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Lifehouse (album) Lifehouse was a science fiction rock opera by The Who intended as a follow-up to Tommy. It was abandoned as a rock opera in favor of creating the traditional rock album, Who's Next, though its songs would appear on various Who albums, singles, and Pete Townshend solo albums.
Lifehouse (band) Lifehouse is a melodic rock band from the United States, popular with mainstream audiences. They came to prominence in 2000 with the hit single "Hanging by a Moment" from their debut album, No Name Face.
LifeChips LifeChips is the study and development of micro- and nano-scale technologies, systems and devices that combines methods developed by life scientists and technologists to help solve fundamental problems in the life sciences and in engineering. As the name suggests, it also represents the merging of two major industries, the microelectronic chip industry with the life science industry.
Lifelight Lifelight is a virtual program that allows humans to live out their lives in a perfect fantasy world, where they can choose what they desire, and then live in it. Essentially, it is like a hologram, except it can bring all the person's dreams to life (in their fantasy world).
Lifeline A lifeline is a line or rope used to support a person who is in physical difficulty, such as a person who is at risk of drowning. The term may now be used to refer to several different things which draw from this original meaning to some extent.
Lifeline Theatre Lifeline Theatre was founded in Chicago, Illinois, United States, in 1983 by four Northwestern University graduates. The company moved into its permanent home in Rogers Park--a converted Commonwealth Edison substation--in 1986.
Lifelong learning Lifelong learning is the concept that "It's never too soon or too late for learning", a philosophy that has taken root in a whole host of different organizations. Lifelong learning is attitudinal; that one can and should be open to new ideas, decisions, skills or behaviors.
LifeLog [is a project of the Information Processing Technology Office] of the [[Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. According to its bid solicitation pamphlet, is to be "an ontology-based (sub)system that captures, stores, and makes accessible the flow of one person's experience in and interactions with the world in order to support a broad spectrum of associates/assistants and other system capabilities.
Lifemapper Lifemapper is building a species diversity map of the world. It is similar to the SETI@Home client, in that it uses a distributed computing client running primarily on home user's computers to correlate georeferenced biological samples with environmental models of the Earth.
Lifepod Lifepod is a 1993 reworking of the Alfred Hitchcock classic Lifeboat. The made for tv movie moved the action from an ocean bound lifeboat to a spaceship's escape capsule, the sole survivors of a sabotaged space ship.
LifeRing Secular Recovery LifeRing Secular Recovery (known commonly as "LifeRing" or "LSR") is a network of support groups for people who want to live free of alcohol and other drugs. LifeRing exists to serve recovering alcoholics and addicts, and the general public, by organizing meetings dedicated to sobriety, secularity and self-help, and by providing educational information toward that end.
Lifesavas A hip hop trio from Portland, Oregon, consisting of Jumbo the Garbageman, Reverend Shines, and Vursatyl, Lifesavas are notable for what The Onion's Nathan Rabin called their "self deprecating style." Their creative and insightful songs are both approachable and complex.
Lifesaving Life Support Lifesaving Life Support refers to the series of exams implemented by the RLSS in order to assess a lifesaver's ability in on land rescue technique. There are three life support exams and at each level the standard expected of the individual is increased with the final test, Life Support 3, allowing for minimal to no errors.
Lifesaving Medal The Lifesaving Medal is a military decoration of the United States Coast Guard which was first created in June of 1874. The decoration is one of the oldest medals in the United States military and has remained unchanged in appearance since its initial conception.
Lifestart Lifestart is a family-centred Early Childhood Intervention and School Age service for children with developmental disabilities or autism, and their families which is based in Sydney, Australia. It is play-based, research-based, and follows a naturalistic social behavioural model.
Lifestories (album) Lifestories is a 2003 studio album by DB Boulevard vocalist, Moony. The album included 3 released singles, "Dove (I'll Be Loving You)", "Acrobats (looking for balance)" and "Flying Away".
Lifestyle anarchism Lifestyle anarchism is a term derived from anarchist author Murray Bookchin's polemical essay "Social Anarchism Or Lifestyle Anarchism: An Unbridgeable Chasm." He used it to criticise anarchists who he believed advocated individualism at the expense of class struggle.
Lifestyle Businesses Lifestyle Businesses are businesses that are set up and run by their founders primarily with the aim of sustaining a particular level of income and no more; or to provide a foundation from which to enjoy a particular lifestyle.
Lifestyle diseases Lifestyle diseases (also called diseases of longevity or diseases of civilization) are diseases that appear to increase in frequency as countries become more industrialized and people live longer. They include Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, cancer, chronic liver disease or cirrhosis, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, nephritis or chronic renal failure, osteoporosis, stroke, depression and obesity.
Lifestyle drug Lifestyle drugs are drugs created to improve the patient's quality of life by addressing relatively minor non-life threatening conditions such as head colds, headaches, baldness, impotence, wrinkles, and obesity. Antidepressants are also sometimes called lifestyle drugs.
Lifestyle travelling Lifestyle travelling is a type of alternative lifestyle practiced by people who wish to travel their entire lives, usually from country to country, in preference to "settling down" with a family or other traditional life goals. Some lifestyle travellers can actually develop a career or even start a family, but usually the costs associated with renting housing (as in hotel rooms, hostels, or other) and obtaining only freelance work prohibit this.
LifeSmarts LifeSmarts is a quizbowl like competition "run by the National Consumers League, that encourages high school students to learn about the consumer issues they face today and the new challenges that are right around the corner," according to the LifeSmarts Web site.
LifeSphere LifeSphere is a non-profit organization headquartered in Springdale, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati. The organization is centered around helping older adults live to their highest potential as individuals by helping them seek independence, good health and personal fulfillment.
Lifetime Entertainment Services Lifetime Entertainment Services is an American entertainment industry company, dedicated to entertainment and information programming as well as advocating a range of issues that women find relevant serving over 88 million households across the nation Lifetime Entertainment services has spawned:
Lifetime income tax A lifetime income tax is an income tax that would tax a person based on their cumulative lifetime income, rather than their yearly income as is currently done throughout the world. A lifetime income tax is currently just a proposal that has been made by some economists and politicians.
Lifetime Television Lifetime Television is an American television network devoted to movies, sitcoms and dramas, all of which are either geared towards women or feature women in lead roles. The channel was founded on February 1, 1984.
Lifetime value In marketing, the Lifetime Value (LTV) of a customer is the present value (usually expressed in currency) of future profits that can be derived from a customer based on the profits have been received from that customer in the past.
