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Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. |
Agnostida is an order of arthropod which first developed near the end of the Early Cambrian period and thrived during the Middle Cambrian. |
Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus. |
In law, an abstract is a brief statement that contains the most important points of a long legal document or of several related legal papers. |
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, secured a United States of America independent from Great Britain. |
The ampere (, ; symbol: A), often shortened to amp, is the base unit of electric current in the International System of Units (SI). |
In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm () is a finite sequence of well-defined instructions, typically used to solve a class of specific problems or to perform a computation. |
An annual plant is a plant that completes its life cycle, from germination to the production of seeds, within one growing season, and then dies. |
The anthophytes are a grouping of plant taxa bearing flower-like reproductive structures. |
An atlas is a collection of maps, originally named after the Ancient Greek deity. |
Mouthwash, mouth rinse, oral rinse, or mouth bath is a liquid which is held in the mouth passively or swilled around the mouth by contraction of the perioral muscles and/or movement of the head, and may be gargled, where the head is tilted back and the liquid bubbled at the back of the mouth. |
Alexander III of Macedon ( ; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. |
Alfred Habdank Skarbek Korzybski (, ; July 3, 1879 – March 1, 1950) was a Polish-American independent scholar who developed a field called general semantics, which he viewed as both distinct from, and more encompassing than, the field of semantics. |
Asteroids is a space-themed multidirectional shooter arcade game designed by Lyle Rains and Ed Logg released in November 1979 by Atari, Inc. |
Asparagales (asparagoid lilies) is an order of plants in modern classification systems such as the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) and the Angiosperm Phylogeny Web. |
The Alismatales (alismatids) are an order of flowering plants including about 4500 species. |
The Apiales are an order of flowering plants. |
Asterales is an order of dicotyledonous flowering plants that includes the large family Asteraceae (or Compositae) known for composite flowers made of florets, and ten families related to the Asteraceae. |
An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. |
An allocution, or allocutus, is a formal statement made to the court by the defendant who has been found guilty prior to being sentenced. |
An ( ; Medieval Latin for "he has declared under oath") is a written statement voluntarily made by an affiant or deponent under an oath or affirmation which is administered by a person who is authorized to do so by law. |
Aries is one of the constellations of the zodiac. |
Aquarius is a constellation of the zodiac, between Capricornus and Pisces. |
is hand-drawn and computer animation originating from Japan. |
Asterism may refer to:
Asterism (astronomy), a pattern of stars
Asterism (gemology), an optical phenomenon in gemstones
Asterism (typography), (⁂) a moderately rare typographical symbol denoting a break in passages
See also
Aster (disambiguation) |
Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. |
Arabic (, or , or ) is a Semitic language that first emerged in the 1st to 4th centuries CE. |
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English filmmaker who was one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. |
Anacondas or water boas are a group of large snakes of the genus Eunectes. |
Altaic (; also called Transeurasian) is a sprachbund (i.e. |
Austrian German (), Austrian Standard German (ASG), Standard Austrian German (), or Austrian High German (), is the variety of Standard German written and spoken in Austria. |
In mathematics, the axiom of choice, or AC, is an axiom of set theory equivalent to the statement that a Cartesian product of a collection of non-empty sets is non-empty. |
Attila (, ; ), frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in March 453. |
The Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia. |
A Clockwork Orange is a dystopian satirical black comedy novel by English writer Anthony Burgess, published in 1962. |
Amsterdam ( , , ) is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands; with a population of 872,680 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban area and 2,480,394 in the metropolitan area. |
The Museum of Work (Arbetets museum) is a museum located in Norrköping, Sweden. |
Audi AG () (commonly referred to as Audi) is a German automotive manufacturer of luxury vehicles headquartered in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. |
An aircraft is a vehicle or machine that is able to fly by gaining support from the air. |
Alfred Bernhard Nobel ( , ; 21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist. |
Alexander Graham Bell (, born Alexander Bell; March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born inventor, scientist, and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. |
Anatolia, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. |
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company that specializes in consumer electronics, software and online services. |
Aberdeenshire (; ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. |
