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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliography%20of%20encyclopedias%3A%20astronomy%20and%20astronomers
This is a list of encyclopedias and encyclopedic/biographical dictionaries published on the subject of astronomy and astronomers in any language. Entries are in the English language except where noted. A Amils, Ricardo; Quintanilla, José Cernicharo; Cleaves, Henderson James (1 June 2011). Encyclopedia of Astrobiology....
Bibliography of encyclopedias: astronomy and astronomers
Astronomy
1,579
2,208,748
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super%20black
Super black is a surface treatment developed at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in the United Kingdom. It absorbs approximately 99.6% of visible light at normal incidence, while conventional black paint absorbs about 97.5%. At other angles of incidence, super black is even more effective: at an angle of 45°, it ...
Super black
Physics,Materials_science,Engineering
287
33,194,835
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logarithmic%20Schr%C3%B6dinger%20equation
In theoretical physics, the logarithmic Schrödinger equation (sometimes abbreviated as LNSE or LogSE) is one of the nonlinear modifications of Schrödinger's equation, first proposed by Gerald H. Rosen in its relativistic version (with D'Alembertian instead of Laplacian and first-order time derivative) in 1969. It is a ...
Logarithmic Schrödinger equation
Physics
396
46,599,027
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV%20Medicine
HIV Medicine is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering HIV/AIDS research. It was established in 1999 and is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the British HIV Association, of which it is the official journal. It is also the official journal of the European AIDS Clinical Society and the Australasian S...
HIV Medicine
Biology
165
458,866
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid%20mechanics
Solid mechanics (also known as mechanics of solids) is the branch of continuum mechanics that studies the behavior of solid materials, especially their motion and deformation under the action of forces, temperature changes, phase changes, and other external or internal agents. Solid mechanics is fundamental for civil,...
Solid mechanics
Physics,Engineering
1,731
11,040,776
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirius%20visualization%20software
Sirius is a molecular modelling and analysis system developed at San Diego Supercomputer Center. Sirius is designed to support advanced user requirements that go beyond simple display of small molecules and proteins. Sirius supports high quality interactive 3D graphics, structure building, displaying protein or DNA pri...
Sirius visualization software
Chemistry
670
27,993,748
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorado%20in%20Chinese%20astronomy
The modern constellation Dorado is not included in the Three Enclosures and Twenty-Eight Mansions system of traditional Chinese uranography because its stars are too far south for observers in China to know about them prior to the introduction of Western star charts. Based on the work of Xu Guangqi and the German Jesui...
Dorado in Chinese astronomy
Astronomy
243
2,850,048
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sessile%20drop%20technique
In materials science, the sessile drop technique is a method used for the characterization of solid surface energies, and in some cases, aspects of liquid surface energies. The main premise of the method is that by placing a droplet of liquid with a known surface energy and contact angle, the surface energy of the soli...
Sessile drop technique
Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science,Engineering
4,644
2,260,696
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxymonad
The Oxymonads (or Oxymonadida) are a group of flagellated protists found exclusively in the intestines of animals, mostly termites and other wood-eating insects. Along with the similar parabasalid flagellates, they harbor the symbiotic bacteria that are responsible for breaking down cellulose. There is no evidence for...
Oxymonad
Biology
907
992,734
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnecke%20Catalogue%20of%20Double%20Stars
Winnecke Catalogue of Double Stars is a list of seven "new" double stars published by German Astronomer August Winnecke in Astronomische Nachrichten in 1869. Winnecke later noted that three of the double stars he catalogued had been discovered earlier (30 Eridani, Bradley 757, and 44 Cygni). The stars are sometimes g...
Winnecke Catalogue of Double Stars
Astronomy
127
780,590
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vredefort%20impact%20structure
The Vredefort impact structure is the largest verified impact structure on Earth. The crater, which has since been eroded away, has been estimated at across when it was formed. The remaining structure, comprising the deformed underlying bedrock, is located in present-day Free State province of South Africa. It is name...
Vredefort impact structure
Biology
1,462
3,924,362
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric%20spark
An electric spark is an abrupt electrical discharge that occurs when a sufficiently high electric field creates an ionized, electrically conductive channel through a normally-insulating medium, often air or other gases or gas mixtures. Michael Faraday described this phenomenon as "the beautiful flash of light attending...
Electric spark
Physics
1,537
375,665
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%20%28verb%29
Owing to the dominance of the Google search engine, to google has become a transitive verb. The neologism commonly refers to searching for information on the World Wide Web, typically using the Google search engine. The American Dialect Society chose it as the "most useful word of 2002". It was added to the Oxford Engl...
