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- (from the article "plasma") The inverse of the dynamo effect, called the motor effect, may be used to accelerate plasma. By pulsing cusp-shaped magnetic fields in a plasma, for example, it is possible to ...
- motor end-plate
- (from the article "nervous system disease") Where fatigue and weakness are the symptoms, the underlying cause of disease may be a failure of motor nerve impulses to cross to the muscle end plate at the neuromuscular ...
- motor ganglion
- (from the article "nervous system, human") Motor ganglia are associated with neurons of the autonomic nervous system, the part of the nervous system that controls and regulates the internal organs. Many motor ganglia are located in ...
- motor generator
- an electric motor coupled to an electric generator to convert electric power from one from to another. The motor operates from the available electric power source, and the generator provides ...
- motor method
- (from the article "petroleum refining") ...for carrying out the knock engine test. Research octane is measured under mild conditions of temperature and engine speed (49° C [120° F] and 600 revolutions per minute, or RPM), ...
- motor neuron
- (from the article "insect") Each ganglion is made up of nerve-cell bodies that lie on the periphery and a mass of nerve fibres, the neuropile, that occupies the centre. There are two types of ...
- motor sailer
- (from the article "motorboat") ...An auxiliary sailboat is basically designed as a sailing craft but is powered with an internal-combustion engine for use in adverse weather conditions and for maneuvering in confined spaces. The ...
- motor sports
- (from the article "motorcycle racing") the recreational and competitive use of motorcycles, a sport practiced by both professionals and amateurs on roads, tracks, closed circuits, and natural terrain.automobile racingdrag ...
- motor tract
- (from the article "nervous system, human") ...the spinal cord: (1) the dorsal horns, composed of sensory neurons, (2) the lateral horns, well defined in thoracic segments and composed of visceral neurons, and (3) the ventral horns, ...
- motor vehicle
- (from the article "voltage regulator") ...acceptable limits. The voltage regulator is needed to keep voltages within the prescribed range that can be tolerated by the electrical equipment using that voltage. Such a device is widely ...
- motor vehicle insurance
- a contract by which the insurer assumes the risk of any loss the owner or operator of a car may incur through damage to property or persons as the result ... [2 Related Articles]
- motor-paced race
- in bicycle racing, a form of competition in which each bicycle racer competes behind a motorbike or motorcycle. (Originally, racers followed tandem bicycles or multicycles.) The bicycles used have small ... [1 Related Articles]
- motorboat
- a relatively small watercraft propelled by an internal-combustion or electric engine. Motorboats range in size from miniature craft designed to carry one person to seagoing vessels of 100 feet (30 ...
- MOTORBOATING
- The American Power Boat Association (APBA) offered another season of racing for all types of boats in 1993. The big Unlimited hydroplanes were again dominated by Chip Hanauer (see BIOGRAPHIES), ... [1 Related Articles]
- motorcycle
- any two-wheeled or, less commonly, three-wheeled motor vehicle, usually propelled by an internal-combustion engine. [3 Related Articles]
- motorcycle ice racing
- (from the article "motorcycle racing") ...from about 1950. This type of racing consists of a series of acceleration, or top speed, contests, each between two racers, on a straight, smooth-surfaced course that is one-quarter mile ...
- motorcycle racing
- the recreational and competitive use of motorcycles, a sport practiced by both professionals and amateurs on roads, tracks, closed circuits, and natural terrain. [1 Related Articles]
- motorcycle trial
- either of two forms of motorcycle competition based on point systems, as opposed to a race for a finish line. The first form includes time trials, which are cross-country events ... [1 Related Articles]
- motorite
- (from the article "Maxim, Hudson") ...bursting. This powder was then set off by a delayed-action detonating fuse, also Maxim's invention. Later, he perfected a new smokeless powder, called stabillite because of its high stability, and ...
- motorium
- (from the article "nervous system") ...complicated movements in addition to swimming (e.g., turning sharply, moving backward, spinning). The five cirri at the rear of the organism are connected to the anterior end in an area ...
- Motorized Detachments of the Citizens' Militia
- (from the article "Poland") ...civilian police services are under the authority of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Under the communist government, police services were undertaken by the Citizens' Militia-of which the Motorized Detachments of ...
