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- dispute involving Anglican clergy in colonial Virginia, arising (1755, 1758) when laws commuted clerical salaries, previously paid in tobacco, to currency at the rate of twopence a pound when tobacco ... [1 Related Articles]
- Parson, Anja
- Anja Parson of Sweden made history in 2007 when she became the first skier to have won world championship races in each of the five disciplines of Alpine ski racing. ... [4 Related Articles]
- Parsons School of Design
- (from the article "Parsons table") ...designer Jean-Michel Frank (1896-1941) and the U.S. industrial and motion-picture interior designer Joseph B. Platt (1895-1968), both of whom were connected with the Paris branch of the Parsons School of ...
- Parsons table
- simple, sturdy rectangular table having straight lines, overall flush surfaces, and square legs that form the four corners of the top and whose diameter is identical with the thickness of ...
- Parsons turbine
- (from the article "turbine") ...to which a nearly equal pressure drop and energy release takes place in both the stationary and moving blade passages. In addition, he subsequently built the first practical large marine ...
- Parsons, Benny
- American racecar driver was named (1988) by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing among the all-time 50 greatest NASCAR drivers. He captured 21 NASCAR titles during his ...
- Parsons, Elsie Clews
- American sociologist and anthropologist whose studies of the Pueblo and other Native American peoples of the southwestern United States remain standard references.
- Parsons, Estelle
- (from the article "1967: Best Supporting Actress") Other Nominees
- Parsons, Gram
- (from the article "Byrds, the") ...3, 1944New York, N.Y.-d. Dec. 19, 1993Treasure Island, Fla.), Gram Parsons (original name Ingram Cecil Connor III; b. Nov. 5, 1946Winter Haven, Fla.-d. Sept....Flying Burrito Brothers
- Parsons, Louella
- American newspaper writer, the first-and, for many years, most powerful-movie columnist in the United States.
- Parsons, Richard D.
- American media executive who became chief executive officer (CEO) of AOL Time Warner (now Time Warner) in 2002. He stepped into the position when it was evident that Internet company ... [1 Related Articles]
- Parsons, Robert
- Jesuit who, with Cardinal William Allen, organized Roman Catholic resistance in England to the Protestant regime of Queen Elizabeth I. He favoured armed intervention by the continental Catholic powers as ...
- Parsons, Sir Charles Algernon
- British engineer whose invention of a multi-stage steam turbine revolutionized marine propulsion. [3 Related Articles]
- Parsons, Talcott
- American sociologist and scholar whose theory of social action influenced the intellectual bases of several disciplines of modern sociology. His work is concerned with a general theoretical system for the ... [5 Related Articles]
- Parsons, Timothy
- Capping a career of more than 40 years in which he had established himself among the world's leading marine biologists, Canadian Timothy Parsons was named a winner of the Japan ...
- Parsua
- (from the article "Persis") ancient country in the southwestern part of Iran, roughly coextensive with the modern region of Fars. Its name was derived from the Iranian tribe of the Parsua (Parsuash; Parsumash; Persians), ...
- Parsuhanda
- (from the article "Anatolia") The destruction of Nesa and its merchant colony marked the end of Assyrian trade not only there but also in other merchant colonies, such as Acemhoyuk (probably the ancient Purushkhanda) ...
- Parsumash
- (from the article "Achaemenes") eponymous ancestor of the Persian Achaemenid dynasty; he was the father of Teispes (Chishpish) and an ancestor of Cyrus II the Great and Darius I the Great. Although Achaemenes probably ...
- part of speech
- (from the article "linguistics") ...a word cannot signify the nature of reality directly, it must stand for the thing signified in one of its modes or properties; it is this discrimination of modes that ...
- Part, Arvo
- Dubbed a "Holy Minimalist" by one reviewer and described as neo-Baroque by others, Arvo Part in 1995 continued to captivate classical music listeners. In 1995 the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir ...
- Partai Sosialis Indonesia
- (from the article "Sjahrir, Sutan") ...1946 he had to resign briefly, and in June 1947 he was forced to resign permanently. He then became a member of the Indonesian delegation to the United Nations. In ...
