AT-6 Spiral (from the article "rocket and missile system") ...infantry use on the lines of the original German concept, saw use in Vietnam and ...
At-Bashy Range (from the article "Tien Shan") ...feet (3,000 to 4,600 metres), while the elevations of the depressions that separate them vary ...
ata (from the article "Igala") ...people of Nigeria, living on the left bank of the Niger River below its junction ...
Atabapo River (from the article "Orinoco River") ...great meandering curves to its confluence with the Ventuari River. There the river turns to ...
atabeg (from the article "Iran") ...Oxus, where he founded the Khwarezm-Shah dynasty (c. 1077-1231). Regions elsewhere in Iran, on the ...
Atacama extinct South American Indian culture of the Andean desert oases of northern Chile and northwestern ... [2 Related Articles]
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atactic polymer (from the article "catalysis") ...ethylenic compound, CH2 &doublehorzbond;CHR, stereoregular polymerization may yield three different arrangements of the polymer: an isotactic ...
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Atakpame town, south-central Togo. It lies along the railroad running north from Lome, the capital, to ...
Atalanta in Greek mythology, a renowned and swift-footed huntress, probably a parallel and less important form ...
ataman (from the article "hetman") ...century); the hetman wielki ("great hetman") was the chief of the armed forces and the ...
Atambayev, Almazbek (from the article "Kyrgyzstan") ...(2007 est.): 5,317,000 | Capital: Bishkek | Head of state: President Kurmanbek Bakiyev | Head ...
Atami city, Shizuoka ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan. It lies on the northeastern coast of the Izu ...
Atanasoff, John Vincent U.S. physicist (b. Oct. 4, 1903, Hamilton, N.Y.--d. June 15, 1995, Frederick, Md.), was belatedly ... [2 Related Articles]
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Atar town, west-central Mauritania. It is an oasis and a caravan stopping point and lies on ...
Atar (from the article "nature worship") Iranian fire worship was derived from the cult of the god Atar, but it was ...
ataraxia (from the article "Skepticism") Sextus said that his arguments were aimed at leading people to a state of ataraxia ...
Atargatis great goddess of northern Syria; her chief sanctuary was at Hierapolis (modern Manbij), northeast of ... [3 Related Articles]
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Atari Corporation (from the article "electronic game") In 1972 Bushnell, Dabney, and Al Alcorn, another Ampex alumnus, founded the Atari Corporation. Bushnell ...
atash-dan (from the article "ceremonial object") ...situations. Two such vessels have been well described in religious literature: the Vedic Indian vessel ...
Atasi, Faysal al- (from the article "Syria") Shishakli was overthrown in February 1954 by a military coup led by Col. Faysal al-Atasi, ...
Atasi, Hashim al- nationalist politician and three-time president of Syria.
Ataturk Dam dam on the Euphrates River in southeastern Turkey, the centrepiece of the Southeastern Anatolia Project. ...
Ataturk, Kemal soldier, statesman, and reformer who was the founder and first president (1923-38) of the Republic ... [23 Related Articles]
Ataturkism (from the article "Turkey") ...culture. The legacy of Ataturk remains central to Turkish political life; throughout the first 50 ...
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ataxia inability to coordinate voluntary muscular movements. In common usage, the term describes an unsteady gait. [3 Related Articles]
ataxia-telangiectasia (from the article "nervous system disease") Ataxia-telangiectasia (Louis-Bar syndrome) results in cerebellar incoordination and choreic movements, overgrowth of blood vessels on ...
ataxic cerebral palsy (from the article "cerebral palsy") Ataxic cerebral palsy is a rare form of the condition that is characterized by poor ...
ataxite any iron meteorite containing less than about 6 percent nickel (nickel-poor ataxites) or more than ... [1 Related Articles]
Atayal language (from the article "Austronesian languages") ...evidence for the nature of Proto-Austronesian that is theoretically equivalent to the entire Malayo-Polynesian branch ...
