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- The term xylene refers to a group of three benzene derivatives, each of which has two methyl functional groups attached to the benzene ring. ...10 KB (1,443 words) - 09:56, 22 May 2023
- A cult, strictly speaking, is a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies. Used in a more ...17 KB (2,544 words) - 06:44, 11 January 2024
- Crown ethers are heterocyclic chemical compounds that consist of a ring containing several ether groups. The most common crown ethers are oligomers ...6 KB (841 words) - 23:38, 5 May 2022
- Nitric acid (chemical formula HNO3) is one of the most important inorganic acids. Eighth-century alchemists called it aqua fortis (strong water ...19 KB (2,942 words) - 02:25, 16 November 2022
- In mathematics, the parabola (from the Greek word παραβολή) is a conic section generated by the intersection of a right circular conical ...17 KB (2,651 words) - 11:24, 11 March 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology [[Image:IQ_curve.png|thumb|350px|IQ tests are designed to give approximately this Gaussian ...35 KB (5,016 words) - 12:47, 7 February 2023
- Gas is one of the four major states or phases of matter, along with solid, liquid, and plasma. Each state is characterized by distinct physical ...20 KB (3,107 words) - 04:37, 18 April 2024
- The Nuremberg Trials were a series of trials most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military and economic leadership ...26 KB (4,019 words) - 01:19, 17 November 2022
- Silane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula SiH4. It is the silicon analog of methane and, like methane, it is a gas at ordinary ...8 KB (1,184 words) - 22:02, 29 January 2023
- Category:Psychologists Jung, Carl Category:Public [[Image:Carl_Jung_(1912).png|right|thumb|Carl Jung in 1912]] Carl Gustav Jung (July 26, 1875 ...31 KB (4,736 words) - 19:19, 26 November 2023
- In genetics, an allele (pronounced al-eel or al-e-ul) is any one of a number of viable DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) codings occupying a given ...7 KB (1,045 words) - 18:27, 21 July 2023
- Toluene, also known as methylbenzene or phenylmethane, is a clear, water-insoluble liquid with the typical smell of paint thinners, redolent ...10 KB (1,406 words) - 03:55, 1 May 2023
- Salmonella (plural salmonellae, salmonellas, or salmonella) are any of the various rod-shaped, gram-negative bacteria that comprise the genus ...11 KB (1,577 words) - 01:52, 23 December 2022
- Sima Qian (c. 145 B.C.E. – 90 B.C.E.) was a prefect of the Grand Scribes of the Han dynasty. He is regarded as the father of Chinese historiography ...11 KB (1,813 words) - 22:09, 29 January 2023
- Valine is an α-amino acid that is found in most proteins and is essential in the human diet. It is similar to leucine and isoleucine in being ...8 KB (1,183 words) - 14:14, 3 May 2023
- Alienation refers to the estrangement that occurs in the relation between an individual and that to which he or she is relating. This break in ...16 KB (2,390 words) - 18:22, 21 July 2023
- Graphite is one of the two common but distinctively different forms or allotropes of carbon, the other being diamond. Graphite holds the distinction ...13 KB (1,840 words) - 19:59, 19 September 2021
- Category:Public Protagoras (in Greek Πρωταγόρας) (c. 481 B.C.E. – c. 420 B.C.E.) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher born in Abdera ...6 KB (889 words) - 08:16, 2 December 2022
- Thermodynamics (from the Greek θερμη, therme, meaning "heat" and δυναμις, dynamis, meaning "power") is a branch ...25 KB (3,670 words) - 18:29, 30 April 2023
- Chauncey Wright (September 10, 1830 - September 12, 1875), American philosopher and mathematician, was an early influence on the American pragmatists ...12 KB (1,761 words) - 00:45, 5 December 2023
- Maharaja Ranjit Singh ( ਮਹਾਰਾਜਾ ਰਣਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ), also called "Sher-e-Punjab" ("The Lion of the Punjab ...14 KB (2,163 words) - 05:26, 5 November 2022
- In particle physics, a quark is one of the elementary (or fundamental) particles that are the building blocks of matter. Elementary particles ...22 KB (3,412 words) - 15:31, 7 December 2022
- is designed to provide sustainable g-force simulation with unlimited rotational freedom. NASA's Ames Research Center operates the Vertical ...23 KB (3,448 words) - 17:38, 28 March 2024
- The periodic table of the chemical elements is a tabular display of the chemical elements. It is perhaps the icon of Chemistry and expresses ...13 KB (1,942 words) - 00:40, 24 November 2022
- John Langshaw Austin (more commonly known as J.L Austin) (March 28, 1911 – February 8, 1960) was a philosopher of language and the main figure ...17 KB (2,638 words) - 06:11, 3 August 2022
