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Zechariah (Hebrew prophet) Zechariah or Zecharya (זְכַרְיָה "Renowned/Remembered of/is the LORD", Standard Hebrew , Tiberian Hebrew ) was a person in the Bible Old Testament and Jewish Tanakh. He was the author of the Book of Zechariah.
Zechariah (priest) According to the Gospel of Luke, Zechariah (Zacharias in the King James Version of the Bible) was a priest of the line of Abijah, during the reign of King Herod the Great, and was the father of John the Baptist and husband of Elizabeth, a woman from the priestly family of Aaron. The parentage of John the Baptist is not recorded in the Gospel of John or anywhere in the Synoptic Gospels, except for Luke.
Zechariah Mendel ben Aryeh Leib Zechariah Mendel ben Aryeh Leib (18th century) (Hebrew: זכריה ×ž× ×“×ś בן ×ריה ליב) was a Galician and German preacher and scholar born at Podhaice in the early part of the 18th century. He died at Frankfort-on-the-Oder Dec.
Zechariah Mendel ben Aryeh Leib of Cracow Zechariah Mendel ben Aryeh Leib (18th century) (Hebrew: זכריה ×ž× ×“×ś בן ×ריה ליב) was a Polish Talmudist, native of Cracow, and in later life chief rabbi and head of the yeshibah at Belz, Galicia. He was the author of Be'er Heáąeb (alternatively, Beer Haitiv), a well-known commentary on the Shulhan Aruk, Yoreh De'ah, and Ḥoshen Mishpaáą (first edition of the first part, Amsterdam, 1754; of the second, ib.
Zechariah of Israel Zechariah (spelled Zachariah in the King James Version of the Bible) was a king of the ancient Kingdom of Israel, and son of Jeroboam II. His name in Hebrew (זכריה) means "remembered by the Lord".
Zecharias Frankel Zecharias Frankel (30 September, 1801–13 February 1875) was a Bohemian-German rabbi and a historian who studied the historical development of Judaism. He was born in Prague and died in Breslau (modern day Wrocław).
Zechs Merquise In the series Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Zechs Merquise (German 6 [sechs], pronounced "Zex Mar-keys", but in Japanese,ă‚Ľă‚Żă‚ąă»ăžăĽă‚ă‚ą like "Zex Mar-kiss"), is a legendary Mobile Suit pilot, belonging to the OZ Faction. Renowned for his amazing skills in combat, his exploits earned him the title of the Lightning Count.
Zechstein Zechstein (German either from mine stone or tough stone) is a geological formation of Late Permian (Guadalupian and Lopingian) age located in the European Permian Basin which stretches from the East Coast of England to Northern Poland. It was formerly referred to as the Zechstein epoch of the Permian Age, although this is now obsolete.
Zeibekiko Zeibekiko (Greek: ζεϊμπÎκικο, Turkish: Zeybek) is an improvisational folk dance in Greece and Turkey. Its name comes from the Zeybek, which was the name of a kind of Asia Minor mountain warriors at the west coast of Asia Minor.
Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein (born 26 January 1964) is Jordan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and was an official candidate to succeed Kofi Annan as Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Zeidae The Zeidae (named after Zeus, the supreme god of Greek mythology) are a family of large, showy, deep-bodied zeiform marine fish—the "true dories". Found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Ocean, the family contains just five species in two genera.
Zeif Zeif is a political state in the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. It is situated in the Baklunish Basin region of the Flanaess, on the southern shores of the Drawmidj Ocean.
Zeil The Zeil is the most famous road in Frankfurt, Germany and Germany's most trafficed shopping street. The main part of the road is a pedestrian area and is bordered by two large plazas, Hauptwache in the West and Konstablerwache in the East.
Zeil am Main Zeil am Main is a town in the HaĂźberge district in Lower Franconia, an area in the federal state of Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Main, 7 km east of HaĂźfurt, 24 km northwest of Bamberg, and 25 km east of Schweinfurt.
Zeiram ZĐIĐŻAM (ゼイă©ă , Zeiramu) is a 1991 Japanese live-action movie in which the beautiful bounty hunter from another planet named Iria (YĹ«ko Moriyama) comes to Earth to do battle with Zeiram, an immortal alien creature with a strangely shaped head which resembles a wide-brimmed hat. Along with two ordinary Japanese electricians, she and Zeiram become trapped in an artificial dimension called the Zone, and have only a limited amount of time to finish their battle.
Zeisel determination The Zeisel determination or Zeisel test is a chemical test for the presence of esters or ethers in a chemical substance. In a qualitative test a sample is first reacted with a mixture of acetic acid and hydriodic acid in a test tube.
Zeism Zeism is any condition attributed to excessive use of maize (corn) in the diet, such as pellagra, because maize is low in zinc, niacin and tryptophan, and the limited niacin found in maize is not assimilated in the intestinal tract unless it has been treated with alkalis, as in the preparation of tortillas. A type of pellagra attributed to amino acid imbalance is common in India among persons who eat a millet with a high leucine content.
Zeiss The Carl Zeiss company is a German manufacturer of optical systems, industrial measurements and medical devices originally founded in Jena in 1846 by Carl Zeiss, Ernst Abbe and Otto Schott. Due to the results of World War II there are currently two parts,
Zeiss formula In photographic optics, the so-called Zeiss formula is sometimes said to be used for computing a circle of confusion (CoC) criterion for depth of field (DOF) calculations. The formula is c = d/1730, where d is the diagonal measure of a camera format, film, sensor, or print, and c the maximum acceptable diameter of the circle of confusion.
Zeiss Sonnar The Sonnar is a photographic lens design originally patented by Carl Zeiss, notable for its relatively light weight, simple design and fast aperture. The name "Sonnar" is derived from the German word "sonne", meaning sun.
Zeit der Schwerter Zeit der Schwerter is a German medieval reenactment umbrella group founded by several groups from the Rhine-Ruhr region in 2005 in an effort to organise larger reenactment events across Germany and promote a safe ruleset for live steel semi-contact sparring.
Zeit Wissen Zeit Wissen is a bi-monthly magazine spun off from, and published by, the German newspaper Die Zeit. Zeit Wissen frequently is compared to the American publication Wired, in that it covers the "cutting edge" of such diverse topics as technology, science, history, fashion, modern lifestyles, avant-garde art, photography, health, and even food.
Zeitgeber Zeitgeber (from German for "time giver") is any external (exogenous) cue that entrains the internal (endogenous) time keeping system of organisms. The strongest Zeitgeber, for both plants and animals, is light.
Zeitgeist (comics) Zeitgeist (Axel Cluney) is a fictional mutant character and superhero in the Marvel Comics Universe, a member of the second team of X-Force. Zeitgeist was created by Peter Milligan (writer) and Mike Allred (artist).
