classical guit... |
5813 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.%20S.%20Lewis | C. S. Lewis | Clive Staples Lewis, (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British writer, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Magdalen College, Oxford (1925–1954), and Magdalene College, Cambridge (1954–1963). He is best known as the author of The Chronicles o... |
5820 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucianism | Confucianism | Confucianism, also known as Ruism or Ru classicism, is a system of thought and behavior originating in ancient China, and is variously described as a tradition, philosophy, (humanistic or rationalistic) religion, theory of government, or way of life. Confucianism developed from what was later called the Hundred Schools... |
5822 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese%20philosophy | Chinese philosophy | Chinese philosophy originates in the Spring and Autumn period and Warring States period, during a period known as the "Hundred Schools of Thought", which was characterized by significant intellectual and cultural developments. Although much of Chinese philosophy begun in the Warring States period, elements of Chinese p... |
5823 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius | Confucius | Kong Fuzi (), more usually Kongzi (; , – ), commonly Latinized as Confucius, was a Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages. Confucius's teachings and philosophy underpin East Asian culture and society, and remain influential across China and East... |
5826 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex%20number | Complex number | In mathematics, a complex number is an element of a number system that extends the real numbers with a specific element denoted , called the imaginary unit and satisfying the equation ; every complex number can be expressed in the form , where and are real numbers. Because no real number satisfies the above equation,... |
5828 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptozoology | Cryptozoology | Cryptozoology is a pseudoscience and subculture that searches for and studies unknown, legendary, or extinct animals whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated, particularly those popular in folklore, such as Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, Yeti, the chupacabra, the Jersey Devil, or the Mokele-mbembe. Cryp... |
5829 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig%20Charles | Craig Charles | Craig Joseph Charles (born 11 July 1964) is an English actor, comedian, DJ, and television and radio presenter. He is best known for his roles as Dave Lister in the science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf and Lloyd Mullaney in the soap opera Coronation Street (2005–2015). He presented the gladiator-style game show Robot Wars ... |
5830 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County%20Mayo | County Mayo | County Mayo (; ) is a county in Ireland. In the West of Ireland, in the province of Connacht, it is named after the village of Mayo, now generally known as Mayo Abbey. Mayo County Council is the local authority. The population was 137,231 at the 2022 census. The boundaries of the county, which was formed in 1585, refle... |
5836 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography%20of%20Colombia | Geography of Colombia | The Republic of Colombia is situated largely in the north-west of South America, with some territories falling within the boundaries of Central America. It is bordered to the north-west by Panama; to the east by Brazil and Venezuela; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; and it shares maritime limits with Costa Rica, Nicar... |
5839 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy%20of%20Colombia | Economy of Colombia | The economy of Colombia is the fourth largest in Latin America as measured by gross domestic product and the third-largest economic power in South America. Colombia has experienced a historic economic boom over the last decade. Throughout most of the 20th century, Colombia was Latin America's 4th and 3rd largest econom... |
5844 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Colombia | History of Colombia | The history of Colombia includes the settlements and society by indigenous peoples, most notably, the Muisca Confederation, Quimbaya Civilization, and Tairona Chiefdoms; the Spanish arrived in 1492 and initiated a period of annexation and colonization, most noteworthy being Spanish conquest; ultimately creating the Vic... |
5849 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy%20of%20the%20Czech%20Republic | Economy of the Czech Republic | The economy of the Czech Republic is a developed export-oriented social market economy based in services, manufacturing, and innovation that maintains a high-income welfare state and the European social model. The Czech Republic participates in the European Single Market as a member of the European Union, and is there... |
5859 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuity%20Irish%20Republican%20Army | Continuity Irish Republican Army | The Continuity Irish Republican Army (Continuity IRA or CIRA), styling itself as the Irish Republican Army (), is an Irish republican paramilitary group that aims to bring about a united Ireland. It claims to be a direct continuation of the original Irish Republican Army and the national army of the Irish Republic that... |
5863 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen%20interpretation | Copenhagen interpretation | The Copenhagen interpretation is a collection of views about the meaning of quantum mechanics, stemming from the work of Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Max Born, and others. The term "Copenhagen interpretation" was apparently coined by Heisenberg during the 1950s to refer to ideas developed in the 1925–1927 period, glo... |
