A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0-9 Sinclair, Sir Keith ... singularity Sinclair, Sir Keith poet, historian, and educator noted for his histories of New Zealand. [1 Related Articles] Sinclair, Upton American novelist and polemicist for socialism and other causes; his The Jungle is a landmark ... [1 Related Articles] Sind Kohistan (from the article "Kohistan") Sindh Kohistan, in the west of Sindh province, Pakistan, is a barren hilly tract, consisting ... Sind, University of (from the article "Selected universities and colleges of the world") ...municipal gardens, zoo, sports stadium, and several literary societies are in the city. The Ghulam ... Sindbad (from the article "Seven Wise Masters") ...presumably Indian in origin, that made its way through Middle Persian and Arabic into Western ... Sindbad the Sailor hero of The Thousand and One Nights who recounts his adventures on seven voyages. He ... Sindh province of southeastern Pakistan. It is bordered by the provinces of Balochistan on the west ... [10 Related Articles] Sindh Sagar Doab (from the article "Pakistan") The largest but poorest of the doabs is the Sind (Sindh) Sagar ... Sindhi (from the article "Pakistan") Sindhi is derived from the Virachada dialect of the Prakrit languages; it has fewer dialects ... Sindhi language northwestern Indo-Aryan language spoken in the province of Sindh, Pakistan, and in the neighbouring Rann ... [7 Related Articles] Sindhi National Front (from the article "Pakistan") ...rural areas of the North-West Frontier Province. Ethnic interests are served by organizations such as ... Sindhia Family Maratha ruling family of Gwalior, which for a time in the 18th century dominated the ... [4 Related Articles] Sindhia, Dattaji (from the article "Barari Ghat, Battle of") ...time in which to consolidate their power in Bengal. At the Barari Ghat (Ferry Station) ... Sindona, Michele Italian financier whose financial empire collapsed amid charges of fraud, bribery, and murder. The scandal ... sine (from the article "mathematics") ...variable u, then a remarkable new theory became apparent. The new function, for example, possessed ... Sinemurian Stage second of the four divisions of the Lower Jurassic Series, representing all rocks formed worldwide ... sines, law of (from the article "trigonometry") The law of sines is expressed as an equality involving three sine functions while the ... sinfonia in music, any of several instrumental forms, primarily of Italian origin. In the earlier Baroque ... [4 Related Articles] sing-bya (from the article "Tibet") ...in the Tibetan sky. Among the many kinds to be seen are the jungle fowl, ... Singanhoe united national independence front formed by the Korean nationalists and the Korean communists that was ... Singapore city-state located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, about 85 miles (137 kilometres) ... [31 Related Articles] Singapore city, capital of the Republic of Singapore. It occupies the southern part of Singapore Island. ... [1 Related Articles] Singapore Airlines (from the article "Business Overview") Many European and Asian airlines also faced challenges. Japan Airlines, for example, reported a group ... Singapore Botanic Gardens botanical garden in Singapore that is one of the world's finest in terms of both ... Singapore Island (from the article "Singapore") city-state located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, about 85 miles (137 kilometres) ... Singapore Strait channel extending for 65 miles (105 km) between the Strait of Malacca (west) and the ... [1 Related Articles] Singapore, flag of horizontally divided red-white national flag with a white crescent and five stars in the upper ... Singapore, history of (from the article "Singapore") Singapore Island originally was inhabited by fishermen and pirates, and it served as an outpost ... Singaraja city, Bali propinsi (province), north-central Bali, Indonesia. It is located near the north coast and ... [1 Related Articles] singeing (from the article "textile") Also called gassing, singeing is a process applied to both yarns and fabrics to produce ... Singel Canal (from the article "Amsterdam") ...to control flooding, and the city's name derives from the Amstel dam. By the 16th ... Singer Building (from the article "building construction") ...Temple (1892) of Daniel Burnham and John Root reached 22 stories (91 metres or 302 ... Singer Company corporation that grew out of the sewing-machine business founded in the United States by Isaac ... [1 Related Articles] Singer, I.J. Polish-born writer of realistic historical novels in Yiddish. [2 Related Articles] Singer, Isaac Bashevis Polish-born American writer of novels, short stories, and essays in Yiddish. He was the recipient ... [3 Related Articles] Singer, Isaac Merrit American inventor who developed and brought into general use the first practical domestic sewing machine. [3 Related Articles] Singer, Isadore Manuel American mathematician awarded, together with the British mathematician Sir Michael Francis Atiyah, the 2004 Abel ... [2 Related Articles] Singer, Jerome (from the article "motivation") In 1962 the American psychologists Stanley Schachter and Jerome Singer performed an experiment that suggested ... Singer, Milton (from the article "urban culture") In "The Cultural Role of Cities," Robert Redfield and Milton Singer tried to improve on ... Singer, Peter Australian ethical and political philosopher, best known for his work in bioethics and his role ... [2 Related Articles] Singer, Ronald (from the article "Hopefield") ...In the early 1950s a large collection of fossilized bones and Paleolithic artifacts was discovered ... Singer, Sir Hans Wolfgang German-born British economist (b. Nov. 29, 1910, Elberfeld, Ger.