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Asteraceae
[[Campanian]]–recent |image = Asteracea poster 3.jpg |image_upright = 1.3 |image_alt = |image_caption = Twelve species of Asteraceae from the subfamilies Asteroideae, Carduoideae, and Cichorioideae |taxon = Asteraceae |authority = [[Friedrich von Berchtold|Bercht.]] & [[Jan Svatopluk Presl|J.Presl]] |diversity = 1,911 ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteraceae
Aramaic alphabet
The ancient Aramaic alphabet was used to write the Aramaic languages spoken by ancient Aramean pre-Christian peoples throughout the Fertile Crescent. It was also adopted by other peoples as their own alphabet when empires and their subjects underwent linguistic Aramaization during a language shift for governing purpose...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramaic_alphabet
American shot
thumb|An example of a "cowboy shot" in A Fistful of Dollars An American shot or cowboy shot is a medium-long ("knee") film shot of a group of characters, who are arranged so that all are visible to the camera. It is a translation of a phrase from French film criticism, . The usual arrangement is for the actors to stand...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_shot
Ataxia
Ataxia (from Greek α- [a negative prefix] + -τάξις [order] = "lack of order") 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, that indicates dysfunction of parts of the nervous system that coor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ataxia
Ada Lovelace
) | birth_name = Hon. Augusta Ada Byron | birth_date = | birth_place = London, England | death_date = | death_place = [[Marylebone]], London, England | nationality = British | resting place = [[Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Hucknall]], Nottingham, England | spouse = | children = | parents = | known_for = [[Mathematics]...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace
August Derleth
August William Derleth (February 24, 1909 – July 4, 1971) was an American writer and anthologist. He was the first book publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft. He made contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos and the cosmic horror genre and helped found Arkham House, a publishing company which did much to introduce ha...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Derleth
Albert Camus
| birth_place = [[Mondovi, Algeria|Mondovi]], [[French Algeria]] | death_date = | death_place = [[Villeblevin]], France | alma_mater = [[University of Algiers]] | notable_works = ''[[The Stranger (Camus novel)|The Stranger]]''/''The Outsider''''[[The Myth of Sisyphus]]''''[[The Rebel (book)|The Rebel]]''''[[The Plague ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus
Agatha Christie
| image = Agatha Christie.png | alt = Black and white portrait photograph of Christie as a middle-aged woman | caption = Christie in 1958 | pseudonym = Mary Westmacott | birth_name = Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller | birth_date = | birth_place = [[Torquay]], [[Devon]], England | death_date = | death_place = [[Winterbrook H...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Christie
Applied ethics
Applied ethics is the practical aspect of moral considerations. It is ethics with respect to real-world actions and their moral considerations in private and public life, the professions, health, technology, law, and leadership. For example, bioethics is concerned with identifying the best approach to moral issues in t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applied_ethics
Absolute value
thumb|The graph of the absolute value function for real numbers thumb|The absolute value of a number may be thought of as its distance from zero. In mathematics, the absolute value or modulus of a real number , is the non-negative value without regard to its sign. Namely, if is a positive number, and if is negative (in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_value
Aaron
| name = Aaron | image = El sumo sacerdote Aarón (Museo del Prado) (cropped).jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = ''The High Priest Aaron'' by [[Joan de Joanes]], | religion = [[Abrahamic religions]] | module0 = | parents = | relatives = | spouse = [[Elisheba]] | native_name = אַהֳרֹן | birth_place = [[Land of Goshen|G...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron
Alcohol (chemistry)
upright=0.8|thumb|right|Ball-and-stick model of an alcohol molecule (). The red and white balls represent the hydroxyl group (). The three "R"s stand for carbon substituents or hydrogen atoms. In chemistry, an alcohol (), is a type of organic compound that carries at least one hydroxyl () functional group bound to a sa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_(chemistry)
Achill Island
