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On'ami: (from the article "Zeami") ...the greatest) of the approximately 230 plays in the present repertoire. In 1422 he became a Zen monk, and his son Motomasa succeeded him. But Ashikaga Yoshinori, who became shogun ...
on-line public access computer: (from the article "library") The system that accommodates this type of search is known as OPAC (on-line public access computer). Further development of this system has made it possible to integrate other library records ...
On-myo-ryo: (from the article "Dokyo") ...literary texts, (2) as an integral part of Buddhism and Chinese culture, and (3) informally, through court festivals and popular festivals and beliefs. A government department of divination, the On-myo-ryo ...
On-Ogur: (from the article "Hungary") ...including three tribes of Turkic Khazars (the Kavars). Either because of this fact or perhaps because of a memory of earlier conditions, this federation was known to its neighbours as ...
On-take: (from the article "Kagoshima") ...the island groups of Osumi, Tokara, and Amami. It occupies an area of 3,539 square miles (9,167 square km). Its southern coast is deeply indented by Kagoshima Bay. The active ...
Ona: South American Indians who once inhabited the island of Tierra del Fuego. They were historically divided into two major sections: Shelknam and Haush. They spoke different dialects and had slightly ... [5 Related Articles]
Ona, Pedro de: first known poet born in Chile. [1 Related Articles]
Onactornis: (from the article "bird") ...without large carnivores until relatively recent times. The Phororhacos line evidently evolved from seriema-like stock and radiated into numerous genera and species, the largest of them (Onactornis) standing 2.5 metres ...
onager: (Equus hemionus onager), subspecies of the wild ass of Asia that ranged from northwest Iran to Turkmenistan. Pale-coloured and small, it has a short erect mane and fairly large ears. ... [2 Related Articles]
onager: (from the article "military technology") ...in the horizontal plane, such as that described above, are called ballistae. There is no evidence that catapults in the narrow sense were used by the Greeks; the Romans called ...
Onagraceae: evening primrose family of flowering plants, belonging to the myrtle order (Myrtales), comprising 21 genera concentrated in the temperate region of the New World. The family is characterized by flowers ... [2 Related Articles]
Onan: (from the article "masturbation") ...Once the object of extravagant superstitions and severe taboos, masturbation by adults was frowned upon in the majority of premodern societies. Christian moral teaching condemned it as the sin of ...
Onaruto Bridge: (from the article "Naruto") ...as a base for viewing Naruto Strait, popularly known as the Awa no Naruto ("Roaring Gateway of Awa"), which is filled with rushing water and whirlpools at each ebb and ...
Onassis, Aristotle Socrates: Greek shipping magnate who developed a fleet of supertankers and freighters larger than the navies of many countries. [2 Related Articles]
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy: American first lady (1961-63), the wife of John F. Kennedy, 35th president of the United States, who was noted for her style and elegance. Her second husband, Aristotle Onassis, was ... [8 Related Articles]
Onate, Count de: (from the article "Spain") ...in Prague and Brussels. At the courts of the emperors Rudolf II and Matthias, the ambassador Baltazar de Zuniga organized an effective "Spanish" party. His successor, the conde de Onate, ...
Onate, Juan de: conquistador who established the colony of New Mexico for Spain. During his despotic governorship, he vainly sought the mythical riches of North America and succeeded instead in unlocking the geographical ... [4 Related Articles]
Once: (from the article "Buenos Aires") Abasto and Once are quintessential working-class neighbourhoods; both are located west of Avenida 9 de Julio. Carlos Gardel, one of Argentina's renowned tango singers, lived in Abasto. Once is famous ...
Once Around: (from the article "cribbage") ...often extra holes for holding pegs when not in play and for keeping track of games won. Game is 121 (twice around the board plus one for the game hole) ...
Onchi Koshiro: (from the article "arts, East Asian") ...his designs to the carvers and printers employed by the publisher, performed all aspects of production. This was a philosophy of total engagement with the work. The leader of this ...
Onchidiidae: (from the article "gastropod") ...nephridial opening at posterior; male gonopore behind right tentacle; female gonopore middle of right side; sole of foot narrow; no shell; 2 pairs of retractile, or invaginable, tentacles; marine (Onchidiidae), ...
