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WHME-TV WHME-TV is a full-service Christian and general entertainment television station serving the South Bend market. The station is owned by LeSEA Broadcasting, also known as World Harvest Broadcasting, an organization founded by Assembly of God minister Lester Sumrall (1913-1996), whose sons are still active with the ministry.
WHMIS WHMIS (or Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System) - pronounced "WHIM-ISS" - is Canada's national hazard communication program for hazardous workplace chemicals. Established in 1988, WHMIS was developed (and continues to evolve) through a well-established consensus process in partnership between Canada's federal, provincial and territorial (F/P/T) governments, as well as with individuals representative of Canadian industry (i.
WHNE-LP WHNE-LP is a low-power television station in Flint, Michigan, broadcasting locally on channel 32 as an affiliate of America One. Owned by Thomas Tait, its transmitter is located outside Clio with a highly direction signal pointed south reaching parts of Flint.
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control is a treaty adopted unanimously by the 56th World Health Assembly on May 21, 2003. It became the world's first international public health treaty when it came into force on February 27, 2005.
WHOART The WHO Adverse Reactions Terminology (WHOART) is a dictionary meant to serve as a basis for rational coding of adverse reaction terms. The system is maintained by the Uppsala Monitoring Centre (UMC), the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring.
WHOIS WHOIS is a TCP-based query/response protocol which is widely used for querying a database in order to determine the owner of a domain name, an IP address, or an autonomous system number on the Internet. WHOIS lookups were traditionally made using a command line interface, but a number of simplified web-based tools now exist for looking up domain ownership details from different databases.
WHP-TV WHP-TV ("CBS 21") is the CBS television affiliate in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It also serves York, Lebanon, Lancaster and the Susquehanna Valley, as well as the rest of Central Pennsylvania and parts of Maryland.
WHRO WHRO could refer to the public broadcasting service, supported in part by Hampton Roads Public Schools, serving the Hampton Roads region on the United States providing services on one television and 2 radio stations:
WHRO-TV WHRO-TV, channel 15 is the PBS member for Hampton Roads, Virginia (the Norfolk–Portsmouth–Newport News television market (DMA). The station is licensed to Hampton, with studios at the Public Telecommunications Center for Hampton Roads on the campus of Old Dominion University in Norfolk.
WHSG-TV WHSG-TV is a Georgia television station on analog TV channel 63, digital channel 44. The station is located in eastern metro Atlanta in northern Rockdale County — about halfway between Atlanta and Monroe, Georgia, its city of license.
WHSV-TV WHSV-TV, channel 3, is an ABC affiliate for the Harrisonburg, Virginia market. WHSV-TV 3, as it is known on-air, is owned by Gray Television and has its transmitter located west of the town of Stanley on Massanutten Mountain.
WHTD WHTD, known on the air as Hot 102-7, We R Hip-Hop, is an urban contemporary radio station licensed to Mount Clemens, Michigan, and serving the Detroit metropolitan area. The station broadcasts with 50,000 watts of power from an antenna located near the intersection of Gratiot Avenue and Fourteen Mile Road in Clinton Township, Macomb County, Michigan, and directs its signal mainly toward the north and east to avoid interfering with Country WWWW-FM 102.
WHTV WHTV is the My Network TV affiliate licensed to Lansing, Michigan. It broadcasts its analog signal on UHF channel 18 at 200,000 watts from an 899-feet-tall transmitter located near Onondaga, Michigan, on the border between Ingham and Jackson Counties.
WHVW WHVW is a radio station licensed to Hyde Park, New York that is noted for its eclectic format based on old-fashioned blues, jazz, country and Americana music. The station broadcasts on 950 kHz with 500 watts daytime and 57 watts nighttime from a tower located on top of its studios on Main Street in the city of Poughkeepsie.
WHYY-TV WHYY-TV is the PBS television member station broadcasting on channel 12 (DTV 55) and serves the Delaware Valley area, including Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Its offices are located in Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware, where the station is officially licensed.
WCHL-AM WCHL is a radio station based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina broadcasting at 1360 AM. It is the flagship station of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill radio sports broadcasts and an affiliate of both Air America Radio and the CBS Radio Network.
WCHS-TV WCHS-TV is the ABC affiliate for Charleston and Huntington, West Virginia, the second-largest market (in terms of area) east of the Mississippi River. It is licensed to Charleston and serves 61 counties in central West Virginia, eastern Kentucky and southern Ohio.
Wi-Fi Protected Access Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA and WPA2) is a class of systems to secure wireless (Wi-Fi) computer networks. It was created in response to several serious weaknesses researchers had found in the previous system, Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP).
Wiang Chiang Khong Wiang Chiang Khong () is a small town (thesaban tambon) at the Mekong river in the northeast of Chiang Rai Province in Thailand, the central town of Chiang Khong district. It is the northernmost border crossing of the country into Laos (with Houayxay on the opposite shore of the Mekong).
Wiang Kum Kam Recently restored, Wiang Kum Kam is the original settlement along the Ping River, predating Chiang Mai. It was flooded and abandoned more than 700 years ago; that move became more understandable in 2005, when the ancient city was flooded three separate times and the river left its banks in that area of Chiang Mai.
Wið færstice Wið færstice is an Anglo-Saxon medical text composed in Old English, surviving in the collection known now as Lacnunga. Wið færstice means 'against a sudden/violent stabbing pain'; scholars have often sought to identify this as rheumatism, but other possibilities should not be excluded.
Wibbly Pig Wibbly Pig is the title character of a series of picture books for babies and very young children, written and illustrated by Mick Inkpen. The series includes titles such as Wibbly Pig Likes Bananas (ISBN 0-340-75740-X) and Is It Bedtime Wibbly Pig?.
Wibele Wibele are very small, sweet biscuits originating from the Franconian city of Langenburg in Germany, though nowadays they are considered a Swabian speciality. The dough is made from egg white, icing sugar, flour and vanilla sugar.
Wibi Soerjadi Wibi Soerjadi (born March 2, 1970 in Leiden, Netherlands) is an internationally-recognized concert pianist who has performed with several veteran conductors, including Evgeny Svetlanov, Vassili Sinaisky and Sergiu Commissiona.
Wibrandis Rosenblatt Wibrandis Rosenblatt (1504-1564) was the wife of three reformers, who predeceased her: Johannes Oecolampadius (married, 1528-1531), Wolfgang Fabricius Capito (married, 1532-1541), and Martin Bucer (married, 1542-1551). She was the widow of a Ludwig Keller before she was married to Oecolampadius.
