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Minerva Teichert Minerva Bernetta Kohlhepp Teichert (August 28, 1888 – 1976) was an American painter notable for her art depicting Western and Mormon subjects, including a collection of murals depicting scenes from the Book of Mormon.
Minerva X Minerva X is a fictional mecha from the anime and manga series Mazinger Z, created by Go Nagai. Within the story, Minerva X was designed by Professor Juzou Kabuto, but its plans were stolen and it was built by Doctor Hell.
Minerve, Hérault Minerve, Hérault is a medieval fortified village in the région of Languedoc-Roussillon, France. In 1210 a group of Cathars sought refuge in the village after the massacre of Béziers during the Albigensian Crusade.
Minervino Murge Minervino Murge is a town and comune of Italy, in the province of Bari in western Puglia, , at 429 meters (1407 ft) above sea-level on the western flank of the Murgia Barese mountain chain, commanding a wide view to which it owes the occasional moniker in tourist literature of "the balcony of Puglia". The population of the comune was 10,085 according to the 2003 census.
Minervois Minervois is an AOC in the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region. The wines of the Minervois appellation are red and are produced from Carignan (which can account for no more than 40% of the blend), Grenache, Lladoner Pelut, Mourvedre, and Syrah grapes.
Mines and Minerals Act (Sierra Leone) The Mines and Minerals Act is a law passed in 1994 in Sierra Leone. It imposed a minimum sentence of 3 years on anyone illegally possessing or smuggling minerals, specifically diamonds as well as authorization to payment to informants up to 40% of the value of the minerals being smuggled.
Mines in Central America Land mines in Central America are of the unfortunate by-product of the conflict in the 1980's. Contrary to the doctrine espoused (at least theoretically) by the military in first and second world nations, the minefields of Central America were generally unmarked and unrecorded on maps.
Mines of Rammelsberg The Mines of Rammelsberg are a UNESCO World heritage site near the German town of Goslar, the site of continuous mineral extraction over a period of more than 1000 years. The Rammelsberg is a mountain, whose summit is at 636 meters above sea level.
Mines Resort City Mines Resort City is a famous resort city in Malaysia, located south of the federal district of Kuala Lumpur in Seri Kembangan, Selangor. Once the world's largest open cast tin minethe Mines now consists of apartment] buildings, [[shopping centres, hotels, business complexes and parks connected by an artificial canal.
Minesota Mine Minesota Mine is a mineral-rich area of Ontonagon County, Michigan, United States that has been mined for its silver and primarily copper. Other minerals which occur at the site but have no economic importance include quartz, calcite, epidote, pumpellyite, chlorite and feldspar.
Minestrone Minestrone (< Italian minestra 'soup' + -one (augmentative suffix)) is name for a variety of thick Italian soups made with vegetables, often with the addition of pasta or rice. Common ingredients include beans, onions, celery, carrots, stock, and tomatoes.
Mineta Transportation Institute The Mineta Transportation Institute is a research institute focusing on issues related to intermodal surface transportation in the United States. It is headquartered at San Jose State University in San Jose, California and is currently directed by former Santa Clara County Supervisor Rod Diridon.
Minette Minette is a variety of igneous rock. More specifically, minette is a type of lamprophyre with phenocrysts of biotite, and with or without phenocrysts of hornblende, augite with a high diopside content, and olivine.
Mineva Lao Zabi In the TV anime Gundam (Universal Century series) universe, Mineva Lao Zabi is the last surviving member of the Zabi family and heir to the Principality of Zeon; she is the daughter of Dozle Zabi and Zenna Zabi. She was born during the One Year War, Dozle insisted that Zenna took young Mineva and flee to the Zeon's Axis base in the asteroid belt.
Mineville, Nova Scotia Mineville, Nova Scotia is community within the Eastern Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia between Lake Echo on Nova Scotia Route 7 ,Nova Scotia Highway 107 and Upper Lawrencetown on Nova Scotia Route 207. The main road is called the Mineville Rd.
