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Freeman Thomas Freeman Thomas is an automobile designer active in the 1990s and 2000s. He worked at Volkswagen's California design studio with J Mays, where he was involved in the design of the Volkswagen New Beetle and Audi TT.
Freeman Thorp Freeman Thorp (1844-1922), born in Geneva, Ohio, was an American painter who painted portraits of many famous people such as Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley, Grover Cleveland, Ulysses Grant, Simon Cameron, Salmon Chase, Horace Greeley, Walter Forward and Robert E. Lee.
Freeman Williams Freeman Williams (born May 15 1956, in Los Angeles, California, United States) was a college and professional basketball player. He was the 1978 NCAA Men's Basketball Division I scoring champion, and the Portland State University all-time scoring leader.
Freeman's Journal The Freeman's Journal was the oldest nationalist newspaper in Ireland. It was founded in 1763 by Charles Lucas and was identified with radical 18th century Protestant politicians Henry Grattan and Henry Flood.
Freeman-Maloy v. Marsden Freeman-Maloy v. Marsden revolves around a plaintiff, York University student Daniel Freeman-Maloy, who held two unauthorized protests at York University regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, disrupting classes.
Freeman-Sheldon syndrome Freeman-Sheldon syndrome (FSS), also termed, distal arthrogryposis type 2A (DA2A), craniocarpotarsal dysplasia (or dystrophy), â€whistling face-windmill vane hand syndrome', was originally described by Freeman and Sheldon (1938); DA2A is a rare form of multiple congenital contracture (MCC) syndromes (arthrogryposises) and is the most severe form of distal arthrogryposis (DA) [1, 3, 4, 5]. Features include: talipes equinovarus, camptodactyly, scoliosis, ocular abnormalities with regard to the musculature involved, microstomia, high arched palate, attenuated movement of facial musculature [1, 3, 4], and various other primary anomalies involving, but limited to, the musculoskeletal systems [6].
Freemans Freemans is an Australian based investigations, claims management and insurance service organisation. The organisation comprises over 50 office locations and employs over 300 professionals throughout Australia.
Freemasonry Freemasonry is a fraternal organization whose membership is held together by shared moral and metaphysical ideals and—in most of its branches—by a constitutional declaration of belief in a Supreme Being.Freemasonry and Religion (UGLE) Accessed 12 June 2006
Freemasonry under totalitarian regimes Virtualy all totalitarian regimes have treated Freemasonry as a potential source of opposition due to its secret nature and international connections. It has been alleged by Masonic scholars that the language used by the totalitarian regimes is similar to that used by some modern critics of Freemasonry.
Freemasons (band) The Freemasons are a Dance/House/Electronica production team from England. The act consists of DJ/Producer/composer/remixers Russell Small (who is also one half of the House production duo Phats & Small) and James Wiltshire (who also works with Phats & Small but under the alias Jimmy Gomez).
Freemasons' Grave Freemasons' Grave, Finland, is a grave monument north west of the Kaisaniemi Botanical Gardens, on a grassy knoll. The grave stone was raised by lieutenant colonel Johan Anders Jägerhorn to commemorate a notable artillery officer from the Suomenlinna fortress, who later moved to the mainland Helsinki proper, gaining great repute as a philanthropist.
Freeminded People's Party (Sweden) The Freeminded People's Party (Frisinnade folkpartiet) was a political party in Sweden represented in the Riksdag from 1924 to 1935. It was formed in 1924 by the pro-ban majority of the Liberal Coalition Party as a consequence of the split over the issue on alcohol prohibition.
Freeminer A Freeminer is the ancient title given to a miner in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK who has earned the right to mine personal plots known as "gales" within the royal forest. In order to earn this right, an individual must be male, born within the ancient administrative district known as the "Hundred of St.
Freemium business model The freemium business model works by offering basic services for free, while charging a premium for advanced or special features. The word freemium is a neologism created by combining the two aspects of the business model: free + premium.
FreeMat FreeMat is a free numerical computing environment and programming language, similar to Matlab. In addition to supporting many Matlab functions and some IDL functionality, it features codeless interface to external C, C++, and Fortran code, further parallel distributed algorithm development (via MPI), and some extended volume and 3D visualization capabilities.
FreeMIDI FreeMIDI is a virtual studio management application by Mark of the Unicorn (MOTU) for the Classic Mac OS. It is used to mimic the physical setup of MIDI devices that are connected to the computer and provide applications and the Mac OS a way for referencing them.
FreeMove FreeMove is an alliance of several European mobile telecommunications operators, designed to provide better service integration for its members' roaming customers. It is a competitor of Starmap and Vodafone (the latter of which is not an alliance, but provides the same benefits due to its presence in so many European and world markets).
Freenet Freenet is a decentralized censorship-resistant peer-to-peer distributed data store aiming to provide electronic freedom of speech through strong anonymity. Freenet works by pooling the contributed bandwidth and storage space of member computers to allow users to anonymously publish or retrieve various kinds of information.
Freenet (Central Asia) Several Internet networks in Central Asia, specifically, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan are financed by USAID and other USA governmental authorities and are called Freenet. In contrast with the decentralized censorship-resistant peer-to-peer file sharing software called Freenet, which is specifically designed to be very censorship-resistant, and in fact, to increase distribution of information in the case of censorship attempts, there is little information regarding the independence of the Central Asian networks from censorship by the operating authorities.
Freenote Freenote is a J-Rock band currently consisting of three members: Chikako Hata (Vocals, Piano/Keyboard, Guitar), Masaya Sakamoto (Guitar), and Shingo ĹŚta(Drums). Formed in Kansai University in 2002, the group's first mini album was published on an indy label on December 3, 2003.
FreeOrion FreeOrion is a multiplayer, turn-based strategy computer game, inspired by the Master of Orion series. It is free software under the GNU General Public License, though one of the libraries it relies on (FMOD) is not free software.
FreeOTFE FreeOTFE is an open source "on-the-fly" disk encryption (OTFE) program for PCs and PDAs (FreeOTFE4PDA). It creates "virtual disks" - anything written to which is automatically encrypted before being stored on the computer's hard drive or USB drive.
Freeport Area School District Freeport Area School District is home of the Yellow Jackets and Buffalo Elementary, South Buffalo, Junior High School, and Senior High School. Buffalo Elementary School and the Senior High, along with the Adninistration building, are in Sarver, Butler County, and the Freeport Junior High School and South Buffalo Elementary are located in Freeport.
