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Excitable medium An excitable medium is a nonlinear dynamical system which has the capacity to propagate a wave of some description, and which cannot support the passing of another wave until a certain amount of time has passed (known as the refractory time).
Excitation filter An excitation filter is a high quality optical-glass filter commonly used in fluorescence microscopy and spectroscopic applications for selection of the excitation wavelength of light from a light source. Most excitation filters select light of relatively short wavelengths from an excitation light source (as light with shorter wavelengths have higher energy, according to the Planck equation E = hc/l).
Excitation table In electronics design, an excitation table shows the minimum inputs that are necessary to generate a particular next state when the current state is known. They are similar to truth tables and state tables, but rearrange the data so that the current state and next state are next to eachother on the left-hand side of the table, and the inputs needed to make that state change happen are shown on the right side of the table.
Excitatism Excitatism (also known as the "Society of the Excitatus") is a Christian interpretation, or denomination, that focuses on the belief that sin is contextual. It is a Christian movement aimed at giving Christians a stronger connection with the non-Christians in order to increase the positive influence toward the unsaved while reducing negative influence toward the saved.
Excitatory postsynaptic potential In neuroscience, an excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP) is a temporary increase in postsynaptic membrane potential caused by the flow of positively charged ions into the postsynaptic cell. They are the opposite of inhibitory postsynaptic potentials (IPSPs), which usually result from the flow of negative ions into the cell.
Excited state In quantum mechanics an excited state of a system (such as an atom, molecule or nucleus) is any quantum state of the system that has a higher energy than the ground state (that is, more energy than the absolute minimum).
Excited utterance An excited utterance, in the law of evidence, is a statement made by a person in response to a startling or shocking event or condition. The statement must be spontaneously made by the person (the declarant) while still under the stress of excitement from the event or condition.
Exciter (effect) An Exciter is an audio signal processing technique used to enhance a signal by Dynamic Equalization, Phase manipulation and harmonic synthesis of (usually) high frequency signals. Dynamic Equalization involves variation of the Equalizer characteristics in the time domain as a function of the input.
Exciter Tour The Exciter Tour was Depeche Mode's 2001 world tour, featuring concerts spanning over 20 countries and featuring some of their greatest hits, usually the more recent tracks up to 2001. It promotes their 2001 album, Exciter.
Exciting causes Homeopathy considers that diseases are the manifestations of some causes. Samuel Hahnemann founded that without causes, whatever they may be, no disease can be produced symptoms or syndromes of illness, during his experimentation in homoeopathic science.
Excitotoxicity Excitotoxicity is the pathological process by which neurons are damaged and killed by the overactivations of receptors for the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate, such as the NMDA receptor and AMPA receptor. Excitotoxins like NMDA and kainic acid which bind to these receptors, as well as pathologically high levels of glutamate, can cause excitotoxicity by allowing high levels of calcium ions to enter the cell.
Exclosure An exclosure, in an area being used extensively for grazing, is a limited area from which cattle (and sometimes wildlife) are excluded by fencing. Exclosures are sometimes constructed by government agencies that manage ranching on public lands -- a practice in which private owners of cattle pay, though often only a nominal sum, for the right to graze their livestock on the public lands.
Exclusion (film) Exclusion, formerly known as Kamagata Maru, is a forthcoming movie to be directed by internationally acclaimed director, Deepa Mehta starring Amitabh Bachchan, John Abraham, Seema Biswas, Kabir Bedi and well-known British actor, Terence Stamp in lead roles. Music of the movie is composed by famous Indian music composer, A.
Exclusion Bill The Exclusion Bill crisis ran from 1678 through 1681 in the reign of Charles II of England. The Exclusion Bill sought to exclude the king's brother and heir presumptive, James, Duke of York from the throne of England because he was Catholic.
Exclusion criteria Exclusion criteria are the standards used to determine whether a person may or may not be allowed to participate in a clinical trial. The most important criteria used to determine appropriateness for clinical trial participation include age, sex, the type and stage of a disease, treatment history, and other medical conditions.
Exclusive * In the description of a mathematical set, the term exclusive denotes that the endpoints of a range are not included within the set. For example, "the integers -2 to 2 exclusive" refers to the set {-1,0,1}; the endpoints, -2 and 2, are excluded.
