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Awesome Again Awesome Again (born 1994) is an Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. Owned and bred by Frank Stronach of Newmarket, Ontario, Awesome Again was sired by Deputy Minister out of the 2000 Broodmare of the Year, Primal Force.
Awesome Android (comics) The Awesome Android, later known as Awesome Andy, is a fictional artificial lifeform in the Marvel Comics universe. First appearing in Fantastic Four #15 (June 1963), it was created by writer Stan Lee and artist and co-plotter Jack Kirby.
Awesome Animated Monster Maker Awesome Animated Monster Maker was a children's creative play CD-ROM game produced by ImaginEngine and published by Houghton-Mifflin's interactive Division in 1994. It was one of the first pieces of software geared at young children - particular kids in the 2-5 age range.
Awesome God "Awesome God" was a popular worship song in America during the late-1980s, composed by the late Rich Mullins and considered one of his best. Its title is inspired by a biblical expression (Nehemiah 1:5, Nehemiah 9:32, Psalm 47, Daniel 9:4, etc.
Awesome Possum Awesome Possum is a video game created by Tengen for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis that was released in the early 1990's. The game borrows heavily from Sonic the Hedgehog, featuring an anthropomorphic character who battles a mad scientist and his army of robots to save the world, and has the ability to spin to attack enemies.
Awesome Threesome The Awesome Threesome is the name of a DC Comics supervillain group who first appeared in the 1967-1968 animated Aquaman series by Filmation, before appearing also in the comic book series Aquaman in issue #36 (November-December 1967). The members of the group were Torpedo Man, Claw, and Magneto (not to be confused with the Marvel Comics character).
AwesomeZara Zara Brumana (IPA: ) (born January 27, 1975 in Oxnard, California, USA), best known as AwesomeZara, is an American blogger, and writer. Residing in Ventura, California she is best known for her position as a top blogger on the popular social networking site MySpace.
Awit Awards The Awit Awards is the longest-running award-giving body of the Philippines that gives recognition to Filipino musical talents, performing artists and producers, organized by the Philippine Association Of The Record Industry (PARI).
Awit sa Paglikha ng Bagong Pilipinas Awit sa Paglikha ng Bagong Pilipinas is a patriotic song written by Filipino composer Felipe Padilla de Leon. It was commissioned during the Philippine Japanese Occupation and intended to supplant Lupang Hinirang (then known in its English translation as the Philippine Hymn) as the national anthem.
Awjila-Sokna languages The Awjila-Sokna languages include 2 (SIL estimate) languages and dialects spoken in Africa and western Asia; this language group is a part of the Eastern Berber language family. This list contains individual languages.
Awkward Squad The name Awkward Squad was given in 2002/2003 to an informal grouping of left-leaning British trade unionists who opposed what they regarded as the neo-liberal policies of the ruling New Labour faction of the Labour Party. It includes such figures as Bob Crow of the RMT, Mark Serwotka of the PCS and Jeremy Dear of the NUJ, and has seen an increase in co-operation between unions in an attempt to set a new political agenda.
Awn Alsharif Qasim Awn Al-Sharif Qasim (Arabic: عون الشريف قاسم ) (June 16 1933 – January 19 2006) was a prolific Sudanese writer, encyclopedist, a prominent scholar, a powerful community leader, a man of charity and one of the Sudan's leading experts on Arabic language and literature. A long with Professor Abdalla Eltayeb and Professor Abu Saleem, Qasim was considered one of the scholars that shaped the Sudanese academic scene during the last 3 decades of the 20th century.
Awngi language The Awngi language is a Central Cushitic language spoken by the Awi people, living in Central Gojjam in northwestern Ethiopia. The language is classified as Southern Central Cushitic or Southern Agaw in the literature, and as such belongs to the Cushitic phylum of the Afro-Asiatic language family.