Freeport High School (Maine) Freeport High School is a public high school in Freeport, Maine for students in grades 9-12 residing in the towns of Freeport and Pownal. Freeport High School is one of four schools in the Freeport Public School District; the others being Mast Landing School, Morse Street School, and Freeport Middle School.
Freeport, Bahamas Freeport is a city and free trade zone on the island of Grand Bahama, located approximately 100 mi (160 km) east-northeast of Fort Lauderdale, South Florida and gives its name to a district of the Bahamas. Freeport proper has 26,910 people.
Freepost Freepost is a postal service provided by various postal authorities, whereby a person sends mail without affixing postage, and the recipient pays the postage when collecting the mail. Freepost differs from self-addressed stamped envelopes, courtesy reply mail, and metered reply mail in that the recipient of the freepost pays only for those items that are actually received, rather than all that are distributed.
FreePPP FreePPP is a Point to Point Protocol (PPP) implementation for computers running Mac OS prior to Mac OS X. FreePPP was widely considered the first working and most stable version of PPP for Macintosh and led many PPP internet service providers to support Macintosh users.
Freer Gallery of Art The Freer Gallery of Art is the Smithsonian Institution's museum of east Asian art, including art from China, Korea, Japan, and southeast Asia. It is located on the south side of The National Mall in Washington, D.
Freesat from Sky Freesat from Sky is a British non subscription based satellite service from BSkyB which gives viewers access to 150 channels. While many of the channels available on the platform can be accessed with standard free-to-air satellite decoders available from providers other than BSkyB, the Freesat from Sky allows access to six additional channels: Channel 4, Five, Five US, Five Life, Fox News Channel and Sky Three; which are encrypted with the VideoGuard system used by Sky Digital.
Freesbee John Freesbee John is a game for the PC Engine, made with the Develo kit and featured on a demo disc with some issue of the PC Engine Fan magazine. It's a one-button game which consists in launching a freesbee to a dog.
Freescale 683XX The Freescale 683XX (formerly Motorola 683XX) is a family of compatible microcontrollers that use a Freescale 68000-based CPU core. The family was designed using a Hardware Description Language, making the parts synthesizable, and amenable to improved fabrication processes, such as die shrinks.
Freescale 68HC11 The 68HC11 (6811 or HC11 for short) is a microcontroller (µC) family originally from Motorola, now produced by Freescale Semiconductor, descended from the Motorola 6800 microprocessor. It is a CISC microcontroller.
Freescale 68HC16 The M68HC16 (it s also abbreviated as HC16) is a highly modular microcontroller family based on the CPU16 16-bit core made by Freescale Semiconductor (formely known as Motorola Semiconductor). The CPU16 core is a true 16-bit design, with an architecture that is very familiar to M68HC11 (HC11) users.
Freescale DragonBall Motorola/Freescale Semiconductor's DragonBall, or MC68328, is a microcontroller design based on the famous 68000 core, but implemented as an all-in-one low-power solution for handheld computer use. It was designed by Motorola in Hong Kong.
Freeserve Freeserve was a UK Internet Service Provider, founded in 1998 from a project between Dixons Group plc and Leeds-based hosting provider Planet Online to provide free Internet access to customers buying new home PCs from Dixons stores.
Freescha Freescha is an American electronic music group of members Nick Huntington and Michael McGroarty, based in San Fernando Valley, California. Hunting and McGroaty, friends and partners since they met in high school, also run AttackNine Records, their own record label.
Freesia Freesia (Ecklon ex Klatt) is a genus of 14-16 species of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, native to Africa. Of the 14 species, 12 are native to Cape Province, South Africa, the remaining two to tropical Africa, one species extending north of the equator to Sudan.
Freespace controller A freespace controller is an input device, which detects the user's movement of the device in free space. These manipulations are then typically translated into control inputs for some interactive system, such as a personal computer, television, or game console.
Freespire Freespire is a community-driven Linux distribution which is composed entirely of Free and open source software, while providing users the choice of including proprietary software including multimedia codecs, device drivers and application software as they see fit.
Freestone A freestone is a stone used in architecture for molding, tracery and other work required to be worked with the chisel. The stone must be fine-grained, uniform and soft enough to be cut easily without shattering or splitting.
Freestyle The word freestyle is used to describe a sport or other activity where the participant is free to choose a style at will. It is also used to describe a version of a sport which is slightly more lenient than the sport it descended from.
Freestyle (monster trucks) Freestyle, in Monster Truck competition, is an event where the goal is to perform tricks and stunts with the truck in order to demonstrate driver skill and truck capability. Some freestyle events are judged competitions, while others are merely exhibitions.
Freestyle (radio program) Freestyle is a radio program on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio One, hosted by Marsha Lederman and Cameron Phillips, and produced by Anna Bonokoski. (Kelly Ryan co-hosted with Phillips until December 2006.
Freestyle Aerobics Freestyle Aerobics is an aerobics style in which a group instructor choreographs several short dance combinations and teaches them to the class. This is usually achieved by teaching the class 1-2 movements at a time and repeating the movements until the class is able to join the whole choreography together.
Freestyle BMX Freestyle BMX is a creative way of using bicycles originally designed for bicycle motocross racing. It can be split into several disciplines, although riders will generally participate in more than one discipline.
Freestyle fighting Freestyle fighting is a synthesis of various styles of martial art such that the practitioner is free from style and able to use whatever is necessary to defeat the opponent. It varies from practitioner to practitioner in both technique and effectiveness, and has become very popular in today's mixed martial arts or no-holds-barred fighting competitions.
Freestyle footbag Freestyle Footbag is a footbag sport where players demonstrate their abilities by performing sequences of acrobatic tricks. The ending position of the bag on one trick becomes the starting position of the bag on the next trick.
Freestyle frisbee In the sport of freestyle frisbee, athletes perform tricks with a flying disc; usually lighter than an Ultimate disc, freestyle discs are about 160g. It is an extreme version of throw and catch and is often looked at as hacky sack with a disc.
Freestyle music Freestyle or Latin Freestyle, also called Latin Hip Hop in its early years, is a form of electronic music that is heavily influenced by Hispanic (mostly Puerto Rican) and African-American culture. Performers such as Lisa Lisa, Marc Anthony, La India, Jellybean Benitez are direct products of this movement.
Freestyle nunchaku Freestyle nunchaku refers to the use of the nunchaku weapon (used in martial arts and popularised by Bruce Lee and other martial artists) in a more visually stunning, rather than combative way. Nunchaku-do competitions are now held where marks are awarded based upon visual display rather than predefined kata.
Freestyle rap Freestyle rap is an improvisational form of rapping, that is performed with no previously composed lyrics, and reflecting a direct mapping of the mental state and performing situation of the artist. It is non-scripted, non-rehearsed, uncut, and the rawest form of hip-hop.