- Motorola, Inc.
- American manufacturer of wireless communications, electronic systems, and semiconductors. Its headquarters are located in Schaumburg, Illinois. [1 Related Articles]
- Motown
- recording company founded by Berry Gordy, Jr., in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., in January 1959 that became one of the most successful black-owned businesses and one of the most influential independent ... [14 Related Articles]
- Motoyama Hikochi
- (from the article "publishing, history of") ...Tokyo Asahi, founded in 1888). They are associated with two of the fathers of modern Japanese newspaper publishing, Murayama Ryuhei (Asahi) and Motoyama Hikochi (
- Motsepe, Patrice Tlhopane
- The price of gold rose to historic highs in 2008, causing the value of many mining companies to rise with it. In South Africa the high share prices of African ...
- Mott, Charles Stewart
- American automotive industrialist and philanthropist.
- Mott, John R.
- American Methodist layman and evangelist who shared the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1946 (with Emily Greene Balch) for his work in international church and missionary movements. [1 Related Articles]
- Mott, Lucretia
- pioneer reformer who, with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, founded the organized women's rights movement in the United States. [5 Related Articles]
- Mott, Sir Nevill F.
- English physicist who shared (with P.W. Anderson and J.H. Van Vleck of the United States) the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1977 for his independent researches on the magnetic and ... [2 Related Articles]
- Motta, Giuseppe
- Swiss political leader, longtime head of the federal political department and five times president of the confederation. Between 1920 and 1940 he served as the chief Swiss delegate to the ...
- Motta, Sergio Roberto Vieira da
- Brazilian politician who, as minister of communications from 1995, devised the breakup and privatization of Brazil's telecommunications monopoly (b. Nov. 26, 1940, Sao Paulo, Braz.--d. April 19, 1998, Sao Paulo).
- motte
- (from the article "military technology") The earliest distinctive European fortification characteristic of feudal patterns of social organization and warfare was the motte-and-bailey castle, which appeared in the 10th and 11th centuries between the Rhine and ...
- Motte, Houdar de la
- (from the article "Watteau, Antoine") ...of rustic millers is parodistic in intent and quite different from the refined scene that Watteau set in an unreal Venice, it is more probable that Watteau was inspired by ...
- motte-and-bailey castle
- (from the article "castle") ...Blois and Saumur. Later, one or more baileys or wards (grounds between encircling walls) were enclosed at the foot of the mound. During the 11th century this type of private ...
- Mottelson, Ben R.
- American-Danish physicist who shared the 1975 Nobel Prize for Physics with Aage N. Bohr and James Rainwater for his work in determining the asymmetrical shapes of certain atomic nuclei and ... [1 Related Articles]
- Motteux, Peter Anthony
- (from the article "Urquhart, Sir Thomas") ...(books i-ii, 1653; part of book iii, 1693), his linguistic exuberance and his sympathy with Rabelais's spirit combined to make this translation the long-established English-language version. Peter Anthony Motteux completed ...
- Mottl, Felix
- Austrian conductor known for his performances of the operas of Richard Wagner.
- mottlecah eucalyptus
- (from the article "Eucalyptus") ...receptacle and contains numerous minute seeds. Possibly the largest fruits-from 5 to 6 centimetres (2 to 2.5 inches) in diameter-are borne by E. macrocarpa, also known as the mottlecah, or ...
- motto
- (from the article "heraldry") Myths have grown around mottoes-time and again, a phrase or short sentence that began life as an inspiration or exhortation acquired a fantastic explanation. Most of these can be dismissed. ...
- mottramite
- (from the article "mottramite") vanadate mineral (PbCu(VO4)(OH)) similar to descloizite (q.v.).mottramiteMottramite.Sebastian Socha
- Motu language
- (from the article "Melanesian languages") ...Melanesian language is Fijian, spoken by about 334,000 persons and widely used in Fiji in newspapers, in broadcasting, and in government publications. Other Melanesian languages of note are Motu, in ...
- motu proprio
- (Latin: "on one's own initiative"), in the Roman Catholic church, a papal document personally signed by the pope to signify his special interest in the subject, less formal than constitutions ...