Zeitschrift fĂĽr instrumentenbau The Zeitschrift fĂĽr Instrumentenbau was a German-language journal dealing in large part with the manufacture of musical instruments. It was published in Leipzig from 1880 through 1943 and serves as a chronicler of the musical world and as an intelligent reporter on some of the more technical aspects of instrument development.
Zeitschrift fĂĽr Instrumentenbau The Zeitschrift fĂĽr Instrumentenbau ("ZfI") was a German-language journal dealing in large part with the manufacture of musical instruments. It was published in Leipzig from 1880 through 1943 and serves as a chronicler of the musical world and as an intelligent reporter on some of the more technical aspects of instrument development.
Zeitschrift fĂĽr Physikalische Chemie Zeitschrift fĂĽr Physikalische Chemie is a German publication transliterated as "International journal of research in physical chemistry and chemical physics". It covers the latest developments and research in the field of physical chemistry including electrochemistry and thermodynamics.
Zeitun Resistance The Armenian militia of Hunchaks (Social Democrat Hunchakian Party) of the city Zeitun (Süleymanlı) had resisted on two armed conflicts, first between August 30-December 1, 1914 and second on March 25, 1915 to the Ottoman Empire.
Zeke Bonura Henry John (Zeke) Bonura (September 20, 1908 - March 9, 1987) was a first baseman in Major League Baseball. From 1934 through 1940, he played for the Chicago White Sox (1934-1937), Washington Senators (1938, 1940 [start]), New York Giants (1939) and Chicago Cubs (1940[end]).
Zeke Jones Zeke Jones is an American sport wrestler who won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics and was the Head Coach of the 2004 US Olympic Freestyle Wrestling Team. He was an All-American from Arizona State University and he was on a NCAA Championship team and coached by famed Bobby Douglas.
Zeke Kinski Ezekiel 'Zeke' Kinski is a fictional character on the Australian soap Neighbours, and is played by Matthew Werkmeister. He first appeared in late 2005 along with his sister, Rachel Kinski and currently remains on the show.
Zeki MĂĽren Zeki MĂĽren (1931-1996) was a prominent Turkish singer and composer,for many regarded as even the best ever. He was famous for his compelling voice and precise articulation in his singing of both established Turkish classical music and contemporary songs.
Zeki Sezer Zeki Sezer is a Turkish politician and the new leader of Democratic Left Party (Demokratik Sol Parti, DSP), he was elected in the 6th extraordinary party congress in 2004 after the resignation of BĂĽlent Ecevit.
Zektzerite The mineral Zektzerite is a member of the tuhualite group and was first found in 1966 from the Willow creek basin below Silver Star mountain in the agpaitic granite phase of the Golden horn batholith, Okanogan county Washington by Bart Cannon of Seattle Washington. It is named for Jack Zektzer of Seattle Washington who first recognized that the mineral was unknown.
Zelalem Mekuria Zelalem Mekuria is an Ethiopian songwriter, lyricist and record producer who has worked with a long list of Ethiopian musicians. He has provided lyrics or melodies for Alemayehu Eshete, Mahmoud Ahmed, Ephrem Tamiru, Kennedy Mengesha, Marta Ashagre, Netsanet Melese, Kuku Sebesebe, Aregahegene Worashe, Woubishet Fisseha, Tesegaye Eshetu, Haileye Tadesse, Madingo Aferwork, and many more.
Zelda (turkey) Zelda is a female wild turkey that has lived in New York's Battery Park since mid-2003. It is presumed that she entered Manhattan's north end from the Bronx and then journeyed south (downtown), as during spring 2003 there were several turkey sightings in Manhattan at points progressively further south, all prior to Zelda's taking up residence in the park.
Zelda and The Unibrows Zelda and the Unibrows, sometimes known as Zatu, is an American Electronic band. Formed by longtime friends Joe Krause and Paul Szewczyk, who have known each other since the third grade, Zelda and The Unibrows is known for their unique incorporation of new age, electronica, and classical music.
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is a video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), and the second title in the Legend of Zelda series of video games. It was originally released in Japan on the Famicom Disk System less than a year after the release of the original Legend of Zelda, and converted to the NES cartridge format when released in the United States and other countries in 1988.
Zelda Van Gutters Zelda Van Gutters is a fictional dog who serves as the mascot of Nickelodeon Magazine. She was originally listed on the masthead as the magazine's Office Manager, and was later "promoted" to "Roving Reporter", in which her job is to "sniff out good stories".
Zelda Williams Zelda Ray Williams (born July 31, 1989) is an American actress and the daughter of Robin Williams. Her first big role was that of Melissa, the main character's teenage love interest in the 2004 film House of D.
Zelda's Adventure Zelda's Adventure is a video game developed by Viridis and released for the Philips CD-i in 1994. It is a semi-sequel to Link: The Faces of Evil and Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon, both released on the same day a year before.
Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon is a video game developed by Animation Magic and released for the Philips CD-i in 1993, on the same day as Link: The Faces of Evil. A follow-up to both games, Zelda's Adventure, arrived in 1994.
Zelenaši Zelenaši (Greens) were a group of rebels that existed from 1918 - 1945 in Montenegro, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, which supported the Montenegrin House of Petrović-Njegoš over the House of Karađorđević of Serbia.
Zelenchukskaya Zelenchukskaya (Russian: ЗеленчŃĐşŃкая) is the Caucasus Mountains site of the Special Astrophysical Observatory (Специальная ĐŃтрофизичеŃкая ОбŃерватория) of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Zelenchuk itself is a small village around 40 km distant; the majority of the science staff live at the purpose-built town of Nizhniy Arkhyz (Нижний Đрхыз).
Zeleni Venac Zeleni Venac or colloquially Zelenjak (Serbian Cyrillic: Зелени Венац or Зелењак) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the Belgrade's municipalities of Savski Venac (major part) and Stari Grad.
Zelenogorsk, Saint Petersburg Zelenogorsk () is a town under jurisdiction of Saint Petersburg, Russia, located in part of the Karelian Isthmus on the shore of the Gulf of Finland. It is located about fifty kilometers northwest of central Saint Petersburg.
Zelenograd Zelenograd (, lit. Green City) is a city with special status within Moscow, Russia, which, along with the territories and settlements under its jurisdiction, forms one of the administrative okrugs of MoscowLaw of the city of Moscow #13-47 of July 5, 1995 On Territorial Division of the City of Moscow with subsequent amendments (called "City of Zelenograd").
Zelia Nuttall Zelia Maria Magdalena Nuttall (September 6, 1857 – April 12, 1933) was an American archaeologist and anthropologist who specialised in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican manuscripts and the pre-Aztec culture in Mexico. She traced the Mixtec codex now called the Codex Zouche-Nuttall and wrote the introduction to its first facsimile publication (Peabody Museum, Harvard), 1902.
