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 Soult, Marshal ... South Australia Soult, Marshal (from the article "Guizot, Francois") After brief service as ambassador to England (1840), Guizot became foreign minister in Marshal Nicolas-Jean ... Soult, Nicolas-Jean de Dieu, Duc De Dalmatie French military leader and political figure who was noted for his courage in battle and ... [2 Related Articles] soumak method of brocading handmade flat-woven rugs and similar fabrics. It is one of the oldest ... [2 Related Articles] Soumare, Cheikh Hadjibou (from the article "Senegal") Area: 197,021 sq km (77,071 sq mi) | Population (2007 est.): 12,522,000 | Capital: Dakar ... Soumillon, Christophe (from the article "Equestrian Sports") ...Dettori, the 2004 champion, missed eight weeks of riding because of injury and Ioritz Mendizabal, ... sound a mechanical disturbance from a state of equilibrium that propagates through an elastic material medium. ... [29 Related Articles] sound barrier sharp rise in aerodynamic drag that occurs as an aircraft approaches the speed of sound ... sound box (from the article "sound") The air cavity of a string instrument, such as the violin or guitar, functions acoustically ... sound change (from the article "Table 21: Results of the High German Consonant Shift") ...German in the lowlands of the north from High German in the highlands of the ... Sound Current yoga (from the article "ECKANKAR") ...to his teachings, are sparks of God trapped in a cycle of reincarnation who nonetheless ... sound design (from the article "stage design") Sound design sound effect any artificial reproduction of sound or sounds intended to accompany action and supply realism in ... [3 Related Articles] sound film (from the article "Table 2: Relationship of the Medium to the Performance") The pre-World War II sound eraeffect on music halls and varieties sound fixing and ranging channel (from the article "undersea exploration") ...is its energy absorbed by the sea. The longest range floats available during the mid-1980s ... sound hole (from the article "stringed instrument") ...is wedge-shaped, tapering to the thin, notched edge over which the strings pass. It is ... sound intensity amount of energy flowing per unit time through a unit area that is perpendicular to ... [4 Related Articles] sound localization (from the article "illusion") Another auditory illusion was described in 1928 by Paul Thomas Young, an American psychologist, who ... sound post (from the article "stringed instrument") ...or suggested another important detail: the use of a short vertical stick to prop the ... sound production in animals, the initiation of sound as a means of information transmission. Sounds are termed ... [14 Related Articles] sound ranging (from the article "ultrasonics") Ranging has also been used to map the bottom of the ocean, providing depth charts ... sound reception response of an organism's aural mechanism, the ear, to a specific form of energy change, ... [15 Related Articles] sound recording transcription of vibrations in air that are perceptible as sound onto a storage medium, such ... [14 Related Articles] sound sculpture (from the article "Bertoia, Harry") Bertoia claimed that his sculpture evolved when the jewelry he was designing "kept getting larger ... sound spectrograph (from the article "sound") A sound that changes in time, such as a spoken word or a bird call, ... sound track in motion-picture technology, narrow band, usually along the margin of the film, that carries the ... [4 Related Articles] Sound, The strait between Zealand (Sjaelland), Denmark, and Skane, Sweden, connecting the Kattegat strait (northwest) with the ... [3 Related Articles] sound-level meter device for measuring the intensity of noise, music, and other sounds. A typical meter consists ... sound-on-film system (from the article "motion-picture technology") ...more convenient. Among other disadvantages, it was extremely difficult with the wax discs to shoot ... sound-wall blasting (from the article "tunnels and underground excavations") ...needed to stabilize rock damaged by blasting rather than because of an inherently low strength ... soundboard a thin plate of wood or a stretched membrane lying directly under the strings of ... [3 Related Articles] sounding (from the article "lake") ...to determine the bathymetry of large numbers of lakes. Lake sounding involves traversing a lake ... sounding rocket any unmanned rocket that is designed to probe atmospheric conditions and structure at heights (80-160 ... [2 Related Articles] soundness (from the article "cement") After it has set, a cement must not undergo any appreciable expansion, which could disrupt ... soundness (from the article "formal logic") ...the deduction of the conclusion from the premises must be logically correct-and, second, the premises ... soup liquid food prepared by cooking meat, poultry, fish, legumes, or vegetables with seasonings in water, ... Soupault, Philippe French poet and novelist who was instrumental in founding the Surrealist movement. [2 Related Articles] soupfin shark shark species of the family Triakidae inhabiting temperate and subtropical waters of all continents except ... Souphanouvong leader of the revolutionary