- Motz, Dick
- New Zealand cricketer was the first New Zealand cricketer to take 100 wickets in Test matches, but his career was cut short by a back injury. Motz, a right-arm fast ...
- mou
- Chinese unit of land measurement that varies with location but is commonly 806.65 square yards (0.165 acre, or 666.5 square metres). Based on the chi, a unit ... [1 Related Articles]
- Mou-yu
- (from the article "Central Asia, history of") ...on terms unfavourable to China. In exchange for Uighur horses, often of dubious quality, the Chinese were expected to provide the Uighurs with much-coveted riches. The third Uighur khagan-Mou-yu by ...
- Mouanda
- town, southeastern Gabon. Large manganese deposits were discovered near the town in 1938, and exploitation began in 1951; the reserves are estimated to be among the world's largest. A consortium ... [1 Related Articles]
- moucharaby
- in Islamic or Islamic-influenced architecture, an oriel, or projecting second-story window of latticework. The moucharaby is a familiar feature of residences in cities of North Africa and the Middle East; ...
- Mouchez, Amedee
- (from the article "Carte du ciel") ...parts of the sky that was planned to include all stars of the 14th magnitude or brighter and to list in an associated catalog all of the 12th magnitude or ...
- mouflon
- small feral sheep (family Bovidae, order Artiodactyla) of Corsica and Sardinia (O. a. musimon) and of Cyprus (O. a. ophion). The mouflon stands about 70 cm (28 inches) at the ...
- Mouhot, Henri
- French naturalist and explorer who alerted the West to the ruins of Angkor, capital of the ancient Khmer civilization of Cambodia (Kampuchea).
- Mouila
- town, southwestern Gabon. It lies along the Ngounie River and on the road from Lambarene to Pointe-Noire. The town is a trading centre in cassava, bananas, yams, groundnuts (peanuts), and ...
- moulin
- (French: "mill"), a nearly cylindrical, vertical shaft that extends through a glacier and is carved by meltwater from the glacier's surface. Postglacial evidence of a moulin, also called a glacial ...
- moulin pothole
- (from the article "moulin") ...shaft that extends through a glacier and is carved by meltwater from the glacier's surface. Postglacial evidence of a moulin, also called a glacial mill, is a giant kettle, or, ...
- Moulin Rouge
- (from the article "cabaret") ...in the Montmartre district of Paris at the tiny Chat Noir in 1881, listed poetry readings, shadow plays, songs, and comic skits. The primary exponent of French cabaret entertainment was ...
- Moulin, Jean
- French civil servant and hero of the Resistance during World War II. [3 Related Articles]
- moulinet
- (from the article "cane fencing") ...thrust was as important as the cut. Also, possessing no handguard, the cane was much more maneuverable than the singlestick. Cuts with the cane were usually given after one or ...
- Moulins
- town, capital of Allier departement, Auvergne region, central France. It lies northwest of Lyon and is situated on the right bank of the Allier River.
- Moulins faience
- tin-glazed earthenware produced in Moulins, Fr., at first a slavish copy of the wares of nearby Nevers. It is distinguished only by its use of an iron red not found ...
- Moulins, Guyart des
- (from the article "biblical literature") The first complete Bible was produced in the 13th century at the University of Paris and toward the end of that century Guyart des Moulins executed his Bible Historiale. Both ...
- Moulins, Master of
- anonymous French painter and miniaturist, considered the most significant artist of the French school of International Gothic painting. His anonym derives from his most notable work, a triptych (c. 1498) ...
- Moulins, Ordinance of
- (from the article "L'Hospital, Michel de") During his term of office he worked hard for judicial reform and in 1566 promoted the Ordonnance de Moulins, which went far to rectify many problems in judicial administration and ...
- Moulmein
- town, southeastern Myanmar (Burma). It is an important port on the Gulf of Martaban near the mouth of the Salween River. Moulmein was the chief town of British Burma from ...