Lifeway The expression lifeway is a fairly new technical term that is not yet in most general dictionaries and for which most textbooks, especially below the university level, instead still use "way of life". The American Heritage Dictionary defines a lifeway as: "1.
LifeWay Christian Resources LifeWay Christian Resources is one of the largest religious publishing houses in the United States. Lifeway is based in Nashville, Tennessee owned and operated by the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the United States.
Lifford Lifford (Leifear in Irish) is the county town of Donegal (near Castlefin) in the Republic of Ireland and the seat of Donegal County Council. The town grew up around a castle established there by Manghus Ă“ Domhnaill, ruler of west Donegal, in the 16th century, and later became a British army garrison until Irish independence in 1922.
Lifford (artist) Lifford is a recording artist who is best known for being featured on the Artful Dodger song "Please Don't Turn Me On", which made number 4 in the UK singles chart in November 2000, achieving further success across Europe.
Lift (soft drink) Lift is a range of soft drinks produced by The Coca-Cola Company that has been available in Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Germany and Eastern Europe since the 1970s, which is carbonated and flavored with fruit juice. Coca-Cola's Australian website states that Lift Lemon (the only variety readily available in Australia) is "an Australian phenomenon, designed for the Australian market"Coca-Cola later expanded Lift into the United States] in early [[2000, where it is sold on a regional basis.
Lift (Shannon Noll song) "Lift" is the second single by Australian singer Shannon Noll from his sophomore album with the same name. The boxing-themed video clip for this song was shot in an unused warehouse in Sydney's Marrickville by well known Australian director Anthony Rose, who also directed Noll's music videos for "Drive", "What About Me" and "Shine".
Lift and carry Lift and Carry is an interest wherein a person may receive sexual stimulation by either being carried around by another person or carrying one themselves. The paraphilia exists in all four gender combinations; however, female/male and female/female lift and carries are the most popular.
Lift Above Poverty Organization (LAPO) LAPO is a Microfinance institution (MFI) dedicated to self employment through microfinance. LAPO started its activities in 1987 and was formally incorporated as a nonprofit nongovernmental organization (NGO) in 1993.
Lift coefficient The lift coefficient (CL or CZ) is a number associated with a particular shape of an airfoil, and is incorporated in the lift equation to predict the lift force generated by a wing using this particular cross section.
Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing — often called "The Black National Anthem" — was written as a poem by James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) and then set to music by his brother John Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954) in 1899. It was first performed in public in the Johnsons' hometown of Jacksonville, Florida as part of a celebration of Lincoln's Birthday on February 12, 1900 by a choir of 500 schoolchildren at the segregated Stanton School, where James Weldon Johnson was principal.
Lift hill A lift hill, or chain hill, is often the initial upward section of track on a typical roller coaster that initially transports the roller coaster train to an elevated point. Upon reaching the top, the train is then disengaged from the lift hill and allowed to coast through the rest of the roller coaster's circuit.
Lift Off Lift Off was an Australian educational television series and was broadcasted on the ABC network from 1992 until the series ended in 1994. Each episode featured a live action storyline about a group of young children, and the problems they encountered with growing up, their parents, and various other social issues.
Lift Upgrading Programme Lift Upgrading Programme (LUP) is a Housing and Development Board (HDB) upgrading project which upgrades and improves the facilities at lifts at HDB flats. This is for housing blocks built before the year 1990, which have lifts only built to serve some floors, to meet privacy demands and to cut costs.
Lift-off oversteer Lift-off oversteer (also known as snap-oversteer, trailing-throttle oversteer, lift-throttle oversteer, or drop-throttle oversteer) is a form of oversteer in an automobile that occurs when the vertical load on the tires shifts from the rear to the front quickly due to throttle release while cornering.
Lift-to-drag ratio In aerodynamics, the lift-to-drag ratio, or L/D ratio ("ell-over-dee", as opposed to "ell-dee"), is the amount of lift generated by a wing, compared to the drag it creates by moving through the air. A "better" L/D ratio is one of the major goals in wing design, since a particular aircraft's needed lift doesn't change, delivering that lift with lower drag leads directly to better fuel economy, climb performance and glide ratio.
Liftback A liftback (hatchback in British English) is a car body style in which the cargo space (trunk or boot) is accessed through a tailgate that extends up to the higher end of the C-pillar and includes the rear window. Liftbacks have either fastback-like rear ends, which are significantly sloped compared to more vertical hatchbacks, or are notchback-shaped.
Liftboat A liftboat is a self-propelled vessel that utilizes cylindrical steel "legs" to elevate itself out of the water. Used in the support of construction and production offshore, these vessels are oufitted with cranes, a large open deck area, and crew quarters to house workers.
Lifted (film) Lifted is a 2006 Pixar computer animated short that will be released theatrically with Ratatouille, which will be released in the United States on June 29, 2007. However, the short received a sneak peek at The 42nd Chicago International Film Festival.
Lifted (music collective) Lifted is a music collective formed as part of a college project in 1996 by a group of young artists and musicians from the West Midlands, UK. The Group have organised several free festivals including Sounds in the park and other parties.
Lifter Puller Lifter Puller, or simply LFTR PLLR was an indie rock band from Boston and the Twin Cities area between 1994 to 2000. Their music is considered rather innovative, with its angular riffs and a synth-infused sound that predated the 80's revival fads of the early 2000's.
Lifter Puller Folklore Lifter Puller mythology consists of a number stories about the nightlife in a fictional American sea side town as chronicled by the lyrcis of the Minnesota indie rock band Lifter Puller. These lyrics are primarily concerned with the activities and interactions of a few principle characters, Nightclub Dwight, Katrina, Juanita, The Eye-Patch Guy and various others, and are typically rife with dubious sexual encounters and the use and sale of drugs.
Liftershalte A liftershalte (in the Dutch language) is a spot (halte means stop, like in bushalte), marked by an official sign, where a hitchhiker (lifter) can easily be picked up by car drivers. In the Netherlands these spots can be found at the following places (in 2005):
Lifting hook A lifting hook is a device for grabbing and lifting loads by means of a device such as a hoist or crane. Lifting hooks are usually equipped with a safety latch to prevent the disengagement of the lifting wire rope sling, chain or rope to which the load is attached.
Lifting stone Lifting Stones are common throughout northern Europe, particularly Scotland, Iceland, Scandinavia and northern England. They were usually heavy local stones, without any modification, with the challenge being to lift such a stone, proving your strength.