Google (verb)
Technology
553
3,979,239
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%20Compare
In computing, fc (File Compare) is a command-line program in DOS, IBM OS/2 and Microsoft Windows operating systems, that compares multiple files and outputs the differences between them. It is similar to the Unix commands comm, cmp and diff. History The fc command has been included in Microsoft operating systems since...
File Compare
Technology
257
4,594,672
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational%20problem
In theoretical computer science, a computational problem is one that asks for a solution in terms of an algorithm. For example, the problem of factoring "Given a positive integer n, find a nontrivial prime factor of n." is a computational problem that has a solution, as there are many known integer factorization alg...
Computational problem
Mathematics
1,193
46,808,694
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TidalCycles
TidalCycles (also known as Tidal) is a live coding environment which is designed for improvising and composing music. Technically, it is a domain-specific language embedded in the functional programming language Haskell, and is focused on the generating and manipulating audiovisual patterns. It was originally designed ...
TidalCycles
Technology,Engineering
401
25,440,338
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juncus%20gerardii
Juncus gerardii, commonly known as blackgrass, black needle rush or saltmarsh rush, is a perennial flowering plant in the rush family Juncaceae. Description Juncus gerardii forms loose swards of erect tufts from dense and far-reaching matrix of black rhizomes. Stems are slender and wiry, growing to 25-75 cm tall. Lea...
Juncus gerardii
Chemistry
438
30,559,753
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical%20Society%20of%20India
The Astronomical Society of India (ASI) is an Indian society of professional astronomers and other professionals from related disciplines. It was founded in 1972, with Vainu Bappu being the founder President of the Society, and as of 2010 has a membership of approximately 1000. Its registered office is at the Astronomy...
Astronomical Society of India
Astronomy
552
9,132,444
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rauhut%E2%80%93Currier%20reaction
The Rauhut–Currier reaction, also called the vinylogous Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction, is an organic reaction describing (in its original scope) the dimerization or isomerization of electron-deficient alkenes such as enones by action of an organophosphine of the type R3P. In a more general description the RC reaction ...
Rauhut–Currier reaction
Chemistry
411
68,455,602
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KELT-6b
KELT-6b is an exoplanet orbiting the F-type subgiant KELT-6 approximately 791 light years away in the northern constellation Coma Berenices. It was discovered in 2013 using the transit method, and was announced in 2014. Discovery In 2014, the planet's parameters were observed. The paper states that KELT-6 has just en...
KELT-6b
Astronomy
201
67,102,966
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary%20drug
Proprietary drug are chemicals used for medicinal purposes which are formulated or manufactured under a name protected from competition through trademark or patent. The invented drug is usually still considered proprietary even if the patent expired. When a patent expires, generic drugs may be developed and released le...
Proprietary drug
Chemistry
2,692
56,967,081
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistral%20G-360-TS
The Mistral G-360-TS is a Swiss aircraft engine, designed and produced by Mistral Engines of Geneva for use in light aircraft. By March 2018 the engine was no longer advertised on the company website and seems to be out of production. Design and development The engine is a three-rotor, 3X3X displacement, liquid-coole...
Mistral G-360-TS
Technology
130
6,390,882
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design%20history%20file
A design history file is a compilation of documentation that describes the design history of a finished medical device. The design history file, or DHF, is part of regulation introduced in 1990 when the U.S. Congress passed the Safe Medical Devices Act, which established new standards for medical devices that can cause...
Design history file
Biology
968
5,244,454
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiemalora
Hiemalora is a fossil of the Ediacaran biota, reaching around 3 cm in diameter, which superficially resembles a sea anemone. The genus has a sack-like body with faint radiating lines originally interpreted as tentacles, but discovery of a frond-like structure seemingly attached to some Heimalora has added weight to a ...
Hiemalora
Biology
531
36,196,505
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C23H21NO
{{DISPLAYTITLE:C23H21NO}} The molecular formula C23H21NO (molar mass: 327.42 g/mol, exact mass: 327.1623 u) may refer to: JWH-015 JWH-073 JWH-120 Molecular formulas
C23H21NO
Physics,Chemistry
67
50,998,377
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global%20Change%20Biology
Global Change Biology is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on the interface between biological systems and all aspects of environmental change that affect a substantial part of the globe including climate change, global warming, land use change, invasive species, urbanization, wildfire, and ...
