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- ancient, mostly Hebrew, manuscripts (of leather, papyrus, and copper) first found in 1947 on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea. Discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls is among the ... [19 Related Articles]
- dead time
- (from the article "radiation measurement") One property that must be considered in counting systems is the concept known as dead time. Following each event in a detector, there is a period of time in which ...
- dead water
- (from the article "ocean") ...of internal waves may lie in the action of tidal forces (the period then equaling the tidal period) or in the action of a wind or pressure fluctuation. Sometimes, a ...
- dead zone
- (from the article "sand dune") As the dune grows, the smooth leeward slope steepens until the wind cannot be deflected down sharply enough to follow it. The wind then separates from the surface leaving a ...
- Dead, Street of the
- (from the article "Teotihuacan") ...apartment compounds, the ruined city contains great plazas, temples, a canalized river, and palaces of nobles and priests. The main buildings are connected by a 130-foot- (40-metre-) wide road, the ...
- dead-annealed glass
- (from the article "industrial glass") ...of the inner glass plies is strengthened by ion exchange (see above) in order to withstand the impact of flying objects such as birds. Bulletproof glass is often laminated, although ...
- dead-band
- (from the article "chromatography") ...systems such as strip-chart recorders have an inertia, so that if an electrical pulse enters the circuit a small but finite time is required for the recorder pen to reach ...
- dead-beat escapement
- (from the article "Graham, George") ...as the best watchmaker of his time. He perfected the cylinder escapement designed by Tompion, which had been patented by Edward Barlow, William Houghton, and Tompion in 1695, and also ...
- dead-reckoning position
- (from the article "dead reckoning") Some marine navigators differentiate between the dead-reckoning position, for which they use the course steered and their estimated speed through the water, and the estimated position, which is the dead-reckoning ...
- deadfall
- (from the article "American Subarctic peoples") ...for different kinds of game; lances; the spear-thrower (or atlatl) and spear; weirs and basket traps for fish; nets of willow bark and of other substances; snares for small game ...
- deadlock
- (from the article "computer science") Among the problems that need to be addressed by computer scientists in order for sophisticated operating systems to be built are deadlock and process synchronization. Deadlock occurs when two or ...
- deadly sin
- any of the sins, usually numbering seven, dating back to the early history of Christian monasticism; they were grouped together as early as the 6th century by St. Gregory the ...
- deadweight
- (from the article "ship") A ship may be designed to carry a specified weight of cargo, plus such necessary supplies as fuel, lubricating oil, crew, and the crew's life support). These combine to form ...
- deadweight tonnage
- (from the article "tonnage") Deadweight tonnage is a measurement of total contents of a ship including cargo, fuel, crew, passengers, food, and water aside from boiler water. It is expressed in long tons of ...
- Deadwood
- city, seat (1877) of Lawrence county, western South Dakota, U.S. Located just northeast of Lead and about 40 miles (65 km) northwest of Rapid City, Deadwood lies in a canyon ...
- deaf-mutism
- (from the article "speech disorder") Profound or total deafness going back to early childhood without special training inevitably leads to deaf-mutism, the absence of oral language development as a direct result of deafness. Deaf-mute children ...
- deafness
- partial or total inability to hear. The two principal types of deafness are conduction deafness and nerve deafness. In conduction deafness, there is interruption of the sound vibrations in their ... [13 Related Articles]
- Deagan, J. C.
- (from the article "marimba") The orchestral marimba, with metal resonators, was developed in the United States in the early 20th century by J.C. Deagan and U.G. Leedy. It is a tube-resonated instrument pitched an ...
- Deak & Company
- (from the article "Deak, Nicholas L") ...with the British Overseas Bank (1935-37) as manager of Hungarian and Romanian subsidiaries. For two years Deak worked in the economics department of the League of Nations. In 1939 he ...
- Deak Party
- (from the article "Hungary") The supporters of the Compromise, then known as the Deak Party, held office first but soon got into such financial and personal difficulties that complete chaos threatened. It was averted ...