- Partap Singh Kairon, Sardar
- (from the article "Punjab") ...Jind, Nabha, Faridkot, Kapurthala, Kalsia, Malerkotla, and Nalagarh. Political and administrative leadership for the enlarged Punjab was provided by Sardar Partap Singh Kairon, Congress chief minister of the state from ...
- Partapgarh
- district, Uttar Pradesh state, northern India. Part of the Ganges alluvial plain, it is 1,440 sq mi (3,730 sq km) in area and is bounded on the southwest by the ...
- Partapgarh
- town, Chittorgarh district, Rajasthan state, northwestern India. The town was founded in 1689 and was the capital of the former princely state of Partabgarh (founded in the 15th century), which ...
- partbook
- usual form in which vocal or instrumental polyphonic music was handwritten or printed in the 15th and 16th centuries. Each partbook contained the notation of only one voice, or part. ... [1 Related Articles]
- Partch, Harry
- visionary and eclectic composer and instrument builder, largely self-taught, whose compositions are remarkable for the complexity of their scores (each instrument has its own characteristic notation, often involving 43 tones ...
- Parteciaco family
- noted Venetian family that produced seven doges between 810 and 942, as well as many bishops and church officials.
- Parteciaco, Agnello
- (from the article "Parteciaco family") The first dux, or doge, in the family was one Ursus (or Orso I Parteciaco), who ruled from 727 to 739; but the real founder of the dynasty was Agnello ...
- Parteciaco, Giustiniano
- (from the article "Parteciaco family") Agnello was succeeded by his sons Giustiniano and Giovanni I. Giustiniano is known to economic historians because of his will, which contained large bequests of pepper and other spices, demonstrating ...
- Partenkirchen
- (from the article "Garmisch-Partenkirchen") ...valleys, in the Bavarian Alps at the foot of the Zugspitze (9,718 feet [2,962 metres]), which is the highest mountain in Germany. The town, a union of the two ancient ...
- parterre
- the division of garden beds in such a way that the pattern is itself an ornament. It is a sophisticated development of the knot garden, a medieval form of bed ... [1 Related Articles]
- Parthasarathi Misra
- (from the article "Indian philosophy") ...Kumarila (7th century), Prabhakara (7th-8th centuries), Mandana Misra (8th century), Salikanatha (9th century), and Parthasarathi Misra (10th century) belong to this age. The greatest Indian philosopher of the period, however, ...
- Parthenius of Nicaea
- Greek poet and grammarian, described as the "last of the Alexandrians." [1 Related Articles]
- parthenocarpy
- development of fruit without fertilization. The fruit resembles a normally produced fruit but is seedless. Varieties of the pineapple, banana, cucumber, grape, orange, grapefruit, persimmon, and breadfruit exemplify naturally occurring ... [3 Related Articles]
- parthenogenesis
- biological reproduction that involves development of a female (rarely a male) gamete (sex cell) without fertilization. It occurs commonly among lower plants and invertebrate animals, particularly rotifers, aphids, ants, wasps, ... [29 Related Articles]
- Parthenon
- chief temple of the Greek goddess Athena on the hill of the Acropolis at Athens, Greece. It was built in the mid-5th century BC and is generally considered to be ... [19 Related Articles]
- Parthenope investigatoris
- (from the article "spider crab") Parthenope investigatoris, a spider crab of the Indian Ocean, is camouflaged to resemble the coral on which it lives.
- Parthenopean Republic
- short-lived republic in Naples proclaimed on Jan. 23, 1799, after a popular uprising of pro-French republicans resulted in the ouster of King Ferdinand IV. A counterrevolution the same year, aided ... [3 Related Articles]
- Parthia
- ancient land corresponding roughly to the modern region of Khorasan in Iran. The term is also used in reference to the Parthian empire (247 BC-AD 224). The first certain occurrence ... [27 Related Articles]
- Parthian language
- Middle Iranian language that originated in the ancient province of Parthia (the northeastern portion of modern Iran) and became the official language of the Arsacid period of Persian dynastic history ... [2 Related Articles]
- Parti Ouvrier
- (from the article "Pelloutier, Fernand") As a young journalist in the town of Saint-Nazaire, Pelloutier became a member of the Parti Ouvrier, the largest Marxist Socialist party in France at the time; but he left ...
