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ananke is a deity in greek mythology. ananke may also refer to: ananke (moon), a moon of jupiter ananke group, a group of satellites of jupiter that follow similar orbits to ananke "ananke", a short story by stanisław lem from tales of pirx the pilot cosmopterix ananke, a moth of family cosmopterigidae |
the apache http server ( ) is a free and open-source cross-platform web server software, released under the terms of apache license 2.0. it is developed and maintained by a community of developers under the auspices of the apache software foundation. the vast majority of apache http server instances run on a linux dist... |
alph may refer to: alpheus river, a river on the peloponnese alph river, a river in antarctica alph lake, a lake in antarctica alph, a fictional river in the poem kubla khan by samuel taylor coleridge alph, a character from luminous arc alph, a character from the game pikmin 3 see also alf (disambiguation) alph lyla, t... |
arbroath abbey, in the scottish town of arbroath, was founded in 1178 by king william the lion for a group of tironensian benedictine monks from kelso abbey. it was consecrated in 1197 with a dedication to the deceased saint thomas becket, whom the king had met at the english court. it was william's only personal found... |
accounting, also known as accountancy, is the processing of information about economic entities, such as businesses and corporations. accounting measures the results of an organization's economic activities and conveys this information to a variety of stakeholders, including investors, creditors, management, and regula... |
ants are eusocial insects of the family formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order hymenoptera. ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the cretaceous period. more than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22,000 species have been classified. they are easily identified by their geniculate... |
arbitration, in the context of the law of the united states, is a form of alternative dispute resolution. specifically, arbitration is an alternative to litigation through which the parties to a dispute agree to submit their respective evidence and legal arguments to a neutral third party (the arbitrator(s) or arbiter(... |
the adversarial system or adversary system is a legal system used in the common law countries where two advocates represent their parties' case or position before an impartial person or group of people, usually a judge or jury, who attempt to determine the truth and pass judgment accordingly. it is in contrast to the i... |
abano terme (known as abano bagni until 1924) is a town and comune in the province of padua, in the veneto region, italy, on the eastern slope of the euganean hills; it is southwest by rail from padua. abano terme's population is 19,062 (2001) (in 1901 it was 4,556). the town's hot springs and mud baths are an importan... |
see also, abatement. abated, an ancient technical term applied in masonry and metal work to those portions which are sunk beneath the surface, as in inscriptions where the ground is sunk round the letters so as to leave the letters or ornament in relief. references construction masonry |
abati is a surname. it was used by an ancient noble family of florence. notable people with the surname include: antonio abati (died 1667), italian poet baldo angelo abati (sixteenth century), italian naturalist joaquín abati (1865–1936), spanish writer joël abati (born 1970), french handball player megliore degli abat... |
an abatis, abattis, or abbattis is a field fortification consisting of an obstacle formed (in the modern era) of the branches of trees laid in a row, with the sharpened tops directed outwards, towards the enemy. the trees are usually interlaced or tied with wire. abatis are used alone or in combination with wire entang... |
antoine thomson d'abbadie d'arrast (3 january 1810 – 19 march 1897) was an irish-born french explorer, geographer, ethnologist, linguist and astronomer notable for his travels in ethiopia during the first half of the 19th century. he was the older brother of arnaud-michel d'abbadie, with whom he travelled. biography d'... |
abba mari ben moses ben joseph, was a provençal rabbi, born at lunel, near montpellier, towards the end of the 13th century. he is also known as yarhi from his birthplace (hebrew yerah, i.e. moon, lune), and he further took the name astruc, don astruc or en astruc of lunel from the word "astruc" meaning lucky. the desc... |
abbas helmy ii (also known as ʿabbās ḥilmī pāshā, ) (14 july 1874 – 19 december 1944) was the last khedive (ottoman viceroy) of egypt and the sudan, ruling from 8january 1892 to 19 december 1914. in 1914, after the ottoman empire joined the central powers in world war i, the nationalist khedive was removed by the briti... |
abbas mirza (; august 26, 1789october 25, 1833) was a qajar crown prince of iran. he developed a reputation as a military commander during the russo-persian war of 1804–1813 and the russo-persian war of 1826–1828, as well as through the ottoman–persian war of 1821–1823. he is furthermore noted as an early modernizer of... |
george abbot (29 october 15624 august 1633) was an english divine who was archbishop of canterbury from 1611 to 1633. he also served as the fourth chancellor of the university of dublin, from 1612 to 1633. chambers biographical dictionary describes him as "[a] sincere but narrow-minded calvinist". among his five brothe... |
