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Ebenavia maintimainty Ebenavia maintimainty is a small nocturnal gecko species of the genus Ebenavia that is native to Madagascar. It is found in a small area of limestone cliffs to the east of Lake Tsimanampetsotsa on the Mahafaly Plateau.
Ebeneezer Goode "Ebeneezer Goode" is a song by British electronic music group The Shamen, which became their biggest hit when released as a single in October 1992. A heavily remixed version also featured on their album Boss Drum.
Ebenezer (film) Ebenezer is a 1997 Canadian television production re-telling of Charles Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol with Jack Palance giving a performance as Ebenezer Scrooge, a la western genre. Palance, after a half-century of screen presence, in one of his final projects before retirement.
Ebenezer Ekuban Ebenezer Ekuban (born May 29, 1976) is a professional football player and wise and great theologian born in Ghana who plays defensive end. After graduating from North Carolina, Ekuban was a first-round draft pick by the Dallas Cowboys in the 1999 NFL draft.
Ebenezer Le Page Ebenezer Le Page is the lead character in the novel The Book of Ebenezer Le Page by GB Edwards. The book is written in Guernsey English in the form of an autobiography of an archetypal Guernseyman who lives through the dramatic changes in the island of Guernsey, Channel Islands from the late 19th century, through to the 1960s.
Ebenezer Mattoon MATTOON, Ebenezer, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in North Amherst, Hampshire County, Mass., on August 19, 1755; attended the common schools and received private instruction; was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.
Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church The Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church is a structure on the National Register of Historic Places in Auburn, Alabama. Ebenezer Baptist Church was the first African American church built in the Auburn area after the end of the Civil War in 1865.
Ebenezer Perry Ebenezer Perry (September 29 1788 – May 1 1876) was a merchant and Canadian political figure. He was a Conservative member of the Senate of Canada from 1871 until his death and at the age of 83, the oldest person ever summoned to the Senate.
Ebenezer Sage Ebenezer Sage (August 16, 1775 - January 20, 1834) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Chatham, Connecticut (now Portland), he received his early education from a private tutor and was graduated from Yale College in 1778.
Ebenezer Scrooge Ebenezer Scrooge is the main character in Charles Dickens' 1843 novel, A Christmas Carol. He is a very cold-hearted, selfish man, who has no love for Christmas, children, or anything that even provokes happiness.
Ebenezer Tucker Ebenezer Tucker (born November 15, 1758 in Tuckers Beach, Burlington County, New Jersey-September 5, 1845) served in the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey where he was elected to serve in both the Nineteenth Congress and the Twentieth United States Congress. He served in Congress from March 4, 1825-March 3, 1829.
Ebenezer Zane Ebenezer Zane (1747-1811) was an American pioneer and land speculator. Born in what is now Moorefield, West Virginia (which was then in the state of Virginia), Zane established the settlement known as Fort Henry in Wheeling, Virginia (present day West Virginia) on the Ohio River.
Ebensburg, Pennsylvania Ebensburg is a borough centrally located within Cambria Township, located in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, 16 miles (26 km) west of Altoona. It is situated in the Alleghenies about 2025 feet (617 m) above sea level.
Eber Moas Eber Alejandro Moas Silveira (born March 21, 1969 in Montevideo) is a retired football defender from Uruguay, who obtained 48 international caps for his national team. Having made his debut on September 27, 1988 against Ecuador (2-1), Moas played his last international match for his native country on July 20, 1997 in a World Cup Qualifier against Bolivia (0-1).
Eberbach Abbey Eberbach Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in Eltville am Rhein in the Rheingau, Germany. On account of its impressive Romanesque and early Gothic buildings it is considered one of the most significant architectural heritage sites in Hesse, Germany.
Eberhard Anheuser Eberhard Anheuser (1805 Bad Kreuznach - May 2, 1880) was a soap and candle maker as well as the father-in-law of Adolphus Busch, the founder of the Anheuser-Busch Company. He and 2 of his brothers moved to America in 1842.
Eberhard Bethge Eberhard Bethge (August 29 1909-March 18 2000) was the friend of the famed theologian and martyr to the Nazis, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and was married to Bonhoeffer's niece. Bethge himself was a fellow resister of the Nazis, editor, and biographer of the great theologian.
Eberhard Bosslet Eberhard Bosslet (born 1953) is a German contemporary artist who has been producing side-specific art and architectural-related works, such as sculpture, installation and painting, both indoors and outdoors, since 1979. Born in Speyer, Germany, and living in Dresden, he co-founded the artist group, "Material & Effect" (Material & Wirkung) in Berlin in 1981, and since 1980, has been the co-director of the artistspace "MOPEDS" in Berlin/Kreuzberg that is involved in curating and managing non-conventional artshows.
Eberhard Hopf Eberhard Frederich Ferdinand Hopf (April 4, 1902 Salzburg, Austria – July 24, 1983 Bloomington, Indiana) was an Austrian mathematician who made significant contributions in the fields of topology and ergodic theory.
Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg Eberhard II (presumably on February 1 in Waiblingen, 1447– February 17, 1504 on castle Lindenfels) was count of Württemberg-Stuttgart since 1480 as Eberhard VI and Duke Eberhard II of Württemberg since 1496.
Eberhard Jäckel Eberhard Jäckel (June 29, 1929-) is a Social Democratic German historian, noted for his studies of Adolf Hitler's role in German history. Jäckel sees Hitler as being the historical equivalent to the Chernobyl disaster.
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen (German: Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, sometimes called the "Eberhardina") is a public university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The Eberhard-Karls-University is one of Germany's oldest universities, internationally noted in medicine, natural sciences and the humanities.
Eberhard Mock Eberhard Mock (1883-1960) is a fictional detective and counsellor of the police department in Breslau in a series of novels by Marek Krajewski. A graduate of a classical college and once a student at the faculty of Classical Studies of the local university, Mock is also a typical protagonist of a hardboiled crime fiction: often brutal, inclined towards fatalism, alcohol and violence.
Eberhard Waechter (baritone) Eberhard Waechter - sometimes spelled Wächter - (July 9, 1929–March 29, 1992) was an Austrian baritone, particularly celebrated for his performances in the operas of Mozart, Wagner, and Strauss. After retiring from singing, he became an administrator of the Vienna Volksoper and the Vienna State Opera.
Eberhard Zangger Eberhard Zangger, (born in 1958), a senior research associate in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge (1988–91), is a German writer on geoarchaeology investigating the global interrelations between man and environment, especially in the prehistoric and protohistoric Aegean. In June 1991, he founded an independent facility for geoarchaeological research in Zurich, Switzerland.