Wibree Wibree is a digital radio technology (intended to become an open standard of wireless communications) designed for ultra low power consumption (button cell batteries) within a short range (10 meters / 30 feet) based around low-cost transceiver microchips in each device.
Wibsey Park Chapel Cricket Club The Wibsey Park Chapel Cricket Club was formed in 1887 as Park Chapel Cricket Club and joined the Bradford Mutual Sunday School League in 1908 where it played until 1998. At that time it was the oldest surviving member of the league only missing one season since joining.
Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden (literally, "The Wicander Charity Shield") was a Swedish football cup tournament played between 1905 and 1916, a match was also planned to be played in 1920, but was not. The idea for the tournament came from the English Charity Shield trophy, and in the same way as the English match, profits from the matches in the Swedish tournament were given to various charities.
Wicca Wicca is a Neopagan religion and a religious movement found in various countries throughout the world. It was first popularised in 1954 by a British civil servant named Gerald Gardner after the British Witchcraft Act was repealed.
Wicca Craft Wicca Craft: The Modern Witch's Book of Herbs, Magick and Dreams reveals the traditions, tools and symbols of Wicca craft and offer methods for Wiccan rituals. Written by Gerina Dunwich and published by Citadel Press in 1991, it was instrumental in increasing the popularity of the Wiccan religion in the 1990s.
Wiccan Laws The Wiccan Laws, also called the Craft Laws, the Old Laws, the Ardanes (or Ordains) or simply The Laws are the traditional laws of Wicca from the Book of Shadows. The text of the Book of Shadows was theoretically passed down from generation to generation within the New Forest Coven, which was the coven that introduced Gerald Gardner to Wicca.
Wiccaning A Wiccaning, analogous to a Christening for an infant, is the presenting of an infant to the God and Goddess for protection. Wiccanings apply specifically to the Wiccan religion, but are also celebrated in some of the other Pagan, non-Wicca religions.
Wick and Lybster Railway The Wick and Lybster Railway was a light railway worked by, and later absorbed by the Highland Railway in Caithness, Scotland following a coastal route south from Wick to Lybster. It was built under the Light Railways Act 1896.
Wick Bay Wick Bay is North Sea water between the points of South Head and North Head on the east coast of Britain and Caithness in the Highland area of Scotland. The bay receives fresh water from Wick River at the most westerly reach of the bay and over one kilometre from the more easterly open water of the North Sea.
Wick effect The wick effect is the name given to the partial destruction of a human body by fire, when the clothing of the victim soaks up melted human fat and acts like the wick of a candle. The wick effect is a phenomenon that has been proven to occur under certain conditions, and thoroughly observed.
Wick Park Wick Park (known by the National Register of Historic Places as, "The Wick Park Historic District") is a neighborhood on the north side of Youngstown, Ohio, named after the park that is the centerpiece of the area. For many years the Wick Park District was one of the most affluent neighborhoods in the city of Youngstown.
Wick railway station Wick railway station is a railway station serving the town of Wick, in the Highland council area in the north of Scotland. The station is the terminus of the Far North Line, near Wick police station and Caithness General Hospital, within the former county of Caithness.
Wick River Wick River, known also as River Wick, has its source near Achigale Mill at the northern end of Bardarclay Moss () in the Flow Country of Caithness in Highland, Scotland. The river estuary (), is in the North Sea bay of Wick () and is straddled by the Royal Burgh of Wick.
Wick, Highland Wick (Inbhir Uige in Gaelic) is an estuary town in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland, on the main highway (the A99-A9 road) linking John O Groats with southern Britain. The town is a royal burgh and the traditional county town of Caithness.
Wicked (comics) Wicked is a fictional character created by Chris Claremont for Marvel comics' second installment of the series Excalibur. She is one of the few survivors of the island of Genosha which was decimated by the wild Sentinel attacks commissioned by Cassandra Nova.
Wicked Garden "Wicked Garden" is a song by Stone Temple Pilots that appears on their debut album Core. Although the song was not released as a single, it is considered one of the band's biggest hits and appears on their "greatest hits" compilation, Thank You.
Wicked Lasers Wicked Lasers is a company based in Shanghai that has acquired a reputation for selling powerful lasers of all 3 basic colors through its online store. As advertised the lasers sold are dangerous and are capable of burning.
Wicked Lester Wicked Lester was a New York-based rock and roll group. The group was formed (as Rainbow) in 1970, and its most notable early members were bassist Gene Klein (later Gene Simmons) and rhythm guitarist Stanley Eisen (later Paul Stanley).
Wicked Little Town Wicked Little Town is a song from the soundtrack of the off-Broadway show and film, Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Composed by Stephen Trask, the song is a poetic reflection on the doomed love between the characters, Hedwig and Tommy Gnosis.
Wicked Pictures Wicked Pictures is an American pornographic movie studio headquartered in Canoga Park, California. Founded by Steve Orenstein in 1993, the studio is credited for launching the careers of Jenna Jameson, Chasey Lain, Sydnee Steele, and Stormy, among others.
Wicked Science Wicked Science is an Australian children's television series which currently airs on the Ten Network,ABC Kids, ABC Rollercoaster and Jetix and Financed by Australian Film Finance Corporation and in association with Network Ten and ZDF Enterprises for Network Ten, the BBC and CBBC.
Wicked Witch of the West's Castle The Wicked Witch of the West's Castle, as depicted in the 1939 film classic, The Wizard of Oz, was for the most part of Art Deco design, that is, prior to when Art Deco evolved into Streamline Moderne. As was the case with much Art Deco architecture early on, which had been representative of the triumph of the Machine Age, we see this same stiff mechanicalness very much represented in the Witch's Castle itself, accentuated all the more by those who guarded it.
Wickedness Wickedness refers to human sin, describing not just the "wicked" aspect of the "wicked" act, but to describe the state of being wicked; man's own deliberate choice of doing evil over doing good.
Wickenburg, Arizona (Train Station) The Wickenburg, Arizona station serves as the headquarters of the Wickenburg Chamber of Commerce, and is among the oldest of the Santa Fe's wooden stations in Arizona. It remains very nearly in its original configuration.
Wicker Arches The Wicker Arches form a 660 yards long railway viaduct across the Don Valley in the City of Sheffield, England. They take their name from the thoroughfare The Wicker, which passes through the main arch (72 feet wide) of the viaduct and was, until the completion of the Sheffield Parkway, the main route eastwards from the city to the M1.