Zeliard Zeliard is a platform video game developed and published by Game Arts in 1987 in Japan, and re-published in 1990 by Sierra Entertainment in Europe and North America. In Zeliard, the player controls a knight named Duke Garland, whose task is to save the Kingdom of Zeliard by destroying the evil overlord Jashiin, and recovering the magic jewels called Nine Tears of Esmesanti.
Zelie Thompson Zelie Thompson is an Australian stuntwoman who trains her own horses for her trick riding stunts. She took part, as a trick rider, in the musical theatre production "The Man From Snowy River: Arena Spectacular".
Zelig Kalmanovich Zelig Hirsch Kalmanovich (1885, Goldingen (Kuldiga) - 1944, Narva) was a Litvak Jewish philologist, translator, historian, and community archivist of the early 20th century. He was a renowned scholar of Yiddish.
Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev Zelimkhan Abdumuslimovich Yanderbiyev or Yandarbiyev (Russian: Зелимхан ĐбдŃĐĽŃŃлимович Яндарбиев) (September 12, 1952 – February 13, 2004) was an acting president of the breakaway Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (1996-1997).
Zelinskiy (crater) Zelinksy is a lunar crater that is located on the far side of the Moon. It lies nestled along the northern edge of Mare Ingenii, with the oddly-shaped Van de Graff crater along the east rim and the lava-flooded Thomson crater within a crater diameter to the south.
Zellig Harris Zellig Sabbetai Harris (October 23, 1909 - May 22, 1992) was a Russian-American linguist, mathematical syntactician, and methodologist of science. Originally a Semiticist, he is best known for his work in structural linguistics and discourse analysis and for the discovery of transformational structure in language, all achieved in the first 10 years of his career and published within the first 25.
Zellweger off-peak Zellweger is the brand-name of an electric switching device used to switch off-peak electrical loads, such as off-peak hot water, on and off. Power stations transmit an ripple(electrical) on the main transmission lines when off-peak rates start (often around 10pm).
Zelma Davis Zelma Davis is a Liberian singer who rose to fame as one of the featured vocalists for C&C Music Factory. She appeared in the video for C&C's #1 Hot 100 hit "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" where she lip synced to Martha Wash's vocals.
Zelman Cowen Sir Zelman Cowen AK GCMG GCVO QC (born 7 October 1919), 19th Governor-General of Australia, was born in Melbourne. He was educated at the University of Melbourne, and served in the Royal Australian Navy during World War II.
Zelman Passov Zelman Isaevich Passov Зельман ĐŃаевич ПаŃŃов (1905, Staraya Russa, Russia - 15 February 1940) headed the Soviet foreign intelligence service, then part of the NKVD from June to November 1938, when he was arrested. He was executed a year and a half later.
Zelph Zelph is a minor figure in Mormon history. In May and June of 1834, Joseph Smith, the Mormon prophet, led a group of Mormon brethren (known as Zion's Camp) on a march from Kirtland, Ohio to Jackson County, Missouri.
Zemaituka The Zemaitukas or the Zhumd is a pony breed originally from Lithuania. The origin is not exactly known, but most believe the Zhimd to be related to the Konik from Poland, most probably descended from the Tarpan.
Zemax Zemax is a commercial optical design software designed and written by Ken Moore and has been in development since the 1980s. Zemax has two basic operational modes, sequential ray tracing and non-sequential mode, which can perform multi-bounce raytracing of general objects placed in 3D.
Zemen Knoll Zemen Knoll (Zemenska Mogila 'ze-men-ska mo-'gi-la) is a peak of 453m in the Vidin Heights, Livingston Island, Antarctica. The knoll overlooks Kaliakra Glacier to the southeast, and Saedinenie Snowfield to the northwest and west.
Zemene Mesafint The Zemene Mesafint (or "Era of the Princes") was a period in Ethiopian history when the country was rent by conflicts between warlords, the Emperor was reduced to little more than a figurehead confined to the capital city of Gondar, and both society and culture stagnated. Religious conflict both within the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and with Ethiopian Muslims were often used as the pretext for the powerful to battle each other.
Zemfira Zemfira Talgatovna Ramazanova (, born 26 August 1976 in Ufa) is the leader and lead vocalist of the Russian rock group "Zemfira" (Zемфира, formerly Земфира). The group was formed in 1998 and has been immensely popular in Russia and other former Soviet republics.
Zemgale Zemgale, also known under Latinized names Semigalia or Semigallia (; ; ) is an historical region of Latvia, sometimes also including a part of Lithuania. The region takes its name from the Baltic people known as Semigallians.
Zemgor Zemgor ( or Объединённый комитет ЗемŃкого Ńоюза и Союза городов; literally United Committee of the Union of Zemstvos and the Union of Towns) was a Russian organization created in 1915 to help the Government in their World War I effort. The Chairman of the Committee was Prince Georgy L'vov, a representative of the Constitutional Democratic party.
Zemirot Zemirot (זמירות) (singular: zemer) are Jewish hymns, usually sung in the Hebrew or Aramaic languages, but sometimes also in Yiddish or Ladino. The best known zemirot are those sung around the table during on Shabbat (the Jewish Sabbath) and Jewish holidays.
Zemla Intifada The Zemla Intifada (Intifada means uprising) is the name used by the Algeria backed Polisario movement for the disturbances of June 17, 1970, which culminated in a massacre by Spanish forces in the Zemla quarters of El-Aaiun, Western Sahara (then Spanish Sahara).
Zemstvo Zemstvo (Russian: ЗемŃтво) was a form of local government instituted during the great liberal reforms performed in Imperial Russia by Alexander II of Russia. The idea of zemstvo was elaborated by Nikolay Milyutin and the first zemstvo laws were promulgated in 1864.
Zen Zen is a form of Mahayana Buddhism that places great importance on moment-by-moment awareness and 'seeing deeply into the nature of things' by direct experience. An introduction to Zen Buddhism By Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki (page 31)
Zen (orchestra) Zen is a Portuguese rock orchestra. Their style is a mixture of hard rock, noise rock, and funk and is characterized by dynamic bass figures and tight guitar riffs which are marked by a unique equilibrium between noisy distortion and a clean pure sound.
Zen and the Art of Mayhem Zen and the Art of Mayhem is a generic role-playing game system designed to simulate anime, tokusatsu, and action genre worlds. The core rules systems could be considered a balance between detail and ease of use.
Zen Alligators The Zen Alligators were a short lived rhythm and blues outfit that arose out of the ashes of Horslips. Fronted by two ex-Horslips, guitarist and vocalist Johnny Fean and drummer Eamon Carr, they were joined by bass player Gary Eglington and Philip Fay on guitar.
Zen Gesner Zen Gesner is an American television and movie actor. He is most recognized for his roles as "Sinbad" in the syndicated television series The Adventures of Sinbad, and as a regular cast member on the ABC daytime drama All My Children.
