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univalent-divalent electrolyte
(from the article "liquid") ...chloride, Na+Cl-, exhibits colligative properties corresponding to a nonelectrolyte solution whose molality is 0.002; the ...
universal
in epistemology and logic, a quality or property which each individual member of a class ... [16 Related Articles]
universal affirmative proposition
(from the article "logic") A:universal affirmativeAll A's are B's.logic, ...
Universal Availability of Publication
(from the article "library") ...methods of recording their national publications in a standard format and, wherever possible, of entering ...
Universal Bibliographic Control and International MARC
(from the article "library") The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions has established a program to increase the ...
universal competence, law of
(from the article "Belgium") Belgium used its powers under the law of universal competence (which allowed the country to ...
Universal Copyright Convention
(1952), convention adopted at Geneva by an international conference convened under the auspices of UNESCO, ... [1 Related Articles]
universal cover
(from the article "combinatorics") ...(that is, contain in their union) another given figure. One famous covering problem, posed by ...
Universal Dataflow and Telecommunication
(from the article "library") ...publications in a standard format and, wherever possible, of entering them into computer files. This ...
Universal Decimal Classification
system of library organization. It is distinguished from the Dewey Decimal Classification (q.v.) by expansions ... [3 Related Articles]
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
foundational document of international human rights law. It has been referred to as humanity's Magna ... [8 Related Articles]
universal egoism
(from the article "ethics") Universal egoism is expressed in this principle: "Everyone should do what is in his own ...
Universal Exposition
(from the article "Rousseau, Henri") This period of personal hardship was also a period of increased artistic activity for Rousseau. ...
Universal Federation of Pagans
(from the article "Wicca") As the 21st century began, Wiccans and Neo-Pagans were found throughout the English-speaking world and ...
Universal Friends
(from the article "Wilkinson, Jemima") American religious leader who founded an unorthodox Christian sect, the Universal Friends, many of whose ...
universal generalization
(from the article "formal logic") Modus ponens (as given above in Axiomatization of PC).If alpha is a theorem, so is ...
Universal German Educational Institute
(from the article "education") ...at Yverdon, studied at Gottingen and Berlin, and eventually determined upon establishing his own school, ...
universal grammar
(from the article "analytic philosophy") ...grammar in the work of the American linguist Noam Chomsky and others from the late ...
Universal Gym
(from the article "physical culture") ...Stockton, the first woman bodybuilder, and her husband, Les, were gym owners on Sunset Boulevard ...
universal health insurance
(from the article "United States") More states moved toward universal health insurance coverage. California's governor proposed a $12 billion plan ...
universal history
(from the article "Tabari, at-") ...researches of 8th-century Medinan scholars. Although pre-Islamic influences are evident in their works, the Medinan ...
Universal House of Justice
(from the article "Baha'i faith") ...throughout an entire country. All national spiritual assemblies of the world periodically constitute themselves an ...
universal joint
(from the article "automobile") ...articulated or swing axles that have tubular housings surrounding the axle shafts terminate in spherical ...
universal jurisdiction
(from the article "Law") The legal principal of universal jurisdiction-that is, jurisdiction over crimes committed in another country regardless ...
universal law
(from the article "nature, law of") Laws of nature are of two basic forms: (1) a law is universal if it ...
universal life insurance
(from the article "life insurance") Universal life insurance policies are distinguished by flexible premiums and adjustable levels of coverage. Although ...
universal machine
(from the article "automata theory") ...of instructions leads to the idea that all Turing machines can be listed-that is, they ...
Universal Music Group
(from the article "Computers and Information Systems") ...Kazaa changed from pirate to legitimate online music seller as a result of an out-of-court ...
universal negative proposition
(from the article "logic") E:universal negativeNo A's are B's.logic, ...
Universal Negro Improvement Association
primarily in the United States, organization founded by Marcus Garvey (q.v.), dedicated to racial pride, ... [3 Related Articles]
Universal Postal Convention
(from the article "postal system") ...signed. It was implemented on July 1, 1875, when the General Postal Union came into ...
