| | - Kepler, Johannes
- German astronomer who discovered three major laws of planetary motion, conventionally designated as follows: (1) the planets move in elliptical orbits with the Sun at one focus; (2) the time ... [25 Related Articles]
- Keplerian telescope
- instrument for viewing distant objects, the basis for the modern refractive telescope, named after the great German astronomer Johannes Kepler. Its eyepiece, or ocular, is a convex (positive, or convergent) ...
- Keppard, Freddie
- (from the article "jazz") ...matrix, particularly blues and ragtime, into a single new, distinct, coherent musical style. Others, such as soprano saxophonist Sidney Bechet, trombonist Kid Ory, and cornetists Bunk Johnson and Freddie Keppard-four ...
- Keppel Bay
- inlet of the Pacific Ocean, indenting eastern Queensland, Australia. It is about 30 miles (48 km) long and 12 miles (19 km) wide and is protected from the sea by ...
- Keppel Harbour
- (from the article "Singapore") Singapore's port area, one of the world's largest, covers 36 square miles (93 square km). The Port of Singapore Authority operates six gateways (Jurong port, Container Terminal, Keppel, Telok Ayer, ...
- Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, Baron Elden
- English admiral and politician whose career as a seagoing commander ended in a controversy of political origin during the American Revolution. [1 Related Articles]
- Keppler, Joseph
- Austria-born American caricaturist and founder of Puck, the first successful humorous weekly in the United States. [1 Related Articles]
- Ker
- in ancient Greek religion, a destructive spirit. Popular belief attributed death and illness to the action of impersonal powers, often spoken of in the plural (Keres). The word was also ...
- Ker v. California
- (from the article "Brennan, William") ...States (1957), in which Brennan gave the court's opinion, establishing a defendant's right to examine the reports of government witnesses. In his dissents in KerCalifornia and LopezUnited States (both 1963), ...
- Ker, W. P.
- (from the article "romance") As W.P. Ker, a pioneer in the study of medieval epic and romance, observed in his Epic and Romance (1897), the advent of romance is "something as momentous and as ...
- Kerala
- state of India. It has an area of 15,005 square miles (38,863 square kilometres), only about 1 percent of the total area of the country. The state stretches for 360 ... [3 Related Articles]
- Kerala Plains
- narrow strip of coastland, southwestern India, fronting the Arabian Sea to the west and constituting almost all of Kerala state and most of the Malabar Coast (q.v.). With an area ...
- Keralaputra
- (from the article "Kerala") ...rock inscription left by the Mauryan emperor Asoka. In the last centuries BC this region became famous among the Greeks and Romans for its spices (especially pepper). During the first ...
- Keran Forest Reserve
- (from the article "Principal national parks of the world") ...regions. A few lions, leopards, and elephants can be seen in the north. Monkeys, snakes, and lizards are numerous in many areas, and crocodiles and hippopotamuses abound in the rivers. ...
- Kerang
- town, northern Victoria, Australia, on the Loddon River. Its name derives from an Aboriginal term with several possible meanings, including "cockatoo," "parasite," "moon," "edible root vegetable," or "leaves of a ...
- keratin
- fibrous structural protein of hair, nails, horn, hoofs, wool, feathers, and of the epithelial cells in the outermost layers of the skin. The polypeptide chains of keratin are arranged in ... [12 Related Articles]
- keratinocyte
- (from the article "stem cell") The epidermis of the skin contains layers of cells called keratinocytes. Only the basal layer, next to the dermis, contains cells that divide. A number of these cells are stem ...
- keratitis
- inflammation of the cornea, the transparent domelike portion of the eyeball in front of the iris and pupil. There are several varieties of keratitis, which can be caused by either ...
- keratoconjunctivitis
- (from the article "adenovirus") ...membrane infections of the upper respiratory tract, the eyes, and frequently the regional lymph nodes, bearing considerable resemblance to the common cold. Adenoviruses can also cause epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC) and ...
- keratoconjunctivitis sicca
- (from the article "connective tissue disease") Sjogren syndrome, or sicca syndrome, is an autoimmune disorder characterized by dryness of the eyes (keratoconjunctivitis sicca); dryness of the mouth (xerostomia), often coupled with enlargement of the salivary glands; ...