Awning An awning is a secondary covering attached to the exterior wall of a building. It is typically composed of canvas or acrylic cloth that is stretched tightly over a light structure of aluminum, iron or steel, and possibly wood.
Awonawilona In the myths of the Zuni Indians of Mexico, Awonawilona was the creator of the world, becoming the sun and making the 'mother-earth' and 'father-sky', from whom all living creatures came, born in four caves deep in the earth. The first man, Poshaiyankya, led the creatures up into the light.
Awty International School The Awty International School is a private school located in Houston, Texas, USA, for students in pre-kindergarten through grade 12. It is a certified international school and the second largest in the United States.
Awvee Storey Awvee Storey (born April 18 1977 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player. He is currently suspended by NBDL and NBA for punching teammate Martynas Andriuskevicius during practice for Dakota Wizards of the NBDL.
AWA Hawaiian Inter-Island Heavyweight Championship The AWA Hawaiian Inter-Island Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship sanctioned by the American Wrestling Association for use in their affiliate promotion, Hawai'i Championship Wrestling.
AWA International Television Championship The AWA International Television Championship was a short-lived title in the American Wrestling Association from 1987 to 1989. It was filled with a several months long tournament and was defended on their television broadcast on ESPN.
AWA Midwest Heavyweight Championship The AWA Midwest Heavyweight Championship was a title in the late 1960s and early 1970s in the American Wrestling Association. It was primarily defended in the Omaha, Nebraska area and was a title for mid-level wrestlers.
AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship The AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship was a major pro wrestling title in the Tennessee area during the 1970's and 1980's. It was originally named the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Memphis version) from 1974 until 1978, when it was renamed the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship due to a partnership with the American Wrestling Association.
AWA Southern Tag Team Championship The AWA Southern Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team title in the Tennessee area from the 1940s through the late 1980s. It was originally named the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) from its inception through 1977, when it was renamed (as was the Southern Heavyweight Championship, also previously an NWA title) the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship due to a partnership with the American Wrestling Association.
AWA territories AWA territories are small, independent professional wrestling promotions affiliated with AWA Superstars of Wrestling. AWA Superstars of Wrestling claims to be the successor to the American Wrestling Association (AWA), which folded in 1991.
AWA World Heavyweight Championship The American Wrestling Association (AWA) World Heavyweight Championship is the most prestigious championship in the American Wrestling Association. It was established in May 1960, after the AWA became a separate promotion from the National Wrestling Alliance, which is had previously been a part of as the NWA's Minneapolis, Minnesota-area presence.
AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship The AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship was a title in the American Wrestling Association from 1981 until it closed in 1991. Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling claimed the title in 1990 and used it until 1993 but the AWA never recognized their champions.
AWA World Tag Team Championship The AWA World Tag Team Championship was the tag team title for the American Wrestling Association from 1960 until the promotion folded in 1991. It was revived as a "world title" by AWA Superstars in 1996, but has not regained World Title status like the World Heavyweight Title did in 2005 due to a lack of defenses and international touring of the current champions.
AWG plc AWG plc is a British water and waste management company. Originally Anglian Water, which is still its main trading name, it was one of the regional British water companies privatised in the late 1980s, and serves the East Anglia region of England.
AWStats AWStats is a free web analytics reporting tool, suitable for analyzing data from Internet services such as web, streaming media, mail and FTP servers. AWstats parses and analyzes server log files, producing html reports.
Axayacatl Axayacatl (pron. {ah-sha-ya-ka'-tl} - the name means "Water-mask" or "Water-face") was a ruler ( tlatoani ) of the Postclassic Mesoamerican Aztec Empire and city of Tenochtitlán, who reigned from 1469 to 1481.
Ax–Kochen theorem The Ax–Kochen theorem, named for James Ax and Simon Kochen, states that for any given natural number d there is a finite set Y of exceptional primes, such that if p is any prime not in Y then every non-constant homogeneous polynomial of degree d over the p-adic numbers in at least d2+1 variables represents 0. James Ax and Simon Kochen, Diophantine problems over local fields I.
