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Advocates' Library The Advocates' Library is a law library belonging to the Faculty of Advocates in Edinburgh, founded in 1682. Until 1925 it was the deposit library for Scotland, after which the role was taken on by the National Library of Scotland.
Advocatus Ecclesiae Advocatus ecclesiae, literally 'advocate of the church', is the Latin title, in the Middle Ages, of certain lay persons, generally of noble birth, whose duty it was, under given conditions, to represent a particular church or monastery, and to defend its rights against force.
Adwa Adwa (also spelled Adowa, Aduwa, or Adua) is a market town in northern Ethiopia, and best known as the community closest to the decisive Battle of Adowa fought in 1896. Located in the Mehakelegnaw Zone of the Tigray Region, Adwa has a longitude and latitude of .
Adwa (woreda) Adwa is one of the 36 woredas in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mehakelegnaw Zone, Adwa is bordered on the south by Werie Lehe, on the west by La'ilay Maychew, on the north by Mereb Lehe, and on the east by Enticho.
Adwaita Adwaita (meaning "one and only" in Sanskrit) was the name of a male Aldabra Giant Tortoise in the Alipore Zoological Garden of Kolkata, India. The tortoise died on the night of 22 March - 23 March, 2006.
Adware Adware or advertising-supported software is any software package which automatically plays, displays, or downloads advertising material to a computer after the software is installed on it or while the application is being used.
Adwick railway station Adwick railway station is a railway station in Adwick-le-Street, near Doncaster in South Yorkshire, and serving the community living there and in the neighbouring village of Carcroft. It lies on the railway line linking Doncaster to Leeds via Wakefield.
Adyanthaya Adyanthaya is family name from the Bunt community who hail from South Kanara District in Karnataka. The name goes back more than 200 years and generations of bunts near Karkala know people of these family and their descendants.
Adyar River The Adyar River, originating from the Chembarambakkam Lake (Chengalpattu district), is one of the rivers which passes through Chennai, South India, and joins the Bay of Bengal. The Adyar River contributes to the estuarine ecosystem of Chennai.
Adyghe language Adyghe language (, adygebze, adəgăbză) is one of the two official languages of the Republic of Adygea in the Russian Federation, the other being Russian. It is spoken by various tribes of the Adyghe nation: Abzekh, Adamey, Bzhedugh; Hatukuay, Kemirgoy, Makhosh; Natekuay, Shapsigh; Zhane, Yegerikuay, each with its own dialect.
Adyghe people The Adyghe or Adygs are a people of the northwest Caucasus region, principally inhabiting Adygeya (23 %) (now a constituent republic of the Russian Federation) and Karachay-Cherkessia (11 %) (where they are named as "Cherkes"). Shapsug National District, an autonomous district founded for Shapsigh (or Shapsugh) tribe living on the Black Sea coast was abolished in 1943.
Adynaton Adynaton (from Greek: a-: without and dynasthai: to be possible) is a figure of speech in the form of hyperbole taken to such extreme lengths as to suggest a complete impossibility. Adynaton was a widespread literary and rhetorical device during the Classical Period and was known in Latin as impossibilia.
Adysh Adishi (Adysh, Hadysh; Georgian: ადიში) is a highland village, 2040 m above the sea level, in the region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia, some 27 km from the town of Mestia. The landscape of the village is dominated by a number of medieval monuments, and the Greater Caucasus mountains.
Adytum Adytum is a Latinized form of Greek 'αδυτον = "not to be entered", the innermost sanctuary in ancient temples, access to which was forbidden to all but the officiating priests. The most famous adytum in Greece was in the Temple of Apollo at Delphi.
Adze The tool known as the adze (adz in US) (IPA: ) serves for smoothing rough-cut wood in hand woodworking. Generally, the user stands astride a board or log and swings the adze downwards towards their feet, chipping off a piece of wood, and walking backwards as they go, leaving a relatively smooth surface behind.
AD Flying Boat The AD Flying Boat was designed by the British Admiralty's Air Department to serve as a patrol aircraft that could operate in conjunction with Royal Navy warships. Intended for use during World War I, production of the aircraft was terminated as the end of the war came into sight, and the type saw little operational use.
AD Navyplane The AD Navyplane was designed by the British Admiralty's Air Department as a reconnaissance aircraft for use during World War I. Performance of the prototype was so disappointing that plans to produce it were cancelled almost immediately.