5865 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council%20of%20Europe | Council of Europe | The Council of Europe (CoE; , ) is an international organisation established in the wake of World War II to uphold human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe. Founded in 1949, it brings together 46 member states, with a population of approximately 675 million; it operates with an annual budget of approximat... |
5866 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council%20of%20the%20European%20Union | Council of the European Union | The Council of the European Union, often referred to in the treaties and other official documents simply as the Council, and informally known as the Council of Ministers, is the third of the seven Institutions of the European Union (EU) as listed in the Treaty on European Union. It is one of two legislative bodies and ... |
5876 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronary%20artery%20disease | Coronary artery disease | Coronary artery disease (CAD), also called coronary heart disease (CHD), ischemic heart disease (IHD), myocardial ischemia, or simply heart disease, involves the reduction of blood flow to the heart muscle due to build-up of atherosclerotic plaque in the arteries of the heart. It is the most common of the cardiovascula... |
5879 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesium | Caesium | Caesium (IUPAC spelling; cesium in American English) is a chemical element with the symbol Cs and atomic number 55. It is a soft, silvery-golden alkali metal with a melting point of , which makes it one of only five elemental metals that are liquid at or near room temperature. Caesium has physical and chemical properti... |
5882 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff | Cardiff | Cardiff (; ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. Cardiff had a population of 362,310 in 2021, and forms a principal area officially known as the City and County of Cardiff (). The city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingdom. Located in the south-east of Wales and in the Cardiff Capital Region, Cardiff is ... |
5884 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Dickens | Charles Dickens | Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist and social critic who created some of the world's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th ... |
5902 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital%20punishment | Capital punishment | Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned practice of killing a person as a punishment for a crime, usually following an authorised, rule-governed process to conclude that the person is responsible for violating norms that warrant said punishment.... |
5905 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalcogen | Chalcogen | The chalcogens (ore forming) ( ) are the chemical elements in group 16 of the periodic table. This group is also known as the oxygen family. Group 16 consists of the elements oxygen (O), sulfur (S), selenium (Se), tellurium (Te), and the radioactive elements polonium (Po) and livermorium (Lv). Often, oxygen is treated ... |
5906 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon%20dioxide | Carbon dioxide | Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula . It is made up of molecules that each have one carbon atom covalently double bonded to two oxygen atoms. It is found in the gas state at room temperature, and as the source of available carbon in the carbon cycle, atmospheric is the primary carbon source... |
5907 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheers | Cheers | Cheers is an American sitcom television series that ran on NBC from September 30, 1982, to May 20, 1993, with a total of 275 half-hour episodes across 11 seasons. The show was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions in association with Paramount Network Television and was created by the team of James Burrows an... |
5909 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterpoint | Counterpoint | In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more musical lines (or voices) which are harmonically interdependent yet independent in rhythm and melodic contour. It has been most commonly identified in the European classical tradition, strongly developing during the Renaissance and in much of the common pra... |
5914 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalysis | Catalysis | Catalysis () is the increase in rate of a chemical reaction due to an added substance known as a catalyst (). Catalysts are not consumed by the reaction and remain unchanged after it. If the reaction is rapid and the catalyst recycles quickly, very small amounts of catalyst often suffice; mixing, surface area, and temp... |
5918 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum%20mechanics | Continuum mechanics | Continuum mechanics is a branch of mechanics that deals with the deformation of and transmission of forces through materials modeled as a continuous medium (also called a continuum) rather than as discrete particles. The French mathematician Augustin-Louis Cauchy was the first to formulate such models in the 19th centu... |
5920 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic%20languages | Celtic languages | The Celtic languages ( ) are a group of related languages descended from Proto-Celtic. They form a branch of the Indo-European language family. The term "Celtic" was first used to describe this language group by Edward Lhuyd in 1707, following Paul-Yves Pezron, who made the explicit link between the Celts described by ... |
