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Fiat-GoldStar Fiat-GoldStar was a brand of tractors sold in South Korea by GoldStar in cooperation with the Fiat company of Italy. GoldStar later changed its corporate name to LG Cable, and the Fiat-GoldStar name was discontinued.
Fibag scandal The Fibag scandal was in 1961/1962 a German political scandal around minister of defense Franz Josef StrauĂź, which, together with the Starfighter scandal and the Spiegel scandal led to StrauĂź's demission as defense minister and halted his political career at least temporarily.
Fibber McGee and Molly Fibber McGee and Molly was a radio show that played a major role in determining the full form of what became classic, old-time radio. The series was a pinnacle of American popular culture from its 1935 premiere until its end in 1959.
Fiber Fiber or fibreThe spelling fibre is used in Commonwealth countries, and is sometimes used in the United States as well. is a class of materials that are continuous filaments or are in discrete elongated pieces, similar to lengths of thread.
Fiber art Fiber art is a subclassification of fine art defined by the usually exclusive use of fabrics, yarn, other natural fibers, and now synthetic fibers to focus on the properties of the material as well as the hands-on work intensive process as part of the significance of the piece.
Fiber bundle In mathematics, in particular in topology, a fiber bundle (or fibre bundle) is a space which locally looks like a product of two spaces but may possess a different global structure. Every fiber bundle consists of a continuous surjective map
Fiber bundle construction theorem In mathematics, the fiber bundle construction theorem is a theorem which constructs a fiber bundle from a given base space, fiber and a suitable set of transition functions. The theorem also gives conditions under which two such bundles are isomorphic.
Fiber Bragg grating A fiber Bragg grating is a type of distributed Bragg reflector constructed in a short segment of optical fiber that reflects particular wavelengths of light and transmits all others. This is achieved by adding a periodic variation to the refractive index of the fiber core.
Fiber crop Fiber crops are field crops grown for their fibers, which are used to make paper, cloth, or rope. These crops are generally harvestable after a single growing season, as opposed to trees which are typically grown for many years before being harvested for wood pulp fiber.
Fiber diffraction Fiber diffraction is a scattering technique in which molecular structure is determined from scattering data (usually of X-rays or electrons) from filaments composed of a regular array of molecules distinguished by a single direction (the fiber axis).
Fiber distributed data interface Fiber-Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) provides a standard for data transmission in a local area network that can extend in range up to 200 kilometers (124 miles). The FDDI protocol uses as its basis the token ring protocol.
Fiber in the loop Fiber In The Loop (FITL) is a system implementing or upgrading portions of the POTS local loop with fiber optic technology from the central office of a telephone carrier to a remote Serving Area Interface (SAI) located in a neighborhood or to an Optical Network Unit (ONU) located at the customer premises (residential and/or business). Generally, fiber is used in either all or part of the local loop distribution network.
Fiber Industry Development Authority (Philippines) The Philippines' Fiber Industry Development Authority (Filipino: Pangasiwaan sa Pagpapaunlad ng Industriya ng Hibla), abbreviated as FIDA, is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Agriculture responsible for promoting the accelerated growth and development of the Philippine fiber industry.
Fiber laser A fiber laser or fibre laser is a laser in which the active gain medium is an optical fiber doped with rare-earth elements such as erbium or ytterbium. Semiconductor laser diodes are commonly used for pumping fiber lasers.
Fiber simulation Fiber simulation is a branch of mechanics that deals with modeling the dynamics and rheology of particles of large aspect ratio, or fibers with the goal of predicting the properties of fiber suspensions and networks based on first principles. Simulation of fiber suspensions have applications in paper industry and also in composites, including composites made of carbon nanotubes.
Fiber to the curb Fiber to the curb or fiber to the cabinet (FTTC) is a telecommunications system based on fiber-optic cables run to a platform that serves several customers. Each of these customers has a connection to this platform via coaxial cable or twisted pair.
Fiber to the node Fiber to the node (FTTN) is a broadband architecture that provides high speed internet and other services to the home by running fiber to the node and some form of DSL to the end-user. This architecture is lower cost to deploy than the competing fiber to the premises (FTTP) technology because of the ability to use existing copper plant but in turn does not bring the full bandwidth capability of fiber to the home.
Fiber to the premises Fiber to the premises (FTTP), fiber to the home (FTTH), or fiber to the building (FTTB) is a broadband telecommunications system based on fiber-optic cables and associated optical electronics for delivery of multiple advanced services such as of telephone, broadband Internet and television across one link (triple play) all the way to the home or business.
Fiber-optic communication Fiber-optic communication is a method of transmitting information from one place to another by sending light through an optical fiber. The light forms an electromagnetic carrier wave that is modulated to carry information.
Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe FLAG (Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe) is a 28,000 kilometer long undersea fiber optic cable that connects England, Japan, and many places in between. The Europe-Asia segment was laid in the mid-1990s and was the subject of an extensive article in Wired Magazine in December, 1996 by Neal Stephenson.
Fiberboard Fiberboard is a type of engineered wood product that is made out of wood fibers. Types of fiberboard in order of increasing density include particle board, medium-density fiberboard and hardboard, also called high-density fiberboard.
Fiberglass Fiberglass or glassfibre is material made from extremely fine fibers of glass. It is used as a reinforcing agent for many polymer products; the resulting composite material, properly known as fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) or glass-reinforced plastic (GRP), is called "fiberglass" in popular usage.
Fibernetics Fibernetics is a relatively new, interdisciplinary field revolving around the study of communication and control, typically involving regulatory feedback in yarn. The term fibernetics stems from the Greek Greek [(fybernetes, weaver, artisan, dramaturg, or comedienne — the same root as defibulator).
Fiberotomy A fiberotomy is a orthodontic surgical procedure designed to sever the gingival fibers around a tooth. They usually reduce the tendency for relapse of tooth rotations corrected by dental braces or other treatments.
Fiberscope A fiberscope is a flexible fiber optic bundle with an eyepiece at one end, and a lens at the other. It is used for inspection work, often to examine small components in tightly packed equipment, when the inspector cannot easily access the part requiring inspection.
Fibonacci Leonardo of Pisa (1170s or 1180s – 1250), also known as Leonardo Pisano, Leonardo Bonacci, Leonardo Fibonacci, or, most commonly, simply Fibonacci, was an Italian mathematician, considered by some "the most talented mathematician of the Middle Ages."Howard Eves.
