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T Tauri star: any of a class of very young stars having a mass approximately equal to that of the Sun. So called after a prototype identified in a bright region of gas ...
T'aebaek Mountains: main ridge of the Korean Peninsula, stretching along the coast of the Sea of Japan (East Sea), north to Hwangnyong Mountain (4,160 feet [1,268 m]), North Korea, and continuing south ...
T'ai Chi: in Chinese philosophy, the eternal source and cause of all reality. In the Book of Changes (I Ching), the ancient philosophical text in which the concept is first mentioned, T'ai ...
T'ai Hsu: Chinese Buddhist monk and philosopher.
T'ai, Lake: large lake between Chekiang and Kiangsu provinces, China. Roughly crescent-shaped, it is 45 miles (70 km) from north to south and about 37 miles (59 km) from east to west; ...
T'ai, Mount: principal peak of the range of the T'ai Shan (mountains); it lies to the north of T'ai-an city in Shantung Province, China. The T'ai range consists of a much shattered ...
T'ai-chou: city in Kiangsu sheng (province), China. T'ai-chou is situated about 30 miles (50 km) east of the city of Yang-chou on the T'ung-yang Canal, which joins it to Yang-chou (west), ...
T'ai-chung: shih (municipality), west-central Taiwan, since 1959 the seat of the provincial administration of Taiwan province. T'ai-chung grew in the early 19th century as the collecting centre for a fertile agricultural ...
T'ai-chung: hsien (county), west-central Taiwan. It is bordered by the hsiens of Miao-li (north), I-lan and Hua-lien (east), and Chang-hua and Nan-t'ou (south) and by the Taiwan Strait (west). Northern extensions ...
T'ai-hang Mountains: range stretching some 250 miles (400 km) from north to south and forming the provincial boundary between Shansi and Hopeh provinces, China. Sometimes misnamed the T'ai-hsing Range by Western writers, ...
T'ai-nan: hsien (county), southwestern Taiwan, with an area of 778 square miles (2,016 square km). It is bordered by Chia-i hsien (north), by Kao-hsiung hsien (southeast), and by T'ai-nan shih (municipality) ...
T'ai-nan: shih (municipality), southwestern Taiwan, with an area of 68 square miles (176 square km). It is one of the oldest urban settlements on the island. The Han Chinese settled there ...
T'ai-pei: northernmost hsien (county), Taiwan, occupying an area of 792 square miles (2,051 square km). It is bordered by I-lan hsien (southeast), T'ao-yuan hsien (southwest), and the East China Sea (north). ...
T'ai-tsu: leader of the nomadic Juchen tribes who occupied north and east Manchuria. He founded the Chin, or Juchen, dynasty (1115-1234) and conquered all of North China. The Juchen were originally ...
T'ai-tsu: Chinese emperor (960-976), military leader, and statesman who founded the Sung dynasty (960-1279). He began the reunification of China, a project largely completed by his younger brother and successor, T'ai-tsung.
T'ai-tsung: Chinese ruler, the second emperor (626-649) of the T'ang dynasty (618-907) and second son of the dynastic founder, Kao-tsu.
T'ai-tsung: second emperor of the Sung dynasty (960-1279) and brother of the first emperor, T'ai-tsu. He completed consolidation of the dynasty. When T'ai-tsu died in 976, the throne was passed to ...
T'ai-tung: coastal shih (municipality) and seat, T'ai-tung hsien (county), southeastern Taiwan, on the southern bank of the Pei-nan River, 58 miles (94 km) northeast of Kao-hsiung.
T'ai-tung: hsien (county), southeastern Taiwan. It is bordered by the hsiens of Hua-lien (north) and Kao-hsiung and P'ing-tung (southwest) and by the Philippine Sea (east). Thickly forested southeastern slopes of the ...
T'ai-yan: city and capital of Shansi sheng (province), China. T'ai-yuan, one of the greatest industrial cities in China, lies on the Fen River in the north of its fertile upper basin. ...
T'aigo Wangsa: Buddhist monk, founder of the T'aigo sect of Korean Buddhism.
T'ang: Chinese emperor who overthrew the Hsia dynasty and founded the Shang dynasty (traditionally dated 1766-1122 BC; some modern scholars believe it lasted from the mid-16th to the mid-11th century BC).
T'ang Dynasty: (618-907), Chinese dynasty that succeeded the short-lived Sui dynasty and developed a successful form of government and administration on the Sui model and stimulated a cultural and artistic flowering that ...
T'ang-ku: town in eastern China, on the Hai River and the Gulf of Chihli. It lies on the Tientsin-Shen-yang (Mukden) railroad and is an important shipping point. T'ang-ku is also an ...
