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Tangent piano The tangent piano is a very rare keyboard instrument that resembles a harpsichord and early pianos in design. It normally features five octaves of keys and the strings are acted upon by narrow wooden or metal slips when the keys are depressed.
Tangent space The tangent space of a manifold is a concept which facilitates the generalization of vectors from affine spaces to general manifolds, since in the latter case one cannot simply subtract two points to obtain a vector pointing from one to the other.
Tangent stiffness matrix In computational mechanics, a tangent stiffness matrix is a matrix that describes the stiffness of a system in response to small changes in configuration. That is, it represents tangent in that the energy of the system can be thought of as a high-dimensional surface with the local slope of a plane tangent to it at the given point defined by the tangent stiffness matrix.
Tangentopoli Tangentopoli (Italian for bribeville) was the name used to indicate the corruption-based system that dominated Italy until the Mani pulite investigation delivered it a deadly blow in 1992. Whether things have really changed since then, or whether only the names of those involved have, is a matter of debate.
Tangerine Computer Systems British microcomputer company Tangerine Computer SystemsThe choice of the company's name, Tangerine, was 'inspired' by the success of the-then already famous (in the computer business world) Apple Computer. was founded in 1979 by Dr.
Tangerine Dream (song) "Tangerine Dream" is the debut single of Do As Infinity, released in 1999. "Faces" and "Simple Minds" were never included in any album, not even Do The B-side, a compilation album where almost all of the b-sides from the first 17 singles were included.
Tangerine MICROTAN 65 The Tangerine Microtan 65 (sometimes abbreviated M65) was a 6502 based single board microcomputer, first sold in 1979, which could be expanded into, what was for its day, a comprehensive and powerful system and the design became the basis for what later became the ORIC, ATMOS and later computers. The origin of all these highly integrated machines can be seen in the Microtan 65, and although the detail of the input/output (I/O) addressing varies between the Microtan 65 and the ORIC etc, the fundamental method of keyboard addressing, tape I/O were all there in the Microtan 65.
Tangerine Tree Tangerine Tree was a project from 2002 through 2006 that was dedicated to the collection, preservation and distribution of unreleased concerts and other audio material by the band Tangerine Dream. The creators of the Tangerine Tree project received permission from Tangerine Dream to release the collection on a strict non-profit basis.
Tanggu Tanggu (Chinese: 塘沽) is a district in the Tianjin municipality on the coast of northeastern China. It is on the Hai River where it enters the Bohai Sea, and is a port for Tianjin, which is about 30 miles (48 km) upriver.
Tanggu Truce The Tanggu Truce, sometimes called the Tangku Truce (), was a cease-fire signed between China and Japan on May 31, 1933, which formally ended the Japanese conquest of Manchuria which had begun two years earlier.
Tangguh gas field The Tangguh natural gas field lies in Bintuni Bay inside the province of West Irian Jaya, Indonesia. It contains over 500 billion mÂł of proven natural gas reserves, with estimates of potential reserves reaching over 800 billion mÂł.
Tanghalang Pilipino Tanghalang Pilipino (TP) is the resident drama company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Since it was established in 1987, it has successfully presented 114 productions within 15 seasons while generating one of the best attendance records among the CCP's resident companies.
Tangible media Tangible media is a field of research created by MIT professor Hiroshi Ishii, in which the link between the physical world ("atoms") and the computer world ("bits") is linked using physical objects, such as "phicons" (physical icons), and other "graspable media".
Tangible property Tangible property in law is, literally, anything which can be touched, and includes both real property (or, in civil law systems, immovable property) and personal property (or moveable property), and stands in distinction to intangible property.
Tangier Tangier or Tangiers (Tanja طنچة in Berber and Arabic, Tânger in Portuguese, and Tanger in French), is a city of northern Morocco with a population of 669,685 (2004 census). It lies on the North African coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar where the Mediterranean meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel.
Tangiwai disaster The Tangiwai disaster on December 24 1953 was the worst rail accident in New Zealand. The overnight North Island Main Trunk express train from Wellington to Auckland, hauled by steam locomotive KA 949, fell into the Whangaehu River.
Tangkak Tangkak is a town situated in the district of Muar in the state of Johor, Malaysia. It lies in close proximity to the neighbouring state of Melaka, especially to Jasin town and district of the state and about half an hour drive from Melaka city centre.