Freestyle skateboarding Perhaps the oldest style of skateboarding itself, Freestyle Skateboarding (or most commonly, freestyle) is a type of skating that was popular intermittently from the 1960s until the early 1990s, when the last large scale professional competition was held for years and it would take 8 years until the next (2000). In 1995, pro freestyler Stefan "Lillis" Ă…kesson started the International Network for Flatland Freestyle Skateboarding (INFFS) and produced Flatline and the online version Flatline Online.
Freestyle skiing Freestyle skiing began in the 1930s, when Norwegian skiers began performing acrobatics during alpine and cross-country training. Later, non-competitive professional skiing exhibitions in the United States featured performances of what would later be called freestyle.
Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Women's Moguls These are results of the Women's Moguls event in freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Hannah Kearney, the winner of the event at the 2005 World ChampionshipResults - World Ski Championships 2005 - Moguls, from fis-ski.
Freestyle skydiving Freestyle is a competitive skydiving discipline where one member of a two-person team performs acrobatic manoeuvres in freefall while the other one films the performance from a close distance using a helmet mounted camera.
Freestyle Skiing at the 1996 Winter Asian Games Freestyle skiing at the 1996 Winter Asian Games took place in the city of Harbin, People's Republic of China with two events contested - one each for men and women. Freestyle skiing was introduced in this edition of the Winter Asiad.
Freestyle Skiing at the 2003 Winter Asian Games Freestyle skiing at the 2003 Winter Asian Games took place in the Ajigasawa Ski Area located in the town of Ajigasawa, Aomori Prefecture, Japan with two events contested — one each for men and women. This was the second time that freestyle skiing events were included in the official Winter Asiad program; the first time was in the 1999 Harbin Winter Asiad which included only aerial events.
Freestyle walking The art of freestyle walking (often capitalized Freestyle Walking) is a means of self-expression and creative interaction with one's environment. Many of the great practitioners of this art form (or sport, as some consider) became great by freestyle walking to find more full involvement with their otherwise routine surroundings.
Freestyler (song) Freestyler is a single by the Bomfunk MC's released in 2000. It topped the charts in many European countries, Australia and New Zealand, and peaked at number two in the United Kingdom, where it was the 23rd biggest-selling single of the year 2000.
Freeswitch FreeSWITCH is a free/open source software telephony application written in the C Programming Language. FreeSWITCH is built from the ground up and designed to take advantage of as many existing software libraries as possible.
FreeS/WAN FreeS/WAN, for Free Secure Wide-Area Networking, was a free software project, which implemented a reference version of the IPsec network security layer for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. The project goal of ubiquitous opportunistic encryption of Internet traffic was not realized, although it did contribute to general Internet encryption.
FreeStyle FreeStyle is a no-cost design show on HGTV (Home and Garden Television) where interior decorators and designers de-clutter, reorganize and move furniture and accessories around in a room, to give homeowners a dramatic new look without spending a dime! The series host is Aaron Foster.
Freeter Freeter (Japanese: ă•ăŞăĽă‚żăĽ furÄ«tÄ) is a Japanese expression for people between the age of 15 and 34 who lack full time employment or are unemployed, excluding housewives and students. They may also be described as underemployed or freelance workers.
Freethought Freethought is a philosophical viewpoint that holds that beliefs should be formed on the basis of science and logical principles and not be comprised by authority, tradition, or any other dogma. The cognitive application of freethought is known as freethinking, and practitioners of freethought are known as freethinkers.
Freetown & Lakeville Public Schools Freetown & Lakeville Public Schools, formally the Freetown-Lakeville Regional School District and Superintendency Union #34 is a school district serving the towns of Freetown and Lakeville in Massachusetts, United States.
Freetown Christiania Christiania, also known as Freetown Christiania, is a partially self-governing neighbourhood of about 850 residents, covering 34 hectares (85 acres) in the borough of Christianshavn in the Danish capital Copenhagen. Christiania has established semi-legal status as an independent community.
Freetown-Fall River State Forest The Freetown-Fall River State Forest (more commonly shortened to Freetown State Forest) is a large tract of forest land located in Freetown and Fall River, Massachusetts. It is owned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and operated by the Department of Conservation and Recreation.
Freeverse Software Freeverse Software is a computer game software developer, specializing in Mac games. Based in New York City, Freeverse titles have received numerous awards including a MacWorld Game Hall of Fame, two Macworld San Francisco Best of Shows and three Apple Design Awards in 2004.
Freeview Playback Freeview Playback is a consumer brand created in the UK by the DTG Group to "raise consumer awareness and promote sales" of Freeview capable PVR's. Players which meet specific quality and functionality criteria will be able to carry the Freeview Playback logo, and benefit from joint marketing and consumer confidence.
Freeway A freeway is a type of highway that is designed for safer high-speed operation of motor vehicles through the elimination of at-grade intersections. This is accomplished by imposing full control of access from adjacent properties and eliminating all cross traffic with grade separations and interchanges, and no railroad crossings.
Freeway (rapper) Leslie Pridgen (born July 8, 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) better known as Freeway is an American rapper signed to Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella imprint under Def Jam Recordings. He is notable for rhymes which are checkered throughout his verses, and for the long beard he keeps due to his Islamic faith.
Freeway (software) Freeway (originally Uniqorn) is a WYSIWYG web design application for Mac OS X (older versions also run under Mac OS 9), developed by the English company Softpress Systems. There are two flavours of Freeway; Pro and Express, both currently at version 4.
Freeway Fighter Freeway Fighter is a single player roleplaying book, written by Ian Livingstone and illustrated by Kevin Bulmer (cover by Jim Burns) and originally published in 1985. The book is part of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy series, numbered 13 in the original Puffin printing and 23 in the recent Wizard reissuing.
Freeway Killer The Freeway Killer was a nickname given by the media—and later police forces—to what they believed was a single serial killer claiming victims in California, USA during the 1970s and often dumping the victims along the freeways. However, there turned out to be three Freeway Killers who operated independently of each other, but just happened to select similar victims from similar locations.
Freeway Management System - COMPASS Freeway Management System - COMPASS is a traffic management system used by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation on highways in the Greater Toronto Area and parts of southern Ontario. The system was developed by Delcan Corporation of Toronto.
Freeway of Love "Freeway of Love" is a Grammy Award-winning song released as the first single from Aretha Franklin's 1985 album Who's Zoomin' Who?. It was very successful in the United States, peaking at the third position of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and topping the Hot R&B Singles chart for five weeks (from July 27, 1985 to August 24, 1985).
