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Dunning–Kruger effect (5,167 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

causes of the Dunning–Kruger effect. According to the metacognitive explanation, poor performers misjudge their abilities because they fail to recognize

Déjà vu (4,387 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

conflict may be important in better understanding déjà vu. Another possible explanation for the phenomenon of déjà vu is the occurrence of cryptomnesia, which

Causality (11,963 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

world progresses. As such it is a basic concept; it is more apt to be an explanation of other concepts of progression than something to be explained by other

Semi-arid climate (1,332 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Patos, Paraíba, Brazil Climate chart (explanation)

Subarctic climate (2,526 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Anchorage, Alaska, United States Climate chart (explanation)

Googly (959 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Wisden Dictionary of Cricket (Third ed.). London: A & C Black. ISBN 0713679158. Look up googly in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Picture and explanation

Scientific theory (6,868 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

A scientific theory is an explanation of an aspect of the natural world that can be or that has been repeatedly tested and has corroborating evidence

Lift (force) (13,283 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

comprehensive explanation that captures all of the essential aspects is necessarily complex. There are also many simplified explanations, but all leave

Desert climate (1,891 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Wikipedia's sister projects Media from Commons Travel information from Wikivoyage Desert climate summary Desert climate explanation Desert report/essay

Plagues of Egypt (3,119 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

origins of the Israelites.: 81 : 6–7 Similarly, attempts to find natural explanations for the plagues (e.g., a volcanic eruption to explain the "darkness"

Rainbow (9,318 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

verification. This explanation was repeated by Averroes,[citation needed] and, though incorrect, provided the groundwork for the correct explanations later given

Tropical rainforest climate (423 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Paramaribo, Suriname Climate chart (explanation)

List of Pokémon films (1,142 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

December 22, 1998 November 25, 2006 The Pokémon explore a mountain.[further explanation needed] 4 Pikachu's Rescue Adventure The Pikachu Expedition (ピカチュウたんけんたい

Subtropics (2,347 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Hanoi, Vietnam Climate chart (explanation)

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Colloquialism (also called colloquial language, colloquial speech, everyday language, or general parlance) is the linguistic style used for casual and

Five Ways (Aquinas) (4,683 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

does not have the possibility of going out of existence. However, this explanation seems to involve the fallacy of composition (quantifier shift). Moreover

Declination (1,187 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

In astronomy, declination (abbreviated dec; symbol δ) is one of the two angles that locate a point on the celestial sphere in the equatorial coordinate

Exclamation mark (6,201 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The exclamation mark ! (also known as exclamation point in American English) is a punctuation mark usually used after an interjection or exclamation to

Mediterranean climate (3,874 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Meteorology. Retrieved 20 July 2022. Media related to Mediterranean climate at Wikimedia Commons Explanation of Mediterranean Climate (University of Wisconsin)

Deductive-nomological model (12,180 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The deductive-nomological model (DN model) of scientific explanation, also known as Hempel's model, the Hempel–Oppenheim model, the Popper–Hempel model

Persona non grata (800 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

member of a diplomatic staff persona non grata at any time without any explanation. Under Article 9 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, a

Right ascension (1,371 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Right ascension (abbreviated RA; symbol α) is the angular distance of a particular point measured eastward along the celestial equator from the Sun at

Act of Settlement 1662 (2,104 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Commissioners found that too many Catholics were "innocent" and a further Act of Explanation 1665 (17 & 18 Chas. 2. c. 2 (I)) was needed to find a workable solution

Illustration (1,511 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

An illustration is a decoration, interpretation, or visual explanation of a text, concept, or process, designed for integration in print and digitally

Teleology (4,251 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

'goal', and λόγος, logos, 'explanation' or 'reason') or finality is a branch of causality giving the reason or an explanation for something as a function

Humid subtropical climate (4,698 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Durban, South Africa Climate chart (explanation)

Model (1,698 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

predicting the world, a theory is more ambitious in that it claims to be an explanation of reality. As a noun, model has specific meanings in certain fields

Genetic assimilation (2,276 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

point the phenotype could be seen without other treatment. Waddington's explanation has been controversial, and has been accused of being Lamarckian. More

Models of scientific inquiry (3,259 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

diverse ways in which scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on the evidence derived from their work." The classical model of

Asabiyyah (636 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

tribalism and clanism.[further explanation needed] In the modern period, it is generally analogous to solidarity.[further explanation needed] However, it is often

Tropical savanna climate (1,124 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Banjul, The Gambia Climate chart (explanation)

Universal White Brotherhood (645 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Universelle" (in French). Clims. 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2009. "Explanation of the name Universal White Brotherhood". www.fbu.org. Retrieved 2016-02-22

Evolution as fact and theory (5,257 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

withhold provisional assent". A scientific theory is a well-substantiated explanation of such facts. The facts of evolution come from observational evidence

Shuowen Jiezi (2,737 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Tetsuji (阿辻哲次) (1986), 漢字学―説文解字の世界 [Character Studies: The World of Explanation and Interpretation of Characters] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Tōkai daigaku

Not even wrong (359 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to describe pseudoscience or bad science. It describes an argument or explanation that purports to be scientific but uses faulty reasoning or speculative

Bridge ethics (1,898 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Tournament Director. The assumed declarer or dummy should give the correct explanation at the end of the auction but before the opening lead is faced up. (When

Humid continental climate (4,607 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Chicago, Illinois, United States Climate chart (explanation)

Merkabah mysticism (5,609 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

12th-century work Guide for the Perplexed is in part intended as an explanation of the passages Ma'aseh Bereshit and Ma'aseh Merkabah. In the third volume

Ditrysia (434 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Macrolepidoptera are other examples of Ditrysia's subclades.[further explanation needed] Apoditrysia, Obtectomera, and Macrolepidoptera will be considered

Alhamdulillah (517 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the words of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Its meaning and in-depth explanation have been the subject of much exegesis. It is also commonly used by non-Muslim

Logical positivism (6,900 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

scientific explanation defended even among critics of neo-positivism such as Popper. According to the DN model, a scientific explanation is valid only

Argument from morality (2,305 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

observe some aspect of morality and argue that God is the best or only explanation for this, concluding that God must exist. Arguments from moral order

Exeter incident (2,618 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

became by far the most famous. In 2011, Skeptical Inquirer offered an explanation of the incident, based on details reported by the eyewitnesses. On September

London Bridge Is Falling Down (2,315 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

late 19th century. It has the Roud Folk Song Index number 502. Several explanations have been advanced to explain the meaning of the rhyme and the identity

Ultimate Boeing 747 gambit (2,852 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

hosting it requires explanation, but Dawkins considers the God hypothesis inferior to evolution by natural selection as an explanation for the complexity

Stagflation (5,030 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

unemployment may fuel inflation. In economic theory, there are two main explanations for stagflation: supply shocks, such as a sharp increase in oil prices

Matter (9,536 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

top and bottom quarks and the tau and tau neutrino. The most natural explanation for this would be that quarks and leptons of higher generations are excited

Energy level (2,832 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

incomplete outer shells. (See Madelung rule for more details.) For an explanation of why electrons exist in these shells see electron configuration. If

Tropical monsoon climate (724 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Manila, Philippines Climate chart (explanation)

Backronym (1,100 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

particular word or words, either to create a memorable name or as a fanciful explanation of a word's origin". Many fictional espionage organizations are backronyms

Refraction (2,446 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

medium its speed will again be the speed of light in vacuum, c. A correct explanation rests on light's nature as an electromagnetic wave. Because light is

Confirmation bias (13,662 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

one-sided way, focusing on one possibility and ignoring alternatives. Explanations for the observed biases include wishful thinking and the limited human

Mississippi embayment (728 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

early Cenozoic by the filling with sediment of a pre-existing basin. An explanation for the embayment's formation was put forward by Van Arsdale and Cox

Dynamic programming (9,283 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the shortest path problem by the Reaching method. In fact, Dijkstra's explanation of the logic behind the algorithm, namely Problem 2. Find the path of

Electric power (2,316 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Electric power is the rate of transfer of electrical energy within a circuit. Its SI unit is the watt, the general unit of power, defined as one joule

Westermarck effect (654 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Westermarck in his 1891 book, The History of Human Marriage, as one explanation for the incest taboo. The Westermarck effect has gained some empirical

Tu quoque (823 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Tu quoque is a discussion technique that intends to discredit the opponent's argument by attacking the opponent's own personal behavior and actions as

Solway Firth Spaceman (1,072 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

ufologists and paranormal investigators. Journalist David Clarke posited an explanation for the anomaly in the photograph in a 2014 BBC interview, concluding

List of logic symbols (256 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mathematics. Additionally, the subsequent columns contains an informal explanation, a short example, the Unicode location, the name for use in HTML documents

Introduction to M-theory (1,042 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

History of string theory Wolchover, Natalie (December 2017). "The Best Explanation for Everything in the Universe". The Atlantic. Archived from the original

Names of Myanmar (4,277 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

You may need rendering support to display the Burmese script in this article correctly. The country known in English as Burma, or Myanmar, has undergone

Wind chill (1,850 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Wind chill (popularly wind chill factor) is the sensation of cold produced by the wind for a given ambient air temperature on exposed skin as the air motion

Argument from consciousness (1,388 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

There is an explanation for these correlations. Personal explanation is different from natural scientific explanation. The explanation for these correlations

Ring a Ring o' Roses (2,308 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and are subject to speculation. Folklore scholars consider the popular explanation linking it to the Great Plague, which has been common since the mid-20th

WebCite (1,213 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

snapshots can still be viewed. The site is frequently offline with no explanation, and for lengthy periods of time. For example it was offline between

Homily (616 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a commentary that follows a reading of scripture, giving the "public explanation of a sacred doctrine" or text. The works of Origen and John Chrysostom

Language isolate (5,288 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

isolates is yet unknown due to insufficient data on several languages. One explanation for the existence of language isolates is that they might be the last

Scientific method (23,299 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

detail: the scientific method involves making conjectures (hypothetical explanations), predicting the logical consequences of hypothesis, then carrying out

