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- American animator (b. March 4, 1914, Minneapolis, Minn.-d. July 8, 2002, Arcadia, Calif.), was among the "Nine Old Men" who made Walt Disney Studios the leader of film cartoons by ...
- Kimbangu, Simon
- Congolese religious leader who founded a separatist church known as the Kimbanguist church. [2 Related Articles]
- Kimbanguist Church
- ("Church of Jesus Christ on Earth Through the Prophet Simon Kimbangu"), largest independent African church and the first to be admitted (in 1969) to the World Council of Churches. It ... [3 Related Articles]
- Kimbe
- port on the north-central coast of New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea, southwestern Pacific Ocean. Located in an area of cones, domes, and alluvial fans of volcanic origin, the town ...
- Kimbell Art Museum
- collection of world art in a classic modern building, in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S., founded by Kay Kimbell, an industrialist and art patron. Kimbell and his wife established the Kimbell ...
- Kimberley
- city, southeastern British Columbia, Canada. It is situated near St. Mary River, just northwest of Cranbrook. Built on the rolling slopes of the Sullivan and North Star hills, Kimberley is ...
- Kimberley
- plateau region of northern Western Australia, extending from the rugged northwest Indian Ocean coast south to the Fitzroy River and east to the Ord River. With an area of about ... [3 Related Articles]
- Kimberley
- city, diamond-mining centre, and capital of Northern Cape province, South Africa. It lies near the Free State province border. Founded after the discovery of diamonds on farms in the area ... [4 Related Articles]
- Kimberley Process Certification Scheme
- (from the article "Congo, Republic of the") ...all responsibility on the grounds that the diamonds were being illegally imported from neighbouring countries and then smuggled out to Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates. On July 9 the ...
- Kimberley-Elsburg Series
- (from the article "Witwatersrand System") ...division: the lowermost Hospital Hill Series, the Government Reef Series, and the Jeppestown Series, respectively. The upper division is divided into the lower Main-Bird Series, followed by the Kimberley-Elsburg Series. ...
- kimberlite
- a dark-coloured, heavy, often altered and brecciated (fragmented), intrusive igneous rock that contains the only diamonds known to occur in the rock matrix where they originally formed. It has a ... [5 Related Articles]
- Kimble, Gregory Adams
- (from the article "learning theory") Recognizing this danger (and the corollary that no definition of learning is likely to be totally satisfactory) a definition proposed in 1961 by G.A. Kimble may be considered representative: Learning ...
- Kimbrough, David
- American blues musician who performed in Mississippi juke joints and at parties for over 30 years before attracting national attention when the 1992 documentary Deep Blues featured his music; he ...
- Kimbu
- (from the article "eastern Africa, history of") ...under his son Mkwawa, a powerful state was built up; then among the Nyamwezi, where between 1870 and 1884 the warrior chief Mirambo established a powerful personal rulership; and also ...
- Kimbundu language
- (from the article "Angola") ...emerged in the region, and in 18th-century Luanda, Kimbundu (the language of the Mbundu) predominated as the language of the elite; even Portuguese of considerable stature who resided locally spoke ...
- Kimch'aek
- city, eastern North Korea. It is on the estuary of the Namdae River, along the Sea of Japan. Protected by promontories, it has a good natural harbour and is a ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kimch'on
- city, Kyongsang-puk do (province), south-central South Korea. It lies 43 miles (69 km) northwest of Taegu. During the Yi dynasty (1392-1910) the city was one of the most important market ...
- kimchi
- spicy, fermented pickle that invariably accompanies a Korean meal. The vegetables most commonly used in its preparation are celery cabbage, Chinese turnip, and cucumber. The prepared vegetables are sliced, highly ...
- Kimhi, David
- European scholar of the Hebrew language whose writings on Hebrew lexicography and grammar became standard works in the Middle Ages and whose reputation eclipsed that of both his father, Joseph ... [2 Related Articles]
- Kimhi, Joseph
- European grammarian, biblical exegete, and poet who, with his sons, Moses and David, made fundamental contributions to establishing Hebrew-language studies. [1 Related Articles]
- Kimhi, Moses
- European author of an influential Hebrew grammar, Mahalakh shevile ha-da'at ("Journey on the Paths of Knowledge").