MinExpo International MinExpo International is a trade show held every four years that exhibits the latest mining and minerals processing technologies, and state-of-the-art machinery and equipment from around the globe for the coal, metal and nonmetal mining processing industries. It is sponsored by the National Mining Association.
Minfeng Minfeng or New Niya (泥雅) () is a town on the southern edge of the Tarim Basin, in the Minfeng County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. It is 120 km east of Keriya, and about 330 km west of Qiemo or Cherchen.
Minffordd railway station Minffordd (translation Roadside, literally Lip of the Road) is the interchange station (called Minffordd Junction by the Victorians) opened on 1 August 1872 at the point where the then newly built Cambrian Railways line from Dovey Junction to Pwllheli passes under the existing narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway built in 1836 to carry dressed slate from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog for export by sea.
Minford, Ohio Minford is located in northeastern Scioto County, Ohio around 20 miles northeast of Portsmouth, Ohio and is 7 miles south of Pike County, Ohio and 8 miles west of Jackson County, Ohio. It was formed as Harrisonville in 1895.
Ming dynasty Tai history During the Ming dynasty in China attempts were made to subjugate, control, tax, and settle ethnic Chinese along the lightly populated frontier of Yunnan with Southeast Asia (modern-day Burma, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam). (Wade, 2004) This frontier region was inhabited by many small Tai chieftainships or states as well as other Tibeto-Burman and Mon-Khmer ethnic groups.
Ming Dynasty Tombs The Ming Dynasty Tombs (Chinese: 明朝十三陵; pinyin: Míng cháo shí sān líng; lit. Thirteen Tombs of the Ming Dynasty) are located some 50 kilometers due North of Beijing at an especially selected site.
Ming Hsieh Ming Hsieh (born 1955) is a billionaire Chinese-American entrepreneur and philanthropist and the founder of AMAZ technology in 1987 and Cogent Systems in 1990. According to Forbes magazine, his estimated net worth exceeds $1.
Ming Chuan University Ming Chuan University is a family owned university founded by Pao Teh-Ming and her husband Lee Ying-Chao. Named after the famous progressive Qing Dynasty governor of Taiwan Liu Mingchuan, it is known to be a decent business and management institution in Taiwan.
Ming Pao Daily News (Toronto) Ming Pao Daily News (明報), or Ming Pao for short, is a Chinese language newspaper in Canada. Owned by the Ming Pao Group of Hong Kong, The Canada Eastern edition (加東版), publishing in Toronto, Ontario, appeared in the early 1990s to challenge the Sing Tao Daily and the World Journal in the Chinese news media market in Canada.
Ming Shi-lu The Ming Shi-lu contains the imperial annals of Ming dynasty emperors (1368-1644) and is the single largest historical source for the dynasty and "plays an extremely important role in the historical reconstruction of Ming society and politics." Wade, 2005b, p.
Ming the Merciless Ming the Merciless is a fictional character appearing in the Flash Gordon comic strip. When the heroic Flash Gordon and his friends land on the planet Mongo, they find it ruled by the evil Emperor Ming, a despot who quickly becomes their enemy.
Ming Toy Ming Toy, a character of the fictional Left Behind series, is a believer and in a position of authority in the Global Community. Working at BFFR ("buffer"), the Belgium Facility for Female Rehabilitation.
Ming Tsai Ming Tsai (born March 29, 1964) is a Chinese American fusion cuisine chef and restaurateur who currently hosts two cooking shows – Ming's Quest on the Fine Living television channel and Simply Ming on American Public Television – and formerly hosted East Meets West on the Food Network, for which he won an Emmy Award. He has also appeared as a challenger chef on the Food Network's Iron Chef America beating Iron Chef Bobby Flay in "Battle Duck" and was a judge for Cooking Under Fire on the PBS network.
Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum The Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum is the tomb of the Hongwu Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. It lies at the northern foot of Purple Mountain (Chinese: 紫金山; pinyin: Zĭjīn Shān; literally "Purple-Golden Mountain") in Nanjing, China.
Ming Yuzhen Ming Yuzhen (旻玉珍, then 明玉珍) (1331 - summer 1366) was a peasant who established the rebel Empire of Daxia (大夏 "Great Xia") during the late Yuan Dynasty in China. He changed his surname in adulthood to mean "Brilliancy".
Mingachevir Mingachevir (Azerbaijani: Mingəçevir), sometimes spelled Mingecevir, is the fourth-biggest city in Azerbaijan with a population of about 100,000. It is known as city of lights because of its hydroelectric power station on the Kur River, which splits the city in half.
Mingarry Castle Mingarry Castle (or Mingary Castle) is a castle situated a miles south-east of the small village of Kilchoan in Lochaber, Scotland. Nested on ridge of rock overlooking the sea, it was considered a strategically important site in terms of communication with overseas areas and as an entranceway to the Sound of Mull.
Mingburnu Jelal ad-Din Manguberdi (also جلال الدین منکبرنی Jalāl al-Dīn Menguberdī or Mankburny. Name Mangu in turkic means "forever" and berdi means "given" which means Given Forever by God) was the last ruler of the Khwarezmid Empire.
Minghun Minghun (or afterlife marriage) is a custom of rural China of arranging a funeral for a bachelor son to include joint burial with a recently deceased unmarried woman in a form of marriage. As it involves the (often commercial) procurement of human remains, it is officially outlawed in modern day China but persists among traditional communites.
Mingo The Mingo are an Iroquois group of Native Americans that migrated west to the Ohio Country in the mid-eighteenth century. Anglo-Americans called these migrants mingos, a corruption of mingwe, an Algonquian word meaning "stealthy" or "treacherous".
Mingora Mingora, also spelled Mangora or Mingaora, is the only large city in Swat, and situated on the bank of River Swat about 2 km from Saidu Sharif the present capital of Swat. As of 1998, the population of Mingora was about 175,000.
Mingrelian Nationalist Party The Mingrelian Nationalist Party (Mingrelian: Margaluri Nacionalisturi Partiashi; Georgian: მეგრული ნაციონალისტური პარტია, Megruli Nacionalisturi Partia), MNP, is a Russia-based quasi-political party which advocates the secession of the province Mingrelia from Georgia.
Mingrelians The Mingrelians (Megrelians, Mingrels, Megrels; Megrelebi or მეგრელები in Georgian) are an ethnographic group of Georgians that mostly live in Samegrelo (Mingrelia) region of Georgia. They also live in considerable numbers in Abkhazia and Tbilisi.
Mingrong auto part Mingrong Machine Company founded in 1995, situating in the famous "Auto&Moto parts city of China", Yuhuan, Zhejiang. It is a manufacturer in producing tie rod end, rack end and ball joint, suit Toyota, Kia, Daewoo, Hyundai, SsangYong, Mitsubishi, General Motors, DaimlerChrysler duke and other kinds of cars.
Mingulay Mingulay is the second largest of the Bishop's Isles in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Located 12 miles south of Barra, it has been uninhabited since 1912 and is known for its large seabird population, including puffins, kittiwakes, and razorbills which nest in the sea-cliffs.
Mingun Mingun () is a town in Sagaing Division, Myanmar (formerly Burma), located 11 km up the Ayeyarwady River from Mandalay. The main attraction is the ruined Mingun Paya, a Buddhist temple with the remains of a massive stupa begun by King Bodawpaya in 1790.
Mingxing Film Company Mingxing Film Company (Chinese=明星影片公司, pinyin=Míngxīng yǐngpiàn gōngsī) or "Star" Films was one of the largest Chinese production companies during the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s in Shanghai and Hong Kong.