| native_name = Acaill, Oileán Acla | native_name_link = | nickname = | location = [[Atlantic Ocean]] | archipelago = Achill | total_islands = 3 (Achill, Innisbiggle and Achillbeg islands) | major_islands = Achill | coastline_km = 128 | highest_mount = [[Croaghaun]] | elevation_m = 688 | area_acre = 36572 | country = [...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achill_Island
Allen Ginsberg
Irwin Allen Ginsberg (; June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet and writer. As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of the Beat Generation. He vigorously opposed militarism, economic materialism and sexua...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Ginsberg
Algebraically closed field
In mathematics, a field is algebraically closed if every non-constant polynomial with coefficients in has a root in . In other words, a field is algebraically closed if the fundamental theorem of algebra holds for it. For example, the field of real numbers is not algebraically closed because the polynomial has no real ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraically_closed_field
Anatoly Karpov
}} | image = Anatoly Karpov 2017 april.jpg | caption = Karpov in 2017 | country = | birth_date = | birth_place = [[Zlatoust]], Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (1970) | worldchampion = | rating = | peakrating = 2780 (July 1994) | peakranking = [[List of FIDE c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoly_Karpov
Anarcho-capitalism
thumb|alt=A two-colored flag, split diagonally, with yellow at the top and black at the bottom|The black and gold flag, a symbol of anarchism (black) and capitalism (gold) which according to Murray Rothbard was first flown in 1963 in ColoradoRothbard, Murray N., The Betrayal of the American Right (2007): 188 and is als...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcho-capitalism
Aristophanes
}} 1st century AD }} | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = [[Classical Athens|Athens]], Greece | death_date = (aged c. 60) | death_place = | nationality = | occupation = Playwright (comedy) | years_active = 427 BC – 386 BC | known_for = Playwright and director of [[Old Comedy]] | notable_works = | }}
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristophanes
Albert Schweitzer
Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer (; 14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965) was a German and French polymath from Alsace. He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician. As a Lutheran minister, Schweitzer challenged both the secular view of the historical Jesus as depicted by ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Schweitzer
Austrian school of economics
The Austrian school is a heterodox school of economic thought that advocates strict adherence to methodological individualism, the concept that social phenomena result primarily from the motivations and actions of individuals along with their self-interest. Austrian-school theorists hold that economic theory should be ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_school_of_economics
Abscess
| image = Five day old Abscess.jpg | alt = | caption = Five-day-old inflamed epidermal inclusion cyst. The black spot is a [[keratin]] plug that connects with the underlying cyst. | field = [[General surgery]], [[infectious disease (medical specialty)|infectious disease]], [[dermatology]] | symptoms = Redness, pain, sw...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abscess
Aalborg Municipality
| other_name = | settlement_type = [[Municipalities of Denmark|Municipality]] | short_description = Municipality in North Jutland region of Denmark | image_skyline = Aalborg 2010 - 100 ubt.JPG | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_shield = Coat of arms of Aalborg.svg | motto = | nickname = | etymology = | subdivisio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aalborg_Municipality
Aarhus
| imagesize = | image_caption = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Denmark#Scandinavia#Europe | pushpin_relief = 1 | pushpin_map_caption = Location within Denmark##Location within Scandinavia##Location within Europe | image_shield = Coat of arms of Aarhus.svg | shield_alt = Aarhus coat of arms | ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarhus
Alexis Carrel
| birth_place = [[Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon]], [[Rhône]], [[Third French Republic|France]] | death_date = | death_place = Paris, [[Provisional Government of the French Republic|France]] | education = [[University of Lyon]] | profession = [[Surgeon]], [[biologist]] | specialism = [[Transplantology]], [[thoracic surgery]] | re...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Carrel
All Souls' Day
}} |observedby = |litcolor = Black, where it is tradition''General Instruction of the Roman Missal'', 346 (otherwise violet or purple)''General Instruction of the Roman Missal'', 346 or violet |begins = |ends = |significance = For the souls of all the faithful departed |date = [[2 November]] |celebrations = |duration =...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Souls'_Day