AD Seaplane Type 1000 The AD Seaplane Type 1000 (so designated after its serial number) was designed by Harris Booth of the British Admiralty's Air Department just prior to World War I. It was the world's first aircraft designed from scratch as a torpedo bomber, and when it first flew, was the largest British aircraft yet to take to the air.
AD Vid-Notes AD Vid-Notes is a trademarked special feature on recent ADV Films DVD releases which provides pop-up glosses (one form of hypertext) or running notes on assorted cultural references throughout an anime; the format is similar to that of VH1's Pop-Up Video. Seasonal festivals, untranslatable puns and other word play, various aspects of pop culture (not least including anime itself!
AD-IA Model The AD-IA model builds on the concepts of the IS-LM model and the AD-AS models, essentially in terms of changing interest rates in response to fluctuations in inflation rather than as changes in the money supply in response to changes in the price level.
AD-Y AD-Y is an aeronautical manufacturing company that was established as a joint venture between the Russian Antonov design bureau and Dniepropetrovsk Yuzhyazhmash (Southern Heavy Machine Building Plant) at the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union.
AD2005 AD2005 is an album from Newcleus due for release in January/February 2006, it is a companion CD to Destination Earth and features remixes and new Newcleus tracks recorded as a tribute to the fan enthusiasm shown at Electro Utopia UK Show in October 2005.
ADALINE ADALINE (Adaptive Linear Neuron or later Adaptive Linear Element) is a single layer neural network. It was developed by Professor Bernard Widrow and his graduate student Ted Hoff at Stanford University in 1960.
ADAMTS13 ADAMTS13 (A Disintegrin And Metalloproteinase with a ThromboSpondin type 1 motif, member 13) is a zinc-containing metalloprotease enzyme that cleaves von Willebrand factor (vWf), a large protein involved in blood clotting. It is also known as von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease (VWFCP).
ADAMTS2 ADAMTS2 (ADAM metallopeptidase with thrombospondin type 1 motif, 2) is a gene that produces an enzyme that is responsible for processing several types of procollagen proteins. Procollagens are the precursors of collagens, the proteins that add strength and support to many body tissues.
ADAPT ADAPT is a disability rights organization. The name is an acronym used by a particular subset of the Disability Rights Movement (DRM) to bring the concerns of people with disabilities to widespread attention and to alleviate societal sanctions against people marginalized because of their "condition" such as physical or mental handicaps.
ADAT Alesis Digital Audio Tape or ADAT, first introduced in 1991, was used for simultaneously recording eight tracks of digital audio at once, onto Super VHS magnetic tape - a tape format similar to that used by consumer VCRs. Greater numbers of audio tracks could be recorded by synchronizing several ADAT machines together.
ADAT Lightpipe The ADAT lightpipe, officially the ADAT Optical Interface, is a standard for the transfer of digital audio between equipment. It was originally developed by Alesis but has since become widely accepted, and many third party hardware manufacturers still include lightpipe interfaces on their equipment.
ADC Aircraft ADC Aircraft (Aircraft Disposals Company) was a British firm established in March 1920 to take advantage of the large number of World War I-surplus military aircraft on the market. ADC bought ex-military aircraft and converted them to various civil roles before on-selling them.
ADC Airlines Flight 53 Aviation Development Company Airlines (ADC) Flight 53 was a scheduled passenger flight operated by ADC Airlines that crashed on October 29 2006 shortly after take-off from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria, at around noon local time (11:00 UTC). Immediately after takeoff from Abuja, the Boeing 737 contacted the ground, broke up and caught fire in a corn field.
ADC Map ADC Map, also referred to as ADC, is a publisher of maps and street atlases covering areas in Washington, DC, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, Delaware and New Jersey. Although previously an independent entity, ADC is now one brand belonging to the Langenscheidt Publishing Group.
ADC Theatre The ADC Theatre is a student-run theatre in Cambridge University. It is owned by the Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club (CUADC), but is currently run as the smallest department of the university, with a staff of 3, and the CUADC as its resident company.
ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship The ADCC (Abu Dhabi Combat Club) Submission Wrestling World Championship was created by Sheik Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al Nayan, son of Sheik Zayed, former president of the United Arab Emirates, on suggestion of Renzo and Royler Gracie. This grappling tournament is considered to be the peak tournament in the submission grappling world.
ADDIE Model The ADDIE model is the generic process traditionally used by instructional designers and training developers. The five phases—Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation—represent a dynamic, flexible guideline for building effective training and performance support tools.
