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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8000%20%28number%29
8000 (eight thousand) is the natural number following 7999 and preceding 8001. 8000 is the cube of 20, as well as the sum of four consecutive integers cubed, 113 + 123 + 133 + 143. The fourteen tallest mountains on Earth, which exceed 8000 meters in height, are sometimes referred to as eight-thousanders. Selected nu...
8000 (number)
[ "Mathematics" ]
1,551
[ "Elementary mathematics", "Integers", "Mathematical objects", "Numbers" ]
565,250
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternoster%20lift
A paternoster (, , or ) or paternoster lift is a passenger elevator which consists of a chain of open compartments (each usually designed for two people) that move slowly in a loop up and down inside a building without stopping. Passengers can step on or off at any floor they like. The same technique is also used for f...
Paternoster lift
[ "Technology", "Engineering" ]
4,051
[ "Building engineering", "Vertical transport devices", "Transport systems", "Elevators" ]
565,501
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status%20symbol
A status symbol is a visible, external symbol of one's social position, an indicator of economic or social status. Many luxury goods are often considered status symbols. Status symbol is also a sociological term – as part of social and sociological symbolic interactionism – relating to how individuals and groups intera...
Status symbol
[ "Biology" ]
1,324
[ "Behavior", "Narcissism", "Human behavior" ]
565,530
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopelagic%20zone
The mesopelagic zone (Greek μέσον, middle), also known as the middle pelagic or twilight zone, is the part of the pelagic zone that lies between the photic epipelagic and the aphotic bathypelagic zones. It is defined by light, and begins at the depth where only 1% of incident light reaches and ends where there is no li...
Mesopelagic zone
[ "Physics", "Environmental_science" ]
5,422
[ "Oceanography", "Hydrology", "Applied and interdisciplinary physics" ]
565,536
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathypelagic%20zone
The bathypelagic zone or bathyal zone (from Greek βαθύς (bathýs), deep) is the part of the open ocean that extends from a depth of below the ocean surface. It lies between the mesopelagic above and the abyssopelagic below. The bathypelagic is also known as the midnight zone because of the lack of sunlight; this featur...
Bathypelagic zone
[ "Physics", "Environmental_science" ]
3,302
[ "Oceanography", "Hydrology", "Applied and interdisciplinary physics" ]
565,694
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20N.%20Little
John N. "Jack" Little is an American electrical engineer and the CEO and co-founder of MathWorks and a co-author of early versions of the company's MATLAB product. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and a Trustee of the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from th...
John N. Little
[ "Technology" ]
141
[ "Computing stubs", "Computer specialist stubs" ]
565,742
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic%20method
In mathematics, the symbolic method in invariant theory is an algorithm developed by Arthur Cayley, Siegfried Heinrich Aronhold, Alfred Clebsch, and Paul Gordan in the 19th century for computing invariants of algebraic forms. It is based on treating the form as if it were a power of a degree one form, which correspond...
Symbolic method
[ "Physics", "Mathematics" ]
684
[ "Algebra", "Invariant theory", "Group actions", "Symmetry" ]
565,743
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic%20materialism
Economic materialism can be described as either a personal attitude that attaches importance to acquiring (and often consuming) material goods, or as a logistical analysis of how physical resources are shaped into consumable products. The use of the term "materialistic" to describe a person's personality or a society ...
Economic materialism
[ "Physics", "Biology" ]
1,067
[ "Behavior", "Consumer behaviour", "Materialism", "Human behavior", "Matter" ]
565,896
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding%20head%20syndrome
Exploding head syndrome (EHS) is an abnormal sensory perception during sleep in which a person experiences auditory hallucinations that are loud and of short duration when falling asleep or waking up. The noise may be frightening, typically occurs only occasionally, and is not a serious health concern. People may also ...
Exploding head syndrome
[ "Biology" ]
1,028
[ "Behavior", "Sleep physiology", "Sleep", "Sleep disorders" ]
565,905
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disassortative%20mating
Disassortative mating (also known as negative assortative mating or heterogamy) is a mating pattern in which individuals with dissimilar phenotypes mate with one another more frequently than would be expected under random mating. Disassortative mating reduces the mean genetic similarities within the population and prod...
Disassortative mating
[ "Biology" ]
1,141
[ "Behavior", "Ecology", "Ethology", "Mating systems", "Mating" ]
566,014
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tint%20control
Because the NTSC color television standard relies on the absolute phase of the color information, color errors occur when the phase of the video signal is altered between source and receiver, or due to non linearities in electronics. To correct for phase errors, a tint control is provided on NTSC television sets, whic...
Tint control
[ "Technology" ]
468
[ "Information and communications technology", "Television technology" ]
14,350,137
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Through-silicon%20via
In electronic engineering, a through-silicon via (TSV) or through-chip via is a vertical electrical connection (via) that passes completely through a silicon wafer or die. TSVs are high-performance interconnect techniques used as an alternative to wire-bond and flip chips to create 3D packages and 3D integrated circuit...
Through-silicon via
[ "Materials_science", "Technology", "Engineering" ]
1,601
[ "Semiconductor device fabrication", "Integrated circuits", "Computer engineering", "Microtechnology" ]
14,350,461
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IdMOC
Integrated discrete Multiple Organ Culture (IdMOC) is an in vitro, cell culture based experimental model for the study of intercellular communication. In conventional in vitro systems, each cell type is studied in isolation ignoring critical interactions between organs or cell types. IdMOC technology is based on the c...
