(from the article "Odysseus") ...Spirits, where he speaks to the spirit of Agamemnon and learns from the Theban seer Tiresias how he can expiate Poseidon's wrath. He then encounters the Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis, ...
(from the article "art, African") There follows, both in painting and in engraving, the Cattle period, in which the depiction of domestic cattle indicates that pastoralism had by then become the basis for human life. ...
(from the article "Archimedes") ...of refraction; on the 13 semiregular (Archimedean) polyhedra (those bodies bounded by regular polygons, not necessarily all of the same type, that can be inscribed in a sphere); and the ...
Old Irish epiclike tale that is the longest of the Ulster cycle of hero tales and deals with the conflict between Ulster and Connaught over possession of the brown bull ... [6 Related Articles]
(from the article "guava") The two important species are the common guava (Psidium guajava) and the cattley, or strawberry, guava (P. littorale or P. cattleianum). The common guava has a fruit with a yellow ...
any orchid plant of the genus Cattleya (family Orchidaceae), comprising about 45 species of air plants or rock plants that are commercially important as ornamentals and florists' plants. They are ...
(from the article "cattleya") Cattleya labiata, one of the most commonly cultivated species, has been crossed with numerous other orchid genera to produce thousands of showy hybrids.
Roman poet whose expressions of love and hatred are generally considered the finest lyric poetry of ancient Rome. In 25 of his poems he speaks of his love for a ... [8 Related Articles]
Roman commander, victor in the final battle of the First Punic War between Rome and Carthage (264-241). As consul in 242, he blockaded the Sicilian cities of Lilybaeum and Drepanum ...
probably the most powerful Belgic tribe in ancient Britain; it occupied the area directly north of the River Thames. The first capital of the Catuvellauni was located near Wheathampstead, but ... [4 Related Articles]
cartoon character, a wily and agile professional thief and sometime love interest of superhero Batman. Clad in a skintight body suit and stylized mask and carrying a whip, Selina Kyle, ...
river, western and northwestern Colombia, rising in the Andes near Popayan and flowing northward between the Cordilleras (mountains) Occidental and Oriental for 838 mi (1,349 km) to join the Rio ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "Cali") Since 1954 the valley's agricultural and industrial development have been improved by the Cauca Valley Corporation (CVC), an autonomous public body modeled after the Tennessee Valley Authority in the United ...
(from the article "race") ...not be drawn between them, as they tended to blend "insensibly" into one another. His five categories included American, Malay, Ethiopian, Mongolian, and Caucasian. (He chose the term Caucasian to ...
group of languages indigenous to Transcaucasia and adjacent areas of the Caucasus region, between the Black and Caspian seas. As used in this article, the term excludes the Indo-European (Armenian, ... [4 Related Articles]
various ethnic groups living in the Caucasus, a geographically complex area of mountain ranges, plateaus, foothills, plains, rivers, and lakes, with grasslands, forests, marshes, and dry steppes. The complex of ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "rug and carpet") In the 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries, Asia Minor and the Caucasus produced coarse, vividly coloured rugs with stars, polygons, and often patterns of stylized Kufic writing. A special group ...
(from the article "Military Affairs") The level of violence declined in Chechnya, where separatists had been fighting for an independent state since 1994. One of the last remaining rebel leaders, Rustam Basayev, was killed by ...
mountain system and region lying between the Black Sea (west) and the Caspian Sea (east) and occupied by Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. [16 Related Articles]
(from the article "probability theory") The Cauchy distribution does not have a mean value or a variance, because the integral (15) does not converge. As a result, it has a number of unusual properties. For ...
(from the article "analysis") ...and as are very close to a, which in particular means that they are very close to each other. The sequence (an) is said to be a Cauchy sequence if ...