Pathet Lao movement and first president of Communist-governed Laos. [3 Related Articles] sour cream (from the article "cream") Commercial sour cream is made from light cream of from 18 to 20 percent butterfat ... Sour el-Ghozlane (from the article "Bouira") ...region is encompassed by the ranges and valleys of the Tell Atlas. Although it is ... sour gas (from the article "chemical industry") Other sources of sulfur include the ore iron pyrite, an iron-sulfur compound that can be ... source (from the article "atmosphere, evolution of") A process that delivers a gas to the atmosphere is termed a source for the ... source data (from the article "information processing") Digitally stored information is commonly referred to as data, and its analog counterpart is called ... source encoding (from the article "facsimile") ...the scanning of a single sheet can generate almost 2 million variations in voltage. The ... source rock (from the article "petroleum") Approximately 90 percent of the organic material in sedimentary source rocks is dispersed kerogen. Its ... source separation (from the article "environmental works") Before any material can be recycled, it must be separated from the raw waste and ... Sources, Mont aux (from the article "South Africa") ...and Free State provinces and then between KwaZulu-Natal and Lesotho. There it reaches elevations of ... Souris town, Kings county, eastern Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is situated along Colville Bay, an ... Souris River tributary of the Assiniboine River, in Saskatchewan and Manitoba (Canada) and North Dakota (U.S.). Rising ... soursop tree of the family Annonaceae (order Magnoliales) that produces an edible fruit 20 cm (8 ... [2 Related Articles] sourveld (from the article "veld") ...the red grass grows on well-drained, fertile soils subject to comparatively light rainfall, it tends ... sourwood (species Oxydendrum arboreum), deciduous ornamental tree, of the heath family (Ericaceae), native to southeastern North ... Sous le Vent, Iles archipelago of five inhabited volcanic islands and four uninhabited, low-lying coral atolls constituting the western ... [1 Related Articles] Sous River river of southern Morocco, rising from several headstreams in the High Atlas (Haut Atlas) mountains ... sous-vide cooking (from the article "frozen prepared food") Batch-type ovens are ideally suited to cooking under vacuum. In vacuum cooking, meats are cooked ... Sousa, John Philip American bandmaster and composer of military marches. [5 Related Articles] Sousa, Luis de original name Manoel De Sousa Coutinho monastic historian whose prose style in his chronicle of ... [1 Related Articles] Sousa, Martim Afonso de Portuguese admiral who commanded the first colonizing expedition to Brazil (1530-33). [1 Related Articles] Sousa, Tome de Portuguese nobleman and soldier who became the first governor-general (1549-53) of the Portuguese colony of ... [3 Related Articles] Sousse town located in east-central Tunisia. 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South Africa, history of (from the article "South Africa") The prehistory and history of South Africa span nearly the entire known existence of human ... South Africa, University of (from the article "Selected universities and colleges of the world") South Africa is home to many institutions of higher education. The oldest and largest of ... South African Airways (from the article "South Africa") Inland air services, both passenger and freight, are operated by the state-owned South African Airways ... South African Coal, Oil and Gas Corporation (from the article "South Africa") ...networks of mining, industrial, and financial companies and employing some 800,000 workers on six continents. ... South African Cultural History Museum (from the article "Cape Town") The South African Cultural History Museum controls several satellite museums, including Groot Constantia (the manor ... South African Defence Force (from the article "Lesotho") ...refugees from South Africa. As part of its strategy to destabilize its African neighbours, South ... South African fur seal (from the article "fur seal") ...the northwest coast of Baja California. Southern fur seals are gray to brown or black ... South African Indian Congress (from the article "Southern Africa") ...south of the Limpopo, where the existence of substantial Coloured and Indian minorities gave an ... South African kingdom (from the article "biogeographic region") The South African, or Capensic, kingdom (Figure 1) consists of the southern and southwestern tip ... South African Labour, Federation of (from the article "South Africa") ...includes the country's largest unions, among them the National Union of Mineworkers. Other federations include ... South African literature the body of writings in either Afrikaans or English produced in what is now the ... 