IdMOC
[ "Chemistry", "Biology" ]
531
[ "Pharmacology", "Cell communication", "Pharmacokinetics", "Pharmacodynamics", "Cellular processes", "nan", "Biochemistry", "Metabolism" ]
14,350,687
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halogen%20bond
In chemistry, a halogen bond (XB or HaB) occurs when there is evidence of a net attractive interaction between an electrophilic region associated with a halogen atom in a molecular entity and a nucleophilic region in another, or the same, molecular entity. Like a hydrogen bond, the result is not a formal chemical bond,...
Halogen bond
[ "Physics", "Chemistry", "Materials_science", "Engineering" ]
1,655
[ "Molecular physics", "Materials science", "Intermolecular forces", "Condensed matter physics", "nan", "Chemical bonding" ]
14,350,837
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco%20and%20other%20drugs
An association between tobacco and other drug use has been well established. The nature of this association remains unclear. The two main theories, which are not mutually exclusive, are the phenotypic causation (gateway) model and the correlated liabilities model. The causation model argues that smoking is a primary in...
Tobacco and other drugs
[ "Biology" ]
422
[ "Behavior", "Human behavior", "Habits" ]
14,350,883
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown%20Dog%20affair
The Brown Dog affair was a political controversy about vivisection that raged in Britain from 1903 until 1910. It involved the infiltration of University of London medical lectures by Swedish feminists, battles between medical students and the police, police protection for the statue of a dog, a libel trial at the Roy...
Brown Dog affair
[ "Chemistry" ]
7,750
[ "Animal testing", "Anti-vivisection movement", "Vivisection", "History of animal testing" ]
14,351,101
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni%20Battista%20Belluzzi
Giovanni Battista Belluzzi (1506–1554), also known as Giovanni Battista di Bartolomeo Bellucci and as Il Sanmarino, was a Sammarinese architect and military engineer. He was born in San Marino on September 27, 1506, and at 18 years of age was sent by his father to Bologna, to learn commerce under Bastiano di Ronco, a m...
Giovanni Battista Belluzzi
[ "Engineering" ]
537
[ "Military engineers", "Military engineering" ]
14,352,042
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FENE%20model
In polymer physics, the finite extensible nonlinear elastic (FENE) model, also called the FENE dumbbell model, represents the dynamics of a long-chained polymer. It simplifies the chain of monomers by connecting a sequence of beads with nonlinear springs. Its direct extension the FENE-P model, is more commonly used i...
FENE model
[ "Chemistry", "Materials_science" ]
450
[ "Polymers", "Polymer chemistry" ]
14,352,573
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokestack%20industry
A smokestack industry is a basic, usually cyclical, heavy industry. The factories stereo-typically used in such industries have smoke stacks, hence the name, and produce a high volume of pollution. Example industries include: Iron and steelworks Automotive Chemical Power generation History Smokestacks were first ...
Smokestack industry
[ "Engineering" ]
162
[ "Manufacturing", "Mechanical engineering" ]
14,352,658
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMIEW
EMIEW is a robot developed by Hitachi. Another version has also been made called EMIEW 2. EMIEW stands for Excellent Mobility and Interactive Existence as Workmate. Two EMIEWs have been made, called Pal and Chum. Hitachi stated that Pal and Chum, have a vocabulary of about 100 words, and Pal exhibited these skills by t...
EMIEW
[ "Technology" ]
156
[ "Social robots", "Computing and society" ]
14,352,711
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral%20flow%20test
A lateral flow test (LFT), is an assay also known as a lateral flow immunochromatographic test (ICT), or rapid test. It is a simple device intended to detect the presence of a target substance in a liquid sample without the need for specialized and costly equipment. LFTs are widely used in medical diagnostics in the h...
Lateral flow test
[ "Chemistry", "Biology" ]
2,313
[ "Chromatography", "Separation processes", "Immunologic tests", "Biotechnology", "Molecular biology techniques", "nan", "Molecular biology", "Biochemistry" ]
14,352,975
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jugate
A jugate consists of two portraits side by side to suggest, to the viewer, the closeness of each to the other. The word comes from the Latin, jugatus, meaning joined or overlapping. On coins, it is commonly used for married couples, brothers, a father and son, or ruler and divinity. In political contexts, it refers ...
Jugate
[ "Mathematics" ]
251
[ "Symbols", "Badges" ]
14,353,229
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral%20shedding
Viral shedding is the expulsion and release of virus progeny following successful reproduction during a host cell infection. Once replication has been completed and the host cell is exhausted of all resources in making viral progeny, the viruses may begin to leave the cell by several methods. The term is variously use...
Viral shedding
[ "Biology" ]
831
[ "Viral life cycle" ]
14,353,361
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiring%20closet
A wiring cupboard is a small room commonly found in institutional buildings, such as schools and offices, where electrical connections are made. While they are used for many purposes, their most common use is for computer networking where it may be called a premises wire distribution room (PWD room). Many types of net...
Wiring closet
[ "Physics", "Engineering" ]
181
[ "Electrical systems", "Building engineering", "Computer networks engineering", "Rooms", "Physical systems", "Networking hardware", "Electrical engineering", "Electrical wiring", "Architecture" ]
14,353,870
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toms%20effect
In fluid dynamics, the Toms effect is a reduction of the drag of a turbulent flow thought a pipeline when polymer solutions are added. In 1948, B. A. Toms discovered by experiments that the addition of a small amount of polymer into a Newtonian solvent (parts per million by weight), which results in a non-Newtonian fl...
Toms effect
[ "Chemistry", "Materials_science" ]
183
[ "Polymers", "Polymer chemistry" ]
14,354,472
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface%20Air%20Lifted
Surface Air Lifted (SAL) is a postal service used to send international mail items. Thirty-nine postal authorities provide this service. It is a cost-effective international mail. At first SAL mail is processed and transported by surface in the origin country. Then it is transported by air to the destination country a...