Exclusive Books Boeke Prize The Exclusive Books Boeke Prize, based in South Africa, is loosely modelled on the UK's Man Booker Prize. Although "boeke" is the plural of "book" in the Afrikaans language, the Boeke Prize has only been awarded to novels written in English.
Exclusive dealing Exclusive dealing refers to when a retailer or wholesaler is ‘tied’ to purchase from a supplier on the understanding that no other distributor will be appointed or receive supplies in a given area. When the sales outlets are owned by the supplier, exclusive dealing is because of vertical integration, where the outlets are independent exclusive dealing is illegal due to the Restrictive Trade Practices Act, however, if it is registered and approved it is allowed.
Exclusive mandate An exclusive mandate is a government's assertion of its legitimate authority over a certain territory, part of which another government controls with stable, de facto sovereignty. It is also known as a claim to sole representation or an exclusive authority claim.
Exclusive monotheism Exclusive monotheism is the belief of monotheism without the acceptance of any other form of monotheism or polytheism. While most modern monotheistic faiths are exclusively monotheistic, Ancient Egyptians were both monotheistic (belief in Amen, king of the gods) as well as polytheistic (local and regional deities).
Exclusive or Exclusive disjunctionSee Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, article Disjunction, also called exclusive or, and generally symbolized by XOR or EOR, is a logical operation on two operands that results in a logical value of true if and only if exactly one of the operands has a value of true.
Exclusive psalmody Exclusive psalmody is the particular worship practice of several denominations worldwide which use a metrical version of the Book of Psalms from the Bible as the only manual of songs that may be sung in their services.
Exclusive right In Anglo-Saxon law, an exclusive right is a de facto, non-tangible prerogative existing in law (that is, the power or, in a wider sense, right) to perform an action or acquire a benefit and to permit or deny others the right to perform the same action or to acquire the same benefit. Whilst a "prerogative" is in effect an exclusive right, the term is restricted for use for official state or sovereign (i.
Exclusive Ride Time Exclusive Ride Time (ERT) is time set aside by an amusement park to allow a club or group exclusive use of one or more amusement rides (usually roller coasters). ERT sessions are usually scheduled outside of park operating hours, although an amusement park may close off the ride(s) to the public during operating hours.
Exclusivism Exclusivism is the practice of being exclusive; mentality characterized by the disregard for opinions and ideas other than one's own, or the practice of organizing entities into groups by excluding those entities which possess certain traits (for an opposite example, see essentialism).
Exco Technologies Exco Technologies Limited () is a Canadian global supplier of technologies servicing the die-cast, extrusion and automotive industries. Through 13 locations, they employ 1,950 people - an average of 150 people per location.
Excoriation An excoriation is an erosion or destruction of the skin by mechanical means, which appears in the form as a scratch or abrasion of the skin. It is commonly seen in other skin disorders causing itching/pruritis: dry skin, dermatitis, atopic dermatitis, scabies, etc.
Excreta Excreta is a generic term used to refer to any masses or fluids excreted as part of the digestive system of a living organism, usually that of humans. Hence it most commonly refers to urine and faeces, and is a visually non-stimulating euphemism for these words.
Exculpatory evidence Exculpatory evidence is the evidence favorable to the defendant in a criminal trial, which clears or tends to clear the defendant of guilt. In many countries such as the United States, if the police or prosecutor has found such evidence, he/she must disclose it to the defendant.
Excursionistas Excursionistas are a football team based in the Belgrano district of Buenos Aires in Argentina. They currently play in the regionalised fourth tier of Argentinian football, known as "Primera C Metropolitano".
Excuse In jurisprudence, an excuse or justification is a form of immunity which must be distinguished from an exculpation. In this context, "to excuse" means to grant or obtain an exemption for a group of persons sharing a common characteristic from a potential liability.
Excuse My French (1974 TV series) Excuse My French was a Canadian television sitcom, which aired on CTV from 1974 to 1976. Produced by CFCF-TV, the series starred Stuart Gillard and Lisa Charbonneau as Peter and Marie-Louise Hutchins, a mixed anglophone-francophone couple living in Montreal.
Excuse My French (2006 TV series) Excuse My French was a RDF language programme on the BBC where three celebrities with varying levels of French had one month to learn enough of the language to be able to carry out a task related to their area of expertise in French. They did this while staying in a villa in Provence.
