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Preemraff Göteborg Preemraff Göteborg is an oil refinery located in the Swedish city of Gothenburg. Preem is the largest supplier of petroleum products in Sweden and its two refieneries, Preemraff Göteborg in Gothenburg and Preemraff Lysekil in Lysekil represent two-thirds of Sweden's refining capacity.
Preetha Reddy Preetha Reddy, managing director of Apollo Hospitals (Chennai), one of the largest healthcare conglomerates of India, is one of the pioneer businesswomen of India in the segment of healthcare industry. Currently, the Apollo Group has more than 6,400 beds and 16,500 employees, and has emerged as an integrated global healthcare provider, attracting patients from all over India, the other countries of the Indian subcontinent like Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, and Pakistan, the Middle East and the Gulf countries.
Preetmohan Singh Preetmohan ("Preet") Singh is currently involved in American Politics as the Deputy Director of Public Policy at The Interfaith Alliance (TIA), a non-profit advocacy organization based in Washington, DC.
Prefab Sprout Prefab Sprout is an English pop band from Witton Gilbert, County Durham, which rose to moderate fame during the 1980s. Though critically acclaimed, and considered by many to have released some of the best pop albums of the decade, the band never broke through to the mainstream, and had only moderate commercial success.
Prefaces Prefaces (in Danish: Forord) is a delightful little book by Søren Kierkegaard--published under the pseudonym Nicolaus Notabene--which has yet to receive the critical attention it deserves. It is a series of prefaces for unwritten books, books unwritten because the fictitious Notabene would face a divorce if he ever lowered himself to becoming a writer.
Prefecture The term prefecture (from the Latin Praefectura) indicates the office, seat, territorial circonscription of a Prefect. In English the term prefecture is also used to refer to offices deemed equivalent in other languages' cultural traditions.
Prefecture Apostolic of the Delta of the Nile The Prefecture Apostolic of the Delta of the Nile was a Roman Catholic missionary jurisdiction, situated in the north of khedival Egypt, comprising four of the six provinces forming Lower Egypt: Gharbieh, Charkieb, Menufieh and Kalyiubieh.
Prefecture Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands The Prefecture Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands or the Sandwich Isles Mission, was an ecclesiastical territory of the Roman Catholic Church created by Pope Leo XII on November 27, 1825 encompassing the Sandwich Islands (now the State of Hawai‘i) and entrusted to the care of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Father Alexis Bachelot, SS.
Prefecture Apostolic of Yukon The Apostolic Prefecture of Yukon or Prefecture Apostolic of the Yukon-Prince Rupert, was a Catholic missionary jurisdicton in the extreme northwestern portion of Canada since 1908 till 1916, then a Vicariate Apostolic till 1967.
Prefecture of Police The Prefecture of Police (French: Préfecture de Police), headed by the Prefect of Police (Préfet de Police), is an agency of the Government of France which provides the police force for the city of Paris and the surrounding three départements of Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, and Val-de-Marne. It is also in charge of emergency services, such as the Paris Fire Brigade, and performs administrative duties, such as issuing ID cards and driver licenses or monitoring alien residents.
Prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. Prefecture-level cities form the second level of the administrative structure (alongside prefectures, leagues and autonomous prefectures).
Prefectures of Greece Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 3 super-prefectures and 54 prefectures or nomes (nomoi, singular - nomos, Greek: νομοί, νομός ).
Prefectures of Japan The prefectures of Japan are the country's 47 sub-national jurisdictions: one "metropolis" (都 to), Tokyo; one "circuit" (道 dō), Hokkaidō; two urban prefectures (府 fu), Osaka and Kyoto; and 43 other prefectures (県 ken). In Japanese, they are commonly referred to as todōfuken (都道府県).
Preferans Preference or preferans (Russian: преферанс) is a European trick-taking game especially popular in late Imperial Russia, Soviet Union and post-Soviet states. Preference can be played by 2-4 people, although the 2-person game is somewhat uncommon.
Preference Preference (or "taste") is a concept, used in the social sciences, particularly economics. It assumes a real or imagined "choice" between alternatives and the possibility of rank ordering of these alternatives, based on happiness, satisfaction, gratification, enjoyment, utility they provide.
Preference elicitation Preference elicitation refers to the problem of developing a decision support system capable of generating recommendations to a user, thus assisting him in decision making. It is important for such a system to model user's preferences accurately, find hidden preferences and avoid redundancy.
