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- in economics, the determination of the prices of goods and services. [4 Related Articles]
- utility bicycle
- (from the article "bicycle") Most present-day bicycles fit into six main categories: utility, touring, racing, mountain, hybrid, and BMX. Utility bicycles are basic transportation in developing countries, where hundreds of millions are in service. ...
- utility measure
- (from the article "economics") Each household is endowed with definite "tastes" that can be expressed in a series of "utility functions." A utility function (an equation similar to the production function) shows that the ...
- utility theory
- (from the article "game theory") In the previous example it was tacitly assumed that the players were maximizing their average profits, but in practice players may consider other factors. For example, few people would risk ...
- Utkal Plains
- coastal plains in eastern Orissa state, eastern India. Extending over approximately 16,000 sq mi (41,400 sq km) and fronting the Bay of Bengal on the east, the plains are bounded ...
- Utnapishtim
- (from the article "Noah") The story of the Flood has close affinities with Babylonian traditions of apocalyptic floods in which Utnapishtim plays the part corresponding to that of Noah. These mythologies are the source ...
- Uto-Aztecan languages
- family of American Indian languages spoken in Mexico, northern Guatemala, and the western United States. The Uto-Aztecan languages are recognized by modern linguists as falling into eight groups, four of ... [4 Related Articles]
- utopia
- an ideal commonwealth whose inhabitants exist under seemingly perfect conditions. Hence "utopian" and "utopianism" are words used to denote visionary reform that tends to be impossibly idealistic. [15 Related Articles]
- Utopia basin
- (from the article "Mars") ...on 30° W longitude), Amazonis Planitia (160° W), and Utopia Planitia (250° W). The only significant relief in this huge area is a large ancient impact basin, informally called the ...
- Utopia Planitia
- northern lava plain on the planet Mars that was selected as the landing site of the U.S. Viking 2 planetary probe. Photographs transmitted from the Viking 2 lander, which touched ... [1 Related Articles]
- utopian literature
- (from the article "More, Sir Thomas") ...and wit established his reputation as one of the foremost humanists. Soon translated into most European languages, Utopia became the ancestor of a new literary genre, the ...
- utopian socialism
- (from the article "socialism") Conservatives who saw the settled life of agricultural society disrupted by the insistent demands of industrialism were as likely as their radical counterparts to be outraged by the self-interested competition ...
- Utpala
- (from the article "Indian philosophy") The source literature of this school consists in the Siva-sutra, Vasugupta's Spanda-karika ("Verses on Creation"; 8th-9th centuries), Utpala's Pratyabhijna-sutra ("Aphorisms on Recognition"; c. 900), Abhinavagupta's Paramarthasara ("The Essence of the ...
- Utraquist
- any of the spiritual descendants of Jan Hus who believed that the laity, like the clergy, should receive the Eucharist under the forms of both bread and wine (Latin utraque, ... [6 Related Articles]
- Utrecht
- provincie, central Netherlands, the country's smallest, with an area of 514 square miles (1,331 square km). It extends southward from the narrow Lake Eem, which separates Utrecht provincie from the ... [2 Related Articles]
- Utrecht
- gemeente (municipality), central Netherlands. It lies along the Kromme Rijn (Winding, or Crooked, Rhine), Oude (Old) Rijn, and Vecht rivers and the Amsterdam-Rijn Canal. Its original Roman name, Trajectum ad ... [4 Related Articles]
- Utrecht Psalter
- (from the article "wind instrument") ...conversion of the emperor Constantine (AD 312), had little love for the musical instruments associated with earlier persecutions. Folk instruments, of course, remained, and such documents as the Utrecht Psalter ...
- Utrecht school
- principally a group of three Dutch painters-Dirck van Baburen (c. 1590-1624), Gerrit van Honthorst (1590-1656; see ), and Hendrik Terbrugghen (1588-1629)-who went to Rome and fell fully under the pervasive ... [4 Related Articles]
- Utrecht, State University of
- state-supported coeducational institution of higher learning founded in 1636 at Utrecht, Neth. In the 17th and 18th centuries Utrecht attracted many foreign students, especially from England and Scotland. James Boswell, ... [1 Related Articles]
- Utrecht, treaties of
- (April 1713-September 1714), a series of treaties between France and other European powers (April 11, 1713 to Sept. 7, 1714) and another series between Spain and other powers (July 13, ... [27 Related Articles]
- Utrecht, Union of
- (from the article "Netherlands, The") On Jan. 23, 1579, the agreement at Utrecht was concluded, forming a "closer union" within the larger union of the Low Countries led by the States General sitting in Brussels. ...