- Deak, Ferenc
- Hungarian statesman whose negotiations led to the establishment of the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary in 1867. [2 Related Articles]
- Deak, Nicholas L
- banker and founder of an internationally renowned retail currency-exchange service and dealer in precious metals.
- Deakin, Alfred
- prime minister of Australia (1903-04, 1905-08, 1909-10), who shaped many of the policies of the new commonwealth, especially those dealing with restriction of nonwhite immigration, social welfare, and protection of ... [3 Related Articles]
- Deakin, Arthur
- leader of British trade unionism in the decade after World War II.
- Deal
- town, Dover district, administrative and historic county of Kent, England, on the English Channel. The town has a natural roadstead harbour, the Downs, enclosed by the North and South Forelands ...
- Deal, Kim
- (from the article "Pixies, the") ...Joey Santiago (b. June 10, 1965Manila, Phil.), Kim Deal (b. June 10, 1961Dayton, Ohio, U.S.), and David Lovering...
- dealfish
- any of several slender marine fishes that belong to the genus Trachipterus (family Trachipteridae, order Lampridiformes), a subgroup of the ribbonfish. The dealfish inhabits the middle waters, probably not below ...
- deamination
- (from the article "excretion") ...by the animal to build up its own proteins, but a great deal is used as a source of energy to drive other vital processes. The first step in the ...
- Dean
- (from the article "Belize") ...petroleum industry, the services sector, and the manufacturing industry (primarily sugar and beverages) were responsible for the growth. Unfortunately, the devastation inflicted in August by Hurricane Dean in the northern ...
- Dean, Basil
- (from the article "Ealing Studios") ...studio, internationally remembered for a series of witty comedies that reflected the social conditions of post-World War II Britain. Founded in 1929 by two of England's best known producers, Basil ...
- Dean, Christopher
- (from the article "Torvill and Dean") Torvill and Dean were already accomplished figure skaters with other partners when they first joined forces in 1975-Torvill was the British junior pairs champion, Dean the British junior ice dance ...
- Dean, Dizzy
- American professional baseball player who had a brief but spectacular pitching career with the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League. He was one of the most colourful athletes in ... [1 Related Articles]
- Dean, Forest of
- ancient royal forest of oak and beech in western Gloucestershire, England, covering an area of about 26,000 ac (10,500 ha) between the Rivers Severn and Wye. It became a National ...
- Dean, Gordon
- (from the article "nuclear weapon") ...density in the thermonuclear fuel by compression using a fission primary-provided for the first time a firm basis for a fusion weapon. Without hesitation, Los Alamos adopted the new program. ...
- Dean, Howard
- (from the article "The U.S. Election of 2004") As the year began, former Vermont governor Howard Dean was the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, but he faded rapidly, in part because some party leaders thought he was too ...
- Dean, James
- strikingly handsome American motion picture actor enshrined as a symbol of the confused, restless, and idealistic youth of the 1950s.
- Dean, John Wesley, III
- U.S. lawyer who served as White House counsel (1970-73) during the administration of Pres. Richard M. Nixon and whose revelation of official participation in the Watergate Scandal ultimately led to ... [2 Related Articles]
- Dean, Paul Dee
- (from the article "Dean, Dizzy") ...Dean, a right-hander, won 120 games, leading the league four times in complete games and four times in strikeouts. Before the 1934 season he predicted that he would win 30 ...
- Dean, Penny
- (from the article "swimming") ...Several swimmers have made 10 or more crossings. The Channel Swimming Association was formed in 1927 to control swims and verify times. By 1978 the record had been lowered to ...
- Deane, Edna
- (EDNA MORTON SEWELL), British and world champion ballroom dancer, choreographer, author, and cofounder of the Deane School of Dance and Drama (b. Oct. 15, 1905--d. Nov. 22, 1995).