Tangle web spider The tangle-web spiders, also known as cobweb spiders and comb-footed spiders (family Theridiidae) are a large group (over 2200 species in 87 genera of haphazard web-builders found throughout the world. The characteristics of this family of spiders] are that they are entelegyne (have a genital plate in the female) araneomorph ecribellate (use sticky capture silk instead of woolly silk) spiders that build tangle space webs and have a comb of serrated bristles (setae) on the tarsus of the fourth leg.
Tanglefoot (band) Tanglefoot is a folk band from Ontario, Canada. Formed in the early 1980s by schoolteachers Joe Grant, Bob Wagar, and Tim Rowat to play traditional music, they have become a five-piece band playing largely original music.
Tangletown, Minneapolis Tangletown is a neighborhood in the Southwest community of Minneapolis. The neighborhood was officially known as Fuller until 1996 when it was changed to the present name, which reflects the winding streets in the neighborhood that do not conform to the regular street grid of South Minneapolis.
Tanglewood Tanglewood is an estate and music venue in Lenox and Stockbridge, Massachusetts and is the home of the annual summer Tanglewood Music Festival and the Tanglewood Jazz Festival. It has been the Boston Symphony Orchestra's summer home since 1937.
Tanglewood Festival Chorus The Tanglewood Festival Chorus is a choir which performs with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops in major choral works. The Tanglewood Festival Chorus (TFC) was organized in the spring of 1970, when founding conductor John Oliver became director of vocal and choral activities at the Tanglewood Music Center, the summer home of the BSO.
Tanglewood Music Center The Tanglewood Music Center is an annual summer music academy in Lenox, Massachusetts in which emerging professional musicians participate in performances, master classes and workshops designed to provide an intense training and networking experience. The Center operates as a part of the Tanglewood Music Festival, an outdoor concert series and the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Tanglewood Park Tanglewood Park is a golf course and park in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States, located on the Yadkin River between Clemmons and Bermuda Run. It is home to the annual "Tanglewood Festival of Lights", a magnificent display of lights in the wintertime celebrating the holidays.
Tanglewood Tales Tanglewood Tales for Boys and Girls (1853) is a book by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, a sequel to A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys. It is a re-writing of some of the most famous of the ancient Greek myths in a volume for children.
Tanglin Police Division The Tanglin Police Division (or 'E' Division, Chinese: 东陵警区) is a police division of the Singapore Police Force. It manages a varied, highly urbanised area of central Singapore, which includes the public housing towns of Bishan, Toa Payoh and parts of Kallang, large areas of private housing areas such as those in Bukit Timah and Novena, as well as key commercial areas such as Orchard Road and Clarke Quay.
Tango class submarine The Tango class was the NATO reporting name of a type of military diesel-electric submarine that was built in the 1970s and early 1980s in the Soviet Union. The submarines were primarily intended for long range anti-shipping and anti-submarine missions, especially for operations in so called choke points (the English channel for example).
Tango Desktop Project The Tango Desktop Project aims to provide a consistent user experience for applications on different free/open-source desktop environments. The key objective of the project is to allow developers to easily integrate their software (in terms of appearance) with the desktop.
Tango Explorer is an endearment of the Kita-Kinki Tango Railway KTR001 series. It is also an endearment of the limited express train of the Kita-Kinki Tango Railway and West Japan Railway Company which operates on the same rolling stock.
Tango Magazine Based in New York City, Tango Magazine is a nationwide monthly published lifestyle magazine focusing on love and relationships. First published in the spring of 2005, the magazine is published by Tango Media, a privately held company owned by Andrea Miller.
Tangor The tangor is a citrus fruit hybrid of the mandarin orange (tangerine, Citrus reticulata) and the sweet orange (Citrus sinensis). The name "tangor" is a formation from the "tang" of tangerine and the "or" of "orange".
Tangotango In Māori mythology, Hāpai (sometimes called Tangotango) was a celestial woman who fell in love with the great hero Tāwhaki and came to earth to become his wife. After bearing him a daughter, Arahuta, she returned to heaven.