Wicker Man The Wicker Man was a large wicker statue of a human used by the ancient Druids for human sacrifice by burning it in effigy, according to Julius Caesar in his Commentarii de Bello Gallico (Commentary on the Gallic Wars). Caesar, Julius; Hammond, Carolyn (translator) (1998).
Wickerman Festival The Wickerman Festival is an annual music festival held near to Dundrennan in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Dubbed 'Scotland's Alternative Music festival', this year it will be held on Friday 20th and Saturday 21st of July.
Wickersham Commission The Wickersham Commission was established in May of 1929 when President Herbert Hoover appointed George W. Wickersham (1858-1936) to head the National Committee on Law Observation and Enforcement, popularly called the Wickersham Commission.
Wickersham report The Wickersham report was a product of the 1928 presidential campaign of Herbert Hoover, while supporting the eighteenth amendment, Hoover realized that prohibition was not working, it led to bootlegging and the development of organized crime. Thus, he established the first national look at American policing.
Wickes Stadium Harvey Randall Wickes Memorial Stadium, known simply as Wickes Stadium, is a 6,300-seat football stadium located in University Center, Michigan, as part of the Ryder Center sports complex on the Saginaw Valley State University campus. It is home to the university's Cardinals football team.
Wicket-keeper The wicket-keeper in cricket is the fielding player who stands behind the batsman on strike at the wicket. The role of the wicket-keeper is governed by Law 40 of the Laws of cricket, and is similar to that of the catcher in baseball.
Wickford Junction (MBTA station) Wickford Junction is a planned station in North Kingstown, Rhode Island on the Northeast Corridor, extending the Providence/Stoughton Line south from Providence. It will serve local commuters to Providence and Boston, Massachusetts.
Wickford railway station Wickford railway station is in the town of Wickford at the Basildon district of the county of Essex in the East of England. The station is currently served and managed by by 'one' with services from London Liverpool Street station to Southend Victoria and Southminster.
Wickford, Rhode Island Wickford is a small village in North Kingstown, Rhode Island named after Wickford in Essex, England. Wickford is located on the west side of Narragansett Bay, and with its cove and harbor it served as a port town during the colonial period the and American revolutionary era.
Wickham Wickham, formerly spelled Wykeham, is a civil parish and small market town in Hampshire, southern England, about three miles north of Fareham, and part of the City of Winchester local government district, in spite of it being notably closer to the town and borough of Fareham. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 4,816.
Wickham House The Wickham House in Richmond, Virginia was completed in 1812 and is considered one of the finest examples of architecture from the Federal period. It was built by John Wickham and designed by Massachusetts architect Alexander Parris.
Wickham Market railway station Wickham Market railway station is a railway station located in the village of Campsea Ashe in Suffolk, approximately two miles east of Wickham Market itself. The station is located on the Ipswich-Lowestoft East Suffolk Line.
Wickham Park Wickham Park is a non-profit, private foundation on the border of Manchester and East Hartford, Connecticut. The park contains 250 acres of gardens, open fields, woodlands, ponds, picnic areas, sports facilities, among other attractions.
Wickham railway station, New South Wales Wickham is a railway station located in Newcastle, New South Wales,Australia on the Newcastle & Central Coast Line, and the Hunter Line. The station has two platforms, and is served by intercity trains to Sydney, Maitland, Dungog and Scone.
Wickham Skeith Wickham Skeith, Suffolk seems at first like two villages, one on the high ground based mainly around the village green & one on the lower part along The Street which runs parallel to the River Dove. Wickham Skeith is situated about 5 miles to the west of Eye & about 3 miles east of Finningham.
Wickham Theatre The Wickham Theatre is one of the best equipped Studio Theatres in any British University. It was named after Professor Glynne Wickham, founder of the Department of Drama at Bristol University and of University Theatre Studies in Britain and is used for a wide range of activities.
Wickham, Western Australia Wickham is a townsite located 1572 km north of Perth and 13 km north of Roebourne in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The town was built in 1968-1970 by the Cliffs Robe River mining company to support the nearby Cape Lambert port.
Wickliffe Draper Wickliffe Preston Draper (sometimes spelled "Wycliffe" in publications) (August 9, 1891-1972) American eugenicist and a controversial philanthropist. He was the principal benefactor of the Pioneer Fund, which aims to advance the scientific study of heredity and human differences (notably those related to race and intelligence), and was a benefactor to many charitable causes, including military history, archaeology, conservation, and population problems.
Wickliffe Mounds Wickliffe Mounds is a Mississippian culture archaeological site located in Ballard County, Kentucky, just outside the town of Wickliffe, Kentucky, about three miles from the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.
Wicklow Wicklow (Cill Mhantáin in Irish) is the county town of County Wicklow in Ireland. Located south of the capital Dublin on the east coast of Ireland, it has a population of 6,835 (according to the Census 2006 preliminary report).
Wicksteed (Kettering BC Ward) Wicksteed Ward is a 2-member ward within Kettering Borough Council. Traditionally regarded as a Labour safe seat, owing to the presence of the Highfield Road Council Estate, the ward became a marginal seat between Labour and the Conservatives in the 2003 Borough Council elections before, after resignation of the sole Conservative councillor in the autumn of 2005, the seat was recaptured by the Labour Party in a by-election.
Wickwas Lake Wickwas Lake is a 328-acre water body in Belknap County in the Lakes Region of central New Hampshire, in the town of Meredith. Water from Wickwas Lake flows south to Winnisquam Lake, then to the Winnipesaukee River, and ultimately to the Merrimack River.
Wiclear Wiclear is a small and simple wiki software. Its main features are a hierarchical data content system, an integrated translation mechanism (all translations are linked together), easy themability and extensibility.
Wicobah Wi-co-bah is a word in Western Shoshone Native American dialect. Referenced in the Treaty of Ruby Valley 1863 between the Western Shoshone Nation and the United States of America, Wicobah is the southern landmark or boundary of the Treaty Lands described.
Wicomico River (Maryland eastern shore) The Wicomocio River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the eastern shore of Maryland. Approximately 33 mi (53 km) long, it drains an area of low marshlands and farming country in the middle Delmarva Peninsula.