Excuses for Bad Behavior (Part Two) Excuses For Bad Behavior (Part Two) is an album released by singer/author/comedienne/actress Sandra Bernhard. The album, unlike the "part one" it follows, is a combination of spoken comedy bits, comedic songs, and pop/country/rock music.
ExCeL Exhibition Centre The ExCeL Exhibition Centre is a large purpose-built exhibition centre in the Royal Docks area of London's redeveloped Docklands, at grid reference . The centre opened in November 2000 and its name is formed from the words Exhibition, Centre and London.
Exe Island Exe Island was Exeter's early industrial area and was an area of marshland between the city walls and the river Exe, reclaimed by the construction of a series of leats, or water courses, possibly from as early as the 10th century. The Higher Leat still exists.
Exec Shield Exec Shield is a project that got started at Red Hat, Inc in late 2002 with the aim of reducing the risk of worm or other automated remote attacks on Linux systems. The first result of the project was a security patch for the Linux kernel that adds an NX bit to x86 CPUs.
ExecPC BBS ExecPC is an online service provider started in 1983 by owner Bob Mahoney as the Exec-PC BBS. It quickly grew to be the world's largest bulletin board system in the 1980s and throughout the 1990s, competing with the likes of Compuserve and Prodigy.
Executable and Linkable Format In computing, the Executable and Linkable Format (ELF, formerly called Extensible Linking Format) is a common standard file format for executables, object code, shared libraries, and core dumps. First published in the System V Application Binary Interface specification, and later in the Tool Interface Standard, it was quickly accepted among different vendors of Unix systems.
Executable compression Executable compression is any means of compressing an executable file and combining the compressed data with the decompression code it needs into a single executable. It is frequently used to deter reverse engineering or to obfuscate the contents of the executable (for example, to hide the presence of malware from antivirus scanners) by proprietary methods of compression and/or added encryption.
Executable space protection In computer security, executable space protection is the marking of memory regions as non-executable, such that an attempt to execute machine code in these regions will cause an exception. It often makes use of hardware features such as the NX bit.
Execute in place In computer science, an execute in place (XIP) file system is one that allows certain sections of programs to be stored read-only in an area other than main system memory. This is often used to allow code to run from the same location at which it is permanently stored.
Execution (novel) Execution is a 1958 war novel by Canadian novelist and Second World War veteran Colin McDougall (1917–1984). Although it won McDougall the 1958 Governor General's Award for English language fiction, it was his only novel, and after publishing it to wide acclaim he retreated into a quiet life as Registrar of McGill University in Montreal.
Execution by burning Execution by burning has a long history as a method of punishment for crimes such as treason, heresy and witchcraft (burning, however, was actually less common than hanging, pressing, or drowning as a punishment for witchcraft). For a number of reasons, this method of execution fell into disfavor among governments in the late 18th century; today, it is considered cruel and unusual punishment.
Execution Dock The "Execution Dock" was located on the Thames in the Wapping area of London, England. It was used by the Admiralty for over 400 years (as late as 1830) to hang pirates that had been convicted by its courts and sentenced to die.
Execution chamber An execution chamber, or death chamber, is a room or chamber in which a legal execution is carried out. Execution chambers are almost always inside the walls of a maximum-security prison, although not always at the same prison where the death row population is housed.
Execution movement Execution(ist) movement (Polish language: Ruch egzekucyjny, also egzekucja praw (execution of laws), egzekucja dóbr (execution of lands), popularyści (popularists), zamoyszczycy (Zamoyski's faction) was a political movement of lesser and middle nobility (szlachta) in the Kingdom of Poland (and later, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) in the 16th century. Its goal was to reform the country, increasing the power of the lesser and middle nobility (dominating the parliamnt - Sejm) at the cost of higher nobility (magnates), priesthood and to a lesser extent, monarch.
Execution of Saddam Hussein Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein (April 28, 1937–December 30, 2006) was executed by hanging after being convicted of crimes against humanity by the Iraqi Special Tribunal following his trial and conviction for the murder of 148 Iraqi Shi'ites in the town of Dujail in 1982 in retaliation for an assassination attempt against him.
Execution of the Báb On the morning of July 9, 1850 in Tabriz, a young Persian merchant known as the Báb was charged with apostasy and shot by order of the Prime Minister of the Persian Empire. The events surrounding his execution have been the subject of controversy among researchers, and are regarded as miraculous by Bahá'ís, who consider him to be a Prophet.
