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Plesiosaur Plesiosaurs (IPA ) (Greek: plesios meaning 'near' or 'close to' and sauros meaning 'lizard') were carnivorous aquatic (mostly marine) reptiles. After their discovery, they were somewhat fancifully said to have resembled "a snake threaded through the shell of a turtle".
Plesiosauria Plesiosauria (IPA ) (Greek: plesios meaning 'near to' and sauros meaning 'lizard') are an order of Mesozoic marine reptiles. They first appeared in the middle Triassic Period and became especially common during the Jurassic Period, thriving until the K-T extinction at the end of the Cretaceous Period.
Plesiosaurus Plesiosaurus (Greek: plesios, near to + sauros, lizard) was a large (about 3 to 5 meters long), marine Sauropterygian reptile that lived during the early part of the Jurassic period, and is known by nearly complete skeletons from the Lias of England and Germany. It was distinguished by its small head, long and slender neck, broad turtle like body, a short tail, and two pairs of large, elongated paddles.
Plesk The Plesk software package is a commercial web hosting automation solution by SWsoft. Developed for professional hosting service providers, Plesk is comprehensive server management software designed to install and manage all systems and applications for Web-Hosting on a single server.
Plessite Plessite is a fine-grained mixture of the minerals kamacite and taenite found in the octahedrite iron meteorites. It occurs in gaps between the larger bands of kamacite and taenite which form Widmanstätten patterns.
Pleternica Pleternica is a town in the region of Slavonia, Croatia, 12 km southeast of Požega, in the Požega Valley (požeška kotlina). The population of the municipality is 12,883, with 3,739 in Pleternica itself (census 2001).
Plethodon albagula The Western Slimy Salamander (Plethodon albagula) is a species of salamander found in two disjunct populations in the United States, one from Missouri to Oklahoma, and Arkansas, and another in south-central Texas. It is sometimes referred to as the Whitethroat Slimy Salamander, because it was once considered to be a subspecies of the Northern Slimy Salamander, Plethodon glutinosus.
Plethodon glutinosus The Northern Slimy Salamander (Plethodon glutinosus) is a species of terrestrial Plethodontid salamander found through much of the eastern two thirds of the United States, from New York, west to Wisconsin, south to Texas, and east to Florida, with an isolated population in southern New Hampshire. It is called slimy because it is capable of excreting a sticky glue-like substance from its skin.
Plethron Plethron (πλέθρον) is a measurement used in Ancient times, equal to 100 Greek feet (pous). It is roughly the width of a typical athletic running-track, and was used as the standard width and length of a Wrestling square, since wrestling competitions were held on the racing track in early times.
Pleurotus eryngii Pleurotus eryngii (also known as king trumpet mushroom, king oyster mushroom) is an edible mushroom native to Mediterranean regions of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, but also grown in parts of Asia. In Chinese], it is called xìng bào gū ([lit.
Pleven Pleven ( ; historically known as Plevna in English) is the seventh most populous city in Bulgaria. Located in the northern part of the country, it is the administrative centre of Pleven Province, as well as of the subordinate Pleven municipality.
Pleven Panorama Pleven Epopee 1877, more commonly known as Pleven Panorama, is a panorama located in Pleven, Bulgaria, depicting the events of the Russian-Turkish War of 1877–78, specifically the five-month Siege of Pleven (Pleven Epopee) which made the city internationally famous and which contributed to the Liberation of Bulgaria after five centuries of Ottoman rule. Pleven's Epopee 1877 is one of the most recognizable symbols of the town of Pleven.
Pleven Province Pleven Province or Pleven Oblast is a province located in central northern Bulgaria, bordering the Danube river, Romania and the Bulgarian provinces of Vratsa, Veliko Tarnovo and Lovech. Pleven Province embraces a territory of 4,333.