ADDRESS-POINT ADDRESS-POINT® is a mapping/GIS data product supplied by the United Kingdom's national mapping agency, Ordnance Survey. It is based on the UK’s postal mail organisation, the Royal Mail®, list of postal addresses, Postcode Address File (PAF®).
ADFX-01 Morgan The ADFX-01 Morgan is a fictional fighter aircraft in the game Ace Combat Zero. Its name is derived from the ADF-01 with the 'X' denoting it is a prototype, the the number appearing to denote which prototype it is; during the game, the player can control the ADFX-01, while the ADFX-02 also appears.
ADHD predominantly inattentive ADHD predominantly inattentive (ADHD-I) is one of the four subtypes of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). While it is commonly referred to as Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), the term is not officially recognized in the DSM-IV.
ADHS Super-2 May 17, 2006 the US 50 Association proposed a new standard of 2-lane highway to be built as a continuation of the Appalachian Development Highway System. The idea is to fill in gaps between the 4-lane system which is currently nearing completion.
ADI Bumble Bee The ADI Bumble Bee is an ultralight gyrocopter, the first of its kind when it flew in 1983 and still available in plans form for home-building. It was designed by Martin Hollmann after a back injury (sustained in the crash of the ADI Condor) prevented him from flying his previous design (the ADI Sportster) on account of not being able to lift the rotor assembly.
ADI Condor The ADI Condor was a motor glider of unusual configuration built in the United States in 1981. While most motor gliders follow traditional sailplane layout, the Condor was of pod-and-boom configuration, with a pusher propeller at the rear of the central nacelle that seated the pilot and passenger in tandem.
ADK (automobile) The ADK was a Belgian automobile manufactured between 1923 and 1930 by Automobiles de Kuyper SA of Anderlecht, Brussels. In 1927 (at the Brussels Show) the company announced a 1594cc pushrod ohv six-cylinder with twin carburators, as well as a union engine/gearbox construction.
ADL (artist) ADL is a Swedish-American rapper based in Stockholm, Sweden. He has enjoyed success as a solo artist but has also collaborated with many other artists in the Stockholm music scene, among them are Blacknuss All Stars and Awa Manneh.
ADM energy In theoretical physics, the ADM energy (short for Arnowitt, Deser and Charles W. Misner) is a special way to define the energy in general relativity which is only applicable to some special geometries of spacetime that asymptotically approach a well-defined metric tensor at infinity - for example the asymptotically Minkowski space.
ADM-3A The ADM-3A is one of the first dumb terminals manufactured by Lear-Siegler. It had a 12 inch screen displaying 12 or 24 lines of 80 characters, and one of the most rugged chassis ever to be employed in any computing equipment, being constructed with a very thick metal frame (over an inch at the thickest bits).
ADM-Aeolus ADM-Aeolus or briefly Atmospheric Dynamics Mission Aeolus is an ESA satellite that is due for launch in 2008. ADM-Aeolus will be the first equipment capable of performing global wind-profile observation and will provide much-needed information to improve weather forecasting.
ADME ADME is an acronym in pharmacokinetics and pharmacology for Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Excretion, and describes the disposition of a pharmaceutical compound within an organism. The four criteria all influence the drug levels and kinetics of drug exposure to the tissues and hence influence the performance and pharmacological activity of the compound as a drug:
ADMS 3 The ADMS 3 (Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling System) is an advanced atmospheric pollution dispersion model for calculating concentrations of atmospheric pollutants emitted both continuously from point, line, volume and area sources, or intermittently from point sources. US Environmental Protection Agency "SCRAM" website It was developed by Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants (CERC) of the UK in collaboration with the UK Meteorological Office, National Power plc (now INNOGY Holdings plc) and the University of Surrey.
ADNOC The Abu Dhabi National Oil Corporation (ADNOC) is the state-owned oil company of the United Arab Emirates, with access to over 90% of that country's oil and gas reserves, considered to be the world's fourth largest.
ADO (South Tyrol) ADO, the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Optanten fĂĽr Deutschland (Association for Germany Optants) was founded on 30 January 1940. It was an association for South Tyroleans who had chosen to emigrate to the Third Reich.
ADO Den Haag ADO Den Haag (ADO stands for Alles Door Oefening, Everything Through Practice) is the main football club in the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag, with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club.
