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- the "cocktail party effect" which is the human ability to follow ... Cherry is best known for his work on the "cocktail party effect ...15 KB (2,203 words) - 22:30, 7 January 2024
- vocals gave the group a distinctive sound that won them many fans. ... After experimenting with a more commercial sound, the group broke ...13 KB (1,828 words) - 06:13, 1 April 2024
- The ear is the sense organ in vertebrates that detects sound and also ... portion. In most animals, the visible ear is a flap of tissue that is also ...23 KB (3,869 words) - 17:32, 12 February 2024
- The sitar (Urdu: ستار, Hindi: सितार) is probably the ... A similar instrument, the 'setar', is used to this day in Iran and ...10 KB (1,605 words) - 22:36, 29 January 2023
- In Western tonal music a key is the central aural reference point ... the key signature, the establishment of key is brought about via functional ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 03:32, 6 October 2022
- Soul music is a musical genre that combines rhythm and blues and gospel ... using the blues tradition. Soul music is differentiated from rhythm ...11 KB (1,733 words) - 01:19, 4 February 2023
- The xylophone (from the Greek meaning 'wooden sound') is ... or chromatic. The arrangement of the bars is generally from low (longer ...7 KB (1,049 words) - 21:33, 15 January 2024
- 1950s version. Another well known Tubb hit is "Waltz Across Texas" ... Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. He is buried in Nashville's ...8 KB (1,315 words) - 19:33, 13 February 2024
- Metalogic is a study of formal languages of logic from both syntactic ... most important) examples of formal languages is the language of propositional ...14 KB (2,296 words) - 16:20, 9 November 2022
- the inventor of the term "organized sound," a phrase meaning that ... was extremely antagonistic, developing into what could fairly be called a firm ...13 KB (2,028 words) - 01:30, 16 January 2023
- A cymbal is a common percussion instrument. Often used in pairs, cymbals ... The word cymbal is derived from the Latin cymbalum, "Cymbalum ...15 KB (2,396 words) - 20:32, 28 December 2023
- :This article is about speed and velocity in Physics. [[Image:Virgin ... The speed of an object is the rate of motion of the object, or the ...10 KB (1,597 words) - 19:13, 7 February 2023
- Tettigoniidae is a major family of "long-horned grasshoppers ... However, significant crop damage generally is rare because of low population ...11 KB (1,513 words) - 15:01, 30 April 2023
- his research on the psychology of music and sound. He founded the Berlin School ... Wurzburg. There he started his research on sound and perception, publishing ...10 KB (1,352 words) - 15:19, 27 November 2023
- —Heb: שופר) is a horn that is used as a musical instrument for ... The method of playing the shofar is similar to that of bugle, with ...13 KB (2,151 words) - 14:23, 27 January 2023
- A meteoroid is a small body of debris in the Solar System, roughly ... amateur organization that studies meteors) is, "A solid object moving ...13 KB (2,001 words) - 16:25, 9 November 2022
- The octave is the span or intervallic space between one tone and another ... The frequent use of the octave is a part of most music, though there ...7 KB (1,075 words) - 23:50, 17 November 2022
- same circle drawn on the line translated to is/his. However, there was a more ... paper and when a word's first vowel is a "first position" ...12 KB (1,802 words) - 12:46, 22 July 2022
- pronounced "Thabla" in Malayalam) is a popular Indian percussion ... The history of this instrument is at times the subject of heated debate ...11 KB (1,728 words) - 02:05, 27 February 2023
- Disco is a genre of dance-oriented music popular from the mid-1970s ... that were a key part of the "disco sound." Films such as Saturday ...17 KB (2,430 words) - 15:28, 29 January 2024
- of literary Classicism, but his best verse is full of antitheses and conflicting ... Derzhavin is best remembered for his odes dedicated to the empress ...6 KB (907 words) - 04:48, 18 April 2024
- The saxophone is a conical-bored instrument of the woodwind family ... The saxophone is most commonly associated with popular music, big ...17 KB (2,653 words) - 17:08, 23 December 2022
- Ensifera is a suborder of the order Orthoptera, comprising "long ... quot; although this designation often is limited to members of the family ...11 KB (1,512 words) - 12:04, 21 January 2023
- rhythmic accompanist. His career is forever linked to that of legendary ... Like all jazz masters, he had his unique sound. Compared to that of later ...6 KB (912 words) - 18:06, 12 February 2024
- ), sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization system (phonetic ... has led to a general sense that the system is non-intuitive for non-specialists ...13 KB (1,871 words) - 22:05, 3 May 2023
- One major notion that has been considered in modal logics is metaphysical ... alethic modal logic, the one between “It is necessary that p” and “It ...14 KB (2,164 words) - 19:24, 9 November 2022
- Yodeling (or yodelling, jodeling) is a form of singing that involves ... takes the form of krimanchuli technique, and is used as a top part in three/four ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 00:48, 17 April 2023
- The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family that dates ... A flute produces sound when a stream of air directed across the top ...19 KB (2,947 words) - 17:48, 28 March 2024
- A string instrument (or stringed instrument) is a musical instrument ... String instruments produce sound from one or more vibrating strings ...26 KB (3,682 words) - 21:00, 26 February 2023
- Jazz, was a foremost jazz trumpet player. He is considered a historical figure ... of the great stylists of that instrument. It is generally acknowledged that ...9 KB (1,351 words) - 02:28, 17 December 2022
- Bluegrass music is a form of American country music with roots in ... technically demanding. Like jazz, bluegrass is normally played with each melody ...15 KB (2,227 words) - 05:41, 16 November 2023
- are professional but unremarkable and sound dated. Even before Louis ... By the mid to late 1920s, Henderson had fully created his sound – ...14 KB (2,137 words) - 17:38, 28 March 2024
- contradicted, common sense. Today the term is usually used for something ... the contradiction and the puzzling result is not really a contradiction ...14 KB (2,272 words) - 07:43, 18 November 2022
- A session musician, studio musician, or backing musician is a musician ... Session musicians can often enrich the sound of a song, such as in ...21 KB (3,114 words) - 14:58, 19 September 2023
- his band, the Buckaroos, Owens pioneered what has come to be called the ... A consummate bandleader, Owens pioneered a unique and fresh sound ...12 KB (1,785 words) - 19:09, 17 February 2022
- An electric guitar is a type of guitar that uses pickups to convert ... and contemporary country. The instrument is also used in a range of other ...20 KB (2,960 words) - 00:14, 13 February 2024
- An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water where freshwater ... include bay (as in Chesapeake Bay), sound (as in Puget Sound), or inlet ...10 KB (1,449 words) - 04:23, 22 March 2024
- Frequency is a measure of the number of occurrences of a repeating ... rotation, oscillations, or waves, frequency is defined as a number of cycles ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 10:59, 11 April 2024
