(from the article "Saturn") ...be a tightly wound spiral. Between the A and F rings, distributed along the orbit of the inner moon Atlas, is a tenuous band of material probably shed by the ...
(from the article "Asteroid taxonomic classes") Asteroids of the B, C, F, and G classes have low albedos and spectral reflectances similar to those of carbonaceous chondritic meteorites and their constituent assemblages produced by hydrothermal alteration ...
(from the article "industrial design") ...Hirano & Associates (1960)-studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif. In 1957 MITI established the Good Design Awards (formerly the Good Design Selection System), or G-Marks. ...
(from the article "crystal") ...(oxygen, sulfur, selenium, and tellurium) need two electrons to fill their outer p-shell. (Electron shells are divided into subshells, designated as s, p, d, f, g, and so forth. Each ...
(from the article "Gilman, Alfred G.") American pharmacologist who shared the 1994 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with American biochemist Martin Rodbell for their separate research in discovering molecules called G proteins, which are intermediaries ...
(from the article "Cepheid variable") ...are closely related to their luminosity and that are therefore useful in measuring interstellar and intergalactic distances. Most are spectral type F (moderately hot) at maximum luminosity and type G ...
(from the article "Sun") The Sun is classified as a G2 V star, with G2 standing for the second hottest stars of the yellow G class-of surface temperature about 5,800 kelvins (K)-and the V ...
people of the southeast coast of Ghana, speaking a dialect of the Kwa branch of Niger-Congo languages. The Ga are descended from immigrants who came down the Niger River and ... [3 Related Articles]
(from the article "Togo") ...ethnic group. There are also some scattered Yoruba, mainly Ana. Groups who emigrated from present-day Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire since the 17th century include the Mina (Ga and Ane), the ...
When it first appeared in the United States in September 1994, Sophie's World was already something of a phenomenon--and a surprise to the Norwegian high-school teacher, Jostein Gaarder, who wrote ...
(from the article "Azerbaijan") Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin suggested on June 7 that the joint use by Russia and the U.S. of the Gabala radar station in Azerbaijan could obviate the need for the ...
any member of the small Zoroastrian minority in Iran. The name Gabar was formerly applied derogatorily to the Iranian Zoroastrians; the term is linguistically related to the Arabic kafir, meaning ... [2 Related Articles]
any of several varieties of worsted, cotton, silk, and mixed tightly woven fabrics, embodying certain features in common and chiefly made into suits and overcoats. It is a relatively strong ...
treasurer or honorary official of a Jewish Orthodox congregation, often placed in charge of funds used for charity. The office is a carry-over from former times, when men whose reputations ...
(from the article "painting, Western") ...Giaquinto, as court painter in Madrid, turned increasingly toward the Rococo, and Sebastiano Conca worked in Rome, falling increasingly victim to the academic classicism dominant there. Anton Domenico Gabbiani practiced ...
any of several medium- or coarse-grained rocks that consist primarily of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene. Essentially, gabbro is the intrusive (plutonic) equivalent of basalt, but whereas basalt is often remarkably ... [6 Related Articles]
German linguist, ethnologist, and government official who conducted important studies of a large number of languages. He also took some part in political affairs and was prime minister of the ...
(from the article "shorthand") ...training, a need existed for a method that would be easier to learn. The German Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (1789-1849) turned away from geometric methods and developed a simple cursive system. ...
(from the article "shorthand") ...for stenographers in business. Because the geometric systems then in use required a high level of education and long training, a need existed for a method that would be easier ...
(from the article "caftan") A caftan has long, wide sleeves and is open in the front, although frequently it is bound with a sash. The word caftan (or gaberdine) also refers to a black ...
town in southeastern Tunisia. Situated on a Mediterranean oasis along the Gulf of Gabes, the town is located at the mouth of the Wadi Qabis (Oued Gabes), which has its ... [1 Related Articles]
inlet, on the east coast of Tunisia, northern Africa. It is 60 miles (100 km) long and 60 miles wide and is bounded by the Qarqannah (Kerkena) Islands on the ...
in Baltic religion, the domestic hearth fire. In pre-Christian times a holy fire (sventa ugnis) was kept in tribal sanctuaries on high hills and riverbanks, where priests guarded it constantly, ...