Tangra Tangra (Bulgarian: Тангра),means "SKY" and "GOD" (an Altaic word) was the name of the supreme God of the Bulgars, until the official adoption of Christianity in Bulgaria by Tsar Boris I in 865. Tangra had been considered to be a creator of the Universe.
Tangra 2004/05 The Tangra 2004/05 Expedition was commissioned by the Antarctic Place-names Commission at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, and supported by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgarian Posts Plc; the Uruguayan Antarctic Program, Peregrine Shipping (Australia), and Petrol Ltd, TNT, Mtel, Bulstrad, Polytours, B. Bekyarov and B.
Tangra Mountains Tangra Mountains (in Bulgarian Тангра Планина, Tangra Planina) () form the principal mountain range of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The mountain had been nameless until 2001, when it was named after the supreme god Tangra of the ancient Bulgars.
Tangshan hot springs Tang Shan hot springs is situated around thirty kilometers north of Bei-Jing in Nanjing which is in Jiang su province. There are two Tang Shan hot springs situated between the Tang Shan mountains and it has become an increasingly popular tourist attraction.
Tangshan Locomotive and Rolling Stock Works The Tangshan Locomotive and Rolling Stock Works is a manufacturer of locomotives and rolling stock located in Tangshan, Hebei province, People's Republic of China. It is the only place in the world where new steam locomotives are produced.
Tangshan Protest In 2004 more than 11,000 farmers in Hebei Province of China signed a petition calling for the removal of Communist Party officials who were allegedly involved in corruption. The protest led to a crackdown on rights activists and further repression of the farmers.
Tanguito Tango or Tanguito (real name: José Alberto Iglesias) was an Argentine rock composer and singer. His short career was pivotal in the first years of Argentine rock nacional, the earliest incarnation of rock en Español.
Tangut The Tangut (), also known as the Western Xia were a Qiangic-Tibetan people who moved to northwestern China sometime before the 10th century AD. They spoke the Tangut language, a now-extinct Qiangic language (Tibeto-Burman).
Tangut language Tangut (also Xixia) is an ancient northerneastern Tibeto-Burman language once spoken in the Tangut Empire. By some linguists it is classified as one of the Qiangic languages, among which one also finds Qiang and rGyalrong.
Tanguturi Prakasham Andhra Kesari Tanguturi Prakasham (23 August 1872–1957) was the first Chief Minister of composite Andhra state. He was born into a Karanam family in a small village called Vinoda Rayudu Palem near Ongole, Andhra Pradesh.
Tangwai The Tangwai (黨外; pinyin: dăngwài; literally, "outside the party") movement was a political movement in the Republic of China on Taiwan in the mid-1970s and early 1980s. Although the Kuomintang had allowed contested elections for a small number of seats in Legislative Yuan, opposition parties were still forbidden.
Tangyuan [() or tangtuan (汤团; pinyin: tāng tuán), is a Chinese food] made from [[glutinous rice flour. Glutinous rice flour is mixed with a small amount of water to form balls and is then cooked and served in boiling water.
Tanhuma Midrash Tanhuma (Hebrew: מדרש תנחומא) is the name given to three different collections of Pentateuch haggadot; two are extant, while the third is known only through citations. These midrashim, although bearing the name of R.
Tancheng County Tancheng (Simplified Chinese: 郯城; pinyin: tan cheng) is a county of Linyi , Shandong province, People's Republic of China. Tancheng is located on the southern edge of the province of Shandong, about 90 kilometres south east of Linyi and 400 kilometres south east of Jinan, the capital city of Shandong province.
Tani languages Tani refers to a compact cluster of Tibeto-Burman languages situated at the eastern end of the Himalayas, in an area skirted on four sides by Tibet, Assam, Bhutan, and Burma. Tani languages are spoken by about 600,000 aborigines of Arunachal Pradesh and northern Assam, including the Adi (many subtribes), Nishi(ng)-Bengni, Hill Miri, Tagin, and Apatani tribes of East Kameng, Lower Subansiri, Upper Subansiri, West Siang, East Siang, and the Dibang Valley districts of Arunachal Pradesh, as well as the Mising people of Assam.
Tani Tribes The Tani Tribes is a group of tribes from the state of Arunachal Pradesh, India with certain common belief systems; primarily, their belief in Abotani as their primeval ancestor. The group is comprised of Adi, Apatani, Hill Miri, Nishi and Tagin.