Wicomico Youth and Civic Center The Wicomico Youth and Civic Center (also known as Normandy Arena) is a multipurpose arena located in Salisbury, Maryland. It contains 28,000 square feet of space and can seat 2,500 for banquets, 1,600 for theater concerts and stage shows, 6,100 for end-stage concerts, 6,747 for center-stage concerts, boxing and wrestling, 4,157 for ice events, and 5,130 for basketball.
Widad Kawar Widad Kawar () is an internationally renowned collector of Jordanian and Palestinian ethnic and cultural arts. She has amassed an extensive collection of dresses, costumes, textiles, and jewelry over the past 45 years, seeking to preserve a culture that has been largely dispersed by conflict.
Widdershins Widdershins (sometimes withershins, widershins or widderschynnes) is a word which (usually) means anticlockwise, however in certain circumstances it can be used to refer to a direction which is against the light, i.e.
Widdringtonia Widdringtonia is a genus of coniferous trees in the Cupressaceae (cypress family). There are four species, all native to southern Africa, where they are known in the past as "cedars" (to which they are not related) but are now known as African cypresses.
Wide angle X-ray scattering Wide angle X-ray scattering (WAXS) or Wide angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD) is an X-ray diffraction technique that is often used to determine the crystalline structure of polymers. This technique specifically refers to the analysis of Bragg Peaks scattered to wide angles, which (by Bragg's law) implies that they are caused by sub-nanometer sized structures.
Wide area file services Wide Area File Services products allow remote office users to access and share files globally at LAN speeds over the WAN. Distributed enterprises that deploy WAFS solutions are able to consolidate storage to corporate datacenters, eliminating the need to backup and manage data that previously resided in their remote offices.
Wide Angle Wide Angle (1999) is the debut album by British breakbeat trance producers Hybrid, re-released in 2000 as a double-CD edition entitled Wider Angle. It was released to critical acclaim, described by The Times as "one of the most moving pieces of electronic music ever".
Wide Angle (TV series) Wide Angle is a weekly one-hour PBS series hosted by Bill Moyers and broadcast via the WNET PBS station since 2002. The show prides itself in covering international affairs and its motto is "Six billion people.
Wide Area Augmentation System The Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) is an extremely accurate navigation system developed for civil aviation by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a division of the United States Department of Transportation (DOT). The system augments the Global Positioning System (or GPS) to provide the additional accuracy, integrity, and availability necessary to enable users to rely on GPS for all phases of flight, from en route through GLS approach for all qualified airports within the WAAS coverage area.
Wide Area Tracking System The Wide Area Tracking System (WATS) is a prototype wireless sensor network for detecting a ground-based nuclear device such as a nuclear "briefcase bomb." WATS is presently being developed at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory] ([[LLNL).
Wide Awake (song) Wide Awake is the tenth song featured on Audioslave's third studio album, "Revelations". The song was written about the slow response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 by the United States government and President George W.
Wide Awake Bored Wide Awake Bored is Treble Charger's fourth album, released in April 24, 2001 (see 2001 in music). "Brand New Low," "American Psycho," and "Business" had their music videos, and some notable radio airplay.
Wide Awake Club Wide Awake Club (often abbreviated to WAC) was a highly successful children's television series broadcast in the United Kingdom on ITV's breakfast franchise TV-am between 1984 and 1989. It was presented by Timmy Mallett, Michaela Strachan, Tommy Boyd, James Baker and Arabella Warner - all newcomers to television, except Boyd who had previously presented Magpie.
Wide Awake Parade The Wide Awake Parade was formed in 1860 by Republicans in the Northern states to help nominate Abraham Lincoln as the President of the United States. As Abraham Lincoln’s ideas of abolishing slavery grew, so did his supporters.
Wide boy The term "wide boy" first appeared during the Second World War in the United Kingdom. Some enterprising people took it upon themselves to exploit rationing and do deals with American servicemen to supply locals with much needed luxuries like chocolate and nylons.
Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 The Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) is a camera installed on the Hubble Space Telescope. It was installed by servicing mission 1 (STS-61) in 1993, replacing the telescope's original Wide Field and Planetary Camera (WF/PC).
Wide Field Infrared Explorer The Wide Field Infrared Explorer (WIRE) was launched in 1999 and intended to be a four-month infrared survey of the entire sky, specifically focusing on starburst galaxies and luminous protogalaxies. Unfortunately, a malfunction caused its dust cover to eject while the satellite was pointed at the sun, and all the coolant necessary for the operation of the infrared detectors to boil off.
Wide Gauge Wide Gauge was an early model railway and toy train rail gauge, introduced in the United States in 1906 by Lionel Corporation. As it was a toy standard, rather than a scale modeling standard, the actual scale of wide gauge locomotives and rolling stock varied.
Wide chord A wide chord fan engine is a term to describe the big fan in the inlet of a modern jet engine. In aviation terms, the meaning of "chord" is the line from the front (leading egde) of an aerofoil to the rear (trailing egde).
Wide leg jeans Wide leg jeans were a boys style of clothing popularized in the mid-to-late 1990s by boys trying to achieve an "alternative" style. The quintessential brand of wide leg jeans was JNCO, though other youth-oriented clothing companies manufactured them as well.
Wide local excision A wide local excision (WLE) is a surgical procedure to remove a small area of diseased or problematic tissue with a margin of normal tissue. This procedure is commonly performed on the breast and to skin lesions, but can be used on any area of the body.
Wide Mouth Frog protocol The Wide Mouth Frog protocol is a computer network authentication protocol designed for use on insecure networks (the Internet for example). It allows individuals communicating over a network to prove their identity to each other while also preventing eavesdropping or replay attacks, and provides for detection of modification and the prevention of unauthorized reading.
Wide Mouth Mason Wide Mouth Mason (WMM) is an R&B based, modern pop/rock, power trio, reminiscent of a modern day combination of trios such as The Experience, The Police, and Nirvana. Comprised of Shaun Verreault (vocals, guitar), Safwan Javed (percussion, vocals), and Earl Pereira (bass, vocals), the band Wide Mouth Mason creates music that transcends the easy labels of music media and instead lays ground for a sound that is wholly the band and best heard live.
Wide open throttle Wide open throttle (WOT) refers to an internal combustion engine's maximum intake of air and fuel that occurs when the throttle plates inside the carburetor or throttle body are "wide open", providing the least resistance to the incoming air. In the case of an automobile, WOT is when the accelerator depressed fully.
Wide outside lane A wide outside lane (WOL), sometimes known as a wide curb lane (WCL), is a term used by cyclists and bicycle transportation planners to refer to an outside lane of a roadway that is wide enough to be safely shared side by side by a bicycle and a wider motor vehicle at the same time. Generally, the minimum width standard for a WOL is 14 feet (4.
