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form: the external shape, appearance, or configuration of an object, in contradistinction to the matter of which it is composed; in metaphysics, the active, determining principle of a thing as distinguished ... [7 Related Articles]
form: (from the article "zoology") ...nature with his theory that biological changes in species occur through the process of natural selection. The theory of evolution-that organisms are continuously evolving into highly adapted forms-required the rejection ...
form class: (from the article "linguistics") Syntax, for Bloomfield, was the study of free forms that were composed entirely of free forms. Central to his theory of syntax were the notions of form classes and constituent ...
form criticism: a method of biblical criticism that seeks to classify units of scripture into literary patterns (such as love poems, parables, sayings, elegies, legends) and that attempts to trace each type ... [7 Related Articles]
form gauge: (from the article "gauge") Flush-pin gauges have one moving part and are used to gauge the depth of shoulders or holes. Form gauges are used to check the profile of objects; two of the ...
Form of Government: (from the article "Gustav II Adolf") ...the Chancery as permanent administrative boards (1618), and by the end of the reign an Admiralty and a War Office had been created-each presided over by one of the great ...
Form, William: (from the article "sociology") ...drew on the traits of these 12 classes to explain income inequality. The nuanced differences between social groups were further investigated in Divided We Stand (1985) by ...
form-cutting method: (from the article "machine tool") Three basic cutting methods are used for machining gears: (1) form cutting, (2) template cutting, and (3) generating. The form-cutting method uses a cutting tool that has the same form ...
formal autobiography: (from the article "biography") This category offers a special kind of biographical truth: a life, reshaped by recollection, with all of recollection's conscious and unconscious omissions and distortions. The novelist Graham Greene says that, ...
formal cause: (from the article "Aristotle") ...material cause. Second, there is the form or pattern of a thing, which may be expressed in its definition; Aristotle's example is the proportion of the length of two strings ...
formal fallacy: (from the article "applied logic") Formal fallacies are deductively invalid arguments that typically commit an easily recognizable logical error. A classic case is Aristotle's fallacy of the consequent, relating to reasoning from premises of the ...
formal language: (from the article "metalogic") the study and analysis of the semantics (relations between expressions and meanings) and syntax (relations among expressions) of formal languages and formal systems. It is related to, but does not ...
formal logic: the abstract study of propositions, statements, or assertively used sentences and of deductive arguments. The discipline abstracts from the content of these elements the structures or logical forms that they ... [18 Related Articles]
formal operational stage: (from the article "human behaviour") ...given by Piaget are (1) the sensorimotor stage from birth to 2 years, (2) the preoperational stage from 2 to 7 years, (3) the concrete-operational stage from 7 to 12 ...
formal predication: (from the article "predication") ...or many subjects of a kind. The predication is identical if it characterizes every referent (x); it is disparate if it fails to characterize some or all of the referents. ...
formal sin: (from the article "sin") Actual sin is also subdivided into material and formal. Formal sin is both wrong in itself and known by the sinner to be wrong; it therefore involves him in personal ...
formal sociology: (from the article "social structure") ...in inequality. In the study of these phenomena, sociologists analyze organizations, social categories (such as age groups), or rates (such as of crime or birth). This approach, sometimes called formal ...
formal system: in logic and mathematics, abstract, theoretical organization of terms and implicit relationships that is used as a tool for the analysis of the concept of deduction. Models-structures that interpret the ... [12 Related Articles]
formal will: (from the article "property law") Both Anglo-American and civil-law jurisdictions also make use of a formal will, derived from the Roman testament. The characteristic of such a will is that it must be witnessed by ...
formaldehyde: an organic compound, the simplest of the aldehydes, used in large amounts in a variety of chemical manufacturing processes. It is produced principally by the vapour-phase oxidation of methanol and ... [3 Related Articles]
formalin: (from the article "formalin") aqueous solution of formaldehyde (q.v.).aldehydesaldehydeFormaldehydeFormalde
formalism: (from the article "aesthetics") ...first, that form is the essence of art and, second, that form must be understood and therefore understandable (i.e., significant). Other philosophers have espoused one or another version of formalism, ...
Formalism: innovative 20th-century Russian school of literary criticism. It began in two groups: OPOYAZ, an acronym for Russian words meaning Society for the Study of Poetic Language, founded in 1916 at ... [3 Related Articles]
formalism: in mathematics, school of thought introduced by the 20th-century German mathematician David Hilbert, which holds that all mathematics can be reduced to rules for manipulating formulas without any reference to ... [6 Related Articles]
Formalist style: (from the article "theatre, Western") ...(1921; Mystery-Bouffe) by Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky. With Aleksandr Yakovlevich Tairov, director of the Kamerny Theatre, Meyerhold developed the Formalist style, in which representative types replaced individual characters ...
formality: (from the article "liquid") Many compounds do not exist in molecular form, either as pure substances or in their solutions. The particles that make up sodium chloride (NaCl), for example, are sodium ions (Na⁺) ...
formalized theory: (from the article "metalogic") In model theory one studies the interpretations (models) of theories formalized in the framework of formal logic, especially in that of the first-order predicate calculus with identity-i.e., in elementary logic. ...
