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Zermatt Zermatt (French: Praborgne) is a village located at the northern base of the Matterhorn in the German-speaking and predominantly Roman Catholic section of the Valais canton in southern Switzerland. It is 62 km southeast of Gstaad, and only about 10 km from the border with Italy.
Zermelo set theory Zermelo set theory, as set out in an important paper in 1908 by Ernst Zermelo, is the ancestor of modern set theory. It bears certain differences from its descendants, which are not always understood, and are frequently misquoted.
Zern's Farmer's Market Zern's is a year-round farmers market located in Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania. The market sells a variety of items including toys, collectibles, pets, clothing, electronics, produce, and prepared food -- much of which includes noticeable Pennsylvania Dutch influences.
Zernez Zernez is a Swiss municipality in the upper areas of the lower Engadin valley (Romansh: Engiadina Bassa) in the canton of GraubĂĽnden (Grischun) and includes the villages Zernez and Brail. As of 2004, it has 1017 inhabitants.
Zero 7 Zero 7 are a downtempo styled musical duo comprising Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker from the United Kingdom. The band's songs feature vocals from Mozez, Sia Furler, Tina Dico, Sophie Barker, José González, and for the first time, Henry Binns providing backing vocals on the third album, The Garden.
Zero artistic movement Zero Artistic Movement (ZAM) is an anti-art organization created in Lesbos, Greece in 1999 by the nihilist music group Pornostroika dadaifi. It was followed with various other musical groups in many cities like Athens, Heraklion, Mytilene, Chania, Rethymno, etc.
Zero budget Zero budget is a reference to the monetary resources of an independently made project, amateurly as a hobby or otherwise, without any financial commitments made to it save those its owners/developers are willing to invest onto.
Zero Bike Zero Bike is a lightweight hub less bicycle designed by Makota Makita and Hiroshi Tsuzaki. Its design is based on the principle of magnetic superconductivity, also used in high-speed trains that are suspended above rails.
Zero copula Zero copula is a linguistic phenomenon whereby the presence of the copula is assumed, rather than stated explicitly as a verb. Malay/Indonesian, Turkish, Russian, Hungarian, Hebrew, Arabic, Luganda and Sinhala exhibit this phenomenon as a formal grammatical process.
Zero delta Zero Delta is a set of enterprise-wide methods that are designed to integrate the corporate planning and strategy formulation processes with initiative and programme execution processes. The objective of Zero Delta is to eliminate the deltas between 'what an organization sets out to accomplish' and 'what an organization actually accomplishes' vis-a-vis its business and operational strategies.
Zero divisor In abstract algebra, a nonzero element a of a ring R is a left zero divisor if there exists a nonzero b such that ab = 0. Right zero divisors are defined analogously, that is, a nonzero element a of a ring R is a right zero divisor if there exists a nonzero b such that ba = 0.
Zero Defects "Zero Defects" is a notional quality standard developed by Phil Crosby. Although applicable to any type of enterprise, it has been primarily adopted within industry supply chains wherever large volumes of components are being purchased (common items such as nuts and bolts are good examples).
Zero energy building A zero energy building (ZEB) is a term applied to a building with a net energy consumption of zero over a typical year. In other words, the energy provided by on-site renewable energy sources is equal to the energy used.
Zero Effect Zero Effect is a 1998 film directed by Jake Kasdan (son of famed Hollywood writer/director Lawrence Kasdan) starring Bill Pullman as 'the world's most private detective' Darryl Zero and Ben Stiller as his assistant Steve Arlo.
Zero force member In the field of Engineering mechanics, a zero force member refers to a member in a truss which, given a specific load, is at rest -- neither in tension nor in compression. In a truss a zero force member is often found at pins (connections within the truss) where no external load is applied and three or fewer truss members meet.
Zero G roll A zero G roll is a roller coaster inversion found on Bolliger & Mabillard inverted, sit-down, and floorless coasters and on Vekoma inverted coasters. On inverted coasters, this inversion is alternately called a "heartline spin" because its center of gravity is placed on the center of the rider's heart.
Zero Gravity Circus The Zero Gravity Circus is a troupe of professional entertainers, stunt performers, jugglers, actors, magicians, fire-spinners, craftspeople and martial arts practitioners who promote regular cirque events in Toronto, Canada.
Zero Gravity Corporation Zero Gravity Corporation (also known as ZERO-G) is a Fort Lauderdale-based company which operates weightless flights. The company operates a modified Boeing 727 which flies parabolic arcs similar to those of NASA's KC-135 Reduced Gravity Aircraft.
Zero hour contract A Zero Hour Contract is a recent type of contract under which an employer does not guarantee the employee a fixed number of hours per week; rather, the employee is expected to be on call and receive compensation only for hours worked.
Zero Halliburton Zero Halliburton was originally a metal fabrication company called Zierold Company, which in 1946 changed its name to Zero Corporation. In 1952 Zero, which until then had no relation to Halliburton, bought the luggage division of Halliburton, the Texas oil company.
Zero Hour (comics) Zero Hour: Crisis in Time was a 1994 comic book miniseries and crossover storyline that ran in DC Comics. In it, the one-time hero Hal Jordan, who had until then been a member of the intergalactic police force known as the Green Lantern Corps, mad with grief after the destruction of his home town of Coast City, and having obtained immense power as Parallax, attempted to destroy, and then remake, the DC Universe.
Zero Hour (Enterprise episode) "Zero Hour" is the title of an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise; it was the season finale for season three. The episode was the end of a season-long story arc in which the crew of the Enterprise try to stop the Xindi-reptilians from destroying Earth.
Zero Hour (TV series) Zero Hour is a Canadian-made, British produced, documentary-style television program, which airs on The History Channel in the United States, Canada, and the BBC in the United Kingdom. Zero Hour has been shown on Channel Seven in Australia and on Discovery Channel in Asia and New Zealand.
Zero interest rate policy The zero interest rate policy (ZIRP) is a Keynesian macroeconomics scheme for economies exhibiting slow growth with a very low interest rate, such as contemporary Japan. The Keynesian (and neo-Keynesian) thesis is that these countries are in the so-called liquidity trap, an assessment with which neoclassical economics disagrees.
Zero Input Response In electrical circuit theory, the Zero Input Response or ZIR is a method of analysis which examines the behavior or response of a circuit with zero inputs. The ZIR results only from the initial state of the circuit and not from any external drive.
Zero Install Zero Install is a means of distributing software. Rather than the normal method of downloading a software package, extracting it, and installing it (a process which may be difficult to reverse) before you can run it, packages distributed using Zero Install need only run and usually comes in Application Directory format - being presented to the user as a single file.