Ebers papyrus The Ebers Papyrus of about 1550 BC is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c.
Eberswalde Eberswalde is a major town and the administrative seat of the district Barnim in the German Federal State (Bundesland) of Brandenburg, about 50 km northeast of Berlin. Population 42144 (census in June 2005), geographical location .
Ebert & Roeper Ebert & Roeper (formerly Siskel & Ebert) is a popular movie-reviewing television program starring film critics Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper, both of the Chicago Sun-Times. It airs in syndication in the United States and on CTV in Canada.
Ebert Field Ebert Field is a softball field located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and home to the Western Michigan University softball team. The field is named in honor of Fran Ebert, who started the WMU softball program in 1976.
Ebert-Groener pact The Ebert-Groener pact or sometimes called The Ebert-Groener deal was an agreement between Friedrich Ebert, Chancellor of Germany (1919 - 1925), and Wilhelm Groener, First Quartermaster General of the German Army on November 9, 1918, 2 days before the official end of World War I. It was the culmination of many secret conversations between the two that generally occurred late at night between eleven and one over a secret telephone line in the Chancellor's office in Kessel, Germany.
Ebertstrasse Ebertstrasse (usually written EbertstraĂźe in Germany, see Ăź) is a street in Berlin, the capital of Germany. It runs on a roughly north-south line from the Brandenburg Gate to Potsdamer Platz in the centre of the city.
Ebeye Ebeye is the most populous island of Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, as well as the center for Marshallese culture in the Ralik Chain of the archipelago. Settled on only 80 acres (360,000 m²) of land, it has a population of more than 12,000.
Ebi Ebrahim Hamedi (born June 19, 1949) better known by the name Ebi is a famous Iranian singer. Being one of the most popular and enduring singers of Iran, he's usually noted for his unique voice and is considered by many the best Iranian Pop singer.
Ebine Yamaji Ebine Yamaji (ă‚„ăľăăăłă) is a Japanese manga author who has created several works with a lesbian theme. These include Indigo Blue, the story of a young author discovering her sexuality, Free Soul, and Love My Life.
Ebingen Ebingen is a town in the lage district of Albstadt, district Zollernalbkreis, in the German state Baden-WĂĽrttemberg. It is located on the river Schmiecha, a left-hand tributary of the Danube, south of TĂĽbingen and west of Ulm.
Ebionite Jewish Community The online Ebionite Jewish Communitywas created in 1995 as an outgrowth of a philo-Semitic movement founded by American teacher Shemayah Phillips in 1985. This movement claims to be the legitimate revivalists of the authentic views and practices of early Ebionites.
Ebionites The Ebionites (from Hebrew; ××‘×™×•× ×™×ť, Ebyonim, "the Poor Ones") were an early sect of mostly Jewish disciples of John the Baptizer, Jesus the Nazarene and James the Just, who flourished in and around the land of Israel as one of several so-called "Jewish Christian" communities coexisting from the 1st to the 5th century of the Common Era.Tabor 2006 It is believed that they took their name from several religious texts, including a verse in Jesus' Sermon on the Mount: "Congratulations, you poor!
Ebisu (mythology) Ebisu (ćµćŻ”é , ćµćŻ”寿, 夷, ćŽ) is also transliterated Yebisu or called Hiruko (č›ĺ) or Kotoshiro-nushi-no-kami (事代主神) is the Japanese god of fishermen, good luck, and workingmen, as well as the guardian of the health of small children. He is one of the Seven Gods of Fortune (ä¸ç¦ŹçĄž, Shichifukujin), and the only one of the seven to originate from Japan.
Ebla Ebla (Arabic: عبيل، إيبلا) was an ancient city located in northern Syria, about 55 km southwest of Aleppo. It was an important city-state in two periods, first in the late third millennium BC, then again between 1800 and 1650 BC.
Eblana Eblana is the name of an ancient Irish settlement believed by some to have occupied the same site as the modern city of Dublin. The exact identity of this settlement, however, is still a matter of speculation.
Eblis (Dungeons & Dragons) In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the eblis is an evil, magical, superintelligent bird which lives in secluded marshes. Eblises resemble large storks (similar to the boobrie) with white, tan or grey plummage and sleek black necks.
Ebn Ozn Ä’bn-ĹŚzn was the New Wave duo of Ned "EBN" Liben (synthesizer) and Robert "OZN" Rosen (organ, vocals) that made a small splash in the music scene with the single, "AEIOU Sometimes Y," in 1983.
Ebner's glands Ebner's glands are exocrine glands found in the mouth. More specifically, they are serous salivary glands which reside within the moats surrounding the circumvallate papillae in the posterior one-third of the tongue, anterior to the terminal sulcus.
Ebola Gulf-A In the fictional DC Universe Ebola Gulf-A is a variation of the Ebola virus created by the Order of Saint Dumas and subsequently released by Ra's Al Ghul in Gotham City. It is also called "The Clench".
Ebola inspired entertainment The highly lethal virus known as Ebola has served as a rich source of ideas and plotlines for many forms of entertainment. The infatuation with the virus is likely due to the high mortality rate of its victims, its mysterious nature, and its tendency to cause gruesome bleeding from body orifices.
Ebola Reston Ebola Reston is a strain of the Ebola virus. In 1989 crab-eating macaques imported from the Philippines ended up in the Hazleton Research Products facility in Reston, Virginia where the deadly outbreak occurred.
Ebon Triad The Ebon Triad is a cult in the fictional world of Oerth in the Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. First introduced in the Shackled City Adventure Path, the cult became the central focus of the following Age of Worms Adventure Path, both published in Dungeon magazine.
Ebonol Ebonol is an artificial material similar to ebony (Diospyros crassiflora), a black wood from Africa, which sometimes includes grey streaks. Ebonol is commonly used in place of ebony in the construction of stringed instruments, like fretless bass fingerboards, because it is easy to work with and resistant to forming grooves from roundwound strings.
Ebonwumon Ebonwumon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise, one of the Digimon Sovereigns. He resembles a turtle with a second snake-like head and a tree for a shell and is the Guardian of the Northern Hemisphere of the Digital World.
Ebony Ebony (Diospyros ebenum), also known as India Ebony or Ceylon Ebony depending on its origin, is a tree in the genus Diospyros, native to southern India and Sri Lanka. It is noted for its heavy black, fine-grained heartwood.
Ebony cameras The Ebony camera company was founded by Japanese photographer Hiromi Sakanashi in 1981. The Sakanashi family has been in the photographic business since 1871, when Hiromi Sakanashi's great grandfather founded one of Japan's first photographic equipment stores in the town of Kumamoto, Kyūshū.