André Gide
| image = André Gide.jpg | caption = | birth_name = André Paul Guillaume Gide | birth_date = | birth_place = Paris, France | death_date = | death_place = Paris, France | resting_place = Cimetière de Cuverville, [[Cuverville, Seine-Maritime]] | occupation = | genre = | movement = | notableworks = ''[[The Immoralist]]'''...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/André_Gide
Algorithms for calculating variance
Algorithms for calculating variance play a major role in computational statistics. A key difficulty in the design of good algorithms for this problem is that formulas for the variance may involve sums of squares, which can lead to numerical instability as well as to arithmetic overflow when dealing with large values.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithms_for_calculating_variance
Politics of Antigua and Barbuda
The politics of Antigua and Barbuda takes place in a framework of a unitary parliamentary representative democratic monarchy, wherein the sovereign of Antigua and Barbuda is the head of state, appointing a governor-general to act as vice-regal representative in the nation. A prime minister is appointed by the governor-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force
| current_form = | disbanded = | branches = | headquarters = [[Camp Blizzard]], [[Saint George Parish, Antigua and Barbuda|Saint George]] | flying_hours = | website = | commander-in-chief = [[Charles III]], [[King of Antigua and Barbuda]] represented by [[Rodney Williams (governor-general)|Sir Rodney Williams]], [[Gove...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigua_and_Barbuda_Defence_Force
Economy of Azerbaijan
The economy of Azerbaijan is highly dependent on oil and gas exports, in particular since the completion of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline. The transition to oil production in the late 1990s led to rapid economic growth over the period 1995–2014. Since 2014, GDP growth has slowed down substantially.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Azerbaijan
Geography of Azerbaijan
| area ranking = 112th | km area = 86,600 | percent land = 99.87 | km coastline = 713 | exclusive economic zone = None, the [[Caspian Sea]] is a lake | borders = | highest point = [[Bazardüzü]] | lowest point = [[Caspian Sea]] | longest river = [[Kura (Caspian Sea)|Kura River]] | largest lake = [[Mingachevir reservoir]...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani Armed Forces
| image = Azerbaijani Armed Forces logo.svg | image_size = 150px | alt = | caption = Coat of arms of the Azerbaijan Armed Forces | image2 = | alt2 = | caption2 = | motto = | founded = 26 June 1918 | current_form = 9 October 1991 | disbanded = | branches = | headquarters = [[Baku]] | flying_hours = | commander-in-chief ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces
Geography of Armenia
thumb|300px|Armenia map of Köppen climate classification zones thumb|300px|Satellite image of Armenia Armenia is a landlocked country in the South Caucasus region of the Caucasus. The country is geographically located in Eastern Europe the Armenian plateau.The UN classification of world regions places Armenia in West A...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Armenia
Demographics of Armenia
| density = 107/km2 | growth = 0.27/1,000 population (2016 est.) | birth = 12.3 births/1,000 population (2023) | death = 8.2 deaths/1,000 population (2023) | nation = [[Armenians|Armenian(s)]] | major_ethnic = Armenian | minor_ethnic = [[Russians|Russian]], [[Yazidis]], [[Kurds]], [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]] | offici...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Armenia
Politics of Armenia
The politics of Armenia take place in the framework of the parliamentary representative democratic republic of Armenia, whereby the president of Armenia is the head of state and the prime minister of Armenia the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the president and the Gover...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Armenia
Economy of Armenia
*Upper-middle income economy }} | population = 2.965 million (2025 est.) | gdp = $26.258 billion (nominal, 2025 est.) * $74.294 billion ([[Purchasing power parity|PPP]], 2025 est.)}} | gdp rank = | per capita = $8,857 (nominal, 2025 est.) * $25,060 (PPP, 2025 est.)}} | per capita rank = | growth = 5.9% (2024 est.) * 4....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Armenia
Armed Forces of Armenia
| image = Coat of Arms of the Armenian Armed Forces.png | image_size = 160 | caption = Emblem of the Armenian Armed Forces | motto = | founded = 28 May 1918; years ago | current_form = 28 January 1992; years ago | disbanded = | branches = | headquarters = [[Yerevan]] | flying_hours = | website = | commander-in-chief = ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Armenia