Zero Kilometre Stone (Budapest) Zero Kilometre Stone is a 3 m high limestone sculpture in Budapest, forming a zero sign, and an inscription on its pedestal reading "KM" for kilometres. This statue denotes the place from which all the highways in Hungary are measured.
Zero length launch The zero length launch system or zero length take-off system (ZLL, ZLTO, ZEL, ZELL) was a system whereby jet fighters and attack aircraft were intended to be placed upon rockets attached to mobile launch platforms. Most zero length launch experiments took place in the 1950s, during the Cold War.
Zero morphism In category theory, a zero morphism is a special kind of "trivial" morphism. Suppose C is a category, and for any two objects X and Y in C we are given a morphism 0XY : X → Y with the following property: for any two morphism f : R → S and g : U → V we obtain a commutative diagram:
Zero order A zero order process is one in which past behavior does not affect the future outcome. For example, in marketing, the zero order hypothesis holds that the brands you will purchase next will not depend on the brands you have purchased before.
Zero One Zero One is a fictional city-state from the Matrix saga, possibly named for the two symbols used in binary. Founded by sentient machines in the late 21st or early 22nd century in Saudi Arabia, Zero One was intended as a refuge for machine intelligences fleeing human persecution.
Zero page The zero page is the memory address page at the absolute beginning of a computer's physical address space, that is, the lowermost page, whose starting address is zero. The signficance of zero page memory versus higher addressed memory is highly dependent on machine architecture.
Zero page (CP/M) The Zero Page (or Base Page) is a data structure used in CP/M systems for programs to communicate with the operating system. In 8-bit CP/M versions it is located in the first 256 bytes of memory, hence its name.
Zero plural marking Zero plural marking is the absence of the plural markers "s" and "es" occurring in some nonstandard dialects of English, such as Caribbean English. The plural is instead marked by an article or number.
Zero power critical Zero power critical is a condition of nuclear fission reactors, that is useful for characterizing the reactor core. A reactor is in the zero power critical state if it is sustaining a stable fission chain reaction with no significant growth or decay in the reaction rate, and at a low enough level that thermal considerations are not important to the reaction.
Zero price Zero price is the term used for things you can get without paying for them. It is especially used when talking about computer software: the term "free software" can refer to either software that is available free of charge, or software that is available under the "free software" philosophy.
Zero Point ZERO.POINT is a science fiction television series in development that revolves around Teresa Harwell, a quantum physicist searching for zero-point energy and the drifter she believes has the keys to understanding it.
Zero Racers Zero Racers (G-Zero) is a cancelled game for the Virtual Boy that was in development alongside F-Zero X that was close to completion. A prototype exists, since the game was previewed by Nintendo Power and has been seen at E3 1996.
Zero sharp In mathematical set theory, 0# (zero sharp, also: 0#) is defined to be a particular real number satisfying certain conditions. The definition is a bit awkward, because it is consistent (with the system of axioms ZFC of set theory) that in fact there is no real number satisfying the conditions.
Zero suppressed decision diagram A zero suppressed decision diagram (ZSDD) is a version of binary decision diagram (BDD) where instead of nodes being introduced when the positive and the negative part are different, they are introduced when negative part is different from constant 0.
Zero She Flies Zero She Flies is the third album by folk rock artist Al Stewart, released in 1970. It is notable for being the first of his albums to include a song in the "Historical Folk Rock" genre for which he is now well known, namely "Manuscript" which refers to events of the First World War, including the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Zero State Response In electrical circuit theory, the Zero State Response or ZSR is a method of analysis which examines the behavior or response of a circuit with initial state of zero. The ZSR results only from the external inputs or driving functions of the circuit and not from the initial state.
Zero third person agreement zero third person agreement is the absence of the third person forms of verbs ending in "s" and "es" occurring in some nonstandard dialects of English, such as African American Vernacular English. This feature is widely stigmatized as being a solecism.
Zero to Hero Zero to Hero é´ĺ·®éłé”™ was a MediaCorp TV Channel 8 comedy drama series. Although the series was a low budget production, it was hilarious and unique in a way where it depicts the Chinese view of the after life, i.
Zero tolerance Zero tolerance is a term used to describe a non-discretionary enforcement policy for the criminal law or informal rules. Under a system of zero tolerance, persons in positions of authority – who might otherwise exercise their discretion in making subjective judgments regarding the severity of a given offense – are instead compelled to act in particular ways and, where relevant, to impose a pre-determined punishment regardless of individual culpability.
Zero tolerance (schools) In the United States and Canada, zero tolerance policies are applied in schools and other education venues. These have proved controversial in that some of those penalized have claimed that their treatment is egregiously unfair.
Zero turn-around time Zero turn-around time (ZTAT) usually refers to the way changes made to the code, written in a programming language such as JAVA, ruby, PHP, Python, or Perl, are immediately visible after a quick update. It takes as little time as pressing Ctrl+S (save), Alt+Tab (switch task) and F5 (update), giving quick feedback over whether the changes were correct or incorrect.
Zero Tolerance Magazine Zero Tolerance Magazine is a UK extreme metal magazine that was founded in 2004 by Lisa Macey, previously publisher of Terrorizer Magazine. Published bi-monthly in a perfect bound, non-standard size and with a covermount CD, the magazine has come to be regarded as a staunch supporter of extreme music.
Zero Tolerance Recordings Zero Tolerance Recordings is a now defunct record label that released electronic music from 1998 to 2004. They released many singles by artists such as Luke Chable, Hi-Fi Bugs, Phil K, Andy Page, and Gab Olivier.
Zero wait state Zero wait state describes a processor or computer architecture in which the processor does not have to wait to perform memory access. When a processor operates at a higher frequency than its memory, it has a wait state during which the processor is idle.
Zero waste Zero waste is a philosophy that aims to guide people in the redesign of their resource-use system with the aim of reducing waste to zero. Put simply zero waste is an idea to extend the current ideas of recycling to form a circular system where as much waste as possible is reused, similar to the way it is in nature A prime example might be the Dung beetle which feeds on the faeces of other animals
Zero Wing is a 1989 Japanese "shoot 'em up" arcade game developed by Toaplan. Like other shoot 'em ups of the time, it featured no real plot except to distinguish that the player is a lone hero who will save the universe from an evil force.
Zero Wing (translations) The following are various transcripts and translations from the 1989 video game Zero Wing, notable for contributing the phrase "All your base are belong to us" to the international lexicon. The text is reproduced here under strict fair use guidelines as it is critical to demonstrating the reason behind and context for the AYBABTU phenomenon as well as providing insight into the game itself.