Pleven Regional Historical Museum The Pleven Regional Historical Museum (Регионален исторически музей — Плевен), founded in 1953, is one of the largest museums in Bulgaria. The museum is situated in a two-story edifice near the centre of Pleven that is a monument of culture of national importance and has an area of 7,000 m².
Pleven Saddle Pleven Saddle (Plevenska Sedlovina 'ple-ven-ska se-dlo-vi-'na) is a deep saddle in Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island, Antarctica, bounded by MacKay Peak to the WSW and Tervel Peak to the ENE. The saddle surmounts Peshtera Glacier to the N and Charity Glacier to the S.
Plevna, Ontario Plevna is village in Eastern Ontario, located approximately 100 km southwest of Ottawa, and is situated in prime 'cottage country' with many lakes surrounding it. Lakes nearby include Buckshot Lake, Sand Lake, Grindstone Lake and Brule Lake as well as Fortune, Mackie and Schooner lakes.
Plex86 Plex86 is a project to create a virtual machine for the x86 architecture that runs Linux operating system. The machine runs only Linux because, according to the creator, it makes the architecture of the machine "the order of 10x or 100x more simplistic.
Plexifilm Plexifilm is an independent DVD label and film production company co-founded by Gary Hustwit (formerly VP of Salon.com) and Sean Anderson (formerly Director of DVD Development of The Criterion Collection) in 2001.
Plexigrass Plexgrass is an alternative band, originally formed in the Lawrence, Kansas area by members Justin Zaruba (vocals, guitar, banjo, mandolin, keyboards), Jay Carpenter (guitar, slide, vocals, bass, sound engineering), and Theodore Momberg (drums/percussion). Robert Hein provided vocals on their studio recording.
Plexippus In Greek mythology, Plexippus participated in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar. He was angry that the prize of the boar's hide had been given to a woman by Meleager, who then killed him in the ensuing argument.
Plexus (The Rosy Crucifixion) Plexus is the second book in Henry Miller's fictionalized account of his early life with his second wife, Mona, known as The Rosy Crucifixion. Plexus describes the troubles of Miller's marriage to Mona, which is a pseudonym for his second wife June.
Plexus Corporation Plexus Corporation , is an Electronics Manufacturing Services provider to the wireline/networking, wireless infrastructure, medical, commercial and defense/security/aerospace industries. With headquarters in Neenah, Wisconsin, Plexus has engineering and manufacturing facilities in China, Malaysia, Mexico, Scotland, and the United States.
Pliers Pliers are hand tools, designed primarily for gripping objects by using leverage. Pliers are designed for numerous purposes and require different jaw configurations to grip, turn, pull, or crimp a variety of things.
Plies (rapper) Plies (born Algernod Lanier Washington"Plies and 3 Other Men Behind Bars after Club Shooting" is an American] [[rapper from Fort Myers, Florida, best known when his entourage opened fire at a nightclub in Gainesville, Florida.
Pligg Pligg is an Open source Social Networking Content Management System (CMS) Combining social bookmarking, blogging, and syndication and a democratic editorial system enables users to collaboratively submit and vote articles. It was influenced by the extremely popular English technology site digg, where when a user submits a news article it is placed in the "pligged" area until it gains sufficient votes to be promoted to the main page.
Plight Plight, an homonymous word now used chiefly with two meanings, (I) pledge, and (2) condition or state. The first appears more generally in the verbal form, to plight one's troth, and the second with a direct or imagined sense of misfortune.
Plight of the common soldier in the American Civil War Union and Confederate soldiers in the American Civil War in most cases, became a victim of the new form of warfare started in America. The use of the balloon, rifled musket, Spencer repeating rifle, Henry rifle, barbed wire, and fortified entrenchments contributed to the deaths of many men.
Pliché The Pliché was an all-in-one desktop computer that resembled the Apple iMac. It was introduced in 1999 by Fujitsu and quickly taken off the market due to Apple's legal actions against other companies for attempting to steal a concept that Apple deemed its intellectual property.