- keratoconus
- (from the article "eye disease") There are numerous types of corneal degeneration, many of which are rare and some of which are familial. The most common type is keratoconus, a curious condition in which the ...
- keratomileusis
- (from the article "LASIK") ...commonly used to correct nearsightedness (myopia), farsightedness (hyperopia), and astigmatism. LASIK eye surgery was developed in the early 1990s, when ophthalmologists combined the technique of keratomileusis, in which the cornea ...
- keratosis
- any protuberance on the skin resulting from the overdevelopment of the horny outermost covering of the skin, or epidermis, the main constituent of which is the protein keratin, which is ... [1 Related Articles]
- keratosis pilaris
- (from the article "keratosis") 2. Keratosis pilaris, also called ichthyosis follicularis, lichen pilaris, or follicular xeroderma, is a condition in which abnormal keratinization is limited to the hair follicles, manifesting itself as discrete, tiny ...
- keratosulfate
- (from the article "joint") ...rather than of fat. Sulfur passes from the blood to the synovial fluid and from there to the chondrocytes. From these it is transferred to the matrix to help to ...
- Kerbabayev, Berdi
- (from the article "Turkmenistan") ...Turkmen communists destroyed this small core of outstanding intellectual leaders, including Qulmuhammed-oghli. After that, Soviet-educated intellectuals dominated cultural life. Among these figures, Berdi Kerbabayev attained some renown for his novel ...
- Kerbogha of Mosul
- (from the article "Crusades") ...later from the patriarch of Jerusalem, then in Cyprus, the siege proved long and difficult, and many died of starvation or disease. Spring brought the threat of counterattack by a ...
- Kerbtal
- (from the article "valley") ...is that used by the German climatic geomorphologists Herbert Louis and Julius Budel. In areas of rapid uplift and intense fluvial action such as tropical mountains, Kerbtal ...
- Kerch
- city and seaport, Crimea republic, southern Ukraine, on the western shore of the Strait of Kerch at the head of a small bay. Founded in the 6th century BC by ... [2 Related Articles]
- Kerch Strait
- (from the article "Azov, Sea of") inland sea situated off the southern shores of Ukraine and Russia. It forms a northern extension of the Black Sea, to which it is linked on the south by the ...
- Kerckhoff, Alan C.
- (from the article "collective behaviour") ...case is that of a clothing factory that had to be closed down and fumigated because of reports of toxic insect bites-reports that could not subsequently be substantiated. The U.S. ...
- Kereit
- (from the article "Genghis Khan") ...had stolen his own wife, Hoelun, from one of their men, and in their turn they ravished Temujin's wife Borte. Temujin felt able to appeal to Toghril, khan of the ...
- Kerek language
- (from the article "Paleo-Siberian languages") ...but probably related Itelmen (or Kamchadal), with a bare remnant of 500 speakers on the central west coast of Kamchatka, (4) Aliutor, perhaps a Koryak dialect, with about 2,000 speakers, ...
- Kerekou, Mathieu
- (from the article "Benin") Area: 112,622 sq km (43,484 sq mi) | Population (2006 est.): 7,687,000 | Capital: Porto-Novo (executive and ministerial offices remain in Cotonou) | Head of state and government: Presidents Mathieu ...
- Kerema
- minor port on the Gulf of Papua, south-central Papua New Guinea, southwestern Pacific Ocean. Located on Kerema Bay, the town occupies hilly savanna land between the deltas of the Vailala ...
- keremet
- (from the article "lud") Similar sacrificial groves existed among most of the Finno-Ugrian peoples. In the keremet of the Mordvins, sacrifices were made both upward to the sun or downward to the night. In ...
- Kerensky, Aleksandr Fyodorovich
- moderate socialist revolutionary who served as head of the Russian provisional government from July to October 1917 (Old Style). [13 Related Articles]
- Kerenyi, Karoly
- Hungarian classical philologist and authority in comparative religions, who pioneered research in ancient cultures and formulated a theory of the "Humanism of integral man."
- Keres, Paul
- Estonian chess grandmaster, three times chess champion of the U.S.S.R., three times European champion, and a member of the winning Soviet team at seven world Chess Olympiads.