Foreign relations of Armenia
Since its independence, Armenia has maintained a policy of trying to have positive and friendly relations with Iran, Greece, and the West, including the United States and the European Union.– "Armenian Foreign Policy Between Russia, Iran And U.S." – 29 March 2010 It has full membership status in a number of internation...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Armenia
Demographics of American Samoa
Demographics of American Samoa include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects. American Samoa is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean. alt=A rising line graph|thumb|Population in tho...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_American_Samoa
Politics of American Samoa
Politics of American Samoa takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic dependency, whereby the governor is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. American Samoa is an unincorporated and unorganized territory of the United States, administered by the Office of Insular A...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_American_Samoa
Avicenna
Ali Sina|Ibn Sina Peak}} | native_name = ابن سینا | native_name_lang = ar | image = Avicenna Bust, left profile (cropped).jpg | caption = Modern portrait, 1952 | birth_date = | birth_place = Afshana, [[Transoxiana]], [[Samanid Empire]] | death_date = Encyclopedia of Islam: Vol 1, p. 562, Edition I, 1964, Lahore, Pakist...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicenna
The Ashes
{{Infobox cricket tournament main | name = The Ashes | image = Ashes Urn.jpg | caption = The Ashes urn, made of terracotta and about 10.5 cm (4") tall, is reputed to contain the ashes of a burnt cricket bail. | country = | administrator = International Cricket Council | cricket format = Test cricket | first = 1882–83 (...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ashes
Abner Doubleday
| death_date = | image = Doubledayo.jpg | caption = Doubleday, c. 1855-65 | birth_place = [[Ballston Spa, New York]], US | death_place = [[Mendham Township, New Jersey|Mendham, New Jersey]], US | placeofburial = [[Arlington National Cemetery]] | placeofburial_label = Place of burial | allegiance = United States[[Union ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abner_Doubleday
Adelaide
| state = sa | image = | pop = 1,469,163 | pop_year = 2024 | pop_footnotes= | poprank = 5th | density = 426 | density_footnotes = | area = 3259.8 | area_footnotes = | mayor = | mayortitle = | established = | force_national_map = yes | image2 = Free vector map of Adelaide Australia Level 12 G View.svg | image2_alt = Ade...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide
Alan Garner
| name = Alan Garner | birth_name = | image = Alan Garner.JPG | imagesize = 200px | caption = Garner in 2011 | birth_date = | birth_place = [[Congleton]], [[Cheshire]], England | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Griselda Garner (m. 1972) | occupation = | period = 1960–present | genre = [[Children's literature|Ch...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Garner
Accordion
{{Infobox instrument | name = Accordion | image = A convertor free-bass piano-accordion and a Russian bayan.jpg | caption = A piano accordion (top) and a button accordion (bottom) | background = keyboard | hornbostel_sachs = 412.132 | hornbostel_sachs_desc = Free-reed aerophone | developed = Early 19th century | range ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accordion
Afro Celt Sound System
| current_members = *[[N'Faly Kouyate]] *[https://www.instagram.com/endagallery/ Enda Gallery] *[https://www.instagram.com/tarahowleymusic/ Tara Howley] *[[Binta Suso]] *[[Kalifa Koné]] *[https://www.instagram.com/mulu%20ceol/ Mùlù] (Miadhachlughain O'Donnell) | past_members = *[[Johnny Kalsi]] *[[Simon Emmerson]] (†&n...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro_Celt_Sound_System
Anaximander
Anaximander ( ; Anaximandros; ) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Miletus,"Anaximander" in Chambers's Encyclopædia. London: George Newnes, 1961, Vol. 1, p. 403. a city of Ionia (in modern-day Turkey). He belonged to the Milesian school and learned the teachings of his master Thales. He succeeded Thales ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximander
Architect
An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that have human occupancy or use as their principal purpose. Etymologically, the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architect
Aphrodite
* [[Ares]] Several lovers }} | parents = [[Zeus]] and [[Dione (Titaness)|Dione]] Homer, ''Iliad'' [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134%3Abook%3D5%3Acard%3D363 5.370].[[Uranus (mythology)|Uranus]] Hesiod, ''Theogony'', [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodite
Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley ( ; born Edward Alexander Crowley; 12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947) was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, novelist, mountaineer, and painter. He founded the religion of Thelema, identifying himself as the prophet entrusted with guiding humanity into the Æon of Horus in the early 20th c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley
Afterlife
thumb|A depiction of Idris visiting Heaven and Hell from a Persian illuminated manuscript version of the Islamic text Stories of the Prophets (1577) The afterlife or life after death is a postulated existence in which the essential part of an individual's stream of consciousness or identity continues to exist after the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afterlife
Alloy
thumb|300x300px|From left to right: three alloys (beryllium copper, Inconel, steel) and three pure metals (titanium, aluminium, magnesium) An alloy is a mixture of chemical elements of which in most cases at least one is a metallic element, although it is also sometimes used for mixtures of elements; herein only metall...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alloy
Agrarianism
Agrarianism is a social and political philosophy that advocates for rural development, a rural agricultural lifestyle, family farming, widespread property ownership, and political decentralization. Those who adhere to agrarianism tend to value traditional forms of local community over urban modernity. Agrarian politica...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrarianism
Atomic physics
Atomic physics is the field of physics that studies atoms as an isolated system of electrons and an atomic nucleus. Atomic physics typically refers to the study of atomic structure and the interaction between atoms. It is primarily concerned with the way in which electrons are arranged around the nucleus and the proces...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_physics
American Sign Language
|date = 2006 |ref = e25 |speakers2=[[Second language|L2]] signers: (2006) |speakers_label=Signers |familycolor = sign |fam1 = [[French Sign Language family|French Sign]]-based (possibly [[creole language|creole]] with [[Martha's Vineyard Sign Language]]) |dia1 = [[Protactile]] |dia2 = see [[Varieties of American Sign L...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Sign_Language
Applet
In computing, an applet is any small application that performs one specific task that runs within the scope of a dedicated widget engine or a larger program, often as a plug-in."AskOxford: applet", Oxford Dictionaries. Accessed on July 21, 2009 The term is frequently used to refer to a Java applet, a program written in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applet
Alternate history
thumb|right|260px|A painting by Jakub Różalski depicts an alternate history of the 1920s in Iron Harvest, in which rural peasants must contend with giant mechanical walking tanks. Alternate history (also referred to as alternative history, allohistory, althist, or simply A.H.) is a subgenre of speculative fiction in wh...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_history
Atomic orbital
right|thumb|upright=2|The shapes of the first five atomic orbitals are 1s, 2s, 2px, 2py, and 2pz. The two colors show the phase or sign of the wave function in each region. Each picture is domain coloring of a function which depends on the coordinates of one electron. To see the elongated shape of functions that show p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_orbital
Alan Turing
| image = File:Alan Turing (1951).jpg | caption = Turing in 1951 | birth_name = Alan Mathison Turing | birth_date = | birth_place = [[Maida Vale]], London, England | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = [[Cyanide poisoning]] as an act of [[suicide]] | alma_mater = * [[Princeton University]] ([[PhD]]) }} | known...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing
Actaeon
thumb|Diana and Actaeon by Titian (1556–59) In Greek mythology, Actaeon (; Aktaiōn)He was sometimes called Actaeus (), as in the poetic fragment quoted at Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.4.4: "then [they] killed Actaeus at Zeus's instigation", was the son of the priestly herdsman Aristaeus and Autonoe in Boeotia, and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actaeon
Athens
| image_skyline = | settlement_type = [[Capital city]] | nicknames = ( , "the glorious city") ( , "the [[City of the Violet Crown|violet-crowned city]]") The City of Wisdom City of Reason | image_flag = Flag of the City of Athens.svg | flag_link = | image_seal = Coat of Arms of Athens (English Version).svg | pushpin_ma...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens
Anguilla
| mapsize = 290px | image_map2 = Anguilla - Location Map (2013) - AIA - UNOCHA.svg | mapsize2 = 290px | map_caption2 = | subdivision_type = [[Sovereign state]] | subdivision_name = | established_title = [[Treaty of Breda (1667)|English control]] | established_date = 1667 | established_title2 = [[Saint Christopher-Nevis...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anguilla
