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111Pronunciation of English th — In English, the digraph 〈th〉 represents in most cases one of two different phonemes: the voiced dental fricative IPA|/ð/ (as in this ) and the voiceless dental fricative IPA|/θ/ ( thing ). More rarely, it can stand for IPA|/t/ ( Thailand ) or the …
112Wilberforce pendulum — A Wilberforce pendulum, invented by British physicist Lionel Robert Wilberforce around 1896 [cite journal|last=Wilberforce|first=Lionel Robert|date=1896|title=On the vibrations of a loaded spiral spring|journal=Philos. Mag.|volume=38|pages=386… …
113locomotion — /loh keuh moh sheuhn/, n. the act or power of moving from place to place. [1640 50; see LOCOMOTIVE, MOTION] * * * Any of various animal movements that result in progression from one place to another. Locomotion is classified as either… …
114Serbo-Croatian phonology — Serbo Croatian is a South Slavic language with four very similar national standards. This article deals exclusively with the Eastern Herzegovinian Neo Shtokavian dialect, the basis for the official standard of Yugoslavia and its present day forms …
115List of musical symbols — Modern musical symbols are the marks and symbols that are widely used in musical scores of all styles and instruments today. This is intended to be a comprehensive guide to the various symbols encountered in modern musical notation. Contents 1… …
116Parity of zero — Zero objects, divided into two equal groups Zero is an even number. In other words, its parity the quality of an integer being even or odd is even. Zero fits the definition of even number : it is an integer multiple of 2, namely 0 × 2. As a… …
117Empedocles — M.R.Wright INTRODUCTION Empedocles was a native of Acragas (Agrigento) in Sicily, a Doric colony founded on the south coast of the island in the sixth century BC, which soon grew to rival Syracuse in its prosperity. A line of temples, many of… …
118metagenesis — meta·gen·e·sis jen ə səs n, pl e·ses .sēz ALTERNATION OF GENERATIONS esp regular alternation of a sexual and an asexual generation meta·ge·net·ic jə net ik adj * * * meta·gen·e·sis (met″ə jenґə sis) [meta + genesis …
119Manic-Depressive Illness — (Bipolar Disorder) Before 1850, numerous physicians had commented on the alternation of