Lifts on the old Canal du Centre The lifts on the old Canal du Centre are a series of four hydraulic boat lifts near the town of La Louvière in the Belgian province of Hainaut. Along a particular 7km stretch of the Canal du Centre, which connects the river basins of the Meuse and the Scheldt, the water level rises by 66.
Liga comunista 23 de septiembre The Liga Comunista 23 de Septiembre (September 23 Communist League), or LC23S, was a Marxist-Leninist urban guerrilla movement that emerged in Mexico in the early 1970s. The result of the fusing of various armed revolutionary organizations active in Mexico prior to 1974 in hopes of creating a united front to combat the Mexican state, the name was chosen to commemorate an unsuccessful guerrilla assault on the Madera barracks in the northern state of Chihuahua, Mexico led by former schoolteacher Arturo Gámiz on September 23, 1965.
Liga de Ascenso de Honduras Liga de Ascenso is the second division of Honduran soccer. The division is divided into 4 groups: zona norte-occidente, zona de Santa Bárbara, Cortés, Ocotepeque y Copán, zona centro-sur-oriente A, zona centro-sur-oriente B in which the top 2 teams qualify for the national quaterfinals.
Liga de FĂştbol Profesional Boliviano Liga de FĂştbol Profesional Boliviano is the top football (soccer) tournament in Bolivia. It started in 1977, but semi-professional football had been played in La Paz since 1950(including clubs from Oruro and Cochabamba) and it became the sucessor of the Bolivian FA Cup, a tournament played from 1965 to 1977 with the top teams from the regional football asociations.
Liga dos Escuteiros de Moçambique The Liga dos Escuteiros de Moçambique (LEMo), the national Scouting organization of Mozambique, was founded in 1960, and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1999. The coeducational Liga dos Escuteiros de Moçambique has 28,898 members as of 2004.
Liga Indonesia The Liga Indonesia is a league competition for Indonesian football clubs located at the top of the Indonesian football league system. Liga Indonesia is officially the Indonesian football league system itself, but more commonly used to refer to the league's premier division, Divisi Utama.
Liga Mexicana del PacĂfico The Mexican Pacific league ( or LMP) is Mexico's most important winter baseball league. The eight-team league's regular season runs from October to January and is followed by a playoff series to determine the league champion.
Liga Nacional de Accion Ruralista The Liga Nacional de Accion Ruralista was a Uruguayan organization founded in 1964 by Juan Maria Bordaberry, who became President of Uruguay, 1972-1976. The Liga (League) was designed to promote and defend rural interests.
Liga Nacional de Guatemala Liga Nacional de FĂştbol de Guatemala (National Football League of Guatemala), formerly known as Liga Mayor "A" (Major League "A") is a professional football division in Guatemala, the highest one in the country. It is sanctioned by the FederaciĂłn Nacional de FĂştbol de Guatemala.
Liga Norte de Sonora The Liga Norte de Sonora is a minor baseball league in Mexico that acts as a feeder system to the Mexican League in the summer season. They host games with teams of the Southwest Texas League formerly the Zaragoza Amateur Baseball League, and the Pacific Southwest Baseball League.
Liga Paraguaya: Primera DivisiĂłn Liga Paraguaya (Paraguayan League, in English), also known as "DivisiĂłn Profesional", is the top category of Paraguayan football (soccer), and it is organized by the Paraguayan Football Association. Currently, there are 12 teams in the first division.
Liga Paraguaya: Segunda DivisiĂłn Liga Paraguaya: Segunda DivisiĂłn (Paraguayan League, in English), also known as "DivisiĂłn Intermedia", is the second division of Paraguayan football (soccer), and it is organized by the Paraguayan Football Association.
Liga Sudamericana The Liga Sudamericana (Portuguese: Liga Sul-Americana, English: South American League) is an international male basketball cup competition played annually by the top clubs of South America, organized by the South American Basketball Confederation.
Liga Veneta The Liga Veneta is a regionalist and autonomist party, founded in 1979 in Veneto, Italy, combining Venetism and fiscal federalism. It was the first movement of its kind, predating Umberto Bossi’s Lombard League by five years.
Ligabueino Ligabueino (meaning "Ligabue's little one") was an abelisaur named after an Italian doctor (Giancario Ligabue). This was the smallest of all abelisaurs, and one of the smallest dinosaurs, at only 70 cm (2.
Ligabuesaurus Ligabuesaurus is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian to Albian stage, 100 to 125 million years ago). It was a basal titanosaurid sauropod which lived in what is now Argentina.
Ligament of apex dentis In the triangular interval between the alar ligaments is another fibrous cord, the ligament of apex dentis (or apical odontoid ligament), which extends from the tip of the odontoid process to the anterior margin of the foramen magnum, being intimately blended with the deep portion of the anterior atlantoöccipital membrane and superior crus of the transverse ligament of the atlas.
Ligament of head of femur The ligament of the head of the femur, also known as the ligamentum teres femoris, is a triangular, somewhat flattened band implanted by its apex into the antero-superior part of the fovea capitis femoris; its base is attached by two bands, one into either side of the acetabular notch, and between these bony attachments it blends with the transverse ligament.
Ligamentous Laxity Ligamentous laxity is a condition that can be summarised succinctly as "Loose ligaments". In a 'normal' body, ligaments are naturally tight in such a way that the joints are restricted to 'normal' movement ranges.
Ligand In chemistry, a ligand is an atom, ion, or molecule (see also: functional group) that generally donates one or more of its electrons through a coordinate covalent bond to, or shares its electrons through a covalent bond with, one or more central atoms or ions (these ligands act as a Lewis base). Fewer examples exist where a molecule can be described as a ligand that accepts electrons from a Lewis base (hence, the ligand acts as a Lewis acid).
Ligand (biochemistry) In biochemistry, a ligand is an effector, a molecule that binds to a site on a macromolecule's surface by intermolecular forces, thereby changing the chemical conformation of the macromolecule. Once a molecule's conformation has changed, its ability to function in other chemical reactions is altered.
Ligand isomerism Ligand isomerism is a type of structural isomerism which arises from the presence of ligands which can adopt different isomeric forms. An example is provided by diaminopropane,which may have amine groups in terminal(1,3)positions or in the 1,2 positions.
