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Plug Uglies The Plug Uglies were a street gang (though most often referred to as a political club) that operated in the west end of Baltimore, Maryland from 1854 to 1860. The Plug Uglies coalesced shortly after the creation of the Mount Vernon Hook-and-Ladder Company, a volunteer fire company whose truck house was on Biddle Street, between Pennsylvania Avenue and Ross Street (later Druid Hill).
Plug valve Plug valves are valves with cylindrical or conically-tapered "plugs" which can be rotated inside the valve body to control flow through the valve. The plugs in plug valves have one or more hollow passageways going sideways through the plug, so that fluid can flow through the plug when the valve is open.
Plug-and-play Plug and Play (PnP) is a computer feature that allows the addition of a new device, normally a peripheral, without requiring reconfiguration or manual installation of device drivers. PnP is a process the computer runs through when it is first turned on, involving the boot process and power-on self-test.
Plug-board A plug-board, or, more formally, a control panel, was a device used to direct the operation of unit record equipment (and some early computers) built by IBM and other companies during the punch card era. Control panels were first introduced 1906, earlier machines were hard wired for specific applications.
Plug-compatible A plug-compatible machine is one that has been designed to be backwards compatible with a prior machine. In particular, a new computer system that is plug-compatible has not only the same connectors and protocol interfaces to peripherals, but also runs the same CPU software as the old system.
Plug-in (Escape Velocity) Plug-in is the term used for the add-on files used to modify the Escape Velocity series of games by Ambrosia Software. They are similar to what is now often referred to as a ‘mod’ for other games, but that term was not common when Escape Velocity was first created, and in any case the Macintosh development community generally prefers clearer and more accessible terminology.
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) is a hybrid which has additional battery capacity and the ability to be recharged from an external electrical outlet. In addition, modifications are made to the vehicle's control software.
Plugboard In cryptography, a plugboard (sometimes stecker or comutator) was a component of certain rotor machines, including some Enigma models, that exchanged letters of the alphabet, thereby increasing the key size of the resulting cipher.
Pluggable Authentication Modules Pluggable authentication modules or PAM are a mechanism to integrate multiple low-level authentication schemes into a high-level API, which allows for programs that rely on authentication to be written independently of the underlying authentication scheme. PAM were first developed in 1996 by Sun Microsystems, and are currently supported in AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and NetBSD.
Pluggd Pluggd was founded in February 2006 with the goal of making it easier for people to discover, experience, and share online audio and video programming (often called 'podcasts.') Pluggd is an aggregation of both traditional media and independent online-only producers.
Plugged In Plugged In is a monthly magazine put out by Focus on the Family (founder-James Dobson) which reviews movies, music, general media, and pop cultural issues from a Christian perspective. A religious counterpart to magazines such as EW and Teen People; their reviews primarily focus on how moral or immoral they perceive entertainment media to be, rather than evaluating artistic value.
Pluggers Pluggers is a syndicated comic panel created by Jeff MacNelly in 1993 that relies on reader submissions (referred to as "Pluggerisms") for the premise of each day's panel. Editorial cartoonist Gary Brookins took over three years prior to MacNelly's 2000 death from lymphoma.
Plugging in (algebra) Plugging in is a colloquial mathematical term for the process of substitution, typically of a number or formula, in a formula. If the independent variables in the formula are visualised as certain required inputs, then the metaphor is of some black box picture in which a given input is a socket, into which a plug is then inserted.
Pluginmanifesto The pluginmanifesto is a document written by Ana Kronschnabl that looks at the challenges for filmmaking for the internet and other reduced bandwidth platforms (such as mobile phones, PDAs and PlayStation Portables. The author noted, "The pluginmanifesto arose out of a need...
Plugpoint Plugpoint is a term for application programming interface (API). In use, one may say plugpoint to indicate a specific place in an API, or in the API of a framework designed to have software components "plugged" into it.
Plugs (fishing) Fishing Plugs are wood or synthetic made lures, to which hooks are attached, that are used to skip along the surface (Poppers) or plane just under the surface (Wobbler) to attract game fish. They're usually used while surf fishing by casting them past the breakers or during times of mellow surf.
Pluit Pluit is an administrative village (kelurahan) of Penjaringan, North Jakarta that is predominantly residential. Most of the inhabitants are of Chinese ethnic from Medan who also run many Hokkien restaurants in nearby Muara Karang.