Mingyinyo Mingyinyo founded the First Toungoo Dynasty (1486-1599) at Toungoo south of Ava towards the end of the Ava dynasty. After the conquest of Ava by Shan invaders in 1527 many Burmans migrated southwards to Toungoo and Toungoo became a new center for Burmese rule.
MinGW Developer Studio MinGW Developer Studio is a freeware IDE (integrated development environment) for programming with C and its derivative, C++. The IDE is bundled with the open source GCC compiler, MinGW and the wxWidgets GUI library, offering a complete solution for both console and GUI programming with C/C++.
Minh Le Minh Le (Westernised from Vietnamese LĂŞ Minh, born 1978), also known by his online nickname Gooseman, is a Vietnamese-Canadian computer game developer who created the popular Half-Life mod Counter-Strike with Jess Cliffe in 1999.
Minh Mang Minh Mạng (1791-1841) was the second emperor of the Nguyễn Dynasty of Vietnam, reigning from 14 February, 1820 until 20 January, 1841. He was a younger son of Emperor Gia Long, whose eldest son, Crown Prince Canh, had died during the Nguyễn war to take the throne.
Minhaj-ul-Quran Minhaj-ul-Quran (منہاج القرآن) International is a non-political, non-sectarian and non-governmental organization (NGO) working in over 81 countries around the globe. Its main emphasis is towards the betterment of the masses on social, cultural, and religious footings, to enlighten them with the knowledge of their rights and duties and to present a realistic, rational and scientific picture of Islam.
Minhas Minhas or Manhas is a Rajput clan from the Jammu region of the Indian Subcontinent. It is an off-shoot of Jamwal-Dogra Rajputs, the founders of the city and state of Jammu and its rulers from ancient times to 1948 C.
Minho-Lima Minho-Lima is a Portuguese NUTS3 subregion, belonging to Norte Region, between the rivers Minho and Lima in the northern part of Portugal. It corresponds to the historical region of Alto Minho and is centered around its main city - Viana do Castelo (pop.
MinhocĂŁo The MinhocĂŁo is a large animal that reputedly exists in the forests of South America. It is said to have the appearance of a giant worm, with scaly black skin and a pair of tentacle-like structures protruding from its head.
Minchō Ming or Minchō typeface (; Korean: 명조체, Myeongjoche; Japanese: 明朝体, Minchōtai;), also known as Song typeface () in China, is a category of typefaces used in printing Chinese characters, which are used in the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages. It is currently the most used typeface category for Chinese and Japanese.
Mini The Mini is a small car that was produced by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors from 1959 to 2000. The most popular British-made car, it has since been replaced by the New MINI which was launched in 2001.
Mini Estadi Mini Estadi (Catalan for "Mini Stadium") is a football (soccer) stadium located in Barcelona, Catalonia. The 15,276 seat stadium compared to a 98,787 seat Camp Nou is the mini-stadium of FC Barcelona's world famous Camp Nou stadium.
Mini Foxie Club of Australia, Inc. The Mini Foxie Club of Australia, Inc. (formerly known as the Miniature Fox Terrier Club of Australia) is an independent breed club dedicated to the promotion and preservation of the Miniature Fox Terrier dog breed.
Mini chopper Mini choppers are scaled-down versions of the custom-built motorcycles known as choppers and are generally constructed from 1" steel tubing or 3/4" steel black pipe. The tube or pipe is bent and then welded together to get the desired angles and shapes of the frame, which is usually custom made.
Mini Marcos The Mini Marcos was produced in limited numbers between 1965 and 1970 by Marcos, 1974 to 1981 by D & H Fibreglass Techniques Limited and again between 1991 and 1996 by Marcos. It was based on the DART design by Dizzy Addicott and the design was similar to the Fiat-Abarth 1000.
Mini Moni ja Movie: Okashi na Daibouken! Mini Moni ja Movie: Okashi na Daibouken is a 2002 film directed by Shinji Higuchi starring the JPop group Mini Moni. The film was done entirely in computer graphics with live actors inserted at the beginning and end of the film.