Momentum investing (1,434 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

investing is well-established as a phenomenon no consensus exists about the explanation for this strategy, and economists have trouble reconciling momentum with

Roche limit (1,516 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

In celestial mechanics, the Roche limit, also called Roche radius, is the distance from a celestial body within which a second celestial body, held together

Scientific realism (2,260 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

true is sufficient explanation of the degree of its predictive success. The approximate truth of a theory is the only explanation of its predictive success

Loudness (1,201 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

with changes in level. This theory has been accepted as the classical explanation. Softness imperception, a term coined by Mary Florentine around 2002

Sobriquet (994 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

typically a familiar name used in place of a real name without the need for explanation; it may become more familiar than the original name. An example is Mohandas

List of Korean given names (1,837 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in Hangul alphabetical order. See Korean name § Given names for an explanation. Ga-young (가영) Ga-eun (가은) Ga-eul (가을) Ga-in (가인) Kang-min (강민) Gun (건)

ISO 5964 (117 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

thesauri. It was withdrawn in 2011, when replaced by ISO 25964-1. See more explanation on the official website for ISO 25964 ISO 25964-1:2011 Information and

Climate of Ireland (2,844 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Belmullet (1981-2010) Climate chart (explanation)

Theoretical physics (2,624 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Scientific Revolution. The great push toward the modern concept of explanation started with Galileo, one of the few physicists who was both a consummate

Bermuda Triangle (6,063 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

have used a number of supernatural concepts to explain the events. One explanation pins the blame on leftover technology from the mythical lost city or

Three marks of existence (1,821 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

In Buddhism, the three marks of existence are three characteristics (Pali: tilakkhaṇa; Sanskrit: त्रिलक्षण trilakṣaṇa) of all existence and beings, namely

SN 2003fg (581 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

added support effectively increases the critical mass. An alternative explanation is that the explosion resulted from the merger of two white dwarfs. The

Al-Farq bayn al-Firaq (588 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

divided as follows: An Explanation of the opinions of the Rafidah An Explanation of the opinions of the Khawarij An Explanation of the opinions of the

Quantum entanglement (13,888 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Quantum entanglement is the phenomenon where the quantum state of each particle in a group cannot be described independently of the state of the others

Liga Indonesia Third Division (367 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Liga Indonesia Third Division (Indonesian: Divisi Tiga Liga Indonesia) was the lowest level (5th tier) of nationwide football competition in Indonesia

Midnight sun (1,740 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Midnight sun, also known as polar day, is a natural phenomenon that occurs in the summer months in places north of the Arctic Circle or south of the Antarctic

Faraday's law of induction (4,709 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

latter half of Part II of that paper, Maxwell gives a separate physical explanation for each of the two phenomena. A reference to these two aspects of electromagnetic

Race and intelligence (16,290 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Man (1996) by Stephen Jay Gould. Some of the authors proposing genetic explanations for group differences have received funding from the Pioneer Fund, which

Farad (1,677 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The farad (symbol: F) is the unit of electrical capacitance, the ability of a body to store an electrical charge, in the International System of Units

Argument from miracles (727 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

begins by asserting that there are kinds of possible events the best explanation for which would be supernatural agency. Traditionally, events of the

Muroidea (937 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

variations between the families than between the different clades. A possible explanation for the variations in rodents is because of the location of these rodents;

The Accumulation of Capital (811 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(full title: The Accumulation of Capital: A Contribution to an Economic Explanation of Imperialism, Die Akkumulation des Kapitals: Ein Beitrag zur ökonomischen

Ame-no-Tajikarao (636 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Ame-no-tajikarao (アメノタヂカラオ) is a Japanese deity (kami) who appears in Japanese mythology. Ame-no-tajikarao is written as 天手力男神 in Kojiki, and 天手力雄神 in

Request stop (1,343 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

worldwide system timetable, Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) had this explanation: "Flag stop: A stop will be made and traffic will be accepted only when

Pentagon UFO videos (4,830 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

military drones. Publicity surrounding the videos has prompted a number of explanations, including drones or unidentified terrestrial aircraft, anomalous or

Optical illusion (5,401 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

surround in larger receptive fields. However, lateral inhibition as an explanation of the Hermann grid illusion has been disproved. More recent empirical

Cândido Godói (705 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

time in Brazil. Moreover, according to geneticists, the most likely explanation for the high frequency of twins is genetic isolation and inbreeding.

Aura (paranormal) (2,322 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

ISBN 0486261670. Fraser-Harris, D. F. (1932). A psycho physiological explanation of the so-called human "aura". British Journal of Medical Psychology

Definition (3,903 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rejected the very idea that every explanation of the meaning of a term needed itself to be explained: "As though an explanation hung in the air unless supported

Affirming a disjunct (300 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The formal fallacy of affirming a disjunct also known as the fallacy of the alternative disjunct or a false exclusionary disjunct occurs when a deductive

Lemuria (2,102 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

continental drift in the 20th century. The hypothesis was proposed as an explanation for the presence of lemur fossils on Madagascar and the Indian subcontinent

Last Chance (Mars) (210 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

form steep, dipping layers at such a small scale. The most probable explanation for these ripples is that they were formed in the presence of moving

Greaseproof paper (138 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

packaging. It is usually produced by refining the paper stock [further explanation needed] and thus creating a sheet with very low porosity. This is then

Functional linguistics (3,163 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

standard model of functional explanation from Ernst Nagel's philosophy of science. It is, then, the same mode of explanation as in biology and social sciences;

Markovnikov's rule (1,127 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

presence of free radical ionizing substances such as peroxides. The explanation is that the O-O bond in peroxides is relatively weak. With the aid of

Pareto principle (2,729 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in turn is very much greater than the third, and so on. There is no explanation for this phenomenon; that is why we refer to it as an empirical principle

Tafsir (6,045 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Tafsir (Arabic: تفسير, romanized: tafsīr [tafˈsiːr]; English: explanation) refers to an exegesis, or commentary, of the Quran. An author of a tafsir is

Aberration (astronomy) (8,086 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

a different phenomenon. In 1727, James Bradley provided a classical explanation for it in terms of the finite speed of light relative to the motion of

Wage curve (683 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The wage curve is the negative relationship between the levels of unemployment and wages that arises when these variables are expressed in local terms

A28 autoroute (258 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

part, the motorway is operated by Alis[further explanation needed] (partly owned by Sanef[further explanation needed]) and is the first autoroute of France

Fisher's principle (1,581 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

assumptions made in Fisher's model. W. D. Hamilton gave the following simple explanation in his 1967 paper on "Extraordinary sex ratios", given the condition

Quintessence (physics) (1,738 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

precisely a scalar field minimally coupled to gravity, postulated as an explanation of the observation of an accelerating rate of expansion of the universe

Boundary value problem (1,037 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

In the study of differential equations, a boundary-value problem is a differential equation subjected to constraints called boundary conditions. A solution

L4Linux (197 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Virtual Machine (KVM), but a few significant differences exist[further explanation needed] between the intent of Xen and L4Linux. L4Android is a fork of

Octave (1,711 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

In music, an octave (Latin: octavus: eighth) or perfect octave (sometimes called the diapason) is an interval between two notes, one having twice the frequency

Inference (2,639 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

itself; its soccer season was typically short because of the weather. Explanation: In a command economy, people and material are moved where they are needed

Müller-Lyer illusion (1,870 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

on parrots have also been reported with similar results. One possible explanation, given by Richard Gregory, is that the Müller-Lyer illusion occurs because

ISO 19011 (164 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

resources to organizations to "save time, effort and money": A clear explanation of the principles of management systems auditing. Guidance on the management

MetroLyrics (339 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

2021, and as of November 2022 its owners and maintainers have made no explanation. In 2008, MetroLyrics was the first lyrics-dedicated site to license

Bernoulli's principle (10,219 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

traverses the bottom surface; the explanation based on equal transit time is false. While the equal-time explanation is false, it is not the Bernoulli

Oceanic climate (3,457 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Amsterdam, Netherlands Climate chart (explanation)

Climate of Chile (1,504 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Iquique Climate chart (explanation)

List of cities, boroughs and towns in the Republic of Ireland (1,176 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Column name Meaning Explanation Sources Name(s) Names of the town The first name listed is the commonest English name, and links to the relevant article

Instructions per cycle (596 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

In computer architecture, instructions per cycle (IPC), commonly called instructions per clock, is one aspect of a processor's performance: the average

Fundamental frequency (1,276 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The fundamental frequency, often referred to simply as the fundamental (abbreviated as f0 or f1 ), is defined as the lowest frequency of a periodic waveform

Legislative Council of Quebec (1,590 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

County of Lévi." (See the description of the Grandville division for the explanation of the "remainder of the County of L'Islet".) The De la Vallière division

Infinite regress (3,336 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

explained this way. Another way is coherentism, which is based on a holistic explanation that usually sees the entities in question not as a linear series but

Phosphorescence (3,362 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

classified by the three different mechanisms that produce the light,[further explanation needed] and the typical timescales during which those mechanisms emit

Benford's law (7,418 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

approximated by a normal distribution—there are illustrative examples and explanations that cover many of the cases where Benford's law applies, though there

Legal opinion (646 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

In law, a legal opinion is in certain jurisdictions a written explanation by a judge or group of judges that accompanies an order or ruling in a case

Four causes (4,885 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The four causes or four explanations are, in Aristotelian thought, categories of questions that explain "the why's" of something that exists or changes

Moon illusion (2,183 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

been known since ancient times and recorded by various cultures. The explanation of this illusion is still debated. The angle that the diameter of the

Ambiguity effect (517 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

favor option X, even when the probability is the same. One possible explanation of the effect is that people have a rule of thumb (heuristic) to avoid

Bathroom singing (471 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

voice "fullness and depth." This habit was reported (with an attempt of explanations) centuries ago. For example, Ibn Khaldun in Chapter 1 of his Muqaddimah

Historical method (4,739 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

strength of an explanation are very great, so that it explains a large number and variety of facts, many more than any competing explanation, then it is