adware, often called advertising-supported software by its developers, is software that generates revenue for its developer by automatically generating online advertisements in the user interface of the software or on a screen presented to the user during the installation process. the software may generate two types of... |
aeacus (; also spelled eacus; ancient greek: αἰακός) was a mythological king of the island of aegina in the saronic gulf. he was a son of zeus and the nymph aegina, and the father of the heroes peleus and telamon. according to legend, he was famous for his justice, and after he died he became one of the three judges in... |
aeclanum (also spelled aeculanum, , ) was an ancient town of samnium, southern italy, about 25 km east-southeast of beneventum, on the via appia. it lies in passo di mirabella, near the modern mirabella eclano. it is now an archaeological park. location aeclanum was on a promontory naturally defended, to some extent, b... |
aedesius (, died 355 ad) was a neoplatonist philosopher and mystic. he was born into a wealthy cappadocian family, but he moved to syria, where he was apprenticed to iamblichos. none of his writings have survived, but there is an extant biography by eunapius, a greek sophist and historian of the 4th century who wrote a... |
in ancient roman religion, an aedicula (plural aediculae) is a small shrine, and in classical architecture refers to a niche covered by a pediment or entablature supported by a pair of columns and typically framing a statue, the early christian ones sometimes contained funeral urns. aediculae are also represented in ar... |
the aedui or haedui (gaulish: *aiduoi, 'the ardent'; ) were a gallic tribe dwelling in what is now the region of burgundy during the iron age and the roman period. the aedui had an ambiguous relationship with the roman republic, as well as other gallic tribes. in 121 bc, they appealed to rome against the arverni and al... |
the aegadian islands (; , ; ) are a group of five small mountainous islands in the mediterranean sea off the northwest coast of sicily, italy, near the cities of trapani and marsala, with a total area of . the island of favignana (aegusa), the largest, lies southwest of trapani; levanzo (phorbantia) lies west; and mare... |
aegean civilization is a general term for the bronze age civilizations of greece around the aegean sea. there are three distinct but communicating and interacting geographic regions covered by this term: crete, the cyclades and the greek mainland. crete is associated with the minoan civilization from the early bronze a... |
in greek mythology, aegeus (, ; , also spelled aegeas) was an archaic figure in the founding myth of athens. the "goat-man" who gave his name to the aegean sea was the father of theseus. he was also the founder of athenian institutions and one of the kings of athens. family aegeus was the son of pandion ii, king of ath... |
aegina (; , aígina; ) is one of the saronic islands of greece in the saronic gulf, from athens. tradition derives the name from aegina, the mother of the hero aeacus, who was born on the island and became its king. administration municipality the municipality of aegina consists of the island of aegina and a few offshor... |
the aegis ( ; aigís), as stated in the iliad, is a device carried by athena and zeus, variously interpreted as an animal skin or a shield and sometimes featuring the head of a gorgon. there may be a connection with a deity named aex, a daughter of helios and a nurse of zeus or alternatively a mistress of zeus (hyginus,... |
aegisthus (; ; also transliterated as aigisthos, ) was a figure in greek mythology. aegisthus is known from two primary sources: the first is homer's odyssey, believed to have been first written down by homer at the end of the 8th century bc, and the second from aeschylus's oresteia, written in the 5th century bc. aegi... |
aegospotami (, aigos potamoi) or aegospotamos (i.e. goat streams) is the ancient greek name for a small river issuing into the hellespont (modern turkish çanakkale boğazı), northeast of sestos. at its mouth was the scene of the decisive battle in 405 bc in which lysander destroyed the athenian fleet, ending the pelopon... |
aelia capitolina (traditional english pronunciation: ; latin in full: ) was a roman colony founded during emperor hadrian's visit to judaea in 129/130 ad, centered around jerusalem, which had been almost totally razed after the siege of 70 ad. the foundation of aelia capitolina and the construction of a temple to jupit... |
aelian or aelianus may refer to: aelianus tacticus, greek military writer of the 2nd century, who lived in rome casperius aelianus, praetorian prefect, executed by trajan claudius aelianus, roman writer, teacher and historian of the 3rd century, who wrote in greek lucius aelianus, one of the thirty tyrants under the ro... |
aelianus tacticus (; fl. 2nd century ad), also known as aelian (), was a greek military writer who lived in rome. work aelian's military treatise in fifty-three chapters on the tactics of the greeks, titled on tactical arrays of the greeks (), is dedicated to the emperor hadrian, though this is probably a mistake for t... |