Tania Cagnotto Tania Cagnotto (born May 15 1985 in Bolzano, Italy) is an Italian diver. A member of the sporting federation Sport Federation Federazione Italiana Nuoto, she is sponsored by the GN Fiamme Gialle - Bolzano Nuoto.
Tania del Rio Tania del Rio is a graduate of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design with a BFA in animation. In 2003, Tania’s manga entry, Lovesketch, was selected to appear in TOKYOPOP’s Rising Stars of Manga anthology, volume 2.
Tania Dangalakova Tania Dangalakova-Bogomilova () (born June 30, 1964) is a former breaststroke swimmer from Bulgaria, who won the golden medal in the 100m Breaststroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. For that performance she was named Bulgaria's Sportswoman of the Year in 1988.
Tania Davis Tania Davis is the violist of the British/Australian classical crossover string quartet bond. She holds a first-class Bachelor of Music honors degree from the Sydney Conservatorium and has just gained the postgraduate diploma in performance with distinction from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
Tania Leon Tania León (born May 14, 1943 in Havana, Cuba), a vital personality on today’s music scene and in demand as a composer and conductor, has been recognized for her significant accomplishments as an educator and advisor to arts organizations.
Tania major Tania Major came to public attention three years ago as the youngest person ever elected to ATSIC. She broke the ice of public discussion about a number of issues concerning the welfare of young Indigenous people when she was featured on national television programs such as Four Corners and 60 Minutes.
Tania Raymonde Tania Raymonde (born Tania Raymonde Helen Katz on March 22, 1988) is an American actress. Her first big acting role was in the TV series Malcolm in the Middle playing the recurring character of Cynthia Sanders.
Tanigumi, Gifu Tanigumi (谷汲村; -mura) was a village located in Ibi District, Gifu, Japan. On January 31, 2005 the village merged with four other villages into the expanded town of Ibigawa and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Tanika Sarkar Tanika Sarkar is a historian of modern India. Professor Sarkar's work focuses on the intersections of religion, gender, and politics in both colonial and postcolonial South Asia, in particular on women and the Hindu Right.
Tanimachi Kyuchome Station Tanimachi Kyuchome Station (谷町九丁目駅, Tanimachi Kyū-chōme-eki) is a train station on the Osaka Municipal Subway located in Tennoji-ku, Osaka, Japan. The station is connecting to Uehommachi Station on the Kintetsu Line.
Tanin Kraivixien Tanin Kraivixien (born April 5 1927 in Bangkok, Thai: ธานินทร์ กรัยวิเชียร) was prime minister of Thailand between 1976 and 1977. Tanin is the son of Hae and Pa-ob Kraivixien.
Tanintharyi Division Tanintharyi Division, better known by the old name Tenasserim, is a division of Myanmar, covering the long narrow southern part of the country on the Kra Isthmus. It borders the Andaman Sea to the west and Thailand to the east.
Tanis Half-Elven Tanis Half-Elven is a fictional half-elven character in the Dragonlance series of books, which were published by TSR, and are now published by Wizards of the Coast. He is first introduced in the book Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, in Chapter 1: 'Old Friends Meet.
Tanis, Egypt Tanis (Τάνις), the Greek name of ancient Djanet (modern صان الحجر Ṣān al-Ḥaǧar), is a city in the north-eastern Nile delta of Egypt. It lays on the Tanitic branch of the Nile (now silted up).
Tanishq Tanishq is currently the most prominent jewellery brand of India, and it pioneered the concept of branded jewellery and ornaments in India. It is a division of Titan Industries Limited, one of the companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India.
Tanistry Tanistry was a system for passing on titles and lands. In this system the Taniste (Irish Táinste; Scottish Gaelic Tànaisteachd; Manx Tanishtagh) was the office of heir-apparent, or second-in-command, among the (royal) Gaelic patrilineal dynasties of Ireland, Scotland and Man, to succeed to the chieftainship or to the kingship.
Tanit d'or The Tanit d'or is the grand prize of the Carthage Film Festival, hosted biannually in Tunisia. The award is named for the lunar goddess of ancient Carthage and takes the shape of her symbol, a trapezium surmounted by a horizontal line and a circle.