Web service (2,245 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

A web service (WS) is either: a service offered by an electronic device to another electronic device, communicating with each other via the Internet, or

Von Restorff effect (752 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

category in a free-recall task, making them easier to recollect. A separate explanation is based upon the analysis of the deep processing of similarities and

Concision (media studies) (493 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

suspects" who will say expected ideas that will not require extensive explanation such as mainstream political ones. The beauty of concision, you know

Sabah (newspaper) (490 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

partnership with The New York Times was terminated in 2014 without any formal explanation given. Engin Ardıç (1952–2023), journalist Haşmet Babaoğlu [tr] (born

Munsell color system (2,309 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Munsell color system. An explanation of the Munsell system at Adobe.com. Retrieved 13 August 2003 A brief explanation at the site of the Japanese company

Colon (punctuation) (4,714 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

two equally sized dots aligned vertically. A colon often precedes an explanation, a list, or a quoted sentence. It is also used between hours and minutes

Naugaja Peer (598 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in Indian metric units equals 8 meters and 36 inches or 27 feet. An explanation is that peer was likely surrounded by his nine men making 27 feet rectangular

Pampas (2,486 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

treeless regions has been much debated. Perhaps the most commonly cited explanation is seasonal drought. A related hypothesis is that grass roots compete

Tachyons in fiction (885 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

tachyons were used in science-fiction to present a seemingly-plausible explanation for time travel and communication through time. Peter Nicholls, in The

Stanley Schachter (2,420 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

stems from the mental awareness of the body's physical arousal and the explanation one attaches to this arousal. Schachter also studied and published many

Transition state (998 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

In chemistry, the transition state of a chemical reaction is a particular configuration along the reaction coordinate. It is defined as the state corresponding

Structural linguistics (4,654 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(organs) that carry out different functions. For Durkheim a structural explanation of society is that the population growth, through an organic solidarity

Sabattier effect (1,907 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the phenomenon correctly in 1862. However, Sabatier could not find an explanation for the phenomenon. The effect was usually caused by accidentally exposing

Burning Mountain (415 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Aborigines named the mountain Wingen, which means "fire". Their explanation of the origin of the burning mountain was that one day, a tribesman was

Paranormal romance (868 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

on romantic love and includes elements beyond the range of scientific explanation, from the speculative fiction genres of fantasy, science fiction, and

Blue flower (1,621 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

A blue flower (German: Blaue Blume) was a central symbol of inspiration for the Romanticism movement, and remains an enduring motif in Western art today

Blitzar (444 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Heino Falcke and Luciano Rezzolla proposed these stars in 2013 as an explanation for fast radio bursts. These stars, if they exist, are thought to start

Fallacy of exclusive premises (395 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

dogs are not pets. O Proposition: Therefore, some pets are not cats. Explanation of Example 1: This may seem like a logical conclusion, as it appears

Elephant's toothpaste (826 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Elephant's toothpaste is a hot foamy substance caused by the quick decomposition of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) using potassium iodide (KI) or yeast and warm

Tarana (277 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(drut laya) rate. It was invented by Amir Khusro (1253-1325 CE).[further explanation needed] In modern times, the singer Amir Khan helped popularize it and

Isolating language (681 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

An isolating language is a type of language with a morpheme per word ratio close to one, and with no inflectional morphology whatsoever. In the extreme

Climate of Oregon (1,295 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Astoria Climate chart (explanation)

Nididhyāsana (1,020 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Nididhyasana (Sanskrit: निदिध्यासन) is profound and repeated meditation. In Advaita Vedanta and Jnana Yoga, it is meditation on the mahavakyas, great Upanishadic

Lambda Boötis star (192 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

abundance of iron peak elements in its surface layers. One possible explanation for this is that it is the result of accretion of metal-poor gas from

Fire-breathing monster (903 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

attack. The origins of this power may vary, from magic to a biological explanation similar to an organic flamethrower. One of the first monsters described

Hartle–Hawking state (382 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Hartle–Hawking state, also known as the no-boundary wave function is a proposal in theoretical physics concerning the state of the universe prior to

Self-selection bias (535 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

In statistics, self-selection bias arises in any situation in which individuals select themselves into a group, causing a biased sample with nonprobability

Flocculent spiral galaxy (267 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

discontinuous spiral arms. Self-propagating star formation is the apparent explanation for the structure of flocculent spirals. Approximately 30% of spirals

Feedwater heater (709 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

A feedwater heater is a power plant component used to pre-heat water delivered to a steam generating boiler. Preheating the feedwater reduces the irreversibilities

Stereotype (12,326 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to a third explanation, shared stereotypes are neither caused by the coincidence of common stimuli, nor by socialization. This explanation posits that

Chimimōryō (394 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Chimei wangliang, or Chimimōryō (Chinese: 魑魅魍魉; pinyin: Chīmèi wǎngliǎng; Japanese: 魑魅魍魎 [ちみもうりょう]; rōmaji: chimimōryō), is a term that refers to monsters

Principle (1,026 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

then there is a sufficient explanation for why x exists. For every event e, if e occurs, then there is a sufficient explanation for why e occurs. For every

Theistic science (1,453 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

allows occasional supernatural explanations which are inherently untestable. Proponents propose supernatural explanations for topics raised by their theology

Zakariyya al-Ansari (2,948 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

al-Anzar by Al-Baydawi. Al-Matla' Sharh Isaghuji ("Insider Explanation of Isaghuji"), an explanation of the science of logic. Jurisprudence: Asna Al-Matalib

Understanding (1,230 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Inference to the Best Explanation. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-54827-9. Kitcher, Philip (1985-11-01). "Two Approaches to Explanation". The Journal of Philosophy

Regression fallacy (834 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

committing the regression fallacy. On the other hand, dismissing valid explanations can lead to a worse situation. For example: After the Western Allies

Dichromatism (819 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Dichromatism (or polychromatism) is a phenomenon where a material or solution's hue is dependent on both the concentration of the absorbing substance and

Commercial Paper Funding Facility (720 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Commercial Paper Funding Facility (CPFF) was a system created by the United States Federal Reserve Board during the 2008 financial crisis to improve liquidity

Pittsburgh toilet (332 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

explanation for the Pittsburgh toilet is related to Pittsburgh's status as a major industrial city in the 20th century. According to this explanation

List of regions of Nunavut (311 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

government services are highly decentralized on a regional basis.[further explanation needed] In addition, these regions serve as census divisions for Statistics

Fraction of variance unexplained (605 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

In statistics, the fraction of variance unexplained (FVU) in the context of a regression task is the fraction of variance of the regressand (dependent

Human sacrifice in Aztec culture (7,761 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

anthropological or other sources have attempted to provide a possible ecological explanation of the need for human sacrifices to supplement overall Aztec diet. Harner's

Bond length (1,132 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

In molecular geometry, bond length or bond distance is defined as the average distance between nuclei of two bonded atoms in a molecule. It is a transferable

Histories (Herodotus) (8,937 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

each other?" Herodotus's means of explanation does not necessarily posit a simple cause; rather, his explanations cover a host of potential causes and

Lumen (unit) (1,402 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The lumen (symbol: lm) is the SI unit of luminous flux, which quantifies the perceived power of visible light emitted by a source. Luminous flux differs

Good Hope FM (281 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

R&B, pop, hip hop and dance. It targets young, global, routed[further explanation needed] and "now generation" listeners. Its footprint covers the Cape

Explainable artificial intelligence (7,801 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

systems reason. XAI may be an implementation of the social right to explanation. Even if there is no such legal right or regulatory requirement, XAI

Namazu (1,189 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

In Japanese mythology, the Namazu (鯰) or Ōnamazu (大鯰) is a giant underground catfish who causes earthquakes. The creature lives under the islands of Japan

Explainable artificial intelligence (7,801 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

systems reason. XAI may be an implementation of the social right to explanation. Even if there is no such legal right or regulatory requirement, XAI

Mach bands (759 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Mach bands is an optical illusion named after the physicist Ernst Mach. It exaggerates the contrast between edges of the slightly differing shades of gray

Sternum (arthropod anatomy) (256 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

development, and may become internalized and/or membranous. For a detailed explanation of the terminology, see Kinorhynchs have tergal and sternal plates too

Continental drift (4,859 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

hypothesis was rejected by many for lack of any motive mechanism[further explanation needed]. In 1931, the English geologist Arthur Holmes proposed mantle

Drive theory (1,542 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

psychologists, Clark Hull and Kenneth Spence, put forward a drive theory as an explanation of all behavior. In a study conducted by Hull, two groups of rats were

Circumpolar star (1,268 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

A circumpolar star is a star that, as viewed from a given latitude on Earth, never sets below the horizon due to its apparent proximity to one of the celestial

Twentyfourseven (264 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

series for several years. In a rare move, MTV canceled the series without explanation after three episodes. Though the network refrained from airing any repeats

Balance of trade (3,508 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

impoverish ourselves and enrich them." Similarly, a systematic and coherent explanation of balance of trade was made public through Thomas Mun's 1630 "England's

Dickey–Fuller test (1,349 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

In statistics, the Dickey–Fuller test tests the null hypothesis that a unit root is present in an autoregressive (AR) time series model. The alternative

Candela (2,176 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The candela (symbol: cd) is the unit of luminous intensity in the International System of Units (SI). It measures luminous power per unit solid angle emitted

Chronological snobbery (426 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Chronological snobbery is an argument that the thinking, art, or science of an earlier time is inherently inferior to that of the present, simply by virtue

Code of law (1,287 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the complete system of law, such as civil law or criminal law.[further explanation needed] By contrast, in a common law country with legislative practices

Attribution bias (4,995 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

environment in order to create a causal explanation for events. Attribution theory also provides explanations for why different people can interpret the

Social effects of evolutionary theory (2,810 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the scientific explanation of life's diversity has developed, it has often displaced alternative, sometimes very widely held, explanations. Because the

Ghoti (931 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Ghoti is a creative English respelling of the word fish, used to illustrate irregularities in English spelling and pronunciation. The word is intended

