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- (from the article "Turberville, George") first English poet to publish a book of verses to his lady, a genre that became popular in the Elizabethan age.
- verset
- a short verse, especially from a sacred book, such as those found in the Song of Solomon and the Psalms, or a stanza form modeled on such biblical verse. The ...
- Versinikia, Battle of
- (from the article "Michael I Rhangabe") The following year Michael defeated the Bulgarians in several engagements, but on June 22, 813, he lost the Battle of Versinikia near Adrianople, as a result of the desertion of ...
- Verstehen
- (from the article "history, philosophy of") ...to rational assessment of the sort properly demanded within any legitimate branch of empirical investigation. It is for this reason, together with others, that they have been strongly opposed to ...
- vertebra
- (from the article "joint") There are 23 intervertebral disks, one between each pair of vertebrae below the first cervical vertebra, or atlas, and above the second sacral vertrebra (just above the tailbone). The lumbar ...
- vertebral artery
- (from the article "human cardiovascular system") The two vertebral arteries, one arising as a branch of the innominate and the other as a branch of the left subclavian artery, unite at the base of the brain ...
- vertebral column
- in vertebrate animals, the flexible column extending from neck to tail, made of a series of bones, the vertebrae. The major function of the vertebral column is protection of the ... [13 Related Articles]
- vertebral foramen
- (from the article "vertebral column") ...a series of bumps down the back, and two transverse processes, one to either side, which provide attachment for muscles and ligaments. Together the centrum and neural arch surround an ...
- vertebrate
- any animal of the subphylum Vertebrata, the predominant subphylum of the phylum Chordata. They have backbones, from which they derive their name. The vertebrates are also characterized by a muscular ... [38 Related Articles]
- vertep
- (from the article "Ukraine") ...developed into a specific genre, the school theatre, whose repertoire expanded to encompass dramatization of Christian legends, historical drama, and puppet theatre (vertep) performed on a stage ...
- vertex
- (from the article "Feynman diagram") ...with the fundamental interactions of matter, in particular the electromagnetic force, the strong force, and the weak force. The basic interaction therefore appears on a Feynman diagram as a "vertex"-i.e., ...
- vertex presentation
- (from the article "presentation") In vertex presentations the head of the fetus most commonly faces to the right and slightly to the rear. This position is said to be the most usual one because ...
- vertical channel conflict
- (from the article "marketing") ...to maximize their profits, not sales. The conflict that arises may be vertical, horizontal, or multichannel in nature. When General Motors Corporation comes into conflict with its dealers, this is ...
- vertical circle
- (from the article "telescope") ...process is referred to as transiting the meridian, from which the name of the telescope is derived. There are various types of transit instruments, as, for example, the transit circle ...
- vertical cylinder press
- (from the article "printing") Contrary to the general design of cylinder presses, the vertical cylinder press is composed of a vertical bed, and both bed and cylinder move vertically with a reciprocating motion, each ...
- vertical equity
- (from the article "income tax") The concept of vertical equity relates to the taxes paid by individuals at different income levels. Clearly, if income is a good index of ability to pay, the taxes for ...
- vertical illumination
- (from the article "microscope") ...microscopes are used to identify defects in metal surfaces, to determine the crystal grain boundaries in metal alloys, and to study rocks and minerals. This type of microscope employs vertical ...
- vertical merger
- (from the article "merger") ...types: horizontal, if both firms produce the same commodity or service for the same market; market-extensional, if the merged firms produce the same commodity or service for different markets; or ...
- vertical mobility
- (from the article "social mobility") ...An example would be a person who moves from a managerial position in one company to a similar position in another. If, however, the move involves a change in social ...
- vertical resistance
- (from the article "plant disease") ...may be either total (a plant is immune to a specific pathogen) or partial (a plant is tolerant to a pathogen, suffering minimal injury). The two broad categories of resistance ...
- vertical retreat mining
- (from the article "mining") ...stoping. In sublevel stoping, shorter blastholes are drilled from sublevels located at shorter vertical intervals along the vertical stope. A fairly typical layout is shown in the figure. In vertical ...
- vertical shaft
- (from the article "cave") ...and elongated along the controlling fracture or bedding plane. Solution chimneys follow the fracture and may be offset or descend at steep angles, depending on the pitch of the guiding ...