Tanit Jitnukul Tanit Jitnukul (Thai: ธนิตย์ จิตนุกูล, born in 1956 in Songkhla Province, Thailand) is a Thai film director, screenwriter and producer. Among his films is the 2000 historical battle epic about the village of Bang Rajan.
Taniwha In Māori mythology, Taniwha (IPA: //) are beings that live in deep pools in rivers, dark caves, or in the sea, especially in places with dangerous currents or deceptive breakers. Some can tunnel through the earth, uprooting trees in the process.
Taniwharau Taniwharau is the motto underneath the logo of Hamilton's Fraser High School, formerly Hamilton Technical College; the logo depicted a two-headed water monster or taniwha. Hamilton Technical College existed from 1920 to 1970, when the college changed its name to Hamilton's Fraser High School and moved to the suburbs.
Tanizaki Prize The Tanizaki Prize (谷崎潤一郎賞 Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Shō), named in honor of the Japanese novelist Tanizaki Junichiro, is one of Japan's most sought after literary awards. It was established in 1965 by the publishing company Chūō Kōronsha Inc.
Tanja Dickenscheid Tanja Dickenscheid (born June 17, 1969) is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the national squad that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1992.
Tanja Kreil Tanja Kreil is a German electrician notable for filing a lawsuit against the Bundeswehr (Germany's armed forces) with European Court of Justice that forced the German military to allow women to join the armed forces. Following the 2000 ruling, the German government changed a law that banned women from serving, and by 2001 the first female volunteers joined.
Tanja Reichert Tanja Reichert (born on September 19, 1980) is an actress, from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She got into acting when she was 15 years of age, but she first appeared on the TV only seven days after she turned 17 years old, when she had the role of "Shelley-Girl #2" in Breaker High for two episodes ("That Lip-Synching Feeling" and "Rooming Violations"); and she has appeared in many more films/programmes since then.
Tanjong Tanjong Public Limited Company (KLSE: TANJONG) was initially founded as Tanjong Tin Dredging LTD on 2 January 1926 in England. The company subsequently changed its name to Tanjong PLC in 1991, following a corporate restructure.
Tanjong Katong Secondary School Tanjong Katong Secondary School, or known affectionately by her students as TK, is an Autonomous co-ed school in Katong. Before 2005, TK remains the only non-Independent and non-Autonomous secondary school in Singapore offering solely the Express stream.
Tanjong Pagar Tanjong Pagar is a historic district located within the Central Business District in Singapore, straddling the Outram Planning Area and the Downtown Core under the Urban Redevelopment Authority's urban planning zones.
Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency (Chinese: 丹戎巴葛集选区) is a six-member Group Representation Constituency in central Singapore. The members include former Prime Minister and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, who is the Member of Parliament for the Tanjong Pagar division of the constituency since 1955.
Tanjong Pagar MRT Station Tanjong Pagar MRT Station (EW15) is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the East West Line in Singapore. The station is catered for people working in the Shenton Way and Robinson Road area, and those living nearby.
Tanjong Pagar railway station Tanjong Pagar railway station, also called Keppel Road railway station or Singapore railway station (Malay : Stesen Keretapi Tanjung Pagar, Singapura), is a railway terminal in Singapore. It is owned by Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM), the main railway company of Malaysia.
Tanjore Maharashtrian Tanjore Maharashtrians are Marathi-speaking people, who had settled down in Tanjore (now Thanjavur), Tamil Nadu about three centuries ago. They had gone there following the conquer of the area by half-brother of Shivaji, Ekoji (or Vyankoji).
Tanjore painting Tanjore painting is an important form of classical South Indian painting native to the town of Thanjavur (anglicized as Tanjore) in Tamil Nadu where it is also called Thanjavur Oviyam. The art form dates back to the early 9th Century, a period dominated by the Chola rulers, who encouraged art and literature.
Tanjung Langsat Port Tanjung Langsat Port (TLP) is the third port in Johor, Malaysia, designed to complement the Port of Tanjung Pelepas and Johor Port in Pasir Gudang. Positioning itself as Southeast Asia's premier speciality terminal, it handles bulk cargo such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and dangerous chemicals.
