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Dhirfis Mountain: (from the article "Euboea") ...Mountain (3,251 feet [991 metres]) and Telethrion Mountain (3,182 feet [970 metres]). From Telethrion the range trends eastward to the coast. In the centre of the island rises Dhirfis Mountain ...
Dhlakama, Afonso: (from the article "Mozambique") ...were reports of beatings and killings by former Mozambique National Resistance (Renamo) guerrillas, about 150 of whom had been retained as guards to their former leader and presidential candidate Afonso ...
Dhlomo, R R R: African novelist, journalist, and editor who wrote in Zulu and English. His An African Tragedy (1928) was the first novel in English by a Zulu writer. [1 Related Articles]
dhobi nut: (from the article "Sapindales") ...pepper), they are totally unrelated, and care should be taken with Schinus fruits, given the toxic compounds prevalent in so many members of Anacardiaceae. Semecarpus anacardium (dhobi nut) has young ...
Dhofar: historical region in southern Oman, extending from Cape Ash-Sharbatat on the coast of the Arabian Sea southwestward to the Oman-Yemen border. The region's northern boundary has never been defined, but ... [3 Related Articles]
Dhok Pathan Zone: (from the article "primate") ...(Tham Khuyen), Gigantopithecus and Homo teeth occur in the same deposits, dated as recently as 475,000 years ago. Furthermore, the discovery of an enormous jaw in the Dhok Pathan deposits ...
dhol: (from the article "bass drum") ...been constructed. British orchestras often use a larger type of one-headed bass drum known as a gong drum. Similar large cylindrical drums are the Turkish folk davul and the South ...
dhola: (from the article "Yemen") ...a woman's face may or may not be covered, and dresses are sometimes sewn from brightly coloured fabric. Working women frequently wear a broad-brimmed straw hat (dhola) ...
Dholavira: (from the article "India") ...evidence of the actual transformation of Early Harappan into mature Harappan. Near the Rann of Kachchh, Surkotada is a small settlement with an oblong fortification wall of stone. Also in ...
dhole: wild Asian carnivore of the dog family (Canidae), found in central and southeastern wooded areas and distinguished structurally by the lack of one pair of lower molars. Its length ranges ... [2 Related Articles]
Dholpur: town, eastern Rajasthan state, northwestern India, situated just north of the Chambal River. The original town was founded by Raja Dholan Deo in the 11th century, when it was called ...
dhoti: long loincloth traditionally worn in southern Asia by Hindu men. Wrapped around the hips and thighs with one end brought between the legs and tucked into the waistband, the dhoti ... [3 Related Articles]
dhow: one- or two-masted Arab sailing vessel, usually with lateen rigging (slanting, triangular sails), common in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. On the larger types, called baggalas and booms, ... [1 Related Articles]
Dhritarashtra: (from the article "Mahabharata") ...consists of a mass of mythological and didactic material arranged around a central heroic narrative that tells of the struggle for sovereignty between two groups of cousins, the Kauravas (sons ...
Dhrtarastra: (from the article "lokapala") ...Varuna the west, and Kubera the north. Kubera, also referred to as Vaisravana, is common to both Hindu and Buddhist traditions. The other Buddhist lokapalas are Dhrtarastra (east), Virudhaka (south), ...
dhrupad: in Hindustani music, ancient vocal musical form in four parts preceded by extensive introductory improvisation (alapa) and expanded by rhythmic and melodic elaborations. It is related to the shorter, later ... [3 Related Articles]
Dhruva I: (from the article "India") ...His ambition to take Kannauj brought him into conflict with the Pala king, Dharmapala (reigned c. 770-810), who had by this time advanced up the Ganges valley. The Rashtrakuta king ...
Dhu al-faqar: in Islamic mythology, the two-pointed magical sword that has come to represent 'Ali, fourth caliph and son-in-law of Muhammad. Originally owned by an unbeliever, al-'As ibn Munabbih, Dhu al-faqar came ...
Dhu al-Hijjah: (from the article "Muslim calendar") ...months, each month beginning approximately at the time of the New Moon. (The Iranian calendar, however, is based on a solar year.) The months are alternately 30 and 29 days ...