Zero Zero Zero Zero is a synth band, formed out of the New Jersey punk band Lifetime by Lifetime members Dave Palaitis-guitar & vocals (aka Dave Idea), Ari Katz-vocals & drums, and Katz's wife Tannis Kristjanson (aka Miss TK)-vocals & keyboards. Their first album AM Gold was released in 2001 by Jade Tree Records.
Zero Zero (comics) Zero Zero is an alternative comics anthology that was published by Fantagraphics Books from 1995 to 2000. It was notable among comics anthologies for the number of serialized works that appeared in its pages, including Richard Sala's "The Chuckling Whatsit", Dave Cooper's "Crumple", Mack White's "Homunculus", Kaz and Timothy Georgarakis's "Meat Box", and Kim Deitch's "The Strange Secret of Molly O'Dare" and "The Search for Smilin' Ed".
Zero-dimensional space In mathematics, a topological space is zero-dimensional or 0-dimensional, if its topological dimension is zero, or equivalently, if it has a base consisting of clopen sets. A zero-dimensional Hausdorff space is necessarily totally disconnected, but the converse fails.
Zero-dispersion wavelength In a single-mode optical fiber, the zero-dispersion wavelength is the wavelength or wavelengths at which material dispersion and waveguide dispersion cancel one another. In all silica-based optical fibers, minimum material dispersion occurs naturally at a wavelength of approximately 1.
Zero-Day Attack A zero-day (or zero-hour) attack is a computer threat that exposes undisclosed or unpatched computer application vulnerabilities. Zero-day attacks can be considered extremely dangerous because they take advantage of computer security holes for which no solution is currently available.
Zero-emissions vehicle A zero-emissions vehicle, or ZEV will produce no emissions or pollution from the vehicle when stationary or operating. Emissions of concern include particulates (soot), hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and various oxides of nitrogen.
Zero-Footprint-PC The Zero-Footprint-PC is a product by Cybernet Manufacturing, consisting of an ordinary PC completely built inside a keyboard. The keyboard is of average size, but includes the usual items one might expect to find on any PC, including USB ports, a CD-ROM drive and a VGA port.
Zero-Gravity Corporation Zero-Gravity Corporation is a commercial parabolic flight operator using a fleet of Boeing 727 jets to create an environment of reduced gravity similar to NASA's Vomit Comet. ZERO-G began operating in September 2004 and unlike NASA, is governed by the FAA under Part 121 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (as is Delta Air Lines and FedEx) enabling them to offer the experience of weightlessness to both adventure tourists and researchers alike.
Zero-information network Zero-Information Networks are methods for allowing networked communication between individuals in such a way as to prevent networked and social network analysis that could otherwise be used in order to glean important information concerning the relationships between the individuals that form that network. The Tor network is one example of this.
Zero-knowledge password proof In cryptography, a zero-knowledge password proof (ZKPP) is an interactive method for one party (the prover) to prove to another party (the verifier) that it knows a value of a password, without revealing anything other than the fact that it knows that password to the verifier. A ZKPP prevents any party from verifying guesses for the password without interacting with a party that knows it and, in the optimal case, provides exactly one guess in each interaction.
Zero-knowledge proof In cryptography, a zero-knowledge proof or zero-knowledge protocol is an interactive method for one party to prove to another that a (usually mathematical) statement is true, without revealing anything other than the veracity of the statement.
Zero-order hold The Zero-order hold (ZOH) is a mathematical model of the practical reconstruction of sampled signals done by conventional digital-to-analog converters (DAC). A mathematical model such as the ZOH (or possibly the first-order hold) is necessary because, in the sampling and reconstruction theorem, a sequence of dirac impulses, xs(t), representing the discrete samples, x(nT), is low-pass filtered to recover the original signal that was sampled, x(t). However, outputting a sequence of dirac impulses is decidedly impractical. Most conventional DACs output a voltage proportional to the discrete sample value and hold that voltage to a constant value for the duration of the sampling interval and then change that voltage rapidly to the value corresponding to the next discrete sample value.
Zero-Order Design Zero-Order Design (ZOD), is a term used in surveying to establish optimal network design within a computer. Developed by NASA for excavation on the moon, it is now one of the most widely use system in surveying today.
Zero-phonon line and phonon sideband The zero-phonon line and the phonon sideband jointly constitute the line shape of individual light absorbing and emitting molecules (chromophores) embedded into a transparent solid matrix. When the host matrix contains many chromophores, each will contribute a zero-phonon line and a phonon sideband to the absorption and emission spectra.
Zero-point energy In physics, the zero-point energy is the lowest possible energy that a quantum mechanical physical system may possess and is the energy of the ground state of the system. The concept of zero-point energy was proposed by Albert Einstein and Otto Stern in 1913, which they originally called "residual energy" or Nullpunktsenergie.
Zero-product property In the mathematical areas of algebra and analysis, the zero-product property, also known as the zero-product rule, is an abstract and explicit statement of the familiar property from elementary mathematics that if the product of two real numbers is zero, then at least one of the numbers in the product (factors) must be zero.
Zero-risk bias Zero-risk occurs when individuals value complete elimination of a risk, however small, to a risk decrease that is proportionally larger, but does not get rid of the risk entirely. Individuals may prefer small benefits that are certain to large ones that are uncertain.
Zero-stage Jet engines are often uprated by adding a zero-stage to the front of a compressor. At a given core size, adding a stage to the front of the compressor not only increases the cycle overall pressure ratio, but increases the core mass flow.
Zero-sum Zero-sum describes a situation in which a participant's gain or loss is exactly balanced by the losses or gains of the other participant(s). It is so named because when the total gains of the participants are added up, and the total losses are subtracted, they will sum to zero.
Zero-width joiner The zero-width joiner (ZWJ) is a non-printing character used in the computerized typesetting of some cursive scripts, such as the Arabic script or the Korean hangul script. When placed between two characters that would otherwise not be connected, a ZWJ causes them to be printed in their connected forms.
Zero-width non-joiner The zero-width non-joiner (ZWNJ) is a non-printing character used in the computerized typesetting of some cursive script , Korean hangul or Persian script. When placed between two characters that would otherwise be connected, a ZWNJ causes them to be printed in their final and initial forms, respectively.
Zero-X The Zero-X (spelling variants include: "Zero X" or "Zero - X") is a fictitious human spacecraft appearing in the Supermarionation productions of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. Although publicity material for the various Supermarionation series, and the TV Century 21 comic book, made references to connections between the series, the Zero-X is the only confirmed connection between two series, appearing in the Thunderbirds feature film Thunderbirds are GO and in the first episode of the next Supermarionation series, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons.