Ligand-gated ion channel The Ligand-gated ion channels, also referred to as LGICs, or ionotropic receptors, are a group of intrinsic transmembrane ion channels that are opened in response to binding of a chemical messenger, as opposed to voltage-gated ion channels or stretch-activated ion channels.
Ligase In biochemistry, a ligase (from the Latin verb ligÄre — "to bind" or "to glue together") is an enzyme that can catalyse the joining of two large molecules by forming a new chemical bond, usually with accompanying hydrolysis of a small chemical group pendant to one of the larger molecules. Generally ligase catalyses the following reation:
Ligature (musical instrument) A ligature is a device which holds a reed on to the mouthpiece of some woodwind instruments such as the saxophone and clarinet. On early clarinets the reed was instead secured by wrapping it with string, and this method is still preferred by most German clarinetists.
Ligature (orthodontic) Ligature is a term used in orthodontics for the small elastic that is used to affix the archwire to the bracket. Ligatures are usually changed at each adjustment, and come in many varied colors including transparent.
Ligeia "Ligeia" is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe. British critic and playwright George Bernard Shaw said, "The story of the Lady Ligeia is not merely one of the wonders of literature: it is unparalleled and unapproached.
Liger Zero The Liger Zero is a type of Zoid, one of over two hundred species of biomechanical life forms that provide the basis for TOMY’s model kit, anime, and comic based Zoids franchise. The Liger Zero is the main characters' Zoid of Zoids: New Century Zero (the first Zoids series to be dubbed into English), and Zoids: Fuzors, was the subject of a Game Boy Color game, and was the centre of Hasbro's New American Release marketing campaign.
Light Light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength that is visible to the eye (visible light) or, in a technical or scientific context, electromagnetic radiation of any wavelengthThe elementary particle] that defines light is the [[photon. The three basic dimensions of light (i.
Light a Distant Fire Light a Distant Fire is a 1988 historical novel by Lucia St. Clair Robson that fictionalizes the story of the Second Seminole War, Andrew Jackson, and the charismatic leader Osceola, warchief of the Seminole tribe.
Light aircraft carrier A light aircraft carrier is an aircraft carrier that is smaller than the standard carriers of a navy. The precise definition of the type varies by country, typically having a capacity of 1/2 to 2/3 of the aircraft of a full-sized carrier.
Light aircraft manufacturers in the Czech Republic Czechoslovakia had significant history in producing aircraft but the aeronautical industry was extremely influenced by several negative factors at the end of the 1980’s. The collapse of the East European market, combined with the world recession reduced the production of all aircraft manufacturers.
Light as a feather, stiff as a board Light as a feather, stiff as a board, sometimes known as party levitation, is a game often played by children at slumber parties. One participant lies flat on the floor, and then the others space themselves around the lying person, each placing a few fingers underneath them.
Light at the End of the World Light at the End of the World is the thirteenth studio album by English synthpop duo Erasure. The album's release was announced on the band's website on January 26 2007 in a video message from members Vince Clarke and Andy Bell album is scheduled for release by Mute Records] in the UK on [[May 21 2007 and in North America on the following day, May 22.
Light bar A light bar (or lightbar) is a device designed to make an official vehicle easily identifiable. Lightbars are fitted to nearly every emergency vehicle and most utility vehicles for the purpose of alerting other vehicles and pedestrians of emergency situations or other road hazards.
Light beam A light beam or beam of light is a narrow cone of light energy radiating from a small source. To produce such a beam, a lamp and a parabolic reflector is used in many lighting devices such as spotlights, car headlights, PAR Cans and LED housings.
Light beer Light beer refers to beer which is reduced in alcohol content, or in calories, compared to "regular" beers. Light beers may be chosen by beer drinkers who wish to manage their alcohol consumption or their calorie intake; however, they are sometimes criticised for being less flavourful than full-strength beers, being (in perception or in fact) "watered down".
Light Bantamweight Light Bantamweight also known as Junior bantamweight and 'Super flyweight is a weight class in boxing weighing between 112-115 lbs, it is in between bantamweight and flyweight. Notable light bantamweights include Fernando Montiel and Jung Koo Chang who defended his title for this division record 16 times.
Light cavalry Light cavalry refers to lightly armed and armoured mounted troops, as opposed to heavy cavalry, in which the riders are heavily-armoured. Its chief purpose is scouting, reconnaissance, screening, skirmishing, and raiding.
Light cone In special relativity, a light cone is the pattern describing the temporal evolution of a flash of light in Minkowski spacetime. This can be visualized in 3-space if the two horizontal axes are chosen to be spatial dimensions, while the vertical axis is time.
Light crude oil Light crude oil is crude oil with a low wax content. The clear cut definition of 'light' and 'heavy' crude is hard to find, simply because the classification so made is based more on practical grounds than theoretical.
Light cruiser A light cruiser is a warship, in particular a cruiser. The term is a shortening of the phrase "light armoured cruiser", describing a smaller ship that carried armour in the same way as an armoured cruiser; a protective belt and deck.
Light Curtain puppet Light curtain puppet presentations use specifically focused light to highlight small areas of a performance. This focused light allows the puppet to be seen while the manipulators (normally dressed in black) remain invisible.
Light Dark Matter Light Dark Matter refers to Dark Matter WIMP candidates with masses in the range of 10 MeV to 1 GeV. These particles are heavier than Warm dark matter and Hot dark matter, but are lighter than the traditional forms of Cold dark matter.
Light Division The Light Division is a British Army command, training and administrative apparatus designated for the current light infantry and rifles regiments. The Light Division was formed in 1968 with the regimentation of the Light Brigade and the Green Jackets Brigade, followed by the union of the new regiments.
Light fighter A light fighter is a type of fighter aircraft which is deliberately designed to fill a performance niche based on a high power-to-weight ratio. Typically light fighters have been dismissed by military planners as being too limited in capability, but several light fighter designs have fairly good combat records.
Light fixture A light fixture or luminaire is an electrical device used to create artificial light or illumination in architecture. A complete lighting fixture unit consists of the light source or lamp, the reflector for directing the light, an aperture (with or without a lens), the outer shell or housing for lamp alignment and protection, an electrical ballast, if required, and connection to a power source.
Light Finding Operation The mecha in the anime series Eureka Seven are called LFOs, which stands for Light Finding Operation. LFOs are, in fact, humanoid alien skeletons excavated from the Scab Coral that are installed with armor and control systems by humans.