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
| map_image = Australia in its region (Ashmore and Cartier Islands special).svg | map_caption = Location of the Ashmore and Cartier Islands | location = Indian Ocean | coordinates = | total_islands = | major_islands = 4 | area_km2 = | population = 0 | population_as_of = July 2021 | country = Australia }}
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashmore_and_Cartier_Islands
Alexander Mackenzie (politician)
| image = Alexander MacKenzie - portrait.jpg | alt = Monochrome photograph of Alexander Mackenzie sitting in a chair. | caption = Mackenzie in 1878 | order = 2nd | office = Prime Minister of Canada | term_start = November 7, 1873 | term_end = October 8, 1878 | monarch = [[Queen Victoria|Victoria]] | governor_general = ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Mackenzie_(politician)
Ashoka
Ashoka, also known as Asoka or Aśoka ( ; , ; – 232 BCE), and popularly known as Ashoka the Great, was Emperor of Magadha from until his death in 232 BCE, and the third ruler from the Mauryan dynasty. His empire covered a large part of the Indian subcontinent, stretching from present-day Afghanistan in the west to prese...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashoka
American (word)
The meaning of the word American in the English language varies according to the historical, geographical, and political context in which it is used. American is derived from America, a term originally denoting all of the Americas (also called the Western Hemisphere), ultimately derived from the name of the Florentine ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_(word)
Ada (programming language)
[[Concurrent programming|concurrent]], [[Array programming|array]], [[Distributed computing|distributed]], [[Generic programming|generic]], [[Procedural programming|procedural]], [[Metaprogramming|meta]] | family = [[Pascal (programming language)|Pascal]] | designers = * MIL-STD-1815, Ada 83: [[Jean Ichbiah]] * Ada 95:...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_(programming_language)
Alfonso Cuarón
| birth_place = [[Mexico City]], Mexico | alma_mater = [[National Autonomous University of Mexico]] | occupation = | years_active = 1981–present | notable_works = [[Alfonso Cuarón filmography|Full list]] | spouse = * }} | children = 3, including [[Jonás Cuarón]] | relatives = [[Carlos Cuarón]] (brother) | awards = [[Li...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_Cuarón
Arianism
Arianism (, ) is a Christological doctrine which rejects the traditional notion of the Trinity and considers Jesus to be a creation of God, and therefore distinct from God. It is named after its major proponent, Arius (). It is considered heretical by most modern mainstream branches of Christianity. It is held by a min...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianism
Advanced Encryption Standard
{{Infobox block cipher | name = Advanced Encryption Standard(Rijndael) | image = 250px | caption = Visualization of the AES round function | designers = Joan Daemen, Vincent Rijmen | publish date = 1998 | derived from = Square | derived to = Anubis, Grand Cru, Kalyna | related to = | certification = AES winner, CRYPTRE...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard
Anisotropy
thumb|upright=1.36|WMAP image of the tiny anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background radiation Anisotropy () is the structural property of non-uniformity in different directions, as opposed to isotropy. An anisotropic object or pattern has properties that differ according to direction of measurement. For example, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisotropy
Alpha decay
thumb|upright=1.35|Visual representation of alpha decay Alpha decay or α-decay is a type of radioactive decay in which an atomic nucleus emits an alpha particle (helium nucleus). The parent nucleus transforms or "decays" into a daughter product, with a mass number that is reduced by four and an atomic number that is re...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_decay
Augustus
''Augustus'' (title)|and|Augustus (disambiguation)|and|Octavian (disambiguation)}} | image = Augustus of Prima Porta.jpg | image_size = 250px | alt = This image shows the sculpture Augustus of Prima Porta, a full body portrait of the Roman Emperor Augustus. He is depicted wearing armor that shows the story of one of hi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus
Geography of Antarctica
| area ranking = 2nd (unofficially) | km area = 14,200,000 | percent land = 98 | km coastline = 17968 | borders = None | highest point = [[Vinson Massif]], | lowest point = [[Denman Glacier]], | longest river = [[Onyx River]], 32 km | largest lake = [[Lake Vostok]], 26,000 sq m (est.) | climate = [[subantarctic]] ...