Forman, Andrew: Scottish prelate and diplomat during the reigns of James IV and James V.
Forman, James: American civil rights activist (b. Oct. 4, 1928, Chicago, Ill.-d. Jan. 10, 2005, Washington, D.C.), served as executive secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (1961-66). In that position he ...
Forman, Milos: Czech New Wave filmmaker known primarily for the distinctly American films that he made after his immigration to the United States. [5 Related Articles]
formant: (from the article "electronic music") ...as do pipe organs. Signals rich in harmonic partials (such as sawtooth waves) are selected by the performer at the keyboard and combined and shaped acoustically by filter circuits that ...
formation: (from the article "tactics") The word tactics originates in the Greek taxis, meaning order, arrangement, or disposition-including the kind of disposition in which armed formations used to enter and fight battles. From this, the ...
formation aerobatics: (from the article "formation flying") The most advanced formation flying is formation aerobatics, such as that flown by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, and many civilian air-show teams. Formation aerobatics ...
formation constant: (from the article "rare-earth element") ...in their place. When the rare-earth complexes reach the ammonium or acid resin, in front of the rare-earth band, the rare-earth ions are again deposited, and the band progresses down ...
formation flying: two or more aircraft traveling and maneuvering together in a disciplined, synchronized, predetermined manner. In a tight formation, such as is typically seen at an air show, aircraft may fly ... [2 Related Articles]
formation function: (from the article "Milky Way Galaxy") ...in this range is a composite curve contributed by stars of ages ranging from 0 to 10¹⁰ years. Salpeter hypothesized that there might exist a time-independent function, the so-called formation ...
formation rule: (from the article "formal logic") ...number of each type of variable can now be secured as before by the use of numerical subscripts. The symbols · , ⊃, and ≡ are defined as in PC, ...
formative light: (from the article "theatre") ...three-dimensional actor, the stationary vertical scenery, and the horizontal floor. He categorized stage lighting under three headings: a general or acting light, which gave diffused illumination; formative light, which cast ...
Formative people: (from the article "American Indian") ...5000-4000 BC), cassava (manioc; c. 5000-4000 BC), and cotton (c. 2600 BC), and they were producing drinks made from cacao by about 1000 BC. Known to archaeologists as Formative or ...
Formative Period: (from the article "pre-Columbian civilizations") Early Formative period (1500-900 BC)
forme fixe: (from the article "ballade") The ballade was the most expansive of the formes fixes, and Machaut used it to express the loftiest emotions. The texts more often contained elaborate symbolism and classical references than ...
Forment, Damian: sculptor, recognized as perhaps the most important sculptor in 16th-century Spain. His early work demonstrated a mastery of Renaissance principles, and one of his last pieces is one of the ...
Formentera: (from the article "Balearic Islands") ...includes the principal islands of Majorca (Mallorca) and Minorca (Menorca) and the small island of Cabrera. The western group is known as the Pitiusas and includes the islands of Ibiza ...
Former Shu: (from the article "China") ...960, 10 independent kingdoms emerged in China, mainly in the south: the Wu (902-937), the Nan (Southern) Tang (937-975/976), the Nan Ping (924-963), the Chu (927-951), the Qian (Former) Shu ...
Formia: town, Lazio (Latium) region, south central Italy, on the Golfo (gulf) di Gaeta between the mouth of the Garigliano and the Gaeta peninsula, northwest of Naples. A town of the ...
formic acid: the simplest of the carboxylic acids, used in processing textiles and leather. Formic acid was first isolated from certain ants and was named after the Latin formica, ... [4 Related Articles]
Formica: trademark for hard, smooth, surface material used to make various laminated plastic products, especially tabletops and other furniture and wallboards and other constructions. [1 Related Articles]
Formigny, Battle of: (from the article "Richemont, Arthur, constable de") ...of the long struggle, the Constable de Richemont played an active role, driving the English from the Cotentin Peninsula in September and October of 1449 and taking a decisive part ...
forming: (from the article "traditional ceramics") The fine, platy morphology of clay particles is used to advantage in the forming of clay-based ceramic products. Depending upon the amount of water added, clay-water bodies can be stiff ...
Formosa: provincia (province), northern Argentina, lying within the Gran Chaco, a vast alluvial plain having poor drainage. It is covered with forests, grasslands, and marshes. Formosa is bordered ...