- Keresan language
- (from the article "Pueblo Indians") ...are customarily described as belonging to either the eastern or the western division. The eastern Pueblo villages are in New Mexico along the Rio Grande and comprise groups who speak ...
- Keret Epic
- (from the article "epic") The third fragment, the Ugaritic epic of Keret, has been interpreted as a Phoenician version of the Indo-European theme of the siege of an enemy city for the recovery of ...
- Kerewe
- (from the article "art, African") The Kerewe of Ukerewe Island in Lake Victoria carved large wooden figures, about 3 feet (90 cm) high, which appear to have been effigies of deceased chiefs. Other examples of ...
- Kergomard, Pauline
- (from the article "maternal school") ...influence of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Emile. The central government took over most of them in 1833 and named them maternal schools, hoping that the care would be like that of a ...
- Kerguelen cabbage
- (species Pringlea antiscorbutica), plant resembling the common cabbage and belonging to the same family (Brassicaceae). It was named for Kerguelen Island. The leaves of the plant contain a pale-yellow, highly ...
- Kerguelen Island
- (from the article "Kerguelen Islands") ...southern Indian Ocean. Administratively a part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises), it consists of the island of Kerguelen (also known as Desolation Island) ...
- Kerguelen Islands
- archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean. Administratively a part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises), it consists of the island of Kerguelen (also known ...
- Kerguelen Plateau
- (from the article "Antarctica") ...time and that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet did not form until about 10 million to 5 million years ago, which is much later than inferred from evidence on the ...
- Kerguelen-Tremarec, Yves-Joseph de
- (from the article "Kerguelen Islands") Discovered in 1772 by the French navigator Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Tremarec and later explored by the British explorer Captain James Cook, the archipelago was often frequented by whalers and seal hunters. ...
- Kerik, Bernard
- (from the article "Guyana") After being slapped with tax-evasion and illegal-wiretapping charges in the U.S., former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik decided in April not to continue serving his contract as security ...
- Kerimov, Kerim Aliyevich
- Soviet rocket scientist (b. Nov. 14/17, 1917, Baku, Azerbaijan, Russian Empire-d. March 29, 2003, Moscow, Russia), was for many years a central figure in the Soviet space program, though his ...
- Keriya River
- (from the article "Takla Makan Desert") The general slope of the plain is from south to north, and the rivers running off from the Kunlun Mountains flow in that direction. The Hotan and Keriya river valleys ...
- Keriya, Mount
- (from the article "Kunlun Mountains") The highest crest of the main range of the western Kunlun Mountains is Mount Keriya, at an elevation of 23,359 feet (7,120 metres). Several peaks exceeding 20,000 feet (6,000 metres) ...
- Kerkira
- (from the article "Corfu") Modern Kerkira, the chief city, port, and capital of the nomos, lies on a peninsula on the east coast. The twin-peaked old citadel, with fortifications built by the Venetians (1550), ...
- Kerkorian, Kirk
- (from the article "Business Overview") ...buyout offers to 131,000 employees (47,600 were accepted) helped stabilize GM, and the company posted its first profitable quarter in two years. In June the company's largest single shareholder, Kirk ...
- Kerkrade
- gemeente (municipality), southeastern Netherlands, east of Maastricht on the German border. One of Europe's oldest coal-mining towns, Kerkrade served as an important coal-mining centre from 1113 until the early 1970s, ...
- Kerler, Josef
- (from the article "Literature") ...Torrent of Blood"). A special issue of the journal Yerusholaymer almanakh was dedicated to one of the most respected contemporary Yiddish poets, the survivor of Stalinist persecution Josef Kerler (1918-2000).
- Kerll, Johann Caspar von
- organist and leading master of the middle-Baroque generation of south-German Catholic composers.
- Kermadec Islands
- volcanic island group in the South Pacific Ocean, 600 mi (1,000 km) northeast of Auckland, New Zealand; they are a dependency of New Zealand. They include Raoul (Sunday), Macauley, and ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kermadec Trench
- submarine trench in the floor of the South Pacific Ocean, about 750 mi (1,200 km) in length, forming the eastern boundary of the Kermadec Ridge. The two together comprise the ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kerman
- (from the article "Kerman") Kerman province is bounded by the provinces of Fars on the west, Yazd on the north, Khorasan on the northeast, Sistan va Baluchestan on the east, and Hormozgan on the ...