2004 California Proposition 59 (1,231 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Proposition 59 (or Senate Constitutional Amendment 1) was an amendment of the Constitution of California that introduced freedom of information or "sunshine"

Archimedes' principle (3,650 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

very low average density such as a balloon or light foam). A simplified explanation for the integration of the pressure over the contact area may be stated

The Blind Watchmaker (1,256 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Design is a 1986 book by Richard Dawkins, in which the author presents an explanation of, and argument for, the theory of evolution by means of natural selection

Siyazan (121 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

"White Women", a reference to the original population of Tats. Another explanation links the name with the Persian word siyah, meaning "black". "The State

Tea leaf paradox (767 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

cup, as would be expected in a spiral centrifuge. The correct physical explanation of the paradox was for the first time given by James Thomson in 1857

McMinnville UFO photographs (2,259 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Debunker's Domain Bruce Maccabee's rebuttal to the Klass-Sheaffer explanation Discussion of overlooked aspects of the Trent case from "Historical Inquiry"

Free logic (973 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

A free logic is a logic with fewer existential presuppositions than classical logic. Free logics may allow for terms that do not denote any object. Free

List of games in game theory (708 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Game theory studies strategic interaction between individuals in situations called games. Classes of these games have been given names. This is a list

Recall bias (666 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

In epidemiological research, recall bias is a systematic error caused by differences in the accuracy or completeness of the recollections retrieved ("recalled")

Breast fetishism (2,381 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

As a paraphilia, breast fetishism (also known as mastofact, breast partialism, or mazophilia) is a sexual interest that focuses exclusively on the female

Geostrophic current (689 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

A geostrophic current is an oceanic current in which the pressure gradient force is balanced by the Coriolis effect. The direction of geostrophic flow

Argument from reason (3,203 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

satisfactory explanation of why Peter is boiling water. Yet such a purposive explanation would not count as a full explanation (or an explanation at all) in

Economic expansion (562 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

previous period, for example, while recovering from a recession. The explanation of fluctuations in aggregate economic activity between expansions and

Moore's paradox (1,620 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and the preface paradox. There is currently not any generally accepted explanation of Moore's paradox in the philosophical literature. However, while Moore's

Humanoid (1,990 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

intelligence. In much of science fiction, humanoid aliens are abundant. One explanation is that authors use the only example of intelligent life that they know

Luftflotte 4 (859 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

subordinated to Luftflotte 6. See Organization of the Luftwaffe (1933–1945) for explanation of abbreviations used below. 2.(F)/11 (Jasionka) 2.(F)/22 (Focșani) 2

Red Square Nebula (421 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

most nearly discrete-symmetrical celestial objects ever imaged. The explanation proposed by Tuthill and his collaborator James Lloyd of Cornell University

Zero-risk bias (716 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Zero-risk bias is a tendency to prefer the complete elimination of risk in a sub-part over alternatives with greater overall risk reduction. It often manifests

Threshold theorem (1,061 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

pathological error types could change this figure drastically.[further explanation needed] Quantum error correction schemes Physical and logical qubits

Special pleading (854 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

subverts a presumption of existential import.[citation needed][further explanation needed] A difficult case is when a possible criticism is made relatively

Lynching of Winston Pounds (964 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Arkansas, on August 25 or 26, 1927. According to white newspapers,[further explanation needed] Pounds was hanged after being accused of breaking into and entering

No Campaign (UK) (197 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

campaign director. The campaign title was simply "No" while its slogan and explanation was "Europe Yes. Euro No." Anti-euro campaign launched Anti-euro campaign

River Redlake (240 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

‘the’ or from ‘atter’, which is Middle English for ‘at the’. A longer explanation can be found on the Redlake Valley Artist's webpage. Ordnance Survey

Randy Thornhill (757 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Evolution Society from 2011 to 2013. He is known for his evolutionary explanation of rape as well as his work on insect mating systems and the parasite-stress

Litre (3,066 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The litre (Commonwealth spelling) or liter (American spelling) (SI symbols L and l, other symbol used: ℓ) is a metric unit of volume. It is equal to 1

Collider (1,343 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

A collider is a type of particle accelerator that brings two opposing particle beams together such that the particles collide. Compared to other particle

Anomalistics (677 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

fall outside current understanding), with the aim of finding a rational explanation. The term itself was coined in 1973 by Drew University anthropologist

Truman Show delusion (1,917 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

prodromal phase of schizophrenia. The authors suggest that the "Truman explanation" is a result of the patients' search for meaning in their perception

PSR J0357+3205 (401 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

for the quantity of X-rays seen in the tail. Another challenge to this explanation is that other pulsars with bow shocks show bright X-ray emission surrounding

Pioneer anomaly (6,233 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

spacecraft was in 2003, but analysis of recorded data continues. Various explanations, both of spacecraft behavior and of gravitation itself, were proposed

Argument from religious experience (1,189 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

experience is an argument for the existence of God. It holds that the best explanation for religious experiences is that they constitute genuine experience

Spiral Scratch (novel) (371 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Time and the Rani, begins with the Doctor regenerating with little explanation given; Russell's novel attempts to provide a "final story" for the Sixth

Sexuality of William Shakespeare (2,850 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

referring to intense platonic friendship, rather than sexual love. Another explanation is that the poems are not autobiographical but fiction, another of Shakespeare's

Radiometer (360 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

but those forces are dwarfed by other effects. The currently accepted explanation depends on having just the right degree of vacuum, and relates to the

Paranormal (7,942 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

anecdote, testimony and suspicion. The standard scientific models give the explanation that what appears to be paranormal phenomena is usually a misinterpretation

Timber Culture Act (1,046 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Timber Culture Act was a follow-up act to the Homestead Act. The Timber Culture Act was passed by Congress in 1873. The act allowed homesteaders to

Permeability (electromagnetism) (2,119 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

In electromagnetism, permeability is the measure of magnetization produced in a material in response to an applied magnetic field. Permeability is typically

Many-body problem (617 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The many-body problem is a general name for a vast category of physical problems pertaining to the properties of microscopic systems made of many interacting

Voice (phonetics) (1,376 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

[z] is pronounced but not with [s]. (For a more detailed, technical explanation, see modal voice and phonation.) In most European languages, with a notable

Vagoth (232 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

proto-Indo-European root meaning to speak or to sound, which makes Būga's explanation less attractive. List of ancient Germanic peoples Goths Arne Søby Christensen

Ball bearing motor (522 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the bearings are heated to several hundred degrees. There are multiple explanations of the effect, see the large bibliography in McDonald's work. In 1965

River Redlake (240 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

‘the’ or from ‘atter’, which is Middle English for ‘at the’. A longer explanation can be found on the Redlake Valley Artist's webpage. Ordnance Survey

Wallowa County, Oregon (1,853 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

likely explanation being it is derived from the Nez Perce term for a structure of stakes (a weir) used in fishing. An alternative explanation is that

Dark-energy star (617 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

which a minority of physicists think might constitute an alternative explanation for observations of astronomical black hole candidates. The concept was

False dilemma (2,164 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

A false dilemma, also referred to as false dichotomy or false binary, is an informal fallacy based on a premise that erroneously limits what options are

Active noise control (1,335 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Active noise control (ANC), also known as noise cancellation (NC), or active noise reduction (ANR), is a method for reducing unwanted sound by the addition

Ex-Cubs Factor (2,180 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

matter how skillful that team might appear." Berler adopted a similar explanation in later articulations, writing that the virus "attacks all who've played

Rubber science (1,158 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

term describing a quasi-scientific explanation for an aspect of a science fiction setting. Rubber science explanations are fictional but convincing enough

Bow Falls (122 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Hotel, so they are visited by many[quantify] tourists despite[further explanation needed] their relatively small size.[according to whom?] The 1953 Marilyn

Wet moon (617 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

A wet moon (also called a Cheshire moon) is the visual phenomenon when the "horns" of the crescent Moon point up at an angle, away from the horizon, so

Blue hour (750 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and sets at shallower angles. The still commonly presented incorrect explanation claims that Earth's post-sunset and pre-sunrise atmosphere solely receives

Fabius Planciades Fulgentius (3,046 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Virgil According to Moral Philosophy) Expositio sermonum antiquorum (The Explanation of Obsolete Words) De aetatibus mundi et hominis (On the Ages of the

Long barrow (4,775 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

or as a religion spread by missionaries or settlers. An alternative explanation views them primarily in economic terms, as territorial markers delineating

Flag of Palau (746 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Islands was flown jointly with the United Nations and American flags. The explanation for the choice of colors is rooted in the history and customs of the

Pieter Zeeman (1,566 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in Physics with Hendrik Lorentz for their discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect. Pieter Zeeman was born in Zonnemaire, a small town

Diluvium (778 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the 20th century for glacial deposits, long after the Noachian Flood explanation was quietly abandoned. Buckland defined alluvium as surficial sediments

Foo fighter (3,236 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

weapons employed by the enemy. The Robertson Panel explored possible explanations, for instance that they were electrostatic phenomena similar to St. Elmo's

Exegesis (4,053 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

from the Greek ἐξήγησις, from ἐξηγεῖσθαι, "to lead out") is a critical explanation or interpretation of a text. The term is traditionally applied to the

Cosmological argument (5,373 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

explanation. There is a contingent fact that includes all other contingent facts. Therefore, there is an explanation of this fact. This explanation must

Northern Ireland Sign Language (228 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

separate language from both BSL and ISL though "many 'Anglo-Irish'[further explanation needed] Northern Irish signers argue against the use of the acronym NISL

Fashizmi (420 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Albanian mountain). However, the Italian authorities gave no official explanation to the closure of Fashizmi. Christine Körner (1982). Entwicklung und

Rearrangement reaction (597 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

bond, not ionic bond-breaking and forming. In pericyclic reactions, explanation by orbital interactions give a better picture than simple discrete electron

Inductive bias (759 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

involves searching a space of solutions for a solution that provides a good explanation of the data. However, in many cases, there may be multiple equally appropriate