- kimkhwab
- Indian brocade woven of silk and gold or silver thread. The word kimkhwab, derived from the Persian, means "a little dream," a reference perhaps to the intricate patterns employed; kimkhwab ...
- Kimmeridgian Stage
- middle of the three divisions of the Upper Jurassic Series, representing all rocks formed worldwide during the Kimmeridgian Age, which occurred between 155.7 million and 150.8 million years ago during ...
- kimono
- garment worn by Japanese men and women from the Early Nara period (645-724) to the present. Derived from the Chinese p'ao-style robe, the essential kimono is an ankle-length gown with ... [4 Related Articles]
- Kimry
- city and centre of a rayon (sector), Tver oblast (province), western Russia. The old part of the city, situated on the high left (west) bank of the Volga River, is ...
- Kimvita
- (from the article "Swahili language") ...are about 15 main Swahili dialects, as well as several pidgin forms in use. The three most important dialects are kiUnguja (or Kiunguja), spoken on Zanzibar and in the mainland ...
- kin altruism
- (from the article "ethics") In short, kin altruism and reciprocity do exist, at least in some nonhuman animals living in groups. Could these forms of behaviour be the basis of human ethics? There are ...
- Kinabalu, Mount
- highest peak in the Malay Archipelago, rising to 13,455 feet (4,101 m) in north-western East Malaysia (North Borneo). Lying near the centre of the Crocker Range, the massif gently emerges ... [2 Related Articles]
- Kinabatangan River
- longest river in northeastern East Malaysia (North Borneo). It rises in the eastern Witti Range, where it begins its 350-mile (563-kilometre) northeasterly course. Traversing for the most part a broad, ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kinai
- (from the article "Japan") ...road or a convenient sea route were grouped into a do, the term signifying both the route and the region. The core region of the country was ...
- Kinanah
- (from the article "Kindah") After al-Harith's death the kingdom split up into four tribes-Asad, Taghlib, Qays, and Kinanah-each led by a Kindah prince. The tribes feuded constantly, and, after about the middle of the ...
- kinase
- (from the article "post-traumatic stress disorder") About 12.5 percent of people with PTSD have increased levels of a kinase (a type of regulatory enzyme) called CDK5 (cyclin-dependent kinase 5). Normally, CDK5 works with other proteins in ...
- Kincaid, Jamaica
- Caribbean American writer whose essays, stories, and novels are evocative portrayals of family relationships and her native Antigua. [1 Related Articles]
- Kincardineshire
- historic county in northeastern Scotland, along the North Sea coast south of Aberdeen. It is part of the Aberdeenshire council area. Kincardine is the southernmost of the historic counties of ...
- Kinchu Narabi ni Kuge Shohatto
- (from the article "Japan") ...captured Osaka Castle, destroying Hideyori and the Toyotomi family. Immediately afterward, the Laws for the Military Houses (Buke Shohatto) and the Laws for the Imperial and Court Officials (Kinchu Narabi ...
- Kinck, Hans E.
- prolific Norwegian novelist, short-story writer, dramatist, essayist, and Neoromanticist whose works reflect his preoccupation with the past and his lifelong interest in national psychology and creative genius.
- Kincsem
- (foaled 1874), European racehorse whose total of 54 victories (1876-79) without defeat was into the 1980s the best unbeaten record in the history of flat (Thoroughbred) racing. A mare sired ...
- Kind and Knox Gelatine Company
- (from the article "Knox, Rose Markward") In 1916 Knox bought a half interest in the Kind and Landesmann firm of Camden, New Jersey, from which the Knox firm had been buying gelatin, and in 1930 she ...
- Kindah
- ancient Arabian tribe that was especially prominent during the late 5th and 6th centuries AD, when it made one of the first attempts in central Arabia to unite various tribes ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kindal Savara
- (from the article "Savara") ...however. The Savara of the hill country are divided into subtribes mainly on the basis of occupation: the Jati Savara are cultivators; the Arsi, weavers of cloth; the Muli, workers ...