Dhu an-Nun: (from the article "Danishmend dynasty") When Mehmed died (1142), the Danishmend territory was divided among his two brothers-Yagibasan (Yaghibasan) in Sivas and 'Ayn ad-Dawlah in Malatya-Elbistan-and his son Dhu an-Nun in Kayseri. After Yagibasan's death ...
Dhu an-Nunid Dynasty: 11th-century Muslim Berber dynasty of Toledo that ruled central Spain from Guadalajara and Talavera to Murcia during the unruly period of the party kingdoms (ta'ifahs). As early as the mid-8th ...
Dhu-Samawi: (from the article "Arabian religion") Among other North or central Arabian gods worshiped in South Arabia, Dhu-Samawi ("the Heavenly One"), was presented by Bedouin tribes with votive statuettes of camels to ensure the well-being of ...
Dhuburi: town, western Assam state, northeastern India. Situated on the Brahmaputra River just east of the Bangladesh border, it is a trade centre for rice, jute, fish, and other products. A ...
Dhulia: town, northwestern Maharashtra state, western India, on major road and rail routes. In early Muslim times it belonged to the Faruquis, but later, in 1601, it became part of the ...
dhun: (from the article "South Asian arts") ...In South Indian music all composed pieces are primarily for the voice and have lyrics. In North India, however, there are also some purely instrumental compositions, called gat and dhun. ...
Dhupgarh Peak: (from the article "Madhya Pradesh") ...in the west and the north, which rise in places to 1,500 feet (460 metres); and the Satpura, Mahadeo, and Maikala ranges, in the south, which have elevations of more ...
dhvaja: (from the article "ceremonial object") ...and Orthodox Byzantium (during the 4th-15th centuries)-the baldachin's celestial symbolic ornamentation is generally explicit, and its cosmic character is apparent. The standard (dhvaja), in the Brahmanic cults, takes on the ...
dhyana: (from the article "dhyana") in Indian philosophy, a stage in the process of meditation leading to Nirvana. See Buddhist meditation.role inBuddhismBuddhismMedi
Dhyani-Buddha: in Mahayana and Vajrayana (Tantric) Buddhism, any of a group of five "self-born" Buddhas who have always existed from the beginning of time; the five are usually identified as Vairocana, ... [1 Related Articles]
di: in music, transverse (or side-blown) bamboo flute of the Han Chinese. Traditional di have a membrane of bamboo or reed tissue covering the hole that is located ... [5 Related Articles]
Di Centa, Manuela: Italian Nordic skier who was the only athlete to win five Olympic medals in cross-country skiing at a single Winter Games (1994). A dominant force on the international level, she ... [2 Related Articles]
Di Giuseppe, Enrico: American operatic tenor (b. Oct. 14, 1932, Philadelphia, Pa.-d. Dec. 31, 2005, Voorhees, N.J.), was known for the broad range of his voice and his flexibility in playing a range ...
Di Linh Plateau: (from the article "Vietnam") ...Me Thuot. The second region is characterized by heavily eroded plateaus: in the vicinity of Pleiku, the Kontum Plateau is about 2,500 feet (760 metres) above sea level; and in ...
Di Luca, Danilo: (from the article "Cycling") The ProTour, a series of major road races run under the banner of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), also ended in controversy when leader Danilo Di Luca was removed from ...
Di Palma, Carlo: Italian cinematographer (b. April 17, 1925, Rome, Italy-d. July 9, 2004, Rome), created masterful illusions of lighting and colour in order to portray an altered sense of reality in his ...
Di Pietro, Antonio: Enjoying name recognition and adulation typically accorded to rock stars and professional athletes, Antonio Di Pietro discovered in 1993 that fame had its liabilities, too. The Milan magistrate, whose Mani ...
di Prima, Diane: American poet, one of the few women of the Beat movement to attain prominence.
Di Stefano, Alfredo: football (soccer) player and manager, regarded as one of the greatest centre forwards in football history. His reputation is based largely on his performance for the Spanish club Real Madrid ...
Di Stefano, Giuseppe: Italian lyric tenor was hailed as one of the finest operatic tenors of his generation. Di Stefano was admired for the warmth of his voice and for his bravura stage ...
di Suvero, Mark: (from the article "Art and Art Exhibitions") ...artists living abroad. Reena Spaulings, a fictional artist created by a downtown New York collective and art gallery, characterized the collaborative left-of-centre aspirations of the biennial. Mark di Suvero and ...
