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Halbstarke Halbstarke was a term that described a postwar period subculture of adolescents – the most were of male gender and stemmed from working class parents -, that appeared in public in an aggressive and provocative way during the 1950s in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Halcyon (console) The Halcyon was a home video game console released in January of 1985 by RDI Video Systems. The initial retail price for the system was $2500, and it featured a laserdisc player and attached computer, each the size of an early-model VCR.
Halcyon (Chicane song) "Halcyon" is a trance song by British DJ and trance artist Chicane, pseudonym of Nick Bracegirdle. It is the 5th track of his second album Behind the Sun and also part of the "No Ordinary Morning" / "Halcyon" double A-side CD single – the third released from the album.
Halcyon (Orbital song) "Halcyon" is a song written and performed by Orbital. In its original form, the song is a melancholy tribute to the addictive sedative Halcion (Triazolam), which the Hartnoll brothers' mother reportedly used.
Halcyon Castle Halcyon Castle was built in the 1930's in the city of Travancore, state of Kerala, India. Originally the castle was built by Sri Rama Varma Valia Koil Thampuran, consort of Regent Maharani Sethu Lakshmi Bayi (who was the aunt of Maharaja Sree Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma), and it served as a summer retreat.
Halcyon days Halcyon days is Old English influenced by the Greek language, literally meaning calm days; a reference to the fourteen days of calm weather the ancients believed to precede the winter solstice that coincided with the brooding of the Halcyon--fabled to be in nests floating on the sea--because the birds charmed the winds and waves so that seas were especially calm.
Haldan Keffer Hartline Haldan Keffer Hartline (December 22, 1903 – March 17, 1983) was an American physiologist who was a cowinner (with George Wald and Ragnar Granit) of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in analyzing the neurophysiological mechanisms of vision.
Haldane (lunar crater) Haldane is a lunar crater that is located in Mare Smythii, near the eastern limb of the Moon. The visibility of this formation is affected by libration, and even under favorable conditions it is highly foreshortened.
Haldane Mission The Haldane Mission led by Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane was a last ditch effort to quell the friction between England and Germany before the outbreak of World War I. It took place February 8-12, 1912.
Haldane principle The Haldane Principle in British research policy is the idea that decisions about what to spend research funds on should be made by researchers rather than politicians. It is named after Richard Burdon Haldane, who in 1904 and from 1909-1918 chaired committees and commissions which recommended this policy.
Haldi Kumkum The Haldi Kumkum festival is a get-together organised by Indian (particularly women from Maharastra) women for women. Married women invite friends, relatives and new acquaintances to meet in an atmosphere of merriment and fun.
Haldia Haldia is a city and a municipality in Purba Medinipur in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a major seaport located approximately 50 kilometers southwest of Calcutta near the mouth of the Hooghly River, one of the distributaries of the Ganges.
Haldimand (electoral district) Haldimand was a federal electoral district in the province of Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1892 and from 1904 to 1953. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867.
Haldimand Board of Education The Haldimand Board of Education is the former name of the Haldimand County division of the Grand Erie District School Board. In the past, high schools from this school board would have rivalries with high schools from the former Norfolk Board of Education.
Haldimand County Museum & Archives (Cayuga, Ontario) The Haldimand County Museum & Archives, located at 8 Echo Street in Cayuga, Ontario, Canada, is a museum that preserves and makes accessible evidence of the history of Haldimand County. Artifacts related to Haldimand County, from its precivilization beginnings to the 20th century, are restored and displayed in the museum galleries and grounds.
Haldimand County, Ontario Haldimand is a single-tier municipality (but called a county) on the Niagara Peninsula in southern Ontario, Canada, on the north shore of Lake Erie, and on the Grand River. The population was 43,728 as of 2001.
Haldimand—Norfolk Haldimand—Norfolk is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1997, and since 2004. It will elect a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the next provincial election.
Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004. This riding was created in 1996 from parts of Elgin—Norfolk and Haldimand—Norfolk ridings.
Haldwani Haldwani or Haldwani-Kathgodam (Hindi: हल्द्वानी ) is a city and a municipal board in Nainital District in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It one of the most populous towns in Uttarakhand, and is known as the "Gateway of Kumaon".