- Kerman
- city, provincial capital, and ostan (province), southeastern Iran. The city lies on a sandy plain, 5,738 feet (1,749 metres) above sea level, under barren, rocky hills. Surrounded by mountains on ... [3 Related Articles]
- Kerman carpet
- floor covering handwoven in or about the city of Kerman in southern Iran, which has been the origin since the 16th century of highly sophisticated carpets in well-organized designs. To ... [3 Related Articles]
- Kermanshah
- city, western Iran. The city lies in the fertile valley of the Qareh Su River and is situated on the ancient caravan route between the Mediterranean Sea and Central Asia. ...
- kermes
- a species of scale insect in the family Kermesidae (order Homoptera), the common name of which also represents the red dye that is obtained from the dried bodies of these ... [1 Related Articles]
- kermes oak
- (from the article "oak") ...the Aleppo oak (Q. infectoria) are a source of Aleppo tannin, used in ink manufacture; commercial cork is obtained from the bark of the cork oak (Q. suber), and the ...
- Kern River
- (from the article "Bakersfield") ...Fe Railway was linked to Bakersfield in 1898. San Francisco capitalists, acquiring large-scale landholdings in the area, helped develop an extensive irrigation system to distribute the waters of the Kern ...
- Kern, Hendrik
- (from the article "Austronesian languages") ...in terms of traditional Latin grammar. Despite his many achievements, however, van der Tuuk's work included only languages in Indonesia and the Philippines. In the 1880s the Dutch Sanskrit scholar ...
- Kern, Jerome
- one of the major U.S. composers of musical comedy, whose Show Boat (with libretto by Oscar Hammerstein II) inaugurated the serious musical play in U.S. theatre. [5 Related Articles]
- Kern, Johann Conrad
- longtime Swiss minister to France and one of the authors of the Swiss federal constitution of 1848.
- Kern, Leonard
- (from the article "Western sculpture") ...the Mannerist style, whereas Georg Petel, who came under the influence of Rubens, is almost the only sculptor to reveal the impact of the Baroque. Petel's importance lies mainly in ...
- Kernaghan, Lee
- On Jan. 25, 2008, Australian country music star Lee Kernaghan was named Australian of the Year by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Kernaghan was honoured for his contributions to Australian music ...
- kernel
- in mathematics, known function that appears in the integrand of an integral equation. Thus, in the equation [1 Related Articles]
- kernel
- (from the article "Computers and Information Systems") ...McAfee complained that in a significant change from earlier versions of Windows, Vista was designed to prevent competitors' software from communicating with the central part of the OS, called the ...
- kernel sentence
- (from the article "linguistics") Harris distinguished within the total set of grammatical sentences in a particular language (for example, English) two complementary subsets: kernel sentences (the set of kernel sentences being described as the ...
- kernel tune
- (from the article "Central Asian arts") ...instrumental polyphony set them off. Noteworthy here is the versatile polyphonic style of the three-stringed Kyrgyz komuz lute, based on extensive development of short melodies called kernel tunes. In the ...
- Kerner, Justinus Andreas Christian
- German poet and spiritualist writer. He and the poet Ludwig Uhland founded the so-called Swabian group of late Romantic poets.
- kernicterus
- severe brain damage caused by an abnormal concentration of the bile pigment bilirubin in brain tissues at or shortly after birth. Kernicterus may occur because of Rh blood-group incompatibility between ... [4 Related Articles]
- kernite
- borate mineral, hydrated sodium borate (Na2B4O7·4H2O), that was formerly the chief source of borax (q.v.). It forms very large crystals, often 60 to 90 centimetres (2 to 3 feet) thick; ... [2 Related Articles]
- Kernot, Cheryl
- As one of the foremost Australian role models for young women, Cheryl Kernot--senator from Queensland and leader of the Australian Democrats (AD)--highlighted the contribution made by women climbing the ladder ...