Execution unit In computer engineering, an execution unit is a part of a CPU that performs the operations and calculations called for by the program. It may have its own internal control sequence unit (not to be confused with the CPUs main control unit), some registers, and other internal units such as a sub-ALU or FPU, or some smaller, more specific components.
Execution van Execution vans, also referred to as 'mobile execution', were developed by the government of the People's Republic of China, and first used in 1997. Prisoners are strapped to a stretcher and executed via lethal injection inside the van.
Execution-style murder Execution-style murder and execution-style killing are news media buzzwords applied to various acts of criminal murder where the perpetrator kills at close range a conscious victim who is under his complete physical control and who has been left with no course of resistance or escape. One of the more notorious occurrences of an execution-style murder was the St.
Executioners Released in 1992, Executioners marked the debut of Bloodlust Software. Crafted by Ethan Petty and Icer Addis during high school, the game sold over 1000 copies and was featured on many shareware disks and BBS in the early 1990s.
Executioners From Shao Lin Executioners from Shaolin or Hung Hsi Kuan (after its main character) is a 1976 classic kung-fu movie produced by the Shaw Brothers movie studio of Hong Kong. It is also known as Executioners of Death, Executioners of Shaolin, and Shaolin Executioner.
Executions during the Irish Civil War The executions during the Irish Civil War took place guerrilla phase of the Irish Civil War (October 1922 - May 1923) This phase of the war was bitter and both sides, the Government forces of the Irish Free State and the Anti-Treaty IRA insurgents, used executions and terror in what developed into a cycle of atrocities. From November 1922, the Free State government embarked on a concerted policy of executing Republican prisoners in order to bring the war to an end.
Executive Agency for the Public Health Programme The Executive Agency for the Public Health Programme was established in 2005 to improve the implementation of the Community public health programme . It is a temporary agency, due to remain in operation until the end of 2010 and reports to the Health and Consumer Protection Directorate General.
Executive Assistant District Attorney An Executive Assistant District Attorney (EADA), sometimes called the Chief Assistant District Attorney (CADA), is the prosecutor placed in charge of the daily activities of some District Attorney's offices. In some offices the positions is similar to that of the Executive Officer (XO) on a naval vessel, with the elected District Attorney as the Commanding Officer (CO).
Executive budget One of the reforms of the Progressive Era in the United States was the executive budget system which had its first application for municipal government. The federal government conducted an important study of the executive budget system during the administration of President William Howard Taft (See Sec.
Executive car Executive car is a British term used generally to describe an automobile larger than a large family car, but which is not a high-end or ultra luxury car, a multi-purpose vehicle or a sport utility vehicle. In official use, the term is adopted by EuroNCAP, a European organization founded to test car safety.
Executive coaching Executive Coaching is a one-on-one training and collaborative relationship between a certified or self-proclaimed coach and an executive interested in improving him or herself primarily in career or business related skills. The process typically lasts between three months and one year, depending on the type of intervention, and consists of face-to-face developmental discussions aimed at performance improvement or developing a particular competence.
Executive communication In the United States federal government, executive communication is a message sent to the Senate by the President or other executive branch official. An example of executive communiaction is a presidential veto message.
Executive Committee of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland The Executive Committee of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland was the government of Northern Ireland created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920. Generally known as the cabinet or the Government, the Executive Committee existed from 1922 to 1972.
Executive Council (Commonwealth countries) An Executive Council in Commonwealth constitutional practice based on the Westminster system is a constitutional organ which exercises executive power and (notionally) advises the governor or governor-general. Executive Councils often make decisions via Orders-in-Council.
Executive Council (Fiji) The colonial Governors of Fiji relied on the Executive Council for advice on proposals for legislation which, after being discussed in the Executive Council meetings, came before the Legislative Council in the form of bills. In this way, the Executive Council was the chief policy-making body and performed cabinet-like functions, but being advisory, was not yet a cabinet in function.
Executive Council of Hong Kong The Executive Council (ExCo, ) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China is an organ in the Executive branch of the political structure of Hong Kong. It is responsible for assisting the Chief Executive in policy-making.