Ebony Thomas Ebony Thomas (born 1980) is a British actress who has played the character Yasmin McHugh on the soap opera Family Affairs from 1998 until the end of the series in 2005. She was one of the programme's longest-serving cast members.
Ebony-Jewel Rainford-Brent Ebony-Jewel Cora-Lee Camellia Rosamund Rainford-Brent (born 31 December 1983 in Lambeth, London) is an English woman cricketer. She attended the Grey Coat Hospital school in Westminster, London, from 1995 until 2002.
Ebonyi State University Ebonyi State University was founded in 1996 in Abakaliki, Nigeria. It is ranked third in the country among state-owned universities by the National University Commission, based on the quality of its academic staff.
Ebor (Archbishop of York) Ebor (an abbreviation of "Eboracum", the Latin name for "York") is a title that the Archbishop of York is legally permitted, in England, to use to sign his name as a substitute for the surname.
Ebor Falls Ebor Falls are located on the Guy Fawkes River near Ebor, New South Wales, falling 115 metres over columned basalt rock in two falls, the upper and lower Ebor falls, into a steep forested gorge below. The falls are a local tourist attraction within Guy Fawkes River National Park with viewing platforms of the falls, a walking track, and a rest area with toilet and cooking facilities.
Ebor Handicap The Ebor Handicap is a flat horse race in the United Kingdom for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1 mile 5 furlongs and 197 yards (2,795 metres) at York Racecourse during the Ebor Festival meeting in August.
Ebor, New South Wales Ebor is a small town in Guyra Shire in northern New South Wales, Australia, situated about 88km (about 55mi) east of Armidale, and about one third of the way between Armidale and the coast. Population in the year 2000 is about 50.
Eboric Euric (also Eboric and in Galician, Eborico or Eurico) was the Suevi king of Galicia (583-584) who succeeded his father Miro. He was obliged to recognise Visigothic superiority; this caused an aristocratic rebellion and he was dethroned.
Eboy eBoy ("Godfathers of Pixel") is a pixel art group founded in 1998 by Steffen Sauerteig, Svend Smital, Kai Vermehr. Based in Berlin, Eboy's founders collaborate with Peter Stemmler in New York to produce graphic design work for companies.
Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh (1908-2002) is one of the greatest poets of Bahrain and the Gulf. He grew up in Bombay, India without speaking any Arabic, and it was only after his family moved back to their home in Bahrain when he was eighteen did he learn the language.
Ebrahim Asgharzadeh Ebrahim Asgharzadeh (fa:ابراهیم اصغرزاده) has served as a member of the 3th Majlis (Iran's legislature) during 1989-1993 and as president of the first City Council of Tehran during 1999-2003. Also he was one the leaders of Student Followers of the Imam during Iran hostage crisis.
Ebrahim Nabavi Seyyed Ebrahim Nabavi (سید ابراهیم نبŮŰŚ; born 1958) is a prolific Iranian satirist, writer, diarist, journalist and researcher of Azeri origin. As of 2006, he is the most widely known and active Iranian satirist, currently living in Belgium.
Ebroin Ebroin (in French, Ébroïn) (died 680 or 681) was the Frankish mayor of the palace of Neustria on two occasions; firstly from 658 to his deposition in 673 and secondly from 675 to his death in 680 or 681. In a violent and despotic career, he strove to impose the authority of Neustria, which was under his control, over Burgundy and Austrasia.
Ebu Gogo Ebu Gogo is a human-like creature (or race of creatures) which appears in the mythology of the people of the island of Flores, Indonesia, of similar form to the leprechaun or elf. These "little people" are said to be about one meter tall, covered in hair, pot-bellied and with ears that stick out.
Ebuddy eBuddy is a web & mobile messenger which supports various instant messaging clients inlcuding MSN Messenger, Yahoo and AIM. Users who are unable or unwilling to download software can access their IM account through eBuddy.
Ebuild An ebuild is a specialized bash script format created by the Gentoo Linux project for use in its Portage software management system. An ebuild is an automated way to perform the compilation and installation procedures for software.
Ebuka Obi-Uchendu Ebuka Obi-Uchendu (born July 14, 1982), also credited as Ebuka Obi, was a contestant on the first season of the Nigerian version of the Endemol reality show Big Brother, where he has been seen by viewers worldwide.
Eburnean Democratic Bloc Eburnean Democratic Bloc (in French: Bloc Démocratique Eburnéen), a splinter group of the Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI) formed in 1949. BDE opposed what they saw as the 'submission' of PDCI under the French Communist Party (PCF).
Eburon Academic Publishers At Eburon Academic Publishers, authors have a real and active participation in the publication of their texts. Eburon specializes in a range of disciplines, and has published over a thousand titles; mainly theses, research reports, scientific publications and educational material.
EbXML Electronic Business using eXtensible Markup Language, commonly known as e-business XML, or ebXML (pronounced ee-bee-ex-em-el) as it is typically referred to as, is a family of XML based standards sponsored by OASIS and UN/CEFACT whose mission is to provide an open, XML-based infrastructure that enables the global use of electronic business information in an interoperable, secure and consistent manner by all trading partners.
EBaum's World eBaum's World (subtitled "Media for The Masses") is a website based in Rochester, New York featuring entertainment media such as videos, Flash cartoons and web games. It is controversial for many reasons, primarily due to allegations that content on the website is taken from other sources without permission and rebranded with the eBaum's World logo.
EBCDIC EBCDIC (Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code) is an 8-bit character encoding (code page) used on IBM mainframe operating systems, like z/OS, OS/390, VM and VSE, as well as IBM minicomputer operating systems like OS/400 and i5/OS. It is also employed on various non-IBM platforms such as Fujitsu-Siemens' BS2000/OSD, HP MPE/iX, and Unisys MCP.
EBeam Technology eBeam Technology uses Infrared and Ultrasound to track the location of an active stylus or marker sleeve. A receiver determines the distance and direction of a transmitter using the known quantities and differences of the speed of light and the speed of sound.
EBIAM EBIAM (standing for 'Elliniki Biomichania Agrotikon Michanimaton', that is, 'Greek Agricultural Machinery Industry') was a Greek company based in Thessaloniki that, among others, produced 4x4 trucks. It belonged to a generation that benefited from a Greek law (modified in the mid-1980s) classifying any vehicle that could be used for agricultural purposes (including “proper” trucks and jeeps) as “agricultural machinery”.
EBox eBox Platform is an open source framework, based on the GNU/Linux operating system, oriented to centralise and manage all the services in a network. It offers a layer of abstraction and management for all the network services offered on a machine.