French mathematician who pioneered in analysis and the theory of substitution groups (groups whose elements are ordered sequences of a set of things). He was one of the greatest of ... [5 Related Articles]
(from the article "Goursat, Edouard (-Jean-Baptiste)") Goursat was one of the leading analysts of his time, and his detailed analysis of Augustin Cauchy's work led to the Cauchy-Goursat theorem, which eliminated the redundant requirement of the ...
(from the article "Kovalevskaya, Sofya Vasilyevna") ...on partial differential equations, the most important of the three papers, won her valuable recognition within the European mathematical community. It contains what is now commonly known as the Cauchy-Kovalevskaya ...
(from the article "caucus") The word caucus originated in Boston in the early part of the 18th century, when it was used as the name of a political club, the Caucus, or Caucus Club. ...
(from the article "human embryology") ...the spinal cord, drags nerve roots downward, since each nerve must continue to emerge between the same two vertebrae. Because of their appearance, the obliquely coursing nerve roots are named ...
(from the article "vertebral column") ...chest, which articulates with the ribs, (3) lumbar, in the lower back, more robust than the other vertebrae, (4) sacral, often fused to form a sacrum, which articulates with the ...
one of the major extant orders of the class Amphibia. It includes salamanders and newts. The relatively small and inconspicuous salamanders are important members of north temperate and some tropical ...
(from the article "attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder") ...fibres that connects the two hemispheres of the brain, contained slightly less tissue in those with ADHD. A similar study discovered small size discrepancies in the brain structures known as ...
(from the article "orchid") ...species have no rostellum, and the pollinia simply stick to stigmatic liquid that is first smeared on the back of the insect. A further specialization occurs in more advanced orchids ...
(from the article "Latin America, history of") Written constitutions were not, however, sufficient to enforce order in the new countries of the region. Particularly in the 1825-50 period, Latin America experienced a high degree of political instability. ...
(from the article "dictatorship") ...different forms. In Latin America in the 19th century, various dictators arose after effective central authority had collapsed in the new nations recently freed from Spanish colonial rule. These caudillos, ...
narrow mountain pass near Beneventum in ancient Samnium (near modern Montesarchio, Campania, southern Italy). In the Battle of Caudine Forks the Samnites under Gavius Pontius defeated and captured a Roman ...
(from the article "Caudine Forks") narrow mountain pass near Beneventum in ancient Samnium (near modern Montesarchio, Campania, southern Italy). In the Battle of Caudine Forks the Samnites under Gavius Pontius defeated and captured a Roman ...
small, two-handled silver cup, usually with a cover, originally made in England during the second half of the 17th century and possibly used for caudle-warm ale or wine mixed with ...
(from the article "mollusk") ...Possibly representive of the primitive molluscan condition or a secondary reduction from more advanced, shelled ancestors. About 300 species.Worm-shaped; covered by cuticle and aragonitic scales; ventral gliding area ...
porcelain produced by the Caughley China Works, a factory in Caughley, Shropshire, England. A local earthenware pottery was extended in 1772 by Thomas Turner to make soaprock (steatitic) porcelain; a ...
(from the article "India") Inscriptional records associate the Cauhans with Lake Shakambhari and its environs (Sambhar Salt Lake, Rajasthan). Cauhan politics were largely campaigns against the Caulukyas and the Turks. In the 11th century ...
(from the article "human embryology") ...dilate the neck of the uterus. When the sac ruptures, about a quart of fluid escapes as the "waters." If the sac does not rupture or if it covers the ...
French general, diplomat, and ultimately foreign minister under Napoleon. As the Emperor's loyal master of horse from 1804, Caulaincourt was at Napoleon's side in his great battles, and his Memoires ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Salinger, J D") Salinger was the son of a Jewish father and a Christian mother, and, like Holden Caulfield, the hero of The Catcher in the Rye, he grew up in New York ...
British artist (b. Jan. 29, 1936, London, Eng.-d. Sept. 29, 2005, London), was a member of the "New Generation" of 1960s British Pop and abstract artists. Caulfield's bold paintings incorporated ...