-d. Feb. 26, 2006, Brighton, East Sussex, ... singer-songwriters professional troubadours performing autobiographical songs who ascended in the early 1970s to the forefront of ... singerie (French: "monkey trick"), type of humorous picture of monkeys fashionably attired and aping human behaviour, ... [1 Related Articles] Singh Sabha 19th-century movement within Sikhism that began as a defense against the proselytizing activities of Christians ... [2 Related Articles] Singh, Atomba (from the article "South Asian arts") ...not only from foreign influences but also from the main Indian trends. Its isolation was ... Singh, Chait (from the article "India") ...politics of London at that time. This strain probably accounts for the acts that formed ... Singh, Charan Indian politician who served briefly as prime minister (1979-80). [1 Related Articles] Singh, Ganesh Man Nepalese political activist who during some 50 years of struggle against Nepal's monarchy was a ... Singh, Kushal Pal In 2007 real-estate baron Kushal Pal Singh became India's second richest person following the wildly ... Singh, Manmohan Indian economist and politician, who became prime minister of India in 2004. A Sikh, he ... [11 Related Articles] Singh, Raghubir Indian photographer noted for his evocative documentation of the landscape and peoples of India. Singh, Rana Pratap Hindu maharaja (1572-97) of the Rajput confederacy of Mewar, now in northwest India and eastern ... [1 Related Articles] Singh, Ranjit (from the article "Shah Shoja'") ...by his elder brother Shah Mahmud and went into exile in British India. He eventually ... Singh, V P politician and government official who was prime minister of India in 1989-90. [2 Related Articles] Singh, Vijay (from the article "Golf") In 2004 the dedication and hard work of Fijian golfer Vijay Singh was fully rewarded. ... Singh, Zail Indian politician who was the first Sikh to serve as president of India (1982-87). He ... [2 Related Articles] Singha Durbar (from the article "Kathmandu") ...it and the city is a tall watchtower built by Bhim Sen Thapa, a former ... Singhana (from the article "Yadava Dynasty") ...of Kalyani, the dynasty became paramount in the Deccan under Bhillama (c. 1187-91), who founded ... Singhara nut (from the article "water chestnut") T. bispinosa, sometimes called Singhara nut, is native to India. The floating leaves, about 5 ... Singhasari kingdom based in eastern Java that emerged in the first half of the 13th century ... [1 Related Articles] Singidunum (from the article "Belgrade") ...fortress on the Kalemegdan headland that was encompassed on three sides by the Sava and ... singing the production of musical tones by means of the human voice. It is the oldest ... [20 Related Articles] singing arc (from the article "electronic instrument") ...and other electromechanical elements continued to be invented throughout the 19th century. One of the ... single (from the article "baseball") ...touching the ground in fair territory or soon enough after touching ground to be thrown ... single bond (from the article "covalent bond") A single line indicates a bond between two atoms (i.e., involving one electron pair), double ... Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (from the article "drug use") ...and wholesale trade in, and use of opium. Before the protocol became operative in 1963 ... single crystal any solid object in which an orderly three-dimensional arrangement of the atoms, ions, or molecules ... [1 Related Articles] single curved molding (from the article "molding") (1) The cavetto is a concave molding with a profile approximately a quarter-circle, quarter-ellipse, or ... single cut (from the article "diamond cutting") The most popular style of cut is the brilliant cut, a round stone with 58 ... Single Economic Space (from the article "Russia") ...excepted). He did so, however, not through the unwieldy mechanism of the CIS itself but ... Single European Act (from the article "European Community") ...of the EEC, the ECSC, and Euratom. Since then members have revamped the organization several ... single foot (from the article "horsemanship") ...rack, a four-beat gait, with each beat evenly spaced in perfect cadence and rapid succession. ... single nucleotide polymorphism (from the article "genetics") ...molecules is called a genomic library. Such libraries are the starting point for sequencing entire ... single performance (from the article "theatrical production") Single or limited performance of a presentation, as part of institutional or communal life, has ... single photon emission computed tomography imaging technique used in biomedical research and in diagnosis. SPECT is similar to positron emission ... single reed (from the article "wind instrument") The single reed for the clarinet is made from a slip cut from the stem ... single tax originally a tax upon land values proposed as the sole source of government revenues, intended ... [2 Related Articles] single yarn (from the article "textile") Single, or one-ply, yarns are single strands composed of fibres held together by at least ... single-acting baking powder (from the article "leavening agent") ...by the release of carbon dioxide. Modern baking powders are combinations of baking soda (sodium ... single-action accordion (from the article "accordion") Some accordions, including the earliest ones, are "single-action," in which the paired reeds sound adjacent ... single-axle tractor (from the article "tractor") The single-axle (or walking) tractor is a small tractor carried on a pair of wheels ... single-copy DNA (from the article "heredity") ...and eukaryotes is that most eukaryotes contain repetitive DNA, with the repeats either clustered or ... single-electron transistor (from the article "nanotechnology") At nanoscale dimensions the energy required to add one additional electron to a "small island" ... single-elimination tournament (from the article "tournament") ...also came to be applied to certain methods of conducting sports competitions. In the most ... single-field condenser-objective lens (from the article "microscope") Efforts to improve the resolution of the electron microscope have tended toward production of a ... single-frequency plane wave (from the article "sound") A