- kinde
- (from the article "African music") ...is incorporated. Examples are the ennanga (Uganda; see photograph), ardin (Mauritania), kinde (Lake Chad region), and ngombi (Gabon).
- kindergarten
- educational division, a supplement to elementary school intended to accommodate children between the ages of four and six years. Originating in the early 19th century, the kindergarten was an outgrowth ... [15 Related Articles]
- Kinderhookian Series
- (from the article "Carboniferous Period") ...for the Mississippian Subsystem lies in the central Mississippi Valley of the United States. Most of the formations representing the type sequence are found in Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois. The ...
- Kindi, Ya'qub ibn Ishaq as-Sabah, al-
- the first outstanding Islamic philosopher, known as "the philosopher of the Arabs." [8 Related Articles]
- Kindia
- town, western Guinea. It lies on the Conakry-Kankan Railway and at the intersection of roads from Conakry, Mamou, Telimele, and Makeni (Sierra Leone). Founded in 1904 as a collecting point ...
- Kindleberger, Charles Poor, II
- American economist and teacher (b. Oct. 12, 1910, New York, N.Y.-d. July 7, 2003, Cambridge, Mass.), helped create the Marshall Plan, the U.S. program that provided aid to post-World War ...
- Kindu
- city, east-central Congo (Kinshasa). It lies along the Lualaba River 390 miles (630 km) above (to the south of) Kisangani. Its location at the head of navigation on the Congo ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kinemacolor
- (from the article "motion picture, history of the") ...(Grandma's Reading Glass, 1900; The Big Swallow, 1901). Smith subsequently developed the first commercially successful photographic colour process (Kinemacolor, c. 1906-08, with Charles Urban), ...
- kinematic relativity
- (from the article "Milne, Edward Arthur") English astrophysicist and cosmologist best known for his development of kinematic relativity.
- kinematic viscosity
- (from the article "viscosity") For some applications the kinematic viscosity is more useful than the absolute, or dynamic, viscosity. Kinematic viscosity is the absolute viscosity of a fluid divided by its mass density. (Mass ...
- kinematics
- branch of physics and a subdivision of classical mechanics concerned with the geometrically possible motion of a body or system of bodies without consideration of the forces involved (i.e., causes ... [11 Related Articles]
- kinescope
- (from the article "luminescence") ...of the primary excited molecules, and emitted secondary luminescence is therefore of longer wavelength than the primary. Practical application of this phenomenon, called cascading, is used in radar kinescopes, which ...
- Kineshma
- city, Ivanovo oblast (province), western Russia, on the Volga River. Founded in the 16th century, the city grew rapidly after the October Revolution in 1917 as a river port, handling ...
- kinesics
- (from the article "ritual") ...as nonverbal communication disclosing its own structure and semantics. Scholars have only recently turned to a systematic analysis of this important aspect of human behaviour; and progress in kinesics, the ...
- kinesis
- (from the article "stereotyped response") Reflex-like activities of entire organisms may be unoriented or oriented. Unoriented responses include kineses-undirected speeding or slowing of the rate of locomotion or frequency of change from rest to movement ...
- kinesthesis
- (from the article "sensory reception, human") Even with the eyes closed, one is aware of the positions of his legs and arms and can perceive the movement of a limb and its direction. The term kinesthesis ...
- kinetic apraxia
- (from the article "apraxia") the inability to carry out useful or skilled acts while motor power and mental capacity remain intact. Apraxia is usually caused by damage to specific areas of the cerebrum. Kinetic, ...
- kinetic energy
- form of energy that an object or a particle has by reason of its motion. If work, which transfers energy, is done on an object by applying a net force, ... [33 Related Articles]
- kinetic friction
- (from the article "friction") ...at a constant speed. The frictional force itself is directed oppositely to the motion of the object. Because the friction thus far described arises between surfaces in relative motion, it ...
- kinetic pump
- (from the article "pump") Kinetic pumps can be divided into two classes, centrifugal and regenerative. In kinetic pumps a velocity is imparted to the fluid. Most of this velocity head is then converted to ...