5921 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color | Color | Color (American English) or colour (Commonwealth English) is the visual perception based on the electromagnetic spectrum. Though color is not an inherent property of matter, color perception is related to an object's light absorption, reflection, emission spectra and interference. For most humans, colors are perceived ... |
5928 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clown | Clown | A clown is a person who performs comedy and arts in a state of open-mindedness using physical comedy, typically while wearing distinct makeup or costuming and reversing folkway-norms. Clowns have a varied tradition with significant variations in costume and performance. The most recognisable clowns are those that commo... |
4045710 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20fan | Computer fan | A computer fan is any fan inside, or attached to, a computer case used for active cooling. Fans are used to draw cooler air into the case from the outside, expel warm air from inside and move air across a heat sink to cool a particular component. Both axial and sometimes centrifugal (blower/squirrel-cage) fans are used... |
4047065 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chew%20Valley | Chew Valley | The Chew Valley is an affluent area in North Somerset, England, named after the River Chew, which rises at Chewton Mendip, and joins the River Avon at Keynsham. Technically, the area of the valley is bounded by the water catchment area of the Chew and its tributaries; however, the name Chew Valley is often used less fo... |
4047143 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wing%20Commander%20IV%3A%20The%20Price%20of%20Freedom | Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom | Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom is the fourth main game in the Wing Commander science fiction space combat simulator video game series, produced by Origin Systems and released by Electronic Arts for the PC in 1996 and the Sony PlayStation in 1997 (the game was also released on the North American PlayStation Net... |
4047176 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Johnstone%20%28Royal%20Navy%20officer%29 | George Johnstone (Royal Navy officer) | George Johnstone (1730 – 24 May 1787) was a Royal Navy officer who saw service during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence, rising to the rank of post-captain and serving for a time as commodore of a British naval squadron. In a multifaceted career he was also a ... |
4047265 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verreaux%27s%20eagle-owl | Verreaux's eagle-owl | Verreaux's eagle-owl (Ketupa lactea), also commonly known as the milky eagle owl or giant eagle owl, is a member of the family Strigidae. This species is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa. A member of the genus Ketupa, it is the largest African owl, measuring up to in total length. This eagle-owl is a resident primaril... |
4047535 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falconry%20training%20and%20technique | Falconry training and technique | Training raptors (birds of prey) is a complex undertaking. Books containing advice by experienced falconers are still rudimentary at best.
Many important details vary between individual raptors, species of raptors and between places and times. The keeping and training of any raptor is strictly and tightly regulated by ... |
4047598 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20symphony%20orchestras%20in%20Europe | List of symphony orchestras in Europe | This is a non-exhaustive list of symphony orchestras in Europe. For orchestras from other continents, see List of symphony orchestras.
Pan-European orchestras
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
European Medical Students' Orchestra and Choir
European Union Youth Orchestra
Spira Mirabilis
Austria
Ars Antiqua Austria
B... |
4047853 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska%20Aces%20%28PBA%29 | Alaska Aces (PBA) | The Alaska Aces were a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association since 1986 under the ownership of Alaska Milk Corporation (AMC) and the owner of 14 PBA championships, tied with the Magnolia Hotshots for the third-most titles overall. They are one of the most popular teams in the league and ... |
4047930 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20disorganization%20theory | Social disorganization theory | In sociology, the social disorganization theory is a theory developed by the Chicago School, related to ecological theories. The theory directly links crime rates to neighbourhood ecological characteristics; a core principle of social disorganization theory that states location matters. In other words, a person's resid... |
4048025 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota%20Aurion%20%28XV40%29 | Toyota Aurion (XV40) | The Toyota Aurion (XV40) is the original series of the Toyota Aurion, a mid-size car produced by Toyota in Australia and parts of Asia. Designated "XV40", Toyota manufactured the first generation Aurion between 2006 and 2012 until it was fully replaced by the XV50 series. While Asian production of the XV50 series bega... |
4048091 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARCAspace | ARCAspace | Romanian Cosmonautics and Aeronautics Association (), also known as ARCAspace, is an aerospace company based in Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania. It builds rockets, high-altitude balloons, and unmanned aerial vehicles. It was founded in 1999 as a non-governmental organization in Romania by the Romanian engineer and entrepreneur... |
4048612 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Rantoul%20Jr. | Robert Rantoul Jr. | Robert Rantoul Jr. (August 13, 1805August 7, 1852) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts.
