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- (from the article "Petrologic components in coal and their groupings") The inertinite group makes up 5 to 40 percent of most coals. Their reflectance values are usually the highest in a given sample. The most common inertinite maceral is fusinite, ...
- fusion
- (from the article "welding") In fusion welding the flux has a protective role in facilitating a controlled reaction of the metal and then preventing oxidation by forming a blanket over the molten material. Fluxes ...
- fusion crust
- (from the article "meteor and meteoroid") ...much heat that the meteorite can be touched immediately with the bare hand. Often the only obvious sign on a meteorite of its fiery passage through the atmosphere is a ...
- fusion inhibitor
- (from the article "drug") Yet another class of HIV drugs is the fusion inhibitors (e.g., enfuvirtide). Fusion inhibitors work by blocking the HIV virus from entering human cells. Serious side effects include allergic reactions ...
- fusion kabuki
- (from the article "Kabuki Goes West") ...began teaching mostly academically oriented courses on Japanese theatre. The one significant exception was the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), where what is now called "fusion kabuki" was developed.
- fusion reactor
- a device to produce electrical power from the energy released in a nuclear fusion reaction. [3 Related Articles]
- Fussen
- city, Bavaria Land (state), extreme southern Germany. It lies along the Lech River, at the east foot of the Allgau Alps, near the Austrian border. The site ...
- Fussen, Peace of
- (from the article "Maximilian III Joseph") elector of Bavaria (1745-77), son of the Holy Roman emperor Charles VII. By the Peace of Fussen signed on April 22, 1745, he obtained restitution of his dominions lost by ...
- Fust, Johann
- early German printer, financial backer of Johann Gutenberg (the inventor of printing in Europe), and founder, with Peter Schoeffer, of the first commercially successful printing firm. [4 Related Articles]
- Fust, Milan
- (from the article "Hungarian literature") ...stories established high standards in narrative prose; and Arpad Toth and Gyula Juhasz, who voiced the distress of the poor and the oppressed in society. A fifth poet, Milan Fust, ...
- Fustat ware
- in Islamic ceramics, style of pottery originating from al-Fustat (now part of Cairo), where, however, many deposits of imported ware have also been found. Its characteristic qualities are poorish white ...
- Fustat, Al-
- capital of the Muslim province of Egypt during the Umayyad and 'Abbasid caliphates and under succeeding dynasties, until captured by the Fatimid general Jawhar in 969. Founded in 641 by ... [5 Related Articles]
- Fustel de Coulanges, Numa Denis
- French historian, the originator of the scientific approach to the study of history in France. [1 Related Articles]
- fustian
- fabric originally made by weaving two sets of cotton wefts, or fillings, on a linen warp, popular during the European Middle Ages. The word has come to denote a class ...
- fustic
- either of two natural dyes. Old fustic, or yellowwood, is derived from the heartwood of dyer's mulberry, a large, tropical American tree (Chlorophora tinctoria, or Maclura tinctoria) of the mulberry ...
- Fusulina
- genus of extinct fusulinid foraminiferans (protozoans with a shell) found as fossils in marine rocks of Late Carboniferous age (286 to 320 million years old). Fusulina, an excellent index fossil ...
- Fusulinella
- genus of extinct fusulinid foraminiferans (protozoans with a shell) found as fossils in Late Carboniferous marine rocks (those formed between 320 and 286 million years ago). Because of its narrow ...
- fusulinid
- any of a large group of extinct foraminiferans (single-celled organisms related to the modern amoebas but having complex shells that are easily preserved as fossils). The fusulinids first appeared late ... [2 Related Articles]
- fusuma
- (from the article "interior design") ...square, set at six-foot intervals; and the ceiling boards one foot to 1.5 feet (30 to 45 centimetres) wide. All woodwork is unpainted and rarely lacquered, but there is great ...
- Futabatei Shimei
- Japanese novelist and translator of Russian literature; his Ukigumo (1887-89; "The Drifting Clouds," translated, with a study of his life and career, by M. Ryan as [1 Related Articles]
- futah
- (from the article "Yemen") ...Men sometimes wear the full-length, loose-fitting thawb-frequently with a jacket over it-but more often the traditional futah, a saronglike wraparound kilt, is worn with ...
- Futamigaura beach
- (from the article "Ise-Shima National Park") ...Kokichi first succeeded in producing a cultured pearl at the beginning of the 20th century. The Toba area now produces the great majority of Japan's cultured pearls. Between Ise and ...