EBS Building Society The EBS Building Society is Ireland's largest building society. Servicing more than 400,000 members, it distributes its products through its branch network as well as handling direct business both over the telephone and through the internet.
EBSCO Publishing EBSCO Publishing is a company that provides serial content in the form of online bibliographic and full text databases which can be accessed after purchasing a subscription. EBSCO is popular among libraries, schools, and other institutions.
Ecademy Ecademy is primarily a subscription-based network or contact organisation used for the building of business contacts between people, and also used to advertise products and services offered or wanted. It is also a social networking site, and runs some events around social gatherings.
Ecamsule Ecamsule (USAN, trade name Mexoryl® SX, INCI Terephthalylidene Dicamphor Sulfonic Acid) is a chemical which is added to many sunscreens to filter out UVA rays. It is known as one of the most effective UVA filtering ingredients in sunscreens today.
Ecaterina Arbore Ecaterina Arbore, Arbore-Ralli or Ralli-Arbore (rendered into Russian as Екатерина Đрборе or Đрборэ - Yekaterina Arborye or Arbore, with "Ralli" as Ралли; 1873 or 1875-1937), daughter of Zamfir Arbore (a socialist militant in Imperial Russia), was a Romanian/Moldovan-Soviet communist activist and official.
Ecaterina Szabo Ecaterina Szabo (Hungarian: SzabĂł Katalin) (born January 22 1966 in Zagon, Covasna County, Romania) is a Romanian gymnast of Hungarian origin, who won multiple world and Olympic medals. Although perhaps most notable for winning the all-around silver in the 1984 Olympics after an epic clash with Mary Lou Retton of the US, Szabo won gold medals in all three of the individual events (vault, balance beam (tie), and floor exercise) for which she qualified during those games.
EcĂ´ne Consecrations The EcĂ´ne Consecrations are those by which Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre consecrated four Catholic bishops on 30 June 1988, notwithstanding the express prohibition of the Pope.The Excommunication of Followers of Archbishop Lefebvre
Ecballium elaterium Ecballium elaterium, also called the squirting cucumber, is a plant in the cucumber family. It gets its unusual name from the fact that, when ripe, it squirts a stream of mucilaginous liquid containing its seeds.
Ecbatana Ecbatana (Achmetha in Biblical Hebrew, Haŋgmatana in Old Persian, Agbatana in Aeschylus, written Agámtanu by Nabonidos, and Agamatanu at Behistun) was the capital of Astyages (Istuvegü), which was taken by the Persian emperor Cyrus the Great in the sixth year of Nabonidos (549 BC).
Ecca Group The Ecca Group is the name given to the sedimentary geological formations found in Karoo Basin region of Southern Africa, immediately beneath the Beaufort Group. It consists mainly of shales and sandstones, laid down in the sandy shorelines of swamplands, during the Permian Period.
Ecce Homo Ecce Homo (IPA: or ;), are the Latin words used by Pontius Pilate in the Vulgate translation of the Gospel of John (19:5), when he presented a scourged Jesus Christ, bound and crowned with thorns, to a hostile crowd shortly before his Crucifixion. The original Greek is ιδου Îż ανθĎωπος (Idou ho AnthrĂ´pos).
Ecce Homo (book) Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is (Ecce Homo: Wie Man wird Was Man Ist) is the title of the last original book written by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche before his final years of insanity that spanned until his death in 1900. It was written in 1888 and was not published until 1908.
Ecce Homo (exhibition) Ecce Homo was a controversial exhibition of 12 photographs taken by the Swedish photographer Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin. The photos portrayed Jesus among or as homosexuals, trans people, leatherpeople and AIDS victims.
Ecce sacerdos magnus Ecce sacerdos magnus is an antiphon from the common of confessors in the Liturgy of the Hours. Its words are, Ecce sacerdos magnus, qui in diebus suis, placuit Deo, et inventus est justus, which means, "behold the great priest, who in his days, pleased God, and has been found just".
Eccentric (mechanism) In mechanical engineering, an eccentric is a wheel that rotates on an axle that is displaced from the focus of the circle described by the wheel; in other words, a mechanical motion that can operate either as a cam or a crank, depending upon what is connected to the wheel. Eccentrics are seen on steam locomotives and other steam engines where they drive connecting rods that operate valves, usually indirectly through some kind of reversing mechanism.
Eccentric anomaly The eccentric anomaly is the angle between the direction of periapsis and the current position of an object on its orbit, projected onto the ellipse's circumscribing circle perpendicularly to the major axis, measured at the centre of the ellipse. In the diagram below, it is E (the angle zcx).
Eccentric Jupiter An Eccentric Jupiter is a Jovian planet that orbits its star in a highly eccentric orbit, much like a comet. Eccentric Jupiters, like Hot Jupiters, are likely to disqualify a planetary system from having earth-like planets in it because a planet as massive as Jupiter can, given sufficient time, throw all planets of earth-like mass out of the system.
Eccky Eccky is an online life simulation game, in which two people come together to create and raise a virtual baby. Created by Dutch developer, Media Republic, in association with MSN the Netherlands, Eccky brings together characteristics of other life simulation and virtual pet games (such as Tamagotchi, NeoPets, GoPets, and the Sims) but is unique in two important aspects: first, the virtual baby, or Eccky, is born on the basis of information derived from both Eccky user parents, and second, Eccky has a unique chat capability never before seen in existing life simulation and virtual pet games.
Eccles (UK Parliament constituency) Eccles is a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Eccles in Greater Manchester. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
Eccles Avenue Historic District The Eccles Avenue Historic District, also known as the David Eccles Subdivision is a historic neighborhood located between 25th and 26th streets in Ogden, Utah, on Van Buren and Jackson avenues. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, number 76001840 (December 12, 1976).
Eccles cake An Eccles cake is a small, round cake filled with currants and made with flaky pastry, enriched with butter. It is conventionally consumed in the UK at any time of the day on its own as a snack, with a beverage such as tea or coffee, or occasionally as a dessert following a main meal.
Eccles Road railway station Eccles Road railway station is a rural railway station in the English county of Norfolk. It is served by local services operated by Central Trains and 'one' on the Breckland Line from Norwich to Peterborough and Cambridge.
Eccles, Greater Manchester Eccles is a town in the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. Lying within the Historic county boundaries of Lancashire, Eccles is bounded to the south by the Manchester Ship Canal and to the north-west and north are Swinton and Worsley, to the east is Salford and to the west and south-west are Chat Moss and Irlam.