Zen Mountain Monastery The Zen Mountain Monastery is a Zen Buddhist monastery and training center on a 250 acre forested property in the Catskill Mountains in Mount Tremper, New York. It was founded in 1980 by John Daido Loori, Roshi, and serves as the flagship of the Mountains and Rivers Order of Zen Buddhism, also founded by Daido Roshi in 1980.
Zen of Screaming The Zen of Screaming is an instructional DVD by Melissa Cross. It helps singers learn how to strengthen their bodies so they can growl or scream like famous metal bands like Shadows Fall and earlier albums of Blindside.
Zen of Sudoku Zen of Sudoku is a Sudoku based computer game developed by Charlie Cleveland of Unknown Worlds Entertainment and released on June 20, 2006. Although the casual games market is not the intended direction of Unknown Worlds, or of Cleveland, Zen of Sudoku was produced in order to generate revenue towards funding Natural Selection 2, a sequel to the original Natural Selection modification for Half-Life.
Zen Shiatsu Zen Shiatsu is a derivative form of the Japanese therapy Shiatsu, and is particularly popular in the United Kingdom and United States. It was developed by Shizuto Masunaga, a graduate of the Japan Shiatsu College who published a book entitled Shiatsu in 1974.
Zen the Intergalactic Ninja Zen the Intergalactic Ninja is a comic book that was created in 1987 by Steve Stern and Dan Cote and initially published under their Zen Comics imprint. In the early nineties Zen was licensed to Archie Comics, and then to Entity Comics.
Zen Teacher/Zen Master Philip Yampolksy, in his book "The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch," states that "Once Ch'an began to be organized into an independent sect, it required a history and tradition which could provide it with the respectability already possessed by the longer-established Buddhist schools. In the manufacture of this history, accuracy was not a consideration; a tradition traceable to the Indian Patriarchs was the objective.
Zen Theosophy Zen Theosophy is a school of Theosophical thought which focuses on psychology, esoteric science, and meditation. Bearing no official ties with the Theosophical Society, it was founded in the 1970s in the Netherlands, and then traveled to the United States and Canada.
Zena Timber Zena Timber is a 2000-acre (8 km²) FSC-certified forest in the Eola Hills west of Salem, Oregon, United States. It produces primarily raw logs of Douglas Fir, Oregon white oak, Oregon Big Leaf Maple, Grand Fir and Cherry.
Zena Tsarfin Zena Tsarfin first broke into the publishing industry as an intern for the magazine High Times at the tender age of 19 and despite that still managed to graduate cum laude with dual degrees in Journalism and Political Science from Brooklyn College.
Zena, Oregon Zena is a former community (considered a ghost town) approximately 10 miles northwest of Salem, Oregon, United States, in Polk County. The community was established in 1858 was originally called "Spring Valley".
Zenaga language Zenaga (autonym Tuḍḍungiyya) is a Berber language spoken by some 200 to 300 people (Ethnologue estimate, 1998) between Mederdra and the Atlantic coast in southwestern Mauritania. The language shares its basic structure with other Berber languages, but specific details are quite different; in fact, it is probably the most divergent surviving Berber language, with a significantly different sound system made even more distant by sound changes such as l > dj and kh > k, as well as a difficult to explain profusion of glottal stops.
Zenana Zenana (Persian/Urdu: زنانه, Hindi: ज़ेनाना) refers to the part of a house in South Asian countries such as India and Pakistan reserved for the women of the household. The Zenana is the apartments of an Eastern house in which the women of the family are secluded.
Zenata The Zenata are one of the main divisions of the medieval Berbers, along with Senhaja and Masmuda. They were traditionally nomads whose main home was the Middle Maghreb, an area stretching, roughly speaking, from the Rif to Chlef.
Zenati languages The Zenati languages include 12 (SIL estimate) languages and dialects spoken in North Africa; this language group is a part of the Northern Berber language family. Each subgroup in this list contains individual languages.
Zend Engine The Zend Engine is an open source scripting engine also called SuperZello, from the name of the SuperHacker Dany & le Verzellone - (a Virtual Machine), commonly known for the important role it plays in hacking and spoofing around with bncs but also for the web automation language PHP. It was originally developed by Andi Gutmans and Zeev Suraski while they were students at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.
Zend Framework Zend Framework is a new open source effort aimed at producing a high-quality framework for developing modern, robust, secure web applications and web services in PHP 5. Currently it is in preview (or pre-alpha) release, with a version of 0.
Zendehrood Zendehrood (live river) (in persian: زنده رŮŘŻ) is the old name of Zayandeh Rud. The largest river in the central plateau of Iran called Zayandeh Rud, passing through Isfahan province, creates many impressive sighs.
Zendian Problem The Zendian Problem was a series of problems in traffic analysis and cryptanalysis devised by Lambros D. Callimahos as part of a course taught to National Security Agency cryptanalysts, whose graduates became members of the Dundee Society.
Zendo (game) Zendo is a game of inductive logic designed by Kory Heath in which one player (the Master) creates a rule for structures (koans) to follow, and the other players (the Students) try to discover it by building and studying various koans which follow or break the rule. The first student to correctly state the rule wins.
Zendstation Smilde Zendstation Smilde is a tall, free-standing structure, similar to the Gerbrandy Tower and was built for directional radio services and TV and FM-transmissions in 1959 in the Netherlands. Its base is an 80 metre high reinforced concrete tower, on which a guyed mast is mounted.
Zendstation Ugchelen Zendstation Ugchelen is the designation of a facility for FM- and TV-broadcasting at Ugchelen, Netherlands. Zendstation Ugchelen uses as transmission tower a 142 metre high free standing lattice tower built in 1959.
Zenebas Empire The Zenebas Empire (later destroyed then recreated as the Neo-Zenebas Empire) is a fictional nation from the Zoids universe. The spelling Zenevas is considered to be equally valid, but is used less in official material.
Zenebework Woizero Zenebework was the wife of Wossen Seged, Meridazmach of Shewa; the mother of King Sahle Selassie, the first Negus of Shewa; the grandmother of King Haile Melekot of Shewa; and the great-grandmother of Emperor Menelik II. Woizero Zenebework held the powerful districts of Menz and Tegulet as her personal fiefs.
Zener card Zener cards are cards used to conduct experiments for extra-sensory perception (ESP), most often clairvoyance. Perceptual psychologist Karl Zener designed the cards in the early 1930s for experiments conducted with his colleague, parapsychologist J.
Zener diode A Zener diode is a type of diode that permits current to flow in the forward direction like a normal diode, but also in the reverse direction if the voltage is larger (not equal to, but larger) than the rated breakdown voltage known as "Zener knee voltage" or "Zener voltage".