agarose is a heteropolysaccharide, generally extracted from certain red seaweed. it is a linear polymer made up of the repeating unit of agarobiose, which is a disaccharide made up of d-galactose and 3,6-anhydro-l-galactopyranose. agarose is one of the two principal components of agar, and is purified from agar by remo... |
atomic absorption spectroscopy (aas) and atomic emission spectroscopy (aes) is a spectroanalytical procedure for the quantitative determination of chemical elements by free atoms in the gaseous state. atomic absorption spectroscopy is based on absorption of light by free metallic ions. in analytical chemistry the techn... |
arthur st. clair ( – august 31, 1818) was a scottish-american soldier and politician. born in thurso, scotland, he served in the british army during the french and indian war before settling in pennsylvania, where he held local office. during the american revolutionary war, he rose to the rank of major general in the c... |
ajaccio (, , ; french: ; or ; , locally: ; ) is a french commune, prefecture of the department of corse-du-sud, and head office of the collectivité territoriale de corse (capital city of corsica). it is also the largest settlement on the island. ajaccio is located on the west coast of the island of corsica, southeast o... |
ajaigarh or ajaygarh is a town and a nagar panchayat in the panna district of madhya pradesh state in central india. ajaigarh state was one of the princely states of india during the period of the british raj. the state was founded in 1785, and its capital was in ajaigarh. history ajaigarh was the capital of a princely... |
the ajanta caves are 29 rock-cut buddhist cave monuments dating from the second century bce to about 480 ce in the aurangabad district of maharashtra state in india. ajanta caves are a unesco world heritage site. universally regarded as masterpieces of buddhist religious art, the caves include paintings and rock-cut sc... |
ajmer is one of the major and oldest cities in the indian state of rajasthan and the centre of the eponymous ajmer district. it is located at the centre of rajasthan. it is also known as heart of rajasthan. the city was established as "ajayameru" (translated as "invincible hills") by a chahamana ruler, either ajayaraja... |
ajmer-merwara (also known as ajmir province, and ajmer-merwara-kekri) was a former province of british india in the historical ajmer region. the territory was ceded to the british by daulat rao sindhia by a treaty on 25 june 1818. it was under the bengal presidency until 1836 when it became part of the north-western pr... |
abatement of debts and legacies is a common law doctrine of wills that holds that when the equitable assets of a deceased person are not sufficient to satisfy fully all the creditors, their debts must abate proportionately, and they must accept a dividend. also, in the case of legacies when the funds or assets out of w... |
affection or fondness is a "disposition or state of mind or body" commonly linked to a feeling or type of love. it has led to multiple branches in philosophy and psychology that discuss emotion, disease, influence, and state of being. often, "affection" denotes more than mere goodwill or friendship. writers on ethics g... |
in law, affiliation (from latin , "to adopt as a son") was previously the term to describe legal establishment of paternity. the following description, for the most part, was written in the early 20th century, and it should be understood as a historical document. affiliation procedures in england in england a number of... |
affinity may refer to: commerce, finance and law affinity (law), kinship by marriage affinity analysis, a market research and business management technique affinity credit union, a saskatchewan-based credit union affinity equity partners, an asian private equity firm affinity fraud, a type of scam targeting a specific ... |
in many legal jurisdictions related to english common law, affray is a public order offence consisting of the fighting of one or more persons in a public place to the terror (in ) of ordinary people. depending on their actions, and the laws of the prevailing jurisdiction, those engaged in an affray may also render them... |
afghan turkestan, also known as southern turkestan, is a region in northern afghanistan, on the border with the former soviet republics of turkmenistan, uzbekistan and tajikistan. in the 19th century, there was a province in afghanistan named turkestan with mazari sharif as provincial capital. the province incorporated... |
afyonkarahisar (, "poppy, opium", kara "black", hisar "fortress") is a city in western turkey. it is the administrative centre of afyonkarahisar province and afyonkarahisar district. its population is 251,799 (2021). afyon is in the mountainous countryside inland from the aegean coast, south-west of ankara along the ak... |
rav abba bar aybo (; 175–247 ce), commonly known as abba arikha () or simply as rav (), was a jewish amora of the 3rd century. he was born and lived in kafri, asoristan, in the sasanian empire. in sura, arikha established the systematic study of the rabbinic traditions, which, using the mishnah as a foundational text, ... |
rabbi abbahu () was a jew and talmudist of the talmudic academies in syria palaestina from about 279 to 320 ce and is counted a member of the third generation of amoraim. he is sometimes cited as rabbi abbahu of kisrin (caesarea maritima). biography his rabbinical education was acquired mainly at tiberias in the academ... |
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