Plimpton 322 Of the approximately half million clay tablets excavated at the beginning of the 19th century, about 400 are of a mathematical nature. Probably the most famous is called Plimpton 322, referring to the fact that it is tablet number 322 in the G.
Plimsoll shoe A plimsoll or plimsoll shoe is a type of athletic shoe with a canvas upper and rubber sole, developed as beachwear in the 1830s by the Liverpool Rubber Company (later to become Dunlop). The shoe was originally called a sand shoe, and acquired the nickname 'plimsoll' in the 1870s.
Plinio (elm cultivar) Plinio is an elm cultivar derived from a crossing of the Dutch hybrid cultivar Plantyn with the Siberian Elm Ulmus pumila clone S 2. It was raised by the Istituto per la Protezione delle Piante (IPP) in Florence, and released for sale in 2003.
Plinius (crater) Plinius is a prominent lunar impact crater lies on the border between Mare Serenitatis in the north and Mare Tranquilitatis in the south. South-southeast of Plinius is Ross crater, and to the northeast is Dawes crater.
Plinking Plinking refers to informal target shooting done at non-traditional targets such as tin cans, glass bottles, and balloons filled with water. The term arises from the verbal description of the sound a bullet makes when hitting a tin can, or other similar target, referring to the sharp, metallic sound, known as a "plink".
Plinky Band which contained Emily Whitehurst and Brian Bourke, who later went under the monikers, Agent M and Brian Plink when the two members joined Tsunami Bomb. Band featured on a split EP with Tsunami Bomb titled B-Movie Queens with Plinky contributing the songs Mushy Love Song and For You.
Pliny the Elder Gaius Plinius Secundus, (23–August 24, 79 AD) better known as Pliny the Elder, was an ancient author, natural philosopher and naval and military commander of some importance who wrote Naturalis Historia. He believed that
Plio-Pleistocene The Plio-Pleistocene is an archaeological term that is coming into increasing use to describe a long and continuous run of dated sedimentary layers in East Africa. This archaeological pseudo-period dates from about 2.
Pliohyrax Pliohyrax, believed extinct since the pliocene, is one of the larger hyracoids (the cavy-like group of animals most closely related to elephants and manatees). It grew to sizes greatly exceeding those of any living hyrax, though it was by no means the largest member of this family.
Pliosaur The Pliosaurs ("Fin Lizards") were aquatic mesozoic reptiles, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods. They originally included members of the family Pliosauridae, in the order Plesiosauria, but several other genera and families are now also included, the number and details of which vary according to the classification used.
Pliska Pliska (Bulgarian: Плиска) is the name of both the first capital of Danubian Bulgaria and a small village (formerly known as Aboba) which was renamed after the historical Pliska after its site was determined and excavations begun.
Plitvice Lakes The Plitvice Lakes ([pli'tvi], Croatian, Serbian-Latin: Plitvička Jezera, Serbian-Cyrillic: Плитвичка Језера) are a national park in Croatia, situated at , in the Plitvice Lakes municipality, near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Plitvice Lakes incident The Plitvice Lakes incident of March 1991 (known in Croatian as "Plitvice Bloody Easter", Krvavi Uskrs na Plitvicama / Plitvički Krvavi Uskrs) was a clash between security forces of the Republic of Croatia and armed Serb separatists. It resulted in two deaths – one on each side – and contributed significantly to the worsening ethnic tensions that were to be at the heart of the subsequent Croatian War of Independence.
Pliva Waterfall Pliva Waterfall is located by the town of Jajce, in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the river Pliva meets the river Vrbas. It was 30 meters high, but after an earthquake during the Bosnian war and attacks on the power plant further up the river, the area was flooded and now the waterfall is 20 meters high.