ADOdb ADOdb is a database abstraction library for PHP and Python based on the same concept as Microsoft's ActiveX Data Objects. It allows developers to write applications in a fairly consistent way regardless of the underlying database storing the information.
ADSL transceiver An ADSL transceiver, also known as a ADSL modem or DSL modem, is a device used to connect one or more computers to a phone line, in order to use an ADSL service. Some ADSL modems also manage the connection and sharing of the ADSL service with a group of machines, making an ADSL router or ADSL modem/router a more accurate name for the device.
ADT Canada-Russia Challenge The ADT Canada-Russia Challenge is an annual six game exhibition ice hockey tournament held between a select team of Russian junior players and all-star teams representing the three leagues of the Canadian Hockey League. First held in 2003 as the Re/Max Canada-Russia Challenge, the CHL holds a commanding lead in the overall series.
ADT Security Services ADT Security Services also known as ADT fire and security or simply ADT is a division of Tyco International, Ltd. and a major worldwide supplier of electronic security and fire alarm systems, communication systems and integrated building management systems.
ADVISE ADVISE (Analysis, Dissemination, Visualization, Insight, and Semantic Enhancement) is a research and development program within the United States Department of Homeland Security Threat and Vulnerability Testing and Assessment (TVTA) portfolio. It is reported to be a massive data mining system with the ability to store 1 quadrillion data entities.
ADX (file format) ADX is a lossy proprietary audio storage and compression format developed by CRI Middleware specifically for use in video games. The format is similar in principal to ADPCM but offers smaller storage sizes, the sound quality is quite impressive given the extremely small sample size used.
ADX Florence The United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility (ADX) in Florence is a supermax prison in Florence, Colorado. It is unofficially known as ADX Florence, Florence ADMAX, Supermax, or the Alcatraz of the Rockies.
Ae-oina Kamui Ae-oine Kamui is an Ainu kamui (god) and culture hero. In Ainu mythology, he is credited with teaching humans domestic skills, and for this reason he is called Ainurakkar (father of the Ainu or father of humanity).
Aeacea Aeacea, or Æacea, in antiquity, were solemn feasts and combats celebrated in Aegina in honor of Aeacus, who had been their king, and who, on account of his singular justice upon Earth, was supposed to have a commission given him to be one of the judges in Hell.
Aeacus In Greek mythology, Aeacus (Greek: Aiakos, "bewailing" or "earth borne") was king in the island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf. He was far-famed for the righteous sense of piety and justice with which he ruled over his people and his judgment was sought all over Hellas, so much so that, after his death, he was appointed one of the judges of the shades in Erebus, with Cretan Minos and Rhadamanthus.
Aeëtes In Greek mythology, Aeëtes (, Greek Αἰήτης), a king of Colchis, figured prominently in the story of Jason and the Argonauts. He was the father of Medea and Absyrtus, and son of the sun-god Helios and the nymph Perse (also called Perseis).
AecXML aecXML is a specific XML mark-up language which uses industry foundation classes to create a vendor-neutral means to access data generated by Building Information Modeling. It is being developed for use in the AEC and facility management industries, in conjunction with BIM software (e.
Aedeagus An aedeagus (plural aedeagi) is a reproductive organ of male insects through which they secrete sperm from the testes during copulation with a female insect. The sperm contains capsules called spermatophores, which contain the spermatozoa.
Aedes (Roman) To the Romans an aedes was a building of religious significance, normally translated as temple or chapel. It generally differed from the more familiar term templum in that an aedes was a distinct structure whereas a templum often referred to a religious complex.
Aedes aegypti Aedes aegypti, commonly known as the yellow fever mosquito, is a mosquito that can host the dengue fever, Chikungunya and yellow fever viruses (and other diseases as well). One group of researchers recently proposed that A.
Aedicule An ædicule ("little building") is a common framing device in both Classical architecture and Gothic architecture. An ædicular frame treats a window or a niche in a section of wall as if it were a building, sometimes with columns or pilasters flanking the opening, which support an architrave or a pediment or an arched rib vault.
Aedile Aedile (Latin Aedilis, from aedes, aedis "temple," "building") was an office of the Roman Republic. Based in Rome, the aediles were responsible for maintenance of public buildings and regulation of public festivals.
Aedips AEDIPS is an acronym for the Association of Educational Development and Improvement Professionals in Scotland. Through its membership, AEDIPS supports the development of education in Scotland, with a particular focus on entitlement and quality.
Aega (mayor of the palace) Ega (also spelled Aega or Egua) was the mayor of the palace and regent, alongside the queen mother Nanthild, of Neustria and Burgundy from 639, on the death of Dagobert I, to his death in 641, during the reign of the minor Clovis II. On his death, at Clichy, Nanthild replaced him, a hardened opponent of the local Burgundian nobility, in Burgundy by a Frank and like opponent of the local power factions, Flaochad.
Aegadian Islands The Aegadian Islands (Italian: Isole Egadi; Latin: Aegates Insulae), are a group of small mountainous islands in the Mediterranean Sea off the northwest coast of Sicily, Italy, near the city of Trapani, with a total area of 37,45 km².
Aegea Aegea is a back-formation from "Aegean", the sea that was named for an eponymous Aegeus in early levels of Greek mythology. The Encyclopaedia Britannica (1911) mentioned an Aegea, queen of the Amazons, as an alternative eponym of the Aegean Sea, and Aegea was the name of the wife of the Roman proconsul of Achaia whom the apostle Andrew converted and baptised, according to Jacob de Voragine's Golden Legend, De Sancto Andrea Apostolo.
Aegean dispute The term Aegean dispute refers to a set of interrelated controversial issues between Greece and Turkey over sovereignty and related rights in the area of the Aegean Sea. This set of conflicts has had a large effect on the relations between the two countries since the 1970s.
Aegean Islands The Aegean Islands (Greek: Νησιά Αιγαίου, Nisiá Aigaíou; Turkish: Ege Adaları) are a group of islands in the Aegean Sea, with mainland Greece to the west and north and Turkey to the east; the island of Crete delimits the sea to the south. The ancient name of the Aegean Sea, Archipelago, was later applied to the islands it contains and is now used, generally, to refer to any island group.
Aegean Macedonia Aegean Macedonia is a term sometimes used to refer to the region of Macedonia in Greece in the context of the great region of Macedonia. The origins of the term seem to be rooted in the 1940s and the term can be considered ambiguous or even irredentist.
Aegean Park Press Aegean Park Press is a publisher based in Walnut Creek, California, specializing in cryptology, military intelligence and Mayan languages. The company's books on cryptology are "mostly reprints of fairly advanced texts," Including at least 16 books by World War II cryptologists William F.
Aegean Region, Turkey Aegean Region (Ege Bölgesi), is one of the 7 census-defined regions of Turkey. It is located at west part of the country, bounded by; Aegean sea(Ege Denizi) at west, Marmara Region ar north, Mediterranean Region at south&southwest and Central Anatolian Region at east.
Aegean Sea (oil spill) On December 13th, 1992, the double bottom Greek-flag tanker, Aegean Sea, en-route to Repsol refinery in A Coruña, Spain suffered an accident off the Galician coast. It had successfully passed all required tests and revisions.
Aegidius Aegidius (unknown - 464) was the magister militum per Gallias during the reign of the Roman emperor Majorian. In the chaos of Gaul in the middle of the fifth century he rebelled against Ricimer and preserved a Gallo-Roman rump state in the region surrounding Soissons.
Aegina Aegina (Greek: Αίγινα (Egina)) is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Saronic Gulf, 31 miles (50 km) from Athens. Tradition derives the name from Aegina, the mother of Aeacus, who was born in and ruled the island.
Aegina (mythology) In Greek mythology, Aegina was the nymph of the island that bears her name, lying in the Saronic Gulf between Attica and the Peloponnesos. Though her name betokens a goat-nymph such as was Cretan Amalthea, she was the daughter of the river-god Asopus and the nymph Metope; of their twelve or twenty daughters, many were ravished by Apollo or Zeus.
Aegis The concept of doing something "under someone's ægis" means doing something under protection of a powerful, knowledgeable, or benevolent source. The word ægis is identified with protection by a strong force, with its roots in Classical mythology, specifically Greek myth adopted by the Romans; there are parallels in Norse mythology, and in Egyptian, where the Greek word aegis is applied by extension.
Aegis (CAD software) Aegis Public Safety Suite is a type of Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) software used by emergency services in the United States. It is published by New World Systems and contains modules for CAD, Records and NCIC.
Aegis (management software) In computing, Aegis is a software change management system first released in 1991. It supports a strongly test-driven development workflow on top of any number of different underlying revision control systems, such as RCS or SCCS.
Aegis Awards The Aegis Awards are a peer-judged competition for non-broadcast video production and non-network television commercials. Started in 1989 by a group of producers who were unhappy with what they perceived as inadequacies of judging in other competitions for these categories, the Aegis Awards have grown into one of the most prestigious awards a production can receive.
Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System is a part of the US Department of Defense Missile Defense Agency program to develop a missile defense system, covering the US, by 2005. It builds upon the Aegis combat system with AN/SPY-1 radar and SM-3 missile including propulsion improvements and a Kinetic Warhead.
Aegis School of Telecommunication Management Aegis School of Telecommunication started a one-year Master's Program in Telecommunication Management (MPTM) in 2002, with support from Bharti (aka AirTel - a leading telecommunications firm in India). The program is designed along the lines of Oklahoma State University's Masters Program in Telecommunication Management (MSTM).
Aegis Students Aegis Students is a UK-based student anti-genocide coalition affiliated to Aegis Trust. It was launched in Spring 2006 as an umbrella organization for existing student societies and individual students that support the work of Aegis Trust.
Aegis-fang In the fictional world of the Forgotten Realms, Aegis-fang (derived from the mythical shield Aegis) is the weapon of Wulfgar, son of Beornegar of the Elk Tribe. It was forged for him by his adoptive father Bruenor Battlehammer while he was in servitude of the dwarf king.
Aegisub Aegisub is a general-purpose SubStation Alpha subtitle editor created to help in many aspects of typesetting by correcting flawed features found in the Medusa Subtitling Station and adding many features that it lacks. The first public release was announced on November 4 2005 as v1.
Aegle In Greek mythology, there were at least four different people named Aegle. One belonged to the Hesperides, another to the Heliades, a third a nymph, daughter of Panopeus who was beloved by Theseus, and for whom he forsook Ariadne, and a fourth was a Naiad occasionally considered the mother of the Charites by Helios.
Aegrotat Aegrotat is a medical certificate of illness excusing student's sickness. Used primarily in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, and then only in the context of degrees and courses considered as passed by a student too ill to finish the appropriate material.
Aegwareth In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Aegwareth is a human shade. A former Elder Hierophant Druid, Aegwareth lived at White Plume Mountain until -800 CY, when he was slain by the wizard Keraptis, who took White Plume mountain for himself.
Aegwynn Aegwynn is a fictional character in the Warcraft universe, mother of the last Guardian of Tirisfal, and a Guardian herself. Her actions and arrogance led to the invasion of Azeroth by Orcs, depicted in the game Warcraft: Orcs & Humans.
Aegyptopithecus Aegyptopithecus, also called the Dawn Ape, is an early fossil catarrhine that predates the divergence between hominoids (apes) and Old World monkeys. It is known from a single species Aegyptopithecus zeuxis and lived some 35-33 million years ago in the early part of the Oligocene epoch.
Aegyptus In Greek mythology, Aegyptus, or properly AĂ­gyptos in Greek ("supine goat"), descendant of the heifer maiden, Io, was the king of Egypt (which took its name from his, according to folk etymology; see the article Copt), the son of Belus and father of fifty sons who were all but one murdered by the fifty daughters of Aegyptus' twin brother, Danaus.
Aegyptus (Roman province) Aegyptus was, in ancient geography, a province of the Roman Empire, encompassing most of modern-day Egypt except for the Sinai Peninsula. Both the provinces of Cyrenaica to the west and Arabia to the east bordered Aegyptus.
Aechmea pineliana Aechmea pineliana is a bromeliad typical of Atlantic Forest vegetation in Brazil, specially in following states: EspĂ­rito Santo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, and it is often used as an ornamental plant.
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier is a sort of beer produced by the Schlenkerla in Bamberg. It has a distinctively smoky aroma and flavour that is consistently present amongst the three varieties: Urbock, Märzen and a wheat beer.
Aeimnestus Aeimnestus was a Spartan Soldier, famous because he killed the leader Mardonius, as told in book 9 of The History by Herodotus. In the Messenian war he fought a battle with but three hundred men against the whole forces of Messenians, and he perished together with the three hundred men.
Aelbert Cuyp Aelbert Jacobsz Cuyp (Dordrecht October 20, 1620 - Dordrecht November 15, 1691) was one of the leading Dutch landscape painters of the 17th century. The most famous of a family of painters, the pupil of his father Jacob Gerritsz.

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