- Deane, Silas
- first U.S. diplomat sent abroad (1776), who helped secure much-needed French aid for the American Revolutionary cause. [1 Related Articles]
- DeAngelis, Sandro
- (from the article "Football") ...and the top Canadian; left tackle Rob Murphy won the Outstanding Lineman Award; and defensive tackle Aaron Hunt was designated the top rookie. The Outstanding Special Teams Player was Calgary ...
- Dearborn
- city, Wayne county, southeastern Michigan, U.S. Adjacent to Detroit (north and east), it lies on the River Rouge. The birthplace of Henry Ford, it is the headquarters of research, engineering, ...
- Dearborn, Emma
- (from the article "Speedwriting") shorthand system using the letters of the alphabet and punctuation marks. The name is a registered trademark for the system devised in the United States by Emma Dearborn about 1924. ...
- Dearborn, Fort
- blockhouse and stockade, built in 1803 because of Indian unrest, at a narrow bend in the Chicago River, northeastern Illinois, U.S., and named for Henry Dearborn, Revolutionary War hero. The ... [1 Related Articles]
- Dearborn, Henry
- U.S. army officer, congressman, and secretary of war for whom Ft. Dearborn-whose site is located in what is now the heart of Chicago-was named.
- Deare, John
- (from the article "Western sculpture") Prominent early British Neoclassicist sculptors included John Wilton, Joseph Nollekens, John Bacon the Elder, John Deare, and Christopher Hewetson, the last two working mostly in Rome. The leading artist of ...
- Dearmer, Geoffrey
- British poet who wrote verse based on his experiences as a soldier during World War I; his poetry was largely forgotten for 70 years until the 1993 publication of the ...
- Deary, Ian
- (from the article "intelligence, human") A different approach was taken in the work of the British psychologist Ian Deary, among others. He argued that inspection time is a particularly useful means of measuring intelligence. It ...
- Deat, Marcel
- French politician who was a leading collaborator with Nazi Germany. [2 Related Articles]
- death
- the total cessation of life processes that eventually occurs in all living organisms. The state of human death has always been obscured by mystery and superstition, and its precise definition ... [54 Related Articles]
- death adder
- (from the article "adder") Although death adders (Acanthophis) are related to the slender-bodied cobras, they are viperlike in appearance, with thick bodies, short tails, and broad heads. They are about 45 ...
- death cup
- (from the article "Representative poisonous mushrooms") Among the mushrooms that most commonly cause poisoning are Amanita muscaria, A. phalloides, and the four white Amanita species called destroying angels. The ingestion of A. muscaria (fly agaric), which ...
- death mask
- a wax or plaster cast of a mold taken from the face of a dead individual. Death masks are true portraits, although changes are occasionally made in the eyes of ... [3 Related Articles]
- Death of God movement
- radical Christian theological school, mainly Protestant, that arose in the United States during the 1960s, evoking prolonged attention, response, and controversy. Though thinkers of many varied viewpoints have been grouped ... [2 Related Articles]
- Death of the Virgin
- (from the article "Caravaggio") ...of St. Matthew (c. 1597-1602) caused a sensation and were followed by such masterpieces as The Supper at Emmaus (1596-98) and Death of the ...
- death rite
- any of the ceremonial acts or customs employed at the time of death and burial. [57 Related Articles]
- Death Row Records
- (from the article "Death Row Records and Interscope Records") Among the individuals responsible for the flourishing of hip-hop in Los Angeles in the 1990s was a white man, Jimmy Iovine, a former engineer on recordings by Bruce Springsteen and ...
- death spiral
- (from the article "figure skating") Other moves unique to pairs include the death spiral, in which the man pivots on the toe pick of one skate and the edge of another while the woman clasps ...
- death tax
- (from the article "Harcourt, Sir William") By imposing a graduated tax on the total estate of a deceased person, Harcourt's legislation of 1894 was capable of producing much more revenue than taxes only on the amounts ...