- Parti Patriote
- (from the article "Canada") ...problem were exacerbated by the colony's linguistic and religious divisions. The French-speaking and Roman Catholic majority, represented in the assembly by the Parti Canadien (later called the Parti Patriote) and ...
- Parti Populaire Francais
- (from the article "fascism") ...French Solidarity (Solidarite Francaise), founded and financed by Francois Coty and led by Jean Renaud; the Franks (Francistes), led by Marcel Bucard; the French Popular Party (Parti Populaire Francais), led ...
- Parti pris
- (from the article "Canadian literature") ...and literary production more than tripled during the decade. A group of writers, including Andre Brochu, Paul Chamberland, and Andre Major, founded the magazine Parti pris (1963-68; ...
- Parti Quebecois
- provincial Canadian political party founded in 1968 by journalist Rene Levesque and other French Canadian separatists in the largely French-speaking province of Quebec. [7 Related Articles]
- Parti Rouge
- radical party formed in Canada East (now Quebec) about 1849 and inspired primarily by the French-Canadian patriot Louis-Joseph Papineau. In general the Parti Rouge advocated a more democratic system of ...
- Parti Social Francais
- (from the article "Rocque, Francois de La") Thereafter, Rocque's organization suffered a loss of prestige and finally was dissolved by the Popular Front government in 1936. Rocque then formed the Parti Social Francais, an openly fascist political ...
- partial acid hydrolysis
- (from the article "Sanger, Frederick") ...the chains and separated two fractions. One fraction had phenylalanine at its amino terminus; the other had glycine. Whereas complete acid hydrolysis degraded insulin to its constituent amino acids, partial ...
- partial derivative
- (from the article "analysis") In 1746 the French mathematician Jean Le Rond d'Alembert showed that the full story is not quite that simple. There are many vibrations of a violin string that are not ...
- partial differential equation
- in mathematics, equation relating a function of several variables to its partial derivatives. A partial derivative of a function of several variables expresses how fast the function changes when one ... [7 Related Articles]
- partial eclipse
- (from the article "eclipse") ...such an eclipse is called total (see the video). To an observer within the penumbra, the Moon's disk appears projected against the Sun's disk so as to overlap it partly; ...
- partial Empiricism
- (from the article "Empiricism") The least thoroughgoing type of Empiricism here distinguished, ranking third in degree, can be termed partial Empiricism. Many philosophers hold that other concepts besides the formal are a priori and ...
- partial geometry
- (from the article "combinatorics") A partial geometry (r, k, t) is a system of two kinds of objects, points and lines, with an incidence relation obeying the following axioms:
- partial indulgence
- (from the article "indulgence") ...archbishops and bishops as ways of helping ordinary people measure and amortize their remaining debt. "Plenary," or full, indulgences cancelled all the existing obligation, while "partial" indulgences remitted only a ...
- partial integration
- (from the article "income tax") A major policy issue concerns the question of integrating income taxes on corporations and shareholders. Partial integration (or dividend relief) may be attained by lessening or eliminating the so-called double ...
- partial miscibility
- (from the article "liquid") Only pairs of liquids that are completely miscible have been considered so far. Many pairs of liquids, however, are only partially miscible in one another, the degree of miscibility often ...
- partial phase
- (from the article "eclipse") ...portion of the figure. The designation "first contact" refers to the moment when the disk of the Moon, invisible against the bright sky background, first touches the disk of the ...
- partial placentae abruptio
- (from the article "pregnancy") When a small portion of the placenta separates from the uterus, a condition called partial abruptio placentae, blood either collects in a pool between the uterus and the placenta (concealed ...
- partial pressure
- (from the article "respiration, human") Ascent from sea level to high altitude has well-known effects upon respiration. The progressive fall in barometric pressure is accompanied by a fall in the partial pressure of oxygen, both ...
- partial recursive function
- (from the article "automata theory") ...of basic importance at the foundations of mathematics and elsewhere. It can also be stated that a useful class of functions that are definable without reference to machines, namely, the ...