Atayalic language (from the article "Formosan languages") The Formosan languages belong to the Austronesian family. They are diverse and fall into three ...
Atbara River river joining the Nile as its last tributary at the town of 'Atbarah in The ... [3 Related Articles]
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Atchafalaya Bay arm of the Gulf of Mexico, extending southeastward along the southern coast of Louisiana, U.S., ...
Atchafalaya River distributary of the Red and Mississippi rivers in Louisiana, U.S. It branches southwest from the ... [2 Related Articles]
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Atdabanian Stage (from the article "Cambrian Period") ...entirely on fossils. The most common fossils in Cambrian rocks are trilobites, which evolved rapidly ...
Ate Greek mythological figure who induced rash and ruinous actions by both gods and men. She ... [1 Related Articles]
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Atef, Muhammad Egyptian-born Islamist militant (b. 1944?, Egypt-d. Nov. 14/15, 2001, near Kabul, Afg.), was believed to ...
atelechory (from the article "seed and fruit") Atelechory, the dispersal over a very limited distance only, represents a waste-avoiding, defensive "strategy" that ...
atelectasis derived from the Greek words ateles and ektasis , literally ... [1 Related Articles]
Atelidae (from the article "howler monkey") ...hunted in some areas for its meat. Other howler species are critically endangered within parts ...
Atelier 17 (from the article "printmaking") ...position in the development of contemporary experimental printmaking. His significance lies not only in his ...
atelier national (from the article "France") ...The government issued a right-to-work declaration, obligating the state to provide jobs for all citizens. ...
Atelocynus (from the article "canine") ...Alopex (Arctic fox) 1 species of the northern polar region. Genus Atelocynus (small-eared zorro) 1 ...
atemoya (from the article "Magnoliales") ...of niacin, riboflavin, and vitamin C. The black seeds contain toxins that have a purported ...
Aten group (from the article "asteroid") ...or equal to Earth's aphelion distance of 1.017 AU; thus, they cross Earth's orbit when ...
Atencia, Maria Victoria (from the article "Spanish literature") ...("poetry of thought"); and Luis Antonio de Villena, an outspoken representative of Spain's gay revolution. ...
Aterian industry stone tool tradition of the Middle and Late Paleolithic, found widespread in the late Pleistocene ... [2 Related Articles]
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Athabasca Glacier (from the article "Columbia Icefield") From the highway, the plateau section of the ice field may be seen on the ...
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Athabasca, Mount (from the article "Columbia Icefield") ...on a flat-lying plateau that has been severely truncated by erosion to form a huge ...
Athabaska, District of part of the original Northwest Territories in Canada. The district was created in 1882 and ...
Athabaskan language family one of the largest North American Indian language families, consisting of about 38 languages. Speakers ... [3 Related Articles]
Athalaric (from the article "Amalasuntha") When her husband died, Amalasuntha was left with a son, Athalaric, and a daughter. At ...
Athaliah in the Old Testament, the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel and wife of Jeham, king ... [2 Related Articles]
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Athanasius I Byzantine monk and patriarch of Constantinople, who directed the opposition to the reunion of Greek ...
Athanasius the Athonite, Saint Byzantine monk who founded communal monasticism in the hallowed region of Mt. Athos, a traditional ... [2 Related Articles]
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atheism in general, the critique and denial of metaphysical beliefs in God or spiritual beings. As ... [13 Related Articles]
atheistic Existentialism (from the article "Existentialism") ...lead in two directions: it can lead to insisting on the lack of meaning-i.e., on ...
Athel tree (from the article "tamarisk") ...and salt-water spray. The salt cedar, or French tamarisk (T. gallica ), is planted on seacoasts ...
Atheliales (from the article "fungus") ...Lycoperdaceae; included in subclass Agaricomycetidae; example genera include Agaricus , Armillaria , Coprinus , and Pleurotus . Order Atheliales Mycorrhizal, ...