Surface Air Lifted
[ "Technology" ]
279
[ "Transport systems", "Postal systems" ]
14,354,550
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fencing%20%28computing%29
Fencing is the process of isolating a node of a computer cluster or protecting shared resources when a node appears to be malfunctioning. As the number of nodes in a cluster increases, so does the likelihood that one of them may fail at some point. The failed node may have control over shared resources that need to b...
Fencing (computing)
[ "Technology", "Engineering" ]
857
[ "Fault-tolerant computer systems", "Reliability engineering", "Computer systems" ]
14,355,155
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20rodents
Rodents are animals that gnaw with two continuously growing incisors. Forty percent of mammal species are rodents, and they inhabit every continent except Antarctica. This list contains circa 2,700 species in 518 genera in the order Rodentia. Suborder Hystricomorpha Family Ctenodactylidae Genus Ctenodactylus Ctenoda...
List of rodents
[ "Biology" ]
38,891
[ "Lists of biota", "Lists of animals", "Animals" ]
14,355,284
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallest-circle%20problem
The smallest-circle problem (also known as minimum covering circle problem, bounding circle problem, least bounding circle problem, smallest enclosing circle problem) is a computational geometry problem of computing the smallest circle that contains all of a given set of points in the Euclidean plane. The corresponding...
Smallest-circle problem
[ "Mathematics" ]
2,469
[ "Circles", "Computational mathematics", "Pi", "Computational geometry" ]
14,355,539
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleotide%20sugars%20metabolism
In nucleotide sugar metabolism a group of biochemicals known as nucleotide sugars act as donors for sugar residues in the glycosylation reactions that produce polysaccharides. They are substrates for glycosyltransferases. The nucleotide sugars are also intermediates in nucleotide sugar interconversions that produce som...
Nucleotide sugars metabolism
[ "Chemistry", "Biology" ]
259
[ "Biotechnology stubs", "Biochemistry stubs", "Cellular processes", "Biochemistry", "Metabolism" ]
14,356,754
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatta%20number
The Hatta number (Ha) was developed by Shirôji Hatta (1895-1973 ) in 1932, who taught at Tohoku University from 1925 to 1958. It is a dimensionless parameter that compares the rate of reaction in a liquid film to the rate of diffusion through the film. For a second order reaction (), the maximum rate of reaction assume...
Hatta number
[ "Physics", "Chemistry", "Engineering" ]
202
[ "Transport phenomena", "Catalysis", "Physical phenomena", "Chemical engineering", "Chemical reaction stubs", "Chemical kinetics", "Dimensionless numbers of chemistry", "Chemical process stubs" ]
14,356,889
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamow%20factor
The Gamow factor, Sommerfeld factor or Gamow–Sommerfeld factor, named after its discoverer George Gamow or after Arnold Sommerfeld, is a probability factor for two nuclear particles' chance of overcoming the Coulomb barrier in order to undergo nuclear reactions, for example in nuclear fusion. By classical physics, ther...
Gamow factor
[ "Physics" ]
1,306
[ "Nuclear physics" ]
14,357,195
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fides%20%28reliability%29
Fides (Latin: trust) is a guide allowing estimated reliability calculation for electronic components and systems. The reliability prediction is generally expressed in FIT (number of failures for 109 hours) or MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures). This guide provides reliability data for RAMS (Reliability, Availability, Ma...
Fides (reliability)
[ "Engineering" ]
654
[ "Systems engineering", "Engineering statistics", "Reliability engineering" ]
14,357,725
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In%20vivo%20magnetic%20resonance%20spectroscopy
In vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) is a specialized technique associated with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), also known as nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, is a non-invasive, ionizing-radiation-free analytical technique that has been used to study meta...
In vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy
[ "Physics", "Chemistry" ]
4,724
[ "Nuclear magnetic resonance", "Spectrum (physical sciences)", "Magnetic resonance imaging", "Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy", "Spectroscopy" ]
14,357,843
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System%20requirements%20%28spacecraft%20system%29
System requirements in spacecraft systems are the specific system requirements needed to design and operate a spacecraft or a spacecraft subsystem. Overview Spacecraft systems are normally developed under the responsibility of space agencies as NASA, ESA etc. In the space area standardized terms and processes have b...
System requirements (spacecraft system)
[ "Engineering" ]
889
[ "Systems engineering" ]
14,357,922
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeper%20wall
A sleeper wall may refer to the following types of walls: sleeper wall is a short wall used to support floor joists, beam and block or hollowcore slabs at ground floor. It is constructed in this fashion when a suspended floor(Also called suspended slab) is required due to bearing conditions or ground water presence. E...
Sleeper wall
[ "Technology", "Engineering" ]
148
[ "Structural system", "Types of wall", "Structural engineering", "Building engineering" ]
14,359,155
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinoembryonic%20antigen%20peptide-1
Carcinoembryonic antigen peptide-1 is a nine amino acid peptide fragment of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), a protein that is overexpressed in several cancer cell types, including gastrointestinal, breast, and non-small-cell lung. Synonyms: CAP-1 Carcinoembryonic Antigen Peptide-1 Carcinoembryonic Peptide-1 CEA Pe...
Carcinoembryonic antigen peptide-1
[ "Chemistry", "Biology" ]
111
[ "Biomolecules by chemical classification", "Biomarkers", "Biotechnology stubs", "Tumor markers", "Biochemistry stubs", "Molecular biology", "Biochemistry", "Chemical pathology", "Peptides" ]
14,360,086
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleotide%20sugar
Nucleotide sugars are the activated forms of monosaccharides. Nucleotide sugars act as glycosyl donors in glycosylation reactions. Those reactions are catalyzed by a group of enzymes called glycosyltransferases. History The anabolism of oligosaccharides - and, hence, the role of nucleotide sugars - was not clear until...