Fibonacci search technique The Fibonacci search technique is a method of searching a sorted array using a divide and conquer algorithm that narrows down possible locations with the aid of Fibonacci numbers. This method is faster than traditional binary search algorithms, with a complexity of O(log(x)) (see Big O notation).
Fibrate In pharmacology, the fibrates are a class of amphipathic carboxylic acids. They are used for a range of metabolic disorders, mainly hypercholesterolemia (high cholesterol), and are therefore hypolipidemic agents.
Fibre Channel Fibre Channel is a gigabit-speed network technology primarily used for storage networking. Fibre Channel is standardized in the T11 Technical Committee of the InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS), an American National Standards Institute–accredited standards committee.
Fibre Channel electrical interface The Fibre Channel electrical interface is one of two related standards that can be used to physically interconnect computer devices. The other standard is a Fibre Channel optical interface, which is not covered by this article.
Fibre Channel network protocols Communication between devices in a fibre channel network uses different elements of the Fibre Channel standards. The following sections introduce the main concepts and show how a combination of primitives and frames is required.
Fibre Channel over IP Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP or FC/IP, also known as Fibre Channel tunneling or storage tunneling), is an Internet Protocol (IP)-based storage networking technology developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and defined in RFC 3821. FCIP mechanisms enable the transmission of Fibre Channel (FC) information by tunneling data between storage area network (SAN) facilities over IP networks; this capacity facilitates data sharing over a geographically distributed enterprise.
Fibre Channel switch A Fibre Channel switch is a computer storage device that allows the creation of a Fibre Channel fabric. This fabric is a network of Fibre Channel devices which allows many-to-many communication, device name lookup, security, and redundancy.
Fibre Channel zoning Fibre Channel zoning has a similar meaning to other uses of the word - it focuses certain groups of resources together. In Fibre Channel, zoning is the partitioning of a fabric (or storage area network) into smaller subsets to restrict interference, add security, and to simplify management.
Fibre Metal Laminate A Fibre Metal Laminate (or FML) is one of a class of metallic materials consisting of a laminate of several thin metal layers bonded with layers of composite material. This allow the material to behave much as a simple metal structure, but with considerable specific advantages regarding properties such as metal fatigue, impact, corrosion resistance, fire resistance, weight-savings and specialised strength properties.
Fibre Multi Object Spectrograph Fibre Multi Object Spectrograph, or FMOS is a large spectrograph with a camera weighing nearly 2000kg and will be used in conjunction with the Subaru telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawaii to look at the light from 200 galaxies simultaniously to measure the rate at which the universe is expanding.
Fibre reinforced concrete Fibre reinforced concrete (Generally Fibre reinforced concrete is called FRC)is a concrete mix that contains short discrete fibres that are uniformly distributed and randomly oriented.Fibres include steel fibres, glass fibres, synthetic fibres and natural fibres.
Fibre saturation point Fibre saturation point is a term used in wood mechanics and especially wood drying, to denote the point in the drying process at which only water bound in the cell walls remains - all other water, called free water, having been removed from the cell cavities. Further drying of the wood results in strengthening of the wood fibres, and is usually accompanied by shrinkage.
Fibre-reinforced plastic Fibre-reinforced plastic (FRP) (also Fibre-reinforced polymer) is a composite material comprising a polymer matrix reinforced with fibres. The fibers are usually fiberglass, carbon, or aramid, while the polymer is usually an epoxy, vinylester or polyester thermosetting plastic.
Fibrillogenesis Fibrillogenesis is the development of fine fibrils normally present in collagen fibers of connective tissue. It is derived from the Greek fibrillo (meaning fibrils, or pertaining to fibrils) and genesis (to create, the process by which something is created).
Fibrin Fibrin is a protein involved in the clotting of blood. It is a fibrillar protein that is polymerised to form a "mesh" that forms a hemostatic plug or clot (in conjunction with platelets) over a wound site.
Fibrin ring granuloma A fibrin ring granuloma is a histopathological finding that is characteristic of Q fever. On hematoxylin-eosin staining, the fibrin ring granuloma consists of a central lipid vacuole (usually washed out during fixing and staining, leaving only an empty hole) surrounded by a dense red fibrin ring and epithelioid macrophages.
Fibrinoid Fibrinoid is a type of necrosis that is confined to inflammation of the arteries and often presents with vasculitis (primary inflammation of vessels) and hypertenstion. Fibrin deposition occurs in damaged necrotic vessel walls.
Fibrinolysis Fibrinolysis is the process where a fibrin clot, the product of coagulation, is broken down. Its main enzyme, plasmin, cuts the fibrin mesh at various places, leading to the production of circulating fragments that are cleared by other proteinases or by the kidney and liver.
Fibrobacteres Fibrobacteres is a small bacterial phylum which includes many of the major rumen bacteria, allowing for the degradation of plant-based cellulose in ruminant animals. Members of this phylum were categorized in other phyla; specifically the genus Fibrobacter (the primary genus of Fibrobacteres) was divided from the genus Bacteroides in 1988.
Fibroblast A fibroblast is a type of cell that synthesizes and maintains the extracellular matrix of many animal tissues. Fibroblasts provide a structural framework (stroma) for many tissues, and play a critical role in wound healing.
Fibroblast growth factor Fibroblast growth factors, or FGFs, are a family of growth factors involved in wound healing and embryonic development. The FGFs are heparin-binding proteins and interactions with cell-surface associated heparan sulfate proteoglycans has been shown to be essential for FGF signal transduction.
Fibroblast growth factor 23 Fibroblast growth factor 23 or FGF23 is gene which is a member of the fibroblast growth factor family and encodes a protein which is responsible for phosphate metabolism. FGF23 is located on chromosome 12 and is composed of three exons.
Fibrocartilage callus A fibrocartilage callus is a temporary formation of fibroblasts and chondroblasts which forms at the area of a bone fracture as the bone attempts to heal itself. The cells eventually dissipate and become dormant, laying in the resulting extracellular matrix that is the new bone.
Fibrocystin Fibrocystin is a large, receptor-like protein that is thought to be involved in the tubulogenesis and/or maintenance of duct-lumen architecture of epithelium. Mutations of its encoding gene can cause autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease.
