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Globus (company) Globus is a Swiss department store company, with 12 department stores in Switzerland. The group, which also includes the Herren Globus chain of menswear stores and the Office World chain of office supplies stores, it is owned by Switzerland's largest retailer, Migros.
Globus Alliance The Globus Alliance is an association dedicated to developing fundamental technologies needed to build grid computing infrastructures. A grid is a persistent environment that enables software applications to integrate instruments, displays, computational and information resources that are managed by diverse organizations in widespread locations.
Globus Cassus Globus Cassus is a utopian project for the transformation of Planet Earth into a much bigger, hollow, artificial world with an ecosphere on its inner surface. Sunlight would enter through two large windows, gravity would be provided by centrifugal force.
GloBul GLOBUL is the second-largest Bulgarian GSM operator. The company, which reached 2,600,000 customers in June 2006, was founded in 2001, and is 100% owned by Greek telecommunications corporation COSMOTE, which is active in five Balkan countries: Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Macedonia and Albania.
Glock 17 The Glock 17 was the first pistol designed and manufactured by the Austrian company Glock. It is a locked breech, short recoil 9 mm Luger semi-automatic pistol with a standard magazine capacity of 17 rounds of ammunition.
GloFish The GloFish is a trademarked brand of genetically modified (GM) fluorescent zebrafish with bright red, green, and orange fluorescent color. Although not originally developed for the ornamental fish trade, it is the first genetically modified animal to become publicly available as a pet.
Glogg Glogg (sometimes misspelled glog or glug) (Swedish: Glögg, Norwegian: Gløgg, Danish: Gløgg, Finnish: Glögi, Estonian: Glögi) is the Scandinavian version of mulled wine. Glögg is also often served without alcohol.
Glochid Glochids are tiny, almost invisible barbed hairs found on the areoles of some cacti and other plants. Cactus glochids easily detach from the plant and become lodged in the skin, causing irritation upon contact with the tufts that cover some species, each tuft containing hundreds of tiny barbs.
Gložan Gložan (Serbian Cyrillic: Гложан, Slovak: Hložany) is a village located in the Bački Petrovac municipality, in the South Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina.
Glomar Challenger The 120m long Glomar Challenger was a deep sea research and scientific drilling vessel for oceanography and marine geology studies. It was designed by the American National Science Foundation and University of California.
Glomar response In United States law, the term Glomar response refers to a "neither confirm nor deny" response by agents of national security to Freedom of Information Act requests. Lower court precedent has thus far ruled the Glomar response to have potential merit, if the secretive nature of the material truly requires it, and only if the agency provides "as much information as possible" to justify its claim.
Glomeroporphyritic In geology, the term glomeroporphyritic refers to the grouping of the same type of phenocrysts into distinct clusters within porphyritic igneous rocks. The suspended phenocryst clusters are adhered by surface tension.
Glomerular filtration rate Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is the volume of fluid filtered from the renal glomerular capillaries into the Bowman's capsule per unit time. - "Glomerular Filtration Rate" Clinically, this is often measured to determine renal function.
Glomp Glomping is a form of greeting used by anime fans in the West. A typical "glomp" involves bear hugging someone, tackling them, and latching on tightly, though not enough to intentionally hurt the recipient.
Glomus body A glomus body (or glomus apparatus) is a component of the dermis layer of the skin, involved in body temperature regulation. The glomus body consists of an arterio-venous anastamosis surrounded by a capsule of connective tissue.
Glomus cell A glomus cell is a peripheral chemoreceptor, located in the carotid bodies and aortic bodies, that helps the body regulate breathing. When there is a decrease in the blood's pH, a decrease in oxygen (pO2), or an increase in carbon dioxide (pCO2), the carotid bodies and the aortic bodies signal the medulla oblongata to increase the volume and rate of breathing.
Gloom (Pokémon) are one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise – a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Gloom in the games, anime and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon, untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments, and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.
Gloomcookie Gloomcookie is a goth comic series created and written by Serena Valentino (Nightmares & Fairy Tales) and co-created by Ted Naifeh, who also illustrated the comic’s first 6 issues. The series functions both as a social satire on real-life Gothic subculture and as a supernatural fantasy.