Zener pinning Zener pinning is the influence of a dispersion of fine particles on the movement of low- and high angle grain boundaries through a polycrystalline material. Small particles act to prevent the motion of such boundaries by exerting a pinning pressure which conteracts the driving force pushing the boundaries.
Zechariah (priest) According to the Gospel of Luke, Zechariah (Zacharias in the King James Version of the Bible) was a priest of the line of Abijah, during the reign of King Herod the Great, and was the father of John the Baptist and husband of Elizabeth, a woman from the priestly family of Aaron. The parentage of John the Baptist is not recorded in the Gospel of John or anywhere in the Synoptic Gospels, except for Luke.
Zechariah Mendel ben Aryeh Leib Zechariah Mendel ben Aryeh Leib (18th century) (Hebrew: זכריה ×ž× ×“×ś בן ×ריה ליב) was a Galician and German preacher and scholar born at Podhaice in the early part of the 18th century. He died at Frankfort-on-the-Oder Dec.
Zechariah Mendel ben Aryeh Leib of Cracow Zechariah Mendel ben Aryeh Leib (18th century) (Hebrew: זכריה ×ž× ×“×ś בן ×ריה ליב) was a Polish Talmudist, native of Cracow, and in later life chief rabbi and head of the yeshibah at Belz, Galicia. He was the author of Be'er Heáąeb (alternatively, Beer Haitiv), a well-known commentary on the Shulhan Aruk, Yoreh De'ah, and Ḥoshen Mishpaáą (first edition of the first part, Amsterdam, 1754; of the second, ib.
Zechariah of Israel Zechariah (spelled Zachariah in the King James Version of the Bible) was a king of the ancient Kingdom of Israel, and son of Jeroboam II. His name in Hebrew (זכריה) means "remembered by the Lord".
Zecharias Frankel Zecharias Frankel (30 September, 1801–13 February 1875) was a Bohemian-German rabbi and a historian who studied the historical development of Judaism. He was born in Prague and died in Breslau (modern day Wrocław).
Zechs Merquise In the series Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Zechs Merquise (German 6 [sechs], pronounced "Zex Mar-keys", but in Japanese,ă‚Ľă‚Żă‚ąă»ăžăĽă‚ă‚ą like "Zex Mar-kiss"), is a legendary Mobile Suit pilot, belonging to the OZ Faction. Renowned for his amazing skills in combat, his exploits earned him the title of the Lightning Count.
Zechstein Zechstein (German either from mine stone or tough stone) is a geological formation of Late Permian (Guadalupian and Lopingian) age located in the European Permian Basin which stretches from the East Coast of England to Northern Poland. It was formerly referred to as the Zechstein epoch of the Permian Age, although this is now obsolete.
Zeibekiko Zeibekiko (Greek: ζεϊμπÎκικο, Turkish: Zeybek) is an improvisational folk dance in Greece and Turkey. Its name comes from the Zeybek, which was the name of a kind of Asia Minor mountain warriors at the west coast of Asia Minor.
Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein (born 26 January 1964) is Jordan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and was an official candidate to succeed Kofi Annan as Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Zeidae The Zeidae (named after Zeus, the supreme god of Greek mythology) are a family of large, showy, deep-bodied zeiform marine fish—the "true dories". Found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Ocean, the family contains just five species in two genera.
Zeif Zeif is a political state in the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. It is situated in the Baklunish Basin region of the Flanaess, on the southern shores of the Drawmidj Ocean.
Zeil The Zeil is the most famous road in Frankfurt, Germany and Germany's most trafficed shopping street. The main part of the road is a pedestrian area and is bordered by two large plazas, Hauptwache in the West and Konstablerwache in the East.
Zeil am Main Zeil am Main is a town in the HaĂźberge district in Lower Franconia, an area in the federal state of Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Main, 7 km east of HaĂźfurt, 24 km northwest of Bamberg, and 25 km east of Schweinfurt.
Zeiram ZĐIĐŻAM (ゼイă©ă , Zeiramu) is a 1991 Japanese live-action movie in which the beautiful bounty hunter from another planet named Iria (YĹ«ko Moriyama) comes to Earth to do battle with Zeiram, an immortal alien creature with a strangely shaped head which resembles a wide-brimmed hat. Along with two ordinary Japanese electricians, she and Zeiram become trapped in an artificial dimension called the Zone, and have only a limited amount of time to finish their battle.
Zeisel determination The Zeisel determination or Zeisel test is a chemical test for the presence of esters or ethers in a chemical substance. In a qualitative test a sample is first reacted with a mixture of acetic acid and hydriodic acid in a test tube.
Zeism Zeism is any condition attributed to excessive use of maize (corn) in the diet, such as pellagra, because maize is low in zinc, niacin and tryptophan, and the limited niacin found in maize is not assimilated in the intestinal tract unless it has been treated with alkalis, as in the preparation of tortillas. A type of pellagra attributed to amino acid imbalance is common in India among persons who eat a millet with a high leucine content.
Zeiss The Carl Zeiss company is a German manufacturer of optical systems, industrial measurements and medical devices originally founded in Jena in 1846 by Carl Zeiss, Ernst Abbe and Otto Schott. Due to the results of World War II there are currently two parts,
Zeiss formula In photographic optics, the so-called Zeiss formula is sometimes said to be used for computing a circle of confusion (CoC) criterion for depth of field (DOF) calculations. The formula is c = d/1730, where d is the diagonal measure of a camera format, film, sensor, or print, and c the maximum acceptable diameter of the circle of confusion.
Zeiss Sonnar The Sonnar is a photographic lens design originally patented by Carl Zeiss, notable for its relatively light weight, simple design and fast aperture. The name "Sonnar" is derived from the German word "sonne", meaning sun.
Zeit der Schwerter Zeit der Schwerter is a German medieval reenactment umbrella group founded by several groups from the Rhine-Ruhr region in 2005 in an effort to organise larger reenactment events across Germany and promote a safe ruleset for live steel semi-contact sparring.
Zeit Wissen Zeit Wissen is a bi-monthly magazine spun off from, and published by, the German newspaper Die Zeit. Zeit Wissen frequently is compared to the American publication Wired, in that it covers the "cutting edge" of such diverse topics as technology, science, history, fashion, modern lifestyles, avant-garde art, photography, health, and even food.
Zeitgeber Zeitgeber (from German for "time giver") is any external (exogenous) cue that entrains the internal (endogenous) time keeping system of organisms. The strongest Zeitgeber, for both plants and animals, is light.
Zeitgeist (comics) Zeitgeist (Axel Cluney) is a fictional mutant character and superhero in the Marvel Comics Universe, a member of the second team of X-Force. Zeitgeist was created by Peter Milligan (writer) and Mike Allred (artist).
Zeitschrift fĂĽr instrumentenbau The Zeitschrift fĂĽr Instrumentenbau was a German-language journal dealing in large part with the manufacture of musical instruments. It was published in Leipzig from 1880 through 1943 and serves as a chronicler of the musical world and as an intelligent reporter on some of the more technical aspects of instrument development.