Universal Postal Union
specialized agency of the United Nations that aims to organize and improve postal service throughout ... [1 Related Articles]
universal proposition
(from the article "logic") Secondly, categorical propositions may be distinguished by their quantity, either universal or particular. When the ...
universal quantifier
(from the article "mathematics, foundations of") ...at least symbols for zero (0) and successor (S). Underlying all this were the basic ...
universal restoration
(from the article "Christianity") ...attitude has been found not only among the great mystics of the Eastern Church but ...
Universal Rule
(from the article "rating rule") ...type was exemplified in the defender of the America's Cup of 1903, the Reliance, which ...
universal serial bus
(from the article "computer") ...data to be transferred in parallel. This increases the throughput, or rate of data transfer, ...
universal set
(from the article "logic, history of") Boole used capital letters to stand for the extensions of terms; they are referred to ...
Universal Studio Music Department
(from the article "1937: Other Winners") ...Story: William A. Wellman and Robert Carson for A Star Is BornCinematography: Karl Freund for ...
Universal Studios
American motion-picture studio that was one of the leading producers of film serials in the ... [4 Related Articles]
universal succession
(from the article "property law") ...Many Americans, for example, avoid the probate system entirely, either because they make lifetime dispositions ...
Universal Time
the mean solar time of the Greenwich meridian (0° longitude). Universal Time replaced the designation ... [4 Related Articles]
Universalism
belief in the salvation of all souls. Although Universalism has appeared at various times in ... [1 Related Articles]
Universalist Church of America
(from the article "Unitarian Universalist Association") religious organization in the United States formed in May 1961 by merger of the Universalist ...
universalistic religion
(from the article "Christianity") ...their politics or cultural achievements) the linchpin of their community. From Amos (8th century BC) ...
universality principle
(from the article "international law") ...cases where an alien has committed an act abroad deemed prejudicial to that state's interests, ...
universalizability
(from the article "ethics") ...is, notwithstanding its element of choice, compatible with a substantial amount of reasoning about moral ...
universally characteristic language
(from the article "logic, history of") ...into judgments in exhaustive ways and then methodically assessing their truth. Leibniz later developed a ...
Universalpoesie
(from the article "Oehlenschlager, Adam Gottlob") ...symbolizing intuitive poetic genius. Oehlenschlager was by now recognized as an important Romantic poet and ...
universe
(from the article "public opinion") The term universe is used to denote whatever body of people is being studied. Any ...
Universidad Catolica
(from the article "Football") ...the second time in four years, beating the New England Revolution 1-0 in the final. ...
Universities for Research in Astronomy, Association of
(from the article "Kitt Peak National Observatory") ...in response to a long-felt need by astronomers in the eastern half of the United ...
Universities Tests Act
(from the article "Catholic Emancipation") ...and Sir Robert Peel to carry the Emancipation Act of 1829 in Parliament. This act ...
university
institution of higher education, usually comprising a liberal arts and sciences college and graduate and ... [45 Related Articles]
University Act
(from the article "Myanmar") Also in 1920 Rangoon College was raised to the status of a full university by ...
University Boat Race
(from the article "Rowing") In the 151st University Boat Race, Oxford fielded the heaviest crew of all time, averaging ...
University Cheikh Anta Diop
(from the article "Selected universities and colleges of the world") ...from the School of Medicine of Dakar (1918). It achieved full status as a university ...
university college
in British and formerly British educational systems, an institution of higher learning that does not ...
University College
(from the article "Maryland, University of") An adjacent campus, University College, provides education at more than 25 off-campus locations in the ...
University College
(from the article "Oxford, University of") ...scholars. They were intended primarily for masters or bachelors of arts who needed financial assistance ...
University College, Dublin
(from the article "Dublin") University College Dublin, established as the Catholic University of Ireland in the 1850s and now ...
University College, London
(from the article "library") ...in an effort to ensure that library schools offering a professional qualification meet the standards ...
university extension
division of an institution of higher learning that conducts educational activities for persons (usually adults) ... [1 Related Articles]
university laboratory
(from the article "research and development") In principle, university laboratories are completely independent and free to investigate anything that interests them. ...
university library
(from the article "library") ...founded in 1903. It is the largest library in India and holds a fine collection ...