Global Change Biology
Environmental_science
156
4,024
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly%20effect
In chaos theory, the butterfly effect is the sensitive dependence on initial conditions in which a small change in one state of a deterministic nonlinear system can result in large differences in a later state. The term is closely associated with the work of the mathematician and meteorologist Edward Norton Lorenz. He...
Butterfly effect
Physics,Mathematics
4,149
63,019,482
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absorption%20rate%20constant
The absorption rate constant Ka is a value used in pharmacokinetics to describe the rate at which a drug enters into the system. It is expressed in units of time−1. The Ka is related to the absorption half-life (t1/2a) per the following equation: Ka = ln(2) / t1/2a. Ka values can typically only be found in research ar...
Absorption rate constant
Chemistry
125
7,609,013
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hysterical%20contagion
In social psychology, hysterical contagion occurs when people in a group show signs of a physical problem or illness, when in reality there are psychological and social forces at work. Hysterical contagion is a strong form of social contagion; the symptoms can include those associated with clinical hysteria. In 1977 ...
Hysterical contagion
Biology
464
13,803,804
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculation%20of%20glass%20properties
The calculation of glass properties (glass modeling) is used to predict glass properties of interest or glass behavior under certain conditions (e.g., during production) without experimental investigation, based on past data and experience, with the intention to save time, material, financial, and environmental resourc...
Calculation of glass properties
Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science,Mathematics,Engineering
1,754
3,338,671
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definite%20clause%20grammar
A definite clause grammar (DCG) is a way of expressing grammar, either for natural or formal languages, in a logic programming language such as Prolog. It is closely related to the concept of attribute grammars / affix grammars. DCGs are usually associated with Prolog, but similar languages such as Mercury also include...
Definite clause grammar
Mathematics
2,488
26,879,790
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IConnectHere
iConnectHere is the consumer division of Deltathree, which provides VoIP internet telephony service to consumers and businesses worldwide. The company's products are: Broadband (Internet) Phones, PC to Phone service, Mobile Dialers, Calling Cards and local phone numbers. History Deltathree was founded in 1996 and on M...
IConnectHere
Technology
439
873,363
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam%20Rothschild
Dame Miriam Louisa Rothschild (5 August 1908 – 20 January 2005) was a British natural scientist and author with contributions to zoology, entomology, and botany. Early life Miriam Rothschild was born in 1908 in Ashton Wold, near Oundle in Northamptonshire, the daughter of Charles Rothschild of the Rothschild banking ...
Miriam Rothschild
Chemistry
2,383
23,508,955
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galanin-like%20peptide
Galanin-like peptide (GALP) is a neuropeptide present in humans and other mammals. It is a 60-amino acid polypeptide produced in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus and the posterior pituitary gland. It is involved in the regulation of appetite and may also have other roles such as in inflammation, sex behavior, an...
Galanin-like peptide
Chemistry,Biology
217
43,291,147
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RU%20Camelopardalis
RU Camelopardalis, or RU Cam, is a W Virginis variable (type II Cepheid) in the constellation of Camelopardalis. It is also a Carbon star, which is very unusual for a Cepheid variable. History RU Cam was reported as a new variable star in 1907. It was quickly recognised as one of the Cepheid class of variable stars....
RU Camelopardalis
Astronomy
769
100,532
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashlesha
Ashlesha (Sanskrit: आश्लेषा or Āśleṣā) (Tibetan: སྐར་མ་སྐག), also known as Ayilyam in Tamil and Malayalam (Tamil: ஆயில்யம், Malayalam: ആയില്യം, Āyilyaṃ), is the 9th of the 27 nakshatras in Hindu astrology. Ashlesha is also known as the Clinging Star or Nāga. It is known as the Hydra. It extends from 16:40 to 30:00 Canc...
Ashlesha
Astronomy
165
66,522,474
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascosphaera%20apis
Ascosphaera apis is a species of fungus belonging to the family Ascosphaeraceae. It was one of the first entomopathogen genomes to be sequenced. It has a cosmopolitan distribution. It causes the chalkbrood diseases in bees, which rarely kills infected colonies but can weaken them and lead to reduced honey yields and s...
Ascosphaera apis
Biology
91
65,307,736
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial%20atmospheric%20lens
A Terrestrial Atmospheric Lens is a theoretical method of using the Earth as a large lens with a physical effect called atmospheric refraction. The sun's image appears about a half degree above its real position during sunset due to Earth's atmospheric refraction. In 1998, NASA astrophysicist Yu Wang from the Jet Pro...