- Moulouya River
- chief river of northeastern Morocco. Rising in the High Atlas (Haut Atlas) mountains in central Morocco, it flows for 320 miles (515 km) northeastward through a semiarid valley to the ... [3 Related Articles]
- Moulton, Alex
- (from the article "bicycle") ...and inexpensive. Folding small-wheel utility bicycles are popular for commuting in Europe owing to their easy storage. Most are derived from a unique bicycle created in 1963 by a British ...
- Moulton, Ebenezer
- (from the article "Baptist") Baptist churches were established in Australia (1831) and New Zealand (1854) by missionaries of the English Baptist Missionary Society. In Canada, Baptist beginnings date from the activity of Ebenezer Moulton, ...
- Moulton, Ellen Louise Chandler
- American writer, critic, and hostess of the late 19th century, particularly influential through her literary salons in Boston and London.
- Moulton, Forest Ray
- (from the article "solar system") In the early decades of the 20th century, several scientists decided that the deficiencies of the nebular hypothesis made it no longer tenable. The Americans Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin and Forest ...
- Moultrie, Lake
- (from the article "Santee-Wateree-Catawba river system") ...(230 km) to its delta on the Atlantic Ocean south of Georgetown, S.C. The Santee has been dammed to form Lake Marion, a reservoir 40 miles (64 km) long that ...
- Moultrie, William
- American general who resisted British incursions into the South during the American Revolution (1775-83). [2 Related Articles]
- Moumie, Felix-Roland
- (from the article "Cameroon, history of") In French Cameroun the major question was the type and intensity of the relationship with France after independence. The first nationalist party, the Cameroon People's Union (UPC) led by Felix-Roland ...
- Mounana
- town, southeastern Gabon. It lies along the road from Lastoursville to Franceville. Uranium was discovered in the locality in 1956, exploitation began in 1961, and in 1968 mining changed from ...
- Mound A
- (from the article "Anthropology and Archaeology") Mound A is the largest of seven Mississippian mounds overlooking the Tennessee River within Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee. The mound was probably built about 1,000 years ago. In excavating ...
- Moundou
- city, southwestern Chad, on the Logone River. With a warm, seasonally wet climate, it lies in the centre of the nation's cotton-growing region and is the site of a cotton-research ...
- Mounds State Park
- (from the article "Anderson") ...automobile parts and electric vehicles. Anderson University was established in 1917 as the Anderson Bible Training School by the Church of God, whose world headquarters is also located in the ...
- Moundsville
- city, seat (1835) of Marshall county, in the northern panhandle of West Virginia, U.S. It lies along the Ohio River, just south of Wheeling. The original settlement, known in 1771 ...
- Moundville Archaeological Park
- habitation site (from AD 1000 to 1450) of Native American farmers and pottery makers, near Moundville, western Alabama, U.S. It lies on a plain above the Black Warrior River, 14 ...
- Mounier, Jean-Joseph
- (from the article "France") Dismayed at what he deemed the ill-considered radicalism of such decisions, Jean-Joseph Mounier, a leading patriot deputy in the summer of 1789 and author of the Tennis Court Oath, resigned ...
- mount
- (from the article "furniture") In the 17th and 18th centuries, especially in England and the American colonies, a refined style for furniture mounts, keyhole escutcheons (an ornamental shield around a keyhole), hinges, and the ...
- Mount Apo National Park
- (from the article "Principal national parks of the world") ...point in the Philippines, rising to 9,692 feet (2,954 metres). Part of the Cordillera Central, it is covered by a forest of tall, tropical hardwoods; two subsidiary peaks nearly match ...
- Mount Aspiring National Park
- park in west-central South Island, New Zealand. Established in 1964, it has an area of 1,373 square miles (3,555 square km). Embracing a substantial area of the Southern Alps, it ... [1 Related Articles]
- Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
- (from the article "Seattle") ...the Olympic Mountains provide protection from heavy winter rains, while the lofty Cascades to the east shield the city from both mid-continental cold and heat. Seattle is the headquarters of ...
- Mount Barker
- town, southwest Western Australia, lying at the base of 1,890-foot (576-metre) Mount Barker, which was sighted in 1829 and named after Captain Collett Barker, the last military commandant at Albany ...