Fibromatosis The term fibromatosis refers to a group of benign soft tissue tumors which have certain characteristics in common, including absence of cytologic and clinical malignant features, a histology consistent with proliferation of well-differentiated fibroblasts, an infiltrative growth pattern, and aggressive clinical behavior with frequent local recurrence. Other names include "musculoaponeurotic fibromatosis," referring to the tendency of these tumors to be adjacent to and infiltrating deep skeletal muscle, and "desmoid tumor," an obsolete term which more specifically refers to the occurrence of these tumors in the abdominal wall of a pregnant woman.
Fibrominn Fibrominn, located in Benson, Minnesota, is the first power plant under construction in the United States designed to burn poultry litter as its main source of fuel. It will produce a projected 55 megawatts of energy and will burn turkey manure combined with wood chips.
Fibromuscular dysplasia Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is a disease that can cause stenosis of the renal arteries, carotid arteries, and less commonly, the arteries of the abdomen. The disease can cause hypertension, strokes, and arterial aneurysm and dissection.
Fibronectin Fibronectin is a high-molecular-weight glycoprotein containing about 5% carbohydrate that binds to receptor proteins that span the cell's membrane, called integrins. In addition to integrins, they also bind extracellular matrix components such as collagen, fibrin and heparin.
Fibrosing Mediastinitis Fibrosing Mediastinitis is a rare benign disorder caused by rapid and repeated growth of acellular collagen and fibrous tissue within the chest including the central vessels and airways. (1) Patients of fibrosing mediastinitis are usually young and can present with symptoms such as obstruction or compression of the central airways, esophagus, pulmonary veins or arteries and superior vena cava (SVC).
Fibrosis Fibrosis is the formation or development of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ or tissue as a reparative or reactive process, as opposed to formation of fibrous tissue as a normal constituent of an organ or tissue.
Fibrous connective tissue In zootomy, fibrous connective tissue (FCT) is a type of connective tissue which has relatively high tensile strength, due to a relatively high concentration of collagenous fibers. Such tissues form ligaments and tendons; the majority of the tissue does not contain living cells, the tissue is primary composed of polysaccharides, proteins, and water.
Fibrous protein Fibrous proteins, also called scleroproteins, are long filamentous protein molecules that form one of the two main classes of tertiary structure protein (the other being globular proteins). Fibrous proteins are only found in animals.
Fibula The fibula or calf bone is a bone placed on the lateral side of the tibia, with which it is connected above and below. It is the smaller of the two bones, and, in proportion to its length, the most slender of all the long bones.
Fibular collateral ligament The Fibular Collateral Ligament (external lateral or long external lateral ligament) is a strong, rounded, fibrous cord, attached, above, to the back part of the lateral condyle of the femur, immediately above the groove for the tendon of the Popliteus; below, to the lateral side of the head of the fibula, in front of the styloid process.
Ficar Ficar is a slang expression in Brazilian Portuguese, literally translated as the verb "to stay" and represents the act of having an intimate relationship of casual nature and weak commitment with another person. It is a phenomenon observed mostly amongst teenagers as part of courtship process.
Ficimia Ficimia is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly known as hooknose snakes. There are 7 species within the genus, which are native primarily to Mexico, but they also range into the United States in the southern tip of Texas, and as far south as Guatemala, Belize and Honduras.
Ficimia streckeri The Mexican Hooknose Snake or Tamaulipan Hooknose Snake (Ficimia streckeri) is a small species of colubrid snake found primarily in the Mexican states of Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi and Puebla, but its range extends as far north as the United States, in southern Texas. The epithet streckeri is in honor of the American naturalist John Kern Strecker, Jr.
Fiction based on World War I World War I was never quite so fertile a topic as World War II for American fiction, but there were nevertheless a large number of fictional works created about it in Europe, Canada, and Australia. Many war novels, however, have fallen out of print since their original publications.
Fiction House Fiction House is a American publisher of pulp magazines and comic books that existed from the 1920s to the 1950s. Its comics division was best known for its pinup-style good girl art, as epitomized by the company's most popular character, Sheena, Queen of the Jungle.
Fiction Illustrated Fiction Illustrated is a short-lived series of early illustrated fiction, similar to graphic novels, produced and packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Productions in the 1970s and published by Pyramid/Jove/HBJ. Four were produced, with a fifth was planned.
Fiction International Fiction International is an annual literary journal edited by Harold Jaffe and its themes typically are based on cultural and political issues. Stylistically, the journal is focused on innovative writing, which ranges from polished literary prose to raw and unpolished pieces that push the boundaries of fiction.
Fiction regarding British Monarchy succession Several novels, films, and television series have speculated regarding the Succession to the British Throne and in what ways it would be implemented in unusual circumstances. The following are some examples of fictional portrayals of royal succession:
Fiction regarding United States presidential succession The somewhat elaborate rules and laws governing succession to the Presidency have long provided fodder for creators of fiction. Several novels, films, and television series have speculated regarding the United States presidential line of succession and in what ways it would be implemented in unusual circumstances.
Fictional (band) Fictional is the name of a German musical project formed by Gerrit Thomas (also known as Rote, or Rote X), serving as a balance between two other projects he is involved in, Funker Vogt and Ravenous. Fictional has released music on the Industrial and Electronic body music labels Metropolis Records and Zoth Ommog.
Fictional Antichrists Antichrists have been an idea explored often in fiction, and have even developed their own sort of fictional mythology. For example, the Book of Revelation does not necessarily say the Antichrist will be the son of Satan; but the idea was made popular in the movie The Omen, with the evil, childish Damien who grows up with the destiny to rule and destroy the world.
Fictional book A fictional book is a non-existent book (or one created specifically for a work of fiction) that sometimes provides the basis of the plot of a story, or a common thread in a series of books or the works of a particular writer or canon of work. A fictional book may also be used as a conceit to illustrate a story within a story.
Fictional brands A fictional brand is a non-existing brand used in artistic or entertainment productions — paintings, books, comics, movies, TV serials, etc.. The fictional brand may be designed to imitate a real corporate brand, satirize a real corporate brand, or differentiate itself from real corporate brands.
Fictional crossover A fictional crossover occurs when two or more otherwise separated fictional characters, stories, settings, universes, or media meet and interact with each other. Most fictional crossovers take the form of stories in which these separated characters and others are brought together and united with (or pitted against) each other over the course of the story that is being told.
Fictional elements, materials, isotopes and atomic particles A fictional element, material, isotope or atomic particle is a chemical element, material, isotope or (sub)atomic particles that exist only in works of fiction (usually fantasy or science fiction). It should be noted that no actual periodic elements end in '-ite', though many minerals have names with this suffix.