Plješevica Plješevica (Croatian Lička Plješivica) is a mountain in Croatia and on the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, part of the Dinaric Alps. It stretches in the direction north-south, and it extends from the mountain pass that separates it from Mala Kapela, along the Krbava field to the west and the Una River canyon to the east, and ending near Gračac where it touches on Velebit.
Plockton Plockton (Am Ploc/Ploc Loch Aillse in Gaelic) is a village in the Highlands of Scotland, with a population of 378 is a picturesque settlement on the shores of Loch Carron]. It faces east, away from the prevailing winds, which together with the [[North Atlantic current|North Atlantic Drift gives it a mild climate allowing palm trees (actually cabbage trees) to grow.
Plockton railway station Plockton railway station is a station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, serving the village of Plockton in the Highlands, north-west Scotland. The station is unstaffed, and the former station building is now occupied by the restaurant "Off The Rails".
Plodge Plodge is the informal name given to products of the Chrysler Corporation, sold in Canada and export markets, a contraction of the names Plymouth and Dodge. These vehicles used portions of Plymouth and Dodge brand automobiles together, to make unique cars for the Canadian market and export markets.
Ploemeur Ploemeur (Plañvour in Breton) is a commune of the French département of Morbihan in the French région of Bretagne (approximately 80% of Brittany). The inhabitants of this seaport are called the Ploemeurois and Ploemeuroise(s) (feminine) in French.
Plok Plok was a Super Nintendo game developed by Software Creations and published by Tradewest Games in 1993 in the United States, and later by Nintendo in Europe and Activision in Japan. The game is a traditional platform game starring a character named "Plok".
Plombage Plombage was a surgical method used prior to the introduction of anti-tuberculosis drug therapy to treat cavitary tuberculosis of the upper lobe of the lung. The term derives from the French word "Plomb" (lead) and refers to the insertion of an inert substance in the pleural space.
Plomox Plomox is the fictional drug anti-arrhythmic on the market, according to the show's pharmaceutical representative Julie Keaton played by Heather Locklear on Bill Lawrence's American situational comedy Scrubs. Its only side effects are "nausea, impotence, and anal leakage.
Plone (content management system) Plone is an open-source content management system built on top of the Python application server Zope and its accompanying Zope Content Management Framework. Plone is free software and is designed to be extensible.
Plonk Plonk is a Usenet jargon term for adding a particular poster to one's kill file such that the poster's future postings are completely ignored. It was first used in 1989 and by 1994 was a commonly used term on Usenet regarding kill file additions.
Plop art Plop art is a pejorative slang term for public art (usually large, abstract, modernist or contemporary sculpture) made for government or corporate plazas, spaces in front of office buildings, skyscraper atriums, parks, and other public venues. The term connotes that the work is unattractive or inappropriate to its surroundings - that is, it has been thoughtlessly "plopped" where it lies.
Plop: The Hairless Elbonian Plop: The Hairless Elbonian is an experimental spinoff of the Dilbert comic strip, both by Scott Adams. It follows the life of the titular Elbonian, who, having absolutely no hair, is unusual in his country; both Elbonian males and females typically have large amounts of head and facial hair.
Plossig Plossig is a community in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The community belongs to the administrative community (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) of Annaburg-Prettin, whose seat is in the town of Annaburg.
Plot 'n' bash Plot 'n' bash is a style of navigational information used on road rallies, where competitors are handed the route information at the start of each competitive section, just as the clock is started. The route information must be decoded and plotted quickly and accurately as part of the time taken to complete that section.
Plot coupon A plot coupon, and the somewhat less-well-known plot voucher, are the names Nick Lowe gave to specimens of plot devices in his essay "The Well-Tempered Plot Device," which was published in Ansible in 1986. A plot coupon is an object whose possession or use is necessary in order to resolve the conflict upon which the plot hangs, when this necessity clearly springs from the arbitrary decision of the author to make it so necessary.
Plot device A plot device is a person or an object introduced to a story to affect or advance the plot. In the hands of a skilled writer, the reader or viewer will not notice that the device is a construction of the author—it will seem to follow naturally from the setting or characters in the story.