- Death Valley
- structural depression primarily in Inyo county, southeastern California, U.S. It is the lowest, hottest, driest portion of the North American continent. Death Valley is about 140 miles (225 km) long, ... [8 Related Articles]
- Death Valley National Park
- (from the article "Death Valley") Death Valley National Park covers some 5,270 square miles (13,650 square km) of the valley, primarily in California. Much of the park's northeastern border is the Nevada state line, but ...
- Death with Dignity Act
- (from the article "crime") ...offense in some parts of the world. Once criminal, suicide and attempted suicide have been removed from the scope of criminal law in some jurisdictions. Indeed, in the U.S. state ...
- death's head moth
- (from the article "hawk moth") The common name for Acherontia atropos, death's head moth, derives from the fancied facsimile of a human skull on the upper surface of the body. Common in ...
- death, dance of
- medieval allegorical concept of the all-conquering and equalizing power of death, expressed in the drama, poetry, music, and visual arts of western Europe mainly in the late Middle Ages. Strictly ... [1 Related Articles]
- death-qualified jury
- in law, a trial jury pronounced fit to decide a case involving the death penalty. The fitness of jurors to serve in death-punishable cases depends on their views on capital ...
- deathwatch beetle
- an anobiid, or borer insect, of the family Anobiidae (insect order Coleoptera) that makes a ticking or clicking sound by bumping its head or jaws against the sides of the ... [1 Related Articles]
- Deauville
- fashionable resort, northern France, Calvados departement, Basse-Normandie region, at the mouth of the Touques River, opposite Trouville, across the Seine estuary from Le Havre. ...
- Deaver, Michael Keith
- U.S. government official expertly orchestrated the public image of U.S. Pres. Ronald Reagan while serving as his deputy chief of staff (1981-85) and was a close personal friend of Reagan ...
- Deb Raja
- (from the article "Bhutan") ...confined himself to only the spiritual role and appointed a minister to exercise the temporal power. The minister became the temporal ruler and acquired the title of
- Deba Habe
- town, Bauchi State, northeastern Nigeria, on the road from Gombe to Numan. It was captured about 1810 by Buba Yero, the first Fulani emir of Gombe, and is still one ...
- DeBakey, Michael
- American cardiovascular surgeon, educator, international medical statesman, and pioneer in surgical procedures for treatment of defects and diseases of the cardiovascular system. [2 Related Articles]
- debasement
- (from the article "money") ...attempt to benefit from the monopoly of coinage. In this respect, Greek and Roman experience offers an interesting contrast. Solon, on taking office in Athens in 594 BC, did institute ...
- debat
- a type of literary composition popular especially in medieval times in which two or more usually allegorical characters discuss or debate some subject, most often a question of love, morality, ...
- debate
- formal, oral confrontation between two individuals, teams, or groups who present arguments to support opposing sides of a question, generally according to a set form or procedure. [7 Related Articles]
- debayashi
- (from the article "arts, East Asian") Kabuki as theatre is discussed below in the section Dance and theatre: The development of dance and theatre in the East Asian nations. Its musical events can be divided into ...
- Debed
- (from the article "Armenia") ...tributaries, the Akhuryan (130 miles), the Hrazdan (90 miles), the Arpa (80 miles), and the Vorotan (Bargyushad; 111 miles), serve to irrigate most of Armenia. The tributaries of the Kura-the ...
- deben
- (from the article "measurement system") ...to have been founded on a unit called the kite, with a decimal ratio, 10 kites equaling 1 deben and 10 ...
- debenture
- (from the article "bond") ...bonds may be secured by a lien against real estate (mortgage bonds) or other property, such as equipment (equipment obligations) owned by the borrower. If the bond is unsecured, it ...
- debenture stock
- loan contract issued by a company or public body specifying an obligation to return borrowed funds and pay interest, secured by all or part of the company's property. Certificates specifying ...