WHMIS WHMIS (or Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System) - pronounced "WHIM-ISS" - is Canada's national hazard communication program for hazardous workplace chemicals. Established in 1988, WHMIS was developed (and continues to evolve) through a well-established consensus process in partnership between Canada's federal, provincial and territorial (F/P/T) governments, as well as with individuals representative of Canadian industry (i.
WHNE-LP WHNE-LP is a low-power television station in Flint, Michigan, broadcasting locally on channel 32 as an affiliate of America One. Owned by Thomas Tait, its transmitter is located outside Clio with a highly direction signal pointed south reaching parts of Flint.
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control is a treaty adopted unanimously by the 56th World Health Assembly on May 21, 2003. It became the world's first international public health treaty when it came into force on February 27, 2005.
WHOART The WHO Adverse Reactions Terminology (WHOART) is a dictionary meant to serve as a basis for rational coding of adverse reaction terms. The system is maintained by the Uppsala Monitoring Centre (UMC), the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring.
WHOIS WHOIS is a TCP-based query/response protocol which is widely used for querying a database in order to determine the owner of a domain name, an IP address, or an autonomous system number on the Internet. WHOIS lookups were traditionally made using a command line interface, but a number of simplified web-based tools now exist for looking up domain ownership details from different databases.
WHP-TV WHP-TV ("CBS 21") is the CBS television affiliate in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It also serves York, Lebanon, Lancaster and the Susquehanna Valley, as well as the rest of Central Pennsylvania and parts of Maryland.
WHRO WHRO could refer to the public broadcasting service, supported in part by Hampton Roads Public Schools, serving the Hampton Roads region on the United States providing services on one television and 2 radio stations:
WHRO-TV WHRO-TV, channel 15 is the PBS member for Hampton Roads, Virginia (the Norfolk–Portsmouth–Newport News television market (DMA). The station is licensed to Hampton, with studios at the Public Telecommunications Center for Hampton Roads on the campus of Old Dominion University in Norfolk.
WHSG-TV WHSG-TV is a Georgia television station on analog TV channel 63, digital channel 44. The station is located in eastern metro Atlanta in northern Rockdale County — about halfway between Atlanta and Monroe, Georgia, its city of license.
WHSV-TV WHSV-TV, channel 3, is an ABC affiliate for the Harrisonburg, Virginia market. WHSV-TV 3, as it is known on-air, is owned by Gray Television and has its transmitter located west of the town of Stanley on Massanutten Mountain.
WHTD WHTD, known on the air as Hot 102-7, We R Hip-Hop, is an urban contemporary radio station licensed to Mount Clemens, Michigan, and serving the Detroit metropolitan area. The station broadcasts with 50,000 watts of power from an antenna located near the intersection of Gratiot Avenue and Fourteen Mile Road in Clinton Township, Macomb County, Michigan, and directs its signal mainly toward the north and east to avoid interfering with Country WWWW-FM 102.
WHTV WHTV is the My Network TV affiliate licensed to Lansing, Michigan. It broadcasts its analog signal on UHF channel 18 at 200,000 watts from an 899-feet-tall transmitter located near Onondaga, Michigan, on the border between Ingham and Jackson Counties.
WHVW WHVW is a radio station licensed to Hyde Park, New York that is noted for its eclectic format based on old-fashioned blues, jazz, country and Americana music. The station broadcasts on 950 kHz with 500 watts daytime and 57 watts nighttime from a tower located on top of its studios on Main Street in the city of Poughkeepsie.
WHYY-TV WHYY-TV is the PBS television member station broadcasting on channel 12 (DTV 55) and serves the Delaware Valley area, including Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Its offices are located in Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware, where the station is officially licensed.
WCHL-AM WCHL is a radio station based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina broadcasting at 1360 AM. It is the flagship station of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill radio sports broadcasts and an affiliate of both Air America Radio and the CBS Radio Network.
WCHS-TV WCHS-TV is the ABC affiliate for Charleston and Huntington, West Virginia, the second-largest market (in terms of area) east of the Mississippi River. It is licensed to Charleston and serves 61 counties in central West Virginia, eastern Kentucky and southern Ohio.
Wi-Fi Protected Access Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA and WPA2) is a class of systems to secure wireless (Wi-Fi) computer networks. It was created in response to several serious weaknesses researchers had found in the previous system, Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP).
Wiang Chiang Khong Wiang Chiang Khong () is a small town (thesaban tambon) at the Mekong river in the northeast of Chiang Rai Province in Thailand, the central town of Chiang Khong district. It is the northernmost border crossing of the country into Laos (with Houayxay on the opposite shore of the Mekong).
Wiang Kum Kam Recently restored, Wiang Kum Kam is the original settlement along the Ping River, predating Chiang Mai. It was flooded and abandoned more than 700 years ago; that move became more understandable in 2005, when the ancient city was flooded three separate times and the river left its banks in that area of Chiang Mai.
Wið færstice Wið færstice is an Anglo-Saxon medical text composed in Old English, surviving in the collection known now as Lacnunga. Wið færstice means 'against a sudden/violent stabbing pain'; scholars have often sought to identify this as rheumatism, but other possibilities should not be excluded.
Wibbly Pig Wibbly Pig is the title character of a series of picture books for babies and very young children, written and illustrated by Mick Inkpen. The series includes titles such as Wibbly Pig Likes Bananas (ISBN 0-340-75740-X) and Is It Bedtime Wibbly Pig?.
Wibele Wibele are very small, sweet biscuits originating from the Franconian city of Langenburg in Germany, though nowadays they are considered a Swabian speciality. The dough is made from egg white, icing sugar, flour and vanilla sugar.
Wibi Soerjadi Wibi Soerjadi (born March 2, 1970 in Leiden, Netherlands) is an internationally-recognized concert pianist who has performed with several veteran conductors, including Evgeny Svetlanov, Vassili Sinaisky and Sergiu Commissiona.
Wibrandis Rosenblatt Wibrandis Rosenblatt (1504-1564) was the wife of three reformers, who predeceased her: Johannes Oecolampadius (married, 1528-1531), Wolfgang Fabricius Capito (married, 1532-1541), and Martin Bucer (married, 1542-1551). She was the widow of a Ludwig Keller before she was married to Oecolampadius.