Hale (lunar crater) Hale is a relatively young lunar impact crater that is located on the southern limb of the Moon. Over half the crater lies on the far side of the Moon, and from the Earth this formation is viewed from the side.
Hale Barns Hale Barns is an affluent village of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Cheshire, Hale Barns lies about 12 miles south of Manchester city centre close to Manchester Airport and the River Bollin.
Hale Farm & Village The Hale Farm & Village is a historical community in Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio. It is within the boundaries of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, although it belongs to the Western Reserve Historical Society and is run by them as a compatible use site.
Hale House-Patterson Hotel Hale House-Patterson Hotel is a historic building located near the town square in Watertown, Tennessee that was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997 . Completed in 1898, the Hale House originally served as a private residence.
Hale Johnson Attorney Hale Johnson (1847-1902) left the Republican Party because it did not support an amendment to the United States Constitution mandating national prohibition of alcohol. He then became "one of the most effective, prominent and influential" prohibitionists in the country, according to one biographer.
Hale Koa Hotel The Hale Koa Hotel, which means House of the Warrior in Hawaiian, is a hotel located on Waikiki Beach and owned by the United States Department of Defense. It sits on the southeast corner of Fort DeRussy in the middle of downtown Honolulu.
Hale railway station Hale railway station serves the area of Hale in the south of Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. It is on the route from Chester to Manchester Piccadilly, the Mid-Cheshire Line, 26 km (16 miles) south west of Manchester Piccadilly.
Hale Street Link, Brisbane The Hale Street Link is a proposed toll bridge over the Brisbane River in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. If built, the bridge would connect Merivale and Cordelia Streets in West End to Hale Street and the Inner City Bypass at Milton.
Hale'iwa, Hawai'i Haleiwa is a North Shore community and census-designated place (CDP) in the Waialua District of the Island of Oahu, City & County of Honolulu. In Hawaiian, hale means "house", and the iwa is a Frigatebird.
Hale's Ford, Virginia Hale's Ford was a small unincorporated community located in the northeastern corner of Franklin County, Virginia. It is best known as the location of the Burroughs Farm, a plantation where famed educator Booker T.
Hale's Regiment of Militia Hale's Regiment of Militia also known as the 15th New Hampshire Militia Regiment was at Fort Ticonderoga during the spring and summer of 1776 reinforcing the Continental Army garrison. The regiment was again called up on July 21, 1777 at Rindge, New Hampshire for Gen.
Hale, Greater Manchester Hale is an affluent built-up area immediately south of Altrincham in the metropolitan borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England."Official British Place Name Archives - Hale", Greater Manchester County Records Office - Retreived October 19, 2006 Historically part of Cheshire, and approximately nine miles south west of Manchester, it had a population of 15,316 in the 2001 census.
Haleakala Observatory The Haleakala High Altitude Observatory site, on the Island of Maui is the site of Hawaii's first astronomical research observatory. At 10,000 feet elevation, Haleakala is above one third of the Earth's atmosphere.
Haleh Afshar Professor Haleh Afshar OBE is a lecturer in Politics and Women's Studies at the University of York and Visiting Professor of Islamic Law at the Faculté Internationale de Droit Comparé. Of Iranian origin, she worked as a journalist before and after her initial studies at York, where she was to return after receiving her PhD from Cambridge University.
Hales Bar Dam Hale's Bar Dam, completed in 1913, was major hydroelectric project of the former Tennessee Electric Power Company. It was later purchased by the Tennessee Valley Authority who operated it until its replacement by Nickajack Dam, a few miles downstream, in 1968.
Hales–Jewett theorem In mathematics, the Hales–Jewett theorem [2] is a fundamental combinatorial result of Ramsey theory, concerning the degree to which high-dimensional objects must necessarily exhibit some combinatorial structure; it is impossible for such objects to be "completely random".
Halesia Halesia (Silverbell or Snowdrop Tree) is a small genus of four or five species of deciduous large shrubs or small trees in the family Styracaceae, native to eastern Asia (southeast China) and eastern North America (southern Ontario, Canada south to Florida and eastern Texas, United States). They grow to 5-20 m tall (rarely to 39 m), and have alternate, simple ovate leaves 5-16 cm long and 3-8 cm broad.