- vertical skateboarding
- (from the article "skateboarding") ...on a small board mounted on wheels. Considered one of the so-called extreme sports, skateboarding as a professional sport boasts a range of competitions, including vertical and street-style events. Vertical ...
- vertical stratification
- (from the article "inland water ecosystem") ...20 percent of the total amount of inland fresh water. Another 20 percent is found in the Great Lakes of North America. Characteristic of such waters is the development of ...
- vertical transmission
- (from the article "textual criticism") ...is unassailable, it depends for its practical validity on the assumption that each copyist followed only one model or exemplar and generated only variants peculiar to himself. This is called ...
- vertical two-bar loom
- (from the article "textile") In addition to the horizontal two-bar loom, there are two other primitive varieties, the warp-weighted and the vertical two-bar loom. The warp-weighted loom consists of a crossbar supported by two ...
- vertical waterwheel
- (from the article "energy conversion") Early vertical-shaft water mills drove querns where the wheel, containing radial vanes or paddles and rotating in a horizontal plane, could be lowered into the stream. The vertical shaft was ...
- vertical-axis wind turbine
- (from the article "turbine") Devices of this kind, which had not been used since the early Middle Ages, found a new application after the Finnish engineer S.J. Savonius invented a new type of rotor ...
- vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser
- (from the article "laser") ...action if it is inside a suitable cavity. Conventional edge-emitting semiconductor lasers have mirrors on opposite edges of the p-n junction, so light oscillates in the junction plane. Vertical-cavity surface-emitting ...
- vertical-hold control
- (from the article "television") ...brightness of the picture; (5) a horizontal-hold control, which adjusts the horizontal deflection generator so that it conforms exactly to the control of the horizontal synchronizing impulses; (6) a vertical-hold ...
- vertical-lift bridge
- (from the article "movable bridge") either a drawbridge, a vertical-lift bridge, a transporter bridge, or a swing (pivot) bridge. The drawbridge, or bascule, is the best known; it may be single- or double-leafed. It originated ...
- verticality
- (from the article "illusion") In studies of visual verticality, experimenters investigated the conditions that determine perception of the "upright." A tilted chair that could be mechanically controlled by the subject was placed in a ...
- vertically mixed estuary
- (from the article "boundary ecosystem") In a vertically homogeneous estuary the river flow is weak and the tidal flow is strong (Figure 1). Consequently, all stratification is broken down and salinity is almost the same ...
- verticillaster
- (from the article "angiosperm") ...Many monocotyledons have a one-sided cyme called a helicoid cyme (see photograph). A cymose inflorescence arranged in pairs at the nodes, in the manner of a false whorl, is called ...
- Verticillium albo-atrum
- (from the article "wilt") ...in cool climates. It affects several hundred species of trees, shrubs, vines, flowers, house plants, vegetables, fruits, field crops, and weeds. The causal agent is the soil-inhabiting fungus Verticillium albo-atrum ...
- Verticillium wilt
- (from the article "wilt") Verticillium wilt is a very destructive fungal disease in cool climates. It affects several hundred species of trees, shrubs, vines, flowers, house plants, vegetables, fruits, field crops, and weeds. The ...
- vertigo
- sensation that a person's surroundings are rotating or that he himself is revolving. Usually the state produces dizziness, mental bewilderment, and confusion. If the sensation is intense enough, the person ... [4 Related Articles]
- Vertisol
- one of the 30 soil groups in the classification system of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Vertisols are characterized by a clay-size-particle content of 30 percent or more by ...
- Vertisol
- one of the 12 soil orders in the U.S. Soil Taxonomy. Vertisols are clay-rich soils that undergo significant vertical cracking during the dry seasons. Typically forming under grassland vegetation in ... [2 Related Articles]
- Vertol Corporation
- (from the article "Boeing Company") In 1960 Boeing purchased Vertol Corporation, then the world's largest independent manufacturer of helicopters. As Boeing Helicopters, the unit focused on tandem-rotor helicopters and was responsible for the development of ...