Wibree Wibree is a digital radio technology (intended to become an open standard of wireless communications) designed for ultra low power consumption (button cell batteries) within a short range (10 meters / 30 feet) based around low-cost transceiver microchips in each device.
Wibsey Park Chapel Cricket Club The Wibsey Park Chapel Cricket Club was formed in 1887 as Park Chapel Cricket Club and joined the Bradford Mutual Sunday School League in 1908 where it played until 1998. At that time it was the oldest surviving member of the league only missing one season since joining.
Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden (literally, "The Wicander Charity Shield") was a Swedish football cup tournament played between 1905 and 1916, a match was also planned to be played in 1920, but was not. The idea for the tournament came from the English Charity Shield trophy, and in the same way as the English match, profits from the matches in the Swedish tournament were given to various charities.
Wicca Wicca is a Neopagan religion and a religious movement found in various countries throughout the world. It was first popularised in 1954 by a British civil servant named Gerald Gardner after the British Witchcraft Act was repealed.
Wicca Craft Wicca Craft: The Modern Witch's Book of Herbs, Magick and Dreams reveals the traditions, tools and symbols of Wicca craft and offer methods for Wiccan rituals. Written by Gerina Dunwich and published by Citadel Press in 1991, it was instrumental in increasing the popularity of the Wiccan religion in the 1990s.
Wiccan Laws The Wiccan Laws, also called the Craft Laws, the Old Laws, the Ardanes (or Ordains) or simply The Laws are the traditional laws of Wicca from the Book of Shadows. The text of the Book of Shadows was theoretically passed down from generation to generation within the New Forest Coven, which was the coven that introduced Gerald Gardner to Wicca.
Wiccaning A Wiccaning, analogous to a Christening for an infant, is the presenting of an infant to the God and Goddess for protection. Wiccanings apply specifically to the Wiccan religion, but are also celebrated in some of the other Pagan, non-Wicca religions.
Wick and Lybster Railway The Wick and Lybster Railway was a light railway worked by, and later absorbed by the Highland Railway in Caithness, Scotland following a coastal route south from Wick to Lybster. It was built under the Light Railways Act 1896.
Wick Bay Wick Bay is North Sea water between the points of South Head and North Head on the east coast of Britain and Caithness in the Highland area of Scotland. The bay receives fresh water from Wick River at the most westerly reach of the bay and over one kilometre from the more easterly open water of the North Sea.
Wick effect The wick effect is the name given to the partial destruction of a human body by fire, when the clothing of the victim soaks up melted human fat and acts like the wick of a candle. The wick effect is a phenomenon that has been proven to occur under certain conditions, and thoroughly observed.
Wick Park Wick Park (known by the National Register of Historic Places as, "The Wick Park Historic District") is a neighborhood on the north side of Youngstown, Ohio, named after the park that is the centerpiece of the area. For many years the Wick Park District was one of the most affluent neighborhoods in the city of Youngstown.
Wick railway station Wick railway station is a railway station serving the town of Wick, in the Highland council area in the north of Scotland. The station is the terminus of the Far North Line, near Wick police station and Caithness General Hospital, within the former county of Caithness.
Wick River Wick River, known also as River Wick, has its source near Achigale Mill at the northern end of Bardarclay Moss () in the Flow Country of Caithness in Highland, Scotland. The river estuary (), is in the North Sea bay of Wick () and is straddled by the Royal Burgh of Wick.
Wick, Highland Wick (Inbhir Uige in Gaelic) is an estuary town in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland, on the main highway (the A99-A9 road) linking John O Groats with southern Britain. The town is a royal burgh and the traditional county town of Caithness.
Wicked (comics) Wicked is a fictional character created by Chris Claremont for Marvel comics' second installment of the series Excalibur. She is one of the few survivors of the island of Genosha which was decimated by the wild Sentinel attacks commissioned by Cassandra Nova.
Wicked Garden "Wicked Garden" is a song by Stone Temple Pilots that appears on their debut album Core. Although the song was not released as a single, it is considered one of the band's biggest hits and appears on their "greatest hits" compilation, Thank You.
Wicked Lasers Wicked Lasers is a company based in Shanghai that has acquired a reputation for selling powerful lasers of all 3 basic colors through its online store. As advertised the lasers sold are dangerous and are capable of burning.
Wicked Lester Wicked Lester was a New York-based rock and roll group. The group was formed (as Rainbow) in 1970, and its most notable early members were bassist Gene Klein (later Gene Simmons) and rhythm guitarist Stanley Eisen (later Paul Stanley).
Wicked Little Town Wicked Little Town is a song from the soundtrack of the off-Broadway show and film, Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Composed by Stephen Trask, the song is a poetic reflection on the doomed love between the characters, Hedwig and Tommy Gnosis.
Wicked Pictures Wicked Pictures is an American pornographic movie studio headquartered in Canoga Park, California. Founded by Steve Orenstein in 1993, the studio is credited for launching the careers of Jenna Jameson, Chasey Lain, Sydnee Steele, and Stormy, among others.
Wicked Science Wicked Science is an Australian children's television series which currently airs on the Ten Network,ABC Kids, ABC Rollercoaster and Jetix and Financed by Australian Film Finance Corporation and in association with Network Ten and ZDF Enterprises for Network Ten, the BBC and CBBC.
Wicked Witch of the West's Castle The Wicked Witch of the West's Castle, as depicted in the 1939 film classic, The Wizard of Oz, was for the most part of Art Deco design, that is, prior to when Art Deco evolved into Streamline Moderne. As was the case with much Art Deco architecture early on, which had been representative of the triumph of the Machine Age, we see this same stiff mechanicalness very much represented in the Witch's Castle itself, accentuated all the more by those who guarded it.
Wickedness Wickedness refers to human sin, describing not just the "wicked" aspect of the "wicked" act, but to describe the state of being wicked; man's own deliberate choice of doing evil over doing good.
Wickenburg, Arizona (Train Station) The Wickenburg, Arizona station serves as the headquarters of the Wickenburg Chamber of Commerce, and is among the oldest of the Santa Fe's wooden stations in Arizona. It remains very nearly in its original configuration.
Wicker Arches The Wicker Arches form a 660 yards long railway viaduct across the Don Valley in the City of Sheffield, England. They take their name from the thoroughfare The Wicker, which passes through the main arch (72 feet wide) of the viaduct and was, until the completion of the Sheffield Parkway, the main route eastwards from the city to the M1.