Gloomy Sunday "Gloomy Sunday" (from Hungarian "Szomorú Vasárnap", ) is a song written by the Hungarian self-taught pianist and composer Rezső Seress in 1933. According to urban legend, it inspired hundreds of suicides.
Glooscap Glooscap (also spelled Glooskap, Gluskabi, Kluscap, Kloskomba, or Gluskab) is a mythical culture hero, god, and "transformer" of the Algonquian peoples. He was an important figure for the Abenaki in the United States and Atlantic Canada, particularly the Passamaquoddy, as well as to the Mi'kmaq (Micmac), who were part of the Wabanaki Confederacy.
Glooscap Trail The Glooscap Trail is a scenic drive in the province of Nova Scotia that runs for 365 Kilometers from Wolfville in Kings County, Nova Scotia to Amherst near the border with New Brunswick. The route follows the shore of the Minas Basin and Cobequid Bay.
Glorantha Glorantha is the mythical world developed originally by Greg Stafford and that has since been used as the background for several role-playing games, especially RuneQuest and HeroQuest. The world is characterised by its complex approach to mythology, heavily influenced by the work of Joseph Campbell, its long and distinctive history as a setting for role-playing games, and among fantasy role-playing games, its lack of Tolkienesque influence.
Gloria (doo-wop song) "Gloria" is a doo-wop song written by Leon René in the 1940s and later revised by Esther Navarro, with notable performances by The Mills Brothers, The Modernaires, The Cadillacs, The Manhattan Transfer (The Manhattan Transfer, 1975), and The Passions (Just to Be With You, 1992).
Gloria (film) Gloria is a 1980 film which tells the story of a gangster's girlfriend who goes on the run with a young boy who is being hunted by the mob for information he may or may not have. It stars Gena Rowlands and John Adames, who tied with Sir Lawrence Olivier for winning the Worst Supporting Actor Razzie in 1981.
Gloria (Laura Branigan song) "Gloria" is a pop song released by Laura Branigan in 1982 off her debut album, Branigan. Originally a soft Italian love ballad, written by Umberto Tozzi and Giancarlo Bigazzi, the song's first recording by Tozzi was a success in his home country in 1979.
Gloria (Them song) "Gloria" is a rock song written by Van Morrison and originally recorded by Morrison's band Them in 1964 as the B-side of "Baby Please Don't Go", which reached #10 on the UK charts. It later reached #71 on the U.
Gloria (TV series) Gloria was a spinoff television situation comedy that lasted one season on CBS, from September 1982 to September 1983. It starred Sally Struthers, reprising her role as Gloria Stivic, the daughter of Archie Bunker on the hugely successful 1970s sitcom All in the Family.
Gloria al Bravo Pueblo Gloria al Bravo Pueblo (Glory to the Brave People) was adopted as Venezuela's national anthem by President Antonio Guzmán Blanco on May 25, 1881. The lyrics were written by the medician and journalist Vicente Salias in 1810.
Gloria BistriĹŁa Gloria BistriĹŁa is a Romanian football club playing in Liga 1. It has never won Romania's national championship, but it does have a Romanian Cup win dating back to 1994 as well as another notable appearance, in 1996, in the same competition.
Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church National Historic Site Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church National Historic Site preserves the second oldest Swedish church in the United States, founded in 1677. Located at Columbus Boulevard and Christian Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the present structure was erected about 1700.
Gloria Deo Co-op The Gloria Deo Co-op is a collaboration of homeschooling parents in the United States seeking to ensure a quality education for their children in a Christian, classical tradition. In 2006 the co-operative held around twenty homeschooling families.
Gloria Diaz Gloria DĂ­az, born Gloria Maria Aspillera Diaz (b. 1950), born in the Ilocos region of Northern Philippines, is a veteran in the Philippines cinema, who became the first Filipino to bring home the Miss Universe crown.
Gloria Feldt Gloria Feldt is an author, keynote speaker, and leading expert in women’s rights, women’s health, politics, and organizational leadership. Her newest book, written in collaboration with the actress Kathleen Turner, is tentatively called Take the Lead, Lady!
Gloria Fisher Gloria Baldwin Fisher Abbott is a fictional character, a resident of Genoa City on the American daytime drama serial The Young and the Restless. The role was played by Joan Van Ark from 2004 to January 2005 and is currently portrayed by Judith Chapman, who joined the show one week after Van Ark's departure.