Plot drift Plot drift is a phenomenon in storytelling in which the plot of the story deviates from its apparent initial direction. The phenomenon can affect written works, although it is often more noticeable in performed media such as television shows or movies.
Plot hole A plot hole is a gap in a storyline that goes against the flow of logic set-up by the plot or that undermines the basic premises of the story. Plot holes are usually seen as weaknesses and flaws in a story, and writers try to avoid them (except in certain deliberate circumstances, usually for humorous effect) to make their stories seem as realistic and lifelike as possible.
Plot immunity Plot immunity is a phenomenon in fiction (particularly serialized fiction, such as television series and comic books) that allows for major characters – usually the protagonist and/or antagonist – to avoid the consequences of events that would remove them from the plot. The most common variation of this is the protagonist's seeming invulnerability to fatal consequences.
Plot of InuYasha InuYasha is a shĹŤnen action adventure romantic comedy, with elements from the horror genre. A seemingly ordinary Japanese school girl acquires the ability to travel through time to the feudal era, gains control of a powerful demon and with his help defeats the worst horrors in Japanese mythology.
Plot of Naruto: Shippuden The plot of the second part of the manga and anime series Naruto, titled Naruto: in the anime and simply Part II in the manga, is set two and a half years later after the present timeline in Part I, and revolves mainly around Naruto Uzumaki's and Sakura Haruno's new adventures and their search for Sasuke Uchiha after he left Konoha to gain Orochimaru's power. The plot also shows a more active Akatsuki in their quest for obtaining all the tailed beasts.
Plot of Shinsetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo The plot of the second part of the anime and manga series Shinsetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, which continues from Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo is focused around the activities and adventures of Bobobo and his friends as they stand against the Neo Maruhage Empire.
Plot of the Rue Saint-Nicaise The plot of the Rue Saint-Nicaise, also known as the Machine infernale (English: Infernal machine) plot, was an assassination attempt on the life of the First Consul of France, Napoleon Bonaparte, in Paris on 24 December 1800. It followed the conspiration des poignards of 10 October 1800, and was one of many Royalist and Catholic plots.
Plot plan A plot plan is an engineering diagram which shows schematically the equipment layout, the position of roads, buildings and other constructions inside an industrial plant with their dimensions and distances in between.
Plot twist A plot twist is a change ("twist") in the direction or expected outcome of the plot of a film or novel. It is a common practice in narration used to keep the interest of an audience, usually surprising them with a revelation.
Plotline of Neon Genesis Evangelion This article serves as a detailed explanation of the plotline of the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion and a summary of the plotline of the movie The End of Evangelion, which functions as an alternate ending to the series. See the series and movies' articles for all other details.
Plotopteridae The Plotopteridae were a family of flightless seabirds from the order Pelecaniformes. Related to the gannets and boobies, they exhibited remarkable convergent evolution with the penguins, particularly with the now extinct giant penguins.
Plottier Formation The Plottier Formation is a geologic formation that outcrops in the Argentine Patagonian provinces of Río Negro and Neuquén. It is the younger of two formations belonging to the Río Neuquén Subgroup within the Neuquén Group.
Plotting (arcade game) Flipull/Plotting is a Taito puzzle video game from 1989. It is called Flipull in versions for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy, and Plotting in versions for the Atari ST, Commodore Amiga, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum.
Plouézec Plouézec is a village and commune of the Côtes-d'Armor département, in the Brittany région in France. It has 13km of rugged coastline that makes it a popular tourist destination all year round, with high quality beaches such as Bréhec and Pors Pin.
Plouézec International Meetings The Breton village of Plouézec (in French) or Ploueg-ar-Mor (in Breton) has hosted an International Meeting annually since 1997. The working language of the meeting is Esperanto, and the meeting covers diverse activities — tourism, socialising, yoga, choral singing, theatre, computing, using an abacus, Breton language for beginners, and origami.