Terrestrial atmospheric lens
Physics,Astronomy
285
33,979,901
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel%20P67
The Intel P67 is a mainstream chipset created by Intel. It was launched to market in January 2011, the first edition of this chipset had a faulty SATA 3.0 controller and Intel had to issue a hardware fix to resolve this problem. This fix (Revision B3) was launched to market at the beginning of March 2011. Features S...
Intel P67
Technology
320
23,431,978
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HARMST
HARMST is an acronym for high aspect ratio microstructure technology, which describes fabrication technologies, used to create high-aspect-ratio microstructures with heights between tens of micrometers up to a centimeter, and aspect ratios greater than 10:1. Examples include the LIGA fabrication process, advanced sili...
HARMST
Physics,Materials_science,Engineering
103
67,611,062
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%205422
NGC 5422 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered on April 14, 1789, by the astronomer William Herschel. At a distance of about 100 million light-years (30 megaparsecs), NGC 5422 is located within the sparse NGC 5485 group, which is dominated by lenticular galaxies. It has only...
NGC 5422
Astronomy
147
53,620,926
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccharomycodes
Saccharomycodes is a genus of yeasts. They are helobiallly reproducing yeasts. The type species is Saccharomycodes ludwigii. The other species, Saccharomycodes sinensis, is known from a single strain that was isolated from soil from a forest on Mount Chienfang on Hainan in China. It is the sister genus of Hanseniaspora...
Saccharomycodes
Biology
211
11,421,719
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small%20nucleolar%20RNA%20SNORA17
In molecular biology, SNORA17 (also known as ACA17) is a member of the H/ACA class of small nucleolar RNA that guide the sites of modification of uridines to pseudouridines. Specifically, it is predicted to guide pseudouridylation of the 28S rRNA at positions U4659 and U4598. It shares the same host gene together with ...
Small nucleolar RNA SNORA17
Chemistry
124
1,346,384
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadweight%20tonnage
Deadweight tonnage (also known as deadweight; abbreviated to DWT, D.W.T., d.w.t., or dwt) or tons deadweight (DWT) is a measure of how much weight a ship can carry. It is the sum of the weights of cargo, fuel, fresh water, ballast water, provisions, passengers, and crew. DWT is often used to specify a ship's maximum p...
Deadweight tonnage
Engineering
335
14,936,605
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Wonderful%20Stories%20of%20Professor%20Kitzel
The Wonderful Stories of Professor Kitzel is a 1972 educational animated series. Produced by Shamus Culhane for Krantz Films, the program combined film clips, animation, and commentary to teach the viewers about historic and cultural events. It was "hosted" by the eccentric scientist Professor Kitzel, whose voice was p...
The Wonderful Stories of Professor Kitzel
Astronomy
851
16,875,298
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tension%20fabric%20building
Tension fabric buildings or tension fabric structures are constructed using a rigid frame—which can consist of timber, steel, rigid plastic, or aluminum—and a sturdy fabric outer membrane. Once the frame is erected, the fabric cover is stretched over the frame. The fabric cover is tensioned to provide the stable struct...
Tension fabric building
Technology,Engineering
818
12,421,862
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nechisar%20nightjar
The Nechisar nightjar (Caprimulgus solala) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is endemic to Ethiopia. The species was first discovered in 1990 when researchers discovered a decomposing specimen in the Nechisar National Park. After bringing back a single wing from the specimen to the Natural Histo...
Nechisar nightjar
Biology
152
72,155,492
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinara%20%28company%29
Kinara is an American semiconductor company that develops AI processors for machine learning applications. History Kinara was founded in 2013 by Rehan Hameed, Wajahat Qadeer and Jason Copeland as CoreViz. The company was rebranded as Deep Vision, and raised $35M in a series B funding round led by Tiger Global Manageme...
Kinara (company)
Technology
285
61,173,951
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia%20M.%20Stoesser%20Lecturer%20in%20Chemistry
The Sylvia M. Stoesser Lecture series was established in 2000 by the Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois. It is supported by alumna Yulan Tong and by Dow AgroSciences. It is named after the first woman chemist to work at Dow, Sylvia M. Stoesser. The lectureship is given every two years to "an indiv...
Sylvia M. Stoesser Lecturer in Chemistry
Technology
133
2,221,187
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid%20solution
A solid solution, a term popularly used for metals, is a homogeneous mixture of two compounds in solid state and having a single crystal structure. Many examples can be found in metallurgy, geology, and solid-state chemistry. The word "solution" is used to describe the intimate mixing of components at the atomic level ...