Onchocerca volvulus: (from the article "onchocerciasis") filarial disease caused by the helminth Onchocerca volvulus, which is transmitted to humans by the bite of the black fly Simulium. The disease is found chiefly in Mexico, Guatemala, and ...
onchocerciasis: filarial disease caused by the helminth Onchocerca volvulus, which is transmitted to humans by the bite of the black fly Simulium. The disease is found chiefly in Mexico, Guatemala, and ... [1 Related Articles]
Oncidium: genus of some 450 species of tropical and subtropical American orchids, family Orchidaceae, that vary greatly in size and shape. Most species grow on other plants and have flowers that ... [2 Related Articles]
Oncken, Johann Gerhardt: (from the article "Baptist") The pioneer Baptist in Europe was Johann Gerhardt Oncken, who organized a church at Hamburg in 1834. Oncken had become acquainted with Barnas Sears of Colgate Theological Seminary, who was ...
oncogene: genetic material that carries the ability to induce cancer. An oncogene is a sequence of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) that has been altered or mutated from its original form, the proto-oncogene. ... [9 Related Articles]
oncogenic virus: (from the article "cancer") A large number of DNA and RNA viruses cause tumours in animals, but in humans it is the DNA viruses that are implicated in most forms of cancer. Only one ...
Oncomeris flavicornis: (from the article "stinkbug") Stinkbugs generally range between 5 and 12 mm (0.2 to 0.5 inch) in length. One exception is Oncomeris flavicornis, which occurs throughout the world. It is more than 50 mm ...
Oncosperma: (from the article "palm") ...the beginning of the Eocene Epoch, nearly 60 million years ago, palms were widespread and abundant. A diversity of genera, including Phoenix, Sabal, Serenoa, Livistona, Trachycarpus, and Oncosperma, existed in ...
Oncosperma tigillarium: (from the article "palm") ...(bussu palm) occupies similar habitats in some New World areas. Palms are dominant in another type of vegetation on the landward fringe of mangrove swamps in the western Malay Archipelago, ...
Ondaatje, Michael: Canadian novelist and poet whose musical prose and poetry are created from a blend of myth, history, jazz, memoirs, and other forms. [2 Related Articles]
Ondangwa: settlement, northern Namibia, about 335 miles (540 km) north of Windhoek, the capital. In 1870, Onandjokue, near Ondangwa, was the site of the first Christian (Finnish Lutheran) mission in Owambo. ...
ondes martenot: (French: "musical waves"), electronic musical instrument demonstrated in 1928 in France by the inventor Maurice Martenot. Oscillating radio tubes produce electric pulses at two supersonic sound-wave frequencies. They in turn ... [2 Related Articles]
Ondieki, Yobes: Yobes Ondieki had not run 10,000 m on a track for 10 years when he started training for the event in February 1993. The reigning world champion at 5,000 m, ...
Ondioline: (from the article "electronic instrument") Advances in electronic technology during World War II were applied to electronic instrument design in the late 1940s and '50s. The Hammond Solovox, Constant Martin's Clavioline, and Georges Jenny's Ondioline ...
Ondo: state, western Nigeria. It was created out of former Ondo province of former Western state in 1976. It is bounded by the states of Kwara and Kogi on the north, ...
Ondo: town, Ondo state, southwestern Nigeria, at the southern edge of the Yoruba Hills (elevation 940 feet [287 m]) and the intersection of roads from Ife, Akure, and Okitipupa. A collecting ...
ondol: (from the article "Korea, history of") ...BC). About this time ironware came to be used. Iron plows and sickles indicate the use of animals in farming and more efficient harvesting methods. Wooden houses were built on ...
Ondorhaan: town, eastern Mongolian People's Republic. Situated on the Kerulen River, 180 miles (290 km) east of Ulaanbaatar, the town lies at a major junction of transportation routes between Ulaanbaatar and ...
One Act doctrine: (from the article "Christianity") ...renewed conflict over mysticism. A Spaniard resident in Rome, Miguel de Molinos, author of the popular Spiritual Guide (1675), was condemned for his doctrine of the "One ...