Freeway Park (Seattle) Freeway Park in Seattle, Washington, United States, extends from Downtown Seattle, where it adjoins the Washington State Convention and Trade Center, to First Hill. The park bridges over Interstate 5 and a large city-owned parking lot; 8th Avenue bridges over the park.
Freeway service patrol A freeway service patrol, alternatively known as a motorist assistance patrol, roadway service patrol, or a courtesy patrol, is the umbrella term for a variety of programs implemented by government agencies, typically state Highway Patrols or Departments of Transportation, to reduce traffic congestion and improve highway safety by having specially marked and equipped vehicles patrol designated sections of roadway and provide incident management and motorist assistance at trouble spots they encounter. In some states, the program name is the generic term, as with California's Freeway Service Patrol; in others, the program has an individualized name, as with Indiana's Hoosier Helper program.
Freeway Series The term Freeway Series refers to a series of baseball games played between Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of the American League and the Los Angeles Dodgers of the National League. The series takes its name from the massive freeway system in the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area, the home of both teams and the fact that both of the teams' stadiums are near Interstate 5.
Freeway Warrior Freeway Warrior is a series of 4 gamebooks, created by Joe Dever. The books were published between 1988 and 1989, detailing the story of band of nuclear holocaust survivors as they flee Texas to the relative safety of California.
Freewoman The Freewoman, first published on 23 November 1911, was a feminist weekly edited by Dora Marsden and Mary Gawthorpe, with a strong literary orientation. It was very supportive of what may be described in the context of the time as sexual reform, which included not only "free love" but also tolerance at minimum of homosexuality, both male and female.
FreeWorlds FreeWorlds or Free Worlds is a TC (Total Conversion) Mod created as a supplement to the game Freelancer. The mod completely changes the storyline, plot, and galaxy of Freelancer, hence the term "Total Conversion.
Freeza is a fictional alien villain in Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball (US only: Dragon Ball Z) manga and the anime Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT. He is voiced by Ryūsei Nakao in the original Japanese and in English by Pauline Newstone (of the Ocean Group) and FUNimation's Linda Chambers-Young in all succeeding movies, video games, and episodes (including a redub of the character's initial appearance).
Freeza Saga The Freeza Saga or the Frieza Saga is the second major plot arc of the anime Dragon Ball Z (after the Saiyan Saga and before the Garlic Junior Saga). In FUNimation's naming conventions for the English language release of the anime, the Frieza Saga is broken up into three sub-sagas: the Namek Saga, the Ginyu Saga, and the Frieza Saga.
Freeze (breakdancing move) A freeze is a breakdancing technique that involves halting all body motion, often in an interesting or balance-intensive position. Spins are often combined with freezes, and one philosophy of performing kicks is that they should be held frozen as long as possible.
Freeze (exhibition) Freeze was the title of an art exhibition organised by Damien Hirst with other students from Goldsmiths College. The show took place in July 1988 in an empty London Port Authority building at Surrey Docks in London's Docklands.
Freeze (software engineering) In software engineering, a freeze represents a point in time in the development process after which the rules for making changes to the source code or related resources become more strict. A freeze helps move the project forward towards a release or the end of an iteration.
Freeze distillation Freeze distillation is a metaphorical term for a process of enriching a solution by partially freezing it and removing frozen material that is poorer in the dissolved material than is the liquid portion left behind. Such enrichment parallels enrichment by true distillation, where the evaporated and recondensed portion is richer than the liquid portion left behind.
Freeze drying Freeze drying (also known as lyophilization) is a dehydration process typically used to preserve a perishable material or make the material more convenient for transport. Freeze drying works by freezing the material and then reducing the surrounding pressure and adding enough heat to allow the frozen water in the material to sublime directly from the solid phase to gas.
Freeze frame shot A freeze frame shot is used when one shot is printed in a single frame several times, in order to make an interesting illusion of a still photograph. Hong Kong director John Woo also makes extensive use of freeze frames shots, usually to gain a better focus on to a character's facial expression or emotion at a critical scene.
Freeze frame television Freeze frame television: Television in which fixed ("still") images (the frames of the video) are transmitted sequentially at a rate far too slow to be perceived as continuous motion by human vision.
Freeze plug Freeze plugs are a subset of the plugs on a car engine cylinder block or cylinder head. The traditional plug is a thin, domed, disc of metal which fits into a machined hole in the casting and is secured by striking or pressing the centre to expand the disc.
Freezepop (band) Freezepop is an indie synthpop/New Wave band composed of Liz Enthusiasm, the Duke of Pannekoeken (originally the Duke of Candied Apples, both pseudonyms of Kasson Crooker), and the Other Sean T. Drinkwater (who claims to be a clone of the "original" Sean T.
Freezer Bowl The Freezer Bowl (January 10, 1982) was the 1981 AFC Championship Game between the San Diego Chargers and Cincinnati Bengals. The game was played in the coldest temperature in NFL history in terms of wind chill.
Freezerbox Freezerbox is an offbeat webzine which has been edited from New York City since 1998. It claims to be "dedicated to the belief that an active, informed citizenry is crucial to the stabilization of spaceship Earth" and is edited by Alexander Zaitchik, Cedric Howe, Christopher Ketchum, Michael Manville and Russ Wellen.
Freezing In physics and chemistry, freezing is the process of cooling a liquid to the temperature (called freezing point) where it turns into a solid. Melting, the process of turning a solid to a liquid, is the opposite of freezing.
Freezing Point Freezing Point (Chinese: 冰點, bing1 dian3) is a news journal in the People's Republic of China which has been the subject of controversy over its criticism of Communist Party officials and the sympathetic ear it lent to a Chinese historian who had criticized official history textbooks. It was temporarily closed down by officials, but is set to reopen in March of 2006, though without its former editor and a top investigative reporter.
Freezing rain Freezing rain begins as snow or rain, falling from a cloud towards earth, and, melts completely (if it started as snow) on its way down through a layer of relatively warm (above freezing) air. As it falls toward the earth's surface, it encounters a layer of colder air and becomes supercooled, and the water freezes upon impact.
Freezing-point depression Freezing-point depression is the difference between the freezing points of a pure solvent and a solution mixed with a solute. It is directly proportional to the molal concentration of the solution, or more precisely, to the solute activity, according to the equation:
Frege's propositional calculus In mathematical logic Frege's propositional calculus was the first axiomatization of propositional calculus. It was invented by Gottlob Frege, who also invented predicate calculus, in 1879 as part of his second-order predicate calculus (although Charles Peirce was the first to use the term "second-order" and developed his own version of the predicate calculus independently of Frege).