Solid solution
Physics,Materials_science,Engineering
1,870
1,137,612
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized%20eigenvector
In linear algebra, a generalized eigenvector of an matrix is a vector which satisfies certain criteria which are more relaxed than those for an (ordinary) eigenvector. Let be an -dimensional vector space and let be the matrix representation of a linear map from to with respect to some ordered basis. There may n...
Generalized eigenvector
Mathematics
3,050
78,597,479
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purma
A purma is a type of early successional forest, or secondary forest, in the Amazon Basin. In the Amazon, people convert forest to farms and plantations called chacras. If that farm should be abandoned, the local plants begin to recolonize the area. It is then called a purma. References HabitatsForestsForest ecolog...
Purma
Biology
78
68,882,947
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniele%20Cherniak
Daniele Cherniak is an American geochemist known for her work on using particle beams for geochemical analysis on small scales. She was elected a fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2021. Education and career Cherniak grew up in Cohoes, New York and went to Keveny Memorial Academy. In 1983, Cherniak received ...
Daniele Cherniak
Chemistry
530
26,249,584
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rot-proof
Rot-proof or rot resistant is a condition of preservation or protection, by a process or treatment of materials used in industrial manufacturing or production to prevent biodegradation and chemical decomposition. Decomposition is a factor in which organic matter breaks down over time. It is commonly caused by fungus, m...
Rot-proof
Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science,Engineering
142
24,140,211
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersection%20type
In type theory, an intersection type can be allocated to values that can be assigned both the type and the type . This value can be given the intersection type in an intersection type system. Generally, if the ranges of values of two types overlap, then a value belonging to the intersection of the two ranges can be a...
Intersection type
Mathematics
2,348
47,843,724
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounded%20expansion
In graph theory, a family of graphs is said to have bounded expansion if all of its shallow minors are sparse graphs. Many natural families of sparse graphs have bounded expansion. A closely related but stronger property, polynomial expansion, is equivalent to the existence of separator theorems for these families. Fa...
Bounded expansion
Mathematics
716
2,907,075
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoofed%20URL
A spoofed URL involves one website masquerading as another, often leveraging vulnerabilities in web browser technology to facilitate a malicious computer attack. These attacks are particularly effective against computers that lack up-to-date security patches. Alternatively, some spoofed URLs are crafted for satirical p...
Spoofed URL
Technology
1,378
51,354,460
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20big%20data%20companies
This is an alphabetical list of notable IT companies using the marketing term big data: A Alpine Data Labs, an analytics interface working with Apache Hadoop and big data AvocaData, a two sided marketplace allowing consumers to buy & sell data with ease. Azure Data Lake is a highly scalable data storage and analyti...
List of big data companies
Technology
469
54,616,030
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line%20sampling
Line sampling is a method used in reliability engineering to compute small (i.e., rare event) failure probabilities encountered in engineering systems. The method is particularly suitable for high-dimensional reliability problems, in which the performance function exhibits moderate non-linearity with respect to the unc...
Line sampling
Engineering
741
917,868
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative%20genomics
Comparative genomics is a branch of biological research that examines genome sequences across a spectrum of species, spanning from humans and mice to a diverse array of organisms from bacteria to chimpanzees. This large-scale holistic approach compares two or more genomes to discover the similarities and differences be...
Comparative genomics
Biology
6,277
7,757,614
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrolytic%20chromium%20carbide%20coating
Pyrolytic chromium carbide coating (PCC) is a technology for protection and reworking of rapidly wearing parts of manufacturing equipment working in extreme environmental conditions, using vacuum deposition technology. Coating mechanical parts can help with problems of corrosion, adhering, high-temperature and mechani...
Pyrolytic chromium carbide coating
Chemistry
252
27,277,885
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teloblast
A teloblast is a large cell in the embryos of clitellate annelids which asymmetrically divide to form many smaller cells known as blast cells. These blast cells further proliferate and differentiate to form the segmental tissues of the annelid. Teloblasts are well studied in leeches, though they are also present in t...
Teloblast
Biology
894
19,553,114
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral%20and%20Brain%20Functions
Behavioral and Brain Functions is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal published by BioMed Central. It publishes articles on "all aspects of neurobiology where the unifying theme is behavior or behavioral dysfunction". It was established in 2005 with Terje Sagvolden as founding editor-in-chief, who was succee...