Gloria Guardia Gloria Guardia (born 1940) is a Panamanian novelist, essayist and journalist. A Fellow of the Panamanian Academy of Letters and Associate Fellow of the Spanish Royal Academy, and the Columbian Academy of Letters.
Gloria Holden Gloria Holden ( born September 5, 1908 in London, England - March 22, 1991 in Redlands California) was a film actress of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. She may be best remembered for two roles in her long career, that of Mme.
Gloria Chang Gloria Chang (張韻琪) is the former president of The Hong Kong University Students' Union, who was the main contributor to the resignation of the former Vice Chancellor of The University of Hong Kong Prof Cheng Yiu Chung. She is currently working at Greenpeace Hong Kong.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo "Gloria in Excelsis Deo" (Latin for "Glory to God in the highest") is the title and beginning of the great doxology (song of praise) used in the Roman Catholic Mass and, in translation, in the services of many other Christian churches.
Gloria Ida Logan Gloria Ida Logan (born Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 25 April 1927; died 9 June 2005) was an Australian artist and lecturer in arts and crafts. She was educated at Brisbane Girls Grammar School, Trinity College of Music, City and Guilds of London Institute and Kelvin Grove Teachers College.
Gloria Jahoda Gloria Jahoda (October 6 1926-January 13 1980) was an author of fiction and non-fiction, including literature for young readers. She is best known for her journalistic history of Floridian folk culture in the 1960s.
Gloria Johnson-Powell Gloria Johnson-Powell MD (born Gloria Johnson, c. 1937) is a child psychiatrist who is also an important figure in the American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968) and was the first African American woman to attain tenure at Harvard Medical School
Gloria LaRiva Gloria Estela LaRiva (b. August 13, 1954) was a third-party candidate for President of the United States in the United States presidential election, 1992, representing the Workers World Party; she was only on the ballot in New Mexico, garnering 181 votes.
Gloria Laura Mercedes Morgan-Vanderbilt Gloria Laura Mercedes Morgan Vanderbilt (August 23, 1904–February 13, 1965) was a socialite best known as the mother of fashion designer and artist Gloria Vanderbilt. She was also the maternal grandmother of American television journalist Anderson Cooper.
Gloria LeRoy Gloria LeRoy (born November 7, 1931, Bucyrus, Ohio) is an American character actor best remembered for having played voluptuous Mildred "Boom-Boom" Turner in classic 1970s sitcom All in the Family. LeRoy had a diverse career, with a number of roles in film, TV and stage.
Gloria Malgarini Gloria Malgarini, a former TV spokesperson for "Senior Dimensions" a Nevada-based healthcare organization, was born (December 14, 1925) in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is grandmother to famous child actor Ryan Malgarini who lives with her along with her husband in Nevada.
Gloria Molina Gloria Molina is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, and the current chairwoman of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Molina grew up as one of ten children in the Los Angeles suburb of Pico Rivera, California, USA to a Mexican-American father and Mexican mother.
Gloria Origgi Gloria Origgi, an Italian philosopher at the CNRS in Paris (Institut Jean Nicod), is the founder (in 2002) and the director of the innovative interdisciplines.org project a portal where many international virtual conferences in the social and cognitive sciences are being organized.
Gloria Root Gloria Root (May 28, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois — January 8, 2006 in San Francisco, California) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the December 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.
Gloria Stivic Gloria Stivic (née Bunker) is the name of the fictional character played by Sally Struthers on the American situation comedy All in the Family, which aired on the CBS television network from 1971 until 1979. Gloria Stivic was the only child of Archie and Edith Bunker, and she was married to Michael Stivic.
Gloria Swanson Gloria Swanson (March 27, 1899 - April 4, 1983), an American Hollywood actress, was prolific during the silent film era, but saw her career go into decline with the advent of "talkies". She is now best known for her indelible comeback role in the film Sunset Boulevard (1950), in which -- mirroring her own life -- she portrayed a former silent movie star largely forgotten by audiences of the day.
Gloria Talbott Movie actress Gloria Talbott (February 7 1931 - September 19 2000) grew up, along with her acting sister Lori, in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale. In addition to appearing in high school plays, the young actress first worked in film in the late 1930s appearing as a young woman in bit parts.