Preference regression (in marketing) Preference regression is a statistical technique used by marketers to determine consumers’ preferred core benefits. It usually supplements product positioning techniques like multi dimensional scaling or factor analysis and is used to create ideal vectors on perceptual maps.
Preference utilitarianism Preference utilitarianism is probably the most popular form of utilitarianism in contemporary philosophy. In the same way as other utilitarian theorists, preference utilitarians define a morally right action as that which produces the most favourable consequences for the people involved.
Preference-rank translation Preference-rank translation is a mathematical technique used by marketers to convert stated preferences into purchase probabilities, that is, into an estimate of actual buying behaviour. It takes survey data on consumers’ preferences and converts it into actual purchase probabilities.
Preferential Concentration Preferential Concentration is the tendency of dense particles in a turbulent fluid to cluster in regions of high strain (low vorticity) due to their inertia. The extent by which particles cluster is determined by the Stokes number, defined as St = tau_p / tau_f = (rho_p * d^2 * epsilon^{1/2}) / (18 * rho_f * nu^{3/2}), where tau_p and tau_f are the timescales for the particle and fluid respectively; note that rho_p and rho_f are the mass densities of the fluid and the particle, respectively, nu is the kinematic viscosity of the fluid, and epsilon is the kinetic energy dissipation rate of the turbulence.
Preferential entailment Preferential entailment is a non-monotonic logic based on selecting only models that are considered the most plausible. The plausibility of models is expressed by an ordering among models called a preference relation, hence the name preference entailment.
Preferential voting Preferential voting (or preference voting) is a type of ballot structure used in several electoral systems in which voters rank a list or group of candidates in order of preference. In other words (on the most common kind of ballot paper used) the voter writes a '1' beside their first choice, a '2' beside their second preference, and so on.
Preferentialism Preferentialism is a philosophical movement which began in Paris in the early 1990's. In direct opposition to the relativism of Existentialism, Preferentialism stresses objectivity and natural law principles, applying the latter to epistemology as well as to morality and ethics.
Preferred number In industrial design, product developers must choose numerous lengths, distances, diameters, volumes, and other characteristic quantities. While all of these choices are constrained by considerations of functionality, usability, compatibility, safety or cost, there usually remains considerable leeway in the exact choice for many dimensions.
Preferred provider organization In health insurance, a preferred provider organization (or "PPO", sometimes referred to as a participating provider organization) is a managed care organization of medical doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers who have covenanted with an insurer or a third-party administrator to provide health care at reduced rates to the insurer's or administrator's clients.
Preferred Roaming List The Preferred Roaming List (PRL) is a data file for wireless phones (primarily CDMA services) which provides a list of alternate networks to use when the service provider's and/or subscriber's primary wireless network cannot be reached. The PRL indicates which bands, sub bands and service provider identifiers it should accept.
Prefetch buffer The prefetch buffer is a memory cache located on modern RAM modules which stores data before it is actually needed. In addition to increased operation frequencies, decreased heat production, and increased latency, and increased bandwidth, the width of the prefetch buffer is increased with each successive standard of modern DDR SDRAM modules:
Prefetcher The Prefetcher is a component of versions of Microsoft Windows starting with Windows XP. It is a component of the Memory manager that speeds up the Windows' boot process, and shortens the amount of time it takes to start up programs.
Prefetto In modern Italy the prefetto () is the official representative of the central state in the provincial and other local authorities, who are responsible to their local electorates. The prefect, whose office is known as the prefettura, is answerable to the Minister of the Interior and has specific powers to act when public order or public safety are threatened.
Prefix A prefix is the initial portion of some linear object (usually text or speech, but one could speak of the prefix of a parade) with a separate meaning, typically modifiying the meaning of the remaining part. Dev made this theory happen.
Prefix code A prefix code is a code which meets the "prefix property", which is that no code word is a prefix of any other code word in the set. A code which uses code words {0,10,11} meets the prefix property; a code whose set is {0,1,10,11} does not because "1" is a prefix of both "10" and "11".
Prefix grammar In computer science, a prefix grammar is a grammar, akin to the formal grammars, where strings are built up from a set of base strings by continually replacing prefixes. The prefix grammars describe exactly all regular languages.
Prefixed Save Area Prefixed Save Area is a common area of virtual storage from address zero through 8191 in every address space which is often referred to as "Low Core". There is one unique PSA for every processor installed in a system.
Preformation theory The Preformation theory states that "knowledge is possible only because God has endowed humans with certain innate ideas along with dispositions or aptitudes in certain ways." This was recognized by Immanuel Kant as an alternative to his theory regarding the categories of understanding and their source.