Athelney small eminence, formerly an island, rising above the drained marshes around the confluence of the ...
Athelstan first West Saxon king to have effective rule over the whole of England. [7 Related Articles]
athematicism (from the article "Haba, Alois") ...his earliest mature work using microtones was the Third String Quartet (1922). His opera Matka ...
Athena in Greek religion, the city protectress, goddess of war, handicraft, and practical reason, identified by ... [21 Related Articles]
Athena Alea (from the article "Tegea") ancient Greek city of eastern Arcadia, 4 miles (6.5 km) southeast of the modern town ...
Athena Lindia, Temple of (from the article "Lindos") ...coast of Rhodes and the site of one of the three city-states of Rhodes before ...
Athena Nike (from the article "Nike") ...have a separate cult at Athens. As an attribute of both Athena, the goddess of ...
Athena Nike, Temple of (from the article "Western architecture") ...sites) rather than stone. Several new Doric temples were also built in the lower city ...
Athena Parthenos (from the article "Phidias") The colossal statue of the Athena Parthenos, which Phidias made for the Parthenon, was completed ...
Athena Polias, Temple of (from the article "Priene") ...excavations have revealed one of the most beautiful examples of Greek town planning. The city's ...
Athena Promachos (from the article "Athens") According to Pausanias, the Greek traveller and geographer of the 2nd century AD, the colossal ...
Athena, Temple of (from the article "Paestum") ...Doric temples in a remarkable state of preservation. During the ensuing Roman period a typical ...
Athenaeus Greek grammarian and author of Deipnosophistai ("The Gastronomers"), a work in the form of an ... [1 Related Articles]
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Athenian calendar (from the article "Greek calendar") ...seems to have been in force as early as the 8th century BC. Months, each ...
Athenian empire (from the article "ancient Greek civilization") The eastern Greeks of the islands and mainland felt themselves particularly vulnerable and appealed to ...
Athenodorus Cananites Greek Stoic philosopher who was the teacher of the younger Octavian, who later became the ... [1 Related Articles]
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Athens city, seat (1819) of Limestone county, northern Alabama, U.S., in the Tennessee River valley, about ...
Athens city, seat (1871) of Clarke county (with which it was consolidated in 1990), northeastern Georgia, ... [2 Related Articles]
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Athens historic city and capital of Greece. Many of classical civilization's intellectual and artistic ideas originated ... [106 Related Articles]
Athens Olympic Games (from the article "Olympic Games") The inaugural Games of the modern Olympics were attended by as many as 280 athletes, ...
Athens Olympic Games (from the article "Olympic Games") The 2004 Olympic Games returned home to Greece, birthplace of the ancient Games and site ...
Athens, Academy of (from the article "Greece") ...of the past and for running the country's museums. Public library provision is relatively limited, ...
Athens, University of (from the article "Selected universities and colleges of the world") ...a far-reaching program of educational and cultural propaganda aimed at instilling a sense of Hellenic ...
atheriniform any member of the order Atheriniformes, containing 15 families of marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes, ... [2 Related Articles]
athermal solution (from the article "liquid") In a solution in which the molecules of one component are much larger than those ...
atheromatous lesion (from the article "cardiovascular disease") ...the heart. As a result, the disorder was termed coronary thrombosis or coronary occlusion (blockage ...
atherosclerosis chronic disease caused by the deposition of fats, cholesterol, calcium, and other substances in the ... [16 Related Articles]
atherosclerotic plaque (from the article "atherosclerosis") ...including salts of calcium and other minerals, smooth muscle cells, and cellular debris of varying ...
Atherospermataceae (from the article "Laurales") Atherospermataceae species also have opposite, serrate leaves. There are as many stamens as perianth parts. ...
Atherton town in the metropolitan borough of Wigan, metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, historic county of ...
Atherton Tableland highland region that is part of the Great Dividing Range (Eastern Highlands) in northeastern Queensland, ...
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