Ecclesall Ecclesall Ward—which includes the districts of Bents Green, Ecclesall, Greystones, Millhouses, and Ringinglow—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the southwestern part of the city and covers an area of 9.
Ebeneezer Goode "Ebeneezer Goode" is a song by British electronic music group The Shamen, which became their biggest hit when released as a single in October 1992. A heavily remixed version also featured on their album Boss Drum.
Ebenezer (film) Ebenezer is a 1997 Canadian television production re-telling of Charles Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol with Jack Palance giving a performance as Ebenezer Scrooge, a la western genre. Palance, after a half-century of screen presence, in one of his final projects before retirement.
Ebenezer Ekuban Ebenezer Ekuban (born May 29, 1976) is a professional football player and wise and great theologian born in Ghana who plays defensive end. After graduating from North Carolina, Ekuban was a first-round draft pick by the Dallas Cowboys in the 1999 NFL draft.
Ebenezer Le Page Ebenezer Le Page is the lead character in the novel The Book of Ebenezer Le Page by GB Edwards. The book is written in Guernsey English in the form of an autobiography of an archetypal Guernseyman who lives through the dramatic changes in the island of Guernsey, Channel Islands from the late 19th century, through to the 1960s.
Ebenezer Mattoon MATTOON, Ebenezer, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in North Amherst, Hampshire County, Mass., on August 19, 1755; attended the common schools and received private instruction; was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.
Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church The Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church is a structure on the National Register of Historic Places in Auburn, Alabama. Ebenezer Baptist Church was the first African American church built in the Auburn area after the end of the Civil War in 1865.
Ebenezer Perry Ebenezer Perry (September 29 1788 – May 1 1876) was a merchant and Canadian political figure. He was a Conservative member of the Senate of Canada from 1871 until his death and at the age of 83, the oldest person ever summoned to the Senate.
Ebenezer Sage Ebenezer Sage (August 16, 1775 - January 20, 1834) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Chatham, Connecticut (now Portland), he received his early education from a private tutor and was graduated from Yale College in 1778.
Ebenezer Scrooge Ebenezer Scrooge is the main character in Charles Dickens' 1843 novel, A Christmas Carol. He is a very cold-hearted, selfish man, who has no love for Christmas, children, or anything that even provokes happiness.
Ebenezer Tucker Ebenezer Tucker (born November 15, 1758 in Tuckers Beach, Burlington County, New Jersey-September 5, 1845) served in the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey where he was elected to serve in both the Nineteenth Congress and the Twentieth United States Congress. He served in Congress from March 4, 1825-March 3, 1829.
Ebenezer Zane Ebenezer Zane (1747-1811) was an American pioneer and land speculator. Born in what is now Moorefield, West Virginia (which was then in the state of Virginia), Zane established the settlement known as Fort Henry in Wheeling, Virginia (present day West Virginia) on the Ohio River.
Ebensburg, Pennsylvania Ebensburg is a borough centrally located within Cambria Township, located in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, 16 miles (26 km) west of Altoona. It is situated in the Alleghenies about 2025 feet (617 m) above sea level.
Eber Moas Eber Alejandro Moas Silveira (born March 21, 1969 in Montevideo) is a retired football defender from Uruguay, who obtained 48 international caps for his national team. Having made his debut on September 27, 1988 against Ecuador (2-1), Moas played his last international match for his native country on July 20, 1997 in a World Cup Qualifier against Bolivia (0-1).
Eberbach Abbey Eberbach Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in Eltville am Rhein in the Rheingau, Germany. On account of its impressive Romanesque and early Gothic buildings it is considered one of the most significant architectural heritage sites in Hesse, Germany.
Eberhard Anheuser Eberhard Anheuser (1805 Bad Kreuznach - May 2, 1880) was a soap and candle maker as well as the father-in-law of Adolphus Busch, the founder of the Anheuser-Busch Company. He and 2 of his brothers moved to America in 1842.
Eberhard Bethge Eberhard Bethge (August 29 1909-March 18 2000) was the friend of the famed theologian and martyr to the Nazis, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and was married to Bonhoeffer's niece. Bethge himself was a fellow resister of the Nazis, editor, and biographer of the great theologian.
Eberhard Bosslet Eberhard Bosslet (born 1953) is a German contemporary artist who has been producing side-specific art and architectural-related works, such as sculpture, installation and painting, both indoors and outdoors, since 1979. Born in Speyer, Germany, and living in Dresden, he co-founded the artist group, "Material & Effect" (Material & Wirkung) in Berlin in 1981, and since 1980, has been the co-director of the artistspace "MOPEDS" in Berlin/Kreuzberg that is involved in curating and managing non-conventional artshows.
Eberhard Hopf Eberhard Frederich Ferdinand Hopf (April 4, 1902 Salzburg, Austria – July 24, 1983 Bloomington, Indiana) was an Austrian mathematician who made significant contributions in the fields of topology and ergodic theory.
Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg Eberhard II (presumably on February 1 in Waiblingen, 1447– February 17, 1504 on castle Lindenfels) was count of Württemberg-Stuttgart since 1480 as Eberhard VI and Duke Eberhard II of Württemberg since 1496.
Eberhard Jäckel Eberhard Jäckel (June 29, 1929-) is a Social Democratic German historian, noted for his studies of Adolf Hitler's role in German history. Jäckel sees Hitler as being the historical equivalent to the Chernobyl disaster.
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen (German: Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, sometimes called the "Eberhardina") is a public university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The Eberhard-Karls-University is one of Germany's oldest universities, internationally noted in medicine, natural sciences and the humanities.
Eberhard Mock Eberhard Mock (1883-1960) is a fictional detective and counsellor of the police department in Breslau in a series of novels by Marek Krajewski. A graduate of a classical college and once a student at the faculty of Classical Studies of the local university, Mock is also a typical protagonist of a hardboiled crime fiction: often brutal, inclined towards fatalism, alcohol and violence.
Eberhard Waechter (baritone) Eberhard Waechter - sometimes spelled Wächter - (July 9, 1929–March 29, 1992) was an Austrian baritone, particularly celebrated for his performances in the operas of Mozart, Wagner, and Strauss. After retiring from singing, he became an administrator of the Vienna Volksoper and the Vienna State Opera.
Eberhard Zangger Eberhard Zangger, (born in 1958), a senior research associate in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge (1988–91), is a German writer on geoarchaeology investigating the global interrelations between man and environment, especially in the prehistoric and protohistoric Aegean. In June 1991, he founded an independent facility for geoarchaeological research in Zurich, Switzerland.
Ebers papyrus The Ebers Papyrus of about 1550 BC is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere, the other main source being the Edwin Smith papyrus (c.
