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- 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
- #039;Higginists. Carrerists claim that his figure is not given enough recognition ... He is considered the most important figure in the movement for full ...13 KB (1,978 words) - 19:38, 9 May 2024
- 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
- as the first century C.E.B. Caron, 1993, A Roman Figure-Engraved Glass Bowl. Metropolitan Museum Journal 28:47-55. It continued into the fourth century ...11 KB (1,710 words) - 18:36, 13 February 2024
- == The Historical figure == Lady Godiva was the wife of Leofric (968–1057), Earl of Mercia. Her name occurs in charters and the Domesday survey ...16 KB (2,352 words) - 05:33, 4 March 2023
- As with many Greek deities, Poseidon was depicted as a lascivious ... and his status as a relatively uncommon figure in extant Greek mythology ...11 KB (1,681 words) - 05:44, 30 November 2022
- in the English language, and a seminal figure in the history of eighteenth ... Whigs and Tories could see Cato as a noble figure: The Whigs admiring his noble ...11 KB (1,683 words) - 17:44, 6 May 2024
- Bhindranwale has remained a controversial figure in Indian history. Some view ... #039;s son who has now become a prominent figure within Sikh politics. Some ...16 KB (2,278 words) - 22:08, 8 February 2023
- man from clay. They each walked around the figure seven times, reciting a kabbalistic ... life from the golem by walking around the figure seven times again, repeating ...15 KB (2,356 words) - 08:30, 12 May 2024
- important poet, a major transitional figure from early high Modernism ... reflecting the hours of the day and the figure of the poet's father ...11 KB (1,633 words) - 04:11, 4 November 2022
- of Catholic thought, Molina was a leading figure in the sixteenth-century ... Molina was a leading figure in the sixteenth-century revival of scholasticism ...12 KB (1,719 words) - 02:57, 5 November 2022
- as in the Theogony. Written above this figure (a convention in Greek vase ... as to Pandora's evolution as a mythic figure. In classical scholarship ...20 KB (3,287 words) - 06:35, 18 November 2022
- of Electron Dot Notation are shown in the figure on the right. An alternative ... between the carbon atoms (as shown in the figure). Each structure, if taken ...15 KB (2,401 words) - 06:13, 11 January 2024
- Lucrezia Borgia (April 18, 1480 - June 24, 1519) was the daughter of Rodrigo Borgia, the powerful Renaissance figure who later became Pope Alexander ...12 KB (1,792 words) - 02:28, 5 November 2022
- particularly in his role as a trickster figure. He is found, for example ... this world. In Ayyavazhi, the Satan-like figure, Kroni is a ravenous demon ...20 KB (3,299 words) - 10:16, 29 January 2024
- exiled to Babylon. It revolves around the figure of Daniel, an Israelite who ... Nebuchadnezzar sees them and a fourth figure walking unharmed in the furnace ...20 KB (3,175 words) - 07:25, 17 November 2023
- Condorcet was a key figure in the transformation of society from its ... and Condorcet's role as a central figure in the Enlightenment. However ...12 KB (1,721 words) - 08:34, 10 March 2023
- The legendary Vikramaditya is a popular figure in both Sanskrit and ... " Shalivahana is a legendary figure in Indian history, the king ...12 KB (1,714 words) - 20:21, 3 May 2023
- March 29, 2007. Smith was a popular figure with the Surrealists in the ... be beyond his abilities. He was a popular figure in Brazil, appearing on talk ...13 KB (1,841 words) - 07:04, 23 August 2023
- of philosophy made Posidonius a renowned figure throughout the Graeco-Roman ... the size of the sun, however, he reached a figure larger and more accurate ...16 KB (2,426 words) - 05:44, 30 November 2022
- to Palestine in 1923. He became a leading figure in the Zionist intellectual ... Gershom Scholem stands out as the seminal figure in modern and contemporary ...12 KB (1,821 words) - 18:28, 21 May 2024
- established Jesus as a historical Jewish figure, and the Gospels as part ... Jesus was a profoundly Jewish historical figure. The “Christ” of Christianity ...12 KB (1,837 words) - 20:03, 25 October 2022