Light gas gun The light gas gun is an apparatus for physics experiments, a highly specialized gun designed to generate very high velocities. It is usually used to study high speed impact phenomena (hypervelocity research), such as the formation of impact craters by meteorites or the erosion of materials by micrometeoroids.
Lifehouse (band) Lifehouse is a melodic rock band from the United States, popular with mainstream audiences. They came to prominence in 2000 with the hit single "Hanging by a Moment" from their debut album, No Name Face.
LifeChips LifeChips is the study and development of micro- and nano-scale technologies, systems and devices that combines methods developed by life scientists and technologists to help solve fundamental problems in the life sciences and in engineering. As the name suggests, it also represents the merging of two major industries, the microelectronic chip industry with the life science industry.
Lifelight Lifelight is a virtual program that allows humans to live out their lives in a perfect fantasy world, where they can choose what they desire, and then live in it. Essentially, it is like a hologram, except it can bring all the person's dreams to life (in their fantasy world).
Lifeline A lifeline is a line or rope used to support a person who is in physical difficulty, such as a person who is at risk of drowning. The term may now be used to refer to several different things which draw from this original meaning to some extent.
Lifeline Theatre Lifeline Theatre was founded in Chicago, Illinois, United States, in 1983 by four Northwestern University graduates. The company moved into its permanent home in Rogers Park--a converted Commonwealth Edison substation--in 1986.
Lifelong learning Lifelong learning is the concept that "It's never too soon or too late for learning", a philosophy that has taken root in a whole host of different organizations. Lifelong learning is attitudinal; that one can and should be open to new ideas, decisions, skills or behaviors.
LifeLog [is a project of the Information Processing Technology Office] of the [[Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. According to its bid solicitation pamphlet, is to be "an ontology-based (sub)system that captures, stores, and makes accessible the flow of one person's experience in and interactions with the world in order to support a broad spectrum of associates/assistants and other system capabilities.
Lifemapper Lifemapper is building a species diversity map of the world. It is similar to the SETI@Home client, in that it uses a distributed computing client running primarily on home user's computers to correlate georeferenced biological samples with environmental models of the Earth.
Lifepod Lifepod is a 1993 reworking of the Alfred Hitchcock classic Lifeboat. The made for tv movie moved the action from an ocean bound lifeboat to a spaceship's escape capsule, the sole survivors of a sabotaged space ship.
LifeRing Secular Recovery LifeRing Secular Recovery (known commonly as "LifeRing" or "LSR") is a network of support groups for people who want to live free of alcohol and other drugs. LifeRing exists to serve recovering alcoholics and addicts, and the general public, by organizing meetings dedicated to sobriety, secularity and self-help, and by providing educational information toward that end.
Lifesavas A hip hop trio from Portland, Oregon, consisting of Jumbo the Garbageman, Reverend Shines, and Vursatyl, Lifesavas are notable for what The Onion's Nathan Rabin called their "self deprecating style." Their creative and insightful songs are both approachable and complex.
Lifesaving Life Support Lifesaving Life Support refers to the series of exams implemented by the RLSS in order to assess a lifesaver's ability in on land rescue technique. There are three life support exams and at each level the standard expected of the individual is increased with the final test, Life Support 3, allowing for minimal to no errors.
Lifesaving Medal The Lifesaving Medal is a military decoration of the United States Coast Guard which was first created in June of 1874. The decoration is one of the oldest medals in the United States military and has remained unchanged in appearance since its initial conception.
Lifestart Lifestart is a family-centred Early Childhood Intervention and School Age service for children with developmental disabilities or autism, and their families which is based in Sydney, Australia. It is play-based, research-based, and follows a naturalistic social behavioural model.
Lifestories (album) Lifestories is a 2003 studio album by DB Boulevard vocalist, Moony. The album included 3 released singles, "Dove (I'll Be Loving You)", "Acrobats (looking for balance)" and "Flying Away".
Lifestyle anarchism Lifestyle anarchism is a term derived from anarchist author Murray Bookchin's polemical essay "Social Anarchism Or Lifestyle Anarchism: An Unbridgeable Chasm." He used it to criticise anarchists who he believed advocated individualism at the expense of class struggle.
Lifestyle Businesses Lifestyle Businesses are businesses that are set up and run by their founders primarily with the aim of sustaining a particular level of income and no more; or to provide a foundation from which to enjoy a particular lifestyle.
Lifestyle diseases Lifestyle diseases (also called diseases of longevity or diseases of civilization) are diseases that appear to increase in frequency as countries become more industrialized and people live longer. They include Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, cancer, chronic liver disease or cirrhosis, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, nephritis or chronic renal failure, osteoporosis, stroke, depression and obesity.
Lifestyle drug Lifestyle drugs are drugs created to improve the patient's quality of life by addressing relatively minor non-life threatening conditions such as head colds, headaches, baldness, impotence, wrinkles, and obesity. Antidepressants are also sometimes called lifestyle drugs.
Lifestyle travelling Lifestyle travelling is a type of alternative lifestyle practiced by people who wish to travel their entire lives, usually from country to country, in preference to "settling down" with a family or other traditional life goals. Some lifestyle travellers can actually develop a career or even start a family, but usually the costs associated with renting housing (as in hotel rooms, hostels, or other) and obtaining only freelance work prohibit this.
LifeSmarts LifeSmarts is a quizbowl like competition "run by the National Consumers League, that encourages high school students to learn about the consumer issues they face today and the new challenges that are right around the corner," according to the LifeSmarts Web site.
LifeSphere LifeSphere is a non-profit organization headquartered in Springdale, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati. The organization is centered around helping older adults live to their highest potential as individuals by helping them seek independence, good health and personal fulfillment.
Lifetime Entertainment Services Lifetime Entertainment Services is an American entertainment industry company, dedicated to entertainment and information programming as well as advocating a range of issues that women find relevant serving over 88 million households across the nation Lifetime Entertainment services has spawned:
Lifetime income tax A lifetime income tax is an income tax that would tax a person based on their cumulative lifetime income, rather than their yearly income as is currently done throughout the world. A lifetime income tax is currently just a proposal that has been made by some economists and politicians.
Lifetime Television Lifetime Television is an American television network devoted to movies, sitcoms and dramas, all of which are either geared towards women or feature women in lead roles. The channel was founded on February 1, 1984.
Lifetime value In marketing, the Lifetime Value (LTV) of a customer is the present value (usually expressed in currency) of future profits that can be derived from a customer based on the profits have been received from that customer in the past.