Gloria Todd Gloria Todd was a fictional character in ITV's Coronation Street, played by Sue Jenkins, between 1985 and 1988. She famously served as a bridesmaid at Bet Lynch's 1987 wedding to Alec Gilroy, looking not dissimilar to a milking maid.
Gloria Williams Hearn Gloria Williams Hearn (born 1934) is a retired Democratic educator from Pineville who lost the November 7, 2006, congressional election in Louisiana's 5th Congressional District to the incumbent Republican Rodney McKinnie Alexander of Quitman in Jackson Parish. Alexander prevailed in the jungle primary held on the same day as the national general election with some 68 percent of the vote.
Gloria Williamson Gloria Williamson (born 1943 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American singer and was notable for being an early lead singer of an early incarnation of famed Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. Having sung with Annette Beard in another group, they formed another girl group with residents Martha Reeves and Rosalind Ashford becoming the Del-Phis.
Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis Mariae Gloria Ferdinanda Joachima Josefine Wilhelmine Huberta, Princess of Thurn and Taxis (German: Gloria Fürstin von Thurn and Taxis), born Countess Mariae Gloria of Schönburg in Glauchau and Waldenburg (Mariae Gloria Gräfin von Schönburg zu Glachau und Waldenburg), daughter of Count Joachim and Countess Beatrix (born Countess Széchényi of Sárvár) on February 23, 1960, is a German princess and socialite. The mother of Albert, the head of the princely house of Thurn and Taxis, she controlled the $2 billion Thurn and Taxis fortune after her husband Johannes died in 1990.
Gloriae Dei Cantores Gloriae Dei Cantores, is a choir under the direction of Elizabeth Patterson. It has toured 23 countries in Europe, Asia, and North America, and has produced more than 30 recordings, receiving extensive critical acclaim for its performances of sacred choral music of all historical periods and styles.
Glorification There are two events that occur during glorification, these are "the receiving of perfection by the elect before entering into the kingdom of heaven," and "the receiving of the resurrection bodies by the elect"
Glorificus Glory, also known as Glorificus, The Beast, The Abomination, and That Which Cannot Be Named, is a fictional deity in the television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, played by Clare Kramer. She appeared during most of the fifth season of the program.
Glorifying the American Girl Glorifying the American Girl is a 1929 musical comedy film produced by Florenz Ziegfeld and highlighting his Ziegfeld Follies girls. The last third of the film (which was filmed in Technicolor) is basically a Follies production, with cameo appearances by Rudy Vallee, Helen Morgan and Eddie Cantor.
Glorioso Islands The Glorieuses or Glorioso Islands (French: Îles Glorieuses or officially also Archipel des Glorieuses) are group of islands and rocks totalling 5 km², at , in the northern Mozambique channel, about 160 km northwest of Madagascar. The Glorieuses have an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of 48,350 km².
Glorious Appearing Glorious Appearing is the 12th book in the Left Behind series. Released on March 30, 2004, this book sees the surviving believers awaiting the return of Jesus Christ as the war of Armageddon draws to its climax.
Glorious Betsy Glorious Betsy is a 1928 mostly-silent film, based on a play of the same name by Rida Johnson Young and starring Dolores Costello. It was produced by Warner Brothers and was nominated for (but did not win) an Academy Award for Best Writing, Adaptation in 1929.
Glorious class aircraft carrier The Glorious class aircraft carrier was a design born of necessity. HMS Glorious and HMS Courageous were originally built as 'large light cruisers', which is a cross between 'a light cruiser with 15 inch guns' and 'a battlecruiser with almost no armor'.
Glorious First of June The Glorious First of June (also known as the Third Battle of Ushant and in French as the Bataille du 13 prairial an 2) was a naval battle fought in the Atlantic Ocean on 28 and 29 May and June 1 1794 between the Royal Navy and the navy of Revolutionary France. It was the first major naval battle of the French Revolutionary Wars.
Glorious Generation In Strauss and Howes Generations and the Fourth Turning, the Glorious Generation were a Hero/Civic type generation in Colonial America born from 1648-1673. They entered a protected childhood of tax-supported schools and new laws discouraging the "kidnapping" of young servants.