Formosa: city, capital of Formosa provincia (province), northeastern Argentina, on the western bank of the Paraguay River, southwest of Asuncion, Paraguay. It was founded in 1879 during the ...
Formosan cypress: (from the article "false cypress") The wood of the Formosan cypress (C. formosensis), a tree more than 58 metres (190 feet) tall, is used locally for construction; it is not fragrant like the wood of ...
Formosan languages: aboriginal languages of Formosa (Taiwan). They are now chiefly spoken only in small communities in remote areas. [2 Related Articles]
Formosan macaque: (from the article "macaque") ...are the monkeys most widely used in biomedical research. Rhesus monkeys are native to northern India, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia, and eastern China, formerly as far north as Beijing. The ...
Formosus: pope from 891 to 896, whose posthumous trial is one of the most bizarre incidents in papal history. [9 Related Articles]
Formstecher, Solomon: Jewish idealist philosopher who was rabbi at Offenbach from 1842. Die Religion des Geistes (1841; "The Religion of the Spirit") is considered the most complete exposition of his philosophy and ... [1 Related Articles]
formula: (from the article "therapeutics") ...per kilogram per day. Breast milk, the ideal food, is not only readily available at the proper temperature, it also contains antibodies from the mother that help protect against disease. ...
formula: (from the article "formal logic") ...construction of a system of logic, in fact, involves two distinguishable processes: one consists in setting up a symbolic apparatus-a set of symbols, rules for stringing these together into formulas, ...
Formula 1 racing: (from the article "air racing") ...would race round a fixed course defined by pylons, rather like an automobile racetrack. The Air Racing Council of the United States (ARCUS) recognizes several fixed-race classes, including Formula 1, ...
formula book: (from the article "diplomatics") ...Aragon about 1215, in Sicily under the Hohenstaufen emperor Frederick II (died 1250), and in the German imperial chancery from the early 14th century. Another manner of studying documents is ...
Formula Missae: (from the article "The Protestant Heritage") Luther initiated the process in 1523 with his Formula Missae ("Formula of the Mass"), a service that retained the Latin language; but he soon devised (in 1526) ...
Formula One: (from the article "Automobile Racing") The battle to become the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Formula 1 (F1) world drivers' champion took several unexpected turns in 2007 as veteran driver Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) of Finland ...
Formula One: (from the article "Grand Prix racing") ...under the supervision of what came to be called the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), which sets the specifications for all racing-car classes, including the Formula One for Grand Prix ...
formula weight: in chemistry, the sum of the atomic weights of all atoms appearing in a given chemical formula. It is generally applied to a substance that does not consist of individual ...
formulary system: (from the article "procedural law") ...long-lasting influences. The first phase required strict compliance with highly formal rules of pleading. During the second, classical period, beginning in the 1st century BC, a more flexible formulary procedure ...
formyl chloride: (from the article "carboxylic acid") The chloride of formic acid (formyl chloride) cannot be isolated, because it decomposes to carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen chloride (HCl). The only practical way to synthesize acyl chlorides is ...
formyl group: (from the article "aldehyde") A formyl group (&singlehorzbond;CHO) can be put onto an aromatic ring by several methods (ArH → ArCHO). In one of the most common of these, called the Reimer-Tiemann reaction, phenols ...
formylmethionine: (from the article "metabolism") ...reaction catalyzed by the same enzyme. AMP is released, and the other product is called aminoacyl-tRNA [88b]. In E. coli the amino acid that begins the assembly of the protein ...
fornaldarsogur: class of Icelandic sagas dealing with the ancient myths and hero legends of Germania, with the adventures of Vikings, or with other exotic adventures in foreign lands. These stories take ... [2 Related Articles]
Forne Molne, Marc: (from the article "Andorra") ...| Population (2005 est.): 74,800 | Capital: Andorra la Vella | Chiefs of state: Co-princes of Andorra, the president of France and the bishop of Urgell, Spain | Head of ...
Forner, Juan Pablo: the foremost literary polemicist of the 18th century in Spain. His brilliant wit was often admirably used against fads, affectations, and muddleheadedness but also often cruelly and spitefully against personalities.
Fornes, Maria Irene: (from the article "American literature") ...and The Slave (1964) effectively dramatized racial confrontation, while Bullins's In the Wine Time (1968) made use of "street" lyricism. Maria Irene Fornes's
Fornovo, Battle of: (from the article "Bayard, Pierre Terrail, seigneur de") Bayard was born into a noble family, nearly every head of which for two centuries past had fallen in battle. He accompanied King Charles VIII of France into Italy in ...
Forrer, Emil: (from the article "Anatolian languages") The Indo-European character of Palaic was first advocated by Assyriologist Emil Forrer in 1922. As with Old Hittite, part of the Palaic material is preserved on tablets written in a ...