Lifeway The expression lifeway is a fairly new technical term that is not yet in most general dictionaries and for which most textbooks, especially below the university level, instead still use "way of life". The American Heritage Dictionary defines a lifeway as: "1.
LifeWay Christian Resources LifeWay Christian Resources is one of the largest religious publishing houses in the United States. Lifeway is based in Nashville, Tennessee owned and operated by the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the United States.
Lifford Lifford (Leifear in Irish) is the county town of Donegal (near Castlefin) in the Republic of Ireland and the seat of Donegal County Council. The town grew up around a castle established there by Manghus Ă“ Domhnaill, ruler of west Donegal, in the 16th century, and later became a British army garrison until Irish independence in 1922.
Lifford (artist) Lifford is a recording artist who is best known for being featured on the Artful Dodger song "Please Don't Turn Me On", which made number 4 in the UK singles chart in November 2000, achieving further success across Europe.
Lift (soft drink) Lift is a range of soft drinks produced by The Coca-Cola Company that has been available in Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Germany and Eastern Europe since the 1970s, which is carbonated and flavored with fruit juice. Coca-Cola's Australian website states that Lift Lemon (the only variety readily available in Australia) is "an Australian phenomenon, designed for the Australian market"Coca-Cola later expanded Lift into the United States] in early [[2000, where it is sold on a regional basis.
Lift (Shannon Noll song) "Lift" is the second single by Australian singer Shannon Noll from his sophomore album with the same name. The boxing-themed video clip for this song was shot in an unused warehouse in Sydney's Marrickville by well known Australian director Anthony Rose, who also directed Noll's music videos for "Drive", "What About Me" and "Shine".
Lift and carry Lift and Carry is an interest wherein a person may receive sexual stimulation by either being carried around by another person or carrying one themselves. The paraphilia exists in all four gender combinations; however, female/male and female/female lift and carries are the most popular.
Lift Above Poverty Organization (LAPO) LAPO is a Microfinance institution (MFI) dedicated to self employment through microfinance. LAPO started its activities in 1987 and was formally incorporated as a nonprofit nongovernmental organization (NGO) in 1993.
Lift coefficient The lift coefficient (CL or CZ) is a number associated with a particular shape of an airfoil, and is incorporated in the lift equation to predict the lift force generated by a wing using this particular cross section.
Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing — often called "The Black National Anthem" — was written as a poem by James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) and then set to music by his brother John Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954) in 1899. It was first performed in public in the Johnsons' hometown of Jacksonville, Florida as part of a celebration of Lincoln's Birthday on February 12, 1900 by a choir of 500 schoolchildren at the segregated Stanton School, where James Weldon Johnson was principal.
Lift hill A lift hill, or chain hill, is often the initial upward section of track on a typical roller coaster that initially transports the roller coaster train to an elevated point. Upon reaching the top, the train is then disengaged from the lift hill and allowed to coast through the rest of the roller coaster's circuit.
Lift Off Lift Off was an Australian educational television series and was broadcasted on the ABC network from 1992 until the series ended in 1994. Each episode featured a live action storyline about a group of young children, and the problems they encountered with growing up, their parents, and various other social issues.
Lift Upgrading Programme Lift Upgrading Programme (LUP) is a Housing and Development Board (HDB) upgrading project which upgrades and improves the facilities at lifts at HDB flats. This is for housing blocks built before the year 1990, which have lifts only built to serve some floors, to meet privacy demands and to cut costs.
Lift-off oversteer Lift-off oversteer (also known as snap-oversteer, trailing-throttle oversteer, lift-throttle oversteer, or drop-throttle oversteer) is a form of oversteer in an automobile that occurs when the vertical load on the tires shifts from the rear to the front quickly due to throttle release while cornering.
Lift-to-drag ratio In aerodynamics, the lift-to-drag ratio, or L/D ratio ("ell-over-dee", as opposed to "ell-dee"), is the amount of lift generated by a wing, compared to the drag it creates by moving through the air. A "better" L/D ratio is one of the major goals in wing design, since a particular aircraft's needed lift doesn't change, delivering that lift with lower drag leads directly to better fuel economy, climb performance and glide ratio.
Liftback A liftback (hatchback in British English) is a car body style in which the cargo space (trunk or boot) is accessed through a tailgate that extends up to the higher end of the C-pillar and includes the rear window. Liftbacks have either fastback-like rear ends, which are significantly sloped compared to more vertical hatchbacks, or are notchback-shaped.
Liftboat A liftboat is a self-propelled vessel that utilizes cylindrical steel "legs" to elevate itself out of the water. Used in the support of construction and production offshore, these vessels are oufitted with cranes, a large open deck area, and crew quarters to house workers.
Lifted (film) Lifted is a 2006 Pixar computer animated short that will be released theatrically with Ratatouille, which will be released in the United States on June 29, 2007. However, the short received a sneak peek at The 42nd Chicago International Film Festival.
Lifted (music collective) Lifted is a music collective formed as part of a college project in 1996 by a group of young artists and musicians from the West Midlands, UK. The Group have organised several free festivals including Sounds in the park and other parties.
Lifter Puller Lifter Puller, or simply LFTR PLLR was an indie rock band from Boston and the Twin Cities area between 1994 to 2000. Their music is considered rather innovative, with its angular riffs and a synth-infused sound that predated the 80's revival fads of the early 2000's.
Lifter Puller Folklore Lifter Puller mythology consists of a number stories about the nightlife in a fictional American sea side town as chronicled by the lyrcis of the Minnesota indie rock band Lifter Puller. These lyrics are primarily concerned with the activities and interactions of a few principle characters, Nightclub Dwight, Katrina, Juanita, The Eye-Patch Guy and various others, and are typically rife with dubious sexual encounters and the use and sale of drugs.
Liftershalte A liftershalte (in the Dutch language) is a spot (halte means stop, like in bushalte), marked by an official sign, where a hitchhiker (lifter) can easily be picked up by car drivers. In the Netherlands these spots can be found at the following places (in 2005):
Lifting hook A lifting hook is a device for grabbing and lifting loads by means of a device such as a hoist or crane. Lifting hooks are usually equipped with a safety latch to prevent the disengagement of the lifting wire rope sling, chain or rope to which the load is attached.
Lifting stone Lifting Stones are common throughout northern Europe, particularly Scotland, Iceland, Scandinavia and northern England. They were usually heavy local stones, without any modification, with the challenge being to lift such a stone, proving your strength.