(from the article "Connaraceae") ...(20 species). The genus Jollydora, with six species distributed in West Africa, produces flowers and fruits directly on the wood of the trunk and larger branches, a condition called cauliflory.Myrtales
(Brassica oleracea, Botrytis group) form of cabbage, of the mustard family (Brassicaceae), consisting of a compact terminal mass of greatly thickened, modified, and partially developed flower structures, together with their ... [4 Related Articles]
distortion of the cartilage of the outer ear as the result of an injury. If the injury causes bleeding between the cartilage and the skin, it produces a smooth and ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "mushroom") ...species of the genera Fomes and Trametes. The clavarias, or club fungi (e.g., Clavaria, Ramaria), are shrublike, clublike, or coral-like in growth habit. One club fungus, the cauliflower fungus (Sparassis ...
(from the article "Life Sciences") Zhixiang Chen of Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., and colleagues genetically modified plants to resist infection from the Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV), a virus that attacks many agriculturally important plants, ...
in pottery, creamware modelled and glazed in green and yellow to simulate a cauliflower, the term also applying to other fruit or vegetable forms. About 1760, William Greatbach undertook the ...
American athlete, considered one of the most versatile swimmers ever. She is the only swimmer to set U.S. records in every stroke. [1 Related Articles]
ancient Greek city in southern Italy, southernmost of the colonies founded in Italy by the Achaeans. Established perhaps in the first half of the 7th century BC, Caulonia was an ...
(from the article "India") The Caulukyas of Gujarat had three branches: one ruling Mattamayura (the Malava-Cedi region), one established on the former kingdom of the Capas at Anahilapataka (present-day Patan), and the third at ...
British bare-knuckle prizefighter, one of the first to aspire to a world championship in addition to national honours. Caunt held the English heavyweight championship from 1838 to 1845, losing the ...
(from the article "Orinoco River") ...enough to divide the channel into narrow passages. Tributaries include the Guarico, Manapire, Suata (Zuata), Pao, and Caris rivers, which enter on the left bank, and the Cuchivero and Caura ...
(from the article "thought") In a causal inference, one reasons to the conclusion that something is, or is likely to be, the cause of something else. For example, from the fact that one hears ...
(from the article "miracle") Miracles were denied even in classical antiquity. Thus, Cicero asserted that "nothing happens without a cause, and nothing happens unless it can happen. When that which can happen does in ...
(from the article "interest group") Cause groups are those that represent a segment of society but whose primary purpose is noneconomic and usually focused on promoting a particular cause or value. This category is wide-ranging, ...
in literature, a short, informal essay, often on a literary topic. This sense of the word is derived from the title of a series of essays by the French author ...
gorge-gouged limestone plateaus of southwestern France. The name is from cau, local form of chaux, meaning "lime." At elevations of from 3,000 to 4,000 ft (900 to 1,200 m), the ...
(from the article "aversion therapy") ...this method has been common in the treatment of alcoholism, in which the therapeutic drug and the alcohol together cause the nausea. In covert conditioning, developed by American psychologist Joseph ...
(from the article "Media and Publishing") ...the news consumer, particularly in the developed world, where revenue advertising share and circulation declines were more pronounced than in populous Third World countries such as China and India. Robert ...
river in Granma and Santiago de Cuba provinces, eastern Cuba. The island's longest river, it flows for 230 mi (370 km) from its source in the Sierra Maestra westward through ... [1 Related Articles]
sacred river of southern India. It rises on Brahmagiri Hill of the Western Ghats in southwestern Karnataka state, flows in a southeasterly direction for 475 miles (765 km) through the ... [3 Related Articles]
town and episcopal see, Campania region, southern Italy, in a rich cultivated valley surrounded by hills, just northwest of Salerno city. Cylindrical towers on the hills are used for shooting ...