Aztlan Underground is a band from Los Angeles, California that combines Hip-Hop, Punk Rock, Jazz, and electronic music with Chicano and Native American themes, and indigenous instrumentation. |
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 9, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (states that remained loyal to the federal union, or "the North") and the Confederacy (states that voted to secede, or "the South"). |
Andy Warhol (; born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. |
Alp Arslan (honorific in Turkic meaning "Heroic or Great Lion"; in ; Arabic epithet: Diyā ad-Dunyā wa ad-Dīn Adud ad-Dawlah Abu Shujā' Muhammad Ālp Ārslan ibn Dawūd, ; 20 January 1029 – 24 November 1072), real name: Muhammad bin Dawud Chaghri, was the second Sultan of the Seljuk Empire and great-grandson of Seljuk, the eponymous founder of the dynasty. |
The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the motion picture arts in the United States. |
was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed thirty films in a career spanning over five decades. |
Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River, situated in the place that is now the country Egypt. |
Analog Brothers were an experimental hip hop band featuring Tracy "Ice Oscillator" Marrow (Ice-T) on keyboards, drums and vocals, Keith "Keith Korg" Thornton (Ultramagnetic MCs' Kool Keith) on bass, strings and vocals, Marc "Mark Moog" Giveand (Raw Breed's Marc Live) on drums, violins and vocals, Christopher "Silver Synth" Rodgers (Black Silver) on synthesizer, lazar bell and vocals, and Rex Colonel "Rex Roland JX3P" Doby Jr. (Pimpin' Rex) on keyboards, vocals and production. |
Motor neuron diseases or motor neurone diseases (MNDs) are a group of rare neurodegenerative disorders that selectively affect motor neurons, the cells which control voluntary muscles of the body. |
An abjad (, ; also abgad) is a writing system in which only consonants are represented, leaving vowel sounds to be inferred by the reader. |
An abugida (, from Ge'ez: ), sometimes known as alphasyllabary, neosyllabary or pseudo-alphabet, is a segmental writing system in which consonant-vowel sequences are written as units; each unit is based on a consonant letter, and vowel notation is secondary. |
ABBA ( , ) are a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. |
An allegiance is a duty of fidelity said to be owed, or freely committed, by the people, subjects or citizens to their state or sovereign. |
Altenberg (German for "old mountain" or "mountain of the old") may refer to:
Places
Austria
Altenberg, a town in Sankt Andrä-Wördern, Tulln District
Altenberg bei Linz, in Upper Austria
Altenberg an der Rax, in Styria
Germany
Altenberg (Bergisches Land), an area in Odenthal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Altenberg Abbey, Cistercian monastery in Altenberg (Bergisches Land)
Altenberger Dom sometimes called Altenberg Cathedral, the former church of this Cistercian monastery
Altenberg, Saxony, a town in the Free State of Saxony
Altenberga, a municipality in the Saale-Holzfeld district, Thuringia
Altenberg Abbey, Solms, a former Premonstratensian nunnery near Wetzlar in Hesse
Zinkfabrik Altenberg, a former zinc factory, now a branch of the LVR Industrial Museum, Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Grube Altenberg, a show mine near Kreuztal, North Rhine-Westphalia
Other places
Altenberg, the German name for Vieille Montagne (old mountain in French), a former zinc mine in Kelmis, Moresnet, Belgium
Altenberg, a district in the city of Bern, Switzerland
Other uses
Altenberg Lieder (Five Orchestral Songs), composed by Alban Berg in 1911/12
Altenberg Publishing (1880–1934), a former Polish publishing house
Altenberg Trio, a Viennese piano trio
People with the surname
Jakob Altenberg (1875–1944), Austrian businessman
Lee Altenberg, theoretical biologist
Peter Altenberg (1859–1919), nom de plume of Austrian writer and poet Richard Engländer
See also
Altenburg (disambiguation) |
The MessagePad is a discontinued series of personal digital assistant devices developed by Apple for the Newton platform in 1993. |
Alfred Elton van Vogt (; April 26, 1912 – January 26, 2000) was a Canadian-born science fiction author. |
Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova (; born 7 June 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player and American television personality. |
Alfons Maria Jakob (2 July 1884 – 17 October 1931) was a German neurologist who worked in the field of neuropathology. |
Agnosticism is the view or belief that the existence of God, of the divine or the supernatural is unknown or unknowable. |
Argon is a chemical element with the symbol Ar and atomic number 18. |
Arsenic is a chemical element with the symbol As and atomic number 33. |
Antimony is a chemical element with the symbol Sb (from ) and atomic number 51. |
Actinium is a chemical element with the symbol Ac and atomic number 89. |
Americium is a synthetic radioactive chemical element with the symbol Am and atomic number 95. |
Astatine is a chemical element with the symbol At and atomic number 85. |
An atom is the smallest unit of ordinary matter that forms a chemical element. |
Arable land (from the , "able to be ploughed") is any land capable of being ploughed and used to grow crops. |
Aluminium (or aluminum in American English and Canadian English) is a chemical element with the symbol Al and atomic number 13. |
Advanced Chemistry is a German hip hop group from Heidelberg, a scenic city in Baden-Württemberg, South Germany. |
The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion after the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. |