Monolingualism (2,912 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

said that this assumption is adopted by many in Western society. One explanation is provided by Edwards, who in 2004 claimed that evidence of the "monolingual

Chiles-Whitted UFO encounter (1,320 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

lighted windows." Although a Project Sign officer disagreed with Hynek's explanation, arguing that "it is obvious that this object was not a meteor" and that

Man in the Moon (1,815 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

highlands (and some lowlands) of the lunar surface. There are various explanations for how the Man in the Moon came to be. A longstanding European tradition

Coffee cabinet (340 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

etymology of this term is unknown. One common, but unsubstantiated, explanation is that the soda jerk or pharmacist kept the coffee syrup in one of the

Antimatter comet (2,347 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

presumption that hypothesis is correct, has been put forward as one possible explanation for various observed natural phenomena over the years. The hypothesis

Foster's rule (691 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

others became smaller (insular dwarfism). Foster proposed the simple explanation that smaller creatures get larger when predation pressure is relaxed

Supercooling (3,101 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

org/technical-resources/free-resources/ashrae-terminology "Experimental explanation of supercooling : why water does not freeze in the clouds". www.esrf

Crosstrees (354 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Crosstrees are the two horizontal spars at the upper ends of the topmasts of sailing ships that are used to anchor the shrouds from the topgallant mast

Maiden speech (399 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

States House of Representatives in 1947, broke the tradition.[further explanation needed] Margaret Thatcher's maiden speech in the House of Commons in

Hillel the Elder (3,984 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

do not do unto your fellow. That is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation; go and learn." "Be of the disciples of Aaron, loving peace and pursuing

Wow! signal (3,381 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

correspond to the source moving about 10 km/s (6.2 mi/s) towards Earth. An explanation of the difference between Ehman's value and Kraus's can be found in Ehman's

Man in Black (song) (322 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

distinctive style of on-stage costuming. The lyrics are an after-the-fact explanation of this with the entire song a protest statement against the treatment

List of fraternities and sororities in the Philippines (653 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The following is an incomplete list of fraternities and sororities in the Philippines. Scope – International (chapters both in and out of the Philippines)

Semiotic anthropology (230 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in and around the University of Chicago, where Singer taught.[further explanation needed] In the late 1970s, Michael Silverstein, a young student of Jakobson's

Norbuprenorphine (212 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

respiratory depression but with very little antinociceptive effect. In explanation of these properties, norbuprenorphine has been found to be a high affinity

Semantics (computer science) (1,671 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

relationship between the input and output of a program, or giving an explanation of how the program will be executed on a certain platform, thereby creating

Barberpole illusion (752 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

on July 26, 2010. Retrieved December 14, 2010. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Barberpole illusion. Barpole effect animation and explanation.

Norbuprenorphine (212 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

respiratory depression but with very little antinociceptive effect. In explanation of these properties, norbuprenorphine has been found to be a high affinity

Semantics (computer science) (1,671 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

relationship between the input and output of a program, or giving an explanation of how the program will be executed on a certain platform, thereby creating

Kernel method (1,670 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

In machine learning, kernel machines are a class of algorithms for pattern analysis, whose best known member is the support-vector machine (SVM). These

Caveat emptor (1,554 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Caveat emptor (/ˈɛmptɔːr/; from caveat, "may he/she beware", a subjunctive form of cavēre, "to beware" + ēmptor, "buyer") is Latin for "Let the buyer beware"

Clairvoyance (4,926 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

that if a straightforward natural explanation exists, there is no need for the spectacular paranormal explanation: Targ and Puthoff's claims are not

Rape and revenge (2,560 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Rape and revenge, or rape-revenge, is a horror film subgenre characterized by an individual enacting revenge for rape or other sexual acts committed against

Ignaz Semmelweis (6,938 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

were rejected by the medical community. He could offer no theoretical explanation for his findings of reduced mortality due to hand-washing, and some doctors

M31-RV (395 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

17 before fading rapidly and showing dust formation. The most likely explanation states that these outbursts occur during stellar merger events. Astronomy

Sadomasochism (5,027 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

demand treatment for healthy consenting adult sexual expression".[further explanation needed] Sadomasochism has been practiced since ancient times[where?]

The Burden (392 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Burden is a novel written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by Heinemann on 12 November 1956. Initially not published in the US, it

Atheist's wager (618 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Atheist's wager, coined by the philosopher Michael Martin and published in his 1990 book Atheism: A Philosophical Justification, is an atheistic response

Markov random field (2,817 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

that a Bayesian network cannot (such as cyclic dependencies [further explanation needed]); on the other hand, it can't represent certain dependencies

Resource Interchange File Format (1,234 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF) is a generic file container format for storing data in tagged chunks. It is primarily used for audio and video

Free variables and bound variables (2,227 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

represented using a lambda expression as mentioned in the previous Formal explanation section. The sentence with the reflexive could be represented as (λx

Thought (13,707 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

possible explanations of this behavior and then slightly modifies the original situation in order to determine which one is the right explanation. But not

Tired light (2,912 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

hypothetical redshift mechanisms that was proposed as an alternative explanation for the redshift-distance relationship. These models have been proposed

Ferromagnetism (3,903 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

account for any form of material magnetism, including ferromagnetism; the explanation rather depends on the quantum mechanical description of atoms. Each of

William Kaye Estes (1,311 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

psychologist of the 20th century. In order to develop a statistical explanation for the learning phenomena, William Kaye Estes developed the Stimulus

1952 Washington, D.C. UFO incident (3,871 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Force's two top UFO experts. Among the witnesses who supported Samford's explanation was the crew of a B-25 bomber, which had been flying over Washington

Creative Commons (4,389 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

for the benefit of recipients or other creators. A simplified one-page explanation of rights, with associated visual symbols, explains the specifics of

Ponzo illusion (775 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

tracks, but the effect works also at different orientations. One of the explanations for the Ponzo illusion is the "perspective hypothesis", which says that

Absent in the Spring (296 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Absent in the Spring is a novel written by Agatha Christie and first published in the United Kingdom by Collins in August 1944 and in the United States

Oyster stew (372 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

often prepared on Christmas Eve. There have been a number of different explanations offered for oyster stew being traditionally consumed on Christmas Eve

Business economics (1,316 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

organization, management, and strategy. Issues and problems include: an explanation of why corporate firms emerge and exist; why they expand: horizontally

Catchweight (980 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

A catchweight is a term used in combat sports, such as boxing or mixed martial arts, to describe a weight limit that does not adhere to the traditional

The Lieutenant (novel) (646 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The Lieutenant is a historical novel by Kate Grenville, published in 2008. The novel loosely follows historical facts based on the experiences of William

Estácio, Rio de Janeiro (42 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the founder of Rio de Janeiro. The place where samba began.[further explanation needed] "Bairros Cariocas" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-05-25. v t

Aerospace (3,537 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

proposed as 100km (62mi) above the ground according to the physical explanation that the air density is too low for a lifting body to generate meaningful

Kuyaba (254 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Kievan Rus', believed to include modern Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. This explanation has been adopted by modern Ukrainian historiography.[citation needed]

Anaxagoras (2,810 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the universe and could be distributed everywhere. He deduced a correct explanation for eclipses and described the Sun as a fiery mass larger than the Peloponnese

Predestination in Islam (8,418 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Foundation. Explanation of Quran 2nd Surat Al-Baqarah verse 30 "Buku: Penjelasan Ringkas Matan al-Aqidah ath-Thahawiyah" [Book: A Brief Explanation of Matan

Curse of Billy Penn (2,204 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Penn (1987–2008) was a sports-related curse, urban legend, and popular explanation for the failure of major Philadelphia professional sports teams to win

Cycles per instruction (914 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

In computer architecture, cycles per instruction (aka clock cycles per instruction, clocks per instruction, or CPI) is one aspect of a processor's performance:

Euler's laws of motion (1,198 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

In classical mechanics, Euler's laws of motion are equations of motion which extend Newton's laws of motion for point particle to rigid body motion. They

Investment policy (311 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Within public finance, an investment policy is any government regulation or law that encourages or discourages foreign investment in the local economy

Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1628 (1,000 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1628 was a Japanese Boeing 747-200F cargo aircraft flying from Paris[clarification needed] to Narita International Airport

Point of order (1,104 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the floor? Yes Requires second? No Debatable? No (but chair can permit explanation), unless it is submitted to the assembly for a vote May be reconsidered

33rd Parliament of Ontario (170 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Hugh Alden Edighoffer served as speaker for the assembly. [further explanation needed] Twenty-two days into the 33rd Parliament, Premier Frank Miller

Chromium(II) oxide (203 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

novae are the only objects that feature this molecule; one possible explanation is an as-yet-unknown nucleosynthesis process. Chromium(IV) oxide Chromium(VI)

Department of Commerce v. New York (3,192 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

enforcing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, lower courts have found that explanation to be pretense. Additionally, many state and city officials have raised

NGC 4005 (223 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

velocity's slope is greatly different from 0. Williams put forward the explanation for this that the group rotates with a period of less than 4 billion

Time-saving bias (1,125 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Time-saving bias is a concept that describes people's tendency to misestimate the time that could be saved (or lost) when increasing (or decreasing) speed

List of Chesterfield F.C. players (273 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Chesterfield. The aim is for this list to include all players that have played 100 or more Football

Away goals rule (4,766 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground

Ignorantia juris non excusat (2,598 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

violated God's laws unintentionally must be held accountable. An alternate explanation of the origin of the maxim, though not particularly relevant to the modern

NGC 474 (462 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and tidal tails, although their origins remain unclear. One possible explanation is that NGC 474 interacted with a galaxy several billion years ago. The

Nuru (massage) (307 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

including what is colloquially referred to as a "happy ending".[further explanation needed] Due to this association, nuru massage can fall under legal prohibitions

Coolus helmet (544 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

with which it co-existed, was a descendant of Celtic helmet types. The explanation of the choice to use bronze can be attributed to the type of warfare

Robert B. Laughlin (613 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

he was awarded a share of the 1998 Nobel Prize in physics for their explanation of the fractional quantum Hall effect. In 1983, Laughlin was first to

Locus (genetics) (569 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Component Explanation 3 The chromosome number p The position is on the chromosome's short arm (a common apocryphal explanation is that the p stands for

Mills Music, Inc. v. Snyder (236 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

works and those directly authorized by the copyright holder.[further explanation needed] The case was a dispute regarding publishing royalties for the

Randomized experiment (1,597 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

In science, randomized experiments are the experiments that allow the greatest reliability and validity of statistical estimates of treatment effects.

