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- Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on ice. Figure skaters compete at various ...29 KB (4,650 words) - 19:45, 26 March 2024
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- Rubin's vase (sometimes known as the Rubin face or the Figure ... illusionworks.com/html/figure_ground.html Figure/ground.] Retrieved October ...6 KB (934 words) - 20:58, 21 December 2022
- The Orbison figures most often involve a figure placed over a background ... may cause the perception of a distorted figure.Sara Bolouki and Roger Grosse ...4 KB (510 words) - 01:04, 18 November 2022
- classification of syllogisms known as the figure. The four figures are: ... conclusion followed by the number for the figure. For example, the syllogisms ...9 KB (1,397 words) - 01:55, 27 February 2023
- [[Image:Mueller lyer.svg|thumb|200 px|A figure to explain the Mueller ... visual system is unable to separate the figure into parts. As a whole figure ...5 KB (795 words) - 18:00, 10 November 2022
- A piece of the mantle is shown in Figure 1 (orthopyroxene is black ... quot;pyroxene quadrilateral" shown in Figure 2. The enstatite-ferrosilite ...9 KB (1,340 words) - 03:53, 7 December 2022
- which is marked off on the two axes (see Figure 1). Cartesian coordinate ... by the equation x² + y² = 4 (see Figure 2). == History == ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 00:41, 29 November 2023
- illusion easily when reading text with the illusion figure in the periphery. Motion is consistently perceived in a dark-to-light direction, so the two ...4 KB (637 words) - 17:57, 26 March 2023
- in which the perspective changes while viewing the figure. ... angles and so is fully aware that the figure is not "impossible, ...8 KB (1,193 words) - 23:03, 17 March 2024
- other angles and so is fully aware that the figure is not "impossible," perception from the critical viewing angle does not change—the ...5 KB (696 words) - 15:30, 4 February 2023
- In music, a riff is an ostinato figure (a repeated chord progression, pattern, or melodic fragment), often played by instruments in the rhythmic ...6 KB (949 words) - 01:36, 15 December 2022
- [[Image:5kingdoms.png|thumb|right|Figure 1. Five kingdoms.]] ... In 1969, Robert Whittaker published a proposed five kingdom system ...8 KB (1,051 words) - 13:09, 10 March 2023
- the ambiguous parts that makes the whole figure consistent. It is rare that ... There is evidence that by focusing on different parts of the figure ...7 KB (1,083 words) - 16:07, 11 November 2022
- ===Black & white and the figure-ground relationship=== ... visual art, stemming from a discordant figure-ground relationship that ...8 KB (1,285 words) - 00:44, 18 November 2022
- Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on ice. Figure skaters compete at various ...29 KB (4,650 words) - 19:45, 26 March 2024
- this case misinterpretation, of the actual figure. Study of this illusion aids ... To further complicate matters, the figure is not actually of a checkerboard ...6 KB (942 words) - 01:15, 21 April 2023
- false Messiah (see also: Antichrist) is an evil figure in Islamic eschatology. He is to appear at a time in the future, before Yawm al-Qiyamah (The ...8 KB (1,233 words) - 16:34, 21 January 2024
- Zerubbabel shows that he was an important figure to many Second Temple Jews. ... who is depicted as a kind of Daniel-type figure in the dispute among the ...11 KB (1,713 words) - 06:31, 13 June 2023
- traditionally believed that Harold is the figure with the arrow in his eye ... male figures in the border below this figure; the one directly below the ...17 KB (2,716 words) - 03:10, 26 September 2023
- one sees a set of vertical red lines over a figure of blue lines that radiate out from two points to the left and right of the set of red lines, ...3 KB (445 words) - 14:11, 20 May 2023
- animals, to the shape, size, and angle of a figure's eyes, nose, and lips. The process seems very scientific, but often requires a very deep understanding ...6 KB (950 words) - 15:07, 30 April 2023
- The line segment (or chord) AB (in the figure), which passes through the ... The semimajor axis (denoted by a in the figure) is one-half of the ...10 KB (1,658 words) - 17:15, 13 February 2024
- in his right hand, close to his heart. The figure of the Wrathful Vajrapani ... the five wisdoms is also associated with a Buddha figure. ...7 KB (1,107 words) - 14:11, 3 May 2023
- Scientific notation is a compact form of writing numbers that are very large or very small. It is especially useful when expressing measurements ...9 KB (1,279 words) - 17:25, 25 January 2023
- [[Image:Carbon_dioxide_pressure-temperature_phase_diagram.jpg|frame ... diagram for carbon dioxide, as shown in Figure 2, where the critical point ...14 KB (2,010 words) - 13:54, 28 April 2023