- kerogen
- complex mixture of compounds with large molecules containing mainly hydrogen and carbon but also oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur. It is the organic component of oil shales, hence their alternative names ... [4 Related Articles]
- kerosene
- flammable pale yellow or colourless oily liquid with a not-unpleasant characteristic odour. It is obtained from petroleum and used for burning in lamps and domestic heaters or furnaces, as a ... [4 Related Articles]
- kerosene lamp
- vessel containing kerosene with a wick for burning to provide light. Such lamps were widely used from the 1860s, when kerosene first became plentiful, until the development of electric lighting. ...
- Kerouac, Jack
- American novelist, poet, and leader of the Beat movement whose most famous book, On the Road (1957), had broad cultural influence before it was recognized for its literary merits. [3 Related Articles]
- Kerouane
- town, southeastern Guinea, West Africa, on the road from Beyla to Kankan. It is the chief trading town (rice, millet, cattle) for savanna lands inhabited mainly by the Muslim Malinke ...
- Kerr cell
- (from the article "Kerr electro-optic effect") The Kerr cell, also referred to as a Kerr electro-optical shutter, is a device employing the Kerr effect to interrupt a beam of light up to 1010 times per second. ...
- Kerr Dam
- (from the article "Flathead Lake") ...(whose reservation adjoins the lake on the south), it was formed by glacial damming of the Flathead River, which enters the lake below Kalispell. Power and irrigation facilities are supplied ...
- Kerr electro-optic effect
- in physics, the inducement of double refraction of light in a transparent substance when a strong electric field is applied in a direction transverse to the beam of light. In ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kerr, Clark
- American educator (b. May 17, 1911, Stony Creek, Pa.-d. Dec. 1, 2003, El Cerrito, Calif.), was chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, from 1952 to 1958 and then served ...
- Kerr, Clark
- (from the article "social change") ...it is not the only one. Indeed, materialist theories have even been developed in opposition to Marxism. One of these theories, the "logic of industrialization" thesis by American scholar Clark ...
- Kerr, Cristie
- (from the article "Golf") ...in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Suzann Pettersen, joint runner-up there, became Norway's first major champion only two months later in the LPGA championship at Bulle Rock, Havre de Grace, Md. When ...
- Kerr, Deborah
- British motion-picture and theatre actress known for the poise and serenity she exhibited in portraying complex characters. Kerr is one of the great British actresses to have made a significant ... [2 Related Articles]
- Kerr, Jean
- American writer, remembered for her plays and for her humorous prose on domestic themes. [1 Related Articles]
- Kerr, Roy P
- New Zealander mathematician who solved (1963) Einstein's field equations of general relativity to describe rotating black holes, thus providing a major contribution to the field of astrophysics.
- Kerr, Sir John
- (from the article "Australia") ...deferred approval of revenue supply, the intent being to force Whitlam to call an election. The complex constitutional issue that thus arose required the adjudication of the governor-general, Sir John ...
- Kerr, Sir John Graham
- English embryologist and pioneer in naval camouflage who greatly advanced knowledge of the evolution of vertebrates and, in 1914, was among the first to advocate camouflage of ships by means ...
- Kerr, Walter Francis
- U.S. drama critic and playwright (b. July 8, 1913, Evanston, Ill.--d. Oct. 9, 1996, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.), served for more than 30 years as one of the most influential theatre ...
- Kerr-McGee
- (from the article "Bahamas, The") American independent oil and gas producer Kerr-McGee was reportedly encouraged to continue evaluating The Bahamas offshore region as an exploration location for hydrocarbons. Though the country currently had no domestic ...
- Kerrier
- district, administrative and historic county of Cornwall, southwestern England, near the western tip of England and including the southernmost point of the island of Great Britain. Kerrier district spans the ...
- Kerrigan, Nancy
- (from the article "Olympic Games") ...and Sergey Grinkov. Among these past champions, however, only Gordeeva and Grinkov managed to earn a gold medal at Lillehammer. In the women's competition the major story centred on Americans ...
- Kerry
- county in the province of Munster, southwestern Ireland. Kerry is bounded by Counties Limerick and Cork to the east and by the Atlantic Ocean or its inlets to the south, ...
- Kerry blue terrier
- versatile breed of working terrier that is used as a hunter, land and water retriever, and sheep and cattle herder. The Kerry blue originated in County Kerry, Ireland, where it ...
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