- Vertov, Dziga
- Soviet motion-picture director whose kino-glaz ("film-eye") theory-that the camera is an instrument, much like the human eye, that is best used to explore the actual happenings of real life-had an ... [3 Related Articles]
- Vertue, George
- British antiquarian and engraver known primarily for his portraits and book illustrations. Though not acclaimed a great artist, Vertue left a body of work that has great historical value, including ... [1 Related Articles]
- Verulamium
- pre-Roman and Romano-British town in the territory of the Catuvellauni, across the River Ver from what is now St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England. [1 Related Articles]
- Verus, Lucius
- Roman emperor jointly (161-169) with Marcus Aurelius. Though he enjoyed equal constitutional status and powers, he did not have equal authority, nor did he seem capable of bearing his share ... [2 Related Articles]
- vervet
- (from the article "vervet") ground-dwelling guenon monkey that is widely distributed in the savannas of Africa.vervetVervet (Chlorocebus pygerythrus).Gary Stolz/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Verviers
- (from the article "Belgium") ...this created an atmosphere favourable to the development of industrial capitalism. During this period Ghent, Antwerp, and Tournai had factories with more than 100 workers; wages, however, were poor. Verviers, ...
- Verville, Beroalde de
- (from the article "short story") In the early 17th century Beroalde de Verville placed his own Rabelaisian tales within a banquet frame in a collection called Le Moyen de parvenir, "The Way of Succeeding" (c. ...
- Vervins, Treaty of
- (from the article "France") ...became a struggle against Spanish forces intervening on behalf of Isabella Clara Eugenia, the daughter of Philip II of Spain and Elizabeth of Valois, who also laid claim to the ...
- Vervoort, Michel
- (from the article "Western sculpture") ...of Rastatt (1714) the territories passed to Austria. Eighteenth-century painting and sculpture became increasingly weak and provincial, though fantastic pulpits carved by Hendrik Frans Verbruggen, Michel Vervoort, and Theodor Verhaegen ...
- Verwey, Albert
- Dutch poet, scholar, and literary historian who played an important role in the literary life of The Netherlands in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- Verwoerd, Hendrik Frensch
- South African professor, editor, and statesman who as prime minister (1958-66) rigorously applied a policy of apartheid. [2 Related Articles]
- Very
- (from the article "restaurant") During the Napoleonic era the Palais-Royal, the colonnaded, tree-lined area adjacent the Louvre, became the site of many of the finest restaurants in Paris. The menu of the Very, a ...
- Very Large Array
- radio telescope system situated on the plains of San Agustin near Socorro, New Mexico, U.S. The VLA went into operation in 1980 and is the most powerful radio telescope in ... [4 Related Articles]
- Very Large Telescope
- (from the article "European Southern Observatory") ESO operates at three sites in Chile-the La Silla Observatory, located about 600 km (370 miles) north of Santiago at an altitude of 2,400 metres (7,900 feet), the Very Large ...
- very large-scale integration
- (from the article "computer science") The process of very-large-scale integrated (VLSI) circuit design involves a number of stages, which characteristically are as follows: (1) creating the initial functional or behavioral specification, (2) encoding this specification ...
- Very Long Baseline Array
- (from the article "Some important radio telescopes") The Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) consists of ten 25-metre (82-foot) dishes spread across the United States from the Virgin Islands to Hawaii. The VLBA operates at wavelengths from 3 ...
- very long baseline interferometry
- (from the article "telescope") In conventional interferometers and arrays, coaxial cable, waveguide, or even fibre-optic links are used to distribute a common local-oscillator reference signal to each antenna and also to return the received ...
- very small aperture terminal
- (from the article "telecommunications media") ...diameter. Today thousands of cable operators obtain television, radio, and other program feeds from GEO broadcast satellites through a 1.5- to 3-metre antenna dish mounted on a tower or roof. ...
- Very, Jones
- American Transcendentalist poet and Christian mystic.
- very-long-chain fatty acid
- (from the article "metabolic disease") Peroxisomes are cytoplasmic organelles that play a central role in the catabolism of very-long-chain fatty acids and other compounds through the process of beta-oxidation. They also are critical in the ...
- very-low-calorie diet
- (from the article "therapeutics") ...should be similar to those used by nonobese persons but with fewer calories-namely, a low-fat diet that avoids high-calorie foods. One of the most popular and successful of these diets ...