- Futarasan Shrine
- (from the article "Nikko") ...for the new city. There are scores of hot mineral springs in the Mount Nasu area of Nikko National Park. The park also contains the extinct volcano Mount Nantai, which ...
- Futch, Edward
- American boxing trainer (b. Aug. 9, 1911, Hillsboro, Miss.- d. Oct. 10, 2001, Las Vegas, Nev.), was dubbed "the professor of pugilism" for the sharp observation, compassion, and determination that ...
- futon
- (from the article "bed") Traditional Japanese bedding, the use of which persisted in the late 20th century, consisted of quilted padding and coverlets called futons arranged directly on the floor, which was covered with ...
- Futun River
- (from the article "Fukien") ...the Fukien-Chekiang border. The Chien has its own subsystem of tributary streams that drain the famous Wu-i tea district. The second source stream of the Min, the Fu-t'un, is also ...
- Futuna Island
- (from the article "Horne Islands") pair of volcanic islands (Futuna and Alofi) forming the southwestern part of the French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna, in the west-central Pacific Ocean. Futuna (not to be confused ...
- future
- (from the article "salvation") ...expressive of more immediate concerns. But the menace of death is of another order, and it affects man more profoundly because of personal awareness of the temporal categories of past, ...
- future contingent proposition
- (from the article "logic, history of") ...addition, modal factors were incorporated into the theory of supposition. But the most important developments in modal logic occurred in three other contexts: (1) whether propositions about future contingent events ...
- Future Fund
- (from the article "Australia") The centrepiece of what Costello hoped would be his last budget was the creation of a Future Fund to be seeded with $A16 billion in addition to proceeds from the ...
- Future Movement
- (from the article "Lebanon") On October 4 U.S. Pres. George W. Bush received Lebanese MP Saad al-Hariri. The meeting was viewed as a sign of support by Bush for the leader of the majority ...
- Future of Europe, Convention on the
- (from the article "European Union") In 2002 the Convention on the Future of Europe, chaired by former French president Valery Giscard d'Estaing, was established to draft a constitution for the enlarged EU. Among the most ...
- future tense
- (from the article "logic, history of") ...tenses other than the present, there is a famous passage in the De interpretatione that was influential in later developments in this area. In chapter 9 of that work, Aristotle ...
- futures
- commercial contract calling for the purchase or sale of specified quantities of a commodity at specified future dates. The origin of futures contracts was in trade in agricultural commodities, and ... [5 Related Articles]
- Futurism
- early 20th-century artistic movement that centred in Italy and emphasized the dynamism, speed, energy, and power of the machine and the vitality, change, and restlessness of modern life in general. ... [25 Related Articles]
- Futurity Stakes
- (from the article "Winkfield, James") ...consecutive rides in the Kentucky Derby, where he finished third, first, first, and second from 1900 through 1903. In 1903 he also rode in what was then the richest race ...
- futurology
- in the social sciences, the study of current trends in order to forecast future developments. While the speculative and descriptive aspects of futurology are traceable to the traditions of utopian ... [1 Related Articles]
- futuwa
- (from the article "'Ali") In Islamic civilization, the futuwwat ("spiritual chivalry") were military and economic orders similar to the knightly fraternities and guilds of medieval Europe. Combining craftwork or service in ...
- Fux, Johann Joseph
- Austrian composer, one of the most successful of his time, whose theoretical work on counterpoint, Gradus ad Parnassum, influenced generations of composers and teachers. [1 Related Articles]
- Fuxin
- city, northwestern Liaoning sheng (province), northeastern China. It is located near the border with the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and serves as the administrative centre for several ...
- Fuxing
- in Chinese mythology, star god of happiness, one of the three stellar divinities known collectively as Fulushou. He is one of many Chinese gods who bestow happiness on their worshipers. ... [1 Related Articles]
- Fuzhou
- city and capital of Fujian sheng (province), southeastern China. It is situated in the eastern part of the province on the north bank of the estuary of ... [2 Related Articles]
- Fuzhou language
- (from the article "China") ...coastal region, stretching from Shanghai to Guangzhou (Canton). The most important of these is the Wu language, spoken in southern Jiangsu and in Zhejiang. This is followed, to the south, ...
- Fuzhou Navy Yard
- (from the article "Fuzhou") In 1866 the port was the site of one of China's first major experiments with Western technology when the Fuzhou Navy Yard was established; a shipyard and an arsenal were ...