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Transport in Antarctica
thumb|300px|Part of a traverse, which was bringing fuel, food, and other supplies from Dumont d'Urville Station to Dome C (Concordia Station). January 2005 Transport in Antarctica has transformed from explorers crossing the isolated remote area of Antarctica by foot to a more open era due to human technologies enabling...
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List of governors of Alabama
| department = [[Government of Alabama]] | status = | residence = [[Alabama Governor's Mansion]] | termlength = Four years, renewable once consecutively | precursor = Governor of [[Alabama Territory]] | inaugural = [[William Wyatt Bibb]] | formation = | succession = [[Gubernatorial_lines_of_succession_in_the_United_Sta...
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Apocrypha
thumb|right|upright=1.4|The apocryphal letter of Sultan Mehmed II to the Pope (), published by Nicolae Iorga. Series 4: 1453–1476, Paris; Bucarest, 1915, pages 126–127 Apocrypha () are biblical or related writings not forming part of the accepted canon of scripture, some of which might be of doubtful authorship or auth...
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Ames, Iowa
Ames () is a city in Story County, Iowa, United States, located approximately north of Des Moines in central Iowa. It is the home of Iowa State University (ISU). According to the 2020 census, Ames had a population of 66,427, making it the state's ninth-most populous city. Iowa State University was home to 30,177 studen...
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Abalone
Abalone ( or ; via Spanish , from Rumsen aulón) are sea snails in the genus Haliotis, the only genus in the family Haliotidae. Abalone shells are distinctive for their flattened, ear-like shape, nacreous interior, and row of holes used for respiration. The flesh of abalone is widely considered to be a delicacy, and is ...
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Abdominal surgery
The term abdominal surgery broadly covers surgical procedures that involve opening the abdomen (laparotomy). Surgery of each abdominal organ is dealt with separately in connection with the description of that organ (see stomach, kidney, liver, etc.) Diseases affecting the abdominal cavity are dealt with generally under...
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Arminianism
thumb|upright|Jacobus Arminius in a 1625 engraving by W. Swanenburgh Arminianism is a movement of Protestantism initiated in the early 17th century, based on the theological ideas of the Dutch Reformed theologian Jacobus Arminius and his historic supporters known as Remonstrants. Dutch Arminianism was originally articu...
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Almost all
In mathematics, the term "almost all" means "all but a negligible quantity". More precisely, if is a set, "almost all elements of " means "all elements of but those in a negligible subset of ". The meaning of "negligible" depends on the mathematical context; for instance, it can mean finite, countable, or null.
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Aromatic compound
thumb|class=skin-invert-image|2D model of a benzene molecule. The carbon "ring" is what makes benzene "aromatic". Aromatic compounds or arenes are organic compounds "with a chemistry typified by benzene" and "cyclically conjugated." The word "aromatic" originates from the past grouping of molecules based on odor, befor...
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Annales school
The Annales school () is a group of historians associated with a style of historiography developed by French historians in the 20th century to stress long-term social history. It is named after its scholarly journal Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales, which remains the main source of scholarship, along with many book...
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Casa Batlló
(House of Bones) | status = | image = Casa Batllo Overview Barcelona Spain cut.jpg | image_alt = Casa Batlló | image_size = | caption = | relief = | altitude = | building_type = | architectural_style = | structural_system = | material = stone, metal, wood, ceramic | cost = | ren_cost = | client = | owner = | current_te...
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Antiparticle
thumb|alt=Diagram illustrating the particles and antiparticles of electron, neutron and proton, as well as their "size" (not to scale). It is easier to identify them by looking at the total mass of both the antiparticle and particle. On the left, from top to bottom, is shown an electron (small red dot), a proton (big b...
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The Apache Software Foundation
The Apache Software Foundation ( ; ASF) is an American nonprofit corporation (classified as a 501(c)(3) organization in the United States) that supports a number of open-source software projects. The ASF was formed from a group of developers of the Apache HTTP Server, and incorporated on March 25, 1999. it includes app...
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Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or ADA () is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability. It affords similar protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which made discrimination based on race, religion, sex, national origin, an...