- The Zöllner figure is composed of a series of parallel, diagonal lines intersected by a number of short horizontal and vertical bars. The parallel ...4 KB (537 words) - 06:09, 13 June 2023
- *Morgan, M.J. and B. Moulden. "The Münsterberg figure and twisted cords." Vision Research, 26 (1986):1793–1800. *Ninio, Jacques. ...4 KB (575 words) - 09:41, 11 April 2024
- especially in Switzerland, where the Tell figure was instrumentalized in the ... again had become national identification figure, the historian Karl Meyer ...12 KB (1,851 words) - 20:35, 13 May 2023
- authorities regard him as a type of merman figure or fish-deity of the the ... Dagon has become a popular figure in recent literature, movies, and ...11 KB (1,786 words) - 07:45, 12 January 2024
- jpg|The upper portion of the central Sakyamuni figure. ====Other Northern ... wall.jpg|South wall with Bodhisattva and additional figure. ...11 KB (1,501 words) - 02:38, 4 November 2022
- complex web of relationships as shown in the figure on the right. In this figure, the grouping of Phytoplankton → Herbivorous zooplankton → Carnivorous ...8 KB (1,247 words) - 10:18, 10 November 2023
- right|thumb|Pegasus and Bellerophon, Attic red-figure]] ... objects that make up a constellation. The figure that these objects create ...8 KB (1,238 words) - 07:12, 23 November 2022
- Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, or simply "Santa," is the mythical figure who, in most of ...16 KB (2,522 words) - 03:18, 23 December 2022
- reference to him as a significant literary figure. The relative scarcity of ... In the history of poetry, Archilochus is a somewhat paradoxical figure ...8 KB (1,240 words) - 06:18, 12 August 2023
- [[Image:Ehrenstein figure.svg|thumb|Illusion 3. Adding a circle (bottom ... further input, will assume that there is a figure in front of the lines. ...4 KB (549 words) - 07:14, 10 August 2023
- ninety years, from 1131 to 1221. The central figure of the first section is Taira no Kiyomori (平清盛) who is described as arrogant, evil, ruthless ...10 KB (1,591 words) - 17:35, 30 April 2023
- opposite directions, according to this pattern: (Figure 1) They will then reach this position: (Figure 2) But to move from the ...14 KB (2,272 words) - 07:43, 18 November 2022
- Another relief at the same site shows him with his court. Every figure ... Anahita was a divine figure associated with water, wisdom and healing ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 01:04, 1 January 2022
- American female outlaw. She was a well-known figure during the late nineteenth century and is rumored to have been involved with a number of famous criminals ...14 KB (2,256 words) - 18:59, 11 January 2023
- == Literary figure == Sima Qian's Shiji is respected as a model of biographical literature with high literary value. Its artistry was mainly ...11 KB (1,813 words) - 22:09, 29 January 2023
- Image:Polispasto4.jpg|Figure 4b - A practical block and tackle pulley ... pulleys are encased in single housings is shown in Figure 4b. ...10 KB (1,745 words) - 23:46, 2 December 2022
- to for disaster relief. A legendary figure, Lee’s contributions to ... A pioneering yet controversial figure among public relations, Ivy ...11 KB (1,658 words) - 01:07, 8 February 2023
- referred to it as the "shifted chequerboard figure." It has also been called the "illusion of kindergarten patterns" because it was ...4 KB (646 words) - 10:17, 25 November 2023
- device may act as a cooler, as in the figure to the left below. This is ... == Figure of merit == The figure of merit for thermoelectric devices ...25 KB (3,886 words) - 18:30, 30 April 2023
- statues into a granite wall. One Buddha figure posed in reclining position ... Historians have identified a standing figure on a lotus throne located ...12 KB (1,690 words) - 08:40, 24 November 2022
- strength of various contributing factors like figure orientation was different among each species.Tadasu Oyama and Takuo Goto. [http://www.blackwell-synergy ...4 KB (658 words) - 08:51, 24 November 2022
- and philosophy of history. He is an important figure in the early twentieth century liberal school of religious and philosophical thought in Germany ...9 KB (1,343 words) - 21:23, 20 March 2024
- Found in the mythology, folklore, and religion of virtually all world cultures, a trickster is a figure who plays tricks or otherwise disobeys ...19 KB (2,802 words) - 16:52, 2 May 2023
- Woodwind instruments are a family of musical instruments within the more general category of wind instruments. There are two main types of ...17 KB (2,413 words) - 21:52, 26 December 2023
- new religions. He is a deeply respected figure by the followers of many ... He first appears in the Hebrew Bible as a figure who challenged the idolatrous ...18 KB (2,908 words) - 16:12, 13 February 2024
- sense of morality, Buck is also in important figure in the history of American literature due to her connections with the cultures of Asia, and China ...8 KB (1,320 words) - 22:56, 30 March 2023