- Mount Canlaon National Park
- (from the article "Principal national parks of the world") ...island of Negros, Philippines. It lies about 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Bacolod. Part of the volcanic Cordillera Central, it is, at 8,086 feet (2,465 m), the highest point ...
- Mount Carmel
- borough (town), Northumberland county, east-central Pennsylvania, U.S., at the head of Shamokin Creek. Settled about 1770, it was laid out in 1848 and became an anthracite coal-mining town. The economic ...
- Mount Carmel
- (from the article "Branch Davidian") an offshoot group of the Davidian Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church that made headlines on February 28, 1993, when its Mt. Carmel headquarters near Waco, Texas, was raided by the U.S. ...
- Mount Cenis Tunnel
- first great Alpine tunnel to be completed. It lies under the Frejus Pass, from Modane, France, to Bardonecchia, Italy. The 8.5-mile (13.7-kilometre) rail tunnel, driven from two headings from 1857 ... [5 Related Articles]
- Mount Clemens
- city, seat (1818) of Macomb county, southeastern Michigan, U.S. The city lies along the Clinton River near its mouth on Lake St. Clair, immediately northeast of Detroit. The site's permanent ...
- Mount Cook National Park
- park, in west-central South Island, New Zealand. Established in 1953, it has an area of 273 square miles (707 square km) and has a common western boundary with Westland National ...
- Mount Darwin
- town, northern Zimbabwe. It formerly served as administrative headquarters for the Tribal Trust Lands areas set aside for African occupation and is now home to the Makorekore people. Mount Darwin ...
- Mount Desert Island
- island in Hancock county, southeastern Maine, U.S., in Frenchman Bay of the Atlantic Ocean. With an area of 108 square miles (280 square km), it is 15 miles (24 km) ... [1 Related Articles]
- Mount Gambier
- city, southeastern South Australia. It is situated about 280 miles (450 km) southeast of Adelaide, with which it is connected by road and air. It lies at the foot of ...
- Mount Hagen
- town, east-central New Guinea island, Papua New Guinea, southwestern Pacific Ocean. The town, established as a patrol post in 1936, is near the Wahgi River, a tributary of the Purari. ...
- Mount Holly
- township (town), seat (1795) of Burlington county, south-central New Jersey, U.S. It lies along Rancocas Creek, 19 miles (31 km) east of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Established by Quakers in 1677 and ...
- Mount Holyoke College
- private institution of higher education for women, situated in South Hadley, Massachusetts, U.S. It is one of the Seven Sisters schools. Its curriculum is based on the liberal arts and ... [3 Related Articles]
- Mount Hood National Forest
- mountainous, heavily forested region in northwestern Oregon, U.S. The forest starts about 20 miles (32 km) east of Portland and extends southward along the Cascade Range from the Columbia River ... [1 Related Articles]
- Mount Hope Bay
- bay, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, U.S. It is the northeastern arm of Narragansett Bay. Mount Hope Bay is about 7 miles (11 km) long and 2-3 miles (3-5 km) wide ... [1 Related Articles]
- Mount Isa
- mining city, Queensland, Australia, located at the northern end of the Selwyn Range. The city's name is attributed to John Campbell Miles, who in 1923 discovered deposits of silver-lead ore ... [4 Related Articles]
- Mount Isa Mines, Ltd.
- (from the article "Mount Isa") ...end of the Selwyn Range. The city's name is attributed to John Campbell Miles, who in 1923 discovered deposits of silver-lead ore and named one of his leases after his ...
- Mount Ithome
- (from the article "Cimon") Those new leaders soon came into their own. When, in 462, the Spartans were vainly endeavouring to reduce the mountain stronghold of Mt. Ithome in Messenia, where a large force ...
- Mount Kenya National Park
- (from the article "Principal national parks of the world") ...Sibiloi National Park, in the far northern part of the country, contains sites where scientists from the University of Nairobi (including Richard Leakey) have excavated hominid remains since 1968. Mount ...
- Mount Leuser National Park
- (from the article "Principal national parks of the world") ...region's largest city, is on the Aceh River 3 miles (5 km) from the sea and is connected by road with Medan, the capital of Sumatera Utara. The district has ...
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