T'ang-ku-la Mountains: mountain range in the Tibetan Autonomous Region, China. On the southeastern high plateau south of the mountains, there are many large salt lakes. In its eastern part the range forms ...
T'ang-shan: industrial city in eastern Hopeh sheng (province), China. Originally, T'ang-shan was a small hamlet dependent upon nearby K'ai-p'ing and located in an area where many small coal pits had been ...
T'ao Hung-ching: Chinese poet, calligrapher, physician, naturalist, and the most eminent Taoist of his time.
T'ao-yuan: hsien (county), northern Taiwan, with an area of 471 sq mi (1,221 sq km). It is bordered by the hsiens of T'ai-pei (north), I-lan (east), and Hsin-chu (south) and by ...
T'ao-yuan: shih (municipality) and seat of T'ao-yuan hsien (county), northern Taiwan, situated 13 mi (21 km) southwest of Taipei city, in the northern part of the western coastal plain. Developed during ...
T'ien: (Chinese: "Heaven"), in indigenous Chinese religion, the supreme power reigning over lesser gods and men. The term T'ien may refer to a deity, to impersonal nature, or to both.
T'ien Ming: in Chinese Confucian thought, the notion that heaven (t'ien) conferred directly upon an emperor, the Son of Heaven (T'ien tzu), the right to rule. The doctrine had its beginnings in ...
T'ien-chi: 15th emperor (reigned 1620-27) of the Ming dynasty, under whose rule the infamous eunuch Wei Chung-hsien (1568-1627) dominated the government while the dynasty disintegrated.
T'ien-shui: city, southeast Kansu sheng (province), China. T'ien-shui is situated along the Wei River and was historically an important place along the great western route from Sian to Lan-chou and to ...
T'ien-t'ai: rationalist school of Buddhist thought that takes its name from the mountain in southeastern China where its founder and greatest exponent, Chih-i, lived and taught in the 6th century. The ...
T'ien-t'ai Mountains: mountain chain in eastern Chekiang province, China. T'ien-t'ai is also the name of a mountain in the chain. The range forms the northeastern extension of the great Hsien-hsia Mountains in ...
T'ongyong: city and port, South Kyongsang do (province), southeastern South Korea. The city was created in 1995 when Ch'ungmu city was combined with T'ongyong county. Until it was ...
T'u-ti: (Chinese: "Place God"), type of Chinese god whose deification and functions are determined by local residents. The chief characteristic of a T'u-ti is the limitation of his jurisdiction to a ...
T'ung-ch'eng: town in Anhwei sheng (province), eastern China. It stands on the edge of the Yangtze River floodplain, the area to the south being a maze of lakes, the largest of ...
T'ung-chih: emperor (reigned 1861-75) of the Ch'ing dynasty (1644-1911/12), during whose reign occurred a short revitalization of the beleaguered Ch'ing government, known as the T'ung-chih Restoration.
T'ung-hua: city, southern Kirin sheng (province), China. T'ung-hua is situated in the valley of the Hun River in the densely forested Ch'ang-pai Mountains-an area well known from early times for the ...
T'ung-kuan: town in the extreme east of Shensi sheng (province), China. Situated on the south bank of the Huang Ho (Yellow River), just below its confluence with the Wei River where ...
T'ung-liao: town located in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous ch'u (region), China. Situated on the east bank of the Hsi-liao River, T'ung-liao was originally the centre of the Barin tala horse pastures, ...
T'ung-ling: city and industrial centre located in southern Anhwei Province (sheng), China. Located on the southeast bank of the Yangtze River between An-ch'ing and Wu-hu, T'ung-ling grew into an industrial city ...
T4 Program: Nazi German effort-framed as a euthanasia program-to kill incurably ill, physically or mentally disabled, emotionally distraught, and elderly people. Adolf Hitler initiated this program in 1939, and, while it was ...
Ta Yu: (Chinese: "Yu the Great"), in Chinese mythology, the Tamer of the Flood, one of China's saviour-heroes and reputed founder of China's oldest dynasty, the Hsia. One legend among many recounts ...
Ta'izz: city, southwestern Yemen, in the Yemen Highlands. It is one of the country's chief urban centres and a former national capital.
ta'liq script: in Arabic calligraphy, cursive style of lettering developed in Iran in the 10th century. It is thought to have been the creation of Hasan ibn Husayn 'Ali of Fars, but, ...
Ta'mim, at-: muhafazah (governorate), in northeastern Iraq, created from the northern part of Kirkuk muhafazah. It has an area of 3,729 sq mi (9,659 sq km) and encompasses the eastern part of ...
Ta-ch'ing: oil field in Heilungkiang province, China, one of the country's most important sources of oil. It is situated in the north of the Sungari-Liao River basin, between Tsitsihar and Harbin, ...