Lifts on the old Canal du Centre The lifts on the old Canal du Centre are a series of four hydraulic boat lifts near the town of La Louvière in the Belgian province of Hainaut. Along a particular 7km stretch of the Canal du Centre, which connects the river basins of the Meuse and the Scheldt, the water level rises by 66.
Liga comunista 23 de septiembre The Liga Comunista 23 de Septiembre (September 23 Communist League), or LC23S, was a Marxist-Leninist urban guerrilla movement that emerged in Mexico in the early 1970s. The result of the fusing of various armed revolutionary organizations active in Mexico prior to 1974 in hopes of creating a united front to combat the Mexican state, the name was chosen to commemorate an unsuccessful guerrilla assault on the Madera barracks in the northern state of Chihuahua, Mexico led by former schoolteacher Arturo Gámiz on September 23, 1965.
Liga de Ascenso de Honduras Liga de Ascenso is the second division of Honduran soccer. The division is divided into 4 groups: zona norte-occidente, zona de Santa Bárbara, Cortés, Ocotepeque y Copán, zona centro-sur-oriente A, zona centro-sur-oriente B in which the top 2 teams qualify for the national quaterfinals.
Liga de FĂştbol Profesional Boliviano Liga de FĂştbol Profesional Boliviano is the top football (soccer) tournament in Bolivia. It started in 1977, but semi-professional football had been played in La Paz since 1950(including clubs from Oruro and Cochabamba) and it became the sucessor of the Bolivian FA Cup, a tournament played from 1965 to 1977 with the top teams from the regional football asociations.
Liga dos Escuteiros de Moçambique The Liga dos Escuteiros de Moçambique (LEMo), the national Scouting organization of Mozambique, was founded in 1960, and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1999. The coeducational Liga dos Escuteiros de Moçambique has 28,898 members as of 2004.
Liga Indonesia The Liga Indonesia is a league competition for Indonesian football clubs located at the top of the Indonesian football league system. Liga Indonesia is officially the Indonesian football league system itself, but more commonly used to refer to the league's premier division, Divisi Utama.
Liga Mexicana del PacĂfico The Mexican Pacific league ( or LMP) is Mexico's most important winter baseball league. The eight-team league's regular season runs from October to January and is followed by a playoff series to determine the league champion.
Liga Nacional de Accion Ruralista The Liga Nacional de Accion Ruralista was a Uruguayan organization founded in 1964 by Juan Maria Bordaberry, who became President of Uruguay, 1972-1976. The Liga (League) was designed to promote and defend rural interests.
Liga Nacional de Guatemala Liga Nacional de FĂştbol de Guatemala (National Football League of Guatemala), formerly known as Liga Mayor "A" (Major League "A") is a professional football division in Guatemala, the highest one in the country. It is sanctioned by the FederaciĂłn Nacional de FĂştbol de Guatemala.
Liga Norte de Sonora The Liga Norte de Sonora is a minor baseball league in Mexico that acts as a feeder system to the Mexican League in the summer season. They host games with teams of the Southwest Texas League formerly the Zaragoza Amateur Baseball League, and the Pacific Southwest Baseball League.
Liga Paraguaya: Primera DivisiĂłn Liga Paraguaya (Paraguayan League, in English), also known as "DivisiĂłn Profesional", is the top category of Paraguayan football (soccer), and it is organized by the Paraguayan Football Association. Currently, there are 12 teams in the first division.
Liga Paraguaya: Segunda DivisiĂłn Liga Paraguaya: Segunda DivisiĂłn (Paraguayan League, in English), also known as "DivisiĂłn Intermedia", is the second division of Paraguayan football (soccer), and it is organized by the Paraguayan Football Association.
Liga Sudamericana The Liga Sudamericana (Portuguese: Liga Sul-Americana, English: South American League) is an international male basketball cup competition played annually by the top clubs of South America, organized by the South American Basketball Confederation.
Liga Veneta The Liga Veneta is a regionalist and autonomist party, founded in 1979 in Veneto, Italy, combining Venetism and fiscal federalism. It was the first movement of its kind, predating Umberto Bossi’s Lombard League by five years.
Ligabueino Ligabueino (meaning "Ligabue's little one") was an abelisaur named after an Italian doctor (Giancario Ligabue). This was the smallest of all abelisaurs, and one of the smallest dinosaurs, at only 70 cm (2.
Ligabuesaurus Ligabuesaurus is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian to Albian stage, 100 to 125 million years ago). It was a basal titanosaurid sauropod which lived in what is now Argentina.
Ligament of apex dentis In the triangular interval between the alar ligaments is another fibrous cord, the ligament of apex dentis (or apical odontoid ligament), which extends from the tip of the odontoid process to the anterior margin of the foramen magnum, being intimately blended with the deep portion of the anterior atlantoöccipital membrane and superior crus of the transverse ligament of the atlas.
Ligament of head of femur The ligament of the head of the femur, also known as the ligamentum teres femoris, is a triangular, somewhat flattened band implanted by its apex into the antero-superior part of the fovea capitis femoris; its base is attached by two bands, one into either side of the acetabular notch, and between these bony attachments it blends with the transverse ligament.
Ligamentous Laxity Ligamentous laxity is a condition that can be summarised succinctly as "Loose ligaments". In a 'normal' body, ligaments are naturally tight in such a way that the joints are restricted to 'normal' movement ranges.
Ligand In chemistry, a ligand is an atom, ion, or molecule (see also: functional group) that generally donates one or more of its electrons through a coordinate covalent bond to, or shares its electrons through a covalent bond with, one or more central atoms or ions (these ligands act as a Lewis base). Fewer examples exist where a molecule can be described as a ligand that accepts electrons from a Lewis base (hence, the ligand acts as a Lewis acid).
Ligand (biochemistry) In biochemistry, a ligand is an effector, a molecule that binds to a site on a macromolecule's surface by intermolecular forces, thereby changing the chemical conformation of the macromolecule. Once a molecule's conformation has changed, its ability to function in other chemical reactions is altered.
Ligand isomerism Ligand isomerism is a type of structural isomerism which arises from the presence of ligands which can adopt different isomeric forms. An example is provided by diaminopropane,which may have amine groups in terminal(1,3)positions or in the 1,2 positions.
Ligand-gated ion channel The Ligand-gated ion channels, also referred to as LGICs, or ionotropic receptors, are a group of intrinsic transmembrane ion channels that are opened in response to binding of a chemical messenger, as opposed to voltage-gated ion channels or stretch-activated ion channels.