Nucleotide sugar
[ "Chemistry", "Biology" ]
848
[ "Biomolecules by chemical classification", "Carbohydrates", "Coenzymes", "Organic compounds", "Carbohydrate chemistry", "nan", "Chemical synthesis", "Biochemistry", "Glycobiology", "Cellular processes", "Metabolism" ]
14,360,306
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanosine%20diphosphate%20mannose
Guanosine diphosphate mannose or GDP-mannose is a nucleotide sugar that is a substrate for glycosyltransferase reactions in metabolism. This compound is a substrate for enzymes called mannosyltransferases. Known as donor of activated mannose in all glycolytic reactions, GDP-mannose is essential in eukaryotes. Biosynt...
Guanosine diphosphate mannose
[ "Chemistry" ]
200
[ "Organic compounds", "Coenzymes" ]
14,360,772
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbarom
In acoustics, microbaroms, also known as the "voice of the sea", are a class of atmospheric infrasonic waves generated in marine storms by a non-linear interaction of ocean surface waves with the atmosphere. They typically have narrow-band, nearly sinusoidal waveforms with amplitudes up to a few microbars, and wave per...
Microbarom
[ "Physics" ]
2,067
[ "Classical mechanics", "Acoustics" ]
14,360,911
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual%20control
Visual control is a business management technique employed in many places where information is communicated by using visual signals instead of texts or other written instructions. The design is deliberate in allowing quick recognition of the information being communicated, in order to increase efficiency and clarity. ...
Visual control
[ "Engineering" ]
701
[ "Lean manufacturing" ]
15,882,146
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomb%2C%20ground%2C%206%20lb
Bomb, Ground, 6 lb was a British World War II grenade containing about 2 pints (1.1 L) of mustard gas. It was intended to be used to contaminate trenches, dug-outs, rooms, observation posts and small enclosures, and on cross-roads, narrow defiles, obstacles and debris of demolition. Design As described in the training...
Bomb, ground, 6 lb
[ "Chemistry" ]
490
[ "Chemical weapon delivery systems", "Chemical weapons" ]
15,882,149
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensairity
Tensairity is a trademarked term for a light weight structural concept that uses low pressure air to stabilize compression elements against buckling. It employs an ancient foundational splinting structure using inflated airbeams and attached stiffeners or cables that gains mechanical advantages for low mass. The struct...
Tensairity
[ "Technology" ]
307
[ "Structural system", "Tensile architecture" ]
15,882,673
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate%20notation
In Bayesian inference, plate notation is a method of representing variables that repeat in a graphical model. Instead of drawing each repeated variable individually, a plate or rectangle is used to group variables into a subgraph that repeat together, and a number is drawn on the plate to represent the number of repet...
Plate notation
[ "Mathematics" ]
681
[ "nan" ]
15,882,907
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PrairieTek
PrairieTek was a hard drive manufacturer located in Longmont, Colorado in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was founded by Terry Johnson in 1985. It manufactured 5 and 10 megabyte "ruggedized" miniature hard drives for the laptop computer market. Its PrairieTek 220 was the first hard drive, a potentially profitable...
PrairieTek
[ "Technology" ]
469
[ "Computing stubs", "Computer company stubs" ]
15,883,470
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online%20identity%20management
Online identity management (OIM), also known as online image management, online personal branding, or personal reputation management (PRM), is a set of methods for generating a distinguished web presence of a person on the Internet. Online identity management also refers to identity exposure and identity disclosure, a...
Online identity management
[ "Technology" ]
1,418
[ "Computing terminology", "Internet terminology" ]
15,883,635
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense%20switch
A sense switch, or program switch, is a switch on the front panel of a computer whose state can be tested by conditional branch instructions in software. Most early computers had several sense switches. They were typically used by the operator to set program options. IBM's first commercial computer, the IBM 701 Defens...
Sense switch
[ "Technology" ]
593
[ "Computing stubs", "Computer hardware stubs" ]
15,883,912
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wurster%27s%20blue
Wurster's blue is the radical cation of the colorless chemical N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine, also known as TMPD. This is an easily oxidized phenylenediamine, which loses two electrons in one-electron oxidation steps; the radical cation is a characteristic blue-violet color, which gives the compound part of ...
Wurster's blue
[ "Chemistry" ]
359
[ "Redox indicators", "Electrochemistry" ]
15,884,738
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monocarboxylate%20transporter%201
Monocarboxylate transporter 1 is a ubiquitous protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC16A1 gene (also known as MCT1). It is a proton coupled monocarboxylate transporter. Biochemistry Detailed kinetic analysis of monocarboxylate transport in erythrocytes revealed that MCT1 operates through an ordered mechanism. MCT...
Monocarboxylate transporter 1
[ "Chemistry" ]
658
[ "Inborn errors of carbohydrate metabolism", "Carbohydrate metabolism" ]
15,885,588
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8-Oxoguanine
8-Oxoguanine (8-hydroxyguanine, 8-oxo-Gua, or OH8Gua) is one of the most common DNA lesions resulting from reactive oxygen species modifying guanine, and can result in a mismatched pairing with adenine resulting in G to T and C to A substitutions in the genome. In humans, it is primarily repaired by DNA glycosylase OGG...