(from the article "Florence") ...including many rare editions. The Riccardiana and Moreniana libraries adjoining the Medici Palace have the most complete collection, including valuable manuscripts, of works on Tuscan history. The Gabinetto Scientifico e ...
(from the article "ancient Rome") ...processes, the plebeians sought to expand their freedom. Voting in electoral and judicial assemblies had been public, allowing powerful senators more easily to manage the votes of their clients. The ...
triangular section of wall at the end of a pitched roof, extending from the eaves to the peak. The gables in Classical Greek temples are called pediments. [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "arts, East Asian") ...entire system of architecture is named); the beams are sequentially shortened and alternate with vertical struts that bear the roof purlins and the main roof beam. The flexible proportions of ...
British ballet dancer and actor (b. March 13, 1940, Hackney, London, Eng.--d. Oct. 23, 1998, near Halifax, Yorkshire, Eng.), was a popular star of the Royal Ballet, and his strong ...
American film actor who epitomized the American ideal of masculinity and virility for three decades. An enormously popular star during his lifetime, Gable was dubbed the "King of Hollywood." [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "Decca Records") ...vocal groups (the Mills Brothers and the Ink Spots) and big bands (led by Lionel Hampton and Buddy Johnson)-worked in prewar idioms. Decca's black roster was supervised by Milt Gabler, ...
American textbook reviewer together with her husband, Mel Gabler (died 2004), exerted enormous influence in the selection of school textbooks, especially in her home state of Texas, where a single ...
pioneering Constructivist sculptor who used materials such as glass, plastic, and metal and created a sense of spatial movement in his work. [6 Related Articles]
country lying on the west coast of Africa, astride the Equator. A former French colony, Gabon retains strong ties to France and to the French language and culture. The capital ... [23 Related Articles]
country lying on the west coast of Africa, astride the Equator. A former French colony, Gabon retains strong ties to France and to the French language and culture. The capital ... [3 Related Articles]
(from the article "Gabon") ...of a 25% increase in the price of foodstuffs and fuel. In an attempt to control surging inflation, price ceilings on basic commodities were put in place in September for ...
inlet of the Gulf of Guinea, in western Gabon. It is fed by the Como and Mbei rivers, which rise in the Cristal Mountains to the northeast. The estuary is ...
(from the article "eschatology") Several of these societies hold messianic beliefs structured around the myth of the return of the original god or man. The Gabonese of equatorial Africa believe that Kmvum (the original ...
(from the article "Gabon") Pres. Omar Bongo's Democratic Party (PDG) entered 2007 with an overwhelming majority in the parliament, having won 80 of the 120 seats in the Dec. 17, 2006, Gabonese legislative elections. ...
(from the article "Gabon") On March 18 members of the opposition Union of the Gabonese People (UPG) fought with the police during a demonstration over the rising cost of living. Several days later security ...
extremely venomous but usually docile ground-dwelling snake found in tropical forests of central and western Africa. It is the heaviest venomous snake in Africa, weighing 8 kg (18 pounds), and ... [1 Related Articles]
Hungarian-born electrical engineer who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1971 for his invention of holography, a system of lensless, three-dimensional photography that has many applications. [2 Related Articles]
U.S. actress (b. Feb. 11, 1921, Budapest, Hung.--d. July 4, 1995, Los Angeles, Calif.), was the youngest (behind Magda and Zsa Zsa) of the glamorous Gabor sisters and together with ...
town, capital of Botswana. The seat of government was transferred there from Mafeking (now spelled Mafikeng), South Africa, in 1965, one year before Botswana became independent of Britain. Gaborone is ... [5 Related Articles]
American fighter pilot (b. Jan. 28, 1919, Oil City, Pa.-d. Jan. 31, 2002, Huntington, N.Y.), shot down more than three dozen enemy planes as an ace fighter pilot in both ...