Plough The plough (American spelling: plow) is a tool used in farming for initial cultivation of soil in preparation for sowing seed or planting. Ploughs are also used by industry underseas, for the laying of cables, as well as preparing the earth for side-scan sonar in a process used in oil exploration.
Plough Sunday Plough Sunday is a traditional English celebration of the beginning of the agricultural year that has seen some revival over recent years. Plough Sunday celebrations usually involve bringing a ploughshare into a church with prayers for the blessing of the land.
Ploughman's lunch A ploughman's lunch is a cold snack or meal, featuring at a minimum, a thick piece of cheese (usually Cheddar, Stilton, or other local cheese), pickle (often Branston Pickle, sometimes piccalilli and/or pickled onions), crusty bap or chunk of bread, and butter.
Ploughmen's Front The Ploughmen's Front (Romanian: Frontul Plugarilor) was a Romanian left-wing agrarian-inspired political organisation of ploughmen, founded at Deva in 1933 and led by Petru Groza. At its peak in 1946, the Front had over 1 million members.
Ploughshares Fund The Ploughshares Fund is a public grantmaking foundation that supports initiatives to prevent the spread and use of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and other weapons of war, and to prevent conflicts that could lead to the use of weapons of mass destruction.
Ploutis Servas Ploutis Servas (Πλουτής Σέρβας in Greek; 22 May 1907 — 14 February 2001), was a Cypriot former politician, reporter, and author. Servas was born Ploutarhos Loizou Savvidis (Πλούταρχος Λοΐζου Σαββίδης) and changed his surname to Servas while still a student in secondary education.
Plouto In Greek mythology, Plouto was a nymph and the mother of Tantalus by Zeus. Her parentage is given as Oceanus and Tethys (thus making Plouto one of the 3000 Oceanids) or as Himas, a Lydian that is otherwise unknown.
Plov Plov ( - polo, , , , , , - plov, - palov) Plov is a rice dish consisting of carrots, onions, spices (cumin, salt, pepper, paprika, and Barbaris), lamb, cottonseed oil, and medium grain rice. It is traditionally cooked in a deep, metal dish known as a "qozon".
Plovdiv Plovdiv (; Thracian: Evmolpia, Pulpudeva; / Philippoupoli, Philippoupolis; ) is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, after Sofia, with a population of 341,873(It is the administrative centre of Plovdiv Province] in southern Bulgaria, as well as the largest and most important city of the historical region of [[Thrace, famous for its ancient and diverse culture and millenary history.
Plovdiv Peak Plovdiv Peak (Vrah Plovdiv 'vr&h 'plov-div) is a peak rising to 1,040 m in the E extremity of Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island, Antarctica. The peak overlooks Magura Glacier to the S and Iskar Glacier to the NNE.
Plovdiv Regional Historical Museum The Plovdiv Regional Historical Museum (, Regionalen istoricheski muzey Plovdiv) is a historical museum in the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Established in 1951, it covers the history of Plovdiv from the 15th century until today (the older history is presented in the Plovdiv Archaeological Museum).
Plover Cove Plover Cove or Shuen Wan Hoi (船灣海) is a cove encircled by the hills, Pat Sin Leng (八仙嶺) and Wan Leng (橫嶺), a range of islands, Yim Tin Tsai (鹽田仔), Ma Shi Chau (馬屎洲) and Tung Tau Chau (東頭洲), and a long peninsula extending from Fu Tau Sha (虎頭沙) in Tai Po of Hong Kong near Tolo Channel and Tolo Harbour. Major part of the cove is dammed to from fresh water reservoir, Plover Cove Reservoir.
Plover Cove Reservoir Plover Cove Reservoir (), located in northeastern New Territories, is the largest reservoir in Hong Kong in terms of area, and the second-largest in terms of volume. Its main dam was one of the largest in the world at the time of its construction, disconnecting Plover Cove from the sea.