- very-low-density lipoprotein
- (from the article "Human plasma apolipoproteins") VLDL is a lipoprotein class synthesized by the liver that is analogous to the chylomicrons secreted by the intestine. Its purpose is also to deliver triglycerides, cholesteryl esters, and cholesterol ...
- Verzelini, Jacopo
- (from the article "facon de Venise") ...glasshouses as a selling line was substantial. The earliest notable glass made in England other than primitive forest glass was facon de Venise; a Venetian emigre, Jacopo Verzelini (1522-1606), produced ...
- Vesaas, Tarjei
- Norwegian novelist and short-story writer whose symbolic and allegorical narratives won him much recognition in Norway and other European countries.
- Vesalius, Andreas
- Renaissance Flemish physician who revolutionized the study of biology and the practice of medicine by his careful description of the anatomy of the human body. Basing his observations on dissections ... [12 Related Articles]
- Vesco, Robert Lee
- American financier, once considered the boy wonder of international finance, who later became a fugitive from U.S. and other legal authorities. He was a key figure in certain American financial ... [1 Related Articles]
- Vesey, Denmark
- self-educated black who planned the most extensive slave revolt in U.S. history (Charleston, 1822). [3 Related Articles]
- Vesey-Fitzgerald, William
- (from the article "Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of, marquess of Douro, marquess of Wellington, earl of Wellington, Viscount Wellington of Talavera and of Wellington, Baron Douro or Wellesley") ...however, he collided head-on with the Huskissonites on parliamentary reform; the whole group resigned in May. A further crisis immediately arose during the by-election in Clare, Ireland, where William Vesey-Fitzgerald, ...
- vesical artery
- (from the article "renal system") The blood supply of the bladder is derived from the superior, middle, and inferior vesical (bladder) arteries. The superior vesical artery supplies the dome of the bladder, and one of ...
- vesical schistosomiasis
- (from the article "schistosomiasis") ...and Indonesia. (2) Manson's, or intestinal, schistosomiasis is caused by S. mansoni, found in Africa, the Middle East, the Caribbean, and northern South America. (3) Vesical, or ...
- vesicle
- (from the article "muscle") The nerve terminal contains many small vesicles (membrane-enclosed structures) about 50 nm in diameter, each of which contains 5,000-10,000 molecules of acetylcholine. Mitochondria are also present, providing a source of ...
- vesicle
- (from the article "igneous rock") Among the most widespread structural features of volcanic rocks are the porelike openings left by the escape of gas from the congealing lava. Such openings are called vesicles, and the ...
- vesicle
- (from the article "blister") a rounded elevation of the skin containing clear fluid, caused by a separation either between layers of the epidermis or between the epidermis and the dermis. Blisters are classified as ...
- vesicular exanthema
- viral disease of swine causing eruption of painful blisters on feet and snout. Blisters emerge 24 to 72 hours after exposure and are accompanied by fever, which lasts 24 to ...
- vesicular stomatitis
- viral disease causing blisters in the mouths of cattle, horses, and mules and on the snouts and feet of swine. Horses and cattle with vesicular stomatitis become feverish two to ... [1 Related Articles]
- vesicular stomatitis virus
- (from the article "virus") ...protein synthesis in the host cell soon after infection; these picornaviruses also inhibit cellular RNA and DNA synthesis. Another virus that rapidly kills the infected cell is the negative-strand vesicular ...
- vesiculitis
- inflammation and infection of the seminal vesicles in the male reproductive tract. The seminal vesicles are ductlike glands that add fluid secretions to the seminal fluid as it passes from ...
- vesiculovirus
- (from the article "virus") ...a single glycoprotein, which is the type-specific antigen. Viruses of this family are widely infectious for plants and for animals varying from insects to humans. 2 animal genera are designated ...
- Vesoul
- town, capital of Haute-Saone departement, Franche-Comte region, eastern France. It lies between the isolated conical hill, La Motte (1,263 ft [384 m]), and the Durgeon River. The hill is crowned ...
- Vespa
- (from the article "wasp") The most familiar social wasps in northern temperate regions are species of the genera Polistes, Vespa, or Vespula. Many are large and aggressive and are equipped with formidable stings. Some ...