- partial seizure
- (from the article "epilepsy") A partial seizure originates in a specific area of the brain. Partial seizures consist of abnormal sensations or movements, and a lapse of consciousness may occur. Epileptic individuals with partial ...
- partial sum
- (from the article "infinite series") ...an, which involves adding only the first n terms, is called a partial sum of the series. If sn approaches a fixed number S as n becomes larger and larger, ...
- partial thermoremanent magnetization
- (from the article "rock") ...most important, because it is stable and widespread, occurring in igneous and sedimentary rocks. TRM also can occur when dealing exclusively with temperatures below the Curie temperature. In PTRM (partial ...
- partial thromboplastin time
- (from the article "Laboratory diagnosis of coagulation disorders") The activity of the intrinsic pathway may be assessed in a simple laboratory test called the partial thromboplastin time (PTT), or, more accurately, the activated partial thromboplastin time. Plasma is ...
- partial tone
- (from the article "wind instrument") ...the pitches of the harmonic series are usually present in some strength with the primary pitch heard as the fundamental. For this reason, the pitches of the harmonic series are ...
- partial-birth abortion
- (from the article "health law") ...to determine if a patient is mature or competent to consent. In 2007 the U.S. Supreme Court made a dramatic exception to this rule in the case of a procedure ...
- partially balanced incomplete block design
- (from the article "combinatorics") Given upsilon objects 1, 2, · · · , upsilon, a relation satisfying the following conditions is said to be an m-class partially balanced association scheme:
- partially mixed estuary
- (from the article "boundary ecosystem") In a partially mixed estuary, the vigorous rise and fall of the tide generates strong turbulence and causes partial mixing between the fresh water above and the salt water below ...
- partially oriented yarn
- (from the article "fibre, man-made") ...a temperature no greater than about 70 °C [160 °F])-a process referred to as cold drawing. Other fibres, such as polyester, that are spun at extremely high rates yield what ...
- participant observation
- (from the article "ethnography") ...learning the local language or dialect and, to the greatest extent possible, participating in everyday life while at the same time maintaining an observer's objective detachment. This method, called participant-observation, ...
- participating policy
- (from the article "insurance") ...clause provides that the amount payable is the amount of insurance that would have been purchased for the premium had the correct age been stated. Many life insurance policies, known ...
- participation
- (from the article "metaphysics") ...developed around the theory of Forms, many difficulties were revealed, most of them familiar to Plato himself. The question of how the one Form was supposed to relate to the ...
- participative management
- (from the article "Herman Miller, Inc.") The firm was also an early pioneer in participative management, an approach popularized by such social scientists as Rensis Likert. In 1950 Herman Miller's employees were given opportunities to structure ...
- particle
- (from the article "separation and purification") Up to this point, only separations at the molecular level have been discussed. Separations of particles are also important in both industry and research. Particle separations are performed for one ...
- particle
- (from the article "Polynesian languages") ...in French Polynesia; and Hawaiian, with only a few remaining native speakers but formerly spoken by perhaps 100,000 persons. Samoan is the national language of Samoa (formerly Western Samoa), and ...
- particle accelerator
- (See the .) any device that produces a beam of fast-moving, electrically charged atomic or subatomic particles. Physicists use accelerators in fundamental research on the structure of nuclei, the nature ... [12 Related Articles]
- particle beam fusion
- (from the article "fusion reactor") ...bomb is an example of an inertially confined plasma. In an inertial confinement power plant, the extreme density is achieved by compressing a millimetre-scale solid pellet of fuel with lasers ...
- particle density
- (from the article "density") ...weight per unit volume of substances are also available; this quantity has various titles, such as weight density, specific weight, or unit weight. See also specific gravity. The expression particle ...
- particle electrophoresis
- (from the article "separation and purification") As the name implies, particle electrophoresis involves the separation of charged particles under the influence of an electric field; this method is used especially for the separation of viruses and ...
- particle radiation
- (from the article "analysis") ...radiation is monitored. X rays are emitted when an electron in an outer orbital falls into a vacancy in an inner orbital. The vacancy is created by bombarding the atom ...
- particle separation
- (from the article "separation and purification") Up to this point, only separations at the molecular level have been discussed. Separations of particles are also important in both industry and research. Particle separations are performed for one ...