One Big Union: (from the article "organized labour") The Canadian version of western syndicalism sprang into life in 1919, just as the IWW was expiring. This was the One Big Union (OBU), which had its roots in a ...
one gene-one enzyme hypothesis: (from the article "Beadle, George Wells") ...thus produced. These experiments enabled them to conclude that each gene determined the structure of a specific enzyme that, in turn, allowed a single chemical reaction to proceed. This "one ...
One Laptop per Child Foundation: (from the article "Computers and Information Systems") The One Laptop per Child Foundation, which was trying to provide less-developed countries with low-cost portable computers that could use a pulley for hand-generated electrical power, said that it planned ...
One Nation: (from the article "Australia") ...if anything, yet further from realization. One division to widen was that between the big cities and rural Australia. This tension helped create the most remarkable phenomenon of the 1990s, ...
One Thousand Guineas: one of the five English Classic horse races, run over a straight mile (1.6 km) on the Rowley Mile course at the Newmarket (Suffolk) spring meeting. The race was first ...
One Ton Cup: international racing trophy for sailing yachts of about one-ton displacement. From 1907 to 1955 the cup was the object of a major competition for 20-foot (6-metre) yachts, but with the ...
One, the: (from the article "Eleaticism") ...from its seat in the Greek colony of Elea (or Velia) in southern Italy. This school, which flourished in the 5th century BC, was distinguished by its radical monism; i.e., ...
one-compartment standard: (from the article "ship") ...is determined by IMO standards that are based on the size and type of ship. At a minimum, ships that must have a high probability of surviving a collision (e.g., ...
one-day international: (from the article "cricket") One-day internationals-answering the complaint that Test matches went on too long-began in 1972. In 1975 the first World Cup was contested in England in a series of one-day matches of ...
one-design class boat: (from the article "yacht") ...built. Thus, a rating rule came into being, which resulted in the International Rule, adopted in 1906 and revised in 1919. Today, one of the fastest growing areas in the ...
one-directional change: (from the article "social change") This type of change continues more or less in the same direction. Such change is usually cumulative and implies growth or increase, such as that of population density, the size ...
one-horned rhinoceros: (from the article "Nepal") The economic sector had a dismal performance; economic growth for 2006 was 1.9%. For the first time in two decades, the number of one-horned rhinoceroses in protected areas of Nepal ...
one-horse shay: open two-wheeled vehicle that was the American adaptation of the French chaise. Its chairlike body, seating the passengers on one seat above the axle, was hung by leather braces from ...
one-key cryptosystem: (from the article "data encryption") Since the late 1970s, two types of encryption have emerged. Conventional symmetric encryption requires the same key for both encryption and decryption. A common symmetric encryption system is the Data ...
one-parent family: (from the article "family law") Since the 1970s, one-parent families have acquired an importance not adequately reflected in traditional law. It may be necessary to adapt the law to a greater extent to the needs ...
one-point perspective: (from the article "perspective") ...and planes to converge to infinitely distant vanishing points as they recede in space from the viewer. Parallel lines in spatial recession will appear to converge on a single vanishing ...
one-pot prepolymer: (from the article "industrial polymers, major") Polyurethanes form some of the highest-performance coatings available. A variety of formulations is marketed. One type is a one-component (one-pot) prepolymer containing excess isocyanate groups. Upon application of the liquid ...
one-pot technique: (from the article "Physical Sciences") ...and his colleagues, however, demonstrated a method for producing multiple derivatives of glucose in "one pot"-that is, without successive isolation and purification steps. The one-pot technique relied on the use ...
one-ring circus: (from the article "circus") Continental European and British circuses generally retained the one-ring format in the mid- to late 19th century; their programs were often of the highest calibre, and their tents may have ...
one-step: (from the article "fox-trot") ...side, close step), and quarter turns. Couples usually hold each other in the traditional ballroom position, but numerous variations are done in other positions. Fox-trots for fast music include the ...
one-to-one correspondence: (from the article "mathematics") ...to discover unexpected properties of sets. For example, he could show that the set of all algebraic numbers, and a fortiori the set of all rational numbers, is countable in ...
one-wall handball: (from the article "handball") ...object is to cause the ball to rebound with variations of power or speed and at such an angle that the opposition cannot return it. There are three versions of ...
one-way system: (from the article "roads and highways") Special regulations are important for the efficient movement of traffic in specific segments of a street and road system. For instance, one-way streets in congested urban areas may provide safer ...