Wicker Man The Wicker Man was a large wicker statue of a human used by the ancient Druids for human sacrifice by burning it in effigy, according to Julius Caesar in his Commentarii de Bello Gallico (Commentary on the Gallic Wars). Caesar, Julius; Hammond, Carolyn (translator) (1998).
Wickerman Festival The Wickerman Festival is an annual music festival held near to Dundrennan in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Dubbed 'Scotland's Alternative Music festival', this year it will be held on Friday 20th and Saturday 21st of July.
Wickersham Commission The Wickersham Commission was established in May of 1929 when President Herbert Hoover appointed George W. Wickersham (1858-1936) to head the National Committee on Law Observation and Enforcement, popularly called the Wickersham Commission.
Wickersham report The Wickersham report was a product of the 1928 presidential campaign of Herbert Hoover, while supporting the eighteenth amendment, Hoover realized that prohibition was not working, it led to bootlegging and the development of organized crime. Thus, he established the first national look at American policing.
Wickes Stadium Harvey Randall Wickes Memorial Stadium, known simply as Wickes Stadium, is a 6,300-seat football stadium located in University Center, Michigan, as part of the Ryder Center sports complex on the Saginaw Valley State University campus. It is home to the university's Cardinals football team.
Wicket-keeper The wicket-keeper in cricket is the fielding player who stands behind the batsman on strike at the wicket. The role of the wicket-keeper is governed by Law 40 of the Laws of cricket, and is similar to that of the catcher in baseball.
Wickford Junction (MBTA station) Wickford Junction is a planned station in North Kingstown, Rhode Island on the Northeast Corridor, extending the Providence/Stoughton Line south from Providence. It will serve local commuters to Providence and Boston, Massachusetts.
Wickford railway station Wickford railway station is in the town of Wickford at the Basildon district of the county of Essex in the East of England. The station is currently served and managed by by 'one' with services from London Liverpool Street station to Southend Victoria and Southminster.
Wickford, Rhode Island Wickford is a small village in North Kingstown, Rhode Island named after Wickford in Essex, England. Wickford is located on the west side of Narragansett Bay, and with its cove and harbor it served as a port town during the colonial period the and American revolutionary era.
Wickham Wickham, formerly spelled Wykeham, is a civil parish and small market town in Hampshire, southern England, about three miles north of Fareham, and part of the City of Winchester local government district, in spite of it being notably closer to the town and borough of Fareham. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 4,816.
Wickham House The Wickham House in Richmond, Virginia was completed in 1812 and is considered one of the finest examples of architecture from the Federal period. It was built by John Wickham and designed by Massachusetts architect Alexander Parris.
Wickham Market railway station Wickham Market railway station is a railway station located in the village of Campsea Ashe in Suffolk, approximately two miles east of Wickham Market itself. The station is located on the Ipswich-Lowestoft East Suffolk Line.
Wickham Park Wickham Park is a non-profit, private foundation on the border of Manchester and East Hartford, Connecticut. The park contains 250 acres of gardens, open fields, woodlands, ponds, picnic areas, sports facilities, among other attractions.
Wickham railway station, New South Wales Wickham is a railway station located in Newcastle, New South Wales,Australia on the Newcastle & Central Coast Line, and the Hunter Line. The station has two platforms, and is served by intercity trains to Sydney, Maitland, Dungog and Scone.
Wickham Skeith Wickham Skeith, Suffolk seems at first like two villages, one on the high ground based mainly around the village green & one on the lower part along The Street which runs parallel to the River Dove. Wickham Skeith is situated about 5 miles to the west of Eye & about 3 miles east of Finningham.
Wickham Theatre The Wickham Theatre is one of the best equipped Studio Theatres in any British University. It was named after Professor Glynne Wickham, founder of the Department of Drama at Bristol University and of University Theatre Studies in Britain and is used for a wide range of activities.
Wickham, Western Australia Wickham is a townsite located 1572 km north of Perth and 13 km north of Roebourne in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The town was built in 1968-1970 by the Cliffs Robe River mining company to support the nearby Cape Lambert port.
Wickliffe Draper Wickliffe Preston Draper (sometimes spelled "Wycliffe" in publications) (August 9, 1891-1972) American eugenicist and a controversial philanthropist. He was the principal benefactor of the Pioneer Fund, which aims to advance the scientific study of heredity and human differences (notably those related to race and intelligence), and was a benefactor to many charitable causes, including military history, archaeology, conservation, and population problems.
Wickliffe Mounds Wickliffe Mounds is a Mississippian culture archaeological site located in Ballard County, Kentucky, just outside the town of Wickliffe, Kentucky, about three miles from the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.
Wicklow Wicklow (Cill Mhantáin in Irish) is the county town of County Wicklow in Ireland. Located south of the capital Dublin on the east coast of Ireland, it has a population of 6,835 (according to the Census 2006 preliminary report).
Wicksteed (Kettering BC Ward) Wicksteed Ward is a 2-member ward within Kettering Borough Council. Traditionally regarded as a Labour safe seat, owing to the presence of the Highfield Road Council Estate, the ward became a marginal seat between Labour and the Conservatives in the 2003 Borough Council elections before, after resignation of the sole Conservative councillor in the autumn of 2005, the seat was recaptured by the Labour Party in a by-election.
Wickwas Lake Wickwas Lake is a 328-acre water body in Belknap County in the Lakes Region of central New Hampshire, in the town of Meredith. Water from Wickwas Lake flows south to Winnisquam Lake, then to the Winnipesaukee River, and ultimately to the Merrimack River.
Wiclear Wiclear is a small and simple wiki software. Its main features are a hierarchical data content system, an integrated translation mechanism (all translations are linked together), easy themability and extensibility.
Wicobah Wi-co-bah is a word in Western Shoshone Native American dialect. Referenced in the Treaty of Ruby Valley 1863 between the Western Shoshone Nation and the United States of America, Wicobah is the southern landmark or boundary of the Treaty Lands described.
Wicomico River (Maryland eastern shore) The Wicomocio River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the eastern shore of Maryland. Approximately 33 mi (53 km) long, it drains an area of low marshlands and farming country in the middle Delmarva Peninsula.
Wicomico Youth and Civic Center The Wicomico Youth and Civic Center (also known as Normandy Arena) is a multipurpose arena located in Salisbury, Maryland. It contains 28,000 square feet of space and can seat 2,500 for banquets, 1,600 for theater concerts and stage shows, 6,100 for end-stage concerts, 6,747 for center-stage concerts, boxing and wrestling, 4,157 for ice events, and 5,130 for basketball.