Plum A plum or gage is a stone fruit tree in the genus Prunus, subgenus Prunus. The subgenus is distinguished from other subgenera (peaches, cherries, bird cherries, etc) in the shoots having a terminal bud and the side buds solitary (not clustered), the flowers being grouped 1-5 together on short stems, and the fruit having a groove running down one side, and a smooth stone.
Plum Bun Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral is a novel by Jessie Redmon Fauset first published in 1929. Written by an African American woman who, during the 1920s, was for many years the literary editor of The Crisis, it is often seen as an important contribution to the movement that has come to be known as the Harlem Renaissance.
Plum Island (Massachusetts) Plum Island, Massachusetts is an island located off the northeast coast of Massachusetts, north of Cape Ann at north latitude 42°47' by west longitude 70°50'. It is a barrier island approximately 11 miles (18 km) in length, the northern portion bordered by the Merrimack River (in which stands Badgers Rock), and the southern portion by the Parker River.
Plum Island Animal Disease Center The Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) is a United States federal research facility dedicated to the study of foreign animal diseases. Since 1954, the center has been protecting America's livestock from foreign animal diseases.
Plum Keyboard The PLUM Keyboard is another variation on the QWERTY keyboard, like the Dvorak keyboard. It has a key layout designed so that the most frequently used keys are under the fingers of the typist and minimizing finger movements.
Plum pox Plum pox, also known as sharka, is the most devastating viral disease of stone fruit from the genus Prunus. The disease is caused by the plum pox virus (PPV), and the different strains may infect a variety of stone fruit species including peaches, apricots, plums, nectarine, almonds, and sweet and tart cherries.
Plum River The Plum River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, about 55 mi (90 km) long, in northwestern Illinois in the United States. It rises in Jo Daviess County and flows generally south-southwestwardly into Carroll County, where it joins the Mississippi at Savanna.
Plum Street A neighborhood in Detroit, Michigan roughly the area today bounded by Michigan Avenue, the Lodge Freeway, and the Fisher Freeway. The community gained wide notice in the late 1960s as hub of art, rock 'n' roll, anti-war, drug and hippie activity.
Plum tomato A plum tomato or paste tomato is a type of tomato bred for sauce and packing purposes. They are generally oval or cylindrical in shape, with significantly fewer seed compartments than standard round tomatoes (usually only two) and a generally higher solid content, making them more suitable for processing.
Plum Warner Sir Pelham Francis Warner (2 October 1873 in Port of Spain, Trinidad - 30 January 1963 at West Lavington, West Sussex), affectionately and better known as Plum Warner, or the Grand Old Man of English cricket was a Test cricketer.
Plumage Plumage refers both to the layer of feathers that cover a bird and the pattern, colour, and arrangement of those feathers. The pattern and colours of plumage vary between species and subspecies and can also vary between different age classes, sexes, and season.
Plumas Lake, California Plumas Lake, California is a master-planned exurb located 30 miles north of the City of Sacramento on the Feather River, just prior to its confluence with the Sacramento River. Construction of homes began early in 2003, and at full build-out the city will have roughly 12,000 homes and 36,000 residents.
Plumbaginales Plumbaginales is an order of flowering plants. The order is recognized by several systems, such as the Wettstein system, last revised in 1935, the Engler system, in its update of 1964 and the Cronquist system, 1981.
Plumbago drawing Plumbago drawings are graphite drawings from the 17th and 18th centuries. There was a group of artists whose work in plumago is remarkable for their exquisite portraits drawn with finely pointed pieces of graphite and upon vellum, often prepared as the basis of an engraving.
Plumbeous Vireo The Plumbeous Vireo (Vireo plumbeus) is a small North American songbird, ranging from far southeastern Montana and western South Dakota south to the Pacific coast of Mexico, including Baja California Sur. It is migratory, moving to the southern part of its range in winter, and its habitat generally encompasses open pine forests.
Plumber A plumber is a tradesperson who specializes in installing and maintaining systems used for potable (drinking) water, sewage, drainage, venting, heating and air-conditioning, or industrial process plant piping. The Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering In most jurisdictions the piping for HVAC, fire protection, and industrial systems are installed by 'steam-fitters', 'pipe-fitters', or 'gas-fitters' tradespeople.