Freeman Thorp Freeman Thorp (1844-1922), born in Geneva, Ohio, was an American painter who painted portraits of many famous people such as Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley, Grover Cleveland, Ulysses Grant, Simon Cameron, Salmon Chase, Horace Greeley, Walter Forward and Robert E. Lee.
Freeman Williams Freeman Williams (born May 15 1956, in Los Angeles, California, United States) was a college and professional basketball player. He was the 1978 NCAA Men's Basketball Division I scoring champion, and the Portland State University all-time scoring leader.
Freeman's Journal The Freeman's Journal was the oldest nationalist newspaper in Ireland. It was founded in 1763 by Charles Lucas and was identified with radical 18th century Protestant politicians Henry Grattan and Henry Flood.
Freeman-Maloy v. Marsden Freeman-Maloy v. Marsden revolves around a plaintiff, York University student Daniel Freeman-Maloy, who held two unauthorized protests at York University regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, disrupting classes.
Freeman-Sheldon syndrome Freeman-Sheldon syndrome (FSS), also termed, distal arthrogryposis type 2A (DA2A), craniocarpotarsal dysplasia (or dystrophy), â€whistling face-windmill vane hand syndrome', was originally described by Freeman and Sheldon (1938); DA2A is a rare form of multiple congenital contracture (MCC) syndromes (arthrogryposises) and is the most severe form of distal arthrogryposis (DA) [1, 3, 4, 5]. Features include: talipes equinovarus, camptodactyly, scoliosis, ocular abnormalities with regard to the musculature involved, microstomia, high arched palate, attenuated movement of facial musculature [1, 3, 4], and various other primary anomalies involving, but limited to, the musculoskeletal systems [6].
Freemans Freemans is an Australian based investigations, claims management and insurance service organisation. The organisation comprises over 50 office locations and employs over 300 professionals throughout Australia.
Freemasonry Freemasonry is a fraternal organization whose membership is held together by shared moral and metaphysical ideals and—in most of its branches—by a constitutional declaration of belief in a Supreme Being.Freemasonry and Religion (UGLE) Accessed 12 June 2006
Freemasonry under totalitarian regimes Virtualy all totalitarian regimes have treated Freemasonry as a potential source of opposition due to its secret nature and international connections. It has been alleged by Masonic scholars that the language used by the totalitarian regimes is similar to that used by some modern critics of Freemasonry.
Freemasons (band) The Freemasons are a Dance/House/Electronica production team from England. The act consists of DJ/Producer/composer/remixers Russell Small (who is also one half of the House production duo Phats & Small) and James Wiltshire (who also works with Phats & Small but under the alias Jimmy Gomez).
Freemasons' Grave Freemasons' Grave, Finland, is a grave monument north west of the Kaisaniemi Botanical Gardens, on a grassy knoll. The grave stone was raised by lieutenant colonel Johan Anders Jägerhorn to commemorate a notable artillery officer from the Suomenlinna fortress, who later moved to the mainland Helsinki proper, gaining great repute as a philanthropist.
Freeminded People's Party (Sweden) The Freeminded People's Party (Frisinnade folkpartiet) was a political party in Sweden represented in the Riksdag from 1924 to 1935. It was formed in 1924 by the pro-ban majority of the Liberal Coalition Party as a consequence of the split over the issue on alcohol prohibition.
Freeminer A Freeminer is the ancient title given to a miner in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK who has earned the right to mine personal plots known as "gales" within the royal forest. In order to earn this right, an individual must be male, born within the ancient administrative district known as the "Hundred of St.
Freemium business model The freemium business model works by offering basic services for free, while charging a premium for advanced or special features. The word freemium is a neologism created by combining the two aspects of the business model: free + premium.
FreeMat FreeMat is a free numerical computing environment and programming language, similar to Matlab. In addition to supporting many Matlab functions and some IDL functionality, it features codeless interface to external C, C++, and Fortran code, further parallel distributed algorithm development (via MPI), and some extended volume and 3D visualization capabilities.
FreeMIDI FreeMIDI is a virtual studio management application by Mark of the Unicorn (MOTU) for the Classic Mac OS. It is used to mimic the physical setup of MIDI devices that are connected to the computer and provide applications and the Mac OS a way for referencing them.
FreeMove FreeMove is an alliance of several European mobile telecommunications operators, designed to provide better service integration for its members' roaming customers. It is a competitor of Starmap and Vodafone (the latter of which is not an alliance, but provides the same benefits due to its presence in so many European and world markets).
Freenet Freenet is a decentralized censorship-resistant peer-to-peer distributed data store aiming to provide electronic freedom of speech through strong anonymity. Freenet works by pooling the contributed bandwidth and storage space of member computers to allow users to anonymously publish or retrieve various kinds of information.
Freenet (Central Asia) Several Internet networks in Central Asia, specifically, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan are financed by USAID and other USA governmental authorities and are called Freenet. In contrast with the decentralized censorship-resistant peer-to-peer file sharing software called Freenet, which is specifically designed to be very censorship-resistant, and in fact, to increase distribution of information in the case of censorship attempts, there is little information regarding the independence of the Central Asian networks from censorship by the operating authorities.
Freenote Freenote is a J-Rock band currently consisting of three members: Chikako Hata (Vocals, Piano/Keyboard, Guitar), Masaya Sakamoto (Guitar), and Shingo ĹŚta(Drums). Formed in Kansai University in 2002, the group's first mini album was published on an indy label on December 3, 2003.
FreeOrion FreeOrion is a multiplayer, turn-based strategy computer game, inspired by the Master of Orion series. It is free software under the GNU General Public License, though one of the libraries it relies on (FMOD) is not free software.
FreeOTFE FreeOTFE is an open source "on-the-fly" disk encryption (OTFE) program for PCs and PDAs (FreeOTFE4PDA). It creates "virtual disks" - anything written to which is automatically encrypted before being stored on the computer's hard drive or USB drive.
Freeport Area School District Freeport Area School District is home of the Yellow Jackets and Buffalo Elementary, South Buffalo, Junior High School, and Senior High School. Buffalo Elementary School and the Senior High, along with the Adninistration building, are in Sarver, Butler County, and the Freeport Junior High School and South Buffalo Elementary are located in Freeport.
Freeport High School (Maine) Freeport High School is a public high school in Freeport, Maine for students in grades 9-12 residing in the towns of Freeport and Pownal. Freeport High School is one of four schools in the Freeport Public School District; the others being Mast Landing School, Morse Street School, and Freeport Middle School.
