Search results for "G-force" - New World Encyclopedia

From New World Encyclopedia
  • Halibut is the common name for any flatfish (order Pleuronectiformes) belonging to the genus Hippoglossus from the family of right-eye flounders ...
    23 KB (3,573 words) - 13:25, 24 January 2023
  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Economics Category:Sociology To boycott is to abstain from using, buying, or dealing with a person ...
    24 KB (3,816 words) - 22:31, 20 November 2023
  • Shaktism is a denomination of Hinduism that worships Shakti (or Devi)—the female principle of the divine—in her many forms as the absolute ...
    40 KB (6,102 words) - 10:18, 26 January 2023
  • The term carotene refers to a class of related organic compounds with the formula C40H56. Carotenes exist in several isomers that have the same ...
    11 KB (1,641 words) - 00:37, 29 November 2023
  • Wicca (Old English for "male witch"; feminine wicce), also known as the "Old Religion," is a Neopagan religion characterized ...
    23 KB (3,499 words) - 18:43, 4 May 2023
  • Otto Weininger (April 3, 1880 – October 4, 1903) was an Austrian philosopher. In 1903, he published the book Geschlecht und Charakter (Sex ...
    11 KB (1,680 words) - 10:52, 11 March 2023
  • The Labor-Management Relations Act, commonly known as the Taft-Hartley Act, is a United States federal law that greatly restricts the activities ...
    12 KB (1,867 words) - 02:51, 27 February 2023
  • Earwig is the common name for any of the insects comprising the order Dermaptera, characterized by chewing mouthparts, incomplete metamorphosis ...
    11 KB (1,576 words) - 17:37, 12 February 2024
  • Category:Public [[Image:531px-Voltaire.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Voltaire in 1718. Portrait by Nicolas de Largillière (1656-1746).]] Voltaire (François ...
    27 KB (4,100 words) - 21:02, 3 May 2023
  • Category:Public [[Image:Socrates.png|thumb|right|Socrates]] Socrates (ca. 469 – 399 B.C.E.) (Greek Σωκράτης Sōkrátēs) was an ancient ...
    30 KB (4,718 words) - 21:53, 30 January 2023
  • Category:Image wanted Vine Deloria, Jr. (March 26, 1933 – November 13, 2005) was an a Native American author, theologian, historian, and political ...
    27 KB (4,084 words) - 20:24, 3 May 2023
  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group {{Infobox Ethnic group| |group=Inuit |image=[[Image:Inuit Grandma ...
    53 KB (8,160 words) - 18:55, 7 February 2023
  • The Kenites were a nomadic tribe of the ancient Levant, many of whom became affiliated with the Israelites. The Kenites are described as showing ...
    12 KB (1,877 words) - 17:23, 5 October 2022
  • In ancient India, Nālānda (Sanskrit: meaning "giver of knowledge") was a once thriving monastic-university renowned both as a center ...
    11 KB (1,637 words) - 02:42, 11 March 2023
  • Classical antiquity, era, or period is a broad term for a long period of cultural history centered on the Mediterranean Sea, which begins roughly ...
    12 KB (1,801 words) - 12:38, 5 May 2024
  • Marxism, in a narrow sense, refers to the thoughts and theories of Karl Marx and his collaborator, Friedrich Engels. It also refers to, in a ...
    86 KB (12,847 words) - 15:58, 7 November 2022
  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Economics [[Image:Federal Reserve.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Federal Reserve System is headquartered ...
    32 KB (4,861 words) - 01:52, 26 March 2024
  • Engraving is the practice of cutting a design into a hard surface such as metal or wood. This process is often used to produce decorative objects ...
    11 KB (1,710 words) - 18:36, 13 February 2024
  • Radio astronomy is a subfield of astronomy that studies celestial objects at radio frequencies. The physical processes which produce radio waves ...
    12 KB (1,739 words) - 22:45, 7 December 2022
  • Henry Benjamin "Hank" Greenberg (January 1, 1911 - September 4, 1986), nicknamed "Hammerin' Hank," was an American professional ...
    29 KB (4,518 words) - 21:15, 17 January 2024

View (previous 20 | next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)