discussion of sound waves and their propagation can begin with an examination of a ... single-frequency signaling (from the article "telephone and telephone system") ...the same circuits that were used to connect two telephone instruments and serve as the ... single-gene Mendelian inheritance (from the article "genetic disease, human") The term Mendelian is often used to denote patterns of genetic inheritance similar to those ... single-gene non-Mendelian inheritance (from the article "genetic disease, human") Although disorders resulting from single-gene defects that demonstrate Mendelian inheritance are perhaps better understood, it ... single-headed drum (from the article "Native American music") ...of membranophones. Native Americans make drums in many sizes from a wide variety of natural ... single-impression printing (from the article "Attaignant, Pierre") prominent French music printer and publisher of the Renaissance who was one of the earliest ... single-leaf pinon (from the article "pine") The single-leaf pinon (P. monophylla) occurs sporadically through northern Mexico and the southwestern United States. ... single-masted ship (from the article "ship") ...that characterized navigation by sail throughout its history-to gain speed it was necessary to increase ... single-mode fibre (from the article "telecommunications media") ...Graded-index (GI) fibre reduces multimode dispersion by grading the refractive index of the core so ... single-move time limit (from the article "chess") ...encouraged to take as much as possible. But allowing a player to spend as much ... single-party system (from the article "political party") Party systems may be broken down into three broad categories: two-party, multiparty, and single-party. Such ... single-patient compassionate use (from the article "therapeutics") ...do not, then accelerated approval is possible. Physicians can receive permission to use an unapproved ... single-phase induction motor (from the article "electric motor") The development of a rotating field in an induction machine requires a set of currents ... single-phase synchronous motor (from the article "electric motor") A revolving field can be produced in synchronous motors from a single-phase source by use ... single-pitch roof (from the article "saltbox") As families grew both in size and in prosperity, it became traditional to move the ... single-ply roof (from the article "building construction") ...of at least four layers of coal-tar pitch and felt, often weighted down with a ... single-point cutting tool (from the article "machine tool") Metal-cutting tools are classified as single point or multiple point. A single-point cutting tool can ... single-species hypothesis (from the article "Homo sapiens") ...above, the physical definition of Homo sapiens is bedeviled by a basic divergence of views ... single-stage cluster sampling (from the article "statistics") ...partitioning the population into separate groups called clusters. Unlike in the case of stratified simple ... single-stage separation (from the article "separation and purification") As shown earlier, ease of separation in equilibrium methods is based on the value of ... single-system recording (from the article "motion-picture technology") Although it is possible to reproduce sound, either optically or magnetically, in the same camera ... single-transferable-vote method (from the article "proportional representation") ...applying proportional representation were first developed in the mid-19th century in Denmark by Carl Andrae ... single-walled carbon nanotube (from the article "fullerene") ...cylinders in a given tube ranged from 3 to 50, and the ends were generally ... single-wing formation (from the article "Warner, Pop") ...Jim Thorpe-All-American. But his chief contributions to football were the wingback formations he introduced at ... single-wire line (from the article "telecommunications media") ...is hard-drawn copper wire, which has the benefits of low electrical resistance, high tensile strength, ... singles (from the article "tennis") Opponents spin a racket or toss a coin to decide on side and service. The ... singlestick a slender, round stick of wood about 34 inches (slightly less than 1 m) long, ... singlet (from the article "carbene") ...with unpaired electrons can exist in all three forms and are said to be in ... singlet oxygen (from the article "genetic disease, human") ...photon and then transferring the energy inherent in that photon to molecular oxygen, thus converting ... Singleton town, east-central New South Wales, Australia, on the Hunter River. Founded in 1820, it was ... singleton (from the article "logic, history of") ...If two sets have the same members, then they are identical.Axiom of elementary sets. There ... Singleton, Henry Earl American engineer who was the cofounder of the semiconductor maker Teledyne Inc., guided it in ... Singleton, Penny American actress (b. Sept. 15, 1908, Philadelphia, Pa.-d. Nov. 12, 2003, Sherman Oaks, Calif.), was ... Singpho (from the article "Himalayas") Arunachal Pradesh is the homeland of several groups-the Abor or Adi, Aka, Apa Tani, Dafla, ... Singschule (from the article "meistersinger") ...however, likely were fraternities of laymen, trained to sing in church and elsewhere. Later, when ... singspiel 18th-century opera in the German language, containing spoken dialogue and usually comic in tone. The ... [5 Related Articles] singular proposition (from the article "logic") ...that all arguments be expressed using categorical propositions is that some arguments involve reference to ... singular solution in mathematics, solution of a differential equation that cannot be obtained from the general solution ... singularity (from the article "black hole") ...gravitationally collapses inward upon itself. The crushing weight of constituent matter falling in from all ... singularity of a function of the complex variable z is a point at which it is ...

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