Widad Kawar Widad Kawar () is an internationally renowned collector of Jordanian and Palestinian ethnic and cultural arts. She has amassed an extensive collection of dresses, costumes, textiles, and jewelry over the past 45 years, seeking to preserve a culture that has been largely dispersed by conflict.
Widdershins Widdershins (sometimes withershins, widershins or widderschynnes) is a word which (usually) means anticlockwise, however in certain circumstances it can be used to refer to a direction which is against the light, i.e.
Widdringtonia Widdringtonia is a genus of coniferous trees in the Cupressaceae (cypress family). There are four species, all native to southern Africa, where they are known in the past as "cedars" (to which they are not related) but are now known as African cypresses.
Wide angle X-ray scattering Wide angle X-ray scattering (WAXS) or Wide angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD) is an X-ray diffraction technique that is often used to determine the crystalline structure of polymers. This technique specifically refers to the analysis of Bragg Peaks scattered to wide angles, which (by Bragg's law) implies that they are caused by sub-nanometer sized structures.
Wide area file services Wide Area File Services products allow remote office users to access and share files globally at LAN speeds over the WAN. Distributed enterprises that deploy WAFS solutions are able to consolidate storage to corporate datacenters, eliminating the need to backup and manage data that previously resided in their remote offices.
Wide Angle Wide Angle (1999) is the debut album by British breakbeat trance producers Hybrid, re-released in 2000 as a double-CD edition entitled Wider Angle. It was released to critical acclaim, described by The Times as "one of the most moving pieces of electronic music ever".
Wide Angle (TV series) Wide Angle is a weekly one-hour PBS series hosted by Bill Moyers and broadcast via the WNET PBS station since 2002. The show prides itself in covering international affairs and its motto is "Six billion people.
Wide Area Augmentation System The Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) is an extremely accurate navigation system developed for civil aviation by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a division of the United States Department of Transportation (DOT). The system augments the Global Positioning System (or GPS) to provide the additional accuracy, integrity, and availability necessary to enable users to rely on GPS for all phases of flight, from en route through GLS approach for all qualified airports within the WAAS coverage area.
Wide Area Tracking System The Wide Area Tracking System (WATS) is a prototype wireless sensor network for detecting a ground-based nuclear device such as a nuclear "briefcase bomb." WATS is presently being developed at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory] ([[LLNL).
Wide Awake (song) Wide Awake is the tenth song featured on Audioslave's third studio album, "Revelations". The song was written about the slow response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 by the United States government and President George W.
Wide Awake Bored Wide Awake Bored is Treble Charger's fourth album, released in April 24, 2001 (see 2001 in music). "Brand New Low," "American Psycho," and "Business" had their music videos, and some notable radio airplay.
Wide Awake Club Wide Awake Club (often abbreviated to WAC) was a highly successful children's television series broadcast in the United Kingdom on ITV's breakfast franchise TV-am between 1984 and 1989. It was presented by Timmy Mallett, Michaela Strachan, Tommy Boyd, James Baker and Arabella Warner - all newcomers to television, except Boyd who had previously presented Magpie.
Wide Awake Parade The Wide Awake Parade was formed in 1860 by Republicans in the Northern states to help nominate Abraham Lincoln as the President of the United States. As Abraham Lincoln’s ideas of abolishing slavery grew, so did his supporters.
Wide boy The term "wide boy" first appeared during the Second World War in the United Kingdom. Some enterprising people took it upon themselves to exploit rationing and do deals with American servicemen to supply locals with much needed luxuries like chocolate and nylons.
Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 The Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) is a camera installed on the Hubble Space Telescope. It was installed by servicing mission 1 (STS-61) in 1993, replacing the telescope's original Wide Field and Planetary Camera (WF/PC).
Wide Field Infrared Explorer The Wide Field Infrared Explorer (WIRE) was launched in 1999 and intended to be a four-month infrared survey of the entire sky, specifically focusing on starburst galaxies and luminous protogalaxies. Unfortunately, a malfunction caused its dust cover to eject while the satellite was pointed at the sun, and all the coolant necessary for the operation of the infrared detectors to boil off.
Wide Gauge Wide Gauge was an early model railway and toy train rail gauge, introduced in the United States in 1906 by Lionel Corporation. As it was a toy standard, rather than a scale modeling standard, the actual scale of wide gauge locomotives and rolling stock varied.
Wide chord A wide chord fan engine is a term to describe the big fan in the inlet of a modern jet engine. In aviation terms, the meaning of "chord" is the line from the front (leading egde) of an aerofoil to the rear (trailing egde).
Wide leg jeans Wide leg jeans were a boys style of clothing popularized in the mid-to-late 1990s by boys trying to achieve an "alternative" style. The quintessential brand of wide leg jeans was JNCO, though other youth-oriented clothing companies manufactured them as well.
Wide local excision A wide local excision (WLE) is a surgical procedure to remove a small area of diseased or problematic tissue with a margin of normal tissue. This procedure is commonly performed on the breast and to skin lesions, but can be used on any area of the body.
Wide Mouth Frog protocol The Wide Mouth Frog protocol is a computer network authentication protocol designed for use on insecure networks (the Internet for example). It allows individuals communicating over a network to prove their identity to each other while also preventing eavesdropping or replay attacks, and provides for detection of modification and the prevention of unauthorized reading.
Wide Mouth Mason Wide Mouth Mason (WMM) is an R&B based, modern pop/rock, power trio, reminiscent of a modern day combination of trios such as The Experience, The Police, and Nirvana. Comprised of Shaun Verreault (vocals, guitar), Safwan Javed (percussion, vocals), and Earl Pereira (bass, vocals), the band Wide Mouth Mason creates music that transcends the easy labels of music media and instead lays ground for a sound that is wholly the band and best heard live.
Wide open throttle Wide open throttle (WOT) refers to an internal combustion engine's maximum intake of air and fuel that occurs when the throttle plates inside the carburetor or throttle body are "wide open", providing the least resistance to the incoming air. In the case of an automobile, WOT is when the accelerator depressed fully.
Wide outside lane A wide outside lane (WOL), sometimes known as a wide curb lane (WCL), is a term used by cyclists and bicycle transportation planners to refer to an outside lane of a roadway that is wide enough to be safely shared side by side by a bicycle and a wider motor vehicle at the same time. Generally, the minimum width standard for a WOL is 14 feet (4.
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