8-Oxoguanine
[ "Biology" ]
410
[ "Molecular genetics", "DNA repair", "Cellular processes" ]
15,885,724
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime%20mover%20%28locomotive%29
In engineering, a prime mover is an engine that converts chemical energy of a fuel into useful work. In a locomotive, the prime mover is thus the source of power for its propulsion. In an engine-generator set, the engine is the prime mover, as distinct from the generator. Definition In a diesel-mechanical locomotive, ...
Prime mover (locomotive)
[ "Technology" ]
366
[ "Locomotive engines", "Engines" ]
15,887,272
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiatus%20%28anatomy%29
In anatomy, a hiatus is a natural fissure in a structure. Examples include: Adductor hiatus Aortic hiatus Esophageal hiatus, the opening in the diaphragm through which the esophagus passes from the thorax into the abdomen Greater petrosal nerve hiatus Maxillary hiatus Sacral hiatus Semilunar hiatus Urogenital...
Hiatus (anatomy)
[ "Biology" ]
78
[ "Anatomy" ]
13,200,604
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derivator
In mathematics, derivators are a proposed frameworkpg 190-195 for homological algebra giving a foundation for both abelian and non-abelian homological algebra and various generalizations of it. They were introduced to address the deficiencies of derived categories (such as the non-functoriality of the cone constructio...
Derivator
[ "Mathematics" ]
800
[ "Fields of abstract algebra", "Mathematical structures", "Category theory", "Homological algebra" ]
13,200,698
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20historical%20Gnutella%20clients
Many projects have attempted to use the Gnutella network, since its introduction in early 2000. This list enumerates abandoned or discontinued projects. List of discontinued clients List of former gnutella clients Software that still work but dropped the GNUtella protocol. Additional information Mutella Develo...
List of historical Gnutella clients
[ "Technology" ]
364
[ "Computing-related lists", "Lists of software" ]
13,200,967
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entegris
Entegris, Inc. is a supplier of materials for the semiconductor and other high-tech industries. Entegris has approximately 8,000 employees throughout its global operations. It has manufacturing, customer service and/or research facilities in the United States, Canada, China, Germany, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore,...
Entegris
[ "Engineering" ]
626
[ "Equipment semiconductor companies", "Semiconductor fabrication equipment" ]
13,201,898
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia%201610
Nokia 1610 is a mid-range mobile phone model manufactured by Nokia. It complemented the Nokia 2110 business model, but had significantly fewer features. It was introduced in April 1996 and released in May and became popular at the time. Description The Nokia 1610 had a monochromatic display which could show two rows ...
Nokia 1610
[ "Technology" ]
281
[ "Mobile technology stubs", "Mobile phone stubs" ]
13,202,316
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-semiring
In mathematics, a near-semiring, also called a seminearring, is an algebraic structure more general than a near-ring or a semiring. Near-semirings arise naturally from functions on monoids. Definition A near-semiring is a set S with two binary operations "+" and "·", and a constant 0 such that (S, +, 0) is a monoid (...
Near-semiring
[ "Mathematics" ]
646
[ "Mathematical structures", "Mathematical objects", "Algebraic structures" ]
13,203,670
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell%20Rotella
Shell Rotella is a line of heavy-duty engine lubrication products produced by Shell plc. The line includes engine oils, gear oils and coolants. The oil carries both the American Petroleum Institute (API) diesel "C" rating as well as the API gasoline engine "S" rating. Ratings differ based on the oil. Rotella oils, like...
Shell Rotella
[ "Chemistry" ]
1,259
[ "Petroleum", "Petroleum products" ]
13,203,980
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hull%20classification%20symbol%20%28Canada%29
The Royal Canadian Navy uses hull classification symbols to identify the types of its ships, which are similar to the United States Navy's hull classification symbol system. The Royal Navy and some European and Commonwealth navies (19 in total) use a somewhat analogous system of pennant numbers. In a ship name such as...
Hull classification symbol (Canada)
[ "Mathematics" ]
881
[ "Ship identification numbers", "Mathematical objects", "Numbers" ]
13,204,455
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowalski%20ester%20homologation
The Kowalski ester homologation is a chemical reaction for the homologation of esters. This reaction was designed as a safer alternative to the Arndt–Eistert synthesis, avoiding the need for diazomethane. The Kowalski reaction is named after its inventor, Conrad J. Kowalski. Reaction mechanism The mechanism is dispu...
Kowalski ester homologation
[ "Chemistry" ]
133
[ "Name reactions", "Carbon-carbon bond forming reactions", "Rearrangement reactions", "Organic reactions" ]
13,205,367
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separable%20algebra
In mathematics, a separable algebra is a kind of semisimple algebra. It is a generalization to associative algebras of the notion of a separable field extension. Definition and first properties A homomorphism of (unital, but not necessarily commutative) rings is called separable if the multiplication map admits ...
Separable algebra
[ "Mathematics" ]
1,576
[ "Algebras", "Mathematical structures", "Algebraic structures" ]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kavli%20Prize
The Kavli Prize was established in 2005 as a joint venture of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research, and the Kavli Foundation. It honors, supports, and recognizes scientists for outstanding work in the fields of astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience. Three p...
Kavli Prize
[ "Physics", "Astronomy", "Technology" ]
305
[ "Astronomy prizes", "Astrophysics", "Neuroscience awards", "Science and technology awards", "Astronomical sub-disciplines" ]
13,205,506
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grease%20ice
Grease ice is a very thin, soupy layer of frazil crystals clumped together, and only formed in large, open bodies of water most notably the ocean. Grease ice makes the water resemble an oil slick, the small crystals of ice held closely together reflect and refract light similarly to how oil will on water. Grease ice is...