Halesowen and Stourbridge (UK Parliament constituency) Halesowen and Stourbridge was a parliamentary constituency in the West Midlands, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from February 1974 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.
Halestorm Halestorm is a rock band from Pennsylvania (US) that signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records, a major recording label, on June 28 2005. The group has been consistently active, writing and performing original music since the mid-1990's and becoming increasingly successful.
Halesworth Halesworth is a small market town (population of around 6000) in the north east corner of Suffolk, England. It is located 15 miles south west of Lowestoft, and straddles the River Blyth, nine miles upstream from the unspoilt, traditional seaside town of Southwold.
Haletown, Tennessee Haletown, Tennessee is an unincorportated commuity of Marion County, Tennessee. It is probably best known as the former location of Hale's Bar Dam, a major hydroelectric project of the former Tennessee Electric Power Company completed in 1913 which was later purchased by the Tennessee Valley Authority and operated by it until its replacement by Nickajack Dam, slightly downstream, in the 1960s, after which Hales Bar Dam was partially demolished; the remaining portion still exists near Haletown.
Halewood Halewood is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England, situated to the south-east of Liverpool. Though not officially part of Liverpool itself, it marks the southern edge of the city's urban area, being bordered by the southern suburbs of Hunts Cross and Woolton.
Haley Bonar Haley Bonar is an alt-country singer/songwriter who hails from South Dakota, but currently lives in Minnesota. She plays guitar and keyboards and typically is backed sparingly, in some instances only by a drummer.
Haley Station, Ontario Haley Station (also known an Haley, Haleys, Haley's, with or without Station) is a small community near highway 17 between Renfrew and Cobden. It derives its name from a station built on the CPR where the railway right of way crossed the farm of George Haley, an early settler on the second concession of Ross township (now a part of Whitewater township).
Half & Half Half & Half is a television situation comedy about the lives of fictional half-sisters Mona and Dee Dee Thorne as they take their sibling rivalries and contentious relationship into adulthood. The show is set in San Francisco.
Half a Life (TNG episode) Half a Life is the 22nd episode of the 4th season of the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation. This critically acclaimed episode was widely lauded for its ensemble acting, in particular that of its guest star, David Ogden Stiers of M*A*S*H fame.
Half as Much "Half as Much" is an American pop standard written by Curley Williams in 1951. It was first recorded by country music singer Hank Williams in 1952 and reached #2 on the Billboard Country Singles chart.
Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas One of Tom Robbins' less well-known novels, Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas was published in 1994 by Bantam Books. Like Robbins' other books, the plot involves an eclectic mix of characters and complicated scenarios.
Half Baked Half Baked is a 1998 comedy film starring Dave Chappelle, Jim Breuer, Harland Williams and Guillermo DĂ­az. The movie was directed by Tamra Davis, and co-written by star Dave Chappelle and Neal Brennan (Brennan was later a writer on Chappelle's Comedy Central show Chappelle's Show).
Half cell A half cell is a structure that contains a conductive electrode and a surrounding conductive electrolyte separated by a naturally-occurring Helmholtz double layer. Chemical reactions within this layer momentarily pump electric charges between the electrode and the electrolyte, resulting in a potential difference between the electrode and the electrolyte.
Half dollar (United States coin) The Half Dollar of the United States, sometimes known as the fifty-cent piece, has been produced nearly every year since the inception of the United States Mint in 1794. The only US coin that has been minted on a more consistent basis during this time-frame is the cent.
Half Empty Half Full Half Empty Half Full is Cueshe's debut album released under Sony BMG Philippines in 2005. It was able to release five singles ("Stay","Sorry","Ulan","Can't Let You Go" and "24 Hours").
Half Florin The Half Florin (also known as a Leopard) was an attempt by English king Edward III to produce a gold coinage suitable for use in Europe as well as in England (see also Florin or Double Leopard and Quarter Florin or Helm). The half florin was largely based on contemporary European gold coins, with a value of three shillings.
Half guard Half guard or alternatively half mount is a ground grappling position where one combatant is lying on the other, with the bottom combatant having one leg entangled. Sometimes the bottom combatant is said to be in half guard, while the top combatant is in a half mount respectively.