Ta-hsueh Mountains: great mountain range in the west of Szechwan province, China. These enormously high and rugged mountain chains were formed around the eastern flank of the ancient stable block of the ...
Ta-li: city in west-central Yunnan sheng (province), China. Ta-li is situated in a fertile basin on the west side of the Erh Hai (lake); this Ta-li should not be confused with ...
Ta-li: city in western Yunnan sheng (province), China. It is situated at the southern end of the Erh Hai (lake) in a fertile basin about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of ...
Ta-pa Mountains: mountain range dividing Szechwan province from Shensi province, China. Like the Tsinling Mountains to the north, from which it is separated by the Han River valley and the basin near ...
Ta-pieh Mountains: mountain range in central China. It has a roughly northwest-to-southeast axis, which forms the watershed between the upper Huai River and the Yangtze River and also marks the boundary between ...
Ta-t'ung: city, northern Shansi sheng (province), China. The city is situated at the northern limits of traditional Chinese settlement, standing just inside the Great Wall on a fertile plain watered by ...
Ta-tu: the city of Peking (q.v.) under the Mongols.
Ta-yeh: town in eastern Hupeh sheng (province), China. Ta-yeh is situated on the south bank of the Yangtze River near Huang-shih and about 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Han-k'ou (Wu-han). ...
Taaffe, Eduard, Count von: statesman and twice prime minister of Austria (1868-70 and 1879-93) who controlled most of the empire's quarreling nationalities and forged a conservative coalition that remained in power longer than any ...
Taal Lake: lake in southwestern Luzon, Philippines, occupying a volcanic crater with a maximum width of 15 miles (24 km), at less than 10 feet (3 m) above sea level. It has ...
Tabari, at-: Muslim scholar, author of enormous compendiums of early Islamic history and Qur'anic exegesis, who made a distinct contribution to the consolidation of Sunni thought during the 9th century. He condensed ...
tabasco: hot red pepper, a variety of Capsicum frutescens of the Solanaceae, or nightshade, family. See pepper.
Tabasco: state, southeastern Mexico, bounded on the northwest by the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico, east by Campeche, southeast by Guatemala, south by Chiapas, and west by Veracruz. ...
Tabasco Plain: tropical lowland on the Gulf of Mexico, Tabasco state, southeastern Mexico. Occupying the coastal lowlands south of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and north of the Yucatan Peninsula, the Tabasco Plain ...
Tabataba'i, Sayyid Zia od-Din: Iranian statesman who led the coup d'etat of 1921 in which he was made prime minister.
tabby: type of dark-striped coat colouring found in both wild and domestic cats. One of the most common coat colours, the tabby pattern dates back to domestic cats in ancient Egypt. ...
Tabernacle: ("dwelling"), in Jewish history, the portable sanctuary constructed by Moses as a place of worship for the Hebrew tribes during the period of wandering that preceded their arrival in the ...
tabes dorsalis: rare neurologic form of tertiary syphilis, involving sensory deficits, loss of neuromuscular coordination, and diminished reflexes. Symptoms of this form of neurosyphilis chiefly affect the legs and may not appear ...
Tabinshwehti: king who unified Myanmar (reigned 1531-50). He was the second monarch of the Toungoo dynasty, which his father, Minkyinyo, had founded in 1486.
Tabk: oasis city, northwestern Saudi Arabia. The city is situated amid a grove of date palms. In former times it was a station on the Hejaz railway (now defunct). At the ...
tabla: pair of small drums fundamental (since the 18th century) to Hindustani music of northern India. The higher-pitched of the two drums, which is played with the right hand, is also ...
Tablas de Damiel National Park: nature reserve, located about 19 miles (30 km) northeast of the city of Ciudad Real, south-central Spain. The park, created in 1973, occupies 4,633 acres (1,875 hectares) and lies at ...
tablature: system of musical notation based on a player's finger position, as opposed to notes showing rhythm and pitch. Tablatures were used for lute and keyboard music during the Renaissance and ...
table: basic article of furniture, known and used in the Western world since at least the 7th century BC, consisting of a flat slab of stone, metal, wood, or glass supported ...
Table Bay: bay of the Atlantic Ocean near the southern tip of Africa forming the harbour of Cape Town. Extending north from Cape Town to Melkbosstrand, the bay is 12 mi (19 ...
Table Mountain: flat-topped mountain, overlooking Cape Town and Table Bay, South Africa, dominating the northern end of the high, rocky Cape Peninsula. Its tabular shape results from nearly horizontal layers of sandstone, ...
table talk: informal conversation at or as if at a dining table; especially, the social talk of a celebrity recorded for publication. Collections of such conversations exist from as early as the ...