- Charles Ammi Cutter (March 14, 1837 – September 6, 1903) is a key figure in the development of library science. Cutter's most significant ...13 KB (2,026 words) - 01:48, 4 December 2023
- Mani presented himself as a savior figure and his religious teachings ... and evil and in the increasingly vivid figure of Satan. Augustine of Hippo ...9 KB (1,391 words) - 02:52, 6 November 2022
- kingship, with his left foot on the chest of a figure lying on his back before him. The prostrate figure is reputed to be the pretender Gaumata. Darius ...13 KB (1,988 words) - 10:27, 26 September 2023
- established himself as a public figure. He had been married a year ... authority.) He was a conspicuous figure in the siege of Paris, fought ...14 KB (2,358 words) - 05:00, 9 April 2024
- The Panchen Lama (Tibetan: པན་ཆེན་བླ་མ་; Chinese: 班禪喇嘛) is the second-highest-ranking religious figure (after ...11 KB (1,374 words) - 06:34, 18 November 2022
- hydrated, and consists of two subunits (Figure 1). One ribosomal subunit ... In Figure 4, both ribosomal subunits (small and large) assemble at ...21 KB (3,152 words) - 09:20, 10 August 2022
- ===Emphasis on the human figure=== The human figure is the primary subject matter for most African art ...17 KB (2,544 words) - 06:05, 16 June 2023
- of slavery, Equiano is also a notable figure in Pan-African literature ... dispute, Equiano is nonetheless a major figure both in the politics and ...10 KB (1,546 words) - 00:02, 18 November 2022
- Liberal Federation made him an influential figure in Liberal circles, albeit ... views. He was considered an influential figure in Liberal circles. ...10 KB (1,527 words) - 22:25, 4 December 2023
- that God is a deeply personal and loving figure rather than a cold, distant ... existence, as well as a anthropomorphic figure worthy of an individual& ...11 KB (1,693 words) - 06:19, 11 March 2024
- before World War I and a principal figure in the history of the Internationalist ... influence, he has been considered a lesser figure to his contemporaries in ...14 KB (2,094 words) - 10:45, 28 February 2023
- around the globe. The numbers in the figure are shown in parentheses ... correspond to the numbered hotspots in the figure on the right. ...11 KB (1,444 words) - 16:21, 25 January 2023
- The Gospel of Mark is an ancient koine Greek document that describes the life, persecution, and death of Jesus Christ, the central figure of ...15 KB (2,392 words) - 20:38, 17 May 2023
- for a short period, usually until the next figure is encountered. ... to be held, a line is drawn next to the figure or figures to indicate this: ...16 KB (2,493 words) - 19:45, 26 March 2024
- revolutionary and writer and an important figure of the Bulgarian National ... after the suppression of the uprising. The figure ranges from around 3,000 ...16 KB (2,460 words) - 20:16, 13 December 2023
- movement can also be found in neon signs, where a figure or object appears to change position. ==Notes== ==References== *Chang, Freddy, Daniel ...5 KB (719 words) - 02:33, 21 January 2022
- long life, some considering him to be a figure of myth rather than history ... grandfather of Noah, Methuselah does not figure prominently in the rest of ...11 KB (1,665 words) - 10:35, 10 March 2023
- artisans never depicted Buddha as a human figure on those stone carvings. ... Image:SanchiBracketFigure.jpg|Sanchi Bracket Figure, British Museum ...10 KB (1,469 words) - 03:10, 23 December 2022
- are usually abstractions of the human figure, typically depicting mother ... are usually abstractions of the human figure, typically mother-and-child ...23 KB (3,645 words) - 07:50, 22 January 2024
- short life, he is nonetheless a pivotal figure in the history and development ... in agreement that Wyatt was the principal figure in recognizing the formal ...9 KB (1,558 words) - 22:57, 30 April 2023
- century. He was a widely read, and popular figure of the era, and in his later ... of the already established literary figure, Washington Irving, who helped ...13 KB (1,996 words) - 15:56, 7 May 2023
- ===Heimdall as liminal figure=== Georges Dumézil, using examples from ... This view of Heimdall as a liminal figure helps to account for many ...18 KB (2,781 words) - 22:43, 3 February 2022
- of the corresponding central angle \theta (see Figure). ... (cf. the blue and green angles \psi in the Figure). Angles inscribed ...14 KB (2,241 words) - 22:03, 10 December 2023
- had established a reputation as a major figure in French musical circles ... the instrument, but he was a pioneering figure in developing new and inventive ...10 KB (1,509 words) - 04:57, 9 April 2024
- showing a detailed, twisted, and bloody figure of Christ on the cross in ... and became something of a cult figure, with the angst-laden expressionism ...14 KB (2,125 words) - 16:57, 7 November 2022