Mini MPV Mini MPV (MPV stands for multi-purpose vehicle, although the full name is never used) is a car classification used in Europe to describe multi-purpose vehicles with a size close to superminis, fitting below the compact MPV and large MPV classifications.
Mini Office II Mini Office II, published by Database Software in 1987, was an office suite available for several home computers, among which were the Amstrad CPC, the Atari 8-bit family, the BBC Micro, the Commodore 64, and others. The software package could be purchased on cassette tape or floppy disk.
Mini PCI Mini PCI is a standard for a computer bus for attaching peripheral devices to a computer motherboard and is an adaptation of the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus. It was designed for laptops and other small-footprint computer systems.
Mini sleeve gastrectomy Mini sleeve gastrectomy is a surgical weight-loss procedure, where the stomach is stapled and turned into a sleeve, having a diameter equal to or slightly less than the duodenum. Such an operation is performed laparoscopically (Videoscopically).
Mini survival kits Mini survival kits consist of essential outdoor survival tools and supplies that are difficult or impossible to improvise and which are small enough or critical enough to make them worthwhile carrying all the time. Contained within an Altoids or similar sized tin, and waterproofed using adhesive tape, these items serve as a back-up to normally carried equipment.
Mini SUV Mini SUV is a class of small sport utility vehicles with a length under 4100 mm (165 in). This class should not be confused with compact SUV, which refers to slightly larger vehicles, between 4250 and 4600 mm (170-185 in).
Mini-Con Mini-Cons are a human-sized race and faction of power-enhancing transforming robots in the Transformers: Armada universe and its sequels, one of the assorted universes in Transformers fiction. Pioneered for the Armada toyline, Mini-Cons have since been sold under the Transformers: Energon, Transformers: Universe and Transformers: Cybertron lines, with more sets coming out for the Transformers: Classics line.
Mini-DVI The Mini-DVI connector is used primarily on Apple computers as a digital alternative to the Mini-VGA connector. It is found on the 12" PowerBook G4, Intel-based iMac, the MacBook Intel-based laptop, and the Intel-based Xserve.
Mini-Europe Mini-Europe is a part of Heysel in Brussels, Belgium that contains replicas of famous buildings from countries in the European Union, presented at a scale of 1 to 25. The buildings on display are famed for their exquisite detail, which took over €75,000 per model to reproduce.
Mini-humbucker The mini-humbucker is a smaller variation of the full size humbucker pickup. This has a thinner, less powerful sound than the full-size version and is frequently used in jazz guitars, mounted under the fingerboard or on the pickguard.
Mini-Microsoft Mini-Microsoft is the name of a blog maintained by an anonymous Microsoft employee. The term is also generally used as a pseudonym for the author of the blog, although on the site the author is listed as "Who da'Punk".
Mini-nuke Mini-nuke is a term used for a low yield nuclear weapon which has much less explosive power than the most powerful nuclear weapons available. Because of the relatively small yield, a state can plan to use these weapons while hoping to avoid negative public reactions associated with nuclear war.
Mini-tractor A mini-tractor, also known as a compact tractor, can be used for a variety of purposes in larger gardens: lawn mowing, leaf sweeping, cultivating, removing snow, pulling a cart. Diesel and gasoline versions are available.
Mini-VGA The Mini-VGA connector is used on laptops and other systems in place of the standard VGA connector. Apart from its compact form, mini-VGA ports have the added ability to output both composite and S-Video in addition to VGA signals through the use of EDID.
Mini-Yo-We Camp Mini-Yo-We, translated fountain or spring of water, is a Christian camp dedicated to introducing the message of Jesus Christ from the Bible to children and young people. The camp operates four camping sites located on Mary Lake, each site for a specific age group or gender.