Dia de la Raza: (from the article "Mexico") Columbus Day (October 12) is celebrated as the Dia de la Raza ("Race Day") in recognition of the mixed indigenous and European heritage of Mexico-the mestizo character of its population-and ...
diabase: fine- to medium-grained, dark gray to black intrusive igneous rock. It is extremely hard and tough and is commonly quarried for crushed stone, under the name of trap. Although not ... [1 Related Articles]
Diabate, Toumani: (from the article "Performing Arts") ...where he was mayor. For several years it seemed that he had retired from performing, but in the period before his death, he suddenly returned to music, joining with the ...
Diabelli, Anton: Austrian music publisher and composer best known for his waltz, or Landler, on which Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his 33 variations for piano (Diabelli Variations, 1823).
diabetes: (from the article "diabetes") either of two disorders of the endocrine system. For information about the disorder caused by the body's inability to produce or respond to insulin and characterized by abnormal glucose levels ...
diabetes insipidus: pathological endocrine condition characterized by excessive thirst and excessive production of very dilute urine. The disorder is caused by a lack of antidiuretic hormone (vasopressin) or a blocking of its ... [4 Related Articles]
diabetes mellitus: disorder of carbohydrate metabolism characterized by impaired ability of the body to produce or respond to insulin and thereby maintain proper levels of sugar (glucose) in the blood. [39 Related Articles]
Diabetes Prevention Program: (from the article "Type 2 Diabetes: A Long-Ignored Epidemic") Fortunately, progression from prediabetes to diabetes is not inevitable. A three-year landmark clinical trial completed in 2001 called the Diabetes Prevention Program demonstrated that overweight people with prediabetes who lost ...
diablerie: a representation in words or pictures of black magic or of dealings with the devil. Among the literary works that contain such representations are Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" and ...
Diablo: groundbreaking fantasy role-playing electronic game released in 1997 by the American company Blizzard Entertainment (now Activision Blizzard). Set in and under the fictional city of Tristam, Diablo sent players on ...
Diablo Range: segment of the Pacific Coast Ranges (see Pacific mountain system) in west-central California, U.S. It extends southeastward for about 180 miles (290 km) from the solitary 3,849-foot (1,173-metre) Mount Diablo ...
diacetyl peroxide: (from the article "radical") ...solution by several means. A number of molecules, of which organic peroxides are typical, possess such weak chemical bonds that they decompose irreversibly into free radicals on warming in solution. ...
diachronic phonology: (from the article "phonology") Diachronic (historical) phonology examines and constructs theories about the changes and modifications in speech sounds and sound systems over a period of time. For example, it is concerned with the ...
diaconicon: (from the article "sacristy") ...objects used in the services are stored and in which the clergy and sometimes the altar boys and the choir members put on their robes. In the early Christian church, ...
diacritic: (from the article "alphabet") ...the absence of vowel letters was not strongly felt in Arabic (as in Hebrew and other Semitic languages), for teaching purposes and for correct reading of the Qur'an, the use ...
Diadectes: extinct genus of tetrapods closely related to the first amniotes (mammals, birds, reptiles, and their relatives). Members of this genus have been found as fossils in Carboniferous and Lower Permian ... [1 Related Articles]
diadem: (from the article "jewelry") Also worthy of high consideration are the magnificent diadems that came into wide use as a result of the Persian conquests made by Alexander the Great. One type is a ...
Diadema antillarum: (from the article "sea urchin") ...Japan. Hatpin urchins, such as Centrostephanus longispinus of the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic, Diadema (formerly Centrechinus) setosum of the Indo-Pacific, and D. antillarum of Florida and the West Indies, have ...
diademed sifaka: (from the article "sifaka") ...sifaka (P. coquereli) is somewhat similar; it lives in the thorny forests of Madagascar's southern desert. Two other species live in the dry forests of western Madagascar. The larger diademed ...
Diadochoi: (from the article "coin") Alexander introduced a new era in coinage, struck in vast quantities at a variety of mints from Macedonia to Babylon with uniform types and weights. After his death in 323 ...