Prefrontal cortex The prefrontal cortex is the anterior part of the frontal lobes of the brain, lying in front of the motor and premotor areas. Cytoarchitectonically, it is defined by the presence of an internal granular layer IV (in contrast to the agranular premotor cortex).
Pregap The pregap on a Red Book audio CD is the portion of the audio track that precedes "index 01" for a given track in the table of contents (TOC). The Pregap ("index 00") is typically two seconds long and usually, but not always, contains silence.
Pregnancy Pregnancy is the carrying of one or more embryos or fetuses by female mammals, including humans, inside their bodies. In a pregnancy, there can be multiple gestations (for example, in the case of twins, or triplets).
Pregnancy (mammals) In mammals, pregnancy is the period of reproduction during which a female carries one or more live offspring from implantation in the uterus through gestation. It begins when a fertilized zygote implants in the female's uterus; and ends once it leaves the uterus.
Pregnancy category The pregnancy category of a pharmaceutical agent is an assessment of the risk of fetal injury due to the pharmaceutical, if it is used as directed by the mother during pregnancy. It does not include any risks conferred by pharmaceutical agents or their metabolites that are present in breast milk.
Pregnancy discrimination Pregnancy discrimination occurs when expectant women are fired, not hired, or otherwise discriminated against due to their pregnancy or intention to become pregnant. Common forms of pregnancy discrimination include not being hired due to visible pregnancy or likelihood of becoming pregnant, being fired after informing an employer of one’s pregnancy, being fired after maternity leave, and receiving a pay dock due to pregnancy.
Pregnancy fetishism Pregnancy fetishism, also known as maiesiophilia, is a sexual fetish for women who are or appear pregnant. Amongst those who have the fetish there are many subtle distinctions and sub-fetishes, so not all are the same.
Pregnancy options counseling Pregnancy options counseling is intended to provide information on adoption and abortion to pregnant women, as well as information on support services for needy mothers. Competent counselors present this information non-judgmentally, in a way that helps each woman make the best decision for her.
Pregnane X receptor The pregnane X receptor (PXR) is an intracellular receptor of the nuclear receptor with activity similar to that seen in other steroid receptors such as estrogen or progesterone but more similar in form to PPAR, LXR and RXR. PXR is activated by a large number of endogenous and exogenous chemicals including steroids, antibiotics, antimycotics, bile acids, and the herbal antidepressant St.
Preguiça (Sal), Cape Verde Preguiça (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Pregisa) is a remote subdivison of the town of Espargos in the central part of the island of Sal, the location is to the northeast. The area is heavily urbanized and is home to thousands of people, the outer areas are desert as well as housing developments.
Prehensile tail A prehensile tail is the tail of an animal that has adapted to be able to grasp and/or hold objects. Fully prehensile tails can be used to hold and manipulate objects, and in particular to aid arboreal creatures in finding and eating food in the trees.
Prehensile-tailed porcupine The prehensile-tailed porcupines or Coendous (genus Coendou) are a group of arboreal porcupine found in Central and South America. They are closely related to the other Neotropical tree porcupines (genus Echinoprocta and genus Sphiggurus) and these three are sometimes treated as subgenera of Coendou instead of distinct genera.
Prehensility Prehensility is the quality of an organ that has adapted for grasping or holding. Examples of prehensile body parts include the tails of New World monkeys and opossums, the trunks of elephants, the tongues of giraffes, the lips of horses and the proboscides of tapir.
Prehistoric Finnish wars Scattered information on wars against Finland or by Finns to neighboring countries prior to the Swedish conquest has survived in Icelandic sagas, German, Norwegian, Danish and Russian chronicles and Swedish legends. Many of these conflicts remain unhistorical and can not be verified from reliable sources.
Prehistoric France Prehistoric France is the period in the human occupation (including early hominins) of the geographical area covered by present-day France which extended through prehistory and ended in the Iron Age with the Celtic "La Tène culture".
Prehistoric mammal Prehistoric mammals are various groups of mammals that lived before humans developed writing. 164 million years ago, in the Jurassic period, Castorocauda lutrasimilis, a mammal-like (mammaliaform) animal weighing about 500 grams, had a full mammalian pelt, with guard hairs and under fur, webbed feet, and scales on the tail like a modern beaver.
Prehistoric man Prehistory (Latin word præ = before and Greek word στορία = history) is a term usually used to describe the period before written history became available. Paul Tournal originally coined the term Pré-historique in describing the finds he had made in the caves of southern France.
