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Trainwreck (band) Trainwreck is an American rock band, a project of Kyle Gass's (of Tenacious D) alter-ego, "Klip Calhoun". The band is described as being part of Tenacious D's family, in that Gass, Konesky and Spiker all play for Tenacious D.
Trainz Trainz, fully Trainz Railroad Simulator or (in Britain) Trainz Railway Simulator, is a 3D computer game and train simulator created by Australian games developer Auran. The game was rated fairly well by the gaming community.
Trait (biology) In biology, a trait or character is a feature of an organism. The term phenotype is sometimes used as a synonym for trait in common use, but strictly speaking, does not indicate the trait, but the state of that trait (e.
Trait ascription bias Trait ascription bias is the tendency for people to view themselves as relatively variable in terms of personality, behavior and mood while viewing others as much more predictable in their personal traits across different situations. This may be because our own internal states are much more observable and available to us than those of others.
Traiteur A traiteur is Cajun healer whose primary method of treatment involves using bare hands. An important part of Cajun folk religion, the traiteur is a faith healer who combines Catholic prayer and medicinal remedies to treat a variety of ailments, including earaches, toothaches, warts, tumors, angina, and bleeding.
Traitor's Purse Traitor's Purse is a crime novel written by Margery Allingham. It was originally published in 1941 in the United Kingdom by Heinemann, London and in the United States by Doubleday, New York as The Sabotage Murder Mystery.
Traitorous Eight The Traitorous Eight are eight men who left Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory to form Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957. This derogatory term was used by William Shockley, director of Shockley Labs; although more neutral terms include the "Fairchild Eight," "Shockley Eight.
Traitté de l'origine des romans Pierre Daniel Huet's Trai[t]té de l'origine des romans (Treatise on the Origin of Novels, or Romances if one wants to speak early 18th century English) can claim to be the first history of fiction. It was originally published in 1670 as preface to Marie de la Fayette's novel Zayde.
Trajan (typeface) Trajan is a serif typeface designed in 1989 by Carol Twombly for Adobe. The design is based on the letterforms of capitalis monumentalis or Roman square capitals, as used for the inscription at the base of Trajan's Column from which the typeface takes its name.
Trajan's Bridge Trajan's Bridge (Romanian: Podul lui Traian; Serbian: Трајанов мост, Trajanov Most) or Bridge of Apollodorus over the Danube was a Roman bridge, the first to be built over the lower Danube. For more than a thousand years, it was the longest bridge in the world to have been built, both in terms of total and span length.
Trajan's invasion of the Parthian Empire In 113 AD, Trajan embarked on his last campaign, provoked by Parthia's decision to put an unacceptable king on the throne of Armenia, a kingdom over which the two great empires had shared hegemony since the time of Nero some fifty years earlier. Trajan marched first on Armenia, deposed the king and annexed it to the Roman Empire.
Trajan's Market Trajan's Market (Mercatus Traiani) is a large complex of ruins in the city of Rome, located on the Via dei Fori Imperiali, at the opposite end to the Colosseum. The buildings and structures present a living model of life in the Roman capital and a glimpse at the continuing restoration in the city which reveals new treasures and insights about Ancient Roman architecture.
Trajectory of a projectile In physics, the ballistic trajectory of a projectile is the path that a thrown object will take under the action of gravity, neglecting all other forces, such as friction from air resistance, or propulsion. This article provides a list of methods for calculating the trajectory of a projectile under the influence of Earth's gravity.
Trajpar trajpar is a system parameter in Pro/ENGINEER that varies from 0 to 1 across the length of a given path. It is used to create complex geometric and non-geometric shapes that vary in dimension along the length of any given path.
Traka Traka Traka-Traka is the first album released by Argentine band El Otro Yo, featuring 15 songs which vary from a noise/alternative sound to very psychedelic compositions. This album has a very raw sound in the majority of its songs, introducing nihilistic lyrics, as well as sexual fantasies of singer/guitarist Cristian Aldana.
Trakai Historical National Park Trakai Historical National Park is a national park in Lithuania. It was designated in 1992 to embrace the historic city of Trakai, some 25 kilometers west of Vilnius, and the forests, lakes and villages in its environs.