Plumbing Plumbing, from the Latin for lead (plumbum), is the skilled trade of working with pipes, tubing and plumbing fixtures for potable water systems and the drainage of waste. Plumbing originated during the ancient civilizations such as Roman, Persian, Indian, and Chinese civilizations as they developed public baths and needed to provide potable water, and drainage of wastes.
Plumbing drainage venting A building's waste-disposal system has two parts: the drainage system and the venting system. The drainage system, also called traps and drains, comprises pipes leading from various plumbing fixtures to the building drain (indoors) and then the building sewer (outdoors).
Plumbline Originally, a plumb line, plumb-line, or plumbline was a string with a lead (Latin plumbum) weight called a plumb-bob at one end, used to provide a vertical reference line. In geodesy it means a line orthogonal to the geoid (which isn't the line a real plumb line takes, because of the earth's rotation).
Plumbosolvency Plumbosolvency is the ability of a solvent, notably water, to dissolve lead. In the public supply of water this is an undesirable property, in (usually older) consumers' premises plumbosolvent water can attack lead pipes leading to increased lead levels at the tap.
Plume Latraverse Plume Latraverse (born Michel Latraverse, 1946) is a prolific singer, musician, songwriter and author from Quebec. His career spans over 30 years; Latraverse is probably one of the most influential names in Quebec counterculture.
Plume moth The Pterophoridae or plume-moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings. The fore-wings consist of (usually) two curved spars with more or less bedraggled bristles trailing behind (compare the greater number of symmetrical plumes of the Alucitidae).
Plume tectonics Plume tectonics is a relatively new theory in geophysics which studies the movements of Mantle plumes under Tectonic plates at the depth of 2900km in the earth. Japanese geophysicists Fukao Yoshio (深尾良夫 :ja:Nagoya University) and Maruyama Shigenori(丸山茂徳, visiting scholar at Stanford University, :ja:Tokyo Institute of Technology) have advanced the theory.
Plumed Archer In the game Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion, the Plumed Archer is representative of Meso-American bow technology. Stat wise, they have the highest HP and foot speed among foot archers, as neither of the Meso-American civilizations in the Age of Empires 2 Expansion have access to horses, the Plumed Archer is a good replacement for Cavalry Archers.
Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy The Plumian chair of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy is one of the two major Professorships in Astronomy at Cambridge University, alongside the Lowndean Professorship. The Plumian chair was founded in 1704 by Thomas Plume, a member of Christ's and Archdeacon of Rochester, to "erect an Observatory and to maintain a studious and learned Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy, and to buy him and his successors utensils and instruments quadrants telescopes etc.
Plummer Building The Plummer Building is an architecturally significant part of the Mayo Clinic. It was originally called the 1929 building, but was renamed the Plummer Building after its chief architect and Mayo Clinic co-founder, Henry Stanley Plummer.
Plummer Park Plummer Park is a park in West Hollywood, California, on the eastern side of the city. The east side of West Hollywood is dominated by Russian immigrants, and the park is a popular gathering place for Russians.
Plumstead Plumstead (founded circa 980) is a district in the London Borough of Greenwich, with the eastern end of the site of the former Royal Arsenal at its northern boundary and Shooters Hill to the south. Plumstead expanded rapidly in the 1880s with housing developed for Arsenal workers, two-up two-down terraced housing was common in the area close to the river and Arsenal, larger and smarter properties were developed uphill from the Thames, around Plumstead Common.
Plumsted Township School District The Plumsted Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that educates more than 1,800 students in kindergarten though grade 12 (including special education students in pre-kindergarten) from Plumsted Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States.
Plumtree School Plumtree School is a private boarding school for boys in the Matabeleland region of Zimbabwe on the border with Botswana. Founded in 1902 by a railway mission, its famous headmaster Robert Woodward Hammond steered it into one of the leading schools in Southern Africa.
Plunder and Lightning Plunder and Lightning is a television movie, originally broadcast on September 9, 1990, that makes up the first four episodes of the Disney animated series TaleSpin. After its original airing, the film was later split up into four episodes of the series itself, but with severe edits.
Plundered Hearts Plundered Hearts is an interactive fiction computer game created by Amy Briggs and published by Infocom in 1987. It was released simultaneously for several popular computer platforms of the time, such as the PC and Commodore 64.
Plundering Time The Plundering Time (1644-1646) was a period of civil unrest in colonial Maryland caused by the tensions of the English Civil War. Governor Leonard Calvert (1606-1647) led colonial defenses against Parliamentary privateers such as Captain Richard Ingle.