- King also argues in favor of naming Mary Magdalene as the central ... and also for her being the central figure of Christianity. Also, when ...15 KB (2,491 words) - 18:05, 27 December 2022
- movement in the city. Hume became a leading figure in the civil rights movement in the mid 1960s, having been prominent in the unsuccessful fight to have ...10 KB (1,561 words) - 06:00, 3 August 2022
- Two Men Standing, Man, and Seated Figure (Classic Male), while simultaneously ... related to landscape than to the human figure. These paintings, such as ...10 KB (1,460 words) - 15:38, 6 May 2023
- and mediums, he is considered a preeminent figure in American art. ... contrast of light and dark, and lively figure groupings—qualities that ...10 KB (1,510 words) - 23:11, 17 May 2023
- *Cantata Figure humaine for double-choir a cappella (1943), Premiere ... *Figure humaine (12 voices) (1943) *Un soir de neige (6 voices) (1944) ...8 KB (1,187 words) - 05:16, 30 September 2022
- In geometry, a polygon is a plane figure that is bounded by a closed path or circuit, composed of a finite sequence of straight line segments ...23 KB (3,520 words) - 08:42, 24 November 2022
- A key figure of early Post-minimalism in the United States and one ... out in December 1953. She then studied figure drawing at the Art Student ...10 KB (1,514 words) - 04:48, 23 March 2024
- [[image:chromosome.png|frame|Figure 1: Chromosome. (1) Chromatid. ... some of them grow breasts and develop a curvy figure. *Turner syndrome ...15 KB (2,079 words) - 00:18, 14 January 2023
- and street scenes as well as the nude figure. Like her fellow female Impressionist ... * Figure of a woman, 1875-76, (Before the Theater). * The Pscyhé, ...10 KB (1,531 words) - 17:21, 29 September 2023
- that featured a dark, bearded, Christ-like figure. It was soon replaced with ... early 1980s, with Saint Germain as a central figure. ===Who was Saint ...17 KB (2,637 words) - 08:29, 10 January 2024
- If a figure is both a rectangle (right angles) and a rhombus (equal edge lengths) then it is a square. == Other facts == *If a circle is circumscribed ...6 KB (904 words) - 16:16, 8 February 2023
- [[Image:Atomic_structure_of_olivine_1.png|left|thumbnail|Figure 1: ... There are three distinct oxygen sites (marked O1, O2, and O3 in figure ...10 KB (1,460 words) - 10:32, 11 March 2023
- She became the most important religious figure of her day, and her evocative ... #039;s oldest known author as well as a figure who evidences a significant ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 18:54, 13 February 2024
- the Carolingian court, where he remained a figure at the court in the 780s ... Alcuin is the most prominent figure of the Carolingian Renaissance ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 05:08, 17 June 2023
- Croce, portraying a very human Christ figure in a moment of the agony ... 1409-1411, he executed the colossal seated figure of Saint John the Evangelist ...15 KB (2,139 words) - 17:23, 30 January 2024
- are rigged with a virtual skeleton. For 2D figure animations, separate objects ... The starting point is often a stick figure in which the position of ...20 KB (3,215 words) - 00:25, 8 January 2024
- – Aisōpos) is the figure traditionally credited with the collection ... is how he was also represented in a marble figure in the Villa Albani in Rome ...14 KB (2,215 words) - 05:51, 16 June 2023
- These in his judgment:Justifies concluding that a figure between 700 and 800 is likely to be near the norm, and that variation in either direction is ...14 KB (2,124 words) - 03:52, 1 May 2023
- from events in the life of a historical figure. An account ascribed by the ... and Zeus, Saturn became an indispensable figure in Roman mythology and religion ...12 KB (1,860 words) - 20:30, 3 June 2020
- of Constantine made Sylvester a pivotal figure in medieval Christianity ... After his death, Sylvester became a major figure of legend. In a famous ...12 KB (1,832 words) - 04:06, 26 November 2022
- a road. Later, a priest saw the stricken figure and avoided him, presumably ... minority proves to be the truly righteous figure. Within the context of the ...15 KB (2,463 words) - 11:23, 11 March 2023
- the Second Temple era of Judaism and a key figure in the transition from Temple ... it is a historical fact that he was a key figure in the establishment of post ...11 KB (1,769 words) - 11:15, 24 May 2023
- depictions of a suffering messianic figure that seems to have influenced ... 039;s ways. God will soon send a messianic figure called "the Branch." ...16 KB (2,596 words) - 13:06, 13 February 2024
- of the poem, most controversially, a figure of Christ is seen in the ... Pushkin, whom he believed to be an iconic figure capable of uniting White ...11 KB (1,565 words) - 05:13, 17 June 2023
- situated in the vestibulum in the inner ear (Figure 1). ... [[Image:Vestibular_PushPull.svg|thumb|right|300px|Figure 2: Push-pull ...13 KB (2,004 words) - 20:01, 16 February 2021