Oneg Shabbat: (Hebrew: "Joy of Sabbath"), informal Sabbath (or Friday evening) gathering of Jews in a synagogue or private home to express outwardly the happiness inherent in the Sabbath holiday. Now more ...
Onega Inlet: (from the article "White Sea") ...Hollow with its sharply formed sides that apparently originated as a fault. In the southern portion is an elevation known as the Solovets Islands. Many small underwater elevations are found ...
Onega, Lake: second largest lake in Europe, situated in the northwest part of the European portion of Russia, between Lake Ladoga and the White Sea. It covers an area of 3,753 square ... [2 Related Articles]
Oneglia: (from the article "Italy") ...to prepare the ground for French intervention in the peninsula. The best-known emigre, the Tuscan nobleman Filippo Buonarroti, served as national commissioner in the Ligurian town of Oneglia, captured by ...
Oneida: Iroquoian-speaking North American Indian tribe living, at the time of European contact, in what is now central New York state, U.S. They are one of the original five nations of ... [4 Related Articles]
Oneida: county, central New York state, U.S., bounded to the west by Oneida Lake and Creek and to the east by West Canada Creek and Hinckley Reservoir. It largely consists of ...
Oneida: city, Madison county, central New York, U.S. It lies on Oneida Creek, 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Oneida Lake and 26 miles (42 km) east of Syracuse. Founded in ...
Oneida Alliance: (from the article "Kirkland, Samuel") Congregational minister to the Iroquois Confederacy and negotiator of the Oneida Alliance with the colonists during the American Revolution (1775-83).
Oneida Community: utopian religious community that developed out of a Society of Inquiry established by John Humphrey Noyes and some of his disciples in Putney, Vt., U.S., in 1841. As new recruits ... [3 Related Articles]
oneiromancy: prophetic divination from dreams, considered a divine act in most ancient cultures and surviving to modern times in certain folk traditions. Oneiromancy is based on the belief that dreams are ... [1 Related Articles]
Oneonta: city, Otsego county, east-central New York, U.S. It lies in the Catskill foothills, on the Susquehanna River, within the town (township) of Oneonta, some 80 miles (129 km) southwest of ...
Oneota culture: (from the article "Native American art") Major cultural expressions from this region included those of the Adena, Hopewell, Oneota, and Old Copper culture peoples; their art was extensive, making great use of sculptured stone pipes, polished ...
Onesimus: (from the article "variolation") ...in England in 1721-22 by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu; it has long been known by the Turks, Chinese, and other peoples. In America, Cotton Mather learned of its use in ...
Onesimus: (from the article "Philemon, The Letter of Paul to") brief New Testament letter written by Paul the Apostle to a wealthy Christian of Colossae, Asia Minor, on behalf of Onesimus, Philemon's former slave. Paul, writing from prison, expresses affection ...
Onesti: city, Bacau judet (county), eastern Romania. The city was developed as a planned new town, begun in 1953 on the site of a 15th-century settlement. It was originally named for ...
Onetti, Juan Carlos: Uruguayan novelist and short-story writer whose existential works chronicle the decay of modern urban life. The protagonists of his novels lead unhappy, isolated lives in an absurd and sordid world ... [1 Related Articles]
Ong, Christina: (from the article "Fashions") Singapore retail and hotel tycoon Christina Ong's interest in Luella Bartley allowed the Shoreditch (Eng.)-based designer and former British Vogue journalist-who described her signature as "English countryside-meets-London's avant-garde"-to open a ...