- violin techniques and performance skills. He is also known as the creator of ... the current-day province of Ravenna. Little is known about his early life ...7 KB (994 words) - 06:13, 12 August 2023
- Duane Eddy (born April 26, 1938) is a Grammy Award-winning American ... the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, he is often acclaimed as the most ...12 KB (1,822 words) - 21:18, 30 January 2024
- country music style known as the Nashville Sound, which expanded country music ... fans. This became known as the Nashville Sound. Atkins used Elvis Presley ...16 KB (2,556 words) - 18:32, 8 December 2023
- German meaning wing horn or flank horn) is a brass instrument that is ... soprano (contralto) saxhorns, on which the modern-day flugelhorn is ...12 KB (1,704 words) - 20:41, 28 December 2023
- is a half-size flute and a member of the woodwind family of musical ... but the sound it produces is an octave higher. This has given rise ...12 KB (1,743 words) - 20:24, 26 December 2023
- his writing students to bring the sound of the human voice to their craft. ... a great deal for his enduring popularity. It is easy to mistake Frost's ...14 KB (2,170 words) - 05:04, 15 December 2022
- female "blue-eyed soul" sound. From 1963 to 1970, Springfield ... of artists on the TV channel VH1 (2007). She is an inductee of the Rock and ...17 KB (2,683 words) - 17:22, 12 February 2024
- medical innovator, and humanitarian. He is most famous for his work in ... As a youth, Norman Bethune attended Owen Sound Collegiate Institute ...15 KB (2,208 words) - 02:42, 16 November 2022
- Paul was one of the first to experiment with improving the sound of ... body no longer resonated with the amplified sound, and lack of sustain, as ...17 KB (2,630 words) - 22:00, 25 October 2022
- The bugle is one of the simplest brass instruments; it is essentially ... Not only is the bugle a simple instrument, but as a signal device ...10 KB (1,584 words) - 18:37, 22 November 2023
- Fox is the general term applied to any of small to medium-sized canids ... By far the most common species of fox is the red fox (Vulpes vulpes ...10 KB (1,577 words) - 06:39, 1 April 2024
- A fjord (or fiord) is a long, narrow deep inlet of the sea bordered ... the west coast of North America from Puget Sound to Alaska, the west coast ...16 KB (2,484 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- some of the earliest motion pictures with sound, and the system he devised ... mass media helped shape it into the force it is today. Unfortunately, his life ...19 KB (2,827 words) - 18:59, 25 October 2022
- The dulcimer is a stringed musical instrument of two main varieties ... The word dulcimer is Graeco-Roman, meaning "sweet song," ...15 KB (2,441 words) - 17:20, 12 February 2024
- Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices ... 200 tons). The first electronic instrument is often viewed to be the Theremin ...23 KB (3,345 words) - 16:02, 13 February 2024
- voice and his honky tonk style made his sound stand out in a genre increasingly ... with Holly had been pivotal: "Mainly what I learned from Buddy," ...14 KB (2,237 words) - 23:21, 3 May 2023
- By Me," co-written by Ben E. King, is considered a classic R & ... went on to create the famous "Wall of Sound" as an independent producer ...10 KB (1,625 words) - 08:02, 3 April 2024
- on Yonder Wall," "The Sky Is Crying," "Standing ... a lead singer in August of that year with what became his signature song ...13 KB (2,113 words) - 17:34, 13 February 2024
- before Giovanni's birth. While not much is known about Giovanni's ... music. All of his secular vocal music is relatively early; late in his ...8 KB (1,195 words) - 14:08, 22 May 2024
- The viola (in French, alto; in German Bratsche) is an alto string ... #039; sets it apart: its rich sonority is more full-bodied than the violin ...22 KB (3,581 words) - 20:26, 3 May 2023
- the molar, universal, or ideal gas constant) is a physical constant that is ... Denoted by the symbol R, the value of the gas constant is: ...9 KB (1,458 words) - 04:37, 18 April 2024
- A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose ... prehistoric times. Though the human voice is likely to have been the first ...26 KB (3,752 words) - 21:15, 27 November 2021
- The sousaphone is a brass instrument in the same family as the more ... Because of the ease of carrying and the direction of sound, it is ...19 KB (2,980 words) - 22:02, 24 February 2024
- In general, an amplifier (or simply amp) is a device that changes ... signal in photons to a DC signal in amperes) is called a transducer or sensor ...18 KB (2,580 words) - 09:26, 18 June 2021
- Caelifera is a suborder of the order Orthoptera, comprising "short ... one of the chief delights of grasshoppers is the special wonder they add ...11 KB (1,570 words) - 23:46, 12 January 2023
- Georgian Bay (French: baie Georgienne) is a large bay of Lake Huron ... The area is well–known as "Cottage Country" for the many ...13 KB (1,901 words) - 16:41, 21 May 2024
- author, the focus of its study. The result is an appreciation for the creative ... Linguistic Circle in Moscow. Therefore, it is more precise to refer to the ...22 KB (3,136 words) - 18:18, 22 December 2022
- The horn is a brass instrument that consists of tubing wrapped into ... The horn, as a member of the brass instrumental family, is a powerful ...16 KB (2,716 words) - 14:17, 7 February 2024
- Flight is the process by which an object achieves sustained movement ... whether it was the one Ibn Farnas used, nor what happened to it. ...11 KB (1,730 words) - 17:38, 28 March 2024
- Hard rock is a variation of rock and roll music, which has its earliest ... Hard rock is strongly influenced by blues music; the most frequently ...19 KB (3,125 words) - 00:43, 27 January 2021
- success during the era of the Nashville Sound in the early 1960s. She is ... style became known as “The Nashville Sound," also associated with ...17 KB (2,547 words) - 16:47, 21 November 2022
- Salsa music is a diverse musical genre that is popular across Latin ... from prior to the 1970s. Today, salsa is performed throughout Latin ...13 KB (2,004 words) - 01:54, 23 December 2022
- Aerodynamics is a branch of fluid dynamics concerned with studying ... history. One of the most notable of these is the story of Icarus and Daedalus. ...26 KB (3,914 words) - 06:23, 15 June 2023
- to score more than 2,000 points, and is now one of only four Shocker ... in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1988 and is currently 30th on the all time ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 00:29, 8 December 2022
- with his energetic, exciting new sound. By this point, Holly and Montgomery ... R&B charts by September). To this day it is arguably his signature song ...11 KB (1,803 words) - 18:36, 22 November 2023
- The Epistle to Titus is a book of the New Testament, one of the three ... While the letter is addressed from Paul, many scholars today doubt ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 19:11, 13 February 2024
- The Gurmukhī (ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ) script is derived from the Later ... Gurmukhī is a system of writing called an abugida, where each consonant ...20 KB (2,621 words) - 06:17, 10 January 2024
- Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher. He is the namesake for the "Mach ... Today Mach is probably best known for his positivistic account of ...9 KB (1,301 words) - 21:22, 20 March 2024