Forrer, Ludwig: Swiss statesman, twice elected federal president, who was a noted proponent of Swiss legal reform.
Forres: small royal burgh (town) in the council area and historic county of Moray, northeastern Scotland, 12 miles (19 km) west-southwest of Elgin. The town's first royal charter was probably granted ...
Forrest City: city and seat (1874) of St. Francis county, east-central Arkansas, U.S., on the west slope of Crowley's Ridge between the L'Anguille and St. Francis rivers, 45 miles (72 km) west ...
Forrest, Edwin: American actor who was the centre of two major scandals of the mid-19th century. [3 Related Articles]
Forrest, George: American songwriter who enjoyed a fruitful 72-year partnership with Robert Wright; the two composed songs for such Broadway musicals as Gypsy Lady (1946), Magdalena (1948), Kismet (1953), notably "Stranger in ...
Forrest, Helen: American jazz singer who performed with a number of prominent big bands during the late 1930s and early '40s, including those led by Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, and Harry James; ... [1 Related Articles]
Forrest, Leon: African-American author of large, inventive novels that fuse myth, history, legend, and contemporary realism. [1 Related Articles]
Forrest, Nathan Bedford: Confederate general in the American Civil War (1861-65) who was often described as a "born military genius"; his rule of action, "Get there first with the most men," became one ... [3 Related Articles]
Forrest, Sir John: explorer and statesman who led pioneer expeditions into Australia's western interior. As Western Australia's first premier (1890-1901), he sponsored public works construction and negotiated the state's entry into the Australian ... [2 Related Articles]
Forrestal, James V: first U.S. secretary of defense (1947-49); earlier, in the Navy Department, he directed the huge naval expansion and procurement programs of World War II.
Forrester, Jay Wright: U.S. electrical engineer and management expert who invented the random-access magnetic core memory, the information-storage device employed in most digital computers. [2 Related Articles]
Forros: (from the article "Sao Tome and Principe") The population consists mainly of Forros (from forro, Portuguese for "free man"), descendants of immigrant Europeans and African slaves. Another group, the Angolares, descended from runaway Angolan ...
Forsey, Keith: (from the article "1983: Other Winners") ...Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand for YentlOriginal Song: "Flashdance...What a Feeling" from Flashdance; music by Giorgio Moroder, lyrics by Irene Cara and Keith ForseyHonorary Award: Hal Roach
Forssmann, Werner: German surgeon who shared with Andre F. Cournand and Dickinson W. Richards the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1956. A pioneer in heart research, Forssmann contributed to the ... [2 Related Articles]
Forster: town, eastern New South Wales, Australia, on Cape Hawke south of the entrance to Lake Wallis, a 30-square-mile (80-square-km) coastal lagoon. Founded in 1862 and named after William Forster, secretary ...
Forster, E M: British novelist, essayist, and social and literary critic. His fame rests largely on his novels Howards End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924) and on a large body of ... [4 Related Articles]
Forster, Georg: explorer and scientist who helped to establish the literary travel book as a favoured genre in German literature. [1 Related Articles]
Forster, Johann Reinhold: (from the article "Forster, Georg") With his father, Johann Reinhold Forster, he emigrated to England in 1766. Both were invited to accompany Capt. James Cook on his second voyage around the world (1772-75). Georg Forster's ...
Forster, John: writer and journalist, a notable figure in mid-19th-century literary London who, through his friendship with the influential editor Leigh Hunt, became adviser, agent, and proofreader to many leading writers of ...
Forster, Josef Bohuslav: Czech composer belonging to the school of Leos Janacek and Josef Suk. [1 Related Articles]
Forster, Margaret: British novelist and biographer whose books are known for their detailed characterizations.
Forster, Thomas: English Jacobite and leader of the 1715 uprising in Scotland and northern England. [1 Related Articles]
Forster, William Edward: British statesman noted for his Education Act of 1870, which established in Great Britain the elements of a primary school system, and for his term (1880-82) as chief secretary for ...
Forster-Nietzsche, Elisabeth: sister of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, who became his guardian and literary executor. [1 Related Articles]
forsterite: (from the article "Common minerals of metamorphic rocks") ...(anorthite). However, in a case where magma does not have enough silica relative to the magnesium oxide to produce the pyroxene, the magma will compensate by making a magnesium-olivine (forsterite; ...
forsterite-fayalite series: the most important minerals in the olivine family and possibly the most important constituents of the Earth's mantle. Included in the series are the following varieties: forsterite magnesium silicate (Mg₂SiO₄) ... [2 Related Articles]
Forsyth, Alexander John: Scottish Presbyterian minister and inventor who between 1805 and 1807 produced a percussion lock for firearms that would explode a priming compound with a sharp blow, thereby avoiding the priming ... [1 Related Articles]