- Utrera
- city, Sevilla provincia (province), in the comunidad autonoma (autonomous community) of Andalusia, southwestern Spain. It lies southeast of the city of Sevilla on the ...
- utricle
- (from the article "nervous system, human") Each saccule and utricle has a single cluster, or macula, of hair cells located in the vertical and horizontal planes, respectively. Resting upon the hair cells is a gelatinous membrane ...
- Utrillo, Maurice
- French painter who was noted for his depictions of the houses and streets of the Montmartre district of Paris.
- utsarpini
- (from the article "Jainism") ...and formless. It is understood as a wheel with 12 spokes (ara), the equivalent of ages, six of which form an ascending arc and six a descending ...
- Utsunomiya
- capital, Tochigi ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan. The city is situated on the alluvial plain between the Ta River and the Kinu River. A castle town in the 11th century, it ...
- Uttar Pradesh
- the most populous state of India. Lying in north-central India, it is bordered by Nepal and the Indian state of Uttaranchal to the north, the Indian states of Haryana and ... [5 Related Articles]
- Uttaradit
- town, northern Thailand. It is a provincial capital and a farming market centre on the Nan River and the Bangkok-Chiang Mai railway. The town centre was rebuilt after being destroyed ...
- Uttarakhand
- (from the article "Uttar Pradesh") ...given its present name, Uttar Pradesh (literally, "Northern State"). Its capital is Lucknow. In November 2000 the state's northern, Himalayan, provinces were formed into the new state of Uttaranchal, with ...
- Uttlesford
- district, administrative and historic county of Essex, England. It occupies the northwestern corner of the county, where it borders Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire. A low ridge of chalk hills runs from ...
- Utu-khegal
- (from the article "Mesopotamia, history of") Utu-hegal of Uruk is given credit for having overthrown Gutian rule by vanquishing their king Tiriqan along with two generals. Utu-hegal calls himself lord of the four quarters of the ...
- utui
- (from the article "Kamba") Traditionally the basic group among the Kamba was a unit of flexible social and territorial boundaries called an utui, based on a core patrilineage. The Kamba were grouped into some ...
- Uturoa
- (from the article "Raiatea") ...3,000 feet (1,000 metres). The neighbouring island to the north, Tahaa, geologically is part of the same volcanic complex, and both islands lie within the same fringing reef. The chief ...
- Utzon, Jorn
- Danish architect best known for his dynamic, imaginative, but problematic design for the Sydney Opera House in Australia. [1 Related Articles]
- Uummannaq
- (from the article "Uummannaq Fjord") ...to the inland ice cap, where they are fed by extensive glaciers. Upernivik and Ubekendt islands separate the inlet from Karrat Isfjord; Qarajaqs Isfjord is its most southerly arm. The ...
- Uummannaq Fjord
- inlet of Baffin Bay, western Greenland, north of Nuussuaq Peninsula. About 100 miles (160 km) long and 15-30 miles (24-48 km) wide, the inlet divides into several smaller fjords extending ...
- UVA radiation
- (from the article "ultraviolet radiation") ...in biological experimentation. Based on the interaction of wavelengths of ultraviolet radiation with biological materials, three divisions have been designated: UVA (400-315 nm), also called black light; UVB (315-280 nm), ...
- Uvalde
- city, seat (1856) of Uvalde county, southwestern Texas, U.S. It lies along the Leona River, some 85 miles (135 km) west-southwest of San Antonio. Fort Inge was built (1849) on ...
- Uvarov, Sergey Semyonovich, Count
- (Graf) Russian statesman and administrator, an influential minister of education during the reign of Tsar Nicholas I. [4 Related Articles]
- uvarovite
- calcium chromium garnet found as small, brilliant, green crystals. It is the rarest of all the garnets, and its crystals commonly are too small to be cut. Otherwise, it would ...
- UVB radiation
- (from the article "ultraviolet radiation") ...experimentation. Based on the interaction of wavelengths of ultraviolet radiation with biological materials, three divisions have been designated: UVA (400-315 nm), also called black light; UVB (315-280 nm), responsible for ...