Fictional fictional character A fictional fictional character is a kind of metafiction. It is a character whose fictional existence is introduced within a larger work of fiction, such as the Itchy & Scratchy cartoon that exists only within the fictional world of The Simpsons.
Fictional film Fictional film or narrative film is film that tells a fictional story or narrative. Narrative cinema is usually constrated to films that present information, such as a nature documentary, as well as to some experimental films (works such as Wavelength by Michael Snow, Man with a Movie Camera by Dziga Vertov, or films by Chantal Akerman).
Fictional geography Fictional geography is the use of maps, text and imagery to create lands and territories to accompany works of fiction. Depending on the completeness and complexity of the work, varying media, levels of collaboration and a number of other factors, the depiction of geographical components to works of fiction can range from simple drawings of a small area as in The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene du Bois to an entire fictional world as in The Lord of the Rings by Tolkien or even an entire galaxy as in Star Trek and it variants.
Fictional character A fictional character is any person, persona, identity, or entity whose existence originates from a fictional work or performance. Such existence is presumed by those participating in the performance as audience, readers, or otherwise.
Fictional chemical substances, A-M Fictional chemical substances are compounds or minerals that exist only in works of fiction (usually fantasy or science fiction). Some of the materials listed as elements below may indeed be elements, but fictional works are often vague on such distinctions.
Fictional chemical substances, N-Z Fictional chemical substances are compounds or minerals that exist only in works of fiction (usually fantasy or science fiction). Some of the materials listed as elements below may indeed be elements, but fictional works are often vague on such distinctions.
Fictional interracial couples This article is a list of fictional interracial relationships in American movies, TV, and other fictional media. Since these depictions occur in the USA, they are categorized according to the United States Census' current racial classifications.
Fictional locations in the Godzilla films Like most fictional universes, the world of the Godzilla films has been enriched by fictional locales ranging from small Pacific Islands to galactically distant nebulae. The following is a list of fictional Earth locations depicted in films of and tied in with the Godzilla series.
Fictional military aircraft Fictional military aircraft are imagined aircraft which are used in fiction, in its various media, but do not exist in the real world. These aircraft may be conjectured variants of real-world aircraft or they may be completely fabricated by the author.
Fictional setting of Madlax This article describes the fictional setting of the Japanese animated series . Unlike its predominantly realistic spiritual predecessor Noir, this series is set in an alternate reality where supernatural events and powers are possible, and although it bears multiple similarities to the real world (such as in the detailed depiction of existing firearms), the names of all countries and prominent political figures have been changed.
Fictionalism Fictionalism is a methodological theory in philosophy that suggests that statements of a certain sort should not be taken to be literally true, but merely a useful fiction. Two important strands of fictionalism are modal fictionalism (which states that facts about what might have been the case or what must necessarily be the case are merely fictions) and mathematical fictionalism, which states that talk of numbers and other mathematical objects is nothing more than a convenience for doing science.
Fictionmania Fictionmania is a non-commercial website dedicated to publishing and archiving transgender fiction, much of which is erotica. It is open to submissions from any writer, provided the submitted literature "explores gender.
FictionPress FictionPress is a website intended to allow authors to showcase literary works and receive feedback from other users in the form of reviews. Registration is free of charge and at the current time the website has over 144,000 registered users.
Fictitious defendants Fictitious defendants are real persons a plaintiff believes it has a cause of action against in a lawsuit who, for one reason or another, cannot be identified by the plaintiff before a lawsuit is commenced. As the statute of limitations for many torts such as medical malpractice is generally very short, plaintiffs under pressure to issue an originating process such as a statement of claim often use contrived names in the title of proceedings (most commonly "John Doe" or "Jane Doe") and identify the person's role in the lawsuit in the body of the pleading.
Fictitious entry Fictitious entries, also known as fake entries and Mountweazels, are deliberately wrong entries and articles in dictionaries, encyclopedias, maps and directories. There does not appear to be any commonly used English-language term for this phenomenon.
Fictive kinship Fictive kinship is the process of giving someone a kinship title and treating them in many ways as if they had the actual kinship relationship implied by the title. People with this relationship are known as fictive kin.
Ficus citrifolia Ficus citrifolia is a species of Strangler Fig native to southern Florida, the Caribbean, Central America, and northern South America south to Paraguay. It is distinguished from the closely-related Florida Strangler Fig (Ficus aurea) mainly by the finer veining in the leaves.
Ficus macrophylla The Moreton Bay Fig Ficus macrophylla, is a large evergreen tree. Named after Moreton Bay in Queensland, Australia, it is a native of most of the eastern coast, from the Atherton Tableland in the north to the Illawarra in New South Wales.
Ficus retusa Ficus retusa, also known as Ficus microcarpa var. nitida, Banyan Fig, Taiwan Ficus, Ginseng Ficus, or Indian Laurel Fig, is a species of evergreen woody plant in the fig genus, native to Malaysia, Taiwan, and other Southeast and East Asian countries.
Ficus rubiginosa The Port Jackson Fig (Ficus rubiginosa) , also known as the Little-leaf Fig or the Rusty Fig, is a native of eastern Australia and a member of the genus Ficus which contains over 600 species worldwide in warm climates, including the edible fig (Ficus carica).
Ficus sycomorus Ficus sycomorus, called the sycamore fig or the fig-mulberry (due to the leaves' resemblance to those of the Mulberry), sycamore, or sycomore, is a fig species that has been cultivated since early times. (Note that the name sycamore has been used for a variety of plants.
Fidalgo Island Fidalgo Island is an island in Skagit County, Washington, located about 90 minutes north of Seattle by automobile. To the east, it is separated from the mainland by the Swinomish Channel, and from Whidbey Island to the south by Deception Pass.
Fiddle Yard A Fiddle Yard is a collection of model railway tracks that are invisible to a viewer and allow trains to be stored and manipulated. These tracks are required to allow most model railways to be operated in a realistic manner.
Fiddlehead Fiddlehead is a name referring either to a young fern or to the top part of immature fronds that appear curled. The fiddlehead, or circinate vernation, unrolls as the fern matures and grows due to more growth in the inside of the curl.