Eberswalde Eberswalde is a major town and the administrative seat of the district Barnim in the German Federal State (Bundesland) of Brandenburg, about 50 km northeast of Berlin. Population 42144 (census in June 2005), geographical location .
Ebert & Roeper Ebert & Roeper (formerly Siskel & Ebert) is a popular movie-reviewing television program starring film critics Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper, both of the Chicago Sun-Times. It airs in syndication in the United States and on CTV in Canada.
Ebert Field Ebert Field is a softball field located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and home to the Western Michigan University softball team. The field is named in honor of Fran Ebert, who started the WMU softball program in 1976.
Ebert-Groener pact The Ebert-Groener pact or sometimes called The Ebert-Groener deal was an agreement between Friedrich Ebert, Chancellor of Germany (1919 - 1925), and Wilhelm Groener, First Quartermaster General of the German Army on November 9, 1918, 2 days before the official end of World War I. It was the culmination of many secret conversations between the two that generally occurred late at night between eleven and one over a secret telephone line in the Chancellor's office in Kessel, Germany.
Ebertstrasse Ebertstrasse (usually written EbertstraĂźe in Germany, see Ăź) is a street in Berlin, the capital of Germany. It runs on a roughly north-south line from the Brandenburg Gate to Potsdamer Platz in the centre of the city.
Ebeye Ebeye is the most populous island of Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, as well as the center for Marshallese culture in the Ralik Chain of the archipelago. Settled on only 80 acres (360,000 m²) of land, it has a population of more than 12,000.
Ebi Ebrahim Hamedi (born June 19, 1949) better known by the name Ebi is a famous Iranian singer. Being one of the most popular and enduring singers of Iran, he's usually noted for his unique voice and is considered by many the best Iranian Pop singer.
Ebine Yamaji Ebine Yamaji (ă‚„ăľăăăłă) is a Japanese manga author who has created several works with a lesbian theme. These include Indigo Blue, the story of a young author discovering her sexuality, Free Soul, and Love My Life.
Ebingen Ebingen is a town in the lage district of Albstadt, district Zollernalbkreis, in the German state Baden-WĂĽrttemberg. It is located on the river Schmiecha, a left-hand tributary of the Danube, south of TĂĽbingen and west of Ulm.
Ebionite Jewish Community The online Ebionite Jewish Communitywas created in 1995 as an outgrowth of a philo-Semitic movement founded by American teacher Shemayah Phillips in 1985. This movement claims to be the legitimate revivalists of the authentic views and practices of early Ebionites.
Ebionites The Ebionites (from Hebrew; ××‘×™×•× ×™×ť, Ebyonim, "the Poor Ones") were an early sect of mostly Jewish disciples of John the Baptizer, Jesus the Nazarene and James the Just, who flourished in and around the land of Israel as one of several so-called "Jewish Christian" communities coexisting from the 1st to the 5th century of the Common Era.Tabor 2006 It is believed that they took their name from several religious texts, including a verse in Jesus' Sermon on the Mount: "Congratulations, you poor!
Ebisu (mythology) Ebisu (ćµćŻ”é , ćµćŻ”寿, 夷, ćŽ) is also transliterated Yebisu or called Hiruko (č›ĺ) or Kotoshiro-nushi-no-kami (事代主神) is the Japanese god of fishermen, good luck, and workingmen, as well as the guardian of the health of small children. He is one of the Seven Gods of Fortune (ä¸ç¦ŹçĄž, Shichifukujin), and the only one of the seven to originate from Japan.
Ebla Ebla (Arabic: عبيل، إيبلا) was an ancient city located in northern Syria, about 55 km southwest of Aleppo. It was an important city-state in two periods, first in the late third millennium BC, then again between 1800 and 1650 BC.
Eblana Eblana is the name of an ancient Irish settlement believed by some to have occupied the same site as the modern city of Dublin. The exact identity of this settlement, however, is still a matter of speculation.
Eblis (Dungeons & Dragons) In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the eblis is an evil, magical, superintelligent bird which lives in secluded marshes. Eblises resemble large storks (similar to the boobrie) with white, tan or grey plummage and sleek black necks.
Ebn Ozn Ä’bn-ĹŚzn was the New Wave duo of Ned "EBN" Liben (synthesizer) and Robert "OZN" Rosen (organ, vocals) that made a small splash in the music scene with the single, "AEIOU Sometimes Y," in 1983.
Ebner's glands Ebner's glands are exocrine glands found in the mouth. More specifically, they are serous salivary glands which reside within the moats surrounding the circumvallate papillae in the posterior one-third of the tongue, anterior to the terminal sulcus.
Ebola Gulf-A In the fictional DC Universe Ebola Gulf-A is a variation of the Ebola virus created by the Order of Saint Dumas and subsequently released by Ra's Al Ghul in Gotham City. It is also called "The Clench".
Ebola inspired entertainment The highly lethal virus known as Ebola has served as a rich source of ideas and plotlines for many forms of entertainment. The infatuation with the virus is likely due to the high mortality rate of its victims, its mysterious nature, and its tendency to cause gruesome bleeding from body orifices.
Ebola Reston Ebola Reston is a strain of the Ebola virus. In 1989 crab-eating macaques imported from the Philippines ended up in the Hazleton Research Products facility in Reston, Virginia where the deadly outbreak occurred.
Ebon Triad The Ebon Triad is a cult in the fictional world of Oerth in the Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. First introduced in the Shackled City Adventure Path, the cult became the central focus of the following Age of Worms Adventure Path, both published in Dungeon magazine.
Ebonol Ebonol is an artificial material similar to ebony (Diospyros crassiflora), a black wood from Africa, which sometimes includes grey streaks. Ebonol is commonly used in place of ebony in the construction of stringed instruments, like fretless bass fingerboards, because it is easy to work with and resistant to forming grooves from roundwound strings.
Ebonwumon Ebonwumon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise, one of the Digimon Sovereigns. He resembles a turtle with a second snake-like head and a tree for a shell and is the Guardian of the Northern Hemisphere of the Digital World.
Ebony Ebony (Diospyros ebenum), also known as India Ebony or Ceylon Ebony depending on its origin, is a tree in the genus Diospyros, native to southern India and Sri Lanka. It is noted for its heavy black, fine-grained heartwood.
Ebony cameras The Ebony camera company was founded by Japanese photographer Hiromi Sakanashi in 1981. The Sakanashi family has been in the photographic business since 1871, when Hiromi Sakanashi's great grandfather founded one of Japan's first photographic equipment stores in the town of Kumamoto, Kyūshū.