- UVC radiation
- (from the article "Physical Sciences") Researchers were seeking to develop light-emitting diodes (LEDs) as a source of UVC radiation-ultraviolet radiation with a relatively short wavelength (100 to 280 nm)-for a variety of applications, including germicidal ...
- Uvea
- (from the article "Dependent States") ...of some $500 million from the French government. The company's local position was also strengthened by the sale of a 10% stake to provincial governments. France settled a dispute on ...
- uvea
- (from the article "uveitis") inflammation of the uvea, the middle coat of the eyeball, which is pigmented and contains blood vessels. The uvea consists of three parts: the iris, the ciliary body (containing the ...
- uveitis
- inflammation of the uvea, the middle coat of the eyeball, which is pigmented and contains blood vessels. The uvea consists of three parts: the iris, the ciliary body (containing the ... [1 Related Articles]
- Uvs, Lake
- (from the article "Mongolia") ...The largest and deepest freshwater lake, Hovsgol, occupies a structural depression in the northernmost part of the country. Other large lakes-all in the west-include the saline Lake Uvs, which is ...
- uvula
- (from the article "digestive system, human") ...floor of the nasal cavity. The soft palate is composed of a strong, thin, fibrous sheet, the palatine aponeurosis, and the glossopalatine and pharyngopalatine muscles. A small projection called the ...
- uvular
- (from the article "Semitic languages") The sound of air rushing past the uvula produces the uvular x (sounding like the ch of German Bach or Scottish loch). Its voiced counterpart, the gh, resembles the standard ...
- uvular stop
- (from the article "Austronesian languages") ...of Austronesian languages it is not surprising that observers have recorded a wide range of speech sounds, including some that are quite rare in the world's languages. Some Formosan languages ...
- Uvularia grandiflora
- (from the article "bellwort") ...The stems bear large pale yellow flowers, usually solitary and drooping at the ends of the branches, that bloom from April to June. The most conspicuous species is the large-flowered ...
- Uvularia perfoliata
- (from the article "bellwort") ...six-parted flowers that are about 1.5 inches (4 cm) long. It is found from Quebec westward to Minnesota and southward to Georgia and Kansas. The somewhat smaller perfoliate bellwort (U. ...
- uwagi
- (from the article "dress") ...is a long, pleated train (mo) of sheer, white silk decorated with a painted design. The outer kimono (uwagi) is very large to accommodate ...
- Uwajima
- city, Ehime ken (prefecture), Shikoku, Japan. It faces the Bungo Channel between the Inland Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Uwajima developed as a castle town in the late 16th century. ...
- Uways I
- (from the article "Jalayirid") Hasan Buzurg had, meanwhile, established his line in Baghdad, from which he conducted his agitation against the Chupanids. His son Uways I (reigned 1356-74) enlarged Jalayirid domains by seizing Azerbaijan ...
- Uwilingiyimana, Agathe
- (from the article "Rwanda") ...has never been conclusively determined, Hutu extremists were originally thought to have been responsible; later there were allegations that FPR leaders were responsible. The next day Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana, ...
- Uxellodunum
- (from the article "Caesar, Julius") ...further revolts. The most determined of these rebels were the Bellovaci, between the Rivers Seine and Somme, around Beauvais. Another rebel force stood siege in the south in the natural ...
- Uxmal
- ruined ancient Maya city in Yucatan state, Mexico, about 90 miles (150 km) west-southwest of Chichen Itza and 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Mayapan. By road, it is some ... [2 Related Articles]
- uxorilocal residence
- (from the article "South American nomad") Forest nomads, such as the Guayaki and Siriono, on the other hand, were matrilineal and matrilocal-that is, an individual traced his ancestry through his mother's lineage, and a man went ...
- uyezd
- (from the article "zemstvo") ...established in 1864 to provide social and economic services, it became a significant liberal influence within imperial Russia. Zemstvos existed on two levels, the uyezd (canton) and ...
- Uylenburgh, Hendrick van
- (from the article "Rembrandt van Rijn") In 1631 Rembrandt entered a business relationship with Hendrick Uylenburgh (1584 or 1589-c. 1660), an Amsterdam entrepreneur in paintings who had a large workshop that painted portraits, carried out restorations, ...