Arne Kaijser (born 1950) is a professor emeritus of history of technology at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and a former president of the Society for the History of Technology. |
An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands. |
An author is the creator or originator of any written work such as a book or play, and is also considered a writer or poet. |
Andrey Andreyevich Markov (14 June 1856 – 20 July 1922) was a Russian mathematician best known for his work on stochastic processes. |
Angst is fear or anxiety (anguish is its Latinate equivalent, and the words anxious and anxiety are of similar origin). |
Anxiety is an emotion characterized by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil and includes subjectively unpleasant feelings of dread over anticipated events. |
Alan Alexander Milne (; 18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various poems. |
Asociación Alumni, usually just Alumni, is an Argentine rugby union club located in Tortuguitas, Greater Buenos Aires. |
An axiom, postulate, or assumption is a statement that is taken to be true, to serve as a premise or starting point for further reasoning and arguments. |
Alpha (uppercase , lowercase ; , álpha, or ) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. |
Alvin Toffler (October 4, 1928 – June 27, 2016) was an American writer, futurist, and businessman known for his works discussing modern technologies, including the digital revolution and the communication revolution, with emphasis on their effects on cultures worldwide. |
The Amazing Spider-Man is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics, featuring the fictional superhero Spider-Man as its main protagonist. |
AM may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Music
Skengdo & AM, British rap duo
AM (musician), American musician
A.M. (musician), Canadian musician
DJ AM, American DJ and producer
AM (Abraham Mateo album)
A.M. (Wilco album)
A.M. (Chris Young album)
AM (Arctic Monkeys album)
Am, the A minor chord symbol
A minor, a minor scale in music
Armeemarschsammlung, Prussian Army March Collection (Preußische Armeemarschsammlung)
Television and radio
AM (ABC Radio), Australian radio programme
American Morning, American television program
Am, Antes del Mediodia, Argentine television program
Other media
Allied Mastercomputer, the antagonist of the short story "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream"
Education
Master of Arts, an academic degree
Arts et Métiers ParisTech, a French engineering school
Active Minds, a mental health awareness charity
Science
Americium, a chemical element
Attometre, a unit of length
Adrenomedullin, a protein
Air mass (astronomy)
attomolar (aM), a unit of molar concentration
Am, tropical monsoon climate in the Köppen climate classification
AM, a complexity class related to Arthur–Merlin protocol
Technology
.am, Internet domain for Armenia
.am, a file extension associated with Automake software
Agile modeling, a software engineering methodology for modeling and documenting software systems
Amplitude modulation, an electronic communication technique
Additive Manufacturing, a process of making a three-dimensional solid object of virtually any shape from a digital model. |
Antigua and Barbuda (; ) is a sovereign island country in the West Indies in the Americas, lying between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. |
Azincourt (), historically known in English as Agincourt ( ), is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. |
Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer (; ; 19 March 1905 – 1 September 1981) was a German architect who served as the Minister of Armaments and War Production in Nazi Germany during most of World War II. |
The family Asteraceae (), alternatively Compositae (), consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. |
Apiaceae or Umbelliferae is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus Apium and commonly known as the celery, carrot or parsley family, or simply as umbellifers. |
An axon (from Greek ἄξων áxōn, axis), or nerve fiber (or nerve fibre: see spelling differences), is a long, slender projection of a nerve cell, or neuron, in vertebrates, that typically conducts electrical impulses known as action potentials away from the nerve cell body. |
The ancient Aramaic alphabet was adapted by Arameans from the Phoenician alphabet and became a distinct script by the 8th century BC. |
"American shot" or "cowboy shot" is a translation of a phrase from French film criticism, plan américain, and refers to a medium-long ("knee") film shot of a group of characters, who are arranged so that all are visible to the camera. |
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM), or acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis, is a rare autoimmune disease marked by a sudden, widespread attack of inflammation in the brain and spinal cord. |
Ataxia is a neurological sign consisting of lack of voluntary coordination of muscle movements that can include gait abnormality, speech changes, and abnormalities in eye movements. |
Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (née Byron; 10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852) was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. |
August William Derleth (February 24, 1909 – July 4, 1971) was an American writer and anthologist. |
The Alps are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): France, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, and Slovenia. |