Trakai Voivodeship Trakai Voivodeship (Lithuanian: TrakĹł vaivadija, Polish: WojewĂłdztwo Trockie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (after the Union of Lublin it, together with whole Grand Duchy of Lithuania, became part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) from the 16th century till the partitions of Poland in 1795.
Trakhtenbrot's theorem In logic (usually computational) and finite model theory, Trakhtenbrot's theorem states that the problem of validity in the class of all finite models is undecidable. In other words, the class of valid sentences over finite models is not recursively enumerable (though it is co-recursively enumerable).
Traktor Traktor is a Swedish production team consisting of five directors and two producers. They got together and started working in the early 1990s and has produced more than 300 tv-commercials for, among others, MTV ("Jukka Brothers").
Traktor Stadium Traktor Stadium, formerly Stadium of the VSS Red Banner () is the second largest football stadium in Belarus. It was built in 1968 as part of the citywide plan to create sport complex areas in every new suburb of Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic capital and to accommodate rapidly growing Minsk population (from 1960 to 1980 Minsk population grew from 500000 to 1,500000 people).
Tralee Tralee () is the county town of County Kerry, in the south west corner of Ireland. The name Tralee comes from the Irish 'Trá Lí', or 'Trá Laoi', which means 'strand of the Lee' (river), although some believe it comes from the Irish 'Trá Liath' meaning 'grey strand'.
Tralee (UK Parliament constituency) This is a list of people elected to represent Tralee in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency first returned a member to Westminster in 1801 after the Act of Union 1800, and continued to do so until it was abolished in 1885.
Tralee and Dingle Light Railway The Tralee and Dingle Light Railway was a 31 mile gauge narrow gauge railway running between Tralee and Dingle in County Kerry on the west coast of Ireland. It was closed in 1953 but just over a mile has now been reopened as a preserved line between the Aquadome in Tralee and Blennerville windmill.
Tralee Bay Tralee Bay is located in on the west coast of County Kerry, Ireland. It is situated between Kerry Head on the north side and the Maharees on the south and extends eastwards as far as the bridge at Blennerville.
Tralles (crater) Tralles is an irregular lunar crater that is attached to the northwestern rim of the much larger Cleomedes crater, in the northeastern part of the Moon. Within one crater diameter to the northwest is Debes crater.
Tram A tram, or tramcar, is a railborne vehicle, lighter than a train, designed for the transport of passengers (and/or, very occasionally, freight) within, close to, or between villages, towns and/or cities. In North America, a tram is known as a trolley, trolley car, or streetcar.
Tram-train A tram-train is a light-rail public transport system where trams are able to run on train tracks for greater flexibility and convenience. The Karlsruhe model pioneered this concept in Karlsruhe, Germany, which has since been adopted at the RijnGouweLijn in the Netherlands, and in Kassel and SaarbrĂĽcken, both Germany.
Trama In mycology, the trama is a sterile layer of hyphae in the central part of a hymenophore, and is the supportive tissue of the hymenium. By extension, the term trama is also used to describe the hyphae composing the inner part of the pileus and stipe, tissue that in macroscopic terms is referred to as context or flesh.
Tramadol Tramadol (INN) (IPA: ) is an atypical opioid which is a centrally acting analgesic, used for treating moderate to severe pain. It is a synthetic agent, unrelated to other opioids, and appears to have actions on the GABAergic, noradrenergic and serotonergic systems.
Trambaix The Trambaix is a light rail (tram) system connecting the Baix Llobregat area with the city of Barcelona in Spain. It opened to the public on April 5 2004 after a weekend when the tram could be used free of charge.
Trambesòs The Trambesòs is a light rail (tram) system connecting Sant Adrià de Besòs with the city of Barcelona in Spain. The original line, known as T4, opened on May 8 2004 and runs from Ciutadella Villa Olimpica in Barcelona to the east of the city and extends roughly north-eastwards, reaching Sant Adrià de Besòs.
Tramlink Tramlink (initially known as Croydon Tramlink) is a tramway in south London, operated by FirstGroup on behalf of Transport for London. Tramlink meets National Rail lines at a number of stations, but because it runs in an area relatively under-served by the London Underground (one of the reasons for its creation), its only interchange with the Underground is at Wimbledon.
Trammie A Trammie or Tram is a player of Ultima Online who refuses to risk exposure to any sort of adverse or dangerous environment other than NPC monsters. Trammies are often considered to be unskilled in player versus player combat.