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South African Native Convention (from the article "South Africa") ...organizations arose to counter the impending union of white-ruled provinces by ethnically and regionally uniting ... South African Party former political party in South Africa, founded by Louis Botha in conjunction with the creation ... [4 Related Articles] South African Police Service (from the article "police") ...police systems, with both regional police forces and municipal police organizations in large cities. Unlike ... South African Republic either of two 19th-century Boer states in what is now South Africa. The first was ... [7 Related Articles] South African Reserve Bank (from the article "South Africa") South Africa has a well-developed financial system, centred on the South African Reserve Bank, which ... South African Rugby Board (from the article "rugby") ...diamond discovery spread the game into that region (1883-86), and rugby was being played in ... South African silver fox (from the article "fox") ...and deserts of Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Israel; coat gray above, white below. South African Springboks (from the article "Football") England's failure in 2004 was the most significant issue in the rugby world, but the ... South African Students' Organization (from the article "Biko, Steve") ...of simply allowing blacks to participate in white South African society, the society itself needed ... South African War (Oct. 11, 1899-May 31, 1902), war fought between Great Britain and the two Boer (Afrikaner) ... [32 Related Articles] South African yellowwood (from the article "yellowwood") ...and the totara (P. totara), all native to New Zealand; kusamaki, or broad-leaved podocarpus (P. ... South Alligator River (from the article "Alligator Rivers") ...Phillip Parker King, who named them in the belief that the crocodiles infesting their lower ... South America fourth largest of the world's continents. It is the southern portion of the landmass generally ... [29 Related Articles] South American air plant (from the article "kalanchoe") ...penwiper plant (K. marmorata); air plant, or maternity plant (K. pinnata); velvet leaf, or felt ... South American Arawak (from the article "Arawak") The South American Arawak inhabited northern and western areas of the Amazon basin, where they ... South American blastomycosis (from the article "blastomycosis") ...of the skin and viscera caused by fungal organisms of the genus Blastomyces. There are ... South American bullfrog (from the article "Leptodactylidae") ...frogs, includes frogs that have a wide variety of reproductive modes. Some species lay their ... South American capybara (from the article "capybara") South American capybaras may be 1.25 metres (4 feet) long and weigh 66 kg (145 ... South American Copa Libertadores de America (from the article "football (soccer)") In 1916, South American countries were the first to hold a regular continental championship-later known ... South American forest Indian indigenous inhabitants of the tropical forests of South America. South American fox any of five South American carnivores of the dog family (Canidae). Although these canines are ... South American fur seal (from the article "fur seal") ...metres (8 feet) and 300 kg in the male, 1.8 metres and 120 kg (265 ... South American gray short-tailed opossum (from the article "Life Sciences") ...relative of humans), and rhesus macaques, which had a common ancestor 25 million years ago. ... South American Indian member of any of the aboriginal peoples inhabiting the continent of South America. [28 Related Articles] South American Indian languages group of languages that once covered and today still partially cover all of South America, ... [3 Related Articles] South American Indian religions (from the article "Native American religions") Even though many peoples have suffered physical and cultural extinction since the first contact with ... South American leaf beetle (from the article "tortoise beetle") Tropical tortoise beetles are among the most brilliantly coloured of the subfamily and are used ... South American lungfish (from the article "South America") ...the Gran Chaco have a varied animal life that includes some particular species, such as ... South American nomad indigenous inhabitants of South America living as nomadic hunters, gatherers, and fishers. South American painted snipe (from the article "painted snipe") The Old World painted snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) ranges from Africa to Australia and Japan and ... South American Plate (from the article "Andes Mountains") ...Gondwana, dispersed these plates outward, where they began to take the form and position of ... South American rattlesnake (from the article "rattlesnake") ...death. The most dangerous species are the Mexican west coast rattlesnake (C. ... South Andaman Island (from the article "Andaman Islands") ...The Andamans extend north-south for about 225 miles (360 km) and include more than 300 ... South Anhwei Administrative District (from the article "Anhwei") ...Anhwei was administered in two separate parts. The section north of the Yangtze, which came ... South Arabic language Semitic language of southern Arabia and the island of Socotra. South Arabic belongs to the ... South Asia (from the article "Poverty in South Asia") The South Asian region, which comprises India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and Maldives, ... South Asian arts the literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. 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