Diadochus Of Photice: theologian, mystic, and bishop of Photice, Epirus, who was a staunch defender of orthodox Christological doctrine. His treatises on the ascetic life have influenced Eastern Orthodox and Western spirituality.
diaeresis: (from Greek diairein, "to divide"), the resolution of one syllable into two, especially by separating the vowel elements of a diphthong and, by extension, two adjacent vowels, as in the ... [1 Related Articles]
diagenesis: sum of all processes, chiefly chemical, by which changes in a sediment are brought about after its deposition but before its final lithification (conversion to rock). Because most sediments contain ... [6 Related Articles]
Diaghilev, Sergey Pavlovich: Russian promoter of the arts who revitalized ballet by integrating the ideals of other art forms-music, painting, and drama-with those of the dance. From 1906 he lived in Paris, where, ... [21 Related Articles]
Diagne, Blaise: (from the article "Senegal") ...the Third Republic had recognized the inhabitants of Saint-Louis, Goree, Dakar, and Rufisque, regardless of ethnicity, as French citizens. In 1914 the African electors succeeded in sending Blaise Diagne, an ...
Diagne, Madiambal: (from the article "Senegal") ...as a possible challenger to Wade's leadership. In June President Wade announced that, effective in 2005, he would introduce legislation to provide public funding of political parties. On July 9 ...
diagnosis: the process of determining the nature of a disease or disorder and distinguishing it from other possible conditions. The term comes from the Greek gnosis, meaning knowledge. [34 Related Articles]
diagnostic horizon: (from the article "horizon") ...Epipedons are characterized by their colour, texture, structure, and content of organic matter and certain plant nutrients (e.g., calcium, phosphate). Another important concept is that of subsurface diagnostic horizons. These ...
diagnostic imaging: the use of electromagnetic radiation to produce images of internal structures of the human body for the purpose of accurate diagnosis. Diagnostic imaging is roughly equivalent to radiology (q.v.), the ... [19 Related Articles]
diagnostic radiology: (from the article "radiology") X rays were discovered by Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen, a German professor of physics, in his laboratory in the University of Wurzburg on Nov. 8, 1895. Early on, in radiodiagnosis, use ...
diagnostic surgery: (from the article "diagnosis") When a specific diagnosis is not possible using noninvasive or simple biopsy techniques, it may be necessary to surgically explore the area in question. If the lesion is in the ...
diagonal buttress: (from the article "buttress") ...or tower buttresses, simple masonry piles attached to a wall at regular intervals; hanging buttresses, freestanding piers connected to a wall by corbels; and various types of corner buttresses-diagonal, angle, ...
diagonal cutting pliers: (from the article "pliers") For bending wire and thin metal, round-nose pliers with tapering, conical jaws are used. Diagonal cutting pliers are used for cutting wire and small pins in areas that cannot be ...
diagonal generator: (from the article "magnetohydrodynamic power generator") ...that an equipotential runs diagonally across the insulator walls and that electrodes may be appropriately staggered to match the equipotentials. The series connection of these electrodes in this diagonal generator ...
Diaguita: Indian peoples of South America, formerly inhabiting northwestern Argentina and the Chilean provinces of Atacama and Coquimbo. The Calchaqui, a northwestern Argentine subgroup of the Diaguita, are the best-documented. Their ... [4 Related Articles]
Diahot River: (from the article "New Caledonia") Numerous streams descend from the central mountain chain to the lagoon; the streams often flood rapidly after rainfall and dry out in dry weather, especially on the west coast. The ...
diaitetes: (from the article "Greek law") ...complaint with the latter, who would subject it to a preliminary examination (anakrisis). Parties to a civil suit concerning pecuniary affairs were then sent to a public arbitrator (diaitetes). If ...
Diakonoff, Igor: (from the article "Afro-Asiatic languages") ...(at about 10,000 BCE) and theorize that it arose in what is now the Sahara desert, from which speakers migrated in about 5000 BCE. The doyen of Afrasian studies in ...
dial indicator: (from the article "gauge") ...the object being gauged deviates from the standard. This deviation is usually shown in units of measurement, but some gauges show only whether the deviation is within a certain range. ...
dialect: a variety of a language. The word comes from the Ancient Greek dialektos "discourse, language, dialect," which is derived from dialegesthai "to discourse, talk." ... [15 Related Articles]
dialect atlas: (from the article "linguistics") Dialect atlases are compiled on the basis of investigations of the dialects of a large number of places; a questionnaire provides uniform data. There are two basic methods of data ...