Tramontana (sports car) The Tramontana is a Spanish single or twin seat sports car with styling inspired by open wheel racing cars and built in Girona on the Costa Brava and costing from £400,000, 610.000€ or $660,000 and launched at the 2005 Geneva Motor Show.
Tramore Tramore (Trá Mhór in Irish, meaning "big beach") is a seaside town in County Waterford on the southeast coast of Ireland. A small fishing village until the arrival of the railway in 1853, the town has continually expanded since.
Tramp (band) Tramp were a British blues band active during the late 1960s and early 1970s on an intermittent basis. This on/off activity and the loose, transient nature of the band's line-up were reflected in the group's name.
Tramp nightclub Tramp nightclub is a private, members-only club located on Jermyn Street in central London. Founded in 1969 by Johnny Gold, Tramp is considered to be one of the most exclusive clubs in London and is a regular haunt for celebrities.
Tramp steamer A tramp steamer, or tramp for short, is any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call. (As opposed to freight liners), tramp ships trade on the spot market with no fixed schedule or itinerary/ports-of-call(s).
Trampled by Lambs and Pecked by the Dove Trampled by Lambs and Pecked by the Dove is a release of raw tracks and song sketches written and recorded by Trey Anastasio and Tom Marshall in Vermont farmhouses in 1997. Many of the songs on this disc are early incarnations of tracks that would later appear in more polished versions on Phish's Farmhouse and The Story of the Ghost.
Trampling fetishism Trampling fetishism, which consists of paraphiliac fantasies or practices of being trampled underfoot by another person or persons of the opposite or same sex, is common enough to support a sub-genre of trampling pornography.
Trampoline A trampoline is a gymnastic and recreational device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric stretched over a steel frame using many coiled springs to provide a rebounding force which propels the jumper high into the air. In a trampoline, the fabric is not elastic itself, the elasticity is provided by the springs which connect it to the frame.
Trampoline (multihulls) A trampoline, when used in the context of a sailboat, is a very high strength material under high tension woven together in strips to provide flat areas in between hull members on Catamarans or Trimarans. This results in a lightweight decking that allows water to pass through, as holes are intentionally left in the weave for this purpose.
Trampoline Championship Wrestling Trampoline Championship Wrestling (TCW) is a wrestling promotion started in Roanoke, Virginia during the summer of 2006 and is still going on today. It is composed of superstars wrestling on a trampoline instead of the traditional squared ring.
Trampolining Trampolining is a competitive sport in which gymnasts perform acrobatics while bouncing on a trampoline. These can include simple jumps in the pike, tuck or straddle position to more complex combinations of forward or backward somersaults and twists.
Trams in Europe In many European cities, as in other parts of the world, tramway infrastructure was lost in the mid-20th century, though not always on the same scale as in other cities (in America, for example). Much of Eastern Europe lost less tramway infrastructure but some cities are now reconsidering their transport priorities, while some Western European cities are rehabilitating, upgrading and even reconstructing their old tramway lines.
Trams in Melbourne The city of Melbourne, the second-largest city in Australia, is home to the third largest tram network in the world, consisting of 245 kilometres of track, 500 tramsYarra Trams Facts & Figures, and 1813 tram stops TramTracker News Release. Operated by the private company Yarra Trams since privatisation in 1999, Melbourne's trams contribute greatly to the city's distinctive character and are held in great affection by the people of Melbourne.
Trams in Sydney Sydney, the largest city in Australia, once had the largest tram system in Australia, the second largest in the British Empire (after London), and one of the largest in the world. It was also extremely intensively worked, with about 1,600 cars in service at any one time at its peak during the 1930s (cf.
Tramspotting(expected film) Tramspotting is the expected sequel to the Bafta and academy award hit film Trainspotting, the films production is due to begin in early february 2007, although mainly set in Blackpool many scenes are to be shot in Brighton, Belfast and Glasgow due to objections from Blackpool Council, many of the film's original cast are expected to reprise their former roles with Danny Boyle agan directing. The films release date is not yet known but is expected to premier at Cannes 2008.
Tramway de Bordeaux The Bordeaux tramway network consists of three lines serving the capital of the Aquitaine Region in southwestern France. The power supply, which uses a ground-level power supply of the Alimentation par Sol (APS) system, was opened on 21 December 2003.