- Uyo
- town, capital of Akwa Ibom state, southeastern Nigeria. Uyo lies on the road from Oron to Ikot Ekpene. A collecting station for palm oil and kernels, it is also a ... [1 Related Articles]
- Uys, Jamie
- South African filmmaker whose biggest comedic success, The Gods Must Be Crazy, was an international hit (b. May 30, 1921--d. Jan. 29, 1996). [1 Related Articles]
- Uyu
- (from the article "Chindwin River") The Uyu and the Myittha are the main tributaries of the system, which drains approximately 44,000 square miles (114,000 square km). During part of the rainy season (June-November), the Chindwin ...
- Uyuni
- town, southwestern Bolivia. It lies on the cold, windswept Altiplano, a high intermontane plateau, at 12,024 feet (3,665 metres) above sea level, just east of the vast Uyuni Salt Flat. ... [1 Related Articles]
- Uyuni Salt Flat
- arid, windswept salt flat in southwestern Bolivia. It lies on the Altiplano, at 11,995 feet (3,656 metres) above sea level. The Uyuni Salt Flat is Bolivia's largest salt-encrusted waste area ... [2 Related Articles]
- Uzaemon XVII, Ichimura
- Japanese actor (b. 1916, Tokyo, Japan-d. July 8, 2001, Tokyo), was one of the greatest tachiyaku (male-role) actors in Japan's traditional kabuki theatre. Ichimura was the nephew of Kikugoro Onoe ...
- Uzbek
- any member of a Central Asian people found chiefly in Uzbekistan, but also in other parts of Central Asia and in Afghanistan. The Uzbeks speak either of two dialects of ... [19 Related Articles]
- Uzbek khanate
- any of the three states that ruled Transoxania, in present-day Uzbekistan, before it came under Russian rule in the 19th century. The khanates of Bukhara and Khiva (Khwarezm) were established ... [13 Related Articles]
- Uzbek language
- member of the Turkic language subfamily of the Altaic family, spoken in Uzbekistan, eastern Turkmenistan, northern and western Tajikistan, southern Kazakhstan, northern Afghanistan, and northwestern China. Uzbek belongs to the ... [1 Related Articles]
- Uzbek literature
- the body of written works produced by the Uzbek people of Central Asia, most of whom live in Uzbekistan, with smaller populations in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan. [1 Related Articles]
- Uzbekistan
- country in Central Asia. It lies mainly between two major rivers, the Syr Darya (ancient Jaxartes River) on the northeast and the Amu Darya (ancient Oxus River) on the southwest, ... [30 Related Articles]
- Uzbekistan, flag of
- horizontally striped blue-white-green national flag with red fimbriations (narrow borders) between the stripes. In the upper hoist corner are a white crescent and 12 white stars. The flag's width-to-length ratio ...
- Uzbekistan, history of
- (from the article "Uzbekistan") Humans lived in what is now Uzbekistan as early as the Paleolithic Period (Old Stone Age), some 55,000 to 70,000 years ago. The great states of Bactria, Khwarezm, and Sogdiana ...
- Uzhhorod
- city, western Ukraine. It is situated along the Uzh River just east of the Slovak border. For centuries Uzhhorod has been an important cultural, educational, religious, and economic centre of ...
- Uzhhorod, Union of
- (from the article "Ukraine") ...after 1015 Transcarpathia was absorbed by Hungary, of which it remained a part for almost a millennium. With Hungary, it came in the 16th-17th centuries under the Habsburg dynasty. After ...
- Uzi submachine gun
- compact automatic weapon that is used throughout the world as a police and special-forces firearm. The Uzi is named for its designer, Uziel Gal, an Israeli army officer who developed ... [2 Related Articles]
- Uzice
- town, Serbia. It lies along the Djetinja River and the Sarajevo-Cacak-Belgrade railway line. A medieval town of strategic importance, Uzice was the headquarters for the Partisan army in autumn 1941. ...
- Uzina
- (from the article "Moulmein") ...at the confluence of the Gyaing and Ataran rivers. The low hills that flank the town on the east and west are dotted with ancient pagodas, including the Kyaikthanlan, renowned ...
- Uzun Hasan
- ruler (1453-78) of the Turkmen Ak Koyunlu dynasty, who created a short-lived empire in Iran, Iraq, and Armenia. [5 Related Articles]
- Uzziah
- in the Old Testament (2 Chronicles 26), son and successor of Amaziah, and king of Judah for 52 years (c. 791-739 BC). [1 Related Articles]
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