Grease ice
[ "Physics" ]
466
[ "Physical phenomena", "Earth phenomena", "Sea ice" ]
13,205,517
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krapcho%20decarboxylation
Krapcho decarboxylation is a chemical reaction used to manipulate certain organic esters. This reaction applies to esters with a beta electron-withdrawing group (EWG). The reaction proceeds by nucleophilic dealkylation of the ester by the halide followed by decarboxylation, followed by hydrolysis of the resulting sta...
Krapcho decarboxylation
[ "Chemistry" ]
589
[ "Name reactions" ]
13,206,338
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein%20subfamily
Protein subfamily is a level of protein classification, based on their close evolutionary relationship. It is below the larger levels of protein superfamily and protein family. Proteins typically share greater sequence and function similarities with other subfamily members than they do with members of their wider fam...
Protein subfamily
[ "Chemistry", "Biology" ]
184
[ "Biochemistry stubs", "Protein stubs", "Protein classification" ]
13,207,749
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow%20pillow
A snow pillow is a device for measuring snowpack, especially for automated reporting stations such as SNOTEL. The snow pillow measures the water equivalent of the snow pack based on hydrostatic pressure created by overlying snow. Any discrepancy due to bridging is minimized by the large dimension of the pillow, typic...
Snow pillow
[ "Technology", "Engineering" ]
190
[ "Meteorological instrumentation and equipment", "Measuring instruments" ]
13,207,925
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event-related%20functional%20magnetic%20resonance%20imaging
Event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (efMRI) is a technique used in magnetic resonance imaging of medical patients. EfMRI is used to detect changes in the BOLD (blood oxygen level dependent) hemodynamic response to neural activity in response to certain events. Description Within fMRI methodology, the...
Event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging
[ "Chemistry" ]
1,888
[ "Nuclear magnetic resonance", "Magnetic resonance imaging" ]
13,207,951
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgeport%20Covered%20Bridge
The Bridgeport Covered Bridge is located in Bridgeport, Nevada County, California, southwest of French Corral and north of Lake Wildwood. It is used as a pedestrian crossing over the South Yuba River. The bridge was built in 1862 by David John Wood. Its lumber came from Plum Valley in Sierra County, California. The br...
Bridgeport Covered Bridge
[ "Engineering" ]
815
[ "Civil engineering", "Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks" ]
13,209,748
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adder%20Technology
Adder Technology is a manufacturer of information technology hardware based in Cambridge, England, UK. It is the largest producer of keyboard, video, mouse (KVM) controllers in Europe. History The company began in 1984 as Adder Publishing and was rebranded as Adder Technology in 1986. It relocated to Bar Hill in 201...
Adder Technology
[ "Technology" ]
236
[ "Computer hardware companies", "Computers" ]
13,210,015
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflections%20on%20the%20Motive%20Power%20of%20Fire
Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire and on Machines Fitted to Develop that Power is a scientific treatise written by the French military engineer Sadi Carnot. Published in 1824 in French as Réflexions sur la puissance motrice du feu et sur les machines propres à développer cette puissance, the short book (118 page...
Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire
[ "Physics", "Chemistry" ]
853
[ "Thermodynamics literature", "Thermodynamics" ]
13,210,188
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volume%20units%20used%20in%20petroleum%20engineering
Several units of volume are used in petroleum engineering. Units Due to the risk of confusion with the SI convention where the "M" prefix stands for "mega" representing million, the Society of Petroleum Engineers recommends in their style guide that abbreviations or prefixes M or MM are not used for barrels of oil or...
Volume units used in petroleum engineering
[ "Engineering" ]
288
[ "Petroleum engineering", "Energy engineering" ]
13,210,272
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal%20Maintenance%20Corps%20%28Jordan%29
The Royal Maintenance Corps "silah al siyana al-malaki" (سلاح الصيانة الملكي) is a branch of the Jordanian Armed Forces. It must furnish continuous operation to the field and is responsible for flow of parts, and for every vehicle being operational and ready for battle. The corps' engineers are also responsible for upg...
Royal Maintenance Corps (Jordan)
[ "Engineering" ]
353
[ "Engineering units and formations", "Military engineer corps" ]
13,212,005
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20countries%20by%20proven%20oil%20reserves
Proven oil reserves are those quantities of petroleum which, by analysis of geological and engineering data, can be estimated, with a high degree of confidence, to be commercially recoverable from a given date forward from known reservoirs and under current economic conditions. Some statistics on this page are dispute...
List of countries by proven oil reserves
[ "Chemistry" ]
368
[ "Petroleum", "Petroleum by country" ]
9,211,532
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyula%20O.%20H.%20Katona
Gyula O. H. Katona (born 16 March 1941 in Budapest) is a Hungarian mathematician known for his work in combinatorial set theory, and especially for the Kruskal–Katona theorem and his beautiful and elegant proof of the Erdős–Ko–Rado theorem in which he discovered a new method, now called Katona's cycle method. Since the...
Gyula O. H. Katona
[ "Mathematics" ]
317
[ "Combinatorialists", "Combinatorics" ]
9,211,582
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochliobolus%20miyabeanus
Cochliobolus miyabeanus (teleomorph, formerly known as Helminthosporium oryzae, anamorph Bipolaris oryzae) is a fungus that causes brown spot disease in rice. It was considered for use by the US as a biological weapon against Japan during World War II. Hosts and symptoms Brown spot of rice is a plant fungal disease ...
Cochliobolus miyabeanus
[ "Biology" ]
1,173
[ "Fungi", "Fungus species" ]
9,211,703
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptosphaeria%20maculans
Leptosphaeria maculans (anamorph Phoma lingam) is a fungal pathogen of the phylum Ascomycota that is the causal agent of blackleg disease on Brassica crops. Its genome has been sequenced, and L. maculans is a well-studied model phytopathogenic fungus. Symptoms of blackleg generally include basal stem cankers, small gre...