Behavioral and Brain Functions
Biology
177
1,432,664
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choice%20function
Let X be a set of sets none of which are empty. Then a choice function (selector, selection) on X is a mathematical function f that is defined on X such that f is a mapping that assigns each element of X to one of its elements. An example Let X = { {1,4,7}, {9}, {2,7} }. Then the function f defined by f({1, 4, 7}) = ...
Choice function
Mathematics
627
26,261,505
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Zen%20of%20CSS%20Design
The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web is a book by web designers Dave Shea and Molly E. Holzschlag, published in 2005. Content The book is based on 36 designs featured at the CSS Zen Garden resource, an online showcase of CSS-based design. The process that each designer took in coming up with the fin...
The Zen of CSS Design
Technology
126
72,910,789
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolutely%20maximally%20entangled%20state
The absolutely maximally entangled (AME) state is a concept in quantum information science, which has many applications in quantum error-correcting code, discrete AdS/CFT correspondence, AdS/CMT correspondence, and more. It is the multipartite generalization of the bipartite maximally entangled state. Definition The ...
Absolutely maximally entangled state
Physics
243
52,011,926
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teissier%20affair
The Teissier affair was a controversy that occurred in France in 2001. French astrologer Élizabeth Teissier was awarded a doctorate in sociology by Paris Descartes University for a doctoral thesis in which she argued that astrology was being oppressed by science. Her work was contested by the scientific community withi...
Teissier affair
Astronomy
1,448
17,511,256
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SYZ%20conjecture
The SYZ conjecture is an attempt to understand the mirror symmetry conjecture, an issue in theoretical physics and mathematics. The original conjecture was proposed in a paper by Strominger, Yau, and Zaslow, entitled "Mirror Symmetry is T-duality". Along with the homological mirror symmetry conjecture, it is one of t...
SYZ conjecture
Physics,Astronomy,Mathematics
1,780
436,077
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond%20Light%20Source
Diamond Light Source (or Diamond) is the UK's national synchrotron light source science facility located at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire. Its purpose is to produce intense beams of light whose special characteristics are useful in many areas of scientific research. In particular it can be ...
Diamond Light Source
Materials_science
1,478
8,935,386
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint%20Institute%20for%20Nuclear%20Astrophysics
The Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics Center for the Evolution of the Elements (JINA-CEE) is a multi-institutional Physics Frontiers Center funded by the US National Science Foundation since 2014. From 2003 to 2014, JINA was a collaboration between Michigan State University, the University of Notre Dame, the Uni...
Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics
Physics
826
16,781,529
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIP%2014810%20b
HIP 14810 b is a massive hot Jupiter approximately 165 light-years away in the constellation of Aries. It has mass 3.88 times that of Jupiter and orbits at 0.0692 AU. It was discovered by the N2K Consortium in 2006 and the discovery paper was published in 2007. Prior to this a preliminary orbit had been published in th...
HIP 14810 b
Astronomy
117
1,949,812
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Size%20zero
Size zero or size 0 is a women's clothing size in the US catalog sizes system. Size 0 and 00 were invented due to increasing body sizes and therefore the changing of clothing sizes over time (referred to as vanity sizing or size inflation), which has caused the adoption of lower numbers. For example, a 2011 size 0 is e...
Size zero
Physics,Mathematics
1,079
1,186,707
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipyridine
Bipyridines are a family of organic compounds with the formula (C5H4N)2, consisting of two pyridyl (C5H4N) rings. Pyridine is an aromatic nitrogen-containing heterocycle. The bipyridines are all colourless solids, which are soluble in organic solvents and slightly soluble in water. Bipyridines, especially the 4,4' iso...
Bipyridine
Chemistry
465
27,434,193
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book%20illustration
The illustration of manuscript books was well established in ancient times, and the tradition of the illuminated manuscript thrived in the West until the invention of printing. Other parts of the world had comparable traditions, such as the Persian miniature. Modern book illustration comes from the 15th-century woodcut...
Book illustration
Engineering
2,073
996,678
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPU-401
The MPU-401, where MPU stands for MIDI Processing Unit, is an important but now obsolete interface for connecting MIDI-equipped electronic music hardware to personal computers. It was designed by Roland Corporation, which also co-authored the MIDI standard. Design Released around 1984, the original MPU-401 was an ext...
MPU-401
Technology,Engineering
2,061
35,830,148
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condensation%20particle%20counter
A condensation particle counter or CPC is a particle counter that detects and counts aerosol particles by first enlarging them by using the particles as nucleation centers to create droplets in a supersaturated gas. Three techniques have been used to produce nucleation: Adiabatic expansion using an expansion chamber...