Freeport, Bahamas Freeport is a city and free trade zone on the island of Grand Bahama, located approximately 100 mi (160 km) east-northeast of Fort Lauderdale, South Florida and gives its name to a district of the Bahamas. Freeport proper has 26,910 people.
Freepost Freepost is a postal service provided by various postal authorities, whereby a person sends mail without affixing postage, and the recipient pays the postage when collecting the mail. Freepost differs from self-addressed stamped envelopes, courtesy reply mail, and metered reply mail in that the recipient of the freepost pays only for those items that are actually received, rather than all that are distributed.
FreePPP FreePPP is a Point to Point Protocol (PPP) implementation for computers running Mac OS prior to Mac OS X. FreePPP was widely considered the first working and most stable version of PPP for Macintosh and led many PPP internet service providers to support Macintosh users.
Freer Gallery of Art The Freer Gallery of Art is the Smithsonian Institution's museum of east Asian art, including art from China, Korea, Japan, and southeast Asia. It is located on the south side of The National Mall in Washington, D.
Freesat from Sky Freesat from Sky is a British non subscription based satellite service from BSkyB which gives viewers access to 150 channels. While many of the channels available on the platform can be accessed with standard free-to-air satellite decoders available from providers other than BSkyB, the Freesat from Sky allows access to six additional channels: Channel 4, Five, Five US, Five Life, Fox News Channel and Sky Three; which are encrypted with the VideoGuard system used by Sky Digital.
Freesbee John Freesbee John is a game for the PC Engine, made with the Develo kit and featured on a demo disc with some issue of the PC Engine Fan magazine. It's a one-button game which consists in launching a freesbee to a dog.
Freescale 683XX The Freescale 683XX (formerly Motorola 683XX) is a family of compatible microcontrollers that use a Freescale 68000-based CPU core. The family was designed using a Hardware Description Language, making the parts synthesizable, and amenable to improved fabrication processes, such as die shrinks.
Freescale 68HC11 The 68HC11 (6811 or HC11 for short) is a microcontroller (µC) family originally from Motorola, now produced by Freescale Semiconductor, descended from the Motorola 6800 microprocessor. It is a CISC microcontroller.
Freescale 68HC16 The M68HC16 (it s also abbreviated as HC16) is a highly modular microcontroller family based on the CPU16 16-bit core made by Freescale Semiconductor (formely known as Motorola Semiconductor). The CPU16 core is a true 16-bit design, with an architecture that is very familiar to M68HC11 (HC11) users.
Freescale DragonBall Motorola/Freescale Semiconductor's DragonBall, or MC68328, is a microcontroller design based on the famous 68000 core, but implemented as an all-in-one low-power solution for handheld computer use. It was designed by Motorola in Hong Kong.
Freeserve Freeserve was a UK Internet Service Provider, founded in 1998 from a project between Dixons Group plc and Leeds-based hosting provider Planet Online to provide free Internet access to customers buying new home PCs from Dixons stores.
Freescha Freescha is an American electronic music group of members Nick Huntington and Michael McGroarty, based in San Fernando Valley, California. Hunting and McGroaty, friends and partners since they met in high school, also run AttackNine Records, their own record label.
Freesia Freesia (Ecklon ex Klatt) is a genus of 14-16 species of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, native to Africa. Of the 14 species, 12 are native to Cape Province, South Africa, the remaining two to tropical Africa, one species extending north of the equator to Sudan.
Freespace controller A freespace controller is an input device, which detects the user's movement of the device in free space. These manipulations are then typically translated into control inputs for some interactive system, such as a personal computer, television, or game console.
Freespire Freespire is a community-driven Linux distribution which is composed entirely of Free and open source software, while providing users the choice of including proprietary software including multimedia codecs, device drivers and application software as they see fit.
Freestone A freestone is a stone used in architecture for molding, tracery and other work required to be worked with the chisel. The stone must be fine-grained, uniform and soft enough to be cut easily without shattering or splitting.
Freestyle The word freestyle is used to describe a sport or other activity where the participant is free to choose a style at will. It is also used to describe a version of a sport which is slightly more lenient than the sport it descended from.
Freestyle (monster trucks) Freestyle, in Monster Truck competition, is an event where the goal is to perform tricks and stunts with the truck in order to demonstrate driver skill and truck capability. Some freestyle events are judged competitions, while others are merely exhibitions.
Freestyle (radio program) Freestyle is a radio program on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio One, hosted by Marsha Lederman and Cameron Phillips, and produced by Anna Bonokoski. (Kelly Ryan co-hosted with Phillips until December 2006.
Freestyle Aerobics Freestyle Aerobics is an aerobics style in which a group instructor choreographs several short dance combinations and teaches them to the class. This is usually achieved by teaching the class 1-2 movements at a time and repeating the movements until the class is able to join the whole choreography together.
Freestyle BMX Freestyle BMX is a creative way of using bicycles originally designed for bicycle motocross racing. It can be split into several disciplines, although riders will generally participate in more than one discipline.
Freestyle fighting Freestyle fighting is a synthesis of various styles of martial art such that the practitioner is free from style and able to use whatever is necessary to defeat the opponent. It varies from practitioner to practitioner in both technique and effectiveness, and has become very popular in today's mixed martial arts or no-holds-barred fighting competitions.
Freestyle footbag Freestyle Footbag is a footbag sport where players demonstrate their abilities by performing sequences of acrobatic tricks. The ending position of the bag on one trick becomes the starting position of the bag on the next trick.
Freestyle frisbee In the sport of freestyle frisbee, athletes perform tricks with a flying disc; usually lighter than an Ultimate disc, freestyle discs are about 160g. It is an extreme version of throw and catch and is often looked at as hacky sack with a disc.
Freestyle music Freestyle or Latin Freestyle, also called Latin Hip Hop in its early years, is a form of electronic music that is heavily influenced by Hispanic (mostly Puerto Rican) and African-American culture. Performers such as Lisa Lisa, Marc Anthony, La India, Jellybean Benitez are direct products of this movement.
Freestyle nunchaku Freestyle nunchaku refers to the use of the nunchaku weapon (used in martial arts and popularised by Bruce Lee and other martial artists) in a more visually stunning, rather than combative way. Nunchaku-do competitions are now held where marks are awarded based upon visual display rather than predefined kata.
Freestyle rap Freestyle rap is an improvisational form of rapping, that is performed with no previously composed lyrics, and reflecting a direct mapping of the mental state and performing situation of the artist. It is non-scripted, non-rehearsed, uncut, and the rawest form of hip-hop.