Plunderphonics Plunderphonics is a term coined by John Oswald in 1985 in an essay entitled Plunderphonics, or Audio Piracy as a Compositional Prerogative. It has since been applied to any music made by taking one or more existing audio recordings and altering them in some way to make a new composition.
Plunge (American football) A "plunge" (or "dive") is a type of play in American Football in which the ball carrier (usually a running back or a fullback) attempts to rush through one of the gaps immediately to the left or right of center, denoted as gaps 1 and 0 respectively. It may be run with or without a lead blocker, though when run with a lead blocker it may be called a "lead dive".
Plunger A plunger (occasionally, plumber's helper) is a common device used to release stoppages in plumbing. Officially known as a "hydroforce blast cup", it consists of a rubber cup with an attached stick, usually made of wood.
Plunket shark The plunket shark, Centroscymnus plunketi, is a sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found around south eastern Australia, and New Zealand, at depths of between 220 and 1,550 m over continental shelves. It reaches a length of 130 cm.
Plunket Society The Royal New Zealand Plunket Society is an incorporated society which provides a range of health services to healthy babies and young children. The Plunket Society direction is "to ensure that New Zealand children are among the healthiest in the world".
Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax is the quadruple-barrelled surname of the descendants of Admiral The Honourable Sir Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax (1880-1967), who was the younger son of the 17th Baron of Dunsany by his wife Ernle Elizabeth Ernle-Erle-Drax, née Grosvenor. The surname of Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax was assumed in lieu of Plunkett, his name from birth, by royal licence on 4 October 1916.
Pluot A pluot (plĂĽ-ot) is a tradename for a fruit developed in the late 20th century by Floyd Zaiger. In the United States, the fruit is known by most regulatory agencies as an interspecific plum It is a complex cross hybrid] of [[plum and apricot, being Âľ plum and ÂĽ apricot in parentage.
Pluperfect tense The pluperfect tense (from Latin: plus quam perfectum more than perfect) is a perfective tense that exists in most Indo-European languages, used to refer to an event that has completed before another past action.
Plural marriage Plural marriage (also sometimes called celestial marriage, The Patriarchal Order of marriage or simply polygamy) is a type of polygamy that was taught by Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement; some form of Plural Marriage has been practiced by selected followers of Joseph Smith.
Plural quantification In mathematics and logic, plural quantification is the theory that an individual variable x may take on plural, as well as singular values. As well as substituting individual objects such as Alice, the number 1, the tallest building in London etc.
Plurale tantum A plurale tantum (plural: pluralia tantum) is a noun that appears only in the plural form and does not have a singular variant, though it may still refer to one or many of the object it names. Many languages have pluralia tantum, such as the English words "scissors" and "pants".
Pluralis majestatis Pluralis majestatis ("majestic plural") is the plural pronoun where it is used to refer to one person alone. This is also known as the "royal 'we'" or the "Victorian 'we'" because it has usually been restricted to august personages such as monarchs, bishops, popes, and university rectors.
Pluralism (philosophy of mind) Pluralism in the area of philosophy of the mind, distinguishes a position where one believes there to be ultimately many kinds of substances in the world, as opposed to monism and dualism. (See also cosmotheism).
Pluralist School The Pluralist School was a school of presocratic philosophers who attempted to reconcile Parmenides' rejection of change with the apparently changing world of sense experience. The school consisted of Anaxagoras and Empedocles.
Pluralistic ignorance In social psychology, pluralistic ignorance is a process which involves several members of a group who think that they have different perceptions, beliefs, or attitudes from the rest of the group. While they do not endorse the group norm, the dissenting persons behave like the other group members, because they think that the behaviour of the other group members shows that the opinion of the group is unanimous.
Plurality opinion A plurality opinion is the opinion from a group of justices, often in an appellate court, in which no single opinion received the support of a majority of the court. The final decision is determined by the opinion which received support from a mere plurality of the court.
Pluri-National Pachakutik United Movement – New Country The Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country (Movimiento Unidad Plurinacional Pachakutik – Nuevo País) is an indigenist party in Ecuador. It was founded in January 1996 primarily as a way to advance the interests of a wide variety of indigenous peoples' organizations throughout Ecuador.