Tank A tank is a tracked armoured fighting vehicle designed to engage enemies head-on, using direct fire from a large caliber-gun. Heavy armour - as well a high degree of mobility - give it survivability, while the tracks allow it to cross even rough terrain at relatively high speeds.
Tank (computer gaming) In gaming jargon, a tank is a player or unit designated to protect weaker players or units in combat by drawing enemy attacks and absorbing damage. Compared to other units, tanks have a high damage tolerance and specialize in mêlée combat.
Tank (vocalist) Tank (born Eric Geisenheyner on July 1 1977, in Hamburg, Germany) is a German musician and martial artist known best as the vocalist on several hit techno songs. Born to Ghanaian parents, he was adopted by a family in Hamburg following the accidental death of his parents.
Tank classification Tanks can be classified in a variety of ways: usually either by intended role, or by weight. Modern tank designs have favoured a "universal" design that has generally eliminated these sorts of classifications from modern terminology, which tends to refer to almost all designs as a Main Battle Tank.
Tank destroyer A self-propelled anti-tank gun, or tank destroyer, is a type of armoured fighting vehicle. Tank destroyers are used primarily to provide antitank support in combat operations but do not fit all the criteria of a tank.
Tank ex mbt Tank-Ex/MBT-EX is the code name to a new tank developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)in 2002,it rumored to be called as "karan" one of the heroes of the Indian epic 'The Mahabharata'.
Tank gun A tank gun is the main armament of a tank. Modern tank guns are large-caliber high-velocity guns, capable of firing kinetic energy penetrators, high explosive anti-tank rounds, and in some cases guided missiles.
Tank Man Tank Man, or the Unknown Rebel, is the nickname of an anonymous man who tried to stop four Chinese Type 59 tanks, prevent their advance during the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. He subsequently became internationally famous when he was videotaped and photographed.
Tank plinking Tank Plinking is a term that was given by pilots to the practice of using guided munitions to destroy artillery, armored personnel carriers, tanks, and other targets. This term was coined during the events leading up to the 1991 Gulf War.
Tank Palamara Tancredi Palamara (born August 28 1968), known professionally as Tank Palamara, is an Italian rock guitarist. He started at early age with learning the classical guitar then soon discovered rock music and became a prominent rock guitarist in Milan by the end of the eighties.
Tank research and development Tank research and development continues in many industrial countries despite the end of the Cold war. The funds involved are lower than when the United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in a massive arms race.
Tank rush Tank rush is a tactic often used in Real-time strategy video games where the focus is to amass a large amount of armored attack vehicles to attack your opponent with rather than focusing on strategy, this tactic makes use of the idea that there is vast strength in large numbers.
Tank Stream The Tank Stream was a small fresh water stream emptying into Sydney Cove in New South Wales, Australia. The Tank Stream began in marshy ground on the western side of what is now Hyde Park and, at high tide, entered Sydney Cove at (roughly) what is now the intersection of Bridge and Pitt Streets.
Tank top In American English, a tank top is a sleeveless shirt-like garment that can be worn by either sex. It is often worn under the shirt as an underwear, though more colourful and well-designed tanks are usually worn as a shirt.
Tank Wars Tank Wars was made in 1990 by Kenny Morse, a year before Scorched Earth, and was quite popular at that time; yet, surprisingly, not many people today know that this game appeared before Scorched Earth (and hence that Scorched Earth was inspired by Tank Wars, and not the other way around). Tank Wars version 1.
Tankan Tankan (短観), a shorthand for kigyō tanki keizai kansoku chōsa (企業短期経済観測調査, lit. Short-Period Economy Observation), is a quarterly poll of business confidence reported by the Bank of Japan showing the status of the Japanese economy.
Tankard (band) Tankard is the name of a speed/thrash-metal band from Frankfurt, Germany, founded in 1982. After losing their guitarist because of their image as a bunch of drunks, they moved on to issue their first record in 1986.
Tankball Tankball is a variation of Paintball in which players drive modified full size tanks and fire large paintball pellets at another tank. Each battle pits two tanks against one another, and each tank can contain up to three teammates.
Tanker 910 Tanker 910 is the call-sign of 10 Tanker Air Carrier, a converted McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft used for fighting wildfires, typically in rural areas. The turbofan-powered craft carries up to 12 thousand gallons of water or fire retardant which can be released in eight seconds.

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