Freestyle skateboarding Perhaps the oldest style of skateboarding itself, Freestyle Skateboarding (or most commonly, freestyle) is a type of skating that was popular intermittently from the 1960s until the early 1990s, when the last large scale professional competition was held for years and it would take 8 years until the next (2000). In 1995, pro freestyler Stefan "Lillis" Ă…kesson started the International Network for Flatland Freestyle Skateboarding (INFFS) and produced Flatline and the online version Flatline Online.
Freestyle skiing Freestyle skiing began in the 1930s, when Norwegian skiers began performing acrobatics during alpine and cross-country training. Later, non-competitive professional skiing exhibitions in the United States featured performances of what would later be called freestyle.
Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Women's Moguls These are results of the Women's Moguls event in freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Hannah Kearney, the winner of the event at the 2005 World ChampionshipResults - World Ski Championships 2005 - Moguls, from fis-ski.
Freestyle skydiving Freestyle is a competitive skydiving discipline where one member of a two-person team performs acrobatic manoeuvres in freefall while the other one films the performance from a close distance using a helmet mounted camera.
Freestyle Skiing at the 1996 Winter Asian Games Freestyle skiing at the 1996 Winter Asian Games took place in the city of Harbin, People's Republic of China with two events contested - one each for men and women. Freestyle skiing was introduced in this edition of the Winter Asiad.
Freestyle Skiing at the 2003 Winter Asian Games Freestyle skiing at the 2003 Winter Asian Games took place in the Ajigasawa Ski Area located in the town of Ajigasawa, Aomori Prefecture, Japan with two events contested — one each for men and women. This was the second time that freestyle skiing events were included in the official Winter Asiad program; the first time was in the 1999 Harbin Winter Asiad which included only aerial events.
Freestyle walking The art of freestyle walking (often capitalized Freestyle Walking) is a means of self-expression and creative interaction with one's environment. Many of the great practitioners of this art form (or sport, as some consider) became great by freestyle walking to find more full involvement with their otherwise routine surroundings.
Freestyler (song) Freestyler is a single by the Bomfunk MC's released in 2000. It topped the charts in many European countries, Australia and New Zealand, and peaked at number two in the United Kingdom, where it was the 23rd biggest-selling single of the year 2000.
Freeswitch FreeSWITCH is a free/open source software telephony application written in the C Programming Language. FreeSWITCH is built from the ground up and designed to take advantage of as many existing software libraries as possible.
FreeS/WAN FreeS/WAN, for Free Secure Wide-Area Networking, was a free software project, which implemented a reference version of the IPsec network security layer for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. The project goal of ubiquitous opportunistic encryption of Internet traffic was not realized, although it did contribute to general Internet encryption.
FreeStyle FreeStyle is a no-cost design show on HGTV (Home and Garden Television) where interior decorators and designers de-clutter, reorganize and move furniture and accessories around in a room, to give homeowners a dramatic new look without spending a dime! The series host is Aaron Foster.
Freeter Freeter (Japanese: ă•ăŞăĽă‚żăĽ furÄ«tÄ) is a Japanese expression for people between the age of 15 and 34 who lack full time employment or are unemployed, excluding housewives and students. They may also be described as underemployed or freelance workers.
Freethought Freethought is a philosophical viewpoint that holds that beliefs should be formed on the basis of science and logical principles and not be comprised by authority, tradition, or any other dogma. The cognitive application of freethought is known as freethinking, and practitioners of freethought are known as freethinkers.
Freetown & Lakeville Public Schools Freetown & Lakeville Public Schools, formally the Freetown-Lakeville Regional School District and Superintendency Union #34 is a school district serving the towns of Freetown and Lakeville in Massachusetts, United States.
Freetown Christiania Christiania, also known as Freetown Christiania, is a partially self-governing neighbourhood of about 850 residents, covering 34 hectares (85 acres) in the borough of Christianshavn in the Danish capital Copenhagen. Christiania has established semi-legal status as an independent community.
Freetown-Fall River State Forest The Freetown-Fall River State Forest (more commonly shortened to Freetown State Forest) is a large tract of forest land located in Freetown and Fall River, Massachusetts. It is owned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and operated by the Department of Conservation and Recreation.
Freeverse Software Freeverse Software is a computer game software developer, specializing in Mac games. Based in New York City, Freeverse titles have received numerous awards including a MacWorld Game Hall of Fame, two Macworld San Francisco Best of Shows and three Apple Design Awards in 2004.
Freeview Playback Freeview Playback is a consumer brand created in the UK by the DTG Group to "raise consumer awareness and promote sales" of Freeview capable PVR's. Players which meet specific quality and functionality criteria will be able to carry the Freeview Playback logo, and benefit from joint marketing and consumer confidence.
Freeway A freeway is a type of highway that is designed for safer high-speed operation of motor vehicles through the elimination of at-grade intersections. This is accomplished by imposing full control of access from adjacent properties and eliminating all cross traffic with grade separations and interchanges, and no railroad crossings.
Freeway (rapper) Leslie Pridgen (born July 8, 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) better known as Freeway is an American rapper signed to Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella imprint under Def Jam Recordings. He is notable for rhymes which are checkered throughout his verses, and for the long beard he keeps due to his Islamic faith.
Freeway (software) Freeway (originally Uniqorn) is a WYSIWYG web design application for Mac OS X (older versions also run under Mac OS 9), developed by the English company Softpress Systems. There are two flavours of Freeway; Pro and Express, both currently at version 4.
Freeway Fighter Freeway Fighter is a single player roleplaying book, written by Ian Livingstone and illustrated by Kevin Bulmer (cover by Jim Burns) and originally published in 1985. The book is part of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy series, numbered 13 in the original Puffin printing and 23 in the recent Wizard reissuing.
Freeway Killer The Freeway Killer was a nickname given by the media—and later police forces—to what they believed was a single serial killer claiming victims in California, USA during the 1970s and often dumping the victims along the freeways. However, there turned out to be three Freeway Killers who operated independently of each other, but just happened to select similar victims from similar locations.
Freeway Management System - COMPASS Freeway Management System - COMPASS is a traffic management system used by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation on highways in the Greater Toronto Area and parts of southern Ontario. The system was developed by Delcan Corporation of Toronto.
Freeway of Love "Freeway of Love" is a Grammy Award-winning song released as the first single from Aretha Franklin's 1985 album Who's Zoomin' Who?. It was very successful in the United States, peaking at the third position of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and topping the Hot R&B Singles chart for five weeks (from July 27, 1985 to August 24, 1985).