Pluricanonical ring In mathematics, the pluricanonical ring of an algebraic variety V (which is non-singular), or of a complex manifold, is a graded commutative ring that is made up of the sections of powers of the canonical bundle K. More precisely, it is the graded ring R such that for n ≥ 0 we have
Plus 8 Plus 8 (also spelled as Plus8, without the space) is a Canadian techno record label, based in Windsor, Ontario and founded in 1990 by DJs Richie Hawtin and John Acquaviva. Initial releases were by the pair themselves and their friends using aliases such as States of Mind and Cybersonik, along with other Detroit-based musicians such as Kenny Larkin.
Plus and minus signs The plus and minus signs (+ and −) are used to represent the notions of positive and negative as well as the operations of addition and subtraction. Their use has been extended to many other meanings, more or less analogous.
Plus One Plus One was a Christian boy band formed by Atlantic Records in 2000. The band (made up of vocalists Nate Cole, Gabe Combs, Jeremy Mhire, Jason Perry, and Nathan Walters) remains one of the best selling artists in Christian pop.
Plus Rien Plus Rien is the sought after limited edition EP (1000 copies only) released by Vanessa and the O's on the Swedish alternative label Dolores in 2003. Writing and production duties on all four tracks "Plus Rien me Presse", "Something is Calling", "Am I Dreaming" and "Brouhaha" are credited to Vanessa Quinones, Andreas Mattson, Niclas Frisk and James Iha collectively.
Plus skate shop Plus Skateboard Shop, formerly known as Beach Plus, is one the leading skateboard shops in the Southeast United States. In addition, Jamie Thomas, a professional skateboarder, was sponsored by Plus Skate Shop before he became a professional skateboarder.
Plus Ultra (hydroplane) Plus Ultra was a Dornier Do J hydroplane which completed a Trans-Atlantic flight in January 1926 with a crew of Spanish aviators, that included RamĂłn Franco and Julio Ruiz de Alda Miqueleiz, Juan Manuel Duran and Pablo Rada.
Plus Ultra (motto) Plus Ultra (Latin for further beyond, more beyond or yet beyond) is the national motto of Spain and a number of other institutions including Jurong Junior College in Singapore,Malden Catholic High School in Massachusetts, Newstead Girls College, the oldest existing public school in Sri Lanka and the Colombian Navy. It was the personal motto of both Charles V and Sir Francis Bacon.
Plus Ultra Brigade The Plus Ultra Brigade, or Brigada Hispanoamericana, was a military contingent of mixed personnel from Spain (some 1,300 troops) , the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua (about 1,200 troops between the four), which was commissioned to support coalition troops in the Iraq War. The deployment started in July 2003.
Plus-size model A plus-size model is a female fashion model who wears a dress size 14 or higher in North American sizing, 14 or higher in Australian sizing, and 16 or higher in UK sizing. Plus-size modeling is growing, with agency divisions being created to specifically locate and develop potential models to serve the apparel industry.
Plus/minus Plus/minus is an ice hockey statistic that measures the team goal differential when a specific player is on the ice. A player's plus/minus is increased by one every time his team scores an even strength or shorthanded goal while he is on the ice.
Plush Plush (from French ) is a textile having a cut nap or pile the same as fustian or velvet. Originally the pile of plush consisted of mohair or worsted yarn, but now silk by itself or with a cotton backing is used for plush, the distinction from velvet being found in the longer and less dense pile of plush.
Plush Studios Plush Studios is a photography production company that represents the work of many photographers throughout the United States, including Bill Reitzel, Caroline Schiff, Charlie Schuck, Billy Winters, Tanya Constantine, and Kris Timken.
Plusle is one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise – a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Plusle in the games, anime and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon, untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments, and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.
Pluster World Pluster World, known as Boken Yuki Pluster World (Japanese:冒険遊記プラスターワールド) , is an anime that originally aired in Japan starting April 2003. Aired on TV Tokyo on Thursdays 6:00pm to 6:30pm.
Plutarch of Eretria Plutarch (in Greek Πλουταρχος; lived 4th century BC) was a tyrant of Eretria in Euboea. Whether he was the immediate successor of Themison, and also whether he was in any way connected with him by blood, are points which we have no means of ascertaining.
Plutino In astronomy, a plutino is a trans-Neptunian object in 2:3 mean motion resonance with Neptune. Plutinos are named after Pluto, which follows an orbit trapped in the same resonance, with the Italian diminutive suffix -ino.