Venography (661 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and distress on a large scale, most of which can be dealt with by good explanation and reassurance, or by a variety of treatments which are evolving rapidly

August curse (447 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

idea of the curse dates back to the 1991 "August Coup". Many possible explanations have been presented for this observation, ranging from fact-based to

Hard problem of consciousness (12,602 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and so forth. The easy problems are amenable to functional explanation—that is, explanations that are mechanistic or behavioural—since each physical system

Ampère's circuital law (3,824 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the orientation of C by the right hand rule), see below for further explanation of the curve C and surface S. ∇ × is the curl operator. There are a number

Chen Qiushi (2,140 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

contact with Chen. Chen re-emerged in September 2021, but provided no explanation of the circumstances of his disappearance. Chen Qiushi was born 19 September

Topspin (1,547 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

In ball sports, topspin or overspin is a property of a ball that rotates forwards as it is moving. Topspin on a ball propelled through the air imparts

Point of order (1,104 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the floor? Yes Requires second? No Debatable? No (but chair can permit explanation), unless it is submitted to the assembly for a vote May be reconsidered

German submarine U-578 (1,006 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was posted missing in the Bay of Biscay since 6 August 1942, with no explanation for her loss. German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter

Lie-to-children (2,297 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

A lie-to-children is a simplified, and often technically incorrect, explanation of technical or complex subjects employed as a teaching method. Educators

Bhadrabāhu (1,261 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Dream of Chandragupta Explanation by Bhadrabahu The sun setting All the knowledge will be darkened A branch of the Kalpavriksha break off and fall Decline

Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangapatna (907 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

temple starting from upstream, the deity is known as Adi Ranga.[further explanation needed] The town of Srirangapatna, which derives its name from the temple

Pure fusion weapon (993 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

A pure fusion weapon is a hypothetical hydrogen bomb design that does not need a fission "primary" explosive to ignite the fusion of deuterium and tritium

61P/Shajn–Schaldach (407 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

discovered on its next predicted appearance in 1964. The most likely explanation for the two failures was the comet's faintness. It was, however, re-located

Topic map (1,223 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

create a meta-model with potentially far wider application.[further explanation needed] The ISO/IEC standard is formally known as ISO/IEC 13250:2003

Mile high club (1,553 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

plane flying 10 feet off the ground would still qualify. An alleged explanation for wanting to perform the act is the supposed vibration of the plane

John Ashbery (3,711 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

.. I'm unable to do so because I feel that my poetry is the explanation. The explanation of what? Of my thought, whatever that is. As I see it, my thought

Round shot (716 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

internal injury or concussion, often with fatal results. The actual explanation for these cases, however, turned out to be the toughness and elasticity

Fine-structure constant (7,099 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of correctness is that the formula has a good explanation, in a Platonic sense, that is, the explanation could be based on a good theory that is not yet

Markov chain Monte Carlo (3,087 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

In statistics, Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) is a class of algorithms used to draw samples from a probability distribution. Given a probability distribution

Consilience (2,322 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

where the same explanation is implied, there is increased confidence in the explanation. Where there is divergence, then either the explanation is at fault

Noderabō (649 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

wearing a tattered kasa standing next to a temple bell, but there is no explanation from Sekien about what this is about, so it is not known what characteristics

Flight 105 UFO sighting (1,147 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

suggestion likely influenced observers during the craze. Despite official explanations, the Flight 105 sighting was incorporated into UFO folklore and conspiracy

Buphonia (1,233 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

In ancient Greece, the Buphonia (Ancient Greek: Βουφόνια "ox-slayings") denoted a sacrificial ceremony performed at Athens as part of the Dipolieia, a

Brownian noise (1,054 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Brown noise 10 seconds of Brownian noise Problems playing this file? See media help. In science, Brownian noise, also known as Brown noise or red noise

End-of-the-day betting effect (523 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The end-of-the-day betting effect is a cognitive bias reflected in the tendency for bettors to take gambles with higher risk and higher reward at the end

Systole (2,459 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Systole (/ˈsɪstəli/ SIST-ə-lee) is the part of the cardiac cycle during which some chambers of the heart contract after refilling with blood. Its contrasting

Massouh's sign (178 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

grimace of the patient upon a right sided (and not left) sweep. The explanation for the reliability of this diagnostic tool is based on the fact that

Climate of Florida (3,804 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Pensacola, Florida Climate chart (explanation)

Ein Sof (1,641 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

commentary Minḥat Yehudah on the Ma'areket Elahut, gives the following explanation of the term "Ein Sof": Any name of God which is found in the Bible can

Operation Clean and Beautiful Nation (339 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Operation Nagamin (Operation Dragon King) in 1978, the government's official explanation for the operation was to expel so-called "foreigners" from the area,

ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships (734 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships are an international event in canoe racing, one of two top-tier Summer Olympic sport events organized by the International

Recursive acronym (1,729 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

acronym is given a new explanation of what the letters stand for, or a name is turned into an acronym by giving the letters an explanation of what they stand

Testimony of peace (1,354 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The testimony of peace (a.k.a. testimony for peace or testimony against war) is the action generally taken by members of the Religious Society of Friends

Tundra climate (632 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Nuuk, Greenland, Danish Realm Climate chart (explanation)

Displacement current (3,856 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

between the plates as though a current were present there as well. One explanation is that a displacement current ID "flows" in the vacuum, and this current

Intra-industry trade (976 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and export the same kinds of goods? According to Nigel Grimwade, "An explanation cannot be found within the framework of classical or neo-classical trade

Da capo (453 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

describes the part to be repeated, for example: Menuet da capo.[further explanation needed] In opera, where an aria of this structure is called a da capo

Capital punishment in the Maldives (339 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

people, though both dates past without any executions taking place; no explanation was given regarding this. As of 2018[update] there were 18 individuals

Bhavacakra (3,278 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The bhavachakra (Sanskrit: भवचक्र; Pāli: bhavacakka; Tibetan: སྲིད་པའི་འཁོར་ལོ, Wylie: srid pa'i 'khor lo) or wheel of life is a visual teaching aid and

Resonator (2,662 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

A resonator is a device or system that exhibits resonance or resonant behavior. That is, it naturally oscillates with greater amplitude at some frequencies

Heffalump (1,234 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

A Heffalump is an elephant-like creature in the Winnie-the-Pooh stories by A. A. Milne. Heffalumps are mentioned, and only appear, in Pooh and Piglet's

11:11 (numerology) (516 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

gesture towards confirmation bias and post-hoc analysis as a scientific explanation for any claims related to the significance or importance of 11:11 and

Formal fallacy (1,152 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

find any reasonable explanation for why my dog died. See! See! That proves that you poisoned him! There’s no other logical explanation!" In the strictest

Astrophysical jet (1,696 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

compact central objects such as black holes, neutron stars or pulsars. One explanation is that tangled magnetic fields are organised to aim two diametrically

Value judgment (1,135 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

A value judgment (or normative judgement) is a judgment of the rightness or wrongness of something or someone, or of the usefulness of something or someone

Formal fallacy (1,152 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

find any reasonable explanation for why my dog died. See! See! That proves that you poisoned him! There’s no other logical explanation!" In the strictest

Astrophysical jet (1,696 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

compact central objects such as black holes, neutron stars or pulsars. One explanation is that tangled magnetic fields are organised to aim two diametrically

End-of-the-day betting effect (523 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The end-of-the-day betting effect is a cognitive bias reflected in the tendency for bettors to take gambles with higher risk and higher reward at the end

Pizzo (mafia) (526 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

'Ndrangheta in Calabria and the Camorra in Campania. Another etymological explanation of the term is "beakerful", referring to the right of an overseer to

Resonator (2,662 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

A resonator is a device or system that exhibits resonance or resonant behavior. That is, it naturally oscillates with greater amplitude at some frequencies

Louth (crater) (2,633 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

creation and persisting nature of the ice mound, with the predominant explanation being that of advected water vapor being deposited over the crater's

Value judgment (1,135 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

A value judgment (or normative judgement) is a judgment of the rightness or wrongness of something or someone, or of the usefulness of something or someone

Coriolis force (10,211 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Pennsylvania State University The Coriolis Effect: A (Fairly) Simple Explanation, an explanation for the layperson Observe an animation of the Coriolis effect

Lux (2,504 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The lux (symbol: lx) is the unit of illuminance, or luminous flux per unit area, in the International System of Units (SI). It is equal to one lumen per

Ali bin al Mugrab Al Uyuni (182 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

extracted from Qarmatians. Al Uyuni poet, and is considered his office and explanations which are attached by one of the most important sources on the history

Scenario (371 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

descriptions of action, and references to specific lazzi with no further explanation. It is believed that a scenario formed the basis for a fully improvisational

Jenkins (software) (1,398 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Jenkins is an open source automation server. It helps automate the parts of software development related to building, testing, and deploying, facilitating

Nursing theory (1,754 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

refers to "a coherent group of general propositions used as principles of explanation". In the early part of nursing's history, there was little formal nursing

Grasshopper Club Zurich (2,342 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The origin of Grasshoppers name is unknown, although the most common explanation refers to its early players' energetic post-goal celebrations and that

Tidal force (2,884 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The tidal force or tide-generating force is the difference in gravitational attraction between different points in a gravitational field, causing bodies

Chubb illusion (2,328 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

by Charles Chubb and colleagues and published in 1989. An empirical explanation of the Chubb illusion was published by Lotto and Purves in 2001. Chubb

Conglomerate discount (525 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

group of businesses and assets at less than the sum of its parts. The explanation of this phenomenon comes from a conglomerate's inability to manage various