- Oregano is the common name for a perennial herbaceous plant, Origanum vulgare of the mint family (Lamiaceae), characterized by opposite, aromatic ...11 KB (1,590 words) - 01:11, 18 November 2022
- Ole Christensen Rømer In scientific literature, his name is alternatively spelt "Roemer," "Römer," or "Romer." ...15 KB (2,454 words) - 00:06, 18 November 2022
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- An elastomer is a polymer with the property of elasticity. In other words, it is a polymer that deforms under stress and returns to its original ...7 KB (1,017 words) - 07:38, 10 August 2023
- A gear is a wheel with teeth around its circumference, the purpose of the teeth being to mesh with similar teeth on another mechanical device—usually ...33 KB (5,689 words) - 06:30, 18 April 2024
- Coral snake, or coralsnake, is the common name for often colorful venomous snakes belonging to several genera of the Elapidae family. Traditionally ...24 KB (3,201 words) - 19:02, 14 January 2023
- Diazonium compounds or diazonium salts are a group of organic compounds sharing a common functional group with the characteristic structure of ...7 KB (1,048 words) - 13:34, 15 July 2020
- Tung Chung-shu or Dong Zhongshu (Chinese: 董仲舒; pinyin: Dŏng Zhòngshū; Dong Zhongshu; ca. 195 B.C.E.–ca. 115 B.C.E.) was a Han Dynasty ...11 KB (1,702 words) - 18:44, 2 May 2023
- Category:Educators and Educational theorists Category:Linguists and lexicographers Category:Biography Stokoe, William William C. Stokoe, Jr. ...13 KB (1,991 words) - 10:52, 12 May 2023
- In Western tonal music a key is the central aural reference point established by pitch relationships creating a set, in a given musical piece ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 03:32, 6 October 2022
- Federalist Paper No. 54 is an essay by James Madison or Alexander Hamilton, the fifty-fourth of The Federalist Papers. It was first published ...15 KB (2,066 words) - 01:55, 26 March 2024
- Michael Praetorius (February 15, 1571 – February 15, 1621) was a German composer, organist, and writer on music. He was one of the most versatile ...3 KB (369 words) - 17:08, 9 November 2022
- Pope Pelagius II was pope from 579 to 590. His papacy was much troubled by difficulties with the Lombards and the increasingly ineffectual alliance ...15 KB (2,341 words) - 11:39, 13 February 2022
- Yasunari Kawabata (川端 康成 Kawabata Yasunari) (June 14, 1899 – April 16, 1972) was a Japanese novelist whose spare, lyrical and subtly ...14 KB (2,136 words) - 17:16, 5 October 2022
- Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 – August 13, 1946), better known as H. G. Wells, was an English author of science fiction novels such ...25 KB (3,814 words) - 16:38, 29 July 2023
- Gilbert Keith Chesterton (May 29, 1874 – June 14, 1936) was an influential English writer of the early twentieth century. His prolific and ...21 KB (3,246 words) - 07:30, 15 April 2024
- Parsley is the common name for a bright green, biennial herb of European origin, Petroselinum crispum, which is extensively cultivated for its ...12 KB (1,763 words) - 08:53, 18 November 2022
- Omar Nelson Bradley KCB (February 12, 1893 – April 8, 1981) was one of the main U.S. Army field commanders in North Africa and Europe during ...24 KB (3,509 words) - 00:36, 18 November 2022
- Carter Godwin Woodson (December 19, 1875 - April 3, 1950) was an American historian, author, journalist, and the founder of the Association for ...27 KB (3,964 words) - 00:40, 29 November 2023
- Bell pepper is the common name for a cultivar group of the species Capsicum annuum, widely cultivated for their edible, bell-shaped fruits, which ...13 KB (1,956 words) - 18:58, 11 January 2023
- Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site of historical, cultural, and architectural significance: A monument to ...12 KB (1,806 words) - 23:08, 20 November 2023
- Category:Image wanted Georg Philipp Telemann (March 14, 1681 – June 25, 1767) was a German Baroque composer, born in Magdeburg. Self-taught ...11 KB (1,648 words) - 06:57, 18 April 2024
- The Battle of Austerlitz (also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors) was a major engagement in the Napoleonic Wars, when Napoleon's ...32 KB (5,047 words) - 11:31, 20 September 2023
- Ellen Gould White (née Harmon) (November 26, 1827 - July 16, 1915) was co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, prolific writer, lecturer ...20 KB (3,079 words) - 17:14, 13 February 2024
- The Battle of Charleston was a Confederate victory in Kanawha County, Virginia, on September 13, 1862, during the American Civil War. Troops led ...38 KB (5,738 words) - 19:45, 30 March 2024