Zeroads ZeroAds is an ad and pop-up blocker software developed by FBM Software for the Windows platform. The application, which runs as a dashboard along the top of the computer screen, displays statistics on blocked items and provides access to configuration options.
Zeroconf Zeroconf or Zero Configuration Networking is a set of techniques that automatically create a usable IP network without configuration or special servers. This allows unknowledgeable users to connect computers, networked printers, and other items together and expect them to work automatically.
ZeroC ZeroC, Inc. is a company based in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida revolving around the development and licencing of the Internet Communications Engine, or ICE, an object middleware system which is fast becoming a popular, high-performance alternative to CORBA and SOAP.
Zeroday Emergency Response Team In computer security, the Zeroday Emergency Response Team (ZERT) is a group of volunteer security researchers who produce emergency patches for zero day vulnerabilities in proprietary software. They came to public notice in late September 2006 with a patch for that month's Vector Markup Language vulnerability before Microsoft, later producing a patch for older versions of Microsoft Windows which are no longer supported by Microsoft.
Zeroisation In cryptography, zeroisation (also spelled zeroization) is the practice of erasing sensitive parameters (especially keys) from a cryptographic module to prevent their disclosure if the equipment is captured. When encryption was performed by mechanical devices, this would often mean changing all the machine's settings to some fixed, meaningless value, such as zero.
Zeron Flemister Zeron Flemister (born September 8, 1976 in Sioux City, Iowa) is an American football player who plays tight end for the Oakland Raiders. As a senior at the University of Iowa, he played in and started seven games before playing in three postseason all-star games.
ZeroNetHistory ZeroNetHistory is a privacy and disk cleaning software developed by FBM Software for the Windows platform. It can erase computer and Internet activity history, and supports plug-ins for cleaning common traces of various third-party applications.
Zerophilia Zerophilia is a romantic comedy film directed by Motion Pictures' Student Academy Award winning director Martin Curland and produced by Microangelo Entertainment. The film scheduled for a release on October 13, 2006 in North America.
Zeroshift Zeroshift is a type of automotive transmission which allows for changing gear without interruption to torque the driving wheels. The Zeroshift principle was invented by Bill Martin, the company Zeroshift Ltd is based in Milton Keynes England.
Zerospyware ZeroSpyware is a proprietary anti-spyware software developed by FBM Software for the Windows platform. It can scan and remove many, but not all, spyware and adware programs, as well as rootkits, trojans, keyloggers, dialers, browser hijackers, and commercial surveillance software.
Zeroth law of thermodynamics The zeroth law of thermodynamics is a generalized statement about bodies in contact at thermal equilibrium and is the basis for the concept of temperature. The most common enunciation of the zeroth law of thermodynamics is:
Zeroth-order logic Zeroth-order logic is a term in popular use among practitioners for the subject matter otherwise known as boolean functions, monadic predicate calculus, propositional calculus, or sentential calculus. One of the advantages of this terminology is that it institutes a higher level of abstraction in which the more inessential differences between these various subjects can be subsumed under the pertinent isomorphisms.
Zerotin The Zerotin or Zierotin family of the Counts (from 1706 count of HRE, lords from 1478) was one of the most oldest and illustious noble families originating from Moravia and Bohemia. Family was first mentioned around year 1200 as Bludovici (Blud z Bludova), later renamed Zierotinove.
Zerubbabel Zrubavel (, ZÉ™rubbÄvel; traditional English: Zerubbabel; Greek: ζοĎοβαβελ, ZĹŹrobabel) was the grandson of Jehoiachin, penultimate King of Judah. Zerubbabel led the first band of Jews, numbering 42,360, who returned from the Babylonian Captivity in the first year of Cyrus, King of Persia (Ezra).
Zerus Zerus is a planet in the StarCraft universe — a fictional universe where a series of computer games and books are set. The planet was the homeworld of the Zerg, and is an inhospitable planet that was wrought with severely unstable volcanic activity that was home to several species of giant insectoid creatures that were capable of surviving the harsh atmosphere.
Zerzura The mythical city or oasis of Zerzura () was long rumored to have existed deep in the desert west of the Nile River in Egypt or Libya. In writings dating back to the thirteenth century, the authors spoke of a city which was "white as a dove" and called it "The Oasis of Little Birds".
Zess Zess is the name of a character in the initial teaching alphabet, a series of about forty minuscule letters specified by Sir Isaac Pitman, grandson of a devisor of shorthand, to assist children in their learning to read English. Its form is easy to describe - it's a backwards "z".
Zeta Aquarii Zeta Aquarii (ζ Aqr / ζ Aquarii) is a binary star,the central star in the “water jar” asterism (Click here to see the "water jar") in the constellation Aquarius. It is approximately 103 light years from Earth.
Zeta Aquilae Zeta Aquilae (ζ Aql / ζ Aquilae) is a triple star system in the constellation Aquila. It also has the traditional names Deneb el Okab, from an Arabic term ذنب العقاب Ă°anab al-cuqÄb meaning "the tail of the falcon", and the Mandarin names Woo and YuĂ«, derived from ĺł wĂş, an old state near Jiangsu province, and 粵 yuè, an old state in Guandong province.
Zeta Banovina The Zeta Banovina or Zeta Banate (Serbian, Bosnian, and Croatian: ЗетŃка бановина/Zetska banovina) was a province (banovina) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1941. This province consisted of all of the present-day Montenegro as well as adjacent parts of Central Serbia, Kosovo, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Zeta Beta Tau Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT, brothers of which are nicknamed Zebes) is a historically Jewish, presently nonsectarian national fraternity. Today the merged Zeta Beta Tau Brotherhood numbers over 110,000 Brothers, and ZBT Chapters and Colonies are established at over 80 campus locations.
Zeta Canis Majoris Zeta Canis Majoris (ζ CMa / ζ Canis Majoris) is a spectroscopic binary in the constellation Canis Major. It also has the traditional name Furud or Phurud, from the arabic Ůرد al-furud meaning the solitary ones.
Zeta Centauri Zeta Centauri (ζ Cen / ζ Centauri) is a star in the constellation Centaurus. It also has the traditional name Alnair or Al-Na'ir al Batn, from the Arabic البطن الناير Al-Na'ir al-baţn[u] meaning "The bright one of the stomach".
Zeta Delta Xi Zeta Delta Xi ("Zete") is a local, co-educational fraternity at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. It traces its origins to 1852 as the Epsilon chapter of the all-male national fraternity Zeta Psi.
Zeta function regularization In mathematics and theoretical physics, zeta-function regularization is a type of regularization or summability method that assigns finite values to superficially divergent sums. The technique is now commonly applied to problems in physics, but has its origins in attempts to give precise meanings to ill-conditioned sums appearing in number theory.