Fiddleneck The fiddlenecks are the genus Amsinckia of flowering plants in the borage or forget-me-not family Boraginaceae. They get their name from their flower stems, which bear a large number small flowers, and curl over at the top in a way that somewhat suggests the head of a violin.
Fibag scandal The Fibag scandal was in 1961/1962 a German political scandal around minister of defense Franz Josef StrauĂź, which, together with the Starfighter scandal and the Spiegel scandal led to StrauĂź's demission as defense minister and halted his political career at least temporarily.
Fibber McGee and Molly Fibber McGee and Molly was a radio show that played a major role in determining the full form of what became classic, old-time radio. The series was a pinnacle of American popular culture from its 1935 premiere until its end in 1959.
Fiber Fiber or fibreThe spelling fibre is used in Commonwealth countries, and is sometimes used in the United States as well. is a class of materials that are continuous filaments or are in discrete elongated pieces, similar to lengths of thread.
Fiber art Fiber art is a subclassification of fine art defined by the usually exclusive use of fabrics, yarn, other natural fibers, and now synthetic fibers to focus on the properties of the material as well as the hands-on work intensive process as part of the significance of the piece.
Fiber bundle In mathematics, in particular in topology, a fiber bundle (or fibre bundle) is a space which locally looks like a product of two spaces but may possess a different global structure. Every fiber bundle consists of a continuous surjective map
Fiber bundle construction theorem In mathematics, the fiber bundle construction theorem is a theorem which constructs a fiber bundle from a given base space, fiber and a suitable set of transition functions. The theorem also gives conditions under which two such bundles are isomorphic.
Fiber Bragg grating A fiber Bragg grating is a type of distributed Bragg reflector constructed in a short segment of optical fiber that reflects particular wavelengths of light and transmits all others. This is achieved by adding a periodic variation to the refractive index of the fiber core.
Fiber crop Fiber crops are field crops grown for their fibers, which are used to make paper, cloth, or rope. These crops are generally harvestable after a single growing season, as opposed to trees which are typically grown for many years before being harvested for wood pulp fiber.
Fiber diffraction Fiber diffraction is a scattering technique in which molecular structure is determined from scattering data (usually of X-rays or electrons) from filaments composed of a regular array of molecules distinguished by a single direction (the fiber axis).
Fiber distributed data interface Fiber-Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) provides a standard for data transmission in a local area network that can extend in range up to 200 kilometers (124 miles). The FDDI protocol uses as its basis the token ring protocol.
Fiber in the loop Fiber In The Loop (FITL) is a system implementing or upgrading portions of the POTS local loop with fiber optic technology from the central office of a telephone carrier to a remote Serving Area Interface (SAI) located in a neighborhood or to an Optical Network Unit (ONU) located at the customer premises (residential and/or business). Generally, fiber is used in either all or part of the local loop distribution network.
Fiber Industry Development Authority (Philippines) The Philippines' Fiber Industry Development Authority (Filipino: Pangasiwaan sa Pagpapaunlad ng Industriya ng Hibla), abbreviated as FIDA, is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Agriculture responsible for promoting the accelerated growth and development of the Philippine fiber industry.
Fiber laser A fiber laser or fibre laser is a laser in which the active gain medium is an optical fiber doped with rare-earth elements such as erbium or ytterbium. Semiconductor laser diodes are commonly used for pumping fiber lasers.
Fiber simulation Fiber simulation is a branch of mechanics that deals with modeling the dynamics and rheology of particles of large aspect ratio, or fibers with the goal of predicting the properties of fiber suspensions and networks based on first principles. Simulation of fiber suspensions have applications in paper industry and also in composites, including composites made of carbon nanotubes.
Fiber to the curb Fiber to the curb or fiber to the cabinet (FTTC) is a telecommunications system based on fiber-optic cables run to a platform that serves several customers. Each of these customers has a connection to this platform via coaxial cable or twisted pair.
Fiber to the node Fiber to the node (FTTN) is a broadband architecture that provides high speed internet and other services to the home by running fiber to the node and some form of DSL to the end-user. This architecture is lower cost to deploy than the competing fiber to the premises (FTTP) technology because of the ability to use existing copper plant but in turn does not bring the full bandwidth capability of fiber to the home.
Fiber to the premises Fiber to the premises (FTTP), fiber to the home (FTTH), or fiber to the building (FTTB) is a broadband telecommunications system based on fiber-optic cables and associated optical electronics for delivery of multiple advanced services such as of telephone, broadband Internet and television across one link (triple play) all the way to the home or business.
Fiber-optic communication Fiber-optic communication is a method of transmitting information from one place to another by sending light through an optical fiber. The light forms an electromagnetic carrier wave that is modulated to carry information.
Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe FLAG (Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe) is a 28,000 kilometer long undersea fiber optic cable that connects England, Japan, and many places in between. The Europe-Asia segment was laid in the mid-1990s and was the subject of an extensive article in Wired Magazine in December, 1996 by Neal Stephenson.
Fiberboard Fiberboard is a type of engineered wood product that is made out of wood fibers. Types of fiberboard in order of increasing density include particle board, medium-density fiberboard and hardboard, also called high-density fiberboard.
Fiberglass Fiberglass or glassfibre is material made from extremely fine fibers of glass. It is used as a reinforcing agent for many polymer products; the resulting composite material, properly known as fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) or glass-reinforced plastic (GRP), is called "fiberglass" in popular usage.
Fibernetics Fibernetics is a relatively new, interdisciplinary field revolving around the study of communication and control, typically involving regulatory feedback in yarn. The term fibernetics stems from the Greek Greek [(fybernetes, weaver, artisan, dramaturg, or comedienne — the same root as defibulator).
Fiberotomy A fiberotomy is a orthodontic surgical procedure designed to sever the gingival fibers around a tooth. They usually reduce the tendency for relapse of tooth rotations corrected by dental braces or other treatments.
Fiberscope A fiberscope is a flexible fiber optic bundle with an eyepiece at one end, and a lens at the other. It is used for inspection work, often to examine small components in tightly packed equipment, when the inspector cannot easily access the part requiring inspection.
Fibonacci Leonardo of Pisa (1170s or 1180s – 1250), also known as Leonardo Pisano, Leonardo Bonacci, Leonardo Fibonacci, or, most commonly, simply Fibonacci, was an Italian mathematician, considered by some "the most talented mathematician of the Middle Ages."Howard Eves.