Zeitschrift fĂĽr Instrumentenbau The Zeitschrift fĂĽr Instrumentenbau ("ZfI") was a German-language journal dealing in large part with the manufacture of musical instruments. It was published in Leipzig from 1880 through 1943 and serves as a chronicler of the musical world and as an intelligent reporter on some of the more technical aspects of instrument development.
Zeitschrift fĂĽr Physikalische Chemie Zeitschrift fĂĽr Physikalische Chemie is a German publication transliterated as "International journal of research in physical chemistry and chemical physics". It covers the latest developments and research in the field of physical chemistry including electrochemistry and thermodynamics.
Zeitun Resistance The Armenian militia of Hunchaks (Social Democrat Hunchakian Party) of the city Zeitun (Süleymanlı) had resisted on two armed conflicts, first between August 30-December 1, 1914 and second on March 25, 1915 to the Ottoman Empire.
Zeke Bonura Henry John (Zeke) Bonura (September 20, 1908 - March 9, 1987) was a first baseman in Major League Baseball. From 1934 through 1940, he played for the Chicago White Sox (1934-1937), Washington Senators (1938, 1940 [start]), New York Giants (1939) and Chicago Cubs (1940[end]).
Zeke Jones Zeke Jones is an American sport wrestler who won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics and was the Head Coach of the 2004 US Olympic Freestyle Wrestling Team. He was an All-American from Arizona State University and he was on a NCAA Championship team and coached by famed Bobby Douglas.
Zeke Kinski Ezekiel 'Zeke' Kinski is a fictional character on the Australian soap Neighbours, and is played by Matthew Werkmeister. He first appeared in late 2005 along with his sister, Rachel Kinski and currently remains on the show.
Zeki MĂĽren Zeki MĂĽren (1931-1996) was a prominent Turkish singer and composer,for many regarded as even the best ever. He was famous for his compelling voice and precise articulation in his singing of both established Turkish classical music and contemporary songs.
Zeki Sezer Zeki Sezer is a Turkish politician and the new leader of Democratic Left Party (Demokratik Sol Parti, DSP), he was elected in the 6th extraordinary party congress in 2004 after the resignation of BĂĽlent Ecevit.
Zektzerite The mineral Zektzerite is a member of the tuhualite group and was first found in 1966 from the Willow creek basin below Silver Star mountain in the agpaitic granite phase of the Golden horn batholith, Okanogan county Washington by Bart Cannon of Seattle Washington. It is named for Jack Zektzer of Seattle Washington who first recognized that the mineral was unknown.
Zelalem Mekuria Zelalem Mekuria is an Ethiopian songwriter, lyricist and record producer who has worked with a long list of Ethiopian musicians. He has provided lyrics or melodies for Alemayehu Eshete, Mahmoud Ahmed, Ephrem Tamiru, Kennedy Mengesha, Marta Ashagre, Netsanet Melese, Kuku Sebesebe, Aregahegene Worashe, Woubishet Fisseha, Tesegaye Eshetu, Haileye Tadesse, Madingo Aferwork, and many more.
Zelda (turkey) Zelda is a female wild turkey that has lived in New York's Battery Park since mid-2003. It is presumed that she entered Manhattan's north end from the Bronx and then journeyed south (downtown), as during spring 2003 there were several turkey sightings in Manhattan at points progressively further south, all prior to Zelda's taking up residence in the park.
Zelda and The Unibrows Zelda and the Unibrows, sometimes known as Zatu, is an American Electronic band. Formed by longtime friends Joe Krause and Paul Szewczyk, who have known each other since the third grade, Zelda and The Unibrows is known for their unique incorporation of new age, electronica, and classical music.
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is a video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), and the second title in the Legend of Zelda series of video games. It was originally released in Japan on the Famicom Disk System less than a year after the release of the original Legend of Zelda, and converted to the NES cartridge format when released in the United States and other countries in 1988.
Zelda Van Gutters Zelda Van Gutters is a fictional dog who serves as the mascot of Nickelodeon Magazine. She was originally listed on the masthead as the magazine's Office Manager, and was later "promoted" to "Roving Reporter", in which her job is to "sniff out good stories".
Zelda Williams Zelda Ray Williams (born July 31, 1989) is an American actress and the daughter of Robin Williams. Her first big role was that of Melissa, the main character's teenage love interest in the 2004 film House of D.
Zelda's Adventure Zelda's Adventure is a video game developed by Viridis and released for the Philips CD-i in 1994. It is a semi-sequel to Link: The Faces of Evil and Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon, both released on the same day a year before.
Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon is a video game developed by Animation Magic and released for the Philips CD-i in 1993, on the same day as Link: The Faces of Evil. A follow-up to both games, Zelda's Adventure, arrived in 1994.
Zelenaši Zelenaši (Greens) were a group of rebels that existed from 1918 - 1945 in Montenegro, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, which supported the Montenegrin House of Petrović-Njegoš over the House of Karađorđević of Serbia.
Zelenchukskaya Zelenchukskaya (Russian: ЗеленчŃĐşŃкая) is the Caucasus Mountains site of the Special Astrophysical Observatory (Специальная ĐŃтрофизичеŃкая ОбŃерватория) of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Zelenchuk itself is a small village around 40 km distant; the majority of the science staff live at the purpose-built town of Nizhniy Arkhyz (Нижний Đрхыз).
Zeleni Venac Zeleni Venac or colloquially Zelenjak (Serbian Cyrillic: Зелени Венац or Зелењак) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the Belgrade's municipalities of Savski Venac (major part) and Stari Grad.
Zelenogorsk, Saint Petersburg Zelenogorsk () is a town under jurisdiction of Saint Petersburg, Russia, located in part of the Karelian Isthmus on the shore of the Gulf of Finland. It is located about fifty kilometers northwest of central Saint Petersburg.
Zelenograd Zelenograd (, lit. Green City) is a city with special status within Moscow, Russia, which, along with the territories and settlements under its jurisdiction, forms one of the administrative okrugs of MoscowLaw of the city of Moscow #13-47 of July 5, 1995 On Territorial Division of the City of Moscow with subsequent amendments (called "City of Zelenograd").
Zelia Nuttall Zelia Maria Magdalena Nuttall (September 6, 1857 – April 12, 1933) was an American archaeologist and anthropologist who specialised in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican manuscripts and the pre-Aztec culture in Mexico. She traced the Mixtec codex now called the Codex Zouche-Nuttall and wrote the introduction to its first facsimile publication (Peabody Museum, Harvard), 1902.
Zeliard Zeliard is a platform video game developed and published by Game Arts in 1987 in Japan, and re-published in 1990 by Sierra Entertainment in Europe and North America. In Zeliard, the player controls a knight named Duke Garland, whose task is to save the Kingdom of Zeliard by destroying the evil overlord Jashiin, and recovering the magic jewels called Nine Tears of Esmesanti.