Mini-Z Mini-Z is a brand name for a popular line of 1:28-scale electric radio-controlled cars manufactured by Kyosho Corporation, a Japanese manufacture of various radio-controlled devices. Radio Shack]'s popular [[XMODS line is similar in appearance.
Miniara Miniara (Arabic: منياره) is located in the Mouhafazah of Akkar, North Lebanon, 9 kilometers east of the Mediterranean Sea, and 3 kilometers south of Halba. Miniara is the birth place of Ibrahim beik El-Sarraf, the first member of the Lebanese parliament to represent the Christian seat of Akkar when Lebanon was still a French Mandate.
Miniature (illuminated manuscript) The word miniature, derived from the Latin minium, red lead, is a picture in an ancient or medieval manuscript; the simple decoration of the early codices having been miniated or delineated with that pigment. The generally small scale of the medieval pictures has led secondly to an etymological confusion of the term with minuteness and to its application to small paintings (see portrait miniature).
Miniature figure (gaming) A miniature figure (also known as a miniature or just a mini) is a small figurine commonly used in miniature wargames such as Heroclix, Mage Knight, and Warhammer. Some role-playing games can be played with them, as miniatures can help players to visualize factors that affect combat, such as which way each character is facing, who's fighting who, line of sight issues, and so on.
Miniature golf Miniature golf, also known as mini-golf, minigolf, midget golf, goofy golf, extreme golf, or crazy golf is a game modelled after the sport of golf. The term putt-putt is a trademark of a miniature golf company, but is commonly used to describe the sport of miniature golf.
Miniature horse Miniature Horses are found all over the world and come in various colors and coat patterns. A "miniature" horse is less than 38 inches (or 34 inches, depending on the registry involved) as measured at the withers.
Miniature Inertial Measurement Unit (MIMU) Miniature Inertial Measurement Unit (MIMU) is an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) developed and built by Honeywell International to control and stabilize spacecraft during mission operations. MIMUs can also be configured to perform as an Inertial Reference Unit (IRU).
Miniature Ingestible Capsule Miniature Ingestible Capsule is the original brand name for a wireless capsule for gastrointestinal viewing and is being sold as EndoCapsule by Olympus Corporation and PillCam by Given Imaging Ltd. The Capsule can be safely ingested into human/animal Gastrointestinal tracts and the camera using CCD or CMOS technology with long battery life takes picture and transmits them to an outside device for viewing.
Miniature Machine Corporation Miniature Machine Corporation (MMC) is a Nevada based corporation specializing in the design and manufacture of tactical weapons and weapon accessories. Founded in 1959, the company is best known for their line of adjustable tactical sights used by military and law enforcement agencies throughout the world.
Miniature park A miniature park is an open space that displays miniature buildings and models and is usually open to the public. A miniature park may contain a model of a single city or town, often called a miniature city or model village, or it can contain a number of different sets of models.
Miniature sheet A souvenir sheet or miniature sheet is a small group of postage stamps still attached in the sheet where they were printed. They may be either regular issues that just happen to be printed in small groups (typical of many early stamps), or special issues often commemorating some event, such as a national anniversary, philatelic exhibition, or government program.
Miniature Schnauzer The Miniature Schnauzer is a breed of small dog of the Schnauzer type that originated in Germany in the mid-to-late 19th century. Miniature Schnauzers developed from crosses between the Standard Schnauzer and one or more smaller breeds such as the Poodle, Miniature Pinscher, or Affenpinscher.
Miniature UAVs Another growth field in UAVs are miniature UAVs, ranging from "micro air vehicles (MAVs)" that can be carried by an infantryman to man-portable UAVs that can be carried and launched like an infantry anti-aircraft missile. This chapter outlines developments in miniature UAVs.
Miniature wargaming Miniature wargaming is a form of wargaming designed to incorporate miniatures or figurines into play, which was invented at the beginning of the 19th century in Prussia. The miniatures are used to represent troops or vehicles (such as tanks, chariots, aircraft, ships, etc.