dialect poetry: (from the article "Italian literature") A remarkable aspect of 20th-century poetry composed in Italy was the proliferation of cultivated poets who rejected what they saw as the pollution, inauthenticity, and debased currency of the national ...
dialectic: originally a form of logical argumentation but now a philosophical concept of evolution applied to diverse fields including thought, nature, and history. [27 Related Articles]
Dialectic: (from the article "philosophy, Western") ...had its own special architectonics. Each of Kant's three critiques is divided into the same three parts: (1) an "analytic," or analysis of reason's right functioning, (2) a "dialectic," or ...
dialectical dualism: (from the article "dualism") Another and perhaps more important distinction is that between dialectical and eschatological dualism. Dialectical dualism involves an eternal dialectic, or tension, of two opposed principles, such as, in Western culture, ...
dialectical materialism: a philosophical approach to reality derived from the teachings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. For Marx and Engels, materialism meant that the material world, perceptible to the senses, has ... [9 Related Articles]
dialectical method: (from the article "nonfictional prose") ...formality that often accompanies the expression of serious thought. The writer of a dialogue does not directly address his public, but instead revels in the multiple facets of ideas. By ...
dialectology: the study of dialects. Variation most commonly occurs as a result of relative geographic or social isolation and may affect vocabulary or features of grammar or pronunciation or both. Dialectology ... [1 Related Articles]
Dialictus zephyrus: (from the article "bee") ...45 genera, and some 3,000 species; Andrenidae, which are medium-sized solitary mining bees, including some parasitic species; Halictidae (mining, or burrowing, bees), the best-known of which is Dialictus zephyrus, one ...
dialkyl sulfite: (from the article "organosulfur compound") ...important industrial chemicals used to introduce methyl (Me) and ethyl (Et) groups into organic molecules. Both dimethyl and diethyl sulfate are highly toxic. Esters of sulfurous acid known as dialkyl ...
dialkyloxysulfurane: (from the article "organosulfur compound") ...to C₆F₅C₆F₅ and C₆F₅SC₆F₅ upon warming. On the other hand, if protected from moisture, acyclic and cyclic dialkyloxysulfuranes of type R₂(R'O)₂S are stable at room temperature and find utility as ...
Diallo, Cellou Dalein: (from the article "Guinea") ...245,836 sq km (94,918 sq mi) | Population (2006 est.): 9,603,000 | Capital: Conakry | Head of state and government: President Gen. Lansana Conte, assisted until April 5 by ...
dialogue: in its widest sense, the recorded conversation of two or more persons, especially as an element of drama or fiction. As a literary form, it is a carefully organized exposition, ... [8 Related Articles]
dialysis: in chemistry, separation of suspended colloidal particles from dissolved ions or molecules of small dimensions (crystalloids) by means of their unequal rates of diffusion through the pores of semipermeable membranes. ... [3 Related Articles]
dialysis: in medicine, the process of removing blood from a patient whose kidney functioning is faulty, purifying that blood by dialysis, and returning it to the patient's bloodstream. The artificial kidney, ... [3 Related Articles]
Diama Dam: (from the article "Senegal River") In the delta an embankment 50 miles long controls the entry of floodwater to some 120 square miles, part of which has been prepared for cultivation. The Diama Dam, located ...
diamagnetism: kind of magnetism characteristic of materials that line up at right angles to a nonuniform magnetic field and that partly expel from their interior the magnetic field in which they ... [8 Related Articles]
Diamang: (from the article "Dundo") ...(24 km) south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo border. Founded near a site where diamonds were first discovered in 1912, the town was developed as a planned community ...
Diamante, Fra: (from the article "Lippi, Fra Filippo") ...city of Prato, a short distance from Florence, was the second home of Filippo Lippi. He returned to Prato often, staying there for long periods, painting frescoes and altarpieces. Accompanied ...
Diamantina: city, central Minas Gerais estado (state), southeastern Brazil. It lies in the mineral-laden Espinhaco Mountains at 4,140 feet (1,262 metres) above sea level. Formerly called Tejuco, the ...
Diamantina Fracture Zone: (from the article "ocean") ...are not subduction zones. The Vema Trench on the Mid-Indian Ridge is a fracture zone. The Vityaz Trench northwest of Fiji is an aseismic (inactive) feature of unknown origin. The ...