University Medical Center of Southern Nevada
(from the article "Las Vegas") About a dozen hospitals serve the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The University Medical Center of ...
University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
a pioneer school in the progressive education movement in the United States. The original University ... [1 Related Articles]
University of Michigan Stadium
(from the article "stadium") ...Tsentraly (Lenin) Stadium, in Moscow (103,000); Odsal Stadium, in Bradford, England (102,500); Aztec Stadium, in ...
university press
(from the article "publishing, history of") The increase in the number of universities was accompanied by an increase in the number ...
university wits
the notable group of pioneer English dramatists who wrote during the last 15 years of ... [3 Related Articles]
University-in-Exile
(from the article "Dewey, John") ...of University Professors in 1915, and the next year he became a charter member of ...
UNIX
(from the article "Digital Equipment Corporation") ...(Virtual Memory System), became popular among software developers, giving VAX users a large selection of ...
unjust enrichment
(from the article "Roman law") ...by A from B of what would otherwise be an unjustified enrichment of B at ...
Unkei
Japanese sculptor of the Late Heian (1086-1185) and early Kamakura (1192-1333) periods, who established a ... [2 Related Articles]
unknown soldier
(from the article "Paris") ...Rude sculpted the frieze and the spirited group The Departure of the ...
Unknowns, Tomb of the
(from the article "Arlington National Cemetery") The cemetery also houses the Tomb of the Unknowns, also known as the Tomb of ...
Unkoku school
(from the article "Sesshu") ...even used his name; these included the great 16th-century master Hasegawa Tohaku, who proudly signed ...
Unkoku Togan
Japanese painter best remembered as a suiboku-ga ("water-ink painting") artist. He worked in the manner ...
Unkrich, Lee
(from the article "2003: Other Winners") ...Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King; music and lyrics by Fran Walsh, ...
unlawful assembly
gathering of persons for the purpose of committing either a crime involving force or a ...
Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act
(from the article "Equestrian Sports") The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, which U.S. Pres. George W. Bush signed on October ...
unlayered gabbroic complex
(from the article "gabbro") A lopolith at Duluth, Minn., is a notable exception to the rather arbitrary division between ...
unleaded gasoline
(from the article "petroleum refining") ...(149° C [300° F] and 900 RPM). For many years the research octane number was ...
unlearning
(from the article "memory") ...retroactive inhibition, however, not all of the loss need be attributed to competition at the ...
unmanned aerial vehicle
(from the article "Military Affairs") An Argentine company developed the first-ever unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) produced in South America. Named ...
Unnerstad, Edith
(from the article "children's literature") ...Kullman and Martha Sandwall-Bergstrom are among the few Swedish writers who have used working class ...
Unni
(from the article "Sweden") ...in 830. He was allowed to preach and set up a church in Birka, but ...
Uno Chiyo
Japanese short-story writer and novelist who became better known for a personal life perceived as ... [1 Related Articles]
Uno Sosuke
politician who served as prime minister of Japan for 68 days (June 2-Aug. 9, 1989). [2 Related Articles]
Unocal Corporation
American petrochemical corporation founded in 1890 with the union of three "wildcatter" companies-the Hardison & ...
Unofficial Committee
(from the article "Russia") ...in war. The early years of his reign saw two short periods of attempted reform. ...
Unonopsis veneficiorum
(from the article "Magnoliales") In the upper Amazon region, Indian tribes use an extract from the tree Unonopsis veneficiorum ...
unordered partition
(from the article "combinatorics") ...are called the parts of the partition. The ... for this is the ...
unpredictable drought
(from the article "drought") 3. Unpredictable drought involves an abnormal rainfall failure; it may occur almost anywhere but is ...
Unreason, Abbot of
(from the article "Misrule, Lord of") Scotland had an official similar to the Lord of Misrule, known as the Abbot of ...
unrestricted stopping power
(from the article "radiation") ...power, is numerically equal to the linear energy transfer and changes smoothly to a constant ...
unrestricted submarine warfare
(from the article "international relations") ...the German assaults on neutrals' rights at sea, and the cumulative effect of Allied propaganda ...
unrounded vowel
(from the article "rounding") Unrounding is the opposite of rounding; in unrounded vowels the lips are slack or may ...