- Propositional calculus or Sentential calculus is a calculus that represents ... :If Jack is innocent, then Jack has an alibi and Jack is not a murderer. ...21 KB (3,138 words) - 00:23, 2 December 2022
- Grunge (sometimes referred to as the Seattle Sound) is a subgenre ... Grunge music is generally characterized by "dirty" guitar ...30 KB (4,642 words) - 10:14, 25 February 2023
- A smoke detector or smoke alarm is a device that detects smoke and ... to cause all detectors in an area to sound an alarm if one is triggered ...15 KB (2,419 words) - 14:59, 27 April 2023
- Orthoptera ("straight wings") is a widespread order of generally ... One of the characteristics most associated with orthopterans is the ...13 KB (1,770 words) - 10:49, 11 March 2023
- which literally means "absence") is a closed curve on a plane, ... An ellipse is a type of conic section. If a conical surface is cut ...10 KB (1,658 words) - 17:15, 13 February 2024
- African American music is an umbrella term given to a range of music ... a long line of white performers to achieve what some perceive as undue fame ...16 KB (2,453 words) - 06:05, 16 June 2023
- Barbershop music is a style of a cappella, or unaccompanied vocal ... Barbershop music is famous and renowned for its "ringing" ...25 KB (3,778 words) - 08:05, 20 September 2023
- Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group ... of 1750-1820, was very airy and light in sound as compared to orchestral ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 01:15, 4 December 2023
- quot;Make The World Go Away" and "What's He Doing In My World ... that would come to be known as the Nashville sound. ==Second career== ...12 KB (1,788 words) - 18:07, 12 February 2024
- trends were emerging which were to define what was later called the Baroque ... Hassler's sacred music is both for the Roman Catholic church ...4 KB (660 words) - 01:17, 19 January 2024
- A harmonica is a free reed wind instrument which has roots that may ... The harmonica is used in blues and American folk music, jazz, classical ...28 KB (4,396 words) - 13:30, 24 January 2023
- Dixieland music is an early style of jazz which developed in New Orleans ... such bands early in his career. This style is sometimes called "Dixie ...17 KB (2,609 words) - 16:20, 29 January 2024
- 9, 1953) was an Anglo-Welsh poet who is widely considered one of the ... Drive; And death shall have no dominion is one of the best known works ...9 KB (1,416 words) - 17:27, 12 February 2024
- Tinnitus is the perception of sound in one or both ears or in the ... percent of adults complain of tinnitus that is prolonged or present much of ...32 KB (4,615 words) - 17:17, 18 April 2023
- event. As "the Dead" and its sound matured over 30 years of ... allowing the owner to bring in personal sound recording equipment. Their ...21 KB (3,133 words) - 19:25, 24 May 2024
- A harpsichord is any of a family of European keyboard instruments ... A musician who plays the harpsichord is called a harpsichordist. ...23 KB (3,517 words) - 20:32, 29 January 2022
- parts for chewing. The term grasshopper is an imprecisely defined name ... . The grasshoppers' characteristic sound production, which can serve ...20 KB (2,942 words) - 12:19, 24 January 2023
- A wind instrument (or aerophone) is a musical instrument that contains ... An aerophone is a musical instrument that produces sound primarily ...37 KB (5,471 words) - 15:52, 11 March 2024
- ), is a Chinese transverse flute, usually made of bamboo. It is also ... from the inner tube of a bamboo or reed, is made taut and glued over this ...13 KB (2,031 words) - 09:18, 15 January 2023
- increasingly clear just how important Millay is for the history of early twentieth ... of Robert Frost or Thomas Hardy; her poetry is always formal, masterfully ...9 KB (1,450 words) - 18:15, 12 February 2024
- create a distinctive, pleasant, and melodic sound. Bagpipes have been around ... Perhaps because of the ancient nature of their sound, the bagpipes ...25 KB (3,916 words) - 05:41, 26 August 2023
- INRI is an acronym of the Latin phrase IESVS·NAZARENVS·REX·IVDÆORVM ... A Christogram is a monogram or combination of letters which forms ...11 KB (1,534 words) - 20:14, 29 March 2024
- Funk is a musical style advanced primarily by African-American artists ... music from which it most directly evolved is the complexity of funk rhythms ...12 KB (1,982 words) - 07:21, 15 April 2024
- Inference is the act or process of deriving a conclusion based on ... Inference is studied within several different fields. * Human inference ...20 KB (3,113 words) - 22:38, 5 February 2023
- Straits of Magellan or the Magellan Strait) is a channel at the southern tip ... The strait is approximately 600|km|sp=us long, and ranges from ...20 KB (2,965 words) - 04:44, 28 April 2023
- A microphone, sometimes referred to as a mike or mic, is a device ... thin membrane that vibrates in response to sound pressure. This mechanical ...49 KB (7,389 words) - 10:39, 10 March 2023
- Folk Rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and ... U.S. Red Scare of the early 1950s. Their sound, and their broad repertoire ...14 KB (2,208 words) - 06:14, 1 April 2024
- The Elizabeth Tower, formerly known as the Clock Tower, is the world ... for finishing his bell tower & it is beautiful." ...22 KB (3,639 words) - 22:14, 23 November 2023
- SONAR (SOund Navigation And Ranging) — or sonar — is a technique ... in air for robot navigation. SODAR—which is an upward-looking, in-air sonar—is ...46 KB (7,281 words) - 01:12, 4 February 2023
- Dada or Dadaism is a cultural movement that began in neutral Zürich ... adherents believed inspired the war, and what they believed was an oppressive ...18 KB (2,739 words) - 07:39, 12 January 2024
- The San Juan Archipelago is a group of islands in the Pacific Northwest ... The Strait of Georgia is a strait between Vancouver Island and the ...22 KB (3,191 words) - 03:09, 23 December 2022
- quot; in Japanese. Outside Japan, the word is often used to refer to any ... kumi-daiko (組太鼓) whose repertory is based on folk and festival ...24 KB (3,759 words) - 01:00, 21 April 2023
- A grid illusion is any kind of grid that deceives a person's ... propose hypotheses about how perception is accomplished. Illusions can ...5 KB (754 words) - 12:27, 24 January 2023
- anticipation of modern developments, Basie is regarded as one of jazz music’s ... Basie is known for his inimitable statements on the piano, but it ...17 KB (2,747 words) - 08:28, 10 January 2024
- The didgeridoo (also known as a didjeridu or didge) is a wind instrument ... the didgeridoo's exact age, though it is commonly claimed to be the ...18 KB (2,678 words) - 14:27, 29 January 2024
- A trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ... , producing a "buzzing" sound that starts a standing wave ...34 KB (5,196 words) - 19:49, 28 June 2023
- Electric power is defined as the rate at which electrical energy is ... storage such as batteries. The SI unit of power is the watt. ...5 KB (743 words) - 00:16, 13 February 2024
- the Latin visio, meaning "sight") is a telecommunication system ... With the growth and influence of the television industry, it is not ...27 KB (3,983 words) - 05:35, 27 February 2023
- Videotape is a means of recording images and sound onto magnetic tape ... recorders--VCRs) and video cameras. Tape is a linear method of storing ...18 KB (2,577 words) - 20:13, 3 May 2023
- Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc) is an optical disc storage media ... formatted and structured video content is a DVD-Video. DVDs with properly ...15 KB (2,161 words) - 07:37, 12 January 2024
- paper with sales of over one million, and is credited with winning ninety ... become a well circulated paper. Today, it is merged under the name Chattanooga ...10 KB (1,585 words) - 06:04, 15 June 2023
- for film, and a person who has won all four is said to have won the EGOT. ... the awards. Audience size for the telecast is generally well below that of ...32 KB (4,813 words) - 19:02, 14 May 2023
- as one of the Monroe Brothers. Bluegrass is notable for the lightning-fast ... became a characteristic of the bluegrass sound. Monroe learned guitar from ...10 KB (1,465 words) - 16:06, 31 October 2023
- The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The name ... of differing sizes and pitches. It is the largest such instrument ...30 KB (4,861 words) - 10:42, 19 December 2023
- Mengelberg is most noted for his work as the principal conductor of ... of interpretation as a conductor. He is considered to have formed a ...11 KB (1,649 words) - 15:38, 6 May 2023
- circuits to solve practical problems is an integral technique in the ... The study of new semiconductor devices and surrounding technology ...15 KB (2,062 words) - 16:04, 13 February 2024
- beginning in 1954. His best known song is "Blue Suede Shoes," ... Bill Haley, and Jerry Lee Lewis, Perkins is considered one of the early ...15 KB (2,405 words) - 19:21, 26 November 2023
- discovered--to get the "right" sound. There, he worked with artists ... was a big hit with country fans eager for a sound with more edge than Nashville ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 02:52, 8 January 2024
- confirmed to have exceeded the speed of sound in level flight. Yeager later ... and Mackay Trophy (1947), for breaking the sound barrier for the first time ...37 KB (5,256 words) - 21:56, 10 December 2023
- quot;) and often shortened to plane, is a heavier-than-air craft in ... intended to fold when on the ground. This is usually to facilitate storage ...20 KB (3,021 words) - 07:09, 16 June 2023
- The llama is a domesticated, gregarious, South American ungulate, ... " where the entire foot is on the ground, as in humans ...18 KB (2,774 words) - 07:47, 9 March 2023
- AACTA Awards were instituted in 2011. This is the most prestigious awards ... prize in the "Open" category, and is considered a winner in the ...31 KB (4,353 words) - 07:05, 13 June 2023
- In physics, acceleration is defined as the rate of change of velocity—that ... uniform circular motion at a constant speed is also said to undergo acceleration ...11 KB (1,660 words) - 07:17, 14 June 2023
- Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of ... composing, music theory, and orchestration is particularly important. The ...17 KB (2,649 words) - 22:58, 14 May 2020
- Karl Ritter von Frisch (Note: Ritter is a title, translated approximately ... minnows had an area on the forehead that is filled with sensory nerve cells ...15 KB (2,290 words) - 10:47, 28 February 2023
- :This article is about the astronomical term. [[Image:Solar eclips ... A corona is a type of plasma "atmosphere" of the Sun or ...16 KB (2,478 words) - 03:34, 8 January 2024
- Salzburg is the fourth-largest city in Austria, with a population ... Salzburg is only two hours from Munich and one hour from Vienna by ...19 KB (2,898 words) - 01:56, 23 December 2022
- Rattlesnake is the common name for any of the venomous snakes comprising ... to as vipers, although the term viperids is more specific and distinguishes ...14 KB (2,198 words) - 01:30, 8 December 2022
- the consequent of the conditional statement is inferred: e.g. from “If John ... Modus Ponens (Latin: mode that affirms; often abbreviated as MP) is ...6 KB (1,057 words) - 19:28, 9 November 2022
- Microbat is the common name for any of the bats comprising the suborder ... not all microbats feed on insects, there is one genus of megabats that ...11 KB (1,650 words) - 17:27, 9 November 2022
- Brenda Lee (born December 11, 1944) is an American country-pop singer ... after recording Dynamite, as the explosive sound pouring out of her diminutive ...15 KB (2,162 words) - 22:58, 20 November 2023
- Alpaca is the common name for a domesticated, gregarious, high-altitude ... Alpaca fiber is lustrous, soft, and silky, and provided in enough ...16 KB (2,563 words) - 08:21, 23 July 2023
- (“Poetry Contest at Mimosusu River”) is a poetic masterpiece in which ... Yoshino, Ise, and many other places, but he is best known for his many long ...14 KB (2,344 words) - 18:56, 22 December 2022
- Music librarianship is the specialized area of librarianship that ... digital music collections and the access is limited to their students. ...18 KB (2,494 words) - 19:07, 10 November 2022
- Chant is the rhythmic speaking or singing of words or sounds, often ... Chanting the name of God is a spiritual activity that is commonly ...5 KB (821 words) - 01:44, 4 December 2023
- Later, with Ben E. King's yearning sound on lead tenor, the group ... as bass, and Walter Adams on guitar. This is the group which produced the ...11 KB (1,592 words) - 15:35, 30 April 2023
- but advances by the 1930s brought superior sound fidelity than earlier efforts ... ” Lomax once remarked, “was… to put sound technology at the disposal ...14 KB (2,084 words) - 04:32, 17 June 2023
- a great many modes of music together. It is an instrument ideally suited ... The word piano is a short form of the word "pianoforte," ...35 KB (5,515 words) - 05:12, 24 November 2022
- ) is the goddess of learning, knowledge, and the arts including music ... In modern Hinduism, Sarasvati is one of the three goddesses (along ...16 KB (2,489 words) - 03:27, 23 December 2022
- A brass instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by ... The view of most scholars (see organology) is that the term "brass ...34 KB (4,980 words) - 16:54, 26 March 2022
- Pop music, often called simply pop, is contemporary music and a common ... from hip hop. The broad appeal of pop music is seen to distinguish it from ...27 KB (4,126 words) - 00:21, 1 December 2023
- Virtual reality (VR) is technology which allows a user to interact ... additional sensory information, such as sound. Some advanced, haptic systems ...23 KB (3,598 words) - 20:36, 3 May 2023
- Ultrasound is cyclic sound pressure with a frequency greater than ... The upper frequency limit in humans (approximately 20 kHz) is caused ...27 KB (3,908 words) - 11:29, 18 April 2023
- Mass media is a term denoting that section of the media specifically ... forms of media within which to decipher what is true and what is not. Given ...20 KB (3,105 words) - 12:56, 8 September 2023
- was granted the regeneration patent in what many now believe was a misunderstanding ... the amplitude of a radio wave to create sound, Armstrong's method ...11 KB (1,719 words) - 23:55, 12 February 2024
- included "Hip Hug-Her," "Time is Tight," and an instrumental ... As originators of the unique Stax sound with its raw, edgy R & ...19 KB (2,889 words) - 19:23, 20 November 2023
- In phonology and linguistics, a phoneme (/ˈfoʊniːm/) is a unit ... There are differing views as to exactly what phonemes are and how ...45 KB (6,537 words) - 15:24, 25 February 2023
- The tuba is the largest and lowest pitched of the brass instruments ... voice on which harmonic triadic harmony is based. Hence, in orchestral ...17 KB (2,861 words) - 18:39, 2 May 2023