Prehistoric music In the history of music, prehistoric music (previously called primitive music) is all music produced in preliterate cultures (prehistory), beginning somewhere in very late geological history. Prehistoric music is followed by ancient music in most of Europe (1500 BCE) and later musics in subsequent European-influenced areas, but still exists in isolated areas.
Prehistoric Malaysia Prehistoric Malaysia may be traced back as much as 200,000 years ago from stone tools found at Kota Tampan, Lenggong archeological site. The earliest human skeleton, Perak Man, dating back 11,000 years and Perak Woman aged 8,000 years, were also discovered in Lenggong.
Prehistoric Park Prehistoric Park is a 6-part television series in documentary style, from Impossible Pictures Limited, (the makers of Walking with Dinosaurs) which premiered on ITV1 on 22 July 2006 and on Animal Planet on 29 October 2006. It is in 6 episodes, each an hour long including commercial breaks.
Prehistoric Planet A reversion (alternative release) of the BBC's Walking with Dinosaurs and Walking with Beasts series, done by Discovery Channel and NBC for the Discovery Kids network. Though the producers kept nearly all of the original animation, David Bock and Peter Sherman wrote new text for a younger target audience, narrated by Ben Stiller and Christian Slater, and interspersed the scenes with occasional "quizzes" to act as bumpers around the commercial breaks.
Prehistoric Portugal This article spans the prehistory of Portugal from the appearance of the first human populations until the arrival of the Phoenicians in the Iberian Peninsula and the first recorded contacts with other European cultures. Portugal has been inhabited for at least 500,000 years, first by Neanderthals and then by homo sapiens.
Prehistoric reptile The term Prehistoric reptile covers a broad category that is intended to help distinguish them from the dinosaurs, which were also considered reptiles, but because of their large and successful reign for many millions of years, are almost exclusively dealt with in their own category of prehistoric life.
Prehistoric Romania Prehistoric Romania is the period in the human occupation (including early hominins) of the geographical area encompassing present-day Romania, which extended through prehistory, and ended when the first written records appeared.
Prehistoric Scotland Archaeology and geology continue to reveal the secrets of prehistoric Scotland, uncovering a complex and dramatic past before the Romans brought Scotland into the scope of recorded history. Obviously, throughout this period there was no such thing as Scotland or a national identity.
Prehistoric warfare Prehistoric warfare is war conducted in the era before writing, and before the establishments of large social entities like states. Historical warfare sets in with the standing armies of Bronze Age Sumer, but prehistoric warfare may be studied in some societies at much later dates.
Prehistoric Wales Prehistoric Wales in terms of human settlements covers the period from about 225,000 years ago, the date attributed to the earliest human remains found in what is now Wales, to the year 48 when the Roman army began a campaign against one of the Welsh tribes. Traditionally, historians have believed that successive waves of immigrants brought different cultures into the area, largely replacing the previous inhabitants, with the last wave of immigrants being the Celts.
Prehistory Prehistory (Latin word præ = before and Greek word στορία = history) is a term often used to describe the period before written history. Paul Tournal originally coined the term Pré-historique in describing the finds he had made in the caves of southern France.
Prehistory of Alaska Prehistoric Alaska begins with Paleolithic peoples moving into northwestern North America sometime between 16,000 and 10,000 BCE across the Bering Land Bridge in western Alaska. They found their passage blocked by a huge sheet of ice until a temporary recession in the Wisconsin glaciation (the last ice age) opened up an ice-free corridor through northwestern Canada, allowing bands to fan out throughout the rest of the continent.
Prehistory of Australia The prehistory of Australia is the period between the first human habitation of the Australian continent and the first definitive sighting of Australia by Europeans in 1606, which may be taken as the beginning of the recent history of Australia. This period is estimated to have lasted between 40,000 and 70,000 years.
Prehistory of Poland (until 966) The prehistory of Poland, or the history of Poland before 966 CE, is a period about which relatively little is known, especially when compared to the later eras. The available information is obtained mainly by archeological methods.
Prehn Peninsula The mainly ice-covered Prehn Peninsula () is 32 km (20 mi) long and 16 km (10 mi) wide, between Hansen and Gardner Inlets, on the eastern coast and at the base of Antarctic Peninsula. First observed from aircraft by the RARE, 1947-48.