Executive Council of Ontario The Executive Council of Ontario (informally and more commonly, the Cabinet of Ontario) is the cabinet of the Canadian province of Ontario. It operates in accordance with the unwritten conventions of the Westminster system.
Executive Council of the African Union The Executive Council of the African Union is made up of ministers designated by the governments of member countries. They discuss issues of concern and prepare material for the Assembly, to whom they are responsible to.
Executive Council of the Irish Free State The Executive Council (Irish: Ard-Chomhairle) was the cabinet and de facto executive branch of government of the 1922–1937 Irish Free State. Formally, the role of the Executive Council was to "aid and advise" the Governor-General who would exercise the executive authority on behalf of the King.
Executive Council of Upper Canada The Executive Council of Upper Canada had a similar function to the Cabinet in England but was not responsible to the Legislative Assembly. Members of the Executive Council were not necessarily members of the Legislative Assembly but were usually members of the Legislative Council.
Executive Departments of the Government of Puerto Rico The Executive Branch of the Government of Puerto Rico is comprised of various Departments which provide public services to the citizens of Puerto Rico. Currently, there are 16 main departments, each with their own sub-agencies and divisions.
Executive Departments of the Philippines The Executive Departments of the Philippines (also known as the "Cabinet") are the largest component of the national executive branch of the government of the Philippines. There are a total of nineteen executive departments.
Executive Education Executive Education is the term used for programs at graduate-level business schools that aim to give classes for Chief Executives and other top managers or entrepreneurs. These programs do not usually end in a degree, although there is an ever-growing number of Executive M.
Executive functioning In neuropsychology and cognitive psychology, executive functioning is the mental capacity to control and planfully apply one's own mental skills. Different executive functions may include: the ability to sustain or flexibly redirect attention, the inhibition of inappropriate behavioral or emotional responses, the planning of strategies for future behavior, the initiation and execution of these strategies, and the ability to flexibly switch among problem-solving strategies.
Executive information system An Executive Information System (EIS) is a computer-based system intended to facilitate and support the information and decision making needs of senior executives by providing easy access to both internal and external information relevant to meeting the strategic goals of the organization. It is commonly considered as a specialized form of Decision Support System (DSS).
Executive Mansion (Virginia) The Virginia Governor's Mansion, better known as the Executive Mansion, is located in Richmond, Virginia in Capitol Square. Designed by Alexander Parris, It is the oldest occupied governor's mansion in the United States.
Executive Office of the President of the United States The Executive Office of the President (EOP) consists of the immediate staff of the President of the United States, as well as multiple levels of support staff reporting to the President. The EOP was established by the United States Congress in 1939 after the Brownlow Committee recommended that such a support staff for the President be created.
Executive One Executive One is the call sign designated for any civilian aircraft when the President of the United States is onboard. Typically, the President flies in military aircraft that are under the command of the Presidential Airlift Group, part of Air Mobility Command's 89th Airlift Wing, based at Andrews Air Force Base in Suitland, Maryland.
Executive Order 11478 Executive Order 11478 was signed by President Richard M. Nixon on August 8, 1969, prohibiting discrimination on certain grounds in the competitive service of the federal civilian workforce, including the United States Postal Service and civilian employees of the United States Armed Forces.
Executive Order 11921 Executive Order 11921 was an executive order approved by Gerald Ford in 1976. It provides that the President can declare a state of emergency that is not defined, and Congress cannot review this action for six months.
Executive Order 12148 Executive Order 12148 was an executive order enacted by President Jimmy Carter on July 20, 1979 to establish the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The order combined several federal agencies tasked with emergency preparedness and civil defense spread across the executive departments into a unified entity that was established as a stand-alone agency, free of Cabinet interference, with authority as the lead federal agency in a presidentially-declared disaster.
Executive Order 12958 In 1995, President Bill Clinton signed Executive Order 12958 which created new standards for the process of classifying documents and led to an unprecedented effort to declassify millions of pages from the U.S.
Executive Order 13166 On August 11, 2000, President Bill Clinton signed Executive Order 13166, "Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency." The Executive Order requires Federal agencies to examine the services they provide, identify any need for services to those with limited English proficiency (LEP), and develop and implement a system to provide those services so LEP persons can have meaningful access to them.
Executive Order 13292 Executive Order 13292 concerns classified national security information of the United States government and "prescribes a uniform system for classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying national security information, including information relating to defense against transnational terrorism." It was issued by President George W.