Ongania, Juan Carlos: Argentine general and politician (b. March 17, 1914, Buenos Aires, Arg.--d. June 8, 1995, Buenos Aires), served (1966-70) as president of Argentina during a period of harsh repression and authorized ... [1 Related Articles]
Onge: (from the article "Andaman Islands") ...positioned and collectively known as Great Andaman). Also prominent is Little Andaman, to the south. Of the still-extant original inhabitants-including the Sentinalese, the Jarawa, the Onge, and a group of ...
oni: in Japanese folklore, a type of demonic creature often of giant size, great strength, and fearful appearance. They are generally considered to be foreign in origin, perhaps introduced into Japan ... [2 Related Articles]
Oni pa' a movement: (from the article "Liliuokalani") As head of the Oni pa'a ("Stand Firm") movement, whose motto was "Hawaii for the Hawaiians," Liliuokalani fought bitterly against annexation of the islands by the United ...
Oniad family: (from the article "Judaism") During the Hellenistic period the priests were both the wealthiest class and the strongest political group among the Jews of Jerusalem. The wealthiest of the priests were the members of ...
Onias IV: (from the article "Judaism") The fact that the temple at Leontopolis in Egypt was established (c. 145 BCE) by a deposed high priest, Onias IV, clearly indicates that it was heterodox; as merely the ...
Onin War: (1467-77), civil war in the central Kyoto region of Japan, that began in the Onin period (1467-68) and was a prelude to a prolonged period of domestic strife (1490-1590). It ... [4 Related Articles]
onion: (species Allium cepa), herbaceous biennial plant and its edible bulb. The onion is probably native to southwestern Asia but is now grown throughout the world, chiefly in the temperate zones. ... [3 Related Articles]
onion couch: (from the article "oat grass") ...which has been introduced into various countries as a pasture grass, grows wild in many areas and is considered a weed, especially A. elatius variety bulbosum, commonly called onion couch ...
onion maggot: (from the article "anthomyiid fly") ...cauliflower, broccoli, radishes, and turnips. It was introduced from Europe early in the second half of the 19th century. The most effective control is treatment of the soil with insecticides. ...
Onions, Oliver: novelist and short-story writer whose first work to attract attention was The Story of Louie (1913), the last part of a trilogy later published as Whom God Has Sundered, in ...
Oniscus asellus: (from the article "sow bug") any of certain small, terrestrial crustaceans of the order Isopoda, especially members of the genus Oniscus. Like the related pill bug, it is sometimes called the wood louse. O. asellus, ...
Onitsha: port and market town in Anambra State, southern Nigeria. The town lies on the east bank of the Niger River just south of its confluence with the Anambra River. Founded ... [1 Related Articles]
Onitsha market literature: 20th-century genre of sentimental, moralistic novellas and pamphlets produced by a semiliterate school of writers (students, fledgling journalists, and taxi drivers) and sold at the bustling Onitsha market in eastern ... [1 Related Articles]
Onkos: (from the article "stage design") ...accorded to each character. He enumerates 30 masks used in tragedy and lists the characteristics of the comedy series, which are particularly exaggerated and grotesque. The onkos, ...
Onley, Toni: Canadian painter (b. Nov. 20, 1928, Douglas, Isle of Man-d. Feb. 29, 2004, Maple Ridge, B.C.), was internationally known for his evocative Impressionist paintings of western and northern Canada and ...
online auction: (from the article "auction") Internet auctions, first introduced in 1995, have transformed the way many goods are sold. On Web sites such as eBay, rare or obscure items, as well as ordinary or mundane ...
online community: (from the article "media convergence") The global popularization of the Internet was accompanied by a boom in electronic commerce, or e-commerce. British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the World Wide Web, soon argued that ...
online encyclopaedia: (from the article "encyclopaedia") In 1983 the Academic American Encyclopedia became the first encyclopaedia to be presented to a mass market online by the licensing of its text to commercial data networks, which eventually ...
online gaming: (from the article "The Virtual World of Online Gaming") Virtual worlds generated billions of real dollars in 2006 as millions of players around the world fought, bought, crafted, and sold in a variety of online environments. The most populous, ...
online publishing: (from the article "newspaper") Nearly all the world's major newspapers began publishing online editions of their newspapers in the early 21st century. Although some newspaper publishers charged their readers for this access, many made ...