Zelie Thompson Zelie Thompson is an Australian stuntwoman who trains her own horses for her trick riding stunts. She took part, as a trick rider, in the musical theatre production "The Man From Snowy River: Arena Spectacular".
Zelig Kalmanovich Zelig Hirsch Kalmanovich (1885, Goldingen (Kuldiga) - 1944, Narva) was a Litvak Jewish philologist, translator, historian, and community archivist of the early 20th century. He was a renowned scholar of Yiddish.
Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev Zelimkhan Abdumuslimovich Yanderbiyev or Yandarbiyev (Russian: Зелимхан ĐбдŃĐĽŃŃлимович Яндарбиев) (September 12, 1952 – February 13, 2004) was an acting president of the breakaway Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (1996-1997).
Zelinskiy (crater) Zelinksy is a lunar crater that is located on the far side of the Moon. It lies nestled along the northern edge of Mare Ingenii, with the oddly-shaped Van de Graff crater along the east rim and the lava-flooded Thomson crater within a crater diameter to the south.
Zellig Harris Zellig Sabbetai Harris (October 23, 1909 - May 22, 1992) was a Russian-American linguist, mathematical syntactician, and methodologist of science. Originally a Semiticist, he is best known for his work in structural linguistics and discourse analysis and for the discovery of transformational structure in language, all achieved in the first 10 years of his career and published within the first 25.
Zellweger off-peak Zellweger is the brand-name of an electric switching device used to switch off-peak electrical loads, such as off-peak hot water, on and off. Power stations transmit an ripple(electrical) on the main transmission lines when off-peak rates start (often around 10pm).
Zelma Davis Zelma Davis is a Liberian singer who rose to fame as one of the featured vocalists for C&C Music Factory. She appeared in the video for C&C's #1 Hot 100 hit "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" where she lip synced to Martha Wash's vocals.
Zelman Cowen Sir Zelman Cowen AK GCMG GCVO QC (born 7 October 1919), 19th Governor-General of Australia, was born in Melbourne. He was educated at the University of Melbourne, and served in the Royal Australian Navy during World War II.
Zelman Passov Zelman Isaevich Passov Зельман ĐŃаевич ПаŃŃов (1905, Staraya Russa, Russia - 15 February 1940) headed the Soviet foreign intelligence service, then part of the NKVD from June to November 1938, when he was arrested. He was executed a year and a half later.
Zelph Zelph is a minor figure in Mormon history. In May and June of 1834, Joseph Smith, the Mormon prophet, led a group of Mormon brethren (known as Zion's Camp) on a march from Kirtland, Ohio to Jackson County, Missouri.
Zemaituka The Zemaitukas or the Zhumd is a pony breed originally from Lithuania. The origin is not exactly known, but most believe the Zhimd to be related to the Konik from Poland, most probably descended from the Tarpan.
Zemax Zemax is a commercial optical design software designed and written by Ken Moore and has been in development since the 1980s. Zemax has two basic operational modes, sequential ray tracing and non-sequential mode, which can perform multi-bounce raytracing of general objects placed in 3D.
Zemen Knoll Zemen Knoll (Zemenska Mogila 'ze-men-ska mo-'gi-la) is a peak of 453m in the Vidin Heights, Livingston Island, Antarctica. The knoll overlooks Kaliakra Glacier to the southeast, and Saedinenie Snowfield to the northwest and west.
Zemene Mesafint The Zemene Mesafint (or "Era of the Princes") was a period in Ethiopian history when the country was rent by conflicts between warlords, the Emperor was reduced to little more than a figurehead confined to the capital city of Gondar, and both society and culture stagnated. Religious conflict both within the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and with Ethiopian Muslims were often used as the pretext for the powerful to battle each other.
Zemfira Zemfira Talgatovna Ramazanova (, born 26 August 1976 in Ufa) is the leader and lead vocalist of the Russian rock group "Zemfira" (Zемфира, formerly Земфира). The group was formed in 1998 and has been immensely popular in Russia and other former Soviet republics.
Zemgale Zemgale, also known under Latinized names Semigalia or Semigallia (; ; ) is an historical region of Latvia, sometimes also including a part of Lithuania. The region takes its name from the Baltic people known as Semigallians.
Zemgor Zemgor ( or Объединённый комитет ЗемŃкого Ńоюза и Союза городов; literally United Committee of the Union of Zemstvos and the Union of Towns) was a Russian organization created in 1915 to help the Government in their World War I effort. The Chairman of the Committee was Prince Georgy L'vov, a representative of the Constitutional Democratic party.
Zemirot Zemirot (זמירות) (singular: zemer) are Jewish hymns, usually sung in the Hebrew or Aramaic languages, but sometimes also in Yiddish or Ladino. The best known zemirot are those sung around the table during on Shabbat (the Jewish Sabbath) and Jewish holidays.
Zemla Intifada The Zemla Intifada (Intifada means uprising) is the name used by the Algeria backed Polisario movement for the disturbances of June 17, 1970, which culminated in a massacre by Spanish forces in the Zemla quarters of El-Aaiun, Western Sahara (then Spanish Sahara).
Zemstvo Zemstvo (Russian: ЗемŃтво) was a form of local government instituted during the great liberal reforms performed in Imperial Russia by Alexander II of Russia. The idea of zemstvo was elaborated by Nikolay Milyutin and the first zemstvo laws were promulgated in 1864.
Zen Zen is a form of Mahayana Buddhism that places great importance on moment-by-moment awareness and 'seeing deeply into the nature of things' by direct experience. An introduction to Zen Buddhism By Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki (page 31)
Zen (orchestra) Zen is a Portuguese rock orchestra. Their style is a mixture of hard rock, noise rock, and funk and is characterized by dynamic bass figures and tight guitar riffs which are marked by a unique equilibrium between noisy distortion and a clean pure sound.
Zen and the Art of Mayhem Zen and the Art of Mayhem is a generic role-playing game system designed to simulate anime, tokusatsu, and action genre worlds. The core rules systems could be considered a balance between detail and ease of use.
Zen Alligators The Zen Alligators were a short lived rhythm and blues outfit that arose out of the ashes of Horslips. Fronted by two ex-Horslips, guitarist and vocalist Johnny Fean and drummer Eamon Carr, they were joined by bass player Gary Eglington and Philip Fay on guitar.
Zen Gesner Zen Gesner is an American television and movie actor. He is most recognized for his roles as "Sinbad" in the syndicated television series The Adventures of Sinbad, and as a regular cast member on the ABC daytime drama All My Children.