Fibonacci search technique The Fibonacci search technique is a method of searching a sorted array using a divide and conquer algorithm that narrows down possible locations with the aid of Fibonacci numbers. This method is faster than traditional binary search algorithms, with a complexity of O(log(x)) (see Big O notation).
Fibrate In pharmacology, the fibrates are a class of amphipathic carboxylic acids. They are used for a range of metabolic disorders, mainly hypercholesterolemia (high cholesterol), and are therefore hypolipidemic agents.
Fibre Channel Fibre Channel is a gigabit-speed network technology primarily used for storage networking. Fibre Channel is standardized in the T11 Technical Committee of the InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS), an American National Standards Institute–accredited standards committee.
Fibre Channel electrical interface The Fibre Channel electrical interface is one of two related standards that can be used to physically interconnect computer devices. The other standard is a Fibre Channel optical interface, which is not covered by this article.
Fibre Channel network protocols Communication between devices in a fibre channel network uses different elements of the Fibre Channel standards. The following sections introduce the main concepts and show how a combination of primitives and frames is required.
Fibre Channel over IP Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP or FC/IP, also known as Fibre Channel tunneling or storage tunneling), is an Internet Protocol (IP)-based storage networking technology developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and defined in RFC 3821. FCIP mechanisms enable the transmission of Fibre Channel (FC) information by tunneling data between storage area network (SAN) facilities over IP networks; this capacity facilitates data sharing over a geographically distributed enterprise.
Fibre Channel switch A Fibre Channel switch is a computer storage device that allows the creation of a Fibre Channel fabric. This fabric is a network of Fibre Channel devices which allows many-to-many communication, device name lookup, security, and redundancy.
Fibre Channel zoning Fibre Channel zoning has a similar meaning to other uses of the word - it focuses certain groups of resources together. In Fibre Channel, zoning is the partitioning of a fabric (or storage area network) into smaller subsets to restrict interference, add security, and to simplify management.
Fibre Metal Laminate A Fibre Metal Laminate (or FML) is one of a class of metallic materials consisting of a laminate of several thin metal layers bonded with layers of composite material. This allow the material to behave much as a simple metal structure, but with considerable specific advantages regarding properties such as metal fatigue, impact, corrosion resistance, fire resistance, weight-savings and specialised strength properties.
Fibre Multi Object Spectrograph Fibre Multi Object Spectrograph, or FMOS is a large spectrograph with a camera weighing nearly 2000kg and will be used in conjunction with the Subaru telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawaii to look at the light from 200 galaxies simultaniously to measure the rate at which the universe is expanding.
Fibre reinforced concrete Fibre reinforced concrete (Generally Fibre reinforced concrete is called FRC)is a concrete mix that contains short discrete fibres that are uniformly distributed and randomly oriented.Fibres include steel fibres, glass fibres, synthetic fibres and natural fibres.
Fibre saturation point Fibre saturation point is a term used in wood mechanics and especially wood drying, to denote the point in the drying process at which only water bound in the cell walls remains - all other water, called free water, having been removed from the cell cavities. Further drying of the wood results in strengthening of the wood fibres, and is usually accompanied by shrinkage.
Fibre-reinforced plastic Fibre-reinforced plastic (FRP) (also Fibre-reinforced polymer) is a composite material comprising a polymer matrix reinforced with fibres. The fibers are usually fiberglass, carbon, or aramid, while the polymer is usually an epoxy, vinylester or polyester thermosetting plastic.
Fibrillogenesis Fibrillogenesis is the development of fine fibrils normally present in collagen fibers of connective tissue. It is derived from the Greek fibrillo (meaning fibrils, or pertaining to fibrils) and genesis (to create, the process by which something is created).
Fibrin Fibrin is a protein involved in the clotting of blood. It is a fibrillar protein that is polymerised to form a "mesh" that forms a hemostatic plug or clot (in conjunction with platelets) over a wound site.
Fibrin ring granuloma A fibrin ring granuloma is a histopathological finding that is characteristic of Q fever. On hematoxylin-eosin staining, the fibrin ring granuloma consists of a central lipid vacuole (usually washed out during fixing and staining, leaving only an empty hole) surrounded by a dense red fibrin ring and epithelioid macrophages.
Fibrinoid Fibrinoid is a type of necrosis that is confined to inflammation of the arteries and often presents with vasculitis (primary inflammation of vessels) and hypertenstion. Fibrin deposition occurs in damaged necrotic vessel walls.
Fibrinolysis Fibrinolysis is the process where a fibrin clot, the product of coagulation, is broken down. Its main enzyme, plasmin, cuts the fibrin mesh at various places, leading to the production of circulating fragments that are cleared by other proteinases or by the kidney and liver.
Fibrobacteres Fibrobacteres is a small bacterial phylum which includes many of the major rumen bacteria, allowing for the degradation of plant-based cellulose in ruminant animals. Members of this phylum were categorized in other phyla; specifically the genus Fibrobacter (the primary genus of Fibrobacteres) was divided from the genus Bacteroides in 1988.
Fibroblast A fibroblast is a type of cell that synthesizes and maintains the extracellular matrix of many animal tissues. Fibroblasts provide a structural framework (stroma) for many tissues, and play a critical role in wound healing.
Fibroblast growth factor Fibroblast growth factors, or FGFs, are a family of growth factors involved in wound healing and embryonic development. The FGFs are heparin-binding proteins and interactions with cell-surface associated heparan sulfate proteoglycans has been shown to be essential for FGF signal transduction.
Fibroblast growth factor 23 Fibroblast growth factor 23 or FGF23 is gene which is a member of the fibroblast growth factor family and encodes a protein which is responsible for phosphate metabolism. FGF23 is located on chromosome 12 and is composed of three exons.
Fibrocartilage callus A fibrocartilage callus is a temporary formation of fibroblasts and chondroblasts which forms at the area of a bone fracture as the bone attempts to heal itself. The cells eventually dissipate and become dormant, laying in the resulting extracellular matrix that is the new bone.
Fibrocystin Fibrocystin is a large, receptor-like protein that is thought to be involved in the tubulogenesis and/or maintenance of duct-lumen architecture of epithelium. Mutations of its encoding gene can cause autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease.
Fibromatosis The term fibromatosis refers to a group of benign soft tissue tumors which have certain characteristics in common, including absence of cytologic and clinical malignant features, a histology consistent with proliferation of well-differentiated fibroblasts, an infiltrative growth pattern, and aggressive clinical behavior with frequent local recurrence. Other names include "musculoaponeurotic fibromatosis," referring to the tendency of these tumors to be adjacent to and infiltrating deep skeletal muscle, and "desmoid tumor," an obsolete term which more specifically refers to the occurrence of these tumors in the abdominal wall of a pregnant woman.