Zermelo set theory Zermelo set theory, as set out in an important paper in 1908 by Ernst Zermelo, is the ancestor of modern set theory. It bears certain differences from its descendants, which are not always understood, and are frequently misquoted.
Zern's Farmer's Market Zern's is a year-round farmers market located in Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania. The market sells a variety of items including toys, collectibles, pets, clothing, electronics, produce, and prepared food -- much of which includes noticeable Pennsylvania Dutch influences.
Zernez Zernez is a Swiss municipality in the upper areas of the lower Engadin valley (Romansh: Engiadina Bassa) in the canton of GraubĂĽnden (Grischun) and includes the villages Zernez and Brail. As of 2004, it has 1017 inhabitants.
Zero 7 Zero 7 are a downtempo styled musical duo comprising Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker from the United Kingdom. The band's songs feature vocals from Mozez, Sia Furler, Tina Dico, Sophie Barker, José González, and for the first time, Henry Binns providing backing vocals on the third album, The Garden.
Zero artistic movement Zero Artistic Movement (ZAM) is an anti-art organization created in Lesbos, Greece in 1999 by the nihilist music group Pornostroika dadaifi. It was followed with various other musical groups in many cities like Athens, Heraklion, Mytilene, Chania, Rethymno, etc.
Zero budget Zero budget is a reference to the monetary resources of an independently made project, amateurly as a hobby or otherwise, without any financial commitments made to it save those its owners/developers are willing to invest onto.
Zero Bike Zero Bike is a lightweight hub less bicycle designed by Makota Makita and Hiroshi Tsuzaki. Its design is based on the principle of magnetic superconductivity, also used in high-speed trains that are suspended above rails.
Zero copula Zero copula is a linguistic phenomenon whereby the presence of the copula is assumed, rather than stated explicitly as a verb. Malay/Indonesian, Turkish, Russian, Hungarian, Hebrew, Arabic, Luganda and Sinhala exhibit this phenomenon as a formal grammatical process.
Zero delta Zero Delta is a set of enterprise-wide methods that are designed to integrate the corporate planning and strategy formulation processes with initiative and programme execution processes. The objective of Zero Delta is to eliminate the deltas between 'what an organization sets out to accomplish' and 'what an organization actually accomplishes' vis-a-vis its business and operational strategies.
Zero divisor In abstract algebra, a nonzero element a of a ring R is a left zero divisor if there exists a nonzero b such that ab = 0. Right zero divisors are defined analogously, that is, a nonzero element a of a ring R is a right zero divisor if there exists a nonzero b such that ba = 0.
Zero Defects "Zero Defects" is a notional quality standard developed by Phil Crosby. Although applicable to any type of enterprise, it has been primarily adopted within industry supply chains wherever large volumes of components are being purchased (common items such as nuts and bolts are good examples).
Zero energy building A zero energy building (ZEB) is a term applied to a building with a net energy consumption of zero over a typical year. In other words, the energy provided by on-site renewable energy sources is equal to the energy used.
Zero Effect Zero Effect is a 1998 film directed by Jake Kasdan (son of famed Hollywood writer/director Lawrence Kasdan) starring Bill Pullman as 'the world's most private detective' Darryl Zero and Ben Stiller as his assistant Steve Arlo.
Zero force member In the field of Engineering mechanics, a zero force member refers to a member in a truss which, given a specific load, is at rest -- neither in tension nor in compression. In a truss a zero force member is often found at pins (connections within the truss) where no external load is applied and three or fewer truss members meet.
Zero G roll A zero G roll is a roller coaster inversion found on Bolliger & Mabillard inverted, sit-down, and floorless coasters and on Vekoma inverted coasters. On inverted coasters, this inversion is alternately called a "heartline spin" because its center of gravity is placed on the center of the rider's heart.
Zero Gravity Circus The Zero Gravity Circus is a troupe of professional entertainers, stunt performers, jugglers, actors, magicians, fire-spinners, craftspeople and martial arts practitioners who promote regular cirque events in Toronto, Canada.
Zero Gravity Corporation Zero Gravity Corporation (also known as ZERO-G) is a Fort Lauderdale-based company which operates weightless flights. The company operates a modified Boeing 727 which flies parabolic arcs similar to those of NASA's KC-135 Reduced Gravity Aircraft.
Zero hour contract A Zero Hour Contract is a recent type of contract under which an employer does not guarantee the employee a fixed number of hours per week; rather, the employee is expected to be on call and receive compensation only for hours worked.
Zero Halliburton Zero Halliburton was originally a metal fabrication company called Zierold Company, which in 1946 changed its name to Zero Corporation. In 1952 Zero, which until then had no relation to Halliburton, bought the luggage division of Halliburton, the Texas oil company.
Zero Hour (comics) Zero Hour: Crisis in Time was a 1994 comic book miniseries and crossover storyline that ran in DC Comics. In it, the one-time hero Hal Jordan, who had until then been a member of the intergalactic police force known as the Green Lantern Corps, mad with grief after the destruction of his home town of Coast City, and having obtained immense power as Parallax, attempted to destroy, and then remake, the DC Universe.
Zero Hour (Enterprise episode) "Zero Hour" is the title of an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise; it was the season finale for season three. The episode was the end of a season-long story arc in which the crew of the Enterprise try to stop the Xindi-reptilians from destroying Earth.
Zero Hour (TV series) Zero Hour is a Canadian-made, British produced, documentary-style television program, which airs on The History Channel in the United States, Canada, and the BBC in the United Kingdom. Zero Hour has been shown on Channel Seven in Australia and on Discovery Channel in Asia and New Zealand.
Zero interest rate policy The zero interest rate policy (ZIRP) is a Keynesian macroeconomics scheme for economies exhibiting slow growth with a very low interest rate, such as contemporary Japan. The Keynesian (and neo-Keynesian) thesis is that these countries are in the so-called liquidity trap, an assessment with which neoclassical economics disagrees.
Zero Input Response In electrical circuit theory, the Zero Input Response or ZIR is a method of analysis which examines the behavior or response of a circuit with zero inputs. The ZIR results only from the initial state of the circuit and not from any external drive.
Zero Install Zero Install is a means of distributing software. Rather than the normal method of downloading a software package, extracting it, and installing it (a process which may be difficult to reverse) before you can run it, packages distributed using Zero Install need only run and usually comes in Application Directory format - being presented to the user as a single file.