Axcan Pharma Axcan Pharma is a Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec based leading specialty pharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures, markets and distributes a broad line of gastrointestinal (GI) products primarily in North America and Europe. A publicly-traded company, Axcan Pharma's common shares are listed on the NASDAQ National Market under the "AXCA" symbol and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the "AXP" symbol.
Axcent Axcent of Scandinavia is a brand of designer watches, established in Stockholm, Sweden in 1996. Axcent's aim is to produce distinctive timepieces using Scandinavian design at affordable prices, following their motto: 'When art becomes a timepiece without costing a fortune.
Axcom Trading Advisors Axcom Trading Advisors was an early alternative investment management company founded by Elwyn Berlekamp and based in Berkeley, CA. It was acquired by Renaissance Technologies Corp in 1992, and it is believed by Dr.
Axe The axeAlthough ax is an accepted variant spelling in the United States, like archeology (as opposed to archaeology) it is rarely if ever used; axe appears first in dictionaries, and the variant would be considered odd by any other anglophone. (or occasionally, ax) is an ancient and ubiquitous tool that has been used for millennia to shape, split and cut wood, harvest timber, as a weapon and a ceremonial or heraldic symbol.
Axe historique The Axe historique (historical axis) is a line of monuments, buildings and thoroughfares that extends from the centre of Paris, France, to the west. It is also known as the "Voie Triomphale" (triumphal way).
Axe Lake Swamp State Nature Preserve Axe Lake Swamp State Nature Preserve is a 458-acre nature reserve located near Barlow, Kentucky in Ballard County in an area known locally as "the Barlow bottoms", a wetland created by periodic flooding along the mouth of the Ohio River. Originally, Axe Lake consisted of 146 acres of the main lake and about 120 lots on the dryer portions of the property.
Axe Murder Incident The Axe Murder Incident (Korean: 판문점 도끼 살인 사건) was the killing of two United States Army officers by North Korean soldiers on August 18, 1976 in the Joint Security Area (JSA) located in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) which forms the de facto border between North and South Korea. The killings and the response (Operation Paul Bunyan) heightened tensions between North Korea and the United States of America / South Korea.
Axehandle hound The Axehandle Hound (sometimes spelled axhandle hound, ax-handle hound, or other similar variants), is an American folklore creature with origins in lumberjack culture, specifically the lumber camps of Minnesota and Wisconsin. It is part of a group of similar folklore creatures known collectively as Fearsome Critters.
Axel (Computer Game) Breakthrough Gaming Presents: Axel is a Christian-themed video game for the personal computer, developed and published by Breakthrough Gaming, and released in September 2006. It was designed for play with a USB Dance pad.
Axel (Suikoden) Axel is a swordsman in Konami's role playing game Suikoden IV. He is the son of the Island Chief of Na-Nal Island, whom gives him permission to join the Hero's army, after an incident where Na-Nal were tricked by the Elves, and therefore gave the Kooluk poision, causing the Kooluk to attack Na-Nal, leading to many casualties.
Axel Almer Axel Almer (アクセル・アルマー) is a fictional character from the Super Robot Wars series. He has appeared as a playable character in Super Robot Wars Advance and as an enemy in Super Robot Wars: Original Generation 2.
Axel Anderberg Axel Johan Anderberg (27 November 1860–1937) was a Swedish architect active from the 1880s to the early 1930s. During his early career he built several theatres, working mostly in a mix of neo-baroque and art nouveau, while his later work largely consisted of buildings for scientific and academic institutions in the purer neo-classicist style of the period.
Axel Bakunts Axel Bakunts (June 29 , 1889 - June , 1937) was a great Armenian prose writer and poet who gives his name to the Axel Bakunts house museum in Goris, Armenia. He was murdered by the Armenian Soviet Secret Police in prison in 1937.