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- known novel, Yukiguni (1948; Snow Country), is the story of a middle-aged ... from 1935 through 1947. Snow Country is a stark tale of a love affair ...14 KB (2,136 words) - 17:16, 5 October 2022
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- Music is an auditory art comprised of meaningful arrangements of sounds ... Generally, music is known through the cognition of specific arrangements ...47 KB (7,194 words) - 19:07, 30 September 2023
- A wing is a natural or artificial surface used to produce lift and ... The wing shape is usually an airfoil. An airfoil-shaped body moved ...23 KB (3,705 words) - 22:06, 25 November 2022
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- The electromagnetic (EM) spectrum is the range of all possible electromagnetic ... In our universe, the short wavelength limit is likely to be the Planck length ...16 KB (2,367 words) - 15:55, 13 February 2024
- The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known ... and its appeal to amateur players. Today, it is often thought of as a child ...34 KB (5,330 words) - 01:45, 8 December 2022
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- Pink Floyd is an English progressive rock band that initially earned ... Its music is a jarring clash of instumentals, synthesized music, vocals ...51 KB (7,954 words) - 20:40, 9 April 2023
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- bassist Walter Page, Jones became part of what would be the quintessential ... Jones is not to be confused with the equally famous hard-bop drummer ...6 KB (967 words) - 13:25, 1 August 2022
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- A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound ... pictures were slow to take root. In India, sound was the transformative element ...78 KB (11,661 words) - 18:11, 23 February 2023
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- Dynasty in the Daoist and Zen tradition. He is honored as a Bodhisattva -figure ... Mountain,” or “Cold Peak.” Hanshan is known in Japan as "Kanzan ...19 KB (3,199 words) - 20:34, 3 May 2021
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- Goldwyn is remembered as a ruthless businessman whose sometimes crude ... granddaughter, Catherine Goldwyn, created Sound Art, a non-profit organization ...17 KB (2,437 words) - 01:16, 21 April 2023
- Tina, was later made into the feature film What's Love Got To Do With ... R&B, soul, dance and pop music. She is represented in the Grammy Hall ...23 KB (3,629 words) - 22:06, 21 December 2023
- and George Barr McCutcheon, asking for what would come to be known as ... a dramatic plunge after the introduction of sound to motion pictures in 1927 ...17 KB (2,614 words) - 06:54, 20 July 2023
- MARC is an acronym, used in the field of library science, that stands ... The future of the MARC formats is a matter of some debate in the worldwide ...10 KB (1,427 words) - 04:45, 5 November 2022
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- Resurrection is most commonly associated with the reuniting of the ... What the nature of the resurrected body is may still be an issue. ...21 KB (3,169 words) - 19:58, 8 December 2022
- A planetarium (plural form: planetariums or planetaria) is a theater ... A dominant feature of most planetariums is the large, dome-shaped ...27 KB (4,171 words) - 07:49, 24 November 2022
- A propeller is a device used for the propulsion of a vehicle such ... The principle employed in using a screw propeller is used in single ...19 KB (3,022 words) - 01:19, 12 April 2023
- In music and music theory a chord (from Greek χορδή: gut, string ... progressions are repeated until a melody is added by a jazz musician. Chords ...34 KB (5,534 words) - 17:56, 10 December 2023
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- extensive research on animal behavior, but is perhaps best known for having ... were some of the earliest examples of what would later be called "ethology ...19 KB (2,797 words) - 20:40, 1 April 2024
- singer, guitarist, and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of ... on many Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound" recordings. ...17 KB (2,495 words) - 17:36, 23 May 2024
- In its most recognizable form, a yantra is a type of sacred geometry ... Sacred geometry is the foundation of the design, architecture, fabrication ...9 KB (1,275 words) - 10:12, 22 May 2023
- Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (September 23, 1949 - ) is an American ... With the addition of pianist David Sancious, the core of what would ...23 KB (3,510 words) - 04:41, 22 November 2023
- A sculpture is a three-dimensional, human-made object selected for ... the sciences and technology almost anything is possible. ...27 KB (4,032 words) - 17:31, 25 January 2023
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- Friction is the force that opposes the relative motion or tendency ... Friction is an extremely important force. For example, it allows us ...12 KB (1,929 words) - 11:00, 11 April 2024
- Sperm whale or cachalot is the common name for a large toothed whale ... Partly because of Melville, the sperm whale is commonly associated with the ...27 KB (4,253 words) - 15:20, 27 April 2023
- A word is a basic element of language that carries an objective or ... The concept of "word" is distinguished from that of a morpheme ...33 KB (4,842 words) - 20:11, 25 February 2023
- defeating them. Most famous in history is a meeting with Goodman that ... adequately preserved on recordings. This is true of many early musicians ...9 KB (1,389 words) - 15:18, 10 December 2023
- imitating German authors, among whom he is said to have especially admired ... theory, commonly accepted at the time, is false. Anticipating the discoveries ...9 KB (1,383 words) - 17:53, 9 November 2022
- Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United ... "Washingtonians." Washington is sometimes called Washington ...48 KB (6,885 words) - 22:59, 3 May 2023
- The statue at Juhász-kút (Sheperd Well) is one of the sights of Ricse ... thisday/bday/0107.html Adolph Zukor Is Dead at 103; Built Paramount ...17 KB (2,649 words) - 06:05, 15 June 2023
- Monad is an English term meaning "one," "single," ... The term "monad," however, is best known as a concept of ...11 KB (1,598 words) - 19:53, 9 November 2022
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- (and occasional struggle) of such a life is reflected in the poetry he ... :My God, where is that ancient heat towards thee, :Wherewith whole ...9 KB (1,501 words) - 16:52, 20 May 2024
- Owl is the common name for any of the birds of prey comprising the ... literary collective noun for a group of owls is a parliament. ...23 KB (3,514 words) - 19:47, 20 July 2023
- and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) is a national strategic program ... and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) is a collaborative program working ...13 KB (1,802 words) - 04:11, 11 March 2023
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- ) is a branch of physics involving study of the movement of physical ... Isaac Newton, laid the foundations for what is now known as classical ...11 KB (1,457 words) - 03:51, 9 November 2022
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- [[Image:Misescrest.gif|thumb|left|150 px|This is the Coat of arms ... on behalf of classical liberalism and is seen as one of the leaders ...19 KB (2,970 words) - 02:41, 5 November 2022