Zero Kilometre Stone (Budapest) Zero Kilometre Stone is a 3 m high limestone sculpture in Budapest, forming a zero sign, and an inscription on its pedestal reading "KM" for kilometres. This statue denotes the place from which all the highways in Hungary are measured.
Zero length launch The zero length launch system or zero length take-off system (ZLL, ZLTO, ZEL, ZELL) was a system whereby jet fighters and attack aircraft were intended to be placed upon rockets attached to mobile launch platforms. Most zero length launch experiments took place in the 1950s, during the Cold War.
Zero morphism In category theory, a zero morphism is a special kind of "trivial" morphism. Suppose C is a category, and for any two objects X and Y in C we are given a morphism 0XY : X → Y with the following property: for any two morphism f : R → S and g : U → V we obtain a commutative diagram:
Zero order A zero order process is one in which past behavior does not affect the future outcome. For example, in marketing, the zero order hypothesis holds that the brands you will purchase next will not depend on the brands you have purchased before.
Zero One Zero One is a fictional city-state from the Matrix saga, possibly named for the two symbols used in binary. Founded by sentient machines in the late 21st or early 22nd century in Saudi Arabia, Zero One was intended as a refuge for machine intelligences fleeing human persecution.
Zero page The zero page is the memory address page at the absolute beginning of a computer's physical address space, that is, the lowermost page, whose starting address is zero. The signficance of zero page memory versus higher addressed memory is highly dependent on machine architecture.
Zero page (CP/M) The Zero Page (or Base Page) is a data structure used in CP/M systems for programs to communicate with the operating system. In 8-bit CP/M versions it is located in the first 256 bytes of memory, hence its name.
Zero plural marking Zero plural marking is the absence of the plural markers "s" and "es" occurring in some nonstandard dialects of English, such as Caribbean English. The plural is instead marked by an article or number.
Zero power critical Zero power critical is a condition of nuclear fission reactors, that is useful for characterizing the reactor core. A reactor is in the zero power critical state if it is sustaining a stable fission chain reaction with no significant growth or decay in the reaction rate, and at a low enough level that thermal considerations are not important to the reaction.
Zero price Zero price is the term used for things you can get without paying for them. It is especially used when talking about computer software: the term "free software" can refer to either software that is available free of charge, or software that is available under the "free software" philosophy.
Zero Point ZERO.POINT is a science fiction television series in development that revolves around Teresa Harwell, a quantum physicist searching for zero-point energy and the drifter she believes has the keys to understanding it.
Zero Racers Zero Racers (G-Zero) is a cancelled game for the Virtual Boy that was in development alongside F-Zero X that was close to completion. A prototype exists, since the game was previewed by Nintendo Power and has been seen at E3 1996.
Zero sharp In mathematical set theory, 0# (zero sharp, also: 0#) is defined to be a particular real number satisfying certain conditions. The definition is a bit awkward, because it is consistent (with the system of axioms ZFC of set theory) that in fact there is no real number satisfying the conditions.
Zero suppressed decision diagram A zero suppressed decision diagram (ZSDD) is a version of binary decision diagram (BDD) where instead of nodes being introduced when the positive and the negative part are different, they are introduced when negative part is different from constant 0.
Zero She Flies Zero She Flies is the third album by folk rock artist Al Stewart, released in 1970. It is notable for being the first of his albums to include a song in the "Historical Folk Rock" genre for which he is now well known, namely "Manuscript" which refers to events of the First World War, including the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Zero State Response In electrical circuit theory, the Zero State Response or ZSR is a method of analysis which examines the behavior or response of a circuit with initial state of zero. The ZSR results only from the external inputs or driving functions of the circuit and not from the initial state.
Zero third person agreement zero third person agreement is the absence of the third person forms of verbs ending in "s" and "es" occurring in some nonstandard dialects of English, such as African American Vernacular English. This feature is widely stigmatized as being a solecism.
Zero to Hero Zero to Hero é´ĺ·®éłé”™ was a MediaCorp TV Channel 8 comedy drama series. Although the series was a low budget production, it was hilarious and unique in a way where it depicts the Chinese view of the after life, i.
Zero tolerance Zero tolerance is a term used to describe a non-discretionary enforcement policy for the criminal law or informal rules. Under a system of zero tolerance, persons in positions of authority – who might otherwise exercise their discretion in making subjective judgments regarding the severity of a given offense – are instead compelled to act in particular ways and, where relevant, to impose a pre-determined punishment regardless of individual culpability.
Zero tolerance (schools) In the United States and Canada, zero tolerance policies are applied in schools and other education venues. These have proved controversial in that some of those penalized have claimed that their treatment is egregiously unfair.
Zero turn-around time Zero turn-around time (ZTAT) usually refers to the way changes made to the code, written in a programming language such as JAVA, ruby, PHP, Python, or Perl, are immediately visible after a quick update. It takes as little time as pressing Ctrl+S (save), Alt+Tab (switch task) and F5 (update), giving quick feedback over whether the changes were correct or incorrect.
Zero Tolerance Magazine Zero Tolerance Magazine is a UK extreme metal magazine that was founded in 2004 by Lisa Macey, previously publisher of Terrorizer Magazine. Published bi-monthly in a perfect bound, non-standard size and with a covermount CD, the magazine has come to be regarded as a staunch supporter of extreme music.
Zero Tolerance Recordings Zero Tolerance Recordings is a now defunct record label that released electronic music from 1998 to 2004. They released many singles by artists such as Luke Chable, Hi-Fi Bugs, Phil K, Andy Page, and Gab Olivier.
Zero wait state Zero wait state describes a processor or computer architecture in which the processor does not have to wait to perform memory access. When a processor operates at a higher frequency than its memory, it has a wait state during which the processor is idle.
Zero waste Zero waste is a philosophy that aims to guide people in the redesign of their resource-use system with the aim of reducing waste to zero. Put simply zero waste is an idea to extend the current ideas of recycling to form a circular system where as much waste as possible is reused, similar to the way it is in nature A prime example might be the Dung beetle which feeds on the faeces of other animals
Zero Wing is a 1989 Japanese "shoot 'em up" arcade game developed by Toaplan. Like other shoot 'em ups of the time, it featured no real plot except to distinguish that the player is a lone hero who will save the universe from an evil force.
Zero Wing (translations) The following are various transcripts and translations from the 1989 video game Zero Wing, notable for contributing the phrase "All your base are belong to us" to the international lexicon. The text is reproduced here under strict fair use guidelines as it is critical to demonstrating the reason behind and context for the AYBABTU phenomenon as well as providing insight into the game itself.