Axel Blumberg Axel Blumberg (March 2 1981–March 2004) was an Argentine engineering student at the Technological Institute of Buenos Aires, who died at the age of 23, after being kidnapped for several days in March 2004. He was returning from his girlfriend's home when he was intercepted by his kidnappers.
Axel CĂ©dric Konan Axel CĂ©dric Konan (born 25 January, 1983 in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire) is an Ivorian footballer who plays for Serie A team Torino FC in the role of a striker. He is 183 cm tall and wears the #24 jersey for his club.
Axel Cleeremans Axel Cleeremans (born March 5, 1962, Brussels, Belgium) is a Research Director with the National Fund for Scientific Research (Belgium) and a professor of cognitive science with the Department of Psychology of the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels.
Axel Enström Axel Gustaf Torbjörn Enström (October 25, 1893 - March 9, 1977) was a Swedish industrialist, the head of SCA Forest Products in Sundsvall. He was managing director (president) 1950-1960 and chairman of the board 1960-1965.
Axel F (Crazy Frog song) "Axel F" is the debut and most internationally successful single by Crazy Frog, released in 2005. It is a remix of Harold Faltermeyer's 1984 composition "Axel F", produced by Henning Reith and Reinhard "DJ Voodoo" Raith, two members of the German dance production team Bass Bumpers.
Axel Freiherr von dem Bussche-Streithorst Axel Freiherr von dem Bussche-Streithorst (24 April 1919 - 26 January 1993), usually referred to as Axel von dem Bussche in English, was a German Army officer and member of the German Resistance to Adolf Hitler's regime. Born in Braunschweig, he joined the Army in 1939 and was posted as a junior officer to the eastern front, where he witnessed a massacre of Jews near Dubno in 1942.
Axel Gyllenkrok Axel Gyllenkrok, or Gyllenkrook, born August 16, 1665, died September 17, 1730, was a Swedish baron, military general, and from 1723 governor of Gothenburg. He is most known as the general quartermaster of King Charles XII of Sweden.
Axel Heiberg Glacier The Axel Heiberg Glacier is a valley glacier, 48 km (30 mi) long, descending from the polar plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf between the Herbert Range and Mount Don Pedro Christophersen, in the Queen Maud Mountains.
Axel Jensen Axel Jensen (February 12, 1932 – February 13, 2003) was a Norwegian author. From 1957 until 2002 he published both fiction and non-fiction texts which include novels, poems, essays, a biography, manuscripts for cartoons and animated films.
Axel Johnson AB Axel Johnson AB is a Swedish food importer and retailer, and part of the Axel Johnson Group, with a history going back to 1873. Through interests in affiliated units, the company operates discount and upscale supermarkets and department stores, imports and wholesales food for supermarkets and restaurants, and invests in small and medium-sized Swedish companies.
Axel Lille Axel Johan Lille (1848–1921) was a Finnish journalist and politician of Finland-Swedish extraction and the main founder of the Swedish People's Party (Svenska folkpartiet, SFP) and its leader 1907–1917. Lille was the first who publicly proposed Finnish independence in his speech in April 9 1902.
Axel Lillie Count Axel Lillie (1603-1662) was a Swedish soldier and politician. He was appointed Lieutenant Governor General of Pomerania in 1643, Privy Councilor in 1648, Governor General of Pomerania in 1652, Field Marshal in 1657, and Governor General of Livonia in 1661.
Axel Munthe Axel Martin Fredrik Munthe (October 31, 1857, Oskarshamn ,Sweden - February 11, 1949, Stockholm) was a Swedish physician and psychiatrist, better known as the author of The Story of San Michele (1929), an autobiographical account of his work and later life. He was born in Oskarshamn, Sweden, and would later become a physician to the Swedish royal family.
Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp Axel Alarik Pehrsson-Bramstorp, originally Axel Alarik Pehrsson (19 August 1883–19 February 1954), Swedish politician, Prime Minister of Sweden for a few months in 1936. (As a parliamentarian he was known by his home as "Axel Pehrsson in Bramstorp" or just "Bramstorp" for short, and in 1937 he officially added the farm name to his family name.
Axel Petersson Axel Petersson was a Swedish engineer who may be best known for helping Ole Herman Johannes Krag with a rifle design. The importance of his aid is best made clear by the fact that Ole H J Krag insisted on calling the finished rifle Krag-Petersson.
Axel Petersson Döderhultarn Axel Petersson Döderhultarn, formally Axel Petersson, Woodcarver, (December 12, 1868 – March 15, 1925) was one of the recognized masters of wood carving, most famous for Scandinavian flat-plane style of woodcarving.
Axel Pressbutton Axel Pressbutton is a comics character who first appeared in the strip "Three-Eyes McGurk and his Death Planet Commandos" in the British rock music magazine Dark Star in 1979. A violent cyborg with the face of Ernest Borgnine, a button on his chest which delivers orgasmic pleasure when pressed and a phobia about vegetation, he was created by Steve Moore (under the pseudonym "Pedro Henry") and Alan Moore (no relation, under the pseudonym "Curt Vile").
Axel Rudi Pell Axel Rudi Pell (Born June 27, 1960) is a german melodic speed/power metal guitarist. He started off with the band Steeler (1984-1988) before leaving to start his solo career in 1989 with the eponymous band Axel Rudi Pell.
Axel Springer AG Axel Springer AG is one of the largest newspaper publishing companies in Europe, having over 150 newspapers and magazines in over 30 countries, including several central and eastern European countries: Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Russia and western European countries: Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland, more than 10,000 employees with annual revenues and income on the scale of a billion euros. It was started in 1946/1947 by journalist Axel Springer http://www.
Axel Ullrich Axel Ullrich born October 19, 1943) Lauban, Schlesien, Germany in is an German cancer researcher and has been the Director of Molecular biology at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried, Germany since 1988. His research has primarily focused on signal transduction.
Axel von Fersen the Elder Count Fredrik Axel von Fersen (1719-1794), Swedish statesman and soldier, was a son of Lieutenant-General Hans Reinhold Fersen and entered the Swedish Life Guards in 1740, and from 1743 to 1748 was in the French service in the Royal-Suedois, where he rose to the rank of brigadier.
Axelay Axelay is a 2D shoot 'em up video game developed by Konami of Japan for the Super NES (SNES). It was launched on September 11, 1992 in Japan, later in that month in the United States, and on September 30, 1993 in Europe.
Axeman of New Orleans The Axeman of New Orleans was a serial killer active in New Orleans, Louisiana (and surrounding communities, including Gretna, Louisiana), from May 1918 to October 1919. Press reports during the height of public panic about the killings mentioned similar murders as early as 1911, but recent researchers have called these reports into question.
Axemorph Demon Axemorph Demon is number 74 out of the original base set of 96 characters in the collectable miniatures game (CMG) Dreamblade owned by Wizards of the Coast. The Axemorph Demon is a member of the Hellbred lineage and stands as one of it's largest and most destructive summons.
Axenfeld syndrome Axenfeld syndrome (also known as Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome or Hagedoom syndrome) named after German ophthalmologist T. Axenfeld, describes a fetal anomaly commonly involving the eye, but defects of bone/tooth development as well as mental retardation is also seen in relation to this syndrome.
Axenic In biology, axenic describes a microbial culture of a particular organism (usually bacteria or unicellular eukaryote) that is entirely free of all other "contaminating" organisms. Axenic cultures are useful because all of the organisms present within them are identical or share the same gene pool.
Axenstar Axenstar (formerly called Powerage) is a power metal band from Västerås, Sweden, founded in 1998 by Peter Johansson and Magnus Ek. Their fourth and latest studio album, The Final Requiem, was released on August 28, 2006.