Fibrominn Fibrominn, located in Benson, Minnesota, is the first power plant under construction in the United States designed to burn poultry litter as its main source of fuel. It will produce a projected 55 megawatts of energy and will burn turkey manure combined with wood chips.
Fibromuscular dysplasia Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is a disease that can cause stenosis of the renal arteries, carotid arteries, and less commonly, the arteries of the abdomen. The disease can cause hypertension, strokes, and arterial aneurysm and dissection.
Fibronectin Fibronectin is a high-molecular-weight glycoprotein containing about 5% carbohydrate that binds to receptor proteins that span the cell's membrane, called integrins. In addition to integrins, they also bind extracellular matrix components such as collagen, fibrin and heparin.
Fibrosing Mediastinitis Fibrosing Mediastinitis is a rare benign disorder caused by rapid and repeated growth of acellular collagen and fibrous tissue within the chest including the central vessels and airways. (1) Patients of fibrosing mediastinitis are usually young and can present with symptoms such as obstruction or compression of the central airways, esophagus, pulmonary veins or arteries and superior vena cava (SVC).
Fibrosis Fibrosis is the formation or development of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ or tissue as a reparative or reactive process, as opposed to formation of fibrous tissue as a normal constituent of an organ or tissue.
Fibrous connective tissue In zootomy, fibrous connective tissue (FCT) is a type of connective tissue which has relatively high tensile strength, due to a relatively high concentration of collagenous fibers. Such tissues form ligaments and tendons; the majority of the tissue does not contain living cells, the tissue is primary composed of polysaccharides, proteins, and water.
Fibrous protein Fibrous proteins, also called scleroproteins, are long filamentous protein molecules that form one of the two main classes of tertiary structure protein (the other being globular proteins). Fibrous proteins are only found in animals.
Fibula The fibula or calf bone is a bone placed on the lateral side of the tibia, with which it is connected above and below. It is the smaller of the two bones, and, in proportion to its length, the most slender of all the long bones.
Fibular collateral ligament The Fibular Collateral Ligament (external lateral or long external lateral ligament) is a strong, rounded, fibrous cord, attached, above, to the back part of the lateral condyle of the femur, immediately above the groove for the tendon of the Popliteus; below, to the lateral side of the head of the fibula, in front of the styloid process.
Ficar Ficar is a slang expression in Brazilian Portuguese, literally translated as the verb "to stay" and represents the act of having an intimate relationship of casual nature and weak commitment with another person. It is a phenomenon observed mostly amongst teenagers as part of courtship process.
Ficimia Ficimia is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly known as hooknose snakes. There are 7 species within the genus, which are native primarily to Mexico, but they also range into the United States in the southern tip of Texas, and as far south as Guatemala, Belize and Honduras.
Ficimia streckeri The Mexican Hooknose Snake or Tamaulipan Hooknose Snake (Ficimia streckeri) is a small species of colubrid snake found primarily in the Mexican states of Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi and Puebla, but its range extends as far north as the United States, in southern Texas. The epithet streckeri is in honor of the American naturalist John Kern Strecker, Jr.
Fiction based on World War I World War I was never quite so fertile a topic as World War II for American fiction, but there were nevertheless a large number of fictional works created about it in Europe, Canada, and Australia. Many war novels, however, have fallen out of print since their original publications.
Fiction House Fiction House is a American publisher of pulp magazines and comic books that existed from the 1920s to the 1950s. Its comics division was best known for its pinup-style good girl art, as epitomized by the company's most popular character, Sheena, Queen of the Jungle.
Fiction Illustrated Fiction Illustrated is a short-lived series of early illustrated fiction, similar to graphic novels, produced and packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Productions in the 1970s and published by Pyramid/Jove/HBJ. Four were produced, with a fifth was planned.
Fiction International Fiction International is an annual literary journal edited by Harold Jaffe and its themes typically are based on cultural and political issues. Stylistically, the journal is focused on innovative writing, which ranges from polished literary prose to raw and unpolished pieces that push the boundaries of fiction.
Fiction regarding British Monarchy succession Several novels, films, and television series have speculated regarding the Succession to the British Throne and in what ways it would be implemented in unusual circumstances. The following are some examples of fictional portrayals of royal succession:
Fiction regarding United States presidential succession The somewhat elaborate rules and laws governing succession to the Presidency have long provided fodder for creators of fiction. Several novels, films, and television series have speculated regarding the United States presidential line of succession and in what ways it would be implemented in unusual circumstances.
Fictional (band) Fictional is the name of a German musical project formed by Gerrit Thomas (also known as Rote, or Rote X), serving as a balance between two other projects he is involved in, Funker Vogt and Ravenous. Fictional has released music on the Industrial and Electronic body music labels Metropolis Records and Zoth Ommog.
Fictional Antichrists Antichrists have been an idea explored often in fiction, and have even developed their own sort of fictional mythology. For example, the Book of Revelation does not necessarily say the Antichrist will be the son of Satan; but the idea was made popular in the movie The Omen, with the evil, childish Damien who grows up with the destiny to rule and destroy the world.
Fictional book A fictional book is a non-existent book (or one created specifically for a work of fiction) that sometimes provides the basis of the plot of a story, or a common thread in a series of books or the works of a particular writer or canon of work. A fictional book may also be used as a conceit to illustrate a story within a story.
Fictional brands A fictional brand is a non-existing brand used in artistic or entertainment productions — paintings, books, comics, movies, TV serials, etc.. The fictional brand may be designed to imitate a real corporate brand, satirize a real corporate brand, or differentiate itself from real corporate brands.
Fictional crossover A fictional crossover occurs when two or more otherwise separated fictional characters, stories, settings, universes, or media meet and interact with each other. Most fictional crossovers take the form of stories in which these separated characters and others are brought together and united with (or pitted against) each other over the course of the story that is being told.
Fictional elements, materials, isotopes and atomic particles A fictional element, material, isotope or atomic particle is a chemical element, material, isotope or (sub)atomic particles that exist only in works of fiction (usually fantasy or science fiction). It should be noted that no actual periodic elements end in '-ite', though many minerals have names with this suffix.