Ligase In biochemistry, a ligase (from the Latin verb ligÄre — "to bind" or "to glue together") is an enzyme that can catalyse the joining of two large molecules by forming a new chemical bond, usually with accompanying hydrolysis of a small chemical group pendant to one of the larger molecules. Generally ligase catalyses the following reation:
Ligature (musical instrument) A ligature is a device which holds a reed on to the mouthpiece of some woodwind instruments such as the saxophone and clarinet. On early clarinets the reed was instead secured by wrapping it with string, and this method is still preferred by most German clarinetists.
Ligature (orthodontic) Ligature is a term used in orthodontics for the small elastic that is used to affix the archwire to the bracket. Ligatures are usually changed at each adjustment, and come in many varied colors including transparent.
Ligeia "Ligeia" is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe. British critic and playwright George Bernard Shaw said, "The story of the Lady Ligeia is not merely one of the wonders of literature: it is unparalleled and unapproached.
Liger Zero The Liger Zero is a type of Zoid, one of over two hundred species of biomechanical life forms that provide the basis for TOMY’s model kit, anime, and comic based Zoids franchise. The Liger Zero is the main characters' Zoid of Zoids: New Century Zero (the first Zoids series to be dubbed into English), and Zoids: Fuzors, was the subject of a Game Boy Color game, and was the centre of Hasbro's New American Release marketing campaign.
Light Light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength that is visible to the eye (visible light) or, in a technical or scientific context, electromagnetic radiation of any wavelengthThe elementary particle] that defines light is the [[photon. The three basic dimensions of light (i.
Light a Distant Fire Light a Distant Fire is a 1988 historical novel by Lucia St. Clair Robson that fictionalizes the story of the Second Seminole War, Andrew Jackson, and the charismatic leader Osceola, warchief of the Seminole tribe.
Light aircraft carrier A light aircraft carrier is an aircraft carrier that is smaller than the standard carriers of a navy. The precise definition of the type varies by country, typically having a capacity of 1/2 to 2/3 of the aircraft of a full-sized carrier.
Light aircraft manufacturers in the Czech Republic Czechoslovakia had significant history in producing aircraft but the aeronautical industry was extremely influenced by several negative factors at the end of the 1980’s. The collapse of the East European market, combined with the world recession reduced the production of all aircraft manufacturers.
Light as a feather, stiff as a board Light as a feather, stiff as a board, sometimes known as party levitation, is a game often played by children at slumber parties. One participant lies flat on the floor, and then the others space themselves around the lying person, each placing a few fingers underneath them.
Light at the End of the World Light at the End of the World is the thirteenth studio album by English synthpop duo Erasure. The album's release was announced on the band's website on January 26 2007 in a video message from members Vince Clarke and Andy Bell album is scheduled for release by Mute Records] in the UK on [[May 21 2007 and in North America on the following day, May 22.
Light bar A light bar (or lightbar) is a device designed to make an official vehicle easily identifiable. Lightbars are fitted to nearly every emergency vehicle and most utility vehicles for the purpose of alerting other vehicles and pedestrians of emergency situations or other road hazards.
Light beam A light beam or beam of light is a narrow cone of light energy radiating from a small source. To produce such a beam, a lamp and a parabolic reflector is used in many lighting devices such as spotlights, car headlights, PAR Cans and LED housings.
Light beer Light beer refers to beer which is reduced in alcohol content, or in calories, compared to "regular" beers. Light beers may be chosen by beer drinkers who wish to manage their alcohol consumption or their calorie intake; however, they are sometimes criticised for being less flavourful than full-strength beers, being (in perception or in fact) "watered down".
Light Bantamweight Light Bantamweight also known as Junior bantamweight and 'Super flyweight is a weight class in boxing weighing between 112-115 lbs, it is in between bantamweight and flyweight. Notable light bantamweights include Fernando Montiel and Jung Koo Chang who defended his title for this division record 16 times.
Light cavalry Light cavalry refers to lightly armed and armoured mounted troops, as opposed to heavy cavalry, in which the riders are heavily-armoured. Its chief purpose is scouting, reconnaissance, screening, skirmishing, and raiding.
Light cone In special relativity, a light cone is the pattern describing the temporal evolution of a flash of light in Minkowski spacetime. This can be visualized in 3-space if the two horizontal axes are chosen to be spatial dimensions, while the vertical axis is time.
Light crude oil Light crude oil is crude oil with a low wax content. The clear cut definition of 'light' and 'heavy' crude is hard to find, simply because the classification so made is based more on practical grounds than theoretical.
Light cruiser A light cruiser is a warship, in particular a cruiser. The term is a shortening of the phrase "light armoured cruiser", describing a smaller ship that carried armour in the same way as an armoured cruiser; a protective belt and deck.
Light Curtain puppet Light curtain puppet presentations use specifically focused light to highlight small areas of a performance. This focused light allows the puppet to be seen while the manipulators (normally dressed in black) remain invisible.
Light Dark Matter Light Dark Matter refers to Dark Matter WIMP candidates with masses in the range of 10 MeV to 1 GeV. These particles are heavier than Warm dark matter and Hot dark matter, but are lighter than the traditional forms of Cold dark matter.
Light Division The Light Division is a British Army command, training and administrative apparatus designated for the current light infantry and rifles regiments. The Light Division was formed in 1968 with the regimentation of the Light Brigade and the Green Jackets Brigade, followed by the union of the new regiments.
Light fighter A light fighter is a type of fighter aircraft which is deliberately designed to fill a performance niche based on a high power-to-weight ratio. Typically light fighters have been dismissed by military planners as being too limited in capability, but several light fighter designs have fairly good combat records.
Light fixture A light fixture or luminaire is an electrical device used to create artificial light or illumination in architecture. A complete lighting fixture unit consists of the light source or lamp, the reflector for directing the light, an aperture (with or without a lens), the outer shell or housing for lamp alignment and protection, an electrical ballast, if required, and connection to a power source.
Light Finding Operation The mecha in the anime series Eureka Seven are called LFOs, which stands for Light Finding Operation. LFOs are, in fact, humanoid alien skeletons excavated from the Scab Coral that are installed with armor and control systems by humans.
Light gas gun The light gas gun is an apparatus for physics experiments, a highly specialized gun designed to generate very high velocities. It is usually used to study high speed impact phenomena (hypervelocity research), such as the formation of impact craters by meteorites or the erosion of materials by micrometeoroids.
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