Tramway de Valenciennes The Valenciennes tram is a light rail system in the Valenciennes urban area in the Nord département of northern France. One line has been completed, and eventually the network will include four lines, be 34 km long and serve ten cities and villages.
Tramway du Havre The Tramway du Havre was a tramway system serving the city of Le Havre, France. The tramway operated by Compagnie des tramways Ă©lectriques du Havre opened in 1894 and closed in 1957, letting trolleybuses take over public transport.
Tramway Industrial Estate, Banbury Tramway Industrial Estate is located in between the River Cherwell and Oxford Canal south of the town centre. Roads included Tramway Road, Haslemere Way and Riverside, the industrial estate was expanded during 2006.
Tramway track Tramway track is used on tramways or light rail operations, which, together with points guide trams, streetcars or light rail vehicles without the need for steering. Grooved rails (or girder rails) are often used in order to make street running feasible.
Tran Bach Dang Tran Bach Dang was a key figure in planning the 1968 Tet offensive during the Vietnam War, and was the leader of Communist forces in Saigon, the South Vietnamese capital, during that offensive. He was the leading Communist political officer in Saigon and a member of the National Liberation Front Central Committee.
Tran Crag Tran Crag (Transki Kamak 'tr&n-ski 'ka-m&k) rises to 490m in the Tangra Mountains of Livingston Island, Antarctica and projects from the tributary glacier draining the west slopes of Friesland Ridge between St. Boris Peak and Simeon Peak.
Tran Hieu Ngan Hieu Ngan Tran (Trần Hiếu Ngân in Vietnamese, born June 26, 1974) is a Vietnamese Taekwondo athlete who competed in the Women's 49-57 kg weight class at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal. It was the only Vietnamese medal during the Olympics, and their first Olympic medal ever.
Tran Thien Khiem Tran Thien Khiem (born 1925) was a prominent ARVN general during the Vietnam War. He later became the Prime Minister under President Nguyen Van Thieu, resigning only in the last month before the Fall of Saigon and the end of the war.
Tran Tu Binh Tran Tu Binh (Vietnamese: Trần Tử Bình (1907-1967) was a Vietnamese] [[revolutionary who later became one of the first generals of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1948) and Vietnam’s Ambassador to People's Republic of China (1959-1967).
Trance and Dance Trance and Dance was Martha and the Muffins' 1980 second album, and like the previous Metro Music was produced by Mike Howlett. The album included "Motorbikin’", the band's cover of Chris Spedding's 1976 UK hit.
Trance Dance Trance Dance were a Swedish pop group who had a number of hits in the late 1980s. The group were somewhat rock-influenced, with their music being driven by guitars and other instruments not fully characteristic of a late 1980s pop group.
Trance music Trance is a style of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s. Trance music is generally characterized by a tempo of between 130 and 160 bpm, featuring repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and down throughout a track, often crescendoing or featuring a breakdown.
Trance Mission Trance Mission is a World Music band with a jazz foundation, playing primal, techno-tribal music in a similar genre as Jon Hassell, Steve Roach, and Robert Rich. Stephen Kent, the band's leader, is one of today's most respected and prolific didgeridoo performers, bringing the ancient Aboriginal sound into a contemporary context.
Trance Visionary Trance Visionary is an electronic based dance studio album from legendary rock band Wishbone Ash recorded during 1996. It features techno and dance collaborations between band leader Andy Powell and electronica guru Mike Bennett.
TranceFusion Radio Broadcast Vol. 1-4 The TranceFusionRadio Broadcasts are a series of remixed live shows from the Disco Biscuits 2002 New Years Eve Run. They include clear, crisp vocals that are not normally associated with the band's live performances.
Trancesetters Trancesetters is an electronic music duo of Gaston Steenkist and Alex Dijksterhuis. They are most well known for their singles "Roaches" and "Synergy", released on Hooj Choons, both of which reached the UK singles chart.
Trancestep A sub-genre of Drum and Bass Music, "trancestep" (aka electrostep) is the combination of riveting drums, deep, rolling basslines, and melodic synth sequences. Sometimes accompanied by vocals, tracks are generally upbeat, around 160 - 180 BPM.
Tranebergsbron Tranebergsbron (Swedish: "The Traneberg Bridge") is a double arch bridge in central Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching over the strait Tranebergssund it connects the major island Kungsholmen to the western suburb Bromma.