Condensation particle counter
Chemistry,Mathematics,Technology,Engineering
611
2,377,007
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V849%20Ophiuchi
V849 Ophiuchi or Nova Ophiuchi 1919 was a nova that erupted in 1919, in the constellation Ophiuchus, and reached a blue band brightness of magnitude 7.2. Joanna C. S. Mackie discovered the star while she was examining Harvard College Observatory photographic plates. The earliest plate it was visible on was exposed on ...
V849 Ophiuchi
Astronomy
241
16,604,809
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20interactive%20artists
This is a list of artists who work primarily in the medium of interactive art. B Artur Barrio Maurice Benayoun Timothy Binkley Maurizio Bolognini Geoff Bunn C Peter Campus Janet Cardiff Thomas Charvériat Marcelo Coelho Shane Cooper D Char Davies Liu Dao (artist collective) Mark Divo Juan Downey E ...
List of interactive artists
Technology
445
3,111,575
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drainage%20density
Drainage density is a quantity used to describe physical parameters of a drainage basin. First described by Robert E. Horton, drainage density is defined as the total length of channel in a drainage basin divided by the total area, represented by the following equation: The quantity represents the average length of ch...
Drainage density
Physics,Chemistry,Mathematics,Engineering,Environmental_science
4,496
2,035,308
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal%20science
Animal science is described as "studying the biology of animals that are under the control of humankind". It can also be described as the production and management of farm animals. Historically, the degree was called animal husbandry and the animals studied were livestock species, like cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry, and...
Animal science
Biology
932
27,705,643
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasoning%20%28cookware%29
Seasoning is the process of coating the surface of cookware with fat which is heated in order to produce a corrosion resistant layer of polymerized fat. It is required for raw cast-iron cookware and carbon steel, which otherwise rust rapidly in use, but is also used for many other types of cookware. An advantage of sea...
Seasoning (cookware)
Chemistry,Materials_science,Engineering
1,671
18,562,555
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Oil%20Drum
The Oil Drum was a website devoted to analysis and discussion of energy and its impact on society that described itself as an "energy, peak oil & sustainability research and news site". The Oil Drum was published by the Institute for the Study of Energy and Our Future, a Colorado non-profit corporation. The site was...
The Oil Drum
Environmental_science
548
30,862,748
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-exponential%20factor
In chemical kinetics, the pre-exponential factor or A factor is the pre-exponential constant in the Arrhenius equation (equation shown below), an empirical relationship between temperature and rate coefficient. It is usually designated by A when determined from experiment, while Z is usually left for collision frequenc...
Pre-exponential factor
Chemistry
282
40,355,292
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breguet%27s%20thermometer
Breguet's thermometer, also called a spiral thermometer, is a type of thermometer which uses the expansion of metal under heat to produce a measurement more sensitive, and with a higher range, than both mercury and air thermometers. Working on the principle of a bimetallic strip, it consists of a very slender strip of ...
Breguet's thermometer
Technology,Engineering
213
39,383,425
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal%20of%20Interpretation%20Research
The Journal of Interpretation Research is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering research and discourse in the field of environmental interpretation, heritage interpretation, and environmental education. It is published by the National Association for Interpretation. The editors-in-chief are Robert B. Powe...
Journal of Interpretation Research
Environmental_science
124
468,924
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For%20loop
In computer science, a for-loop or for loop is a control flow statement for specifying iteration. Specifically, a for-loop functions by running a section of code repeatedly until a certain condition has been satisfied. For-loops have two parts: a header and a body. The header defines the iteration and the body is the ...
For loop
Technology
7,383
15,382,697
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temahome
TemaHome is a furniture exporter based in Lisbon, Portugal. The company's main markets are Germany, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain, Denmark and the United States. , the company exports to 40 countries. Company history Founded as Norema Portuguesa in 1981 by the marriage of the Norwegian Norema SA and the Portuguese M...
Temahome
Engineering
586
60,677,420
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIMPLY%20gate
The NIMPLY gate is a digital logic gate that implements a material nonimplication. Symbols A right-facing arrow with a line through it () can be used to denote NIMPLY in algebraic expressions. Logically, it is equivalent to material nonimplication, and the logical expression A ∧ ¬B. Usage The NIMPLY gate is often us...