Fictional fictional character A fictional fictional character is a kind of metafiction. It is a character whose fictional existence is introduced within a larger work of fiction, such as the Itchy & Scratchy cartoon that exists only within the fictional world of The Simpsons.
Fictional film Fictional film or narrative film is film that tells a fictional story or narrative. Narrative cinema is usually constrated to films that present information, such as a nature documentary, as well as to some experimental films (works such as Wavelength by Michael Snow, Man with a Movie Camera by Dziga Vertov, or films by Chantal Akerman).
Fictional geography Fictional geography is the use of maps, text and imagery to create lands and territories to accompany works of fiction. Depending on the completeness and complexity of the work, varying media, levels of collaboration and a number of other factors, the depiction of geographical components to works of fiction can range from simple drawings of a small area as in The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene du Bois to an entire fictional world as in The Lord of the Rings by Tolkien or even an entire galaxy as in Star Trek and it variants.
Fictional character A fictional character is any person, persona, identity, or entity whose existence originates from a fictional work or performance. Such existence is presumed by those participating in the performance as audience, readers, or otherwise.
Fictional chemical substances, A-M Fictional chemical substances are compounds or minerals that exist only in works of fiction (usually fantasy or science fiction). Some of the materials listed as elements below may indeed be elements, but fictional works are often vague on such distinctions.
Fictional chemical substances, N-Z Fictional chemical substances are compounds or minerals that exist only in works of fiction (usually fantasy or science fiction). Some of the materials listed as elements below may indeed be elements, but fictional works are often vague on such distinctions.
Fictional interracial couples This article is a list of fictional interracial relationships in American movies, TV, and other fictional media. Since these depictions occur in the USA, they are categorized according to the United States Census' current racial classifications.
Fictional locations in the Godzilla films Like most fictional universes, the world of the Godzilla films has been enriched by fictional locales ranging from small Pacific Islands to galactically distant nebulae. The following is a list of fictional Earth locations depicted in films of and tied in with the Godzilla series.
Fictional military aircraft Fictional military aircraft are imagined aircraft which are used in fiction, in its various media, but do not exist in the real world. These aircraft may be conjectured variants of real-world aircraft or they may be completely fabricated by the author.
Fictional setting of Madlax This article describes the fictional setting of the Japanese animated series . Unlike its predominantly realistic spiritual predecessor Noir, this series is set in an alternate reality where supernatural events and powers are possible, and although it bears multiple similarities to the real world (such as in the detailed depiction of existing firearms), the names of all countries and prominent political figures have been changed.
Fictionalism Fictionalism is a methodological theory in philosophy that suggests that statements of a certain sort should not be taken to be literally true, but merely a useful fiction. Two important strands of fictionalism are modal fictionalism (which states that facts about what might have been the case or what must necessarily be the case are merely fictions) and mathematical fictionalism, which states that talk of numbers and other mathematical objects is nothing more than a convenience for doing science.
Fictionmania Fictionmania is a non-commercial website dedicated to publishing and archiving transgender fiction, much of which is erotica. It is open to submissions from any writer, provided the submitted literature "explores gender.
FictionPress FictionPress is a website intended to allow authors to showcase literary works and receive feedback from other users in the form of reviews. Registration is free of charge and at the current time the website has over 144,000 registered users.
Fictitious defendants Fictitious defendants are real persons a plaintiff believes it has a cause of action against in a lawsuit who, for one reason or another, cannot be identified by the plaintiff before a lawsuit is commenced. As the statute of limitations for many torts such as medical malpractice is generally very short, plaintiffs under pressure to issue an originating process such as a statement of claim often use contrived names in the title of proceedings (most commonly "John Doe" or "Jane Doe") and identify the person's role in the lawsuit in the body of the pleading.
Fictitious entry Fictitious entries, also known as fake entries and Mountweazels, are deliberately wrong entries and articles in dictionaries, encyclopedias, maps and directories. There does not appear to be any commonly used English-language term for this phenomenon.
Fictive kinship Fictive kinship is the process of giving someone a kinship title and treating them in many ways as if they had the actual kinship relationship implied by the title. People with this relationship are known as fictive kin.
Ficus citrifolia Ficus citrifolia is a species of Strangler Fig native to southern Florida, the Caribbean, Central America, and northern South America south to Paraguay. It is distinguished from the closely-related Florida Strangler Fig (Ficus aurea) mainly by the finer veining in the leaves.
Ficus macrophylla The Moreton Bay Fig Ficus macrophylla, is a large evergreen tree. Named after Moreton Bay in Queensland, Australia, it is a native of most of the eastern coast, from the Atherton Tableland in the north to the Illawarra in New South Wales.
Ficus retusa Ficus retusa, also known as Ficus microcarpa var. nitida, Banyan Fig, Taiwan Ficus, Ginseng Ficus, or Indian Laurel Fig, is a species of evergreen woody plant in the fig genus, native to Malaysia, Taiwan, and other Southeast and East Asian countries.
Ficus rubiginosa The Port Jackson Fig (Ficus rubiginosa) , also known as the Little-leaf Fig or the Rusty Fig, is a native of eastern Australia and a member of the genus Ficus which contains over 600 species worldwide in warm climates, including the edible fig (Ficus carica).
Ficus sycomorus Ficus sycomorus, called the sycamore fig or the fig-mulberry (due to the leaves' resemblance to those of the Mulberry), sycamore, or sycomore, is a fig species that has been cultivated since early times. (Note that the name sycamore has been used for a variety of plants.
Fidalgo Island Fidalgo Island is an island in Skagit County, Washington, located about 90 minutes north of Seattle by automobile. To the east, it is separated from the mainland by the Swinomish Channel, and from Whidbey Island to the south by Deception Pass.
Fiddle Yard A Fiddle Yard is a collection of model railway tracks that are invisible to a viewer and allow trains to be stored and manipulated. These tracks are required to allow most model railways to be operated in a realistic manner.
Fiddlehead Fiddlehead is a name referring either to a young fern or to the top part of immature fronds that appear curled. The fiddlehead, or circinate vernation, unrolls as the fern matures and grows due to more growth in the inside of the curl.
Fiddleneck The fiddlenecks are the genus Amsinckia of flowering plants in the borage or forget-me-not family Boraginaceae. They get their name from their flower stems, which bear a large number small flowers, and curl over at the top in a way that somewhat suggests the head of a violin.
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