Freeway Park (Seattle) Freeway Park in Seattle, Washington, United States, extends from Downtown Seattle, where it adjoins the Washington State Convention and Trade Center, to First Hill. The park bridges over Interstate 5 and a large city-owned parking lot; 8th Avenue bridges over the park.
Freeway service patrol A freeway service patrol, alternatively known as a motorist assistance patrol, roadway service patrol, or a courtesy patrol, is the umbrella term for a variety of programs implemented by government agencies, typically state Highway Patrols or Departments of Transportation, to reduce traffic congestion and improve highway safety by having specially marked and equipped vehicles patrol designated sections of roadway and provide incident management and motorist assistance at trouble spots they encounter. In some states, the program name is the generic term, as with California's Freeway Service Patrol; in others, the program has an individualized name, as with Indiana's Hoosier Helper program.
Freeway Series The term Freeway Series refers to a series of baseball games played between Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of the American League and the Los Angeles Dodgers of the National League. The series takes its name from the massive freeway system in the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area, the home of both teams and the fact that both of the teams' stadiums are near Interstate 5.
Freeway Warrior Freeway Warrior is a series of 4 gamebooks, created by Joe Dever. The books were published between 1988 and 1989, detailing the story of band of nuclear holocaust survivors as they flee Texas to the relative safety of California.
Freewoman The Freewoman, first published on 23 November 1911, was a feminist weekly edited by Dora Marsden and Mary Gawthorpe, with a strong literary orientation. It was very supportive of what may be described in the context of the time as sexual reform, which included not only "free love" but also tolerance at minimum of homosexuality, both male and female.
FreeWorlds FreeWorlds or Free Worlds is a TC (Total Conversion) Mod created as a supplement to the game Freelancer. The mod completely changes the storyline, plot, and galaxy of Freelancer, hence the term "Total Conversion.
Freeza is a fictional alien villain in Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball (US only: Dragon Ball Z) manga and the anime Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT. He is voiced by Ryūsei Nakao in the original Japanese and in English by Pauline Newstone (of the Ocean Group) and FUNimation's Linda Chambers-Young in all succeeding movies, video games, and episodes (including a redub of the character's initial appearance).
Freeza Saga The Freeza Saga or the Frieza Saga is the second major plot arc of the anime Dragon Ball Z (after the Saiyan Saga and before the Garlic Junior Saga). In FUNimation's naming conventions for the English language release of the anime, the Frieza Saga is broken up into three sub-sagas: the Namek Saga, the Ginyu Saga, and the Frieza Saga.
Freeze (breakdancing move) A freeze is a breakdancing technique that involves halting all body motion, often in an interesting or balance-intensive position. Spins are often combined with freezes, and one philosophy of performing kicks is that they should be held frozen as long as possible.
Freeze (exhibition) Freeze was the title of an art exhibition organised by Damien Hirst with other students from Goldsmiths College. The show took place in July 1988 in an empty London Port Authority building at Surrey Docks in London's Docklands.
Freeze (software engineering) In software engineering, a freeze represents a point in time in the development process after which the rules for making changes to the source code or related resources become more strict. A freeze helps move the project forward towards a release or the end of an iteration.
Freeze distillation Freeze distillation is a metaphorical term for a process of enriching a solution by partially freezing it and removing frozen material that is poorer in the dissolved material than is the liquid portion left behind. Such enrichment parallels enrichment by true distillation, where the evaporated and recondensed portion is richer than the liquid portion left behind.
Freeze drying Freeze drying (also known as lyophilization) is a dehydration process typically used to preserve a perishable material or make the material more convenient for transport. Freeze drying works by freezing the material and then reducing the surrounding pressure and adding enough heat to allow the frozen water in the material to sublime directly from the solid phase to gas.
Freeze frame shot A freeze frame shot is used when one shot is printed in a single frame several times, in order to make an interesting illusion of a still photograph. Hong Kong director John Woo also makes extensive use of freeze frames shots, usually to gain a better focus on to a character's facial expression or emotion at a critical scene.
Freeze frame television Freeze frame television: Television in which fixed ("still") images (the frames of the video) are transmitted sequentially at a rate far too slow to be perceived as continuous motion by human vision.
Freeze plug Freeze plugs are a subset of the plugs on a car engine cylinder block or cylinder head. The traditional plug is a thin, domed, disc of metal which fits into a machined hole in the casting and is secured by striking or pressing the centre to expand the disc.
Freezepop (band) Freezepop is an indie synthpop/New Wave band composed of Liz Enthusiasm, the Duke of Pannekoeken (originally the Duke of Candied Apples, both pseudonyms of Kasson Crooker), and the Other Sean T. Drinkwater (who claims to be a clone of the "original" Sean T.
Freezer Bowl The Freezer Bowl (January 10, 1982) was the 1981 AFC Championship Game between the San Diego Chargers and Cincinnati Bengals. The game was played in the coldest temperature in NFL history in terms of wind chill.
Freezerbox Freezerbox is an offbeat webzine which has been edited from New York City since 1998. It claims to be "dedicated to the belief that an active, informed citizenry is crucial to the stabilization of spaceship Earth" and is edited by Alexander Zaitchik, Cedric Howe, Christopher Ketchum, Michael Manville and Russ Wellen.
Freezing In physics and chemistry, freezing is the process of cooling a liquid to the temperature (called freezing point) where it turns into a solid. Melting, the process of turning a solid to a liquid, is the opposite of freezing.
Freezing Point Freezing Point (Chinese: 冰點, bing1 dian3) is a news journal in the People's Republic of China which has been the subject of controversy over its criticism of Communist Party officials and the sympathetic ear it lent to a Chinese historian who had criticized official history textbooks. It was temporarily closed down by officials, but is set to reopen in March of 2006, though without its former editor and a top investigative reporter.
Freezing rain Freezing rain begins as snow or rain, falling from a cloud towards earth, and, melts completely (if it started as snow) on its way down through a layer of relatively warm (above freezing) air. As it falls toward the earth's surface, it encounters a layer of colder air and becomes supercooled, and the water freezes upon impact.
Freezing-point depression Freezing-point depression is the difference between the freezing points of a pure solvent and a solution mixed with a solute. It is directly proportional to the molal concentration of the solution, or more precisely, to the solute activity, according to the equation:
Frege's propositional calculus In mathematical logic Frege's propositional calculus was the first axiomatization of propositional calculus. It was invented by Gottlob Frege, who also invented predicate calculus, in 1879 as part of his second-order predicate calculus (although Charles Peirce was the first to use the term "second-order" and developed his own version of the predicate calculus independently of Frege).
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