- In zoology, ray is the common name for cartilaginous fish comprising the order Rajiformes (or Batoidea), characterized by enlarged and flat pectoral ...10 KB (1,328 words) - 19:06, 16 April 2023
- A polymer (from the Greek words polys, meaning "many," and meros, meaning "parts") is a chemical compound consisting of large ...26 KB (3,690 words) - 08:46, 24 November 2022
- Ichneumonidae is a diverse family of wasps, typically characterized by a parasitic component to the life cycle, antennae with 16 or more segments ...15 KB (1,966 words) - 13:28, 4 February 2023
- Chloral hydrate is a colorless, solid chemical compound with the formula C2H3Cl3O2. It is soluble in both water and alcohol, readily forming ...12 KB (1,697 words) - 17:07, 10 December 2023
- Artichoke, or globe artichoke, is a perennial thistle, Cynara cardunculus (or C. scolymus) of the Asteraceae family, characterized by pinnately ...13 KB (1,992 words) - 05:45, 9 January 2023
- Seismology (from the Greek seismos ( grc|σεισμός ), meaning "earthquake," and -logia ( grc|-λογία ), meaning "study ...9 KB (1,301 words) - 17:46, 25 January 2023
- Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege (November 8, 1848, Wismar – July 26,925, Bad Kleinen) was a German mathematician who became a logician and philosopher ...16 KB (2,250 words) - 20:22, 11 September 2021
- Purine is a heterocyclic, aromatic, organic compound, consisting of a pyrimidine ring fused to an imidazole ring. Heterocyclic compounds are ...7 KB (928 words) - 23:49, 2 December 2022
- Classical mechanics is used for describing the motion of macroscopic objects, from projectiles to parts of machinery, as well as astronomical ...33 KB (4,963 words) - 10:51, 19 December 2023
- Hominidae is a taxonomic family of primates that today is commonly considered to include extant (living) and extinct humans, chimpanzees, gorillas ...9 KB (1,225 words) - 11:38, 2 February 2024
- Fluorescein (chemical formula C20H12O5) is a highly fluorescent substance, absorbing light mainly in the blue range and emitting light mainly ...6 KB (892 words) - 17:45, 28 March 2024
- Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager (/ˈjeɪɡər/ YAY-gər, February 13, 1923 - December 7, 2020) was a United States Air Force officer ...37 KB (5,256 words) - 21:56, 10 December 2023
- Genome is one complete set of hereditary information that characterizes an organism, as encoded in the DNA (or, for some viruses, RNA). That ...18 KB (2,592 words) - 15:43, 11 February 2023
- The Atlanta Campaign was a series of battles fought in the Western Theater throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta, Georgia ...22 KB (3,369 words) - 11:49, 14 November 2021
- Category:Economists Schmoller, Gustav von [[Image:Gustav von Schmoller by Nicola Perscheid c1908.jpg|thumb|Gustav von Schmoller]] Gustav von Schmoller ...28 KB (3,881 words) - 01:03, 27 July 2023
- Oligarchy (Greek Ὀλιγαρχία, Oligarkhía, from óligon, “few,” and arkho, “rule” ) is a form of government in which political ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 00:19, 18 November 2022
- Squash (plural squash or squashes) is the common name used for four species in the genus Cucurbita of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae: C. pepo ...13 KB (1,929 words) - 18:11, 14 October 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Archaeology Category:Linguistics [[Image:BehistunInscriptionSketch.jpg|thumb ...13 KB (1,988 words) - 10:27, 26 September 2023
- Anthozoa is a class of marine invertebrates within the phylum Cnidaria that are unique among cnidarians in that they do not do not have a medusa ...11 KB (1,481 words) - 01:56, 9 January 2023
- Adsorption, not to be confused with absorption, is a process by which a gas, liquid, or solute (substance in solution) binds to the surface of ...19 KB (2,837 words) - 06:18, 15 June 2023
- James Joseph "Gene" Tunney (May 25, 1897 – November 7, 1978) was the heavyweight boxing champion from 1926-28 who defeated Jack Dempsey ...12 KB (1,913 words) - 06:42, 18 April 2024
- Viperidae, whose members are commonly known as vipers, is a family of venomous snakes characterized by a head that is distinct from the body ...12 KB (1,886 words) - 00:45, 18 November 2022
- Fatty acids are a class of compounds containing a long hydrocarbon chain and a terminal carboxylate group (-COOH). They have the general structure ...16 KB (2,372 words) - 01:39, 26 March 2024
- The 2006 Kolkata leather factory fire refers to a deadly industrial fire that occurred in West Bengal, India, on November 22, 2006. A lightning ...9 KB (1,379 words) - 06:42, 13 June 2023
- Whale shark is the common name for a very large, slow, filter-feeding shark, Rhincodon typus, characterized by a large, terminal mouth with small ...14 KB (2,223 words) - 18:28, 17 April 2023