Portuguese politician who served as the country's president (2006- ) and prime minister (1985-95). Cavaco Silva also served as finance minister (1980-81). [3 Related Articles]
Greek poet who developed his own consciously individual style and thus became one of the most important figures not only in Greek poetry but in Western poetry as well. He ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "India") ...Khan. Ya'qub Khan promised, in exchange for British support and protection, to admit to his Kabul court a British resident who would direct Afghan foreign relations, but the resident, Sir ...
French skier (b. June 27, 1970, La Clusaz, France-d. Oct. 31, 2001, Vienna, Austria), was one of France's finest young Alpine skiers and a top prospect for the 2002 Winter ...
French general and chief executive during the Revolution of 1848, known for his harsh reprisals against rebelling Parisian workers in June of that year. [2 Related Articles]
Italian poet, a major figure among the Florentine poets who wrote in the dolce stil nuovo ("sweet new style") and who is considered, next to Dante, the most striking poet ... [3 Related Articles]
(from the article "Brazil") Scandal also stalked the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Severino Cavalcanti. On September 21 Cavalcanti resigned his post and federal deputy seat over looming corruption charges. He was accused ...
(from Late Latin caballarius, "horseman"), originally a rider or cavalryman; the term had the same derivation as the French chevalier. In English the word knight was at first generally used ...
(from the article "cavalier") In the English Civil Wars (1642-51), the name was adopted by Charles I's supporters, who contemptuously called their opponents Roundheads; at the Restoration, the court party preserved the name Cavalier, ...
(from the article "Selected breeds of toy dogs") The Cavalier King Charles spaniel is a different breed, recognized in Britain and the United States. It appears in the same coat colours as the English toy spaniels, but it ...
(May 8, 1661-Jan. 24, 1679), the first English Parliament after the Restoration of Charles II to the throne. It was originally enthusiastically royalist in tone, but over the years its ... [1 Related Articles]
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(from the article "protist") ...with some plant, fungal, or animal groups. In this option, there is generally no specific kingdom bearing the name (or concept) Protista. For example, in the late 1980s the biochemical ...
(from the article "Rome") A romantic gem is the Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta, designed in the late 1700s by Giambattista Piranesi, an engraver with the heart of a poet and the eye of ...
(from the article "Archimedes' Lost Method") It turned out that Archimedes had used a method later known as Cavalieri's principle, which involves slicing solids (whose volumes are to be compared) with a family of parallel planes. ...
(from the article "Michelangelo") ...anxiety about his age and death. It was just at this time that the nearly 60-year-old artist wrote letters expressing strong feelings of attachment to young men, chiefly to the ...
(from the article "perciform") ...and skipjacks (family Scombridae), billfishes and marlins (Istiophoridae), swordfish (Xiphiidae), sea basses (Serranidae), and carangids (Carangidae), a large family that includes pompanos, jacks, cavallas, and scads. The freshwater food and ...
river in western Africa, rising north of the Nimba Range in Guinea and flowing south to form more than half of the Liberia-Cote d'Ivoire border. It enters the Gulf of ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Italian literature") ...Dario Bellezza and Valentino Zeichen. Trained as a psychoanalyst, Cesare Viviani made a Dadaist debut, but he went on to express in his later work an almost mystical impulse toward ...
(from the article "Fashions") ...shoe collection that featured timely pointy-toed flats and high-heeled platform winter sandals by Pierre Hardy, the Paris designer famed for his unusual luxury footwear for Balenciaga. In November Roberto Cavalli ...
Roman fresco painter and mosaicist whose work represents the earliest significant attempt in Italian art to break with Byzantine stylizations and move toward a plastic, illusionistic depiction of figures and ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "painting, Western") ...tradition, particularly in its best-known painter, a Spaniard, Jose de Ribera, who settled there in 1616; the two most important native painters of the period, Massimo Stanzione and Bernardo Cavallino, ...
When Domingo Cavallo was appointed economy minister on March 20, 2001, Argentines hailed him as a reformer who could rescue the economy from its dire straits. It was the second ... [1 Related Articles]