Half Horse, Half Musician Half Horse, Half Musician is a 1999 EP by Sean Lennon. It features three remixes from his debut album Into the Sun ("Queue", "Spaceship" and "Into The Sun") as well as original material.
Half Human , is a tokusatsu film produced and released by Toho Studios in 1958. The film was made by Toho's legendary Godzilla directing/special effects/producing team of IshirĹŤ Honda, Eiji Tsuburaya, and Tomoyuki Tanaka.
Half Japanese Half Japanese is a seminal punk rock band formed by brothers Jad and David Fair in their Uniontown, Maryland bedroom around 1975 - 1977. Like The Shaggs, the Fair brothers were self-taught and thoroughly unconventional musicians; their early raw, unvarnished sound careened between naĂŻvely amateurish-sounding canoodling and avant-garde experimentation.
Half Light (song) "Half Light" is a song by the British rock band Athlete from their second album, Tourist. It was released 25 April 2005 as the second single from that album, peaking at #16 in the UK Singles Chart (see 2005 in British music).
Half measure polytope In geometry, half measure polytopes (also called demihypercubes) are a class of n-polytopes constructed from an n-hypercube where half of the vertices are removed (or alternately truncated). The 2n facets become 2n (n-1)-half measures polytopes and 2n (n-1)-simplex facets are formed in place of the removed vertices.
Half Man Half Biscuit Half Man Half Biscuit, often abbreviated to "HMHB", are a UK rock band from Birkenhead, active sporadically since the mid-1980s, known for their satirical, sardonic and sometimes surreal songs. The group consist of Nigel Blackwell (lead vocals, guitar), Neil Crossley (bass), Ken Hancock (lead guitar) and Carl Henry (drums).
Half Moon Bay Stakes The Half Moon Bay Stakes is an ungraded stakes race for thoroughbred horses held on the grass at Golden Gate Fields in Albany, California. For fillies and mares, three-year-olds and up, it's run at a distance of eight and a half furlongs on the turf and offers a purse of $50,000.
Half Moon Bay State Beach Half Moon Bay State Beach is a protected beach located in Half Moon Bay in California. This Pacific Ocean beach, located immediately south of Pillar Point Harbor and the town of Princeton-by-the-Sea, is often used by surfers, who utilize its unusual waves that are inflluenced by reflective action from the harbor jetty.
Half Moon Hotel The Half Moon Hotel in Coney Island, New York was where Abe Reles, informant for the FBI who brought down numerous members of Murder, Inc., "fell" to his death on November 12, 1941 a few hours before he was scheduled to testify against Albert Anastasia.
Half Mute Half Mute, released in 1980, was Californian post-punk group Tuxedomoon's first full–length album, after two EPs, 1978's No Tears and 1979's Scream with a View. The album was rereleased on CD in 1997, bundled together with Scream with a View.
Half note In music, a half note (American or "German" terminology) or minim (British or "classical" terminology) is a note played for half the duration of a whole note (or semibreve) and twice the duration of a quarter note (or crotchet). In time signatures with a demoninator of 4, such as 4/4 or 3/4 time, the half note is two beats long.
Half Nelson (film) Half Nelson is an Academy Award-nominated American film which premiered in competition at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, and was released theatrically on August 11, 2006. It is written by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, stars Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps and Anthony Mackie and is directed by Ryan Fleck.
Half Note Club The Half Note was a legendary jazz club located at the corner of Hudson & Spring Streets in Manhattan. The club was known for its showcasing of up-and-coming jazz musicians in the 1950's and 60's, and its defraying costs with live radio broadcasts on Friday nights, hosted by Alan Grant.
Half precision In computing, half precision is a computer numbering format that occupies only half of one storage locations in computer memory at address. A half-precision number may be defined to be an integer, fixed point, or floating point.
Half Past Dead Half Past Dead is a 2002 action movie in which a criminal infiltrates a prison to interrogate a prisoner about the location of a fortune in gold and an FBI agent has to stop him. The film starred Morris Chestnut, Steven Seagal, Ja Rule, Kurupt, and Claudia Christian.