- In music, a serenade (or sometimes serenata) is a musical composition ... In general parlance, a serenade is a musical performance, either vocal ...10 KB (1,496 words) - 09:55, 26 January 2023
- as pit vipers (or pitvipers, pit-vipers), is a subfamily of venomous vipers ... Asia (Nilson and Gutberlet 2004). There also is one species, Gloydius halys ...19 KB (2,781 words) - 19:53, 7 May 2020
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- Donald Kagan has argued that the Athenian strategy, if this account ... Whichever account of the battle itself is accurate, the result is ...9 KB (1,437 words) - 11:30, 20 September 2023
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- side of life. Like Archilocus, Anacreon is notable for writing about personal ... city on the coast of Asia Minor. Little more is known of his life. ...9 KB (1,478 words) - 18:41, 26 July 2023
- their early years. Next to Muddy Waters, he is considered the most influential ... Willie Dixon is considered by many to be the greatest blues songwriter ...19 KB (2,749 words) - 15:21, 14 May 2023
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park is a United States National Park located ... lies within Carlsbad Cavern, which is a virtual labyrinth of chambers ...19 KB (2,927 words) - 15:25, 27 November 2023
- Bootlegging is an informal term for the smuggling, sale, or transport ... In modern usage, "bootleg" is often used to describe an ...25 KB (3,823 words) - 17:51, 27 April 2020
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- demeanor, their unkempt and surly image is one that many musicians still ... was a strong advocate of the psychedelic sound of the album, but rarely ...30 KB (4,791 words) - 17:26, 30 April 2023
- He was able to create a uniquely complete sound for a solo performer, due ... Blues” (1959). His album Mojo Hand (1960) is considered a classic. ...8 KB (1,334 words) - 01:38, 26 October 2022
- his name, but his eldest son had stated that this is erroneous. ... behavior in his final weeks, although there is little information about Haley ...21 KB (3,146 words) - 16:05, 31 October 2023
- As of September 12, 2006, MSN Search is now Live Search. Live Search ... a user's query), the index of which is updated weekly or even daily ...23 KB (3,241 words) - 07:45, 9 March 2023
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- Avenue, and customers raved about her. It is thought that through her travels ... She was the first woman to break the sound barrier (with Chuck Yeager ...19 KB (3,058 words) - 08:12, 18 March 2024
- beauty flowing with rhythm. In Africa, dance is a means of marking life experiences ... African dance is connected to Africa’s rich musical traditions expressed ...41 KB (6,461 words) - 06:06, 16 June 2023
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- of southern New England, United States, is a narrow and steep fault-block ... and Branford, Connecticut on Long Island Sound, through the Connecticut ...33 KB (4,756 words) - 10:34, 10 March 2023
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- Felt is a non-woven cloth that is produced by matting, condensing ... Felt is widely used as a medium for expression in textile art as well ...9 KB (1,531 words) - 17:14, 26 March 2024
- A clock (from the Latin word cloca, meaning "bell") is an ... timekeeping instrument for personal use is the pocket watch or wristwatch. ...26 KB (3,970 words) - 22:10, 7 January 2024
- quot; or "radiotelegraphy," is the wireless communication ... of each individual photon of radio frequency is too low to remove an electron ...35 KB (5,160 words) - 22:45, 7 December 2022
- A video game is a game that involves the interaction with a user interface ... The user interface to manipulate video games is generally called a ...26 KB (4,049 words) - 20:12, 3 May 2023
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- of God), also known as the Hindu Trinity, is an iconographic representation ... This Trimurti concept is a tenet most strongly held in Hindu denomination ...22 KB (3,588 words) - 17:21, 2 May 2023
- from the commercialized "Nashville Sound." He was sometimes reclusive ... his long-term memory. His mental condition is thought to have contributed ...9 KB (1,475 words) - 04:48, 1 May 2023
- Environmental science is the study of interactions among the physical ... sound propagation phenomena related to noise pollution, and even light ...11 KB (1,440 words) - 19:02, 13 February 2024
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- A sign language (also signed language) is a language which uses manual ... communication. A well-known example of this is found among Plains Indians ...22 KB (3,412 words) - 20:10, 21 April 2023
- In physics, magnetism is one of the phenomena by which materials exert ... found to have only one pole. If a magnet is broken, new poles arise at ...22 KB (3,366 words) - 05:09, 5 November 2022
- Hitchcock was the quintessential master of suspense. One aspect that ... out every shot in advance. Today, Hitchcock is seen as the quintessential ...29 KB (4,441 words) - 08:14, 20 July 2023
- Equipment" ("WEEE") is a waste type consisting of ... by their original users. While there is no generally accepted definition ...10 KB (1,429 words) - 16:03, 13 February 2024
- century Russian and Soviet composer who is best known as a polystylistic ... Schnittke soon became dissatisfied with what he termed the "puberty ...10 KB (1,316 words) - 18:06, 20 July 2023
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- Perception is the process by which stimulation of the senses is translated ... In contemporary psychology, perception is defined as the brain’s ...52 KB (7,802 words) - 17:57, 26 March 2023
- The name nylon is given to a family of synthetic polymers first produced ... an unjustified claim and to make the word sound better. Another explanation ...10 KB (1,452 words) - 10:12, 11 March 2023
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- A wind tunnel is a research tool developed to assist with studying ... the arm, Cayley built a small glider that is believed to have been the first ...21 KB (3,348 words) - 10:57, 15 May 2023
- The theremin is an electronic musical instrument controlled without ... The sound of the instrument is often associated with eerie situations ...52 KB (7,562 words) - 23:57, 12 March 2023
- poems are full of thought provoking "what if" ideas that often ... realms of the modern world, and his style is to take his criticisms of these ...27 KB (3,902 words) - 19:07, 16 April 2023
- Samkhya, also Sankhya, (Sanskrit for "Enumeration") is one ... eternal realities: Purusha and Prakrti, it is therefore a strongly dualist ...12 KB (1,797 words) - 02:13, 23 December 2022
- A virtual museum is a museum that houses collections in digital form ... museum/about.htm Museum of Computer Art]) is an example of this type. MOCA ...12 KB (1,742 words) - 20:36, 3 May 2023
- his publications, The Sceptical Chymist is seen as a cornerstone in the ... than accepting a faith on the basis of what one is taught as a child in ...20 KB (3,111 words) - 21:10, 16 April 2023
- The Circus World Museum is a large museum complex in Baraboo, Wisconsin ... wagons from around the world and the Museum is home to The Robert L. Parkinson ...11 KB (1,624 words) - 22:24, 10 December 2023
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- The Tale of the Heike (Heike monogatari, 平家物語) is an epic ... glorifying military valor. The story is intended to be told in a series ...10 KB (1,591 words) - 17:35, 30 April 2023