- Fuzuli, Mehmed bin Suleyman
- Turkish poet and the most outstanding figure in the classical school of Turkish literature. [1 Related Articles]
- fuzzy control
- (from the article "fuzzy logic") In technical applications, fuzzy control refers to programs or algorithms using fuzzy logic to allow machines to make decisions based on the practical knowledge of a human operator. The fundamental ...
- fuzzy logic
- in mathematics, a form of logic based on the concept of a fuzzy set. Membership in fuzzy sets is expressed in degrees of truth-i.e., as a continuum of values ranging ... [2 Related Articles]
- fuzzy set
- (from the article "fuzzy logic") Most concepts used in everyday language, such as "high temperature," "round face," or "aquatic animal," are not clearly defined. In 1965 Lotfi Zadeh, an engineering professor at the University of ...
- Fw 190
- German fighter aircraft that was second in importance only to the Bf 109 during World War II. [3 Related Articles]
- Fw 190A-2
- (from the article "Fw 190") ...mid-war period. It established a clear ascendancy over opposing Allied fighters that lasted until the Spitfire IX restored parity in July 1942, and it more than held its own for ...
- Fw 190D
- (from the article "Fw 190") The designer of the Fw 190, Kurt Tank, remedied the fighter's performance deficiencies by fitting the machine with a powerful Junkers Jumo 213 in-line liquid-cooled engine. The result was the ...
- Fw 190F
- (from the article "Fw 190") In the meantime, the Fw 190F and G had become the Luftwaffe's standard fighter-bomber for ground attack. Though used in small numbers by Allied standards, the planes were effective in ...
- Fyffe, Will
- Scottish actor, music-hall entertainer, and pantomimist, one of the most popular character comedians of British stage and screen.
- fyke net
- (from the article "commercial fishing") A more modern type of trap is the bag-shaped fyke net, held open by hoops; linked together in long chains, these are used to catch eels in rivers. When equipped ...
- Fylde
- borough (district), administrative and historic county of Lancashire, England. It lies on the north bank of the estuary of the River Ribble at the Irish Sea, just east of the ...
- fylgja
- (from the article "Germanic religion and mythology") There is no record of a cult of the fylgja (plural fylgjur), a word best translated as "fetch," or "wraith." The fylgja may take the form of a woman or ...
- fylke
- (from the article "Norway") ...political life functions through a multiparty system. Before national elections political parties nominate their candidates at membership meetings in each of Norway's fylker. Each
- fynbo
- (from the article "scrubland") ...in dry regions is moisture shortage, other factors may play important roles. In some cases soil is a primary factor in inducing development of scrubland vegetation. An example is provided ...
- Fynn, Henry Francis
- (from the article "Shaka") ...Bulawayo lay 100 miles to the north. Fascinated by their ways and their artifacts, but convinced that his own civilization was much superior, he permitted them to stay. Two of ...
- Fyodor I
- tsar of Russia (1584-98) whose death ended the rule of the Rurik dynasty in Russia. [1 Related Articles]
- Fyodor II
- tsar who ruled Russia briefly (April-June 1605) during the Time of Troubles (1598-1613).
- Fyodor III
- tsar of Russia (reigned 1676-82) who fostered the development of Western culture in Russia, thereby making it easier for his successor, Peter I the Great (reigned 1682-1725), to enact widespread ... [4 Related Articles]
- Fyodorov, Leonid
- (from the article "Russian Catholic church") ...by Vladimir Solovyov, a philosopher and theologian, converted to Catholicism (c. 1900), retaining their rite. Just before the Russian Revolution of 1917, they received their own exarch, Leonid Fyodorov; in ...
- Fyodorov, Svyatoslav Nikolayevich
- Russian eye surgeon (b. Aug. 8, 1927, Proskurov, Ukrainian S.S.R. [now Khmelnytskyy, Ukraine], U.S.S.R.-d. June 2, 2000, near Moscow, Russia), developed (1974) radial keratotomy, the first surgical procedure to correct ...
- Fyodorov, Vladimir Grigorevich
- (from the article "small arm") A hint at this new weapon had been given during World War I, when Vladimir Grigorevich Fyodorov, father of Russian automatic weapons, married the 6.5-millimetre cartridge of the Japanese Arisaka ...
- fyrd
- tribal militia-like arrangement existing in Anglo-Saxon England from approximately AD 605. Local in character, it imposed military service upon every able-bodied free male. It was probably the duty of the ... [1 Related Articles]
- Fyt, Jan
- Flemish painter known for his technical mastery in the rendering of animals.
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