- Vespasian
- Roman emperor (AD 69-79) who, though of humble birth, became the founder of the Flavian dynasty after the civil wars that followed Nero's death in 68. His fiscal reforms and ... [14 Related Articles]
- Vespasian Psalter
- (from the article "biblical literature") ...of a true English translation was the development of the interlinear gloss, a valuable pedagogic device for the introduction of youthful members of monastic schools to the study of the ...
- Vespasiano da Bisticca
- (from the article "Nicholas V") Nicholas was a man of gentle character who achieved more by wise concession than others did by force. Of him Vespasiano da Bisticci (1421-98), the biographer of 15th-century luminaries, wrote: ...
- vesper bat
- large family of bats numbering more than 400 species. They are found worldwide in both tropical and temperate regions, their habitats ranging from tropical forest to desert. [2 Related Articles]
- vespers
- evening prayer of thanksgiving and praise in Roman Catholic and certain other Christian liturgy. Vespers and lauds (morning prayer) are the oldest and most important of the traditional liturgy of ... [2 Related Articles]
- Vespidae
- (from the article "wasp") ...by the female parent. There are more than 20,000 known species of wasps, the vast majority of which are solitary in habit. The social wasps are confined to about 1,000 ...
- Vespinae
- (from the article "hymenopteran") For nest building, the Polistinae (paper wasps) and Vespinae (e.g., yellow jackets) use paperlike coverings, which they construct by gnawing wood particles from structures such as fences, telephone poles, and ...
- vespoid wasp
- (from the article "wasp") ...There are more than 20,000 known species of wasps, the vast majority of which are solitary in habit. The social wasps are confined to about 1,000 species within the family ...
- Vespucci, Amerigo
- merchant and explorer-navigator who took part in early voyages to the New World (1499-1500, 1501-02) and occupied the influential post of piloto mayor ("master navigator") in Sevilla (1508-12). The name ... [7 Related Articles]
- Vespula
- (from the article "wasp") The most familiar social wasps in northern temperate regions are species of the genera Polistes, Vespa, or Vespula. Many are large and aggressive and are equipped with formidable stings. Some ...
- Vessantara
- (from the article "Buddhism") ...of an episode in the life of a buddha or a bodhisattva. In Tibet troupes of actors specialize in performances of Buddhist legends. In Thailand the recitation of the story ...
- vessel
- in botany, the most specialized and efficient conducting structure of xylem (fluid-conducting tissues). Characteristic of most flowering plants and absent from most gymnosperms and ferns, vessels are thought to have ... [6 Related Articles]
- vessel cell
- (from the article "lower vascular plant") ...normally long, narrow, and attenuated at the tips. Their secondary walls display ladderlike (scalariform) thickenings. The largest tracheids are several centimetres long, but most are much smaller. Vessel cells, which ...
- vessel flute
- musical instrument, an aerophone with a closed, spherically shaped body and a blow hole and sometimes with finger holes. In Africa many vessel flutes are made from gourds or shells; ... [1 Related Articles]
- vessel traffic centre
- (from the article "traffic control") VTS seeks to meet the goals of the vessel traffic centre (to manage traffic) and the ship (to move through the area) by integrating space management, position fixing, track monitoring, ...
- vessel traffic system
- (from the article "traffic control") The management of traffic and safety on a given body of water has been previously described as an assemblage of related but distinct systems. These systems are integrated in a ...
- Vessy Bridge
- (from the article "bridge") ...of engineering, always striving to use less material and keep costs down, he continually played with the forms in order to achieve maximum aesthetic expression. Some of his last bridges-at ...
- Vest Fjord
- fjord, in the Norwegian Sea off the northwestern coast of Norway. Formed by the Norwegian mainland to the east and the Lofoten islands to the north and west, Vest Fjord ...
- Vesta
- in Roman religion, goddess of the hearth, identified with the Greek Hestia. The lack of an easy source of fire in the early Roman community placed a special premium on ... [3 Related Articles]
- Vesta
- third largest and the brightest asteroid of the asteroid belt and the fourth such object to be discovered, by the German astronomer and physician Wilhelm Olbers on March 29, 1807. ... [3 Related Articles]
- Vestal Virgins
- in Roman religion, six priestesses, representing the daughters of the royal house, who tended the state cult of Vesta, the goddess of the hearth. The cult is believed to date ... [6 Related Articles]
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