NIMPLY gate
Technology
112
59,573,206
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans%20Andrew%20Hansen
Hans Andrew Hansen is an American plant breeder, currently working for Walters Gardens in Zeeland, Michigan. Hansen is the former director of lab production and new plants for Shady Oaks Nursery in Minnesota, where he revolutionized tissue culture techniques for many genera including Hosta, Arisaema and variegated Agav...
Hans Andrew Hansen
Chemistry
243
19,718,830
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHF%20Data%20Link
The VHF Data Link or VHF Digital Link (VDL) is a means of sending information between aircraft and ground stations (and in the case of VDL Mode 4, other aircraft). Aeronautical VHF data links use the band 117.975–137 MHz assigned by the International Telecommunication Union to Aeronautical mobile (R) service. There are...
VHF Data Link
Technology,Engineering
1,296
38,903,404
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricholoma%20subresplendens
Tricholoma subresplendens is a mushroom of the agaric genus Tricholoma. It was first described by American mycologist William Alphonso Murrill in 1914. See also List of North American Tricholoma References External links Fungi described in 1914 Fungi of North America subresplendens Taxa named by William Alphonso ...
Tricholoma subresplendens
Biology
82
23,399,373
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do%20Not%20Fold%2C%20Spindle%20or%20Mutilate
Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate is a 1971 American made-for-television mystery film directed by Ted Post, starring Myrna Loy, Helen Hayes, Mildred Natwick, Sylvia Sidney, John Beradino and Vince Edwards, with the screenplay adapted by John D. F. Black from a novel of the same name by Doris Miles Disney. It was broadca...
Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate
Technology
809
46,352,440
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aby%20Warburg%20Prize
The Aby Warburg Prize (German Aby Warburg-Preis; formerly Aby M. Warburg-Preis) is a science prize of the city of Hamburg. It was established in 1979. Since 1980, it is donated by the senate of the city for excellence in the humanities and social sciences. It is named after the Hamburg-born art historian Aby Warburg. T...
Aby Warburg Prize
Technology
266
59,053,470
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseimaritima
Roseimaritima is a genus of bacteria from the family of Planctomycetaceae with three known species. Roseimaritima ulvae has been isolated from an Ulva from Carreço in Portugal. Phylogeny The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center f...
Roseimaritima
Biology
108
27,145,862
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph%20algebra%20%28social%20sciences%29
Graph algebra is systems-centric modeling tool for the social sciences. It was first developed by Sprague, Pzeworski, and Cortes as a hybridized version of engineering plots to describe social phenomena. Notes and references Algebra Social science methodology
Graph algebra (social sciences)
Mathematics
53
22,312,854
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C19H28O3
{{DISPLAYTITLE:C19H28O3}} The molecular formula C19H28O3 may refer to: Hydroxy-DHEA 16-Hydroxydehydroepiandrosterone 7α-Hydroxy-DHEA 7β-Hydroxy-DHEA 15α-Hydroxy-DHEA Hydroxytestosterone 4-Hydroxytestosterone 11β-Hydroxytestosterone 11-Ketodihydrotestosterone 11-Ketoandrosterone Methylhydroxynandrolone
C19H28O3
Chemistry
119
41,571,562
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-revenue%20track
Non-revenue track (or trackage), or a non-revenue route, is a section of track or transport route that is not used to carry revenue-earning freight or goods nor for scheduled passenger services. The term is used to refer mainly to sections of track or routes in public transport systems, such as rapid transit and tramw...
Non-revenue track
Physics
117
5,156,882
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimethoxymethane
Dimethoxymethane, also called methylal, is a colorless flammable liquid with a low boiling point, low viscosity and excellent dissolving power. It has a chloroform-like odor and a pungent taste. It is the dimethyl acetal of formaldehyde. Dimethoxymethane is soluble in three parts water and miscible with most common or...
Dimethoxymethane
Chemistry
565
31,465,993
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20rail%20accidents%20%281970%E2%80%931979%29
This is a list of rail accidents from 1970 to 1979. For a list of terrorist incidents involving trains, see List of terrorist incidents involving railway systems. 1970 February 1 – Argentina – Benavídez rail disaster: A Tucumán–Buenos Aires express train collided with a standing local train south of Benavídez railroa...
List of rail accidents (1970–1979)
Technology
6,453
71,040,894
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD%20194012
HD 194012 (HR 7793; Gliese 789) is a star in the equatorial constellation Delphinus. It has an apparent magnitude of 6.15, making it visible to the naked eye under ideal conditions. The star is relatively close at a distance of only 85 light years but is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of . HD 194012 has ...
HD 194012
Astronomy
248