- particle shape
- (from the article "sedimentary rock") The methodology used for detailed study of siliciclastic sedimentary rock textures, particularly grain-size distribution and grain shape (angularity and sphericity) has been described above. The information that results from textural ...
- particle-antiparticle collider
- (from the article "particle accelerator") Some colliding-beam machines have been built with two rings that cross at two or more positions, with beams of the same kind circulating in opposite directions. More common yet have ...
- particle-induced X-ray emission
- (from the article "analysis") Several methods of surface analysis utilize X rays. Particle-induced X-ray emission (PIXE) is the method in which a small area on the surface of a sample is bombarded with accelerated ...
- particleboard
- (from the article "Wood production by region") ...or 24 inches) apart, which rest on a horizontal timber, or plate, nailed to the floor platform and support a double plate at the top. The walls are sheathed on ...
- particular
- (from the article "Indian philosophy") ...be inferred. Dharmakirti consolidated the central epistemological thesis of the Buddhists that perception and inference have their own exclusive objects. The object of the former is the pure particular (svalaksana), ...
- Particular Baptist
- (from the article "Baptist") There were two groups in early Baptist life: the Particular Baptists and the General Baptists. The Particular Baptists adhered to the doctrine of a particular atonement-that Christ died only for ...
- particular affirmative proposition
- (from the article "logic") I:particular affirmativeSome A's are B's.logic, history ofCategorical forms Universal affirmative: "Every beta is an alpha."Universal negative: "Every beta is not ...
- particular average
- (from the article "average") in maritime law, loss or damage, less than total, to maritime property (a ship or its cargo), caused by the perils of the sea. An average may be particular or ...
- particular negative proposition
- (from the article "logic") O:particular negativeSome A's are not B's.logic, history ofCategorical forms...alpha."Universal negative: "Every beta is not an alpha," or equivalently "No beta ...
- particular proposition
- (from the article "logic") Secondly, categorical propositions may be distinguished by their quantity, either universal or particular. When the assertion is that all of a class of objects are or are not included in ...
- particularism
- school of anthropological thought associated with the work of Franz Boas and his students (among them A.L. Kroeber, Ruth Benedict, and Margaret Mead), whose studies of culture emphasized the integrated ... [1 Related Articles]
- particularism
- (from the article "animism") ...role) can be sorted into those with and those without a ceremonial emphasis, and, in this formal sense, the latter are the simpler. The salient characteristic of all animistic religions ...
- particulate
- (from the article "environmental works") Very small fragments of solid materials or liquid droplets suspended in air are called particulates. Except for airborne lead, which is treated as a separate category, they are characterized on ...
- Partido de la Izquierda Revolucionaria
- (from the article "Bolivia") ...middle-class and initially fascist-oriented Nationalist Revolutionary Movement (Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario; MNR) and the Marxist and largely pro-Soviet Party of the Revolutionary Left (Partido de la Izquierda Revolucionaria; PIR). Both groups ...
- Partido Popular
- (from the article "Portugal") ...crisis at home as his centre-right coalition squabbled with the three main opposition parties over the rules of succession. As Barroso left in midterm, his Social Democratic Party (PSD) and ...
- partidos
- (from the article "jai alai") The basic game played outside the United States, partidos, is a match singles or doubles game to 10 to 40 points. Betting is on the eventual outcome of the game, ...
- Parties for Democracy, Coalition of
- (from the article "Chile") ...(Alianza Democratica; AD) to actively oppose the regime and promote democracy. Following Pinochet's defeat in a 1988 plebiscite that formally ended his power, this group was renamed the Coalition of ...
- parties in interest
- (from the article "procedural law") ...Furthermore, only a person who owns (or claims to own) the right or obligation under suit can be a party to a suit involving that right. In the United States ...
- parties, joinder of
- (from the article "joinder and impleader") Joinder of claims is the assertion by a party of two or more claims based on different legal premises (e.g., contract and tort). Joinder of parties is the assertion of ...
- partimen
- a lyric poem of dispute composed by Provencal troubadours in which one poet stated a proposition and a second disputed it. The first poet then defended his position, and the ...
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