Glorious Revolution The Glorious Revolution, sometimes called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of James II of England in 1688 by a union of Parliamentarians and the Dutch stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau (William of Orange). It is sometimes called the Bloodless Revolution, although there was fighting and loss of life in Ireland and Scotland.
Glorious Twelfth The Glorious Twelfth is usually used to refer to August 12, the start of the open season for grouse shooting in the United Kingdom. This is one of the busiest days in the shooting season, with large amounts of game being shot.
Glorith Glorith of Baldur is a fictional villain from the Legion of Super-Heroes comics published by DC Comics. A pretty blonde woman with varying degrees of magical power from the nonexistent to the godlike, she is a D-list villain that was promoted to godlike status during the continuity confusion following Crisis on Infinite Earths and the removal of Superboy.
Glorpy Magic trick consisting of a silk pocket handkerchief which is laid down on a table. After commanded by the magician, a ghost shows its presence by coming to life under the handkerchief, lifting it and making it dance around.
Glory (optical phenomenon) A glory is an optical phenomenon produced by light backscattered (a combination of diffraction, reflection and refraction) towards its source by a cloud of uniformly-sized water droplets. A glory has multiple colored rings.
Glory Alozie Glory Alozie Oluchi (born December 30, 1977 in Amator, Nigeria) is a Spanish athlete competing mostly in hurdling. The world junior champion from 1986, she went on to have a successful senior career, although she has never won a major international event.
Glory Be to the Father Glory Be to the Father, also known as Gloria Patri, is a doxology, a short hymn of praise to God in various Christian liturgies. It is also referred to as the Minor Doxology (Doxologia Minor) as opposed to the Greater Doxology, which is the Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
Glory hole (mining) A glory hole is a type of mine. In the western United States during the Gold Rush days, independent miners who did not have the finances to dig a conventional mine shaft would dig a shaft straight down to try to find a gold seam.
Glory hole (petroleum production) A glory hole in the context of the offshore petroleum industry is an excavation into the sea floor designed to protect the wellhead equipment installed at the surface of a petroleum well from icebergs or pack ice. An economically attractive alternative for exploiting offshore petroleum resources is a floating platform; however, ice can pose a serious hazard to this solution.
Glory hole (sexual) A glory hole is a hole in a wall or other partition, often between public lavatory stalls or video booths for men to engage in sexual activity or observe the person in the next cubicle while one or both parties masturbate. The partition maintains anonymity or physical separation.
Glory hunter A glory hunter is a derogatory term used as a form of insult towards people who are, or who are suspect to, supporting a particular football club due to its size, quality and/or popularity in the media. Glory hunters usually live outside the town where a particular team is from, and may, in fact, live in a different country altogether.
Glory of Heracles The Glory of Heracles (or Herakles no Eikou, as it's known in Japan) is a Japanese video game series made by Data East. The series consists of a total of five games, all RPGs, and is most comparable to the Dragon Quest series, from Enix.
Glory of Love "Glory of Love" is a popular song written by Peter Cetera, David Foster and Diane Nini, and recorded by Cetera shortly after he left the band Chicago to pursue a solo career. The song was Cetera's first single and was included on his 1986 album Solitude/Solitaire.
Glory to God "Glory to God" is a Christmas carol popular among American and Canadian Reformed churches that have Dutch roots. It is translated from the Dutch "Ere Zij God" and is one of the most beloved carols sung in the Protestant churches in the Netherlands.
Glory to the Brave Glory to the Brave is the debut album released by the Swedish power metal band HammerFall in 1997. It was their first album, despite the fact that the band was formed in 1993 (they performed mostly live music and covers before this album was released).
Glory, Glory Glory, Glory is the fight song for the Georgia Bulldogs, the athletics teams for the University of Georgia. Glory, Glory is sung to the tune of The Battle Hymn of the Republic and was sung at football games as early as the 1890's.
Gloryhallastoopid Gloryhallastoopid is an album by the funk ensemble Parliament. It was their penultimate album on the Casablanca Records label, and is another concept album which tries to explain that Funk was responsible for the creation of the universe (see P Funk mythology).
Glorystar GloryStar Satellite Systems is a vendor of satellite television equipment oriented towards viewers of satellite-delivered Christian broadcast ministries. The systems are configured by GloryStar to receive Christian broadcasters from Ku-band satellites Intelsat Americas 5 (97° W) and AMC-4 (101° W).