- debide
- (from the article "Celtic literature") ...found in early Welsh. The quatrain (seven or eight syllables to a line and rhyme between second and fourth lines) was derived from Latin hymn metres. The quatrains of the ...
- debit card
- small card, similar to a credit card, offering means of paying for a purchase through transfer of funds from the purchaser's bank account to the vendor. Financial institutions that process ... [2 Related Articles]
- deble
- wooden figure carved in the form of a woman by the Senufo people of West Africa and used as a "rhythm pounder" in certain rituals performed to promote the fertility ...
- Debo, Lac
- situated in central Mali on a section of the Niger River between Mopti, located 50 mi (80 km) to the south, and Timbuktu, 150 mi to the northeast. In this ...
- deboning
- (from the article "poultry processing") Further processed poultry products leave the backs, necks, and bones available for their own processing. These materials are run through a machine called a mechanical deboner or a meat-bone separator. ...
- Deborah
- prophet and heroine in the Old Testament (Judg. 4 and 5), who inspired the Israelites to a mighty victory over their Canaanite oppressors (the people who lived in the Promised ... [1 Related Articles]
- Deborah, Song of
- (from the article "Deborah") ...to a mighty victory over their Canaanite oppressors (the people who lived in the Promised Land, later Palestine, that Moses spoke of before its conquest by the Israelites); the "Song ...
- Deborin, Abram Moiseyevich
- Russian Marxist philosopher who advocated Hegelian dialectics.
- Debray, Regis
- (from the article "guerrilla warfare") ...warfare with emphasis on the use of collective terrorism. Fired by the quasi-anarchistic teachings of German American political philosopher Herbert Marcuse, French revolutionary-philosopher Regis Debray, and others and armed with ...
- DeBrazza's monkey
- large brightly coloured guenon widely distributed through central Africa and into Ethiopia and western Kenya, particularly in forests near rivers and swamps. DeBrazza's monkey is a white-bearded primate with speckled ...
- Debre, Michel
- French political leader, a close aide of President Charles de Gaulle; after playing a prominent part in the writing of the constitution of the Fifth Republic, he served as its ... [2 Related Articles]
- Debre, Olivier
- French abstract painter best known for his large-format commissions, including huge ornamental paintings for the French pavilions at the World's Fairs in Montreal (1967) and Osaka, Japan (1970), and the ...
- Debrecen
- city of county status and seat of Hajdu-Bihar megye (county). One of the most important cities in eastern Hungary, Debrecen is situated on the southwestern extremity of the sandy plain ... [2 Related Articles]
- Debrett's Peerage
- guide to the British peerage (titled aristocracy), first published in London in 1802 by John Debrett as Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Debrett's ...
- Debreu, Gerard
- French-born American economist, who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in Economics for his fundamental contribution to the theory of general equilibrium. [1 Related Articles]
- debridement
- (from the article "medicine, history of") ...surgery performed under aseptic conditions. Now they found themselves faced with the need to treat large numbers of grossly contaminated wounds in improvised theatres. They rediscovered debridement (the surgical excision ...
- debris avalanche
- (from the article "landslide") ...gravity, and land on a surface from which they bounce and fall farther. Falls of large volume can trap enough air to facilitate the very rapid flow of rock or ...
- Debs, Eugene V.
- labour organizer and Socialist Party candidate for U.S. president five times between 1900 and 1920. [5 Related Articles]
- debt
- (from the article "economic development") After World War II it was thought that developing countries would require foreign aid in their early stages of development. This aid would supplement the capital created by domestic savings, ...
- Debt AIDS Trade Africa
- (from the article "Bono") ...his time between fronting his remarkably durable band and meeting with presidents, prime ministers, economists, ministers, scientists, and philanthropists, Bono eventually helped found in 2002 Debt AIDS Trade Africa (DATA), ...
- debt bondage
- (from the article "slavery") A person became an indentured servant by borrowing money and then voluntarily agreeing to work off the debt during a specified term. In some societies indentured servants probably differed little ...
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