Ebony Thomas Ebony Thomas (born 1980) is a British actress who has played the character Yasmin McHugh on the soap opera Family Affairs from 1998 until the end of the series in 2005. She was one of the programme's longest-serving cast members.
Ebony-Jewel Rainford-Brent Ebony-Jewel Cora-Lee Camellia Rosamund Rainford-Brent (born 31 December 1983 in Lambeth, London) is an English woman cricketer. She attended the Grey Coat Hospital school in Westminster, London, from 1995 until 2002.
Ebonyi State University Ebonyi State University was founded in 1996 in Abakaliki, Nigeria. It is ranked third in the country among state-owned universities by the National University Commission, based on the quality of its academic staff.
Ebor (Archbishop of York) Ebor (an abbreviation of "Eboracum", the Latin name for "York") is a title that the Archbishop of York is legally permitted, in England, to use to sign his name as a substitute for the surname.
Ebor Falls Ebor Falls are located on the Guy Fawkes River near Ebor, New South Wales, falling 115 metres over columned basalt rock in two falls, the upper and lower Ebor falls, into a steep forested gorge below. The falls are a local tourist attraction within Guy Fawkes River National Park with viewing platforms of the falls, a walking track, and a rest area with toilet and cooking facilities.
Ebor Handicap The Ebor Handicap is a flat horse race in the United Kingdom for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1 mile 5 furlongs and 197 yards (2,795 metres) at York Racecourse during the Ebor Festival meeting in August.
Ebor, New South Wales Ebor is a small town in Guyra Shire in northern New South Wales, Australia, situated about 88km (about 55mi) east of Armidale, and about one third of the way between Armidale and the coast. Population in the year 2000 is about 50.
Eboric Euric (also Eboric and in Galician, Eborico or Eurico) was the Suevi king of Galicia (583-584) who succeeded his father Miro. He was obliged to recognise Visigothic superiority; this caused an aristocratic rebellion and he was dethroned.
Eboy eBoy ("Godfathers of Pixel") is a pixel art group founded in 1998 by Steffen Sauerteig, Svend Smital, Kai Vermehr. Based in Berlin, Eboy's founders collaborate with Peter Stemmler in New York to produce graphic design work for companies.
Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh (1908-2002) is one of the greatest poets of Bahrain and the Gulf. He grew up in Bombay, India without speaking any Arabic, and it was only after his family moved back to their home in Bahrain when he was eighteen did he learn the language.
Ebrahim Asgharzadeh Ebrahim Asgharzadeh (fa:ابراهیم اصغرزاده) has served as a member of the 3th Majlis (Iran's legislature) during 1989-1993 and as president of the first City Council of Tehran during 1999-2003. Also he was one the leaders of Student Followers of the Imam during Iran hostage crisis.
Ebrahim Nabavi Seyyed Ebrahim Nabavi (سید ابراهیم نبŮŰŚ; born 1958) is a prolific Iranian satirist, writer, diarist, journalist and researcher of Azeri origin. As of 2006, he is the most widely known and active Iranian satirist, currently living in Belgium.
Ebroin Ebroin (in French, Ébroïn) (died 680 or 681) was the Frankish mayor of the palace of Neustria on two occasions; firstly from 658 to his deposition in 673 and secondly from 675 to his death in 680 or 681. In a violent and despotic career, he strove to impose the authority of Neustria, which was under his control, over Burgundy and Austrasia.
Ebu Gogo Ebu Gogo is a human-like creature (or race of creatures) which appears in the mythology of the people of the island of Flores, Indonesia, of similar form to the leprechaun or elf. These "little people" are said to be about one meter tall, covered in hair, pot-bellied and with ears that stick out.
Ebuddy eBuddy is a web & mobile messenger which supports various instant messaging clients inlcuding MSN Messenger, Yahoo and AIM. Users who are unable or unwilling to download software can access their IM account through eBuddy.
Ebuild An ebuild is a specialized bash script format created by the Gentoo Linux project for use in its Portage software management system. An ebuild is an automated way to perform the compilation and installation procedures for software.
Ebuka Obi-Uchendu Ebuka Obi-Uchendu (born July 14, 1982), also credited as Ebuka Obi, was a contestant on the first season of the Nigerian version of the Endemol reality show Big Brother, where he has been seen by viewers worldwide.
Eburnean Democratic Bloc Eburnean Democratic Bloc (in French: Bloc Démocratique Eburnéen), a splinter group of the Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI) formed in 1949. BDE opposed what they saw as the 'submission' of PDCI under the French Communist Party (PCF).
Eburon Academic Publishers At Eburon Academic Publishers, authors have a real and active participation in the publication of their texts. Eburon specializes in a range of disciplines, and has published over a thousand titles; mainly theses, research reports, scientific publications and educational material.
EbXML Electronic Business using eXtensible Markup Language, commonly known as e-business XML, or ebXML (pronounced ee-bee-ex-em-el) as it is typically referred to as, is a family of XML based standards sponsored by OASIS and UN/CEFACT whose mission is to provide an open, XML-based infrastructure that enables the global use of electronic business information in an interoperable, secure and consistent manner by all trading partners.
EBaum's World eBaum's World (subtitled "Media for The Masses") is a website based in Rochester, New York featuring entertainment media such as videos, Flash cartoons and web games. It is controversial for many reasons, primarily due to allegations that content on the website is taken from other sources without permission and rebranded with the eBaum's World logo.
EBCDIC EBCDIC (Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code) is an 8-bit character encoding (code page) used on IBM mainframe operating systems, like z/OS, OS/390, VM and VSE, as well as IBM minicomputer operating systems like OS/400 and i5/OS. It is also employed on various non-IBM platforms such as Fujitsu-Siemens' BS2000/OSD, HP MPE/iX, and Unisys MCP.
EBeam Technology eBeam Technology uses Infrared and Ultrasound to track the location of an active stylus or marker sleeve. A receiver determines the distance and direction of a transmitter using the known quantities and differences of the speed of light and the speed of sound.
EBIAM EBIAM (standing for 'Elliniki Biomichania Agrotikon Michanimaton', that is, 'Greek Agricultural Machinery Industry') was a Greek company based in Thessaloniki that, among others, produced 4x4 trucks. It belonged to a generation that benefited from a Greek law (modified in the mid-1980s) classifying any vehicle that could be used for agricultural purposes (including “proper” trucks and jeeps) as “agricultural machinery”.
EBox eBox Platform is an open source framework, based on the GNU/Linux operating system, oriented to centralise and manage all the services in a network. It offers a layer of abstraction and management for all the network services offered on a machine.