Tropical climate (1,541 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Biak, Indonesia Climate chart (explanation)

Appeal to novelty (622 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The appeal to novelty (also called appeal to modernity or argumentum ad novitatem) is a logical fallacy in which one prematurely claims that an idea or

Brood parasitism (4,235 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

chicks differ markedly from host chicks in size and appearance. One explanation, the mafia hypothesis, proposes that parasitic adults retaliate by destroying

Snottite (392 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

acid may be a more significant cause of cave formation than the usual explanation offered of the carbonic acid formed from carbon dioxide dissolved in

Kashmir Times (148 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Office of Kashmir Times was sealed by the Indian Government without any explanation. "Kashmir Times ePaper info". Archived from the original on 15 December

Ping Yan Court (96 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Territories, Hong Kong. It has three 35-storey domestic blocks[further explanation needed] with 2,409 flats in total. It is located at Ping Shan rather

Saturation (magnetic) (1,126 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Seen in some magnetic materials, saturation is the state reached when an increase in applied external magnetic field H cannot increase the magnetization

Ishinagenjo (430 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

"goblin") - known as the Iso Woman or some other related sea witch. This explanation is echoed in Kunio Yanagita's book Yōkai Lectures, in which Yanagita

Comparison of Unicode encodings (2,272 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

software must generate messages that comply with the restrictions.[further explanation needed] The Standard Compression Scheme for Unicode and the Binary Ordered

Neil Curtis (152 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

because he had patients to see. The character then disappeared without explanation. On October 29, 2018, Maggie tells Sarah that Neil "would be so proud"

Tie (music) (841 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Oxford Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.27937. Retrieved 15 April 2020. Ties Explained – A simple explanation of tied notes v t e

Laws of Duplicate Bridge (2,061 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

that when a player is asked to explain a partnership understanding, the explanation they give is either incorrect, or that their partner gains unauthorized

Gaisburger Marsch (209 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

dish before topping it with golden-brown onions fried in butter. One explanation for the name Gaisburger Marsch is that the dish was so popular in the

Fret (1,832 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

A fret is any of the thin strips of material, usually metal wire, inserted laterally at specific positions along the neck or fretboard of a stringed instrument

Ibn Umayl (1,847 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

their souls” The Pure Pearl chap. 1. Moreover, he wrote a Book of the Explanation of the Symbols, there emphasizing that the sages spoke "a language in

Baer–Babinet law (387 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1859 using mathematical deduction and Coriolis force. A more definitive explanation was given by Baltic German scientist Karl Ernst von Baer in 1860. Although

Easterlin paradox (1,853 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

time, higher incomes don't produce greater happiness over time. One explanation is that one's happiness depends on a comparison between their income

Ibn Ghazi al-Miknasi (229 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Bughyat al-tulab fi sharh munyat al-hussab ("The desire of students for an explanation of the calculator's craving"). He included sections on arithmetic and

Mutationism (5,513 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rejected and widely ridiculed by biologists, who favoured the neo-Darwinian explanations of Fisher, J. B. S. Haldane and Sewall Wright. However, interest in Goldschmidt's

Kilbourn v. Thompson (362 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

into custody. Kilbourn continued to refuse to testify and provided no explanation for his refusal. The House resolved that Kilbourn was in contempt and

What the Tortoise Said to Achilles (1,443 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

does not accept on faith the rules of propositional logic that this explanation is founded upon. He asks that these rules, too, be subject to logical

Aether (classical element) (2,408 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

aethereal spheres moving with natural circular motion led to Aristotle's explanation of the observed orbits of stars and planets in perfectly circular motion

Christmas on a Rational Planet (261 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Eighth Doctor Adventures and subsequent spin-off series, and an explicit explanation that the mark carried by the Third Doctor during his exile on Earth was

Iratumumab (83 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2004. In 2009, development was suspended with no explanation given. Statement On A Nonproprietary Name Adopted By The USAN Council

Union (set theory) (1,989 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

{\displaystyle 0} ⁠) sets and it is by definition equal to the empty set. For explanation of the symbols used in this article, refer to the table of mathematical

First Nephi (2,948 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

then has a vision that matches the one his father had. He is told an explanation of its symbolism. Additionally, Nephi is shown past and future events

Web of trust (3,527 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

original on 2 March 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2013. Streib, M. Drew. "Explanation of this Keyring Analysis". Archived from the original on 3 February 2009

Emotion (16,263 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

made through neural mapping of the limbic system, the neurobiological explanation of human emotion is that emotion is a pleasant or unpleasant mental state

Owlman (770 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

In Cornish folklore, the Owlman (Cornish: Cowanden), sometimes referred to as the Cornish Owlman or the Owlman of Mawnan, is an owl-like humanoid creature

Force play (1,205 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

In baseball, a force play or force out occurs when a runner is required to advance to a base which a player on the opposing team has already reached while

Amend (motion) (571 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

In parliamentary procedure, the motion to amend is used to modify another motion. An amendment could itself be amended. A related procedure is filling

Basketball positions (2,409 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

basketballforcoaches.com. 5 December 2012. "Basketball Positions : Simple Explanation of Basic Concepts". Hoop Student. Retrieved 2021-12-01. "What Does a

Vineet Bhatia London (137 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Michelin star on September 21, 2017, and closed one week later, with no explanation beyond a Twitter announcement that "VBL needs to move out for a fresh

Strobe light (2,030 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

A strobe light or stroboscopic lamp, commonly called a strobe, is a device used to produce regular flashes of light. It is one of a number of devices that

Easterlin paradox (1,853 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

time, higher incomes don't produce greater happiness over time. One explanation is that one's happiness depends on a comparison between their income

Yellow Breeches Creek (720 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Susquehanna River in central Pennsylvania, USA. There is no agreed upon explanation for the name Yellow Breeches Creek, which is found in land warrants as

Coloration evidence for natural selection (2,371 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

existence, that natural selection must be taking place. But he lacked an explanation either for genetic variation or for heredity, both essential to the theory

Phytochorion (2,355 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

A phytochorion, in phytogeography, is a geographic area with a relatively uniform composition of plant species. Adjacent phytochoria do not usually have

First Nephi (2,948 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

then has a vision that matches the one his father had. He is told an explanation of its symbolism. Additionally, Nephi is shown past and future events

Naturalism (philosophy) (6,543 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

working of natural agencies. All events, therefore, find their adequate explanation within nature itself. But, as the terms nature and natural are themselves

Jarasandha (1,454 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Vayu Purana. He is also mentioned as the ninth pratinarayana[further explanation needed] in the Jain text Harivamsa Purana. The word Jarasandha has been

Suspended solids (319 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Suspended solids refers to small solid particles which remain in suspension in water as a colloid or due to motion of the water. Suspended solids can be

Functionalism (philosophy of mind) (6,438 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

psychological explanation must be rendered in mechanistic terms. That is, instead of mental states receiving a purely functional explanation in terms of

Galaxy morphological classification (1,690 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Spectral Type Explanation a Prominent A stars af Prominent A–F stars f Prominent F stars fg Prominent F–G stars g Prominent G stars gk Prominent G–K stars

Dyatlov Pass incident (7,029 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

reopened the investigation into the incident, although only three possible explanations were being considered: an avalanche, a slab avalanche, or a hurricane

The Swoop! (1,120 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Swoop!, or How Clarence Saved England is a short comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom by Alston Rivers Ltd. in London

Anomeric effect (2,538 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Several, in part conflicting, explanations have been offered and the topic is still not settled. A widely accepted explanation is that there is a stabilizing

Q factor (3,943 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

related to Quality factor. Calculating the cut-off frequencies when center frequency and Q factor is given Explanation of Q factor in radio tuning circuits

Scoop (news) (479 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

of a historical change in perspective of a particular event.[further explanation needed] Due to their secret nature, scandals are a prime source of scoops

Dick the Mockingbird (398 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Mockingbird was one of U.S. president Thomas Jefferson's pet birds[further explanation needed]. Although there had been previous presidential pets, Jefferson

Combination tone (1,086 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Practice book with combination tones for two flutes or two recorders – Explanation and examples, Edition Floeno 2020, ISMN 979-0-9000114-2-8 Titchener Difference

Quasar (7,833 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

galaxies, a small number of anomalous objects with properties that defied explanation. The objects emitted large amounts of radiation of many frequencies,

Androstenol (693 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

or a derivative, is found in black truffles. This was offered as an explanation for how pigs locate them deep in the ground: Androstenol is produced

Boiling-point elevation (1,011 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

vapor pressure or chemical potential of the solvent. In both cases, the explanation depends on the fact that many solutes are only present in the liquid

Bridge (instrument) (2,065 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

A bridge is a device that supports the strings on a stringed musical instrument and transmits the vibration of those strings to another structural component

Kayan language (Borneo) (332 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Austronesian languages. Baram Kayan is a local trade language.[further explanation needed] Bahau is part of the dialect cluster, but is not ethnically Kayan

Messier 26 (574 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of the University of Nottingham said that there is, as yet, no clear explanation for the phenomenon. Map showing the location of M26 (Roberto Mura) List

Feminist pathways perspective (3,050 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

it is a stronger predictor for females. Researchers provides multiple explanations for why victimization has such a prominent effect on women's future delinquency

Hebraist (285 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

interested in the Hebrew language for diverse and polemical reasons. [further explanation needed] Empiricism from; the linguistic and historical discovery of Sanskrit

Barnum effect (1,762 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

apply to a broad range of people. This effect can provide a partial explanation for the widespread acceptance of some paranormal beliefs and practices

Jersey Devil (5,115 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of the early English settlers in South Jersey, with plausible natural explanations including: bogeyman stories created and told by bored Pine Barren residents

Demonstration (256 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Demonstration (teaching), a method of teaching by example rather than simple explanation Demonstration (learning), imitation by observing a demonstration example

Midafotel (532 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

effects which led to many patients withdrawing from trials. A possible explanation for its lack of efficacy in trials is the relatively short therapeutic