Zero Zero Zero Zero is a synth band, formed out of the New Jersey punk band Lifetime by Lifetime members Dave Palaitis-guitar & vocals (aka Dave Idea), Ari Katz-vocals & drums, and Katz's wife Tannis Kristjanson (aka Miss TK)-vocals & keyboards. Their first album AM Gold was released in 2001 by Jade Tree Records.
Zero Zero (comics) Zero Zero is an alternative comics anthology that was published by Fantagraphics Books from 1995 to 2000. It was notable among comics anthologies for the number of serialized works that appeared in its pages, including Richard Sala's "The Chuckling Whatsit", Dave Cooper's "Crumple", Mack White's "Homunculus", Kaz and Timothy Georgarakis's "Meat Box", and Kim Deitch's "The Strange Secret of Molly O'Dare" and "The Search for Smilin' Ed".
Zero-dimensional space In mathematics, a topological space is zero-dimensional or 0-dimensional, if its topological dimension is zero, or equivalently, if it has a base consisting of clopen sets. A zero-dimensional Hausdorff space is necessarily totally disconnected, but the converse fails.
Zero-dispersion wavelength In a single-mode optical fiber, the zero-dispersion wavelength is the wavelength or wavelengths at which material dispersion and waveguide dispersion cancel one another. In all silica-based optical fibers, minimum material dispersion occurs naturally at a wavelength of approximately 1.
Zero-Day Attack A zero-day (or zero-hour) attack is a computer threat that exposes undisclosed or unpatched computer application vulnerabilities. Zero-day attacks can be considered extremely dangerous because they take advantage of computer security holes for which no solution is currently available.
Zero-emissions vehicle A zero-emissions vehicle, or ZEV will produce no emissions or pollution from the vehicle when stationary or operating. Emissions of concern include particulates (soot), hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and various oxides of nitrogen.
Zero-Footprint-PC The Zero-Footprint-PC is a product by Cybernet Manufacturing, consisting of an ordinary PC completely built inside a keyboard. The keyboard is of average size, but includes the usual items one might expect to find on any PC, including USB ports, a CD-ROM drive and a VGA port.
Zero-Gravity Corporation Zero-Gravity Corporation is a commercial parabolic flight operator using a fleet of Boeing 727 jets to create an environment of reduced gravity similar to NASA's Vomit Comet. ZERO-G began operating in September 2004 and unlike NASA, is governed by the FAA under Part 121 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (as is Delta Air Lines and FedEx) enabling them to offer the experience of weightlessness to both adventure tourists and researchers alike.
Zero-information network Zero-Information Networks are methods for allowing networked communication between individuals in such a way as to prevent networked and social network analysis that could otherwise be used in order to glean important information concerning the relationships between the individuals that form that network. The Tor network is one example of this.
Zero-knowledge password proof In cryptography, a zero-knowledge password proof (ZKPP) is an interactive method for one party (the prover) to prove to another party (the verifier) that it knows a value of a password, without revealing anything other than the fact that it knows that password to the verifier. A ZKPP prevents any party from verifying guesses for the password without interacting with a party that knows it and, in the optimal case, provides exactly one guess in each interaction.
Zero-knowledge proof In cryptography, a zero-knowledge proof or zero-knowledge protocol is an interactive method for one party to prove to another that a (usually mathematical) statement is true, without revealing anything other than the veracity of the statement.
Zero-order hold The Zero-order hold (ZOH) is a mathematical model of the practical reconstruction of sampled signals done by conventional digital-to-analog converters (DAC). A mathematical model such as the ZOH (or possibly the first-order hold) is necessary because, in the sampling and reconstruction theorem, a sequence of dirac impulses, xs(t), representing the discrete samples, x(nT), is low-pass filtered to recover the original signal that was sampled, x(t). However, outputting a sequence of dirac impulses is decidedly impractical. Most conventional DACs output a voltage proportional to the discrete sample value and hold that voltage to a constant value for the duration of the sampling interval and then change that voltage rapidly to the value corresponding to the next discrete sample value.
Zero-Order Design Zero-Order Design (ZOD), is a term used in surveying to establish optimal network design within a computer. Developed by NASA for excavation on the moon, it is now one of the most widely use system in surveying today.
Zero-phonon line and phonon sideband The zero-phonon line and the phonon sideband jointly constitute the line shape of individual light absorbing and emitting molecules (chromophores) embedded into a transparent solid matrix. When the host matrix contains many chromophores, each will contribute a zero-phonon line and a phonon sideband to the absorption and emission spectra.
Zero-point energy In physics, the zero-point energy is the lowest possible energy that a quantum mechanical physical system may possess and is the energy of the ground state of the system. The concept of zero-point energy was proposed by Albert Einstein and Otto Stern in 1913, which they originally called "residual energy" or Nullpunktsenergie.
Zero-product property In the mathematical areas of algebra and analysis, the zero-product property, also known as the zero-product rule, is an abstract and explicit statement of the familiar property from elementary mathematics that if the product of two real numbers is zero, then at least one of the numbers in the product (factors) must be zero.
Zero-risk bias Zero-risk occurs when individuals value complete elimination of a risk, however small, to a risk decrease that is proportionally larger, but does not get rid of the risk entirely. Individuals may prefer small benefits that are certain to large ones that are uncertain.
Zero-stage Jet engines are often uprated by adding a zero-stage to the front of a compressor. At a given core size, adding a stage to the front of the compressor not only increases the cycle overall pressure ratio, but increases the core mass flow.
Zero-sum Zero-sum describes a situation in which a participant's gain or loss is exactly balanced by the losses or gains of the other participant(s). It is so named because when the total gains of the participants are added up, and the total losses are subtracted, they will sum to zero.
Zero-width joiner The zero-width joiner (ZWJ) is a non-printing character used in the computerized typesetting of some cursive scripts, such as the Arabic script or the Korean hangul script. When placed between two characters that would otherwise not be connected, a ZWJ causes them to be printed in their connected forms.
Zero-width non-joiner The zero-width non-joiner (ZWNJ) is a non-printing character used in the computerized typesetting of some cursive script , Korean hangul or Persian script. When placed between two characters that would otherwise be connected, a ZWNJ causes them to be printed in their final and initial forms, respectively.
Zero-X The Zero-X (spelling variants include: "Zero X" or "Zero - X") is a fictitious human spacecraft appearing in the Supermarionation productions of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. Although publicity material for the various Supermarionation series, and the TV Century 21 comic book, made references to connections between the series, the Zero-X is the only confirmed connection between two series, appearing in the Thunderbirds feature film Thunderbirds are GO and in the first episode of the next Supermarionation series, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons.
Zeroads ZeroAds is an ad and pop-up blocker software developed by FBM Software for the Windows platform. The application, which runs as a dashboard along the top of the computer screen, displays statistics on blocked items and provides access to configuration options.