Leptosphaeria maculans
[ "Biology" ]
3,097
[ "Fungi", "Fungus species" ]
9,211,715
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aronszajn%20line
In mathematical set theory, an Aronszajn line (named after Nachman Aronszajn) is a linear ordering of cardinality which contains no subset order-isomorphic to with the usual ordering the reverse of an uncountable subset of the Real numbers with the usual ordering. Unlike Suslin lines, the existence of Aronszajn...
Aronszajn line
[ "Mathematics" ]
119
[ "Order theory" ]
9,211,759
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th%20FAI%20World%20Rally%20Flying%20Championship
10th FAI World Rally Flying Championship took place between September 14–21, 1997 in Antalya, Turkey, as a part of the 1st World Air Games. Competitors There were 82 crews from Poland (5), South Africa (5), Germany (5), Austria (5), Chile (5), Greece (5), Czech Republic (4), Slovakia (4), Hungary (4), Turkey (4), Unit...
10th FAI World Rally Flying Championship
[ "Engineering" ]
628
[ "Fédération Aéronautique Internationale", "Aeronautics organizations" ]
9,212,193
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow%20shock%20%28aerodynamics%29
A bow shock, also called a detached shock or bowed normal shock, is a curved propagating disturbance wave characterized by an abrupt, nearly discontinuous, change in pressure, temperature, and density. It occurs when a supersonic flow encounters a body, around which the necessary deviation angle of the flow is higher t...
Bow shock (aerodynamics)
[ "Physics", "Chemistry", "Engineering" ]
406
[ "Physical phenomena", "Shock waves", "Aerodynamics", "Waves", "Aerospace engineering", "Fluid dynamics" ]
9,212,913
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20impossible%20puzzles
This is a list of puzzles that cannot be solved. An impossible puzzle is a puzzle that cannot be resolved, either due to lack of sufficient information, or any number of logical impossibilities. Kookrooster maken 23 15 Puzzle – Slide fifteen numbered tiles into numerical order. It is impossible to solve in half of t...
List of impossible puzzles
[ "Mathematics" ]
322
[ "Mathematical problems", "Unsolvable puzzles" ]
9,213,667
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field%20of%20definition
In mathematics, the field of definition of an algebraic variety V is essentially the smallest field to which the coefficients of the polynomials defining V can belong. Given polynomials, with coefficients in a field K, it may not be obvious whether there is a smaller field k, and other polynomials defined over k, which...
Field of definition
[ "Mathematics" ]
2,286
[ "Fields of abstract algebra", "Algebraic geometry" ]
9,214,056
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyula%20Y.%20Katona
Gyula Y. Katona (born 4 December 1965) is a Hungarian mathematician, the son of mathematician Gyula O. H. Katona. He received his Ph.D. in 1997 from Hungarian Academy of Sciences, with a dissertation titled Paths and Cycles in Graphs and Hypergraphs under the advisement of László Lovász and András Recski, and is on th...
Gyula Y. Katona
[ "Mathematics" ]
197
[ "Combinatorialists", "Combinatorics" ]
9,214,162
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turritopsis%20dohrnii
Turritopsis dohrnii, also known as the immortal jellyfish, is a species of small, biologically immortal jellyfish found worldwide in temperate to tropic waters. It is one of the few known cases of animals capable of reverting completely to a sexually immature, colonial stage after having reached sexual maturity as a so...
Turritopsis dohrnii
[ "Biology" ]
2,418
[ "Senescence", "Negligibly senescent organisms", "Organisms by adaptation" ]
9,214,986
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slamannan%20Railway
The Slamannan Railway was an early mineral railway between the north-eastern margin of Airdrie and Causewayend on the Union Canal, near Linlithgow, Scotland. The Slamannan Railway was built to give access for minerals from pits in the Slamannan area to market in Glasgow (over connecting railways) and Edinburgh (over t...
Slamannan Railway
[ "Engineering" ]
4,532
[ "Mining equipment", "Mining railways" ]
9,215,935
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traymore%20Hotel
The Traymore Hotel was a resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Begun as a small boarding house in 1879, the hotel expanded and became one of the city's premier resorts. As Atlantic City began to decline in its popularity as a resort town, during the 1950s and 1960s, the Traymore diminished in popularity. By the early ...
Traymore Hotel
[ "Engineering" ]
1,489
[ "Buildings and structures demolished by controlled implosion", "Architecture" ]
9,216,410
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBCH-scale%20%28coffee%29
In biology, the BBCH-scale for coffee describes the phenological development of bean plants using the BBCH-scale. The phenological growth stages and BBCH-identification keys of coffee plants are: References BBCH-scale Coffee chemistry
BBCH-scale (coffee)
[ "Chemistry" ]
52
[ "Coffee chemistry", "Food chemistry" ]
9,217,017
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition%20state%20theory
In chemistry, transition state theory (TST) explains the reaction rates of elementary chemical reactions. The theory assumes a special type of chemical equilibrium (quasi-equilibrium) between reactants and activated transition state complexes. TST is used primarily to understand qualitatively how chemical reactions ta...
Transition state theory
[ "Chemistry" ]
5,728
[ "Chemical reaction engineering", "nan", "Chemical kinetics" ]
9,220,301
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt%20course
A belt course, also called a string course or sill course, is a continuous row or layer of stones or brick set in a wall. Set in line with window sills, it helps to make the horizontal line of the sills visually more prominent. Set between the floors of a house, it helps to make the separate floors distinguishable fro...