Unruh, Fritz von
dramatist, poet, and novelist, one of the most poetically gifted of the younger German Expressionist ...
Unruh, Walther
(from the article "theatre") ...more than 100 of them had been restored to their former state or else had ...
unsaturated acid
(from the article "fat") ...important to distinguish between the saturated acids (acids containing only single bonds between carbon atoms, ...
unsaturated compound
(from the article "petroleum refining") Two other chemical families that are important in petroleum refining are composed of unsaturated molecules. ...
unsaturated polymer
(from the article "industrial polymers, major") Unsaturated polyesters are linear copolymers containing carbon-carbon double bonds that are capable of undergoing further ...
unsaturation
(from the article "chromophore") ...aromatic azo and nitro compounds often are highly coloured and that the colours are diminished ...
Unseld, Siegfried
German publisher (b. Sept. 28, 1924, Ulm, Ger.-d. Oct. 26, 2002, Frankfurt, Ger.), headed the ...
Unser, Al
American automobile-racing driver from a prestigious family of drivers, who won the Indianapolis 500 four ...
Unser, Bobby
American automobile-racing driver from a family of drivers, who won the Indianapolis 500 three times ...
Unsoeld, William F.
(from the article "Everest, Mount") ...Ridge route. On May 1 James W. Whittaker and the Sherpa Nawang Gombu, nephew of ...
unsought good
(from the article "marketing") Finally, an unsought good is one that a consumer does not know about-or knows about ...
unstructured data
(from the article "information processing") ...of digital information storage, it is useful to distinguish between "structured" data, such as inventories ...
Unsworth, Barry
(from the article "English literature") ...urge to look back-at starting points, previous eras, fictional prototypes-was widely evident. The historical novel ...
Unsworth, Geoffrey
(from the article "1972: Other Winners") Original Screenplay: Jeremy Larner for The CandidateAdapted Screenplay: Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola for ...
Untash-Gal
(from the article "Iran, ancient") ...1266 BC), the fourth king of this line, proceeded apace, and his successes were commemorated ...
Unter den Linden
avenue in Berlin, Germany, running eastward from the Brandenburg Gate for nearly a mile. The ... [1 Related Articles]
Unterelbe River
(from the article "Hamburg") ...the southeast of the old city, the Elbe divides itself into two branches, the Norderelbe ...
Unterland
(from the article "Reuss") ...chief towns, was bounded east by the kingdom of Saxony, south by Bavaria, west by ...
Unterlinden, Musee d'
(from the article "Colmar") Colmar's many fountains, ancient churches, and Alsatian Renaissance houses have made Colmar a centre of ...
Untermarkt
(from the article "Freiberg") The Altstadt (Old City) has three separate parts: the oldest, the Civitas Saxonum, a maze ...
Untermeyer, Louis
American poet, essayist, and editor who is best known for his numerous poetry anthologies.
Unterwalden
former canton, central Switzerland; it occupied the basins of the Sarner Aa (river) and the ... [3 Related Articles]
Untouchability Offenses Act
(from the article "untouchable") ...the constitution provides these groups with specific educational and vocational privileges and grants them special ...
untouchable
in traditional Indian society, any member of a wide range of low-caste Hindu groups and ... [15 Related Articles]
Untouchables
(from the article "Ness, Eliot") American crime fighter, head of a nine-man team of law officers called the "Untouchables," who ...
ununpentium
(from the article "Physical Sciences") ...in the United States and Russia announced the synthesis of two new superheavy elements, elements ...
Unwin, Morley
(from the article "Cowper, William") Religion, however, also provided the comfort of Cowper's convalescence, which he spent at Huntingdon, lodging ...
Unzen, Mount
volcano on central Shimabara Peninsula, western Kyushu, Japan. Mount Unzen is actually a group of ... [1 Related Articles]
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