(from the article "Buyid Dynasty") Buyid pottery, usually called Gabri ware, is a red-bodied earthenware covered with a white slip (liquified clay washed over the body before firing). Designs were executed by scratching through the ...
in the Bible and the Qur'an, one of the archangels. Gabriel was the heavenly messenger sent to Daniel to explain the vision of the ram and the he-goat and to ... [4 Related Articles]
American bondsman who planned the first major slave rebellion in U.S. history (Aug. 30, 1800). His abortive revolt greatly increased the whites' fear of the slave population throughout the South. [3 Related Articles]
(from the article "rocket and missile system") ...a range of about 17 miles and supplemented its active radar guidance with passive infrared homing. The Penguin was exported widely for fighter-bomber, attack boat, and helicopter use. The Israeli ...
(from the article "amine") ...hydrogen atoms on the reacting site). To avoid the problem of multiple alkylation, methods have been devised for "blocking" substitution so that only one alkyl group is introduced. The Gabriel ...
French architect who built or enlarged many chateaus and palaces during the reign of Louis XV. He was one of the most important and productive French architects of the 18th ... [5 Related Articles]
former lead singer of the progressive rock band Genesis and solo artist known for the intelligence and depth of his lyrics and for his commitment to various political causes. [4 Related Articles]
Italian Renaissance composer and organist, known for his madrigals and his large-scale choral and instrumental music for public ceremonies. His finest work was composed for the acoustic resources of the ... [6 Related Articles]
Italian Renaissance composer, organist, and teacher, celebrated for his sacred music, including massive choral and instrumental motets for the liturgy. [8 Related Articles]
any of two, or possibly three, dialectally and culturally related North American Indian groups who spoke a language of Uto-Aztecan stock and lived in the lowlands, along the seacoast, and ... [1 Related Articles]
town, north-central Bulgaria. It is situated on both banks of the Yantra River, at the foot of the Shipka Pass in the Balkan Mountains. A major industrial centre, Gabrovo has ...
region located in northeastern Guinea-Bissau. The Corubal River flows east-west through the southern half of Gabu, while the Colufe River flows east-west through the centre and empties into the Geba ...
town located in eastern Guinea-Bissau. Gabu is situated along the Colufe River, a tributary of the Geba River, and is an agricultural marketing centre. Peanuts (groundnuts), mostly grown by the ...
(from the article "Guinea-Bissau") The coastal area is demarcated by a dense network of drowned valleys, called rias. The Bafata Plateau is drained by the Geba and Corubal rivers. The Gabu Plain occupies the ...
(from the article "Gabu") ...Colufe River flows east-west through the centre and empties into the Geba River. The Geba River in turn forms the northwestern border with the neighbouring region of Bafata. The Gabu ...
(from the article "Rwanda") The 1994 genocide still preoccupied the nation. In March local courts called gacaca began the process of identifying the victims and perpetrators of massacres. This process reached deep into sociopolitical ...
among the image-worshipping Shvetambara sect of the Indian religion Jainism, a group of monks and their lay followers who claim descent from eminent monastic teachers. Although some 84 separate gacchas ... [1 Related Articles]
American serial killer whose murders of 33 boys and young men in the 1970s received international media attention and shocked his suburban Chicago community, where he was known for his ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "prophecy") In reconstructing the history of Israelite prophecy, the prophets Samuel, Gad, Nathan, and Elijah (11th to 9th centuries BC) have been viewed as representing a transitional stage from the so-called ...
one of the 12 tribes of Israel that in biblical times composed the people of Israel who later became the Jewish people. The tribe was named after the elder of ... [1 Related Articles]
Egyptian religious leader who, as grand sheikh of al-Azhar, the Muslim world's highest religious body, issued rulings based on strict Islamic orthodoxy, including support for female circumcision and harsh punishment ...
(from the article "eastern Africa") ...the large units, kinship is only an ancillary principle of association, supplementing more important ties based on shared membership of a generation class, or age-set. According to the so-called gada ...
(from the article "Indian philosophy") ...of this school were Paksadhara Misra of Mithila, Vasudeva Sarvabhauma (16th century), his disciple Raghunatha Siromani (both of Bengal), and Gadadhara Bhattacaryya.