Zeroconf Zeroconf or Zero Configuration Networking is a set of techniques that automatically create a usable IP network without configuration or special servers. This allows unknowledgeable users to connect computers, networked printers, and other items together and expect them to work automatically.
ZeroC ZeroC, Inc. is a company based in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida revolving around the development and licencing of the Internet Communications Engine, or ICE, an object middleware system which is fast becoming a popular, high-performance alternative to CORBA and SOAP.
Zeroday Emergency Response Team In computer security, the Zeroday Emergency Response Team (ZERT) is a group of volunteer security researchers who produce emergency patches for zero day vulnerabilities in proprietary software. They came to public notice in late September 2006 with a patch for that month's Vector Markup Language vulnerability before Microsoft, later producing a patch for older versions of Microsoft Windows which are no longer supported by Microsoft.
Zeroisation In cryptography, zeroisation (also spelled zeroization) is the practice of erasing sensitive parameters (especially keys) from a cryptographic module to prevent their disclosure if the equipment is captured. When encryption was performed by mechanical devices, this would often mean changing all the machine's settings to some fixed, meaningless value, such as zero.
Zeron Flemister Zeron Flemister (born September 8, 1976 in Sioux City, Iowa) is an American football player who plays tight end for the Oakland Raiders. As a senior at the University of Iowa, he played in and started seven games before playing in three postseason all-star games.
ZeroNetHistory ZeroNetHistory is a privacy and disk cleaning software developed by FBM Software for the Windows platform. It can erase computer and Internet activity history, and supports plug-ins for cleaning common traces of various third-party applications.
Zerophilia Zerophilia is a romantic comedy film directed by Motion Pictures' Student Academy Award winning director Martin Curland and produced by Microangelo Entertainment. The film scheduled for a release on October 13, 2006 in North America.
Zeroshift Zeroshift is a type of automotive transmission which allows for changing gear without interruption to torque the driving wheels. The Zeroshift principle was invented by Bill Martin, the company Zeroshift Ltd is based in Milton Keynes England.
Zerospyware ZeroSpyware is a proprietary anti-spyware software developed by FBM Software for the Windows platform. It can scan and remove many, but not all, spyware and adware programs, as well as rootkits, trojans, keyloggers, dialers, browser hijackers, and commercial surveillance software.
Zeroth law of thermodynamics The zeroth law of thermodynamics is a generalized statement about bodies in contact at thermal equilibrium and is the basis for the concept of temperature. The most common enunciation of the zeroth law of thermodynamics is:
Zeroth-order logic Zeroth-order logic is a term in popular use among practitioners for the subject matter otherwise known as boolean functions, monadic predicate calculus, propositional calculus, or sentential calculus. One of the advantages of this terminology is that it institutes a higher level of abstraction in which the more inessential differences between these various subjects can be subsumed under the pertinent isomorphisms.
Zerotin The Zerotin or Zierotin family of the Counts (from 1706 count of HRE, lords from 1478) was one of the most oldest and illustious noble families originating from Moravia and Bohemia. Family was first mentioned around year 1200 as Bludovici (Blud z Bludova), later renamed Zierotinove.
Zerubbabel Zrubavel (, ZÉ™rubbÄvel; traditional English: Zerubbabel; Greek: ζοĎοβαβελ, ZĹŹrobabel) was the grandson of Jehoiachin, penultimate King of Judah. Zerubbabel led the first band of Jews, numbering 42,360, who returned from the Babylonian Captivity in the first year of Cyrus, King of Persia (Ezra).
Zerus Zerus is a planet in the StarCraft universe — a fictional universe where a series of computer games and books are set. The planet was the homeworld of the Zerg, and is an inhospitable planet that was wrought with severely unstable volcanic activity that was home to several species of giant insectoid creatures that were capable of surviving the harsh atmosphere.
Zerzura The mythical city or oasis of Zerzura () was long rumored to have existed deep in the desert west of the Nile River in Egypt or Libya. In writings dating back to the thirteenth century, the authors spoke of a city which was "white as a dove" and called it "The Oasis of Little Birds".
Zess Zess is the name of a character in the initial teaching alphabet, a series of about forty minuscule letters specified by Sir Isaac Pitman, grandson of a devisor of shorthand, to assist children in their learning to read English. Its form is easy to describe - it's a backwards "z".
Zeta Aquarii Zeta Aquarii (ζ Aqr / ζ Aquarii) is a binary star,the central star in the “water jar” asterism (Click here to see the "water jar") in the constellation Aquarius. It is approximately 103 light years from Earth.
Zeta Aquilae Zeta Aquilae (ζ Aql / ζ Aquilae) is a triple star system in the constellation Aquila. It also has the traditional names Deneb el Okab, from an Arabic term ذنب العقاب Ă°anab al-cuqÄb meaning "the tail of the falcon", and the Mandarin names Woo and YuĂ«, derived from ĺł wĂş, an old state near Jiangsu province, and 粵 yuè, an old state in Guandong province.
Zeta Banovina The Zeta Banovina or Zeta Banate (Serbian, Bosnian, and Croatian: ЗетŃка бановина/Zetska banovina) was a province (banovina) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1941. This province consisted of all of the present-day Montenegro as well as adjacent parts of Central Serbia, Kosovo, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Zeta Beta Tau Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT, brothers of which are nicknamed Zebes) is a historically Jewish, presently nonsectarian national fraternity. Today the merged Zeta Beta Tau Brotherhood numbers over 110,000 Brothers, and ZBT Chapters and Colonies are established at over 80 campus locations.
Zeta Canis Majoris Zeta Canis Majoris (ζ CMa / ζ Canis Majoris) is a spectroscopic binary in the constellation Canis Major. It also has the traditional name Furud or Phurud, from the arabic Ůرد al-furud meaning the solitary ones.
Zeta Centauri Zeta Centauri (ζ Cen / ζ Centauri) is a star in the constellation Centaurus. It also has the traditional name Alnair or Al-Na'ir al Batn, from the Arabic البطن الناير Al-Na'ir al-baţn[u] meaning "The bright one of the stomach".
Zeta Delta Xi Zeta Delta Xi ("Zete") is a local, co-educational fraternity at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. It traces its origins to 1852 as the Epsilon chapter of the all-male national fraternity Zeta Psi.
Zeta function regularization In mathematics and theoretical physics, zeta-function regularization is a type of regularization or summability method that assigns finite values to superficially divergent sums. The technique is now commonly applied to problems in physics, but has its origins in attempts to give precise meanings to ill-conditioned sums appearing in number theory.
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