- kinetic sculpture
- sculpture in which movement (as of a motor-driven part or a changing electronic image) is a basic element. In the 20th century the use of actual movement, kineticism, became an ... [5 Related Articles]
- kinetic theory
- (from the article "industrial glass") The most prevalent models for glass formation are based not on structural criteria but on kinetic theories, which are based on the nucleation and crystal-growth factors outlined in the section ...
- kinetic theory of gases
- a theory based on a simplified molecular or particle description of a gas, from which many gross properties of the gas can be derived. [11 Related Articles]
- kinetic viscosity
- (from the article "fluid mechanics") ...shear viscosity occurs only in the combination (eta/rho). This combination occurs so frequently in arguments of fluid dynamics that it has been given a special name-kinetic viscosity. The kinetic viscosity ...
- kinetics
- branch of classical mechanics that concerns the effect of forces and torques on the motion of bodies having mass. Authors using the term kinetics apply the nearly synonymous name dynamics ... [3 Related Articles]
- kinetogenesis
- (from the article "Cope, Edward Drinker") Cope's theory of kinetogenesis, stating that the natural movements of animals aided in the alteration and development of moving parts, led him to openly support Lamarck's theory of evolution through ...
- Kinetograph
- (from the article "motion picture, history of the") ...regular motion of the film strip through the camera and a regularly perforated celluloid film strip to ensure precise synchronization between the film strip and the shutter. Dickson's camera, the ...
- Kinetophone
- (from the article "motion picture, history of the") ...itself: Edison had commissioned the Kinetograph to provide visual images for his phonograph, and Dickson had actually synchronized the two machines in a device briefly marketed in the 1890s as ...
- Kinetoscope
- forerunner of the motion-picture film projector, invented by Thomas A. Edison and William Dickson of the United States in 1891. In it, a strip of film was passed rapidly between ... [5 Related Articles]
- kinetosome
- (from the article "protist") ...pair. The nine outer pairs become triplets of microtubules below the surface of the cell; this structure, presumably anchoring the flagellum to the organism's body, is known as the basal ...
- kinety
- (from the article "protozoan") ...speeds. The structure of a cilium is identical to that of a flagellum, but the former is considerably shorter. Cilia are a type of flagellum arranged in closely aligned longitudinal ...
- king
- a supreme ruler, sovereign over a nation or a territory, of higher rank than any other secular ruler except an emperor, to whom a king may be subject. Kingship, a ... [38 Related Articles]
- king
- (from the article "chess") White's king begins the game on e1. Black's king is opposite at e8. Each king can move one square in any direction; e.g., White's king can move from e1 to ...
- King 'Abd al-'Aziz City for Science and Technology
- (from the article "Riyadh") Also located in Riyadh is the King 'Abd al-'Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), which carries out research designed to promote the enrichment of Saudi society through technological development. ...
- King Abdul Aziz International Airport
- (from the article "airport") ...buses are used), passengers are brought directly to the aircraft by a specialized transporter vehicle. Mobile lounges used at Dulles International Airport near Washington, D.C., and at Jiddah's King Abdul ...
- King Abdul Aziz University
- (from the article "Jiddah") ...of the country and the location of the Saudi ministry of foreign affairs and of the embassies and missions of foreign governments. Advanced education in economics and administration is offered ...
- King Caucus
- (from the article "presidency of the United States of America") While popular voting was transforming the electoral college system, there were also dramatic shifts in the method for nominating presidential candidates. There being no consensus on a successor to Washington ...
- King Charles spaniel
- (from the article "English toy spaniel") breed of dog known in Britain since Tudor times but that apparently originated in ancient Japan or China. It was favoured by Mary, Queen of Scots, King Charles II (after ...
- king cheetah
- (from the article "cheetah") ...from eastern Africa, A. jubatus soemmeringii from Nigeria to Somalia, A. jubatus hecki from northwestern Africa, and A. jubatus venaticus from Arabia to central India. The king cheetah, once thought ...
- king cobra
- (from the article "cobra") The world's largest venomous snake is the king cobra, or hamadryad (Ophiophagus hannah). Found predominantly in forests from India through Southeast Asia to the Philippines and Indonesia, it preys chiefly ...
- King Cole Trio
- (from the article "Cole, Nat King") ...was pastor. He formed his first jazz group, the Royal Dukes, five years later. In 1937, after touring with a black musical revue, he began playing in jazz clubs in ...