Pluto (Astro Boy) Pluto is a fictional character in the manga and anime series, Astro Boy. He was first featured in the manga story arc, "The World's Strongest Robot", which was also remade into the ongoing manga serial, Pluto, by Naoki Urasawa.
Pluto (band) Pluto is a Portuguese band, which emerged from the splitting up of Ornatos Violeta (in 2002), where Manel Cruz (frontman and vocalist) and Peixe (guitarist) played. The others elements are Eduardo (bass guitar) and Ruka (drums).
Pluto in fiction Dwarf planet Pluto, declassified as a planet in August 2006, has been featured in many instances of popular culture. In addition to its common occurrence in science fiction, Pluto has also received a large amount of publicity and public support following its demotion from planetary status.
Pluto Kuiper Express The Pluto Kuiper Express mission was a space mission designed to fly by the Pluto-Charon system and at least one large object in the Kuiper belt beyond Pluto's orbit. Originally designated the Pluto Fast Flyby, it was scheduled to reach Pluto by 2012.
Pluto prototype On August 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) decided to reclassify Pluto as a dwarf planet, requiring that a planet must "clear the neighbourhood around its orbit." The General Assembly of the IAU further resolved to recognize Pluto as the prototype of a new (as yet unnamed) category of trans-Neptunian objects which the IAU planned on naming a "pluton" or a "[object".
Pluto Rising Pluto Rising is a novel by Karen Irving (ISBN 1-896095-95-X). The novel is the first in a series of mystery novels about Katy Klein, a psychologist who has become a professional astrologer and is struggling financially to support her teenaged daughter.
Pluto Saves the Ship Pluto Saves the Ship is a comic book story created for The Walt Disney Company by writers Carl Barks, Jack Hannah and Nick George, plus an unidentified illustator. It was originally printed in Large Feature Comics #7 in 1941, and is one of the first American Disney comics ever made that was not reprinted from newspaper comic strips.
Pluto Shervington Pluto Shervington, also known as Pluto (born Leighton Shervington, on 13 August 1950, in Kingston, Jamaica), is a reggae musician, vocalist, engineer and producer. His output is mostly representative of soca styled reggae, and over the years Pluto gained a reputation as a talented bass guitarist, as well as for his fine vocal interpretations.
Plutography Plutography is a word coined by Tom Wolfe to categorize books and other media that describe the lives of rich and famous people, often uncritically. Perhaps the most famous example of plutographic media is Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, hosted by Robin Leach.
Pluton (missile) The Pluton missile was a French nuclear-armed short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) system launched from a transporter erector launcher (TEL) platform mounted on an AMX 30 tank chassis. It was designed to provide the tactical part of French nuclear deterrence during the Cold War.
Plutonia dilemma In the plutonia dilemma introduced in Douglas Hofstadter's book Metamagical Themas, an eccentric trillionaire gathers 20 people together, and tells them that if one and only one of them sends him a telegram (reverse charges) by noon the next day, that person will receive a billion dollars. If he receives more than one telegram, or none at all, no one will get any money, and cooperation between players is forbidden.
Plutonian Ode Plutonian Ode is a poem written by Allen Ginsberg in 1978 against the arms race and nuclear armament of the superpowers. It is heavily inspired by Gnosticism which Ginsberg came to know after reading Hans Jonas's book on the subject.
Plutonism Plutonic theory is the geologic theory proposed by James Hutton around the turn of the 19th century that volcanic activity was the source of rocks on the surface of the Earth. It was named for Pluto, the ancient Roman god of the underworld.
Plutonium (cave) The Plutonium is a cave near the hot springs at Pamukkale (ancient Hierapolis) in Turkey. The name in Greek (Πλουτωνειον) means "place of Pluto" (the Roman and Greek god of the dead), because many people died in it because it was full of carbon dioxide which seeped out of the ground due to underground volcanic activity.
Plutonium-240 Plutonium-240 (Pu-240) is an isotope of the metal plutonium formed when plutonium-239 captures a neutron. About 62% of the time when Pu-239 captures a neutron it undergoes fission, the rest of the time it forms Pu-240.
Plutus In Greek mythology, Plutus ("wealth" Πλοῦτος) was a son of Demeter and the Titan Iasion and was the personification and god of wealth and money. He was blinded by Zeus so that he would be able to dispense his gifts without prejudice.

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