Axfood Axfood AB is a Swedish company. Formed in May 2000 through a merger between the Swedish grocery store chains Hemköp, D&D Dagligvaror, Spar Sverige, Spar Inn Snabbgross and the Finnish chain Spar Finland, it is one of the largest food retailers in Scandinavia listed on the stock market.
Axia Andreadaki Axia Andreadaki, (Greek: Άξια Ανδρεαδάκη) is a top fashion model in Greece. During the Miss Star Hellas (Greek: Μις Σταρ Ελλάς) 2004 competition, she won the title B Star Hellas, (Greek: Β Σταρ Ελλάς), where she represented Greece at the Miss International pageant which was held on May 15, 2004 in Shanghai, China.
Axial Age German philosopher Karl Jaspers coined the term the Axial Age (Achsenzeit in the German language original) to describe the period from 800 BCE to 200 BCE, during which, according to Jaspers, similarly revolutionary thinking appeared in China, India and the Occident. The period is also sometimes referred to as the Axis Age.
Axial compressor Axial compressors are compressors in which the fluid flows mainly parallel to the rotation axis. Axial flow compressors have large mass flow capacity and high efficiencies, but have a smaller pressure rise per stage than centrifugal compressors.
Axial cut An axial cut is a type of jump cut, where the camera suddenly moves closer to or further away from its subject, along an invisible line drawn straight between the camera and the subject. While a plain jump cut typically involves a temporal discontinuity (an apparent jump in time), an axial cut usually does not.
Axial flow pump An axial flow pump is a common type of water pump that essentially consists of a propeller in a tube. The propeller can be driven directly by a sealed motor in the tube or by a right-angle drive shaft that pierces the tube.
Axial chirality Axial chirality is a special case of chirality in which a molecule does not possess an asymmetric carbon atom (the most common form of chirality in organic compounds) but an axis of chirality - an axis about which a set of substituents is held in a spatial arrangement which is not superposable on its mirror image. Axial chirality is most commonly observed in atropisomeric biaryl compounds where the rotation about the aryl-aryl bond is restricted, for example biphenyl, binaphthyls e.
Axial period The term axial Period was coined by the philosopher Karl Jaspers and refers to the ancient historical period in which human beings invented many philisophical and spiritual traditions. This was the period around 500 BCE, along with the spiritual process, which took place between 800 and 200 B.
Axial skeleton The axial skeleton consists of the 80 bones in the head and trunk of the human body. It is composed of five parts; the human skull, the ossicles of the inner ear, the hyoid bone of the throat, the chest, and the vertebral column.
Axillary intercourse Axillary intercourse (slang: bagpiping, in reference to the underarm manner in which bagpipes are played; "directing traffic", or "pit-wank", a variant on the more traditional "tit-wank") is a sexual variant where the penis is inserted in the other person's armpit. Contact between the hairs in the armpit and on the penis are an erotic stimulant for some adherents to this practice.
Axillary nerve dysfunction Axillary nerve dysfunction is a general term that refers to any type of dysfunction of the axillary nerve. The axillary nerve is a branch of the brachial plexus that innervates the deltoid and teres minor muscles.
Axillary vein In human anatomy, the axillary vein is a large blood vessel that conveys blood from the lateral aspect of the thorax, axilla (armpit) and upper limb toward the heart. There is one axillary vein on each side of the body.
Axim Axim is a town, district and kingdom on the coast of Ghana. It lies 63 kilometers west of the port city of Takoradi, south of the highway leading to the CĂ´te d'Ivoire border, in the Western Region to the west of Cape Three Points.
Axino The axino is a hypothetical elementary particle predicted by some theories of particle physics. Peccei-Quinn theory attempts to explain the observed phenomenon known as the strong CP problem by introducing a hypothetical real scalar particle called the axion.