Rantoul was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1835–1839), the commission to revise the laws of Massachusetts, and the Massachusetts Board of Education (1837–1842). He was the United States... |
4048682 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Clifford%2C%209th%20Baron%20Clifford | John Clifford, 9th Baron Clifford | John Clifford, 9th Baron Clifford, 9th Lord of Skipton (8 April 1435 – 28 March 1461) was a Lancastrian military leader during the Wars of the Roses in England. The Clifford family was one of the most prominent families among the northern English nobility of the fifteenth century, and by the marriages of his sisters, J... |
4048845 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Socialist%20Workers%20Party%20%28Britain%29 | History of the Socialist Workers Party (Britain) | The history of the Socialist Workers Party begins with the formation of the Socialist Review Group in 1950, followed by the creation of the International Socialists in 1962 and continues through to the present day with the formation of the Socialist Workers Party in 1977.
Origins
The SWP's origins lie in the Revolutio... |
4048980 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert%20Finch | Albert Finch | Albert Finch (16 May 1926 – 23 January 2003) was a British boxer from Croydon in South London, who was active from 1945 to 1958. He fought as both a middleweight and light-heavyweight, becoming British middleweight champion in 1950.
He was one of seven children and learnt to box at the age of eight. He had a successfu... |
4049224 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean%20Slater | Sean Slater | Sean Slater is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Robert Kazinsky, who made his first appearance on 22 August 2006. Sean's existence was revealed on 9 December 2005 when his sister Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) returns to Walford after their mother, Jean (Gillian Wright), attempts suicid... |
4049975 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli%20wine | Israeli wine | Israeli wine is produced by hundreds of wineries, ranging in size from small boutique enterprises to large companies producing over ten million bottles per year.
Wine has been produced in the Land of Israel since biblical times. Wine was exported to Rome during the Roman period, but under the Muslim rulers the produc... |
4050053 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh%20Americans | Welsh Americans | Welsh Americans () are an American ethnic group whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in Wales, United Kingdom. In the 2008 U.S. Census community survey, an estimated 1.98 million Americans had Welsh ancestry, 0.6% of the total U.S. population. This compares with a population of 3 million in Wales. However, 3.8% o... |
4050068 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resisting%20arrest | Resisting arrest | Resisting arrest, or simply resisting, is an illegal act of a suspected criminal either fleeing, threatening, assaulting, or providing a fake ID to a police officer during arrest. In most cases, the person responsible for resisting arrest is criminally charged or taken to court. In fewer, they are killed.
Brazil
The ... |
4050205 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Sayers | Tom Sayers | Tom Sayers (15 or 25 May 18268 November 1865) was an English bare-knuckle prize fighter. There were no formal weight divisions at the time, and although Sayers was only five feet eight inches tall and never weighed much more than 150 pounds, he frequently fought much bigger men. In a career which lasted from 1849 until... |
4050623 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire%20from%20Heaven | Fire from Heaven | Fire from Heaven is a 1969 historical novel by Mary Renault about the childhood and youth of Alexander the Great. It reportedly was a major inspiration for the Oliver Stone film Alexander. The book was nominated for the “Lost Man Booker Prize” of 1970, "a contest delayed by 40 years because a reshuffling of the fledgel... |
4051468 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium-238 | Plutonium-238 | Plutonium-238 (238Pu or Pu-238) is a radioactive isotope of plutonium that has a half-life of 87.7 years.
Plutonium-238 is a very powerful alpha emitter; as alpha particles are easily blocked, this makes the plutonium-238 isotope suitable for usage in radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) and radioisotope heat... |
4051501 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgios%20Samaras | Georgios Samaras | Georgios Samaras (, ; born 21 February 1985) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Samaras started his career at OFI Crete, before moving on to Eredivisie side Heerenveen in 2001. He made his first team debut two years later and after a further three seasons with the club he moved to Premi... |
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