Half Price Books Half Price Books is a chain of bookstores in the United States. Founders Ken Gjemre and Patricia "Pat" Anderson started the first store with 2,000 books out of their personal libraries in a former laundromat in the Lakewood neighborhood of Dallas, Texas in 1972.
Half range Fourier series A half range Fourier series is a Fourier series defined on an interval [0,L] instead of the more common [-L,L], with the implication that the analyzed function f(x), xin[0,L] should be extended to [-L,0) as either an even or odd function. This allows the expansion of the function in a series solely of sines (odd) or cosines (even).
Half rhyme Half rhyme, sometimes known as slant, sprung or near rhyme, and less commonly eye rhyme (a term covering a broader phenomenon), is consonance on the final consonants of the words involved. It is widely used in Irish, Welsh, and Icelandic verse.
Half the Sky Foundation Half the Sky Foundation is an organization formed by individuals concerned with the treatment and care of Chinese orphans. The charity was created in 1997, when several adoptive parents and educators found that many state-run orphanages were ill equipped to nurture and educate infants and toddlers.
Half Tide Rocks Half Tide Rocks are a group of small barren rocks in Massachusetts Bay, located within the city limits of Boston. The rocks are east of Aldridge Ledge, southeast of Devils Back, southwest of Green Island, northeast of Little Calf Island, and northwest of Calf Island.
Half-breed Half-breed is a term used to describe anyone who is half of one race and half of another. The term was once widely used to describe people of mixed Native American (especially North American) and white European parentage.
Half-collared Kingfisher The Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata is a species of kingfisher that feeds almost exclusively on fish and can be found near water at all times. It can be found on shores and around larger bodies of water in Southern and Eastern Africa.
Half-creatures All Half-creatures are mostly fictional characters made up to help progress a story, game or movie, in some way. Half-creatures are creatures with one species (mostly human) and the traits/characteristics of another species.
Half-diminished seventh chord The half-diminished seventh chord (also known as a minor seventh flat five) is created by taking the root, minor third, diminished fifth and minor seventh (1, â™­3, â™­5 and â™­7) of any major scale; for example, C half-diminished would be (C Eâ™­ Gâ™­ Bâ™­). In diatonic harmony, the half-diminished chord naturally occurs on the 7th scale tone (for example, Bm7(â™­5) in C major).
Half-giant Half-giants are a mythological creature, born to a giant and a human, or some other creature. They feature primarily in fantasy role-playing games, where they often are a playable race (for example, as in the Dark Sun setting for Dungeons & Dragons and in the MMORPG Horizons: Empire of Istaria), and in literature such as the Harry Potter books.
Half-life The half-life of a quantity subject to exponential decay is the time required for the quantity to decay to half of its initial value. The concept originated in the study of radioactive decay, but applies to many other fields as well, including phenomena which are described by non-exponential decays.
Half-Life 2 Half-Life 2 (HL2) is a science fiction first-person shooter computer game that is the sequel to Half-Life. It was developed by the Valve Software Corporation and was released on November 16, 2004, following a protracted five-year development cycle during which the game's source code was leaked to the Internet.
Half-Life 2 controversies and criticisms The following are problems encountered by Valve Software, Vivendi Universal and gamers before and after the release of the computer game Half-Life 2. Note that the following does not necessarily reflect the game itself.
Half-Life 2: Capture The Flag (Mod) Half-Life 2: Capture The Flag is a multiplayer capture the flag mod for the computer game Half-Life 2. Players are divided into two teams, Combine and Rebels, and try to steal the other team's flag from their base, and return it to their own for points.
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, abbreviated as HL2DM (or Half-Life 2 DM), is a multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed by Valve Corporation. Released on Steam on November 30, 2004, the game was offered as a free download to all Half-Life 2 owners.
Half-Life 2: Episode Three Half-Life 2: Episode Three will be the third installment of the computer game series Half-Life 2: Episodes by Valve Corporation. It will be the last in the currently planned story arc and is expected to be released by Christmas 2007.
Half-Life 2: Episode Two Half-Life 2: Episode Two will be the second game in a series of expansion episodes for the game Half-Life 2 from Valve Corporation. On May 24, 2006, after Half-Life 2: Episode One had gone gold, Valve announced that Episode Two would be released in time for the holiday season of Quarter 4 2006.
