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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