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Apatosaurus
| image = Louisae.jpg | image_caption = Mounted ''A. louisae'' (specimen CM 3018), [[Carnegie Museum of Natural History]] | image_upright = 1.1 | taxon = Apatosaurus | authority = [[Othniel Charles Marsh|Marsh]], 1877 | type_species = '''''Apatosaurus ajax''''' | type_species_authority = Marsh, 1877 | subdivision_ranks...
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Allosaurus
| image = Big Al 2 cast.jpg | image_caption = Mounted cast of the specimen "Big Al 2" (''Allosaurus jimmadseni'') during a special exhibit at the [[Museum Koenig Bonn]] | parent_authority = [[Othniel Marsh|Marsh]], [[1878 in paleontology|1878]] | taxon = Allosaurus | authority = Marsh, [[1877 in paleontology|1877]] | t...
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AK-47
| }} | manufacturer = [[Kalashnikov Concern]] and various others including [[Norinco]] | production_date = 1948–present | number = ~100 million | variants = ''See [[#Variants|Variants]]'' |spec_label=AK-47 with Type 3 receiver | weight = Without magazine: Magazine, empty: (early issue) (steel) (plastic) (light alloy) |...
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Atanasoff–Berry computer
The Atanasoff–Berry computer (ABC) was the first automatic electronic digital computer. The device was limited by the technology of the day. The ABC's priority is debated among historians of computer technology, because it was neither programmable, nor Turing-complete. Conventionally, the ABC would be considered the fi...
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Anazarbus
|alternate_name = Caesarea, Justinopolis |image = Anavarza_Triumphal_arch_in_Anazarbus_2754.jpg |alt = |caption = The triumphal arch of Anazarbus was later converted to the city's South Gate. |map_type = Turkey |map_alt = |map_size = 270 |coordinates = |location = [[Adana Province]], Turkey |region = [[Cilicia]] |type ...
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André-Marie Ampère
| image = Ampere Andre 1825.jpg | caption = Engraving of Ampère by [[Ambroise Tardieu]], 1825 | birth_date = | birth_place = [[Lyon]], [[Kingdom of France]] | death_date = | death_place = [[Marseille]], [[July Monarchy|Kingdom of France]] | known_for = | awards = [[Fellow of the Royal Society#Foreign member|ForMemRS]] ...
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Ammonia
|Ammonium|the gum ammoniac|Ammoniacum|the route in South Africa|R717 (South Africa)|other uses|NH 3 (disambiguation)|and|Ammonia (disambiguation)}} |SystematicName = Azane |OtherNames = |Section1 = |PubChem = 222 |ChEMBL_Ref = |ChEMBL = 1160819 |ChemSpiderID = 217 |ChemSpiderID_Ref = |UNII = 5138Q19F1X |UNII_Ref = |EIN...
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Amethyst
) | molweight = | system = [[Trigonal]] | class = Trapezohedral (32) | symmetry = ''P3 21'' (no. 154) | color = Purple, violet, dark purple | habit = 6 sided prism ending in 6 sided pyramid (typical) | twinning = Dauphine law, Brazil law, and Japan law | cleavage = None | fracture = Conchoidal | mohs = 7...
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Albertosaurus
Possible [[Campanian]] record | image = Albertosaurus_sarcophagus_cast.jpg | image_caption = Mounted cast in the [[Milwaukee Public Museum]] | display_parents = 2 | genus = Albertosaurus | parent_authority = [[Henry Fairfield Osborn|Osborn]], 1905 | species = sarcophagus | authority = Osborn, 1905 | synonyms = *''[[Dei...
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Assembly language
| latest release version = | latest release date = | typing = None | scope = | programming language = | platform = | operating system = | license = | file ext = .asm, .s, .S, .inc, .wla, .SRC as well as several others depending on the assembler | file format = | website = | implementations = | dialects = | influenced b...
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Ambrose
–500) of Ambrose in the [[Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio]] | church = | diocese = [[Archdiocese of Milan|Mediolanum]] (Milan) | see = Mediolanum | term_start = 374 AD | term_end = 4 April 397 | predecessor = [[Auxentius of Milan|Auxentius]] | successor = [[Simplician]] | ordination = | ordained_by = | consecration = 7 Decem...
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