German philosopher whose system of philosophical hermeneutics, derived in part from concepts of Wilhelm Dilthey, Edmund Husserl, and Martin Heidegger, was influential in 20th-century philosophy, aesthetics, theology, and criticism. [2 Related Articles]
ancient city of Palestine, a member of the Decapolis, located just southeast of the Sea of Galilee in Jordan. Gadara first appeared in history when it fell to the Seleucid ...
(from the article "India") The first serious attempt at establishing a chronology for the Indus civilization relied on cross-dating with Mesopotamia. In this way, Cyril John Gadd cited the period of Sargon of Akkad ...
Italian essayist, short-story writer, and novelist outstanding particularly for his original and innovative style, which has been compared with that of James Joyce. [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "Igorot") ...Bontoc, southern Kalinga, Tinggian) nearly all live in populous villages, but one ethnic unit (the Ifugao) has small farmsteads of kinsmen dotted throughout the rice terraces. The second group (the ...
(from the article "Himalayas") ...the Outer Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir, the Indo-Europeans are called the Dogri dynasty. In the Vale of Kashmir the same group is represented by the Kashmiri people. The ...
son and pupil of Taddeo Gaddi, who was himself the major pupil of the Florentine master Giotto. Agnolo was an influential and prolific artist who was the last major Florentine ... [1 Related Articles]
pupil and most faithful follower of the Florentine master Giotto. A capable artist, although lacking his teacher's comprehensive aesthetic vision, he was, after Giotto's death, the leading Florentine painter for ... [1 Related Articles]
Danish composer who founded the Romantic nationalist school in Danish music. He studied violin and composition and became acquainted with Danish poetry and folk music. Both Mendelssohn and Schumann, who ...
Spanish dancer and choreographer (b. Nov. 14, 1936, Elda, Spain-d. July 20, 2004, Madrid, Spain), popularized flamenco and other Spanish dances with his elegant performances and powerful choreography. He was ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Rajasthan") ...peoples in the Alwar, Jaipur, Bharatpur, and Dholpur areas include the Minas (Mewatis); the Meos; the Banjaras, who are traveling tradesmen and artisans; and the Gadia Lohars, another itinerant tribe, ...
(from the article "paracanthopterygian") The Paracanthopterygii comprises six orders: Batrachoidiformes, or toadfishes, about 45 species; Gadiformes, or codfishes, about 800 species; Gobiesociformes, or clingfishes, about 100 species; Lophiiformes, or anglerfishes, about 210 species; Percopsiformes, ...
(from the article "gastropod") ...specialization.)Brackish water or marine limpets with (Siphonariidae) gill-like structures or with a lung (Gadinidae).Operculum present; shell conical; with pulmonary cavity; brackish water; burrow in sand; 1...
(from the article "Rom") ...refer to themselves by one generic name, Rom (meaning "man" or "husband"), and to all non-Roma by the term gadje (also spelled
(from the article "rare-earth element") In 1794, Johan Gadolin, a Finnish chemist, while investigating a rare Swedish mineral, discovered a new earth in impure form, which he believed to be a new element and to ...
(from the article "rare-earth element") ...a new element and to which he gave the name ytterbia, from Ytterby, the village where the ore was found. The name, however, was soon shortened to yttria. In 1803, ...
(Gd), chemical element, rare-earth metal of the lanthanoid series of the periodic table. Silvery white and moderately ductile, the metal reacts slowly with oxygen and water. Below 17° C it ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "Granada") The province contains the lead mines of the Sierra de Gador (the richest in the world during the 19th century), and the Marquesado de Zenete region is one of Spain's ...
city, seat (1866) of Etowah county, northeastern Alabama, U.S. It is situated on the Coosa River in the Appalachian foothills, 65 miles (105 km) northeast of Birmingham. The original farming ...
(Dec. 30, 1853), transaction that followed the conquest of much of northern Mexico by the United States in 1848. Known in Mexican history as the sale of the Mesilla Valley, ... [3 Related Articles]
(from the article "Elburz Mountains") ...or another of the slopes. Only two passes allow a relatively easy crossing in a single ascent-these are the Kandevan Pass, between the Karaj and the Chalus rivers, and the ...
(from the article "gusla") The word gusla sometimes refers also to the gadulka, a similar Bulgarian instrument with three or four strings. The Russian gusli, an unrelated instrument, is a psaltery.