Prehysteria trilogy The Prehysteria trilogy is a trilogy of family-oriented films made in the early to mid-1990s about the adventures of five miniature baby dinosaurs named after musicians. The dinosaurs were Elvis, the Tyrannosaurus Rex, Paula, the Brachiosaurus, Jagger, the Stegosaurus, Hammer, the Chasmosaurus, and Madonna, the Pteranodon.
Preiddeu Annwfn Preiddeu Annwfn (English: The Spoils of Annwfn) is a short, enigmatic poem found in the Welsh Book of Taliesin. Scholars suggest it took its present form around AD 900 based on linguistic evidence,Lacy, Norris J.
Preikestolen [or Prekestolen, also known by the English] translations of Preacher's Pulpit or Pulpit Rock, and by the old local name HyvlatonnĂĄ, is a massive cliff 604 metres above [[Lysefjorden, opposite the Kjerag plateau, in Forsand, Norway. The top of the cliff is approximately 25 by 25 metres, square and almost flat, and is a famous tourist attraction in Norway.
Preimplantation diagnosis Preimplantation diagnosis is the act of checking an ovum, zygote, or blastocyst for defects or diseases by cytogenetics before implanting into a womb. Preimplantation diagnosis takes place before prenatal diagnosis, which refers to a checking for defects in a fetus or embryo that is already in a womb.
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis In medicine and (clinical) genetics preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is a considered as a very early form of prenatal diagnosis. Its main advantage is that it avoids selective pregnancy termination as the method ensures a pregnancy free of the disease under consideration.
Preimplantation Genetic Haplotyping Preimplantation Genetic Haplotyping (PGH) is a clinical method of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD). PGH was first developed in 2006 at London's Guy's Hospital and greatly advances PGD by using DNA fingerprinting rather than identifying the actual genetic signature (such as point mutations).
Preintuitionism In some circles of mathematical philosophy the Pre-Intuitionists are considered to be a small but influential group who informally shared similar philosophies on the nature of mathematics. The term itself was used by L.
Preis von Europa The Preis von Europa (or Europa-Preis) is a Group 1 flat horse race in Germany for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 2,400 metres (approximately 1 mile 4 furlongs) at the Weidenpesch Racecourse, Cologne in September.
Prejudgment writ of attachment A prejudgment writ of attachment may be ordered in a legal action where a plaintiff has demonstrated fraud in the underlying action or that defeandant may attempt to hide assets from the court. In this contect, a prejudgment writ of attachment function much like a temporary restraining order (TRO), which preserves the status quo pending a final resolution of the dispute.
Prejudice Prejudice is, as the name implies, the process of "pre-judging" something. It implies coming to a judgment on a subject before learning where the preponderance of evidence actually lies, or forming a judgment without direct experience.
Prejudice (law) In law, the phrase without prejudice means that a claim, lawsuit, or proceeding has been brought to a temporary end but that no legal rights or privileges have been determined, waived, or lost by the result. For example, if a party brings a lawsuit in small claims court but discovers that the claim is greater than the amount for that court to have jurisdiction, the lawsuit can be dismissed "without prejudice".
Prejudicial interest The term "prejudicial interest" is used to describe the situation whereby a councillor has an interest in a topic under debate that may affect their ability to fairly and objectively consider the subject.
Prelap Prelap is a word mostly used in the screenwriting business, and is typically used within a screenplay. It simply means that the dialogue from the incoming scene precedes the cut, and you hear the beginning of the dialogue in the outgoing scene.
Prelate A prelate is a member of the clergy who either is an ordinary or ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from Latin prælatus, the past participle of præferre, "to prefer," suggesting that the prelate is preferred over other clergy.
Prelature of Batanes-Babuyanes The Prelature of Batanes-babuyanes is a prelature of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines and was created on November 30, 1950, comprising the civil province of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands group which belongs to the province of Cagayan. Its titular patron is Santo Domingo de Guzman whose feast the prelature celebrates on August 8.
Prelim Exams In Scottish schools, Preliminary Examinations (commonly known as Prelim Exams) are exams set in high schools after about two-thirds of a subject's course has been completed, often around December for S4 pupils, and February for S5/S6 pupils.
Preliminary Discourse to the Encyclopedia of Diderot The Preliminary Discourse to the Encyclopedia of Diderot (Discours Préliminaire des Éditeurs) is the primer to Denis Diderot's Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une Société de Gens de lettres, a collaborative collection of all the known branches of the arts and sciences of the 18th century French Enlightenment. The Preliminary Discourse was written by Jean Le Rond d'Alembert to describe the structure of the articles included in the Encyclopédie and their philosophy, as well as to give the reader a strong background in the the history behind the works of the learned men who contributed to what became the most profound circulation of the knowledge of the time.