- The dulcimer is a stringed musical instrument of two main varieties. In the case of the hammered dulcimer, the strings are stretched over a trapezoidal ...15 KB (2,441 words) - 17:20, 12 February 2024
- The Chandrasekhar limit limits the mass of bodies made from electron-degenerate matter, a dense form of matter which consists of atomic nuclei ...23 KB (3,300 words) - 01:16, 4 December 2023
- In physical cosmology, dark energy is a hypothetical form of energy that permeates all of space and tends to increase the rate of expansion of ...26 KB (3,829 words) - 22:20, 25 January 2024
- The Battle of the Alamo was a nineteenth century battle between the Republic of Mexico and the rebel Texan forces during the latter's fight ...19 KB (3,079 words) - 23:51, 30 October 2023
- The Modern Jazz Quartet (also known as the MJQ) was established in 1952 by Milt Jackson (vibraphone), John Lewis (piano, musical director), Percy ...8 KB (1,251 words) - 19:25, 9 November 2022
- Dinoflagellate is any diverse flagellate protists comprising the taxon Dinoflagellata, or Pyrrophycophyta, typically characterized by being single ...14 KB (1,913 words) - 09:15, 15 January 2023
- Category:Public Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology [[Image:Carl_Jung_(1912).png|right|thumb|200px|Carl Jung in 1912]] ...28 KB (4,297 words) - 06:17, 12 August 2023
- Astrometry is a branch of astronomy that involves precise measurements and explanations of the positions and movements of stars and other celestial ...10 KB (1,442 words) - 18:25, 19 August 2023
- Onion is the common name for the herbaceous, cold season plant Allium cepa, which is characterized by a edible, rounded bulb composed of concentric ...16 KB (2,477 words) - 10:33, 11 March 2023
- Cholesterol is an important sterol (a combination steroid and alcohol) and a neutral lipid that is a major constituent in the cell membranes ...23 KB (3,346 words) - 17:16, 10 December 2023
- Quinoa ( ˈkinwɑ KEEN-wah or /ˈkinoʊə/ KEE-no-uh, Spanish quinua) is a tall South American herb, Chenopodium quinoa in the goosefoot genus ...14 KB (2,175 words) - 15:58, 7 December 2022
- Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (July 17, 1714 – May 26, 1762) was a German philosopher. He was a follower of Leibniz and Christian Wolff, and ...8 KB (1,198 words) - 09:10, 18 July 2023
- Viscosity is a measure of the resistance of a fluid to deform under either shear stress or extensional stress. It is commonly perceived as ...36 KB (5,462 words) - 20:38, 3 May 2023
- The Midianites were a biblical people who occupied territory east of the Jordan River and the Dead Sea, and southward through the desert wilderness ...13 KB (2,089 words) - 17:34, 9 November 2022
- Electrochemistry is a branch of chemistry involving the study of interrelationships between electricity and chemical reactions. The chemical ...56 KB (8,590 words) - 15:53, 13 February 2024
- Lemur is the common name for any of the prosimian primates belonging to the infraorder Lemuriformes, which comprises the families Lemuridae ...10 KB (1,459 words) - 19:36, 25 October 2022
- Black History Month is an annual observance originating in the United States, where it is also known as African-American History Month. It has ...22 KB (3,112 words) - 18:05, 31 October 2023
- Midge is the common name for a small, fragile, flying insects belonging to the order Diptera ("true flies"). They are generally grouped ...13 KB (1,785 words) - 17:34, 9 November 2022
- In music and music theory a chord (from Greek χορδή: gut, string) is three or more different notes that are played simultaneously, or near ...34 KB (5,534 words) - 17:56, 10 December 2023
- The colon is the longest portion of the large intestine of vertebrates; in mammals, this section of the gastrointestinal tract extends from the ...11 KB (1,598 words) - 22:38, 7 January 2024
- In common usage, dimension (from Latin dimensio, meaning "measured out") is a parameter or measure of spatial characteristics of an ...16 KB (2,438 words) - 15:22, 29 January 2024
- Habakkuk or Havakuk (Hebrew: חֲבַקּוּק, Standard Ḥavaqquq Tiberian Ḥăḇaqqûq ) was a prophet in the Hebrew Bible. He was the eighth ...13 KB (2,086 words) - 00:31, 30 July 2023
- Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was the twenty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1921 to 1923 ...19 KB (2,918 words) - 22:55, 3 May 2023
- Shangdi (上帝, pinyin: Shàngdì, Wade-Giles Shang Ti), or simply Di (帝), is the High God (or Clan Ancestor) postulated in the earliest-known ...13 KB (1,969 words) - 15:31, 18 June 2022
- Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld (July 29, 1905 – September 18, 1961) was a Swedish diplomat and the second secretary-seneral of the United ...15 KB (2,373 words) - 07:44, 12 January 2024