Executive Order 13397 Executive Order 13397, signed by President George W. Bush on March 7, 2006, concerns the "Responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security with Respect to Faith-Based and Community Initiatives".
Executive Order Number 11478 Executive Order 11478, signed into law by President Richard Nixon in 1969, established equal employment opportunity in the federal government by prohibiting employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, handicap, or age and to promote the full realization of equal employment opportunity through a continuing affirmative program in each executive department and agency by federal contractors and contractors performing under federally assisted construction contracts.
Executive president An Executive president is a president who exercises active executive power in a presidential system of government. Executive Presidents are active in day-to-day governance of a nation, and are usually popularly elected.
Executive privilege Executive privilege is the power held by the President of the United States and other members of the executive branch that allows them to resist certain search warrants and other encroachments. As presidents since George Washington and Thomas Jefferson have argued, the separation of powers embodied in the United States Constitution implies that each branch will be permitted to operate within limits free to some degree from the control or supervision of the other.
Executive session An executive session is a portion of the United States Senate's daily session in which it considers nominations and treaties, or other items introduced by the President of the United States. These items are termed, executive business, therefore the session is an executive session.
Executive sponsor Executive Sponsor (sometimes called Project Sponsor) is a role in project management, usually the senior member of the project board and often the chair. In smaller organisations (or small projects within larger organisations) the executive sponsor may also be the project manager but typically (especially where a methodology such as PRINCE2 is used) the project sponsor will be a senior executive in a corporation (often at or just below board level) who is responsible to the business for the success of the project.
Executive system The executive system is a theorized cognitive system in psychology that controls and manages other cognitive processes. It is thought to be involved in processes such as planning, cognitive flexibility, abstract thinking, rule acquisition, initiating appropriate actions and inhibiting inappropriate actions, and selecting relevant sensory information.
Executive Two Executive Two is the call sign designated any civilian aircraft when the Vice President of the United States is onboard. Typically, however, the Vice President flies in military aircraft that are under the command of the Air Mobility Command's 89th Airlift Wing, based at Andrews Air Force Base in Suitland, Maryland.
Executives of Construction Party The Executives of Construction Party (Hezb-e Kaargozaaraan-e Saazandegi, حزب کارگزاران سازندگی) is a political party in Iran, founded by several members of the cabinet of the then-President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. The party is considered one of the most important supporters of Rafsanjani and his policies.
Executor (software) Executor is software for x86-based PCs that allows older 68k-based Apple Macintosh programs to be run under various x86-based operating systems. Executor was created in 1999 by ARDI (Abacus Research and Development, Inc.
Executorial trustee An executorial trustee is someone who is appointed to be an executor (the person who carries out the directions set forth in a will) and also be a trustee of an estate after the executors duties have been completed.
Exedra In architecture an exedra is a semicircular recess, often crowned by a half-dome, which is usually set into a building's facade. The original Greek sense (a seat out of doors) was applied to a room that opened onto a stoa, ringed with curved high-backed stone benches, a suitable place for a philosophical conversation.
Exegesis Exegesis (from the Greek 'to lead out') involves an extensive and critical interpretation of a text, especially of a holy scripture, such as of the Old and New Testaments of the Bible, the Talmud, the Midrash, the Qur'an, etc.
Exegesus Exegesus - Ex-i-jesus - is a term used by Christians (especially in the reformed circle of Christians) to describe the type of interpretation of the Holy Bible requiring everything cited as the word of God be written directly in the Bible. The phrase is often used to identify whether a preacher or teacher's teaching is biblically based - is his doctrine "exegesus"?
Exeggutor is one of fictional species of the Pokémon franchise. The name Exeggutor is believed to be derived from the name of its previous evolutionary stage (Exeggcute), whose name is derived from egg and the word executor.
Exekias Exekias (Εξηκίας, a Greek name) or Execias (Latinization) was an ancient Greek vase-painter and potter, who worked between approximately 550 BC - 525 BC at Athens. The pottery, however, was exported to other regions, such as Etruria.
Exelon Exelon Corporation () is a giant electricity generating and distributing company headquartered in Chicago. It was created in October, 2000 by the merger of PECO Energy Company, of Philadelphia, and Unicom, of Chicago (which owned Commonwealth Edison).

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