Trang Province Trang (also Muang Thap Thiang, ) is the one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand, at the western shore of the Andaman Sea. Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise) Krabi, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung and Satun.
Trangia Trangia is a trademark for a line of alcohol-burning portable stoves manufactured by Swedish company Trangia AB. These stoves are designed primarily for backpackers, with a focus on light weight, durability and simple design.
Trangressions: Volume Two Trangressions: Volume Two contains short stories by two modern writers: Stephen King and John Farris and was edited by Ed McBain. Written by an author some consider a modern master of horrer fiction, King's "The Things they Left Behind" is the story of a man who didn't go to work on 9/11 and goes to work after the event, finding things his coworkers left behind.
Tranholmen Tranholmen is a tiny island in Lilla Värtan, Sweden, less than 100 meters off the Danderyd coastline, populated by 217 people. In the winter season, when the water is frozen and travel by boat thus impossible, a floating bridge connects the island to the mainland.
Tranche In structured finance the word tranche (sometimes traunche) refers to one of several related securitized bonds offered as part of the same deal. The word tranche is French for slice; in the financial sense of the word, each bond (Âżtranche?
Tranchet axe A Tranchet axe is a Lithic tool made by removing a flake, known, when using this method, as a tranchet flake, parallel to the final intended cutting edge of the tool which creates a single straight edge as wide as the tool itself. It is found in some Acheulean assemblages as well as in Mesolithic flaked stone industries.
Tranmere Oil Terminal Tranmere Oil Terminal is situated on the River Mersey, 1½ miles south of Birkenhead. It was opened in 1960 to handle vessels of up to 65,000 tons, and is connected to the Stanlow oil refinery by a 15 mile pipeline.
Tranny chaser A Tranny chaser is an individual who is sexually attracted to transgendered people. Originally (and still predominantly) used to describe the men interested in pre-operative transwomen, the term tranny chaser is now being used in FTM communities as well.
Tranny Magnet Tranny Magnet is the title of a comic strip by cartoonist Lew Stringer that has occasionally appeared in the British adult humour publication Viz (comic). The "tranny magnet" of the title is middle-aged, short, fat, balding no-hoper Willie Virgin who lives with his elderly foul-mouthed Mother.
Trannyshack Trannyshack is a weekly San Francisco drag club started by drag queen Heklina, and takes place at The Stud bar. Founded in 1996 as an offshoot of Klubstitute, it has been a Tuesday night fixture in San Francisco for over 10 years, and draws large crowds on a regular basis.
Tranquility Base Tranquility Base (sometimes spelled Tranquillity Base) was the name given by Astronaut Neil Armstrong to the landing site on the moon where the Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle landed. The lunar coordinates of Tranquility Base are 00°41′15″N, 23°26′00″W, which is located in the south-western corner of the lunar plain called the Sea of Tranquility (Mare Tranquillitatis) near the craters Sabine and Ritter, and a rille unofficially called 'U.
Tranquility Park Tranquility Park is a park in downtown Houston, Texas, between Walker and Rusk Streets, and east of Smith Street, with the United States federal courts building for the Southern District of Texas on one side and Houston city hall on the other. It takes its name from the Sea of Tranquility, where man first landed on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969.
Tranquilizer dart A tranquilizer dart is a dart-like projectile containing a sedative which is injected into the target as if through a needle or syringe when the dart strikes the target. Tranquilizer darts are fired from a capture gun or a crossbow at wild animals in order to sedate them for the purposes of study or transport.
Tranquillitas The Roman Goddess Tranquillitas, the goddess of tranquility, security, calmness, peace. Tranquillitas was a bit of a mystery goddess, but she seems related to Annona (the Goddess of the Corn Harvest from Egypt) and Securitas, implying reference to the peaceful security of the Roman Empire.
Tranquillity Tranquillity is the quality of calm experienced in places with mainly natural features and activities, free from disturbance from manmade ones. As such it is a public good and can be seen as an indicator of environmental quality.
Tranquillity High School Tranquillity High School (THS) is a high school located in Tranquillity, California, United States that was established in 1919. It was formerly known as Tranquillity Union High School (TUHS), until THS and other satellite schools in the area combined together and formed the Golden Plains Unified School District in the early 1990's.