Belt course
[ "Technology", "Engineering" ]
295
[ "Structural engineering", "Building engineering", "Types of wall", "Architectural elements", "Components", "Architecture" ]
9,220,925
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worley%20%28company%29
Worley Limited is an Australian engineering and professional services company which provides consulting and project delivery expertise to the resources and energy sectors, and complex process industries. History Early history John Grill (chief executive officer 1975–2012), joined Smith, de Kantzow & Wholohan, which ...
Worley (company)
[ "Engineering" ]
1,325
[ "Energy engineering and contractor companies", "Engineering companies" ]
9,221,221
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceramic%20capacitor
A ceramic capacitor is a fixed-value capacitor where the ceramic material acts as the dielectric. It is constructed of two or more alternating layers of ceramic and a metal layer acting as the electrodes. The composition of the ceramic material defines the electrical behavior and therefore applications. Ceramic capacit...
Ceramic capacitor
[ "Physics" ]
12,452
[ "Capacitance", "Capacitors", "Physical quantities" ]
9,221,578
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threatened%20arthropods
Threatened arthropods are defined here as any of a number of species within the phylum Arthropoda, whose extinction is likely in the foreseeable future. Estimating the number of threatened arthropod species is extremely difficult, primarily because a vast number of the species themselves are not yet named or described...
Threatened arthropods
[ "Biology" ]
1,361
[ "Biota by conservation status", "Endangered species" ]
9,221,649
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna%20Fowler
Joanna Sigfred Fowler (born August 9, 1942) is a scientist emeritus at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York. She served as professor of psychiatry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and director of Brookhaven's Radiotracer Chemistry, Instrumentation and Biological Imaging Program. ...
Joanna Fowler
[ "Chemistry" ]
1,279
[ "Nuclear chemists", "Organic chemists", "American organic chemists" ]
9,223,199
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressure%20ridge%20%28ice%29
A pressure ridge, when consisting of ice in an oceanic or coastal environment, is a linear pile-up of sea ice fragments formed in pack ice by accumulation in the convergence between floes. Such a pressure ridge develops in an ice cover as a result of a stress regime established within the plane of the ice. Within sea ...
Pressure ridge (ice)
[ "Physics" ]
1,370
[ "Physical phenomena", "Earth phenomena", "Sea ice" ]
9,223,226
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gullstrand%E2%80%93Painlev%C3%A9%20coordinates
Gullstrand–Painlevé coordinates are a particular set of coordinates for the Schwarzschild metric – a solution to the Einstein field equations which describes a black hole. The ingoing coordinates are such that the time coordinate follows the proper time of a free-falling observer who starts from far away at zero veloci...
Gullstrand–Painlevé coordinates
[ "Physics", "Astronomy", "Mathematics" ]
2,964
[ "Black holes", "Physical phenomena", "Physical quantities", "Unsolved problems in physics", "Astrophysics", "Density", "Coordinate systems", "Stellar phenomena", "Astronomical objects", "Coordinate charts in general relativity" ]
9,223,854
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse%20debt
Greenhouse debt is the measure to which an individual person, incorporated association, business enterprise, government instrumentality or / [and] (per Neb., USA) geographic community exceeds its permitted greenhouse footprint and emits greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming and climate change. Friends of ...
Greenhouse debt
[ "Chemistry" ]
327
[ "Greenhouse gases", "Greenhouse gas emissions" ]
9,224,555
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC%2060929
IEC 60929 is an international standard created by the International Electrotechnical Commission and covers electronic ballasts used in AC supplies with voltages up to 1000 V and with operating frequencies at 50 Hz or 60 Hz. The actual operating frequency may deviate from the specified supply frequency. The standard e...
IEC 60929
[ "Technology" ]
111
[ "Computer standards", "IEC standards" ]
9,224,636
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certified%20reference%20materials
Certified reference materials (CRMs) are 'controls' or standards used to check the quality and metrological traceability of products, to validate analytical measurement methods, or for the calibration of instruments. A certified reference material is a particular form of measurement standard. Reference materials are ...
Certified reference materials
[ "Physics", "Chemistry", "Mathematics" ]
2,260
[ "Physical quantities", "Quantity", "Measurement", "Size", "nan" ]
9,225,209
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belterra%2C%20Par%C3%A1
Belterra is a municipal seat and rubber plantation site some south of the Brazilian city of Santarém in the Northern federal state of Pará, at the edge of the Planalto at above sea level. Location Amongst soil scientists, Belterra is famous for the underlying fertile, anthropogenic soil of 'Terra preta', which migh...
Belterra, Pará
[ "Environmental_science" ]
595
[ "Environmental soil science" ]
6,928,058
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.%20Donald%20Stookey
Stanley Donald Stookey (May 23, 1915 – November 4, 2014) was an American inventor. He had 60 patents in his name related to glass and ceramics, some patents solely his and others shared as joint patents with other inventors. His discoveries and inventions have contributed to the development of ceramics, eyeglasses, sun...
S. Donald Stookey
[ "Chemistry" ]
1,253
[ "American inorganic chemists", "Inorganic chemists" ]
6,928,255
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raksi
Raksi (Devanagari:रक्सी) (Bantawa language: Hengmawa/Hengma, Limbu language: Sijongwaa aara, Nepal Bhasa: aila) is the Nepali term for a traditional distilled alcoholic beverage in Nepal, India (Darjeeling, Sikkim) and Tibet. It is often made at home. Raksi is a strong drink, clear like vodka or gin, tasting somewhat ...
Raksi
[ "Chemistry" ]
534
[ "Distillation", "Distilled drinks" ]