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast Half-Life 2: Lost Coast is an additional level for Valve Software's 2004 first-person shooter computer game Half-Life 2. It was originally slated to take place between the levels "Highway 17" and "Sandtraps", but was dropped.
Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar - A Behind the Scenes Look: Prima's Official Insider's Guide, published by Prima Games in November 2004, is a coffee-table book comprising a collection of images chronicling the development of, but not limited to: Half-Life 2, Counter-strike and Half-Life, developed by software company Valve Corporation. It also includes notes on the design of the game and information relating to voice actors, and other areas.
Half-Life High Definition Pack The Half-Life High Definition Pack (also commonly abbreviated to several other forms, including the Hi-Def Pack, or simply HD Pack) is a content pack consisting of new and upgraded material, but mostly models, for games in the Half-Life series. It was created by Gearbox Software and originally included with the PC release of Half-Life: Blue Shift.
Half-Life: Blue Shift Half-Life: Blue Shift is the second, stand-alone expansion pack for the first-person shooter computer game Half-Life, developed by Gearbox Software and released on June 12, 2001. Like Gearbox's other expansions, Half-Life: Opposing Force and Half-Life: Decay, Blue Shift returns to the setting and timeline of the original story, but with a different player character: the ubiquitous Black Mesa Research Facility security guard Barney Calhoun.
Half-Life: Uplink Half-Life: Uplink is a demo version of Valve Software's 1998 first-person shooter computer game Half-Life, released on February 12, 1999. Uplink features many of the common enemies, characters, and weapons from the full game, but unlike the first Half-Life demo (Half-Life: Day One) and the Half-Life 2 demo, the location and scenario in this demonstration do not appear in Half-Life.
Half-Life: Uplink (film) Half-Life: Uplink is a five minute action film adaptation of Valve Software's 1998 first-person shooter computer game Half-Life produced by a British marketing agency called Cruise Control. Originally slated for a release over the Internet on February 22, 1999, it was delayed due to licensing issues with Valve and Sierra (then publisher of the Half-Life series).
Half-Mile Telescope The Half-Mile Telescope was constructed in 1968 (2 aerials) at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory with 2 more aerials being added in 1972, using donated dishes (total cost was ÂŁ70,000). Two of the dishes are fixed, while two are moveable and share the One-Mile's rail track; to obtain information from the maximum number of different baselines, 30 days of observing were required.
Half-naked hatchetfish The half-naked hatchetfish, silver hatchetfish or spurred hatchetfish, Argyropelecus hemigymnus, is a deep-sea hatchetfish of the genus Argyropelecus found in deep tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans. Its length is between 3 and 5 cm.
Half-pass The half-pass is a lateral movement seen in dressage, in which the horse moves forward and sideways at the same time. Unlike the easier leg-yield, the horse is bent in the direction of travel, slightly around the rider's inside leg.
Half-pipe A half-pipe is a structure used in gravity extreme sports such as snowboarding, skateboarding, skiing, freestyle BMX and inline skating. The structure is usually wood, although sometimes the surface is made of another material.
Half-reaction A half reaction is either the oxidation or reduction reaction component of a redox reaction. A half reaction is obtained by considering the change in oxidation states of individual substances involved in the redox reaction.
Half-space In geometry, a half-space is either of the two parts into which a plane divides the three-dimensional space. More generally, a half-space is either of the two parts into which a hyperplane divides an affine space.
Half-staff Half-staff or half-mast describes a flag flying approximately halfway up a flagpole or ship's mast (though anywhere from one-third to two-thirds of the way up is acceptable). This is done in many countries as a symbol of respect, mourning, or distress.
Half-sword Half-sword, in 14th- to 16th-century fencing with the longswords, refers to the technique of gripping the central part of the sword blade with the left hand in order to execute more forceful thrusts against armoured and unarmoured opponents. The term is a translation of the original German Halbschwert.
Half-track A half-track is a civilian or military vehicle with regular wheels on the front for steering, and caterpillar tracks on the back to propel the vehicle and carry most of the load. The purpose of this combination is to produce a vehicle with the cross-country capabilities of a tank and the handling of a wheeled vehicle.

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