Indian National Congress (U) (261 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

July 1979 by D. Devaraj Urs, the then Chief Minister of Karnataka. Urs' explanation of the split was the return of Indira's son Sanjay Gandhi into the party

Yedioth Ahronoth (1,569 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

is published in the tabloid format. It is known as centrist[further explanation needed], compared to the left-leaning Haaretz and right-leaning, distributed-for-free

Perspectives on the alien abduction phenomenon (3,356 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Perspectives on the abduction phenomenon are explanations that are intended to explain claims of alien abduction and examination by apparently otherworldly

At-Tin (1,436 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

actions) This is just being alluded to, in this surah, but the full explanation is given in surah Al-Asr. Allah will give them a favor of Paradise, and

Swampoodle, Philadelphia (450 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

formation of puddles near 22nd Street and Lehigh Avenue, which is similar to explanation given for the name of the Swampoodle neighborhood in Washington, D.C

Rubin vase (731 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Rubin vase (sometimes known as Rubin's vase, the Rubin face or the figure–ground vase) is a famous example of ambiguous or bi-stable (i.e., reversing)

Server-side scripting (980 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Server-side scripting is a technique used in web development which involves employing scripts on a web server which produces a response customized for

Mark 14 torpedo (6,699 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

presumably fix the problem of the torpedoes failing to explode. This explanation satisfied Lockwood and Robert H. English (then COMSUBPAC), who both refused

Omission bias (785 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

showcased through the trolley problem and has also been described as an explanation for the endowment effect and status quo bias. Taoism may gnomically promote

List of Formula One circuits (867 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

§ Distinction between Formula One and World Championship races for a detailed explanation. The first World Championship Grand Prix was held in 1950 at Silverstone;

Censure (1,840 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

A censure is an expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism. In parliamentary procedure, it is a debatable main motion that could be adopted by

Charlie Charlie challenge (2,319 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

"perhaps scarier than a Ouija board because it doesn't have the same explanations. With those boards, players have to keep hold of a glass while it moves

Climate of Egypt (801 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Alexandria Climate chart (explanation)

Advanced capitalism (403 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

that had seemed inevitable in the 19th century. At the heart of his explanation was the decline of raw coercion as a tool of class power, replaced by

Swampoodle, Philadelphia (450 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

formation of puddles near 22nd Street and Lehigh Avenue, which is similar to explanation given for the name of the Swampoodle neighborhood in Washington, D.C

Israelian Hebrew (1,684 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

an explanation for various irregular linguistic features of the Masoretic Text (MT) of the Hebrew Bible. It competes with the alternative explanation that

Advanced capitalism (403 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

that had seemed inevitable in the 19th century. At the heart of his explanation was the decline of raw coercion as a tool of class power, replaced by

The Evolution of Human Sexuality (6,202 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

evolution and used as a textbook, though critics have questioned Symons's explanation of the female orgasm and his suggestion that eliminating rape "might

1968 Currie Cup (82 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

annual competition, having previously been held intermittently.[further explanation needed] The tournament was won by Northern Transvaal for the third time;

Intelligent design (19,821 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

naturalistic explanations fail to explain certain phenomena and that supernatural explanations provide a simple and intuitive explanation for the origins

Hadley cell (11,791 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

arguments or critiqued Hadley's qualitative theory, providing more rigorous explanations and formalism. The existence of a broad meridional circulation of the

Genoa (sail) (856 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

the fisherman's jib helped to get the fish to markets fast. A correct explanation of the interaction between jib and mainsail was published by aerodynamicist

Perspectives on the alien abduction phenomenon (3,356 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Perspectives on the abduction phenomenon are explanations that are intended to explain claims of alien abduction and examination by apparently otherworldly

Gain-ground (324 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the basic rules remain identical from one game to the other.[further explanation needed] Games of gain-ground are characterized in particular by the use

Marginalism (6,507 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Alfred Marshall, drew upon the idea of marginal physical productivity in explanation of cost. The neoclassical tradition that emerged from British marginalism

At-Tin (1,436 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

actions) This is just being alluded to, in this surah, but the full explanation is given in surah Al-Asr. Allah will give them a favor of Paradise, and

NGC 40 (616 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the source ionizing the nebula is only about 45,000 K. One proposed explanation to this contradiction is that the star was previously cooler, but has

Win probability added (430 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Win probability added (WPA) is a sport statistic which attempts to measure a player's contribution to a win by figuring the factor by which each specific

Newton's cradle (3,661 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mass and velocity is conserved in such an event. Thus, this first-level explanation is a true, but incomplete, description of the motion. Newton's cradle

Roswell incident (11,666 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

doubted the Air Force explanation. News media and skeptical researchers embraced the findings. Project Mogul offered a cohesive explanation for the contemporary

Ernest Nagel (1,072 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Science is considered a foundational work in the logic of scientific explanation. Nagel was born in Nové Mesto nad Váhom (now in Slovakia, then Vágújhely

Charlie Charlie challenge (2,319 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

"perhaps scarier than a Ouija board because it doesn't have the same explanations. With those boards, players have to keep hold of a glass while it moves

Varthabharathi (802 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

blocked by Facebook. Though it was later restored, there was no clear explanation as to why it happened. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah released

Burmese glass (391 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

by re-heating the object in the furnace (the "Glory Hole").[further explanation needed] The length of time in the furnace will determine the intensity

Life Before Life (381 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and that "faulty memory by informants" is seen to be the "best normal explanation for many of the cases" reviewed in the book.: 205–9 The version of reincarnation

Claires Court School (621 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

diamond schools located in the United Kingdom, it is unique[further explanation needed] in that while its nursery and sixth form are mixed, Juniors (primary)

Federal funds rate (3,112 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved September 18, 2024. David Waring (February 19, 2008). "An Explanation of How The Fed Moves Interest Rates". InformedTrades.com. Archived from

List of Peterborough United F.C. players (330 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Peterborough United. The aim is for this list to include all players that have played 100 or

Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha (813 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha (translates to "for the happiness of the many, for the welfare of the many") is a dictum or aphorism enunciated in

The Pie (763 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

adamantly refusing to eat certain foods served to them without giving an explanation. A store mannequin that looks just like Elaine is also a focus in multiple

Cosmological constant (5,785 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to dark energy. The cosmological constant Λ is the simplest possible explanation for dark energy, and is used in the standard model of cosmology known

Locomotives of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (1,866 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

until the end of steam traction on British Railways in 1968. For an explanation of numbering and classification, see British Rail locomotive and multiple

Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Player of the Year (1,018 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Player of the Year is an annual award presented to players of Sheffield Wednesday on behalf of the club's fans to recognise

Banff Sunshine (2,088 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Sunshine receives more snow than the neighbouring ski resorts[further explanation needed]. The Sunshine base area is located 15 km (9 mi) southwest of

Metal-centered cycloaddition reactions (1,034 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

A metal-centered cycloaddition is a subtype of the more general class of cycloaddition reactions. In such reactions "two or more unsaturated molecules

Heart Sutra (11,362 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of Wisdom' dating from at least the 8th century CE (see Philological explanation of the text). The long version of the Heart Sutra is extensively studied

Worm drive (1,876 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

A worm drive is a gear arrangement in which a worm (which is a gear in the form of a screw) meshes with a worm wheel (which is similar in appearance to

Mars trojan (848 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

studies of the Mars trojans indicate this may not be the case. Another explanation involves asteroids chaotically wandering into the Mars Lagrangian points

Usage-based models of language (2,305 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

that the frequency explanation is circular—certain patterns are often used by people because they are frequent—and that the explanation of frequency issues

Wellington, Prince Edward Island (474 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

through to St. Nicholas. Located in the "Evangeline Region,"[further explanation needed] a cluster of Acadian communities in the central part of Prince

Higgs boson (26,507 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

boson and could be used to test whether the Higgs field was the correct explanation. After a 40-year search, a subatomic particle with the expected properties

Majority opinion (757 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

court. A majority opinion sets forth the decision of the court and an explanation of the rationale behind the court's decision. Not all cases have a majority

North American English (973 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Island where significant pockets of British culture still remain.[further explanation needed] There are a considerable number of different accents within the

Overqualification (1,095 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

candidates. When seeking employment, candidates should consider providing explanation to potential employers as to why they are seeking a position that requires

Newton–Pepys problem (1,070 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

correctly calculated the odds of each bet, he provided a separate intuitive explanation to Pepys. He imagined that B and C toss their dice in groups of six,

Modus tollens (1,847 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

In propositional logic, modus tollens (/ˈmoʊdəs ˈtɒlɛnz/) (MT), also known as modus tollendo tollens (Latin for "mode that by denying denies") and denying

Tarzan's Desert Mystery (469 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

film mentions Tarzan's mate, Jane, but does not show her on screen. The explanation for her absence, as in the earlier film, is that she is still in the

2017 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships (567 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The 2017 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, the 43rd edition of the World Championships, were held in Račice, Czech Republic, from 23 to 27 August 2017

Ulmus × hollandica 'Viminalis' (611 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

cultivar confirms that its leaves were not Planera-like. The probable explanation for the early distribution name is that Planera was the old name for

Vyākaraṇa (3,866 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Vyākaraṇa (Sanskrit: व्याकरण, lit. 'explanation, analysis', IPA: [ˈʋjaːkɐrɐɳɐ]) refers to one of the six ancient Vedangas, ancillary science connected

Aranyaka (2,767 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rituals connected with the Pravargya. The Aitareya Aranyaka includes explanation of the Mahavrata ritual from ritualisitic to symbolic meta-ritualistic

Avalanche breakdown (499 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Avalanche breakdown (or the avalanche effect) is a phenomenon that can occur in both insulating and semiconducting materials. It is a form of electric

Gorman dogfight (1,483 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Chiles-Whitted UFO encounter and the Mantell UFO incident. In 1949, the official explanation made by the USAF was that the Gorman dogfight had been caused by a lighted

Nevertheless, she persisted (3,436 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

She had appeared to violate the rule. She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted. Feminists and supporters of Senator Warren