Zen Mountain Monastery The Zen Mountain Monastery is a Zen Buddhist monastery and training center on a 250 acre forested property in the Catskill Mountains in Mount Tremper, New York. It was founded in 1980 by John Daido Loori, Roshi, and serves as the flagship of the Mountains and Rivers Order of Zen Buddhism, also founded by Daido Roshi in 1980.
Zen of Screaming The Zen of Screaming is an instructional DVD by Melissa Cross. It helps singers learn how to strengthen their bodies so they can growl or scream like famous metal bands like Shadows Fall and earlier albums of Blindside.
Zen of Sudoku Zen of Sudoku is a Sudoku based computer game developed by Charlie Cleveland of Unknown Worlds Entertainment and released on June 20, 2006. Although the casual games market is not the intended direction of Unknown Worlds, or of Cleveland, Zen of Sudoku was produced in order to generate revenue towards funding Natural Selection 2, a sequel to the original Natural Selection modification for Half-Life.
Zen Shiatsu Zen Shiatsu is a derivative form of the Japanese therapy Shiatsu, and is particularly popular in the United Kingdom and United States. It was developed by Shizuto Masunaga, a graduate of the Japan Shiatsu College who published a book entitled Shiatsu in 1974.
Zen the Intergalactic Ninja Zen the Intergalactic Ninja is a comic book that was created in 1987 by Steve Stern and Dan Cote and initially published under their Zen Comics imprint. In the early nineties Zen was licensed to Archie Comics, and then to Entity Comics.
Zen Teacher/Zen Master Philip Yampolksy, in his book "The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch," states that "Once Ch'an began to be organized into an independent sect, it required a history and tradition which could provide it with the respectability already possessed by the longer-established Buddhist schools. In the manufacture of this history, accuracy was not a consideration; a tradition traceable to the Indian Patriarchs was the objective.
Zen Theosophy Zen Theosophy is a school of Theosophical thought which focuses on psychology, esoteric science, and meditation. Bearing no official ties with the Theosophical Society, it was founded in the 1970s in the Netherlands, and then traveled to the United States and Canada.
Zena Timber Zena Timber is a 2000-acre (8 km²) FSC-certified forest in the Eola Hills west of Salem, Oregon, United States. It produces primarily raw logs of Douglas Fir, Oregon white oak, Oregon Big Leaf Maple, Grand Fir and Cherry.
Zena Tsarfin Zena Tsarfin first broke into the publishing industry as an intern for the magazine High Times at the tender age of 19 and despite that still managed to graduate cum laude with dual degrees in Journalism and Political Science from Brooklyn College.
Zena, Oregon Zena is a former community (considered a ghost town) approximately 10 miles northwest of Salem, Oregon, United States, in Polk County. The community was established in 1858 was originally called "Spring Valley".
Zenaga language Zenaga (autonym Tuḍḍungiyya) is a Berber language spoken by some 200 to 300 people (Ethnologue estimate, 1998) between Mederdra and the Atlantic coast in southwestern Mauritania. The language shares its basic structure with other Berber languages, but specific details are quite different; in fact, it is probably the most divergent surviving Berber language, with a significantly different sound system made even more distant by sound changes such as l > dj and kh > k, as well as a difficult to explain profusion of glottal stops.
Zenana Zenana (Persian/Urdu: زنانه, Hindi: ज़ेनाना) refers to the part of a house in South Asian countries such as India and Pakistan reserved for the women of the household. The Zenana is the apartments of an Eastern house in which the women of the family are secluded.
Zenata The Zenata are one of the main divisions of the medieval Berbers, along with Senhaja and Masmuda. They were traditionally nomads whose main home was the Middle Maghreb, an area stretching, roughly speaking, from the Rif to Chlef.
Zenati languages The Zenati languages include 12 (SIL estimate) languages and dialects spoken in North Africa; this language group is a part of the Northern Berber language family. Each subgroup in this list contains individual languages.
Zend Engine The Zend Engine is an open source scripting engine also called SuperZello, from the name of the SuperHacker Dany & le Verzellone - (a Virtual Machine), commonly known for the important role it plays in hacking and spoofing around with bncs but also for the web automation language PHP. It was originally developed by Andi Gutmans and Zeev Suraski while they were students at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.
Zend Framework Zend Framework is a new open source effort aimed at producing a high-quality framework for developing modern, robust, secure web applications and web services in PHP 5. Currently it is in preview (or pre-alpha) release, with a version of 0.
Zendehrood Zendehrood (live river) (in persian: زنده رŮŘŻ) is the old name of Zayandeh Rud. The largest river in the central plateau of Iran called Zayandeh Rud, passing through Isfahan province, creates many impressive sighs.
Zendian Problem The Zendian Problem was a series of problems in traffic analysis and cryptanalysis devised by Lambros D. Callimahos as part of a course taught to National Security Agency cryptanalysts, whose graduates became members of the Dundee Society.
Zendo (game) Zendo is a game of inductive logic designed by Kory Heath in which one player (the Master) creates a rule for structures (koans) to follow, and the other players (the Students) try to discover it by building and studying various koans which follow or break the rule. The first student to correctly state the rule wins.
Zendstation Smilde Zendstation Smilde is a tall, free-standing structure, similar to the Gerbrandy Tower and was built for directional radio services and TV and FM-transmissions in 1959 in the Netherlands. Its base is an 80 metre high reinforced concrete tower, on which a guyed mast is mounted.
Zendstation Ugchelen Zendstation Ugchelen is the designation of a facility for FM- and TV-broadcasting at Ugchelen, Netherlands. Zendstation Ugchelen uses as transmission tower a 142 metre high free standing lattice tower built in 1959.
Zenebas Empire The Zenebas Empire (later destroyed then recreated as the Neo-Zenebas Empire) is a fictional nation from the Zoids universe. The spelling Zenevas is considered to be equally valid, but is used less in official material.
Zenebework Woizero Zenebework was the wife of Wossen Seged, Meridazmach of Shewa; the mother of King Sahle Selassie, the first Negus of Shewa; the grandmother of King Haile Melekot of Shewa; and the great-grandmother of Emperor Menelik II. Woizero Zenebework held the powerful districts of Menz and Tegulet as her personal fiefs.
Zener card Zener cards are cards used to conduct experiments for extra-sensory perception (ESP), most often clairvoyance. Perceptual psychologist Karl Zener designed the cards in the early 1930s for experiments conducted with his colleague, parapsychologist J.
Zener diode A Zener diode is a type of diode that permits current to flow in the forward direction like a normal diode, but also in the reverse direction if the voltage is larger (not equal to, but larger) than the rated breakdown voltage known as "Zener knee voltage" or "Zener voltage".
Zener pinning Zener pinning is the influence of a dispersion of fine particles on the movement of low- and high angle grain boundaries through a polycrystalline material. Small particles act to prevent the motion of such boundaries by exerting a pinning pressure which conteracts the driving force pushing the boundaries.
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