Plow and Hearth Plow and Hearth is a major United States retailer based in Madison, Virginia specializing in hearth and fireplace accessories; furniture and home furnishings; and lawn and garden accessories . The company was established in 1980, and today is considered a leader in catalog mail order retailing in the United States, with sales exceeding $100 million and annually mailing over 63 million catalogs.
Plowden Report The Plowden Report is the unofficial name for the 1967 report of the Central Advisory Council For Education (England) into Primary education in England. The report, entitled Children and their Primary Schools reviewed Primary education in a wholesale fashion.
Plows, Plagues and Petroleum Plows, Plagues and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate is a 2005 book published by Princeton University Press and written by William Ruddiman, a paleoclimatologist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia. He has authored and co-authored several different books and academic papers [http://stephenschneider.
Plucked string instrument Plucked string instruments are a subcategory of string instruments that are played by plucking the strings. Plucking is a way of pulling and releasing the string in such as way as to give it an impulse that causes the string to vibrate.
Plucker matrix Plucker matrices are a representation of a line used in relation to 3D homogeneous coordinates. Specifically, a Plucker matrix is a 4Ă—4 homogeneous matrix, defined as mathbf{P} = AB^T - BA^T, where A and B are two homogeneous coordinates on the line.
Plucks Gutter Plucks Gutter is a small hamlet in Kent, England where the River Little Stour and River Great Stour meet. In the middle ages the two rivers met the Wantsum Channel at Stourmouth but the combined rivers now (called the River Stour downstream from Plucks Gutter) flow onward to the sea via Sandwich to Pegwell Bay near to Ramsgate, leaving Plucks Gutter some six miles in a straight line and ten by river from the English Channel.
Plug and Grow TradeHydro's Plug And Grow is the trademarked brandname of a self-ballasting growing light. It comes as a kit including Envirolite 200watt 6400k lamp and batwing reflector for optimum use of the light emissions.
Plug and Play modding "Plug and Play modding", also known as "Copy and Paste" is a practice among newbie game modders by copying and pasting freely available code and art from game mod resource websites to make their own mod with hardly any effort.
Plug compatible manufacturer A plug compatible manufacturer or PCM is one which makes a product (typically a computer or computer peripheral) that can (it is claimed) replace a competitor's equivalent product with few or no changes required. The term was originally applied to manufacturers who made replacements for IBM peripherals and later IBM mainframes.
Plug door A plug door is a door designed to hold higher pressure on the side it opens to - the shape of the plug door (typically like a slice of a wedge base) prevents the door moving outwards and thus allowing the pressure to escape.
Plug flow In fluid mechanics, Plug Flow is a simple way of modelling flow of a fluid in a pipe or, more generally, a reactor. Essentially no back mixing is assumed with "plugs" of fluid passing through the reactor.
Plug In America Plug In America (also known as PIA) is a non-profit educational organization that promotes and advocates the use of plug-in cars, trucks and SUVs powered by domestic electricity which it claims will help reduce dependence on fossil fuels and improve the global environment. It is currently a chapter of the Electric Auto Association.
Plug nozzle The plug nozzle is a type of rocket nozzle that, unlike traditional designs, maintains its efficiency at a wide range of altitudes. It is a member of the class of altitude-compensating nozzles, but unlike the aerospike, the plug design is considerably more "traditional".
Plug Tunin' Plug Tunin' is a 1988 single by the influential hip hop trio De La Soul. Lyrically, the song is idiosyncratic; "Transistors are never more shown with like / When vocal flow brings it all down in ruin / Due to a clue of a naughty noise called Plug Tunin'(Hmm-mm, hmm-mm, hmm-mm, hmm-mm, hmmmm)", however, musically it laid the foundations for the sound the group would realise more fully with their debut album 3 Feet High and Rising.

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