Miniatures (Dungeons & Dragons) D&D was originally an outgrowth of fantasy wargaming, principally Chainmail. The Original Dungeons & Dragons bore the subtitle, "Rules for Fantastic Miniature Wargames Campaigns Playable with Paper and Pencil and Miniature Figures.
Miniaturization Miniaturization (or often spelt 'miniaturisation') is a continuing trend in technology toward ever-smaller scales for first mechanical, then optical and most recently electronic devices. The trend can be traced back to ancient times both as an abstract science and a physical practice, beginning with atomic theories of the nature of matter and the use of early microscopes and leading, centuries later, to the current sciences of nanotechnology and molecular nanotechnology.
Minibeast "Minibeast" or "Minibeasts" is a term for a variety of arthropods and other invertebrates, including but not limited to spiders, ants, butterflies, bees, wasps, flies, woodlice many others. The United Kingdom]-based Young People's Charitable Trust defines them as "small animals" in a factsheet written for young readers There is a "Minibeast Zooseum" in Michigan dedicated to invertebrates [http://www.
Minibus A minibus is a motor vehicle that is designed to carry fewer people than a full-size bus. An example of a minibus is the VW Bus or Kombi although there are many manufacturers producing models specifically for such use.
MiniBB miniBB - an abbreviation of "minimalist bulletin board" - is a flat-type (not threaded) free PHP-powered discussion board, is released under the GNU General Public License. Its primary goals are being user-friendly, faster and not overwhelmed by a large number rarely used features as compared to other discussion boards.
MiniBooNE MiniBooNE is an experiment at Fermilab designed to observe neutrino oscillations (BooNE is an acronym for the Booster Neutrino Experiment). A neutrino beam consisting primarily of muon neutrinos is directed at a detector filled with 800 tons of mineral oil and lined with 1,280 photomultiplier tubes.
Minicom Minicom is a text-based modem control and terminal emulation program for Unix-like operating systems, originally written by Miquel van Smoorenburg, and modeled after the popular MS-DOS program Telix. Minicom includes a dialing directory, full ANSI and VT100 emulation, an (external) scripting language, and other features.
Minicomic A minicomic is a small, creator-published comic book, often photocopied and stapled or with a handmade binding. These are a common inexpensive way for those who want to make their own comics on a very small budget, with mostly informal means of distribution.
Minicomic Co-ops Minicomics Co-Ops: The United Fanzine Organization, or UFO, is a co-op of minicomic creators that has existed since about 1968. The group was created by Carl Gafford as an entity for trading and promoting small press comics and fanzines.
Minicomputer Minicomputer (colloquially, mini) is a largely obsolete term for a class of multi-user computers which make up the middle range of the computing spectrum, in between the largest multi-user systems (traditionally, mainframe computers) and the smallest single-user systems (microcomputers or personal computers). More modern terms for such machines include midrange systems (common in IBM parlance), workstations (common in Sun Microsystems and general UNIX/Linux parlance), and servers.
Minicon Minicon is a science fiction and fantasy convention in Minneapolis usually held on Easter weekend. Started in 1968 and running approximately annually since then, it is one of the oldest science fiction conventions in the midwest United States.
Miniconjou Miniconjou are a Native American people constituting a subdivision of the Lakota Sioux, who formerly inhabited an area from the Black Hills in South Dakota to the Platte River, with a present-day population in west-central South Dakota.
Minidish The Minidish is the tradename used for the small-sized satellite dish used by Sky Digital. The term has entered the vocabulary in the UK and Ireland as a generic term for a satellite dish, particularly small ones.
MiniDisc A MiniDisc (MD) is a magneto-optical disc-based data storage device initially intended for storage of up to 80 minutes of digitised audio. Today, in the form of Hi-MD, it has developed into a general-purpose storage medium in addition to greatly expanding its audio roots.

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