EBS Building Society The EBS Building Society is Ireland's largest building society. Servicing more than 400,000 members, it distributes its products through its branch network as well as handling direct business both over the telephone and through the internet.
EBSCO Publishing EBSCO Publishing is a company that provides serial content in the form of online bibliographic and full text databases which can be accessed after purchasing a subscription. EBSCO is popular among libraries, schools, and other institutions.
Ecademy Ecademy is primarily a subscription-based network or contact organisation used for the building of business contacts between people, and also used to advertise products and services offered or wanted. It is also a social networking site, and runs some events around social gatherings.
Ecamsule Ecamsule (USAN, trade name Mexoryl® SX, INCI Terephthalylidene Dicamphor Sulfonic Acid) is a chemical which is added to many sunscreens to filter out UVA rays. It is known as one of the most effective UVA filtering ingredients in sunscreens today.
Ecaterina Arbore Ecaterina Arbore, Arbore-Ralli or Ralli-Arbore (rendered into Russian as Екатерина Đрборе or Đрборэ - Yekaterina Arborye or Arbore, with "Ralli" as Ралли; 1873 or 1875-1937), daughter of Zamfir Arbore (a socialist militant in Imperial Russia), was a Romanian/Moldovan-Soviet communist activist and official.
Ecaterina Szabo Ecaterina Szabo (Hungarian: SzabĂł Katalin) (born January 22 1966 in Zagon, Covasna County, Romania) is a Romanian gymnast of Hungarian origin, who won multiple world and Olympic medals. Although perhaps most notable for winning the all-around silver in the 1984 Olympics after an epic clash with Mary Lou Retton of the US, Szabo won gold medals in all three of the individual events (vault, balance beam (tie), and floor exercise) for which she qualified during those games.
EcĂ´ne Consecrations The EcĂ´ne Consecrations are those by which Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre consecrated four Catholic bishops on 30 June 1988, notwithstanding the express prohibition of the Pope.The Excommunication of Followers of Archbishop Lefebvre
Ecballium elaterium Ecballium elaterium, also called the squirting cucumber, is a plant in the cucumber family. It gets its unusual name from the fact that, when ripe, it squirts a stream of mucilaginous liquid containing its seeds.
Ecbatana Ecbatana (Achmetha in Biblical Hebrew, Haŋgmatana in Old Persian, Agbatana in Aeschylus, written Agámtanu by Nabonidos, and Agamatanu at Behistun) was the capital of Astyages (Istuvegü), which was taken by the Persian emperor Cyrus the Great in the sixth year of Nabonidos (549 BC).
Ecca Group The Ecca Group is the name given to the sedimentary geological formations found in Karoo Basin region of Southern Africa, immediately beneath the Beaufort Group. It consists mainly of shales and sandstones, laid down in the sandy shorelines of swamplands, during the Permian Period.
Ecce Homo Ecce Homo (IPA: or ;), are the Latin words used by Pontius Pilate in the Vulgate translation of the Gospel of John (19:5), when he presented a scourged Jesus Christ, bound and crowned with thorns, to a hostile crowd shortly before his Crucifixion. The original Greek is ιδου Îż ανθĎωπος (Idou ho AnthrĂ´pos).
Ecce Homo (book) Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is (Ecce Homo: Wie Man wird Was Man Ist) is the title of the last original book written by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche before his final years of insanity that spanned until his death in 1900. It was written in 1888 and was not published until 1908.
Ecce Homo (exhibition) Ecce Homo was a controversial exhibition of 12 photographs taken by the Swedish photographer Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin. The photos portrayed Jesus among or as homosexuals, trans people, leatherpeople and AIDS victims.
Ecce sacerdos magnus Ecce sacerdos magnus is an antiphon from the common of confessors in the Liturgy of the Hours. Its words are, Ecce sacerdos magnus, qui in diebus suis, placuit Deo, et inventus est justus, which means, "behold the great priest, who in his days, pleased God, and has been found just".
Eccentric (mechanism) In mechanical engineering, an eccentric is a wheel that rotates on an axle that is displaced from the focus of the circle described by the wheel; in other words, a mechanical motion that can operate either as a cam or a crank, depending upon what is connected to the wheel. Eccentrics are seen on steam locomotives and other steam engines where they drive connecting rods that operate valves, usually indirectly through some kind of reversing mechanism.
Eccentric anomaly The eccentric anomaly is the angle between the direction of periapsis and the current position of an object on its orbit, projected onto the ellipse's circumscribing circle perpendicularly to the major axis, measured at the centre of the ellipse. In the diagram below, it is E (the angle zcx).
Eccentric Jupiter An Eccentric Jupiter is a Jovian planet that orbits its star in a highly eccentric orbit, much like a comet. Eccentric Jupiters, like Hot Jupiters, are likely to disqualify a planetary system from having earth-like planets in it because a planet as massive as Jupiter can, given sufficient time, throw all planets of earth-like mass out of the system.
Eccky Eccky is an online life simulation game, in which two people come together to create and raise a virtual baby. Created by Dutch developer, Media Republic, in association with MSN the Netherlands, Eccky brings together characteristics of other life simulation and virtual pet games (such as Tamagotchi, NeoPets, GoPets, and the Sims) but is unique in two important aspects: first, the virtual baby, or Eccky, is born on the basis of information derived from both Eccky user parents, and second, Eccky has a unique chat capability never before seen in existing life simulation and virtual pet games.
Eccles (UK Parliament constituency) Eccles is a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Eccles in Greater Manchester. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
Eccles Avenue Historic District The Eccles Avenue Historic District, also known as the David Eccles Subdivision is a historic neighborhood located between 25th and 26th streets in Ogden, Utah, on Van Buren and Jackson avenues. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, number 76001840 (December 12, 1976).
Eccles cake An Eccles cake is a small, round cake filled with currants and made with flaky pastry, enriched with butter. It is conventionally consumed in the UK at any time of the day on its own as a snack, with a beverage such as tea or coffee, or occasionally as a dessert following a main meal.
Eccles Road railway station Eccles Road railway station is a rural railway station in the English county of Norfolk. It is served by local services operated by Central Trains and 'one' on the Breckland Line from Norwich to Peterborough and Cambridge.
Eccles, Greater Manchester Eccles is a town in the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. Lying within the Historic county boundaries of Lancashire, Eccles is bounded to the south by the Manchester Ship Canal and to the north-west and north are Swinton and Worsley, to the east is Salford and to the west and south-west are Chat Moss and Irlam.
Ecclesall Ecclesall Ward—which includes the districts of Bents Green, Ecclesall, Greystones, Millhouses, and Ringinglow—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the southwestern part of the city and covers an area of 9.
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