Axinomancy Axinomancy is one of several obscure methods of divination using an axe, hatchet, or (rarely) a saw. Most of the methods involve throwing an axe into the ground, or swinging it into a tree, and interpreting the direction of the handle or the quivering of the blade.
Axiology Axiology, from the Greek axia (αξια, value, worth), is the study of value or quality. It is often thought to include ethics and aesthetics—philosophical fields that depend crucially on notions of value—and sometimes it is held to lay the groundwork for these fields, and thus to be similar to value theory and meta-ethics.
Axiom An axiom is any sentence, proposition, statement or rule that forms the basis of a formal system. Unlike theorems, axioms are neither derived by principles of deduction, nor are they demonstrable by formal proofs.
Axiom (Australian band) Axiom was a rock band formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1969 and included such luminary musicians as Glenn Shorrock and Brian Cadd. Although they broke up after less than two years together, the band is responsible for several legendary Australian pop songs, including "Arkansas Grass", "A Little Ray of Sunshine", and "My Baby's Gone", all co-written by Cadd and Don Mudie.
Axiom of countability In mathematics, an axiom of countability is a property of certain mathematical objects (usually in a category) that requires the existence of a countable set with certain properties, while without it such sets might not exist.
Axiom of countable choice The axiom of countable choice, denoted ACω, or axiom of denumerable choice, is an axiom of set theory, similar to the axiom of choice. It states that any countable collection of non-empty sets must have a choice function.
Axiom of Causality The Axiom of Causality is the proposition that everything in the universe has a cause and is thus an effect of that cause. This means that if a given event occurs, then this is the result of a previous, related event.
Axiom of dependent choice In mathematics, the axiom of dependent choice, denoted DC, is a weak form of the axiom of choice (AC) which is still sufficient to develop most of real analysis. Unlike full AC, DC is insufficient to prove (given ZF) that there is a nonmeasurable set of reals, or that there is a set of reals without the property of Baire or without the perfect set property.
Axiom of global choice In class theories, the axiom of global choice is a stronger variant of the axiom of choice which applies to proper classes as well as sets. It can be expressed in various ways which are only apparently different.
Axiom of choice In mathematics, the axiom of choice, or AC, is an axiom of set theory. Intuitively speaking, AC says that given a collection of bins, each containing at least one object, then exactly one object from each bin can be picked and gathered in another bin — even if there are infinitely many bins, and there is no "rule" for which object to pick from each.
Axiom of Choice (band) Axiom of Choice is a world music group of Iranian émigrés who perform a fusion style incorporating Persian classical music and Western music. Led by Loga Ramin Torkian who plays a variant of a guitar of his own invention that is fretted to play quarter tones, the band has a unique sound combining soaring female vocals, Middle-Eastern rhythms and melodies, and progressive Western production styles.
Axiom of limitation of size In class theories, the axiom of limitation of size says that for any class C, C is a set (a class which can be an element of other classes) if and only if V (the class of all sets) cannot be mapped one-to-one into C.
Axiom of Maria Axiom of Maria is a mystical precept in alchemy where "one becomes two, two becomes three, and out of the third comes the one as the fourth." It is attributed to 3rd century alchemist Maria Prophetissa.
Axiom of union In axiomatic set theory and the branches of logic, mathematics, and computer science that use it, the axiom of union is one of the axioms of Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory, stating that, for any set x there is a set y whose elements are precisely the elements of the elements of x. Together with the axiom of pairing this implies that for any two sets, there is a set that contains exactly the elements of both.
Axiom schema of replacement In axiomatic set theory and the branches of logic, mathematics, and computer science that use it, the axiom schema of replacement is a schema of axioms in Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory which essentially asserts that the image of a set under a mapping is also a set. It is necessary for the construction of certain large sets.
Axiom schema of specification In axiomatic set theory and the branches of logic, mathematics, and computer science that use it, the axiom schema of specification, or axiom schema of separation, or axiom schema of restricted comprehension, is a schema of axioms in Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory.

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