Trans Australia Airlines Trans Australia Airlines or TAA (IATA TN, renamed Australian Airlines in 1986) was one of the two major Australian domestic airlines between its inception in 1946 and its sale to Qantas in 1992. During that period TAA played a major part in the development of the Australian air transport industry.
Trans Austria Gas Pipeline The Trans Austria Gas (TAG) pipeline is a natural gas pipeline that leads from the Slovak-Austrian border at Baumgarten an der March to Arnoldstein in the south, near the border with Italy. Natural gas originating from Russia is transported to and used in Italy and Austria.
Trans effect In inorganic chemistry, the trans effect is the labilization of ligands trans to certain other ligands, which can thus be regarded as trans directing ligands. It is attributed to electronic effects and it is most notable in square planar complexes, although it can also be observed for octahedral complexes.
Trans Europa Naturgas Pipeline The Trans Europa Naturgas Pipeline (TENP) is a 500 km long natural gas pipeline, which runs from the German-Netherlands border near Aachen to the German-Swiss border near Schwörstadt, where it is connected with the Transitgas Pipeline. It carries North Sea natural gas from the Netherlands to Italy and Switzerland, as also provides natural gas for Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz and Baden-Württemberg fereral states.
Trans European Services for Telematics between Administrations The Trans European Services for Telematics between Administrations (TESTA) system is the private IP-based network of the European Community. TESTA is a telecommunications interconnection platform for secure information exchange between the European public administrations.
Trans Korea Pipeline The Trans Korea Pipeline (TKP) is a north-south petroleum pipeline in the Republic of Korea. Since 1970 the pipeline was used to transport petroleum products for United States Forces Korea (USFK) and South Korea's oil refiners.
Trans Maldivian Airways Trans Maldivian Airways is an airline based in Malé in the Maldives and is the oldest air transfer operator in the Maldives. It operates scheduled services, charters, scenic flights, resort transfers and picnic flights.
Trans National Place Trans National Place is a proposed 1000 foot Skyscraper planned for Boston, Massachusetts, and designed by renowned architect Renzo Piano. When completed, Trans National Place will stand as the tallest building in New England, besting by 15 stories Hancock Place, located in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood.
Trans Pennine Trail The Trans Pennine Trail is a long distance path in the north of England, running largely along disused railway lines and canal towpaths, entirely on surface paths and only gentle gradients. As such, it is a very easy trail, and is suitable for cyclists, pushchairs and wheelchair users.
Trans Service Airlift Lockheed L-188 crash The Trans Service Airlift Lockheed L-188 crash occurred on December 18, 1995 when a Lockheed L-188C Electra owned by Trans Service Airlift crashed shortly after takeoff from Jamba Airport (JMB), Angola, killing 141 of the passengers and crew.
Trans World Airlines Trans World Airlines , commonly known as TWA, was an American airline company that was acquired by American Airlines in April 2001. For many years it was headquartered at the Kansas City Downtown Airport, as well as midtown Manhattan in New York City.
Trans World Corporation Trans World Corporation was the original name of the holding company set up to own Trans World Airlines. When the airline sought to diversify into other areas of business, a key investment was Hilton International Hotels, the non-American interests of the Hilton Hotels chain.
Trans World Entertainment Trans World Entertainment Corporation () is a chain of entertainment media retail stores in the United States. It currently operates over 800 freestanding and shopping mall-based stores under several brand names.
Trans World Express Trans World Express (TWE) was the express/regional carrier for Trans World Airlines. When TWA was bought by American Airlines, the Trans World Express carriers became affiliated with American Airlines under the name AmericanConnection.
Trans World International Trans World International (TWI) is the event arm of Mark McCormack's sports and entertainment marketing giant International Management Group (IMG). It is the largest independent producer, packager and distributor of sports programs in the world.
Trans World Radio Trans World Radio (TWR) is a multinational Christian evangelistic broadcaster. TWR broadcasts from 14 countries in shortwave as well as through local radio stations, cable, satellite, and the Internet to reach millions of people in 160 nations in their own languages (200+ languages and dialects).
Trans-acting A trans-acting gene is simply a segment of DNA that codes for an actual protein molecule that will be used in the regulation and/or replication of that, or other, strands of DNA or RNA. It is similar to a cis-acting site in that it regulates gene expression, but differs in that it produces a physical gene.

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