Preliminary hearing Within some criminal justice systems, a preliminary hearing (evidentiary hearing, often abbreviated verbally as a "prelim") is a proceeding, after a criminal complaint has been filed by the prosecutor, to determine whether, and to what extent, criminal charges and civil cause of actions will be heard (by a court), what evidence will be admitted, and what else must be done (before a case can proceed). At such a hearing, the defendant may be assisted by counsel, indeed in many jurisdictions there is a right to counsel at the preliminary hearing.
Preliminary Multistate Bar Review PMBR stands for Preliminary Multistate Bar Review, and it is a preparatory course for the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE). The MBE is the multiple-choice part of the bar examination in every state except Louisiana and Washington, testing six subjects: Torts, Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Property and Evidence.
Preliminary Notice In Mechanics lien law a Preliminary Notice (also known as a Notice to Owner, Materialmens Notice to Owner, Notice of Furnishing, Contractor/Subcontractors Notice to Owner, and others) is a notice sent by the contractor, subcontractor, materialmen, equipment lessors or other parties to a construction project not to create a Mechanics lien but rather to establish a right to file a Mechanics lien. The distinction is important.
Prelims Prelims (preliminary examinations) are a first set of examinations at Oxford University, normally during the first half of the degree course for some courses. They do not have a class associated with them, unlike Honour Moderations.
Prelink prelink is a Free program written by Jakub Jelinek of Red Hat for POSIX-compliant operating systems, principally Linux (because it modifies ELF executables). It is intended to speed up a system by reducing the time a program needs to begin.
Preload (cardiology) In cardiac physiology, preload is the volume of blood present in a ventricle of the heart, after passive filling and atrial contraction. If the chamber is not mentioned, it is usually assumed to be the left ventricle.
Preload (software) preload is a Free Linux program written by Behdad Esfahbod which runs as a daemon and records statistics about usage of programs using Markov chains; files of more frequently-used programs are, during a computer's spare time, loaded into memory. This results in faster application startup times as less data needs to be fetched from disk.
Prelog strain In organic chemistry, transannular strain or Prelog strain (named after Vladimir Prelog) is the unfavorable interaction of transannular protons in 7-12 membered cyclic molecules resulting in increased ring strain.
Prelude (music) A prelude is a short piece of music, usually in no particular internal form, which may serve as an introduction to succeeding movements of a work that are usually longer and more complex. Many preludes have a continuous ostinato throughout, usually of the rhythmic and melodic variety.
Prelude for War Prelude for War is a mystery novel by Leslie Charteris featuring his Robin Hood-inspired crime fighter, Simon Templar, alias "The Saint". The book was first published in the United Kingdom in 1938 by Hodder and Stoughton, and in the United States by The Crime Club the same year.
Prelude to a Kiss Prelude to a Kiss is an 1992 American (fantasy/romantic) film that tells the story of a couple that falls in love despite the girl's pessimistic outlook. As they struggle to come to terms with their relationship, something supernatural happens that tests it.
Prelude to Nanarchy Prelude to Nanarchy is a webcomic produced in 2005 by Across the Pond Comics and Grant Naylor Productions set between the fifth and sixth series of BBC science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf. It was published online at a page a day on the official Red Dwarf website.
Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs is a jazz-in-concert hall composition written by Leonard Bernstein for a jazz ensemble, which features a solo clarinet. It was written in 1949 for Woody Herman's large band, but it was premiered in 1955 by Benny Goodman and in fact Herman never performed the piece.
Preluders The Preluders were an all-female band from Germany, formed in 2003 during the third season of the international television talent show Popstars - Das Duell. Originally a quintet and later a quartet, the group eventually became a trio.
Prelusion Prelusion is the first album R&B singer Patrice Rushen. The first of three albums she would record with Prestige Records, the album was mainly Instrumental jazz which was her main focus as a singer before becoming a full-time R&B singer four years later after signing with Elektra Records.
Prešeren Square Prešeren Square (Slovenian: Prešernov trg) is the main square in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. A statue of France Prešeren, a Slovenian poet and national hero, with a muse is situated in the centre of the square.
Preševo Preševo (Serbian: Прешево or Preševo; Albanian: Preshevë or Presheva) is a town and municipality in Pčinja District of Serbia, bordering the Republic of Macedonia, with Kosovo's mountainous frontier in the visible western distance. According to 2002 census, the municipality of Preševo had a population of 34,904 people.

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