Glosa Glosa is an international auxiliary language (auxlang), that was developed by Lancelot Hogben (as Interglossa, GB, 1943), Ronald Clark and Wendy Ashby (GB, 1972-1992). Glosa is of the type that linguists call isolating, meaning that there are no inflections.
Glosas Emilianenses The Glosas Emilianenses (Spanish for "glosses of [Saint] Emilianus") are glosses written in a Latin codex. The anonymous author is assumed to have been a monk at the monastery of Suso (the upper one) in San Millán de la Cogolla, La Rioja.
Gloss A gloss (from Koine Greek γλώσσα glossa, meaning 'tongue') is a note made in the margins or between the lines of a book, in which the meaning of the text in its original language is explained, sometimes in another language. As such, glosses can vary in thoroughness and complexity, from simple marginal notations of words one reader found difficult or obscure, to entire interlinear translations of the original text and cross references to similar passages.
Gloss (transliteration) A Gloss–word, phrase, (or syllable), is the dictionary entry for that word. It is composed typically of syllables, (unless a one– word gloss), and the syllables can have different, (2 language) components.
Glossa, Sporades Glossa (Greek: Γλώσσα meaning tongue), older forms: Paliourio and Paliourion is a village located in the northwestern part of the island of Skopelos in the Sporades. The population in 2001 was 1,006 for the village and 1,195 for the municipal district.
Glossary A glossary is a list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with the definitions for those terms. Traditionally, a glossary appears at the end a book and includes terms within that book which are either newly introduced or at least uncommon.
Glossary of arithmetic and Diophantine geometry This is a glossary of arithmetic and Diophantine geometry in mathematics, areas growing out of the traditional study of Diophantine equations to encompass large parts of number theory and algebraic geometry. Much of the theory is in the form of proposed conjectures, which can be related at various levels of generality.
Glossary of atmospheric reentry Over the decades since the 1950s, a rich technical jargon has grown around the engineering of vehicles designed to enter planetary atmospheres. Definition of the jargon is prerequisite to meaningful discussion about Atmospheric reentry.
Glossary of bagpipe terms The following Bagpipe terms are used when discussing the Bagpipe. Historically, the highland bagpipe was a solo instrument and was tuned to a Gaelic vocal scale that was pentatonical and mixolydian in character.
Glossary of Canadian English words Canadian English has words or expressions not found, or not widely used, in other variants of English. Additionally, like other dialects of English that exist in proximity to francophones, French loanwords have entered Canadian English.
Glossary of Japanese tea ceremony terms This is an alphabetical list of terms used in Japanese tea ceremony. Note that in tea ceremony terms are often prefixed with the honorifics "o-" or "go"; terms are listed here under the first letter of the word (eg: kama), followed by the honorific, if applicable (o-kama).
Glossary of legal terms in technology The legal aspects of technology involve many different terms. This page attempts to provide short and accurate definitions of these terms, as they pertain to technology, with links to more information in Wikipedia.
Glossary of library and information science An abstract is a brief set of statements that summarize, classifies, evaluates, or describes the important points of a text, particularly a journal article. An abstract is typically found on the first page of a scholarly article.
Glossary of order theory This is a glossary of some terms used in various branches of mathematics that are related to the fields of order, lattice, and domain theory. Note that there is a structured list of order topics available as well.
Glossary of owarai terms This page describes words and terms (generally of Japanese origin) relating to owarai (Japanese comedy). Many of these terms may be used in areas of Japanese culture outside comedy, including television and radio, music, or some may even be used in normal Japanese speech.
Glossary of paintball terms Every paintball field has its own lingo for various obstacles, bunkers, and landmarks that are unique to the site. Prospective players should always familiarize themselves with the terms used by other players beforehand.
Glossary of pool, billiards and snooker terms The following is a list of traditional terms used in the three main cue sport disciplines: pool, which denotes a host of games played on a table with six pockets such as straight pool, eight-ball, nine-ball, one-pocket and bank pool; carom billiards referring to the various carom games played on a table without pockets such as straight-rail, three-cushion, balkline and artistic billiards; and snooker played on a special table which, like a pool table, has six pockets, but is significantly larger and has specialized refinements. The term billiards is sometimes also used to refer to all of the cue sports.

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