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- Bitumen is a mixture of dark, sticky, highly viscous organic liquids ... the destructive distillation of coal and is chemically distinct from bitumen ...11 KB (1,560 words) - 23:49, 11 January 2023
- Wadsworth Longfellow. Nonetheless, Lanier is a notable poet in the American ... Glynn County on the coast of Georgia. There is a historical marker in Brunswick ...10 KB (1,503 words) - 14:34, 27 January 2023
- had settled along the coastal areas of what would become western Alaska ... The environment of the Yup'ik, below the Arctic Circle, is different ...30 KB (4,529 words) - 20:54, 19 January 2024
- ) is a character in the Old Testament who served as one of the judges ... Unknown outside of the Bible, Jephthah is remarkable for several reasons ...11 KB (1,778 words) - 19:50, 15 August 2022
- In music, modulation is usually the act or process of changing from ... The technique of changing key centers is part of a give and take action ...13 KB (2,131 words) - 19:27, 9 November 2022
- Demolition is the opposite of construction: The tearing-down of buildings ... only two or three stories high, demolition is a rather simple process. The ...11 KB (1,595 words) - 23:13, 24 August 2020
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- The term vaudeville is generally traced to two French phrases: Val ... for the "birth" of vaudeville is October 24, 1881, when Pastor ...25 KB (3,760 words) - 14:43, 3 May 2023
- Critics claim that his performance style is overly mannered (termed Horowitzian ... was born in 1904. This fictitious birth year is still found in some references ...22 KB (3,176 words) - 20:45, 3 May 2023
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- The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual ... not chordophones. The vibraphone was (and is still) sometimes referred to ...38 KB (6,027 words) - 20:53, 28 December 2023
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- Prokofiev is famous for numerous compositions, including the popular ... September 19, 2008. Hence, the symphony is more or less classical in style ...32 KB (4,755 words) - 19:49, 21 April 2023
- The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is a global ... Formed in October 1948, the IUCN's headquarters is located in ...13 KB (1,829 words) - 13:27, 7 February 2023
- ) in the territory of Nunavut is the largest member of the Canadian ... The physical geography of the Island is stunning. Indented by numerous ...21 KB (3,177 words) - 05:39, 26 August 2023
- Capybara is the common name for a large, semi-aquatic rodent, Hydrochoerus ... sometimes are surprised to learn that it is a rodent rather than a relative ...10 KB (1,545 words) - 00:03, 15 November 2021
- several independent nations once a part of what was historically Russia or ... customs and ceremonies. The work is full of lyrical digressions ...22 KB (3,102 words) - 02:35, 31 March 2023
- was a music teacher for over 20 years. Holst is most famous for his orchestral ... Church in Pittville, and his childhood home is now a small museum, devoted ...22 KB (3,380 words) - 18:13, 24 July 2023
- been christened "Francis," and he is credited as Francis on some ... It mixed R&B, doo-wop, and experimental sound collages that captured the ...27 KB (4,049 words) - 05:10, 9 April 2024
- behavioral therapies, whose key construct is that irrational beliefs on ... Ellis did not do, one can realize that it is true love that brings health ...22 KB (3,239 words) - 19:27, 15 March 2024
- The multifaceted talent of Vladimir Vysotsky is often described by ... a compulsive binge-like schedule, which, it is believed, contributed to the ...20 KB (2,929 words) - 20:49, 3 May 2023
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- later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) is a American singer-songwriter ... with sales exceeding 150 million units. He is also noted for his musical ...21 KB (3,235 words) - 00:45, 26 February 2023
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- many governments' fiscal policies. He is particularly remembered for ... Keynes stated, "In my opinion it is a grand book…. Morally and ...21 KB (3,193 words) - 02:29, 2 May 2024
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- and the real bills doctrine of money. He is said to be the "father ... and adventurer, the remarkable John Law is renowned for more than his ...21 KB (3,378 words) - 06:11, 3 August 2022
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- Ganesha is one of the most easily recognizable gods in the Hindu pantheon ... Hindus as the lord of beginnings, Ganesha is honored as the patron of arts ...34 KB (5,402 words) - 04:23, 18 April 2024
- trinitroglycerin, and glyceryl trinitrate—is a heavy, colorless, oily liquid ... In its pure form, nitroglycerin is a contact explosive—that is, ...11 KB (1,527 words) - 02:27, 16 November 2022
- High-definition television (HDTV) is a digital television broadcasting ... progressive system (with 576 active lines) is officially recognized as high ...44 KB (6,466 words) - 15:48, 25 January 2023
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- Pika is the common name for small mammals comprising the family Ochotonidae ... martens. For humans, their economic value is minimal, although their furs ...11 KB (1,560 words) - 22:49, 28 March 2023
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- Bengali or Bangla is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian ... of North India, began to give way to what are called Apabhramsa languages ...46 KB (6,448 words) - 09:13, 27 September 2023
- Barracuda is the common name for the various marine, ray-finned fish ... the jaws on the roof of the mouth. The head is quite large, pointed, and pike ...11 KB (1,631 words) - 10:52, 20 September 2023
- faith that their natural spontaneous mind is the true Buddha-Mind, and to ... of Linji, the story of his enlightenment is as follows: ...11 KB (1,835 words) - 04:11, 29 October 2022
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- Her name is virtually identical to that Menrva, the Etruscan goddess ... Minerva is also credited with the invention of music, which corresponded ...11 KB (1,742 words) - 18:48, 9 November 2022
- talent, but said (in later interviews) that what made the difference for him ... Vee-Jay Records, a small Chicago label, is said by some to have been ...38 KB (5,974 words) - 15:30, 30 April 2023
- Blok's lyrical output is generally categorized into three periods ... feel that a great event was coming, but what it was exactly was not revealed ...11 KB (1,565 words) - 05:13, 17 June 2023
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- There is also a memorial in Highgate "New" Cemetery. ... Over time his reputation shifted; he is now far better known for his ...11 KB (1,514 words) - 06:40, 8 April 2024
- Goldfish is the common name for a freshwater fish, Carassius auratus ... A relatively small member of the Cyprinidae family, the goldfish is ...24 KB (3,750 words) - 11:55, 24 January 2023
- by the Italian composer Ferruccio Busoni is sometimes claimed as its true ... old bric-a-brac, against everything which is filthy and worm-ridden and ...11 KB (1,537 words) - 07:23, 15 April 2024
- The Epic of King Gesar is the central epic poem of Tibet and much ... The epic is considered the longest literary work in the world. Although ...21 KB (3,483 words) - 19:06, 13 February 2024
- Bowling is a sporting activity in which players attempt to score points ... popular form in North America, and globally, is Ten-Pin Bowling, the type of ...13 KB (2,040 words) - 20:02, 20 November 2023
- BBC. Within a year they had polished their sound and songwriting and reached ... The group’s unique and recognizable sound was the three-part harmony ...28 KB (4,313 words) - 20:50, 1 May 2024
- September 16, 1950, Piedmont, West Virginia) is a literary critic, educator ... October 21, 2022. Gates tried to articulate what might constitute a black cultural ...23 KB (3,215 words) - 21:58, 21 October 2022
- Impala (plural impala or impalas) is the common name for a light-built ... this characteristic, but in particular is renowned for being a powerful ...10 KB (1,571 words) - 16:37, 12 February 2024
- Cochran followed this with what would become his most famous song ... Eddie Cochran is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Cypress ...10 KB (1,529 words) - 18:05, 12 February 2024
- project Pound and Eliot had begun. Zukofsky is generally seen as the leader ... revival would commence. Today, Zukofsky is seen as a crucially important ...11 KB (1,633 words) - 04:11, 4 November 2022
- His most famous objection to the Meditations is his description of what has ... Arnauld also took issue with Descartes' certainty that there ...12 KB (1,896 words) - 06:41, 31 July 2023
- The Liberty Bell is an iconic symbol of American independence, located ... even by some historians, the account is fictional. No immediate announcement ...54 KB (8,496 words) - 11:03, 7 March 2023
- He rose to prominence over the centuries and is now considered to be one of ... Andrew Marvell, an Anglican priest. All that is known of his mother is her ...11 KB (1,742 words) - 17:58, 27 July 2023
- goddess Ninlil. Nanna's origin myth is a story of his father's ... 1900 to 900 B.C.E.—Sîn's name is invoked as a witness to international ...12 KB (1,952 words) - 08:45, 9 October 2022
- in American structural linguistics. He is arguably the most influential ... he was especially fascinated by: "Dene is probably the …most fascinating ...12 KB (1,665 words) - 23:51, 12 February 2024
- the leader in governmental reforms during what was known as the Progressive Era. ... world, talk to real people, and ask how and what needs to be changed. He would ...13 KB (1,864 words) - 07:07, 3 August 2022
- In the philosophy of perception, critical realism is the theory that ... and natural world—Roy Bhaskar's work is particularly well associated ...13 KB (1,784 words) - 06:25, 11 January 2024
- Abduction, or inference to the best explanation, is a method of reasoning ... into modern logic. The concept of abduction is applied beyond logic to the ...14 KB (2,177 words) - 04:43, 14 June 2023
- In computing, sound reproduction, and video, an optical disc is a ... both film and video programming on what came to be called digital ...12 KB (1,812 words) - 10:36, 11 March 2023
- quot;), also known as Brontosaurus, is a genus of sauropod dinosaurs ... * A. ajax is the type species of the genus, and was named by the paleontologist ...12 KB (1,721 words) - 01:59, 9 January 2023
- system. However, climate classification is a multidimensional concept ... The equator is the imaginary line on the Earth's surface that ...13 KB (1,881 words) - 08:03, 23 January 2023
- Iona is a small island located in the north-west region of Scotland ... In Gaelic, the island is called Ì Chaluim Cille (Saint Columba's ...12 KB (1,880 words) - 11:11, 6 March 2024
- In prosody, alliterative verse is a form of verse that uses alliteration ... Alliterative verse, in various forms, is found widely in the literary ...24 KB (3,773 words) - 20:35, 30 November 2023
- for her powerful voice and vocal range. She is one of the most celebrated ... Mary Martin, who was playing Maria in The Sound of Music. These two women ...11 KB (1,666 words) - 04:31, 22 March 2024
- Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory, is associated with instinctual ... of sexual needs in human beings and animals is expressed in biology by the ...13 KB (1,938 words) - 11:03, 7 March 2023
- claim to have mastered his style, which is highly complex, creative, and ... New Jersey on May 5, 1972, and soon died. He is buried in Rockville Cemetery ...11 KB (1,811 words) - 19:59, 8 December 2022
- Mississippi in the early 1920s, and wrote what is perhaps his earliest song ... record for Paramount. James' 1931 work is considered unique among pre ...11 KB (1,632 words) - 22:46, 29 January 2023
- A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string instruments—consisting ... the thematic material. The quartet is a musical example of how the ...13 KB (1,970 words) - 21:01, 26 February 2023
- Connecticut is one of the Unites States. It is located in the New ... the fledgling United States. Its nickname is "The Constitution State ...36 KB (5,082 words) - 18:54, 14 January 2023
- of a heart attack on January 27, 1972. She is remembered for her strong, ... from a condition known as genu varum or what is commonly called "bowed ...11 KB (1,677 words) - 05:25, 5 November 2022
- opposed to substance; one exception to this is the number "Remember My ... aesthetic. "The Wonderful Tundra" is a song by The Whiskers about ...12 KB (1,782 words) - 18:48, 22 November 2023
- turned-film director and film theorist. He is noted in particular for his ... Central to Eisenstein's film work and film theory is the idea ...36 KB (5,636 words) - 09:58, 26 January 2023
- Toothed whale is the general term for any of the various aquatic mammals ... Odontoceti is one of two suborders of cetaceans, the other being the ...13 KB (1,677 words) - 05:01, 4 November 2022
- ” or “choosing the best”), is a conceptual approach that ... In philosophy and theology, eclecticism is the practice of selecting ...12 KB (1,821 words) - 18:01, 12 February 2024
- Renaissance writer, doctor, and humanist. He is regarded as an avant-garde ... Although the place (or date) of his birth is not reliably documented ...11 KB (1,822 words) - 09:39, 11 April 2024
- clothing, shoes, makeup, and so on) and sound were also reportedly influenced ... to get in a room and try to make my piano sound just like him. He had so ...23 KB (3,362 words) - 00:37, 3 November 2022
- in 106 films. They starred in 40 short sound films, 32 short silent films ... their careers decline with the advent of sound, Laurel and Hardy made a ...22 KB (3,556 words) - 17:50, 25 October 2022
- his close contemporary Homer, Hesiod is one of the oldest poets in ... Homer, though whether the two rhapsodes ever met is unknown. ...12 KB (1,937 words) - 15:44, 25 January 2023
- Stanley, on East Falkland, is the capital city. The islands are a ... for the islands, "Islas Malvinas," is derived from the French name ...25 KB (3,561 words) - 00:33, 25 March 2024
- Hindu scriptures, the Vedas. The Samaveda is said to have laid the foundation ... but the base frequency of the scale is not fixed, and intertonal gaps ...31 KB (4,712 words) - 02:37, 11 March 2023
- quot;Music was born free; and to win freedom is its destiny," had a significant ... He is commemorated by a plaque at the site of his last residence in ...12 KB (1,784 words) - 17:28, 26 March 2024
- was born in Leominster, Massachusetts. He is best known as an American pioneer ... story. He was an early conservationist, what would be called today an ecologist ...11 KB (1,788 words) - 08:14, 3 August 2022