- King Cotton
- phrase frequently used by Southern politicians and authors prior to the American Civil War, indicating the economic and political importance of cotton production. After the invention of the cotton gin ... [1 Related Articles]
- King Country
- geographical region in North Island, New Zealand. Lying west of Lake Taupo and south of Hamilton, it embraces an area of 7,000 sq mi (18,000 sq km). It is bordered ... [1 Related Articles]
- king crab
- (Paralithodes camtschaticus), marine crustacean of the order Decapoda, class Malacostraca. This edible crab is found in the shallow waters off Japan, along the coast of Alaska, and in the Bering ... [2 Related Articles]
- King Crimson
- (from the article "art rock") ...term is sometimes used synonymously with progressive rock, but the latter is best used to describe "intellectual" album-oriented rock by such British bands as Genesis, King Crimson, ...
- King David Hotel
- (from the article "Irgun Zvai Leumi") On July 22, 1946, the Irgun blew up a wing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, killing 91 soldiers and civilians (British, Arab, and Jewish). On April 9, 1947, ...
- King Dome
- (from the article "building construction") ...barrel vaults supported at the four corners; the thickness of the shell varies from 20 centimetres (8 inches) at the supports to 11.3 centimetres (4.5 inches) at the centre. Another ...
- king eider
- (from the article "anseriform") ...down, much prized in colder regions. Among the unusual uses of waterfowl parts may be mentioned the conversion of swan tracheae into children's whistles in Lapland and the eating of ...
- King Fahd Causeway
- (from the article "Bahrain") ...forces that drove Iraqi forces out of Kuwait. Although more moderate than Saudi Arabia, Bahrain has generally followed that country's lead in most foreign policy decisions. The construction of the ...
- King Fahd Highway
- (from the article "Riyadh") ...Airport, which is located about 22 miles (35 km) north of the city and handles both domestic and international flights. There are thousands of miles of paved roads in Riyadh, ...
- King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
- (from the article "Dhahran") The town has petroleum-extraction and shipping facilities, a stabilizing plant, a modern international airport, and rail connections to Riyadh and Al-Dammam. The government-sponsored King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals ...
- King George IV Bridge
- (from the article "Edinburgh") In the 50 years following the building of the North Bridge, four other bridges were completed, enabling the city to expand where it pleased. Two of these, the South Bridge ...
- King George Sound
- one of the finest natural harbours of Western Australia's south coast. An inlet of the Indian Ocean, the sound, with a surface area of 35 square miles (91 square km), ...
- King George V Drydock
- (from the article "harbours and sea works") A classic example is the King George V Drydock at Southampton, Eng. Opened in 1933, it was 1,200 feet long and 135 feet wide and was capable of accommodating the ...
- King George's War
- (1744-48), American phase of the War of the Austrian Succession, third and inconclusive struggle between France and Great Britain for mastery of the North American continent. [2 Related Articles]
- king helmet
- (from the article "helmet shell") any marine snail of the family Cassidae (subclass Prosobranchia, class Gastropoda), characterized by a large, thick shell with a shieldlike inner lip. An example is the 18-centimetre (7-inch) king helmet ...
- King Island
- island in Bass Strait, 50 miles (80 km) off the northwestern coast of Tasmania, Australia. About 40 miles by 15 miles (64 km by 24 km), with an area of ... [2 Related Articles]
- King James Version
- English translation of the Bible published in 1611 under the auspices of James I of England. Of 54 scholars approved by James, 47 laboured in six groups at three locations ... [12 Related Articles]
- King John
- chronicle play in five acts by William Shakespeare, written perhaps in 1594-96 and published in the First Folio of 1623 from an authorial manuscript that may have been copied and ... [3 Related Articles]
- King Khalid International Airport
- (from the article "Riyadh") Riyadh is served by the King Khalid International Airport, which is located about 22 miles (35 km) north of the city and handles both domestic and international flights. There are ...
- King Khalid Military City
- city, northeastern Saudi Arabia. The city, under construction in the early 1980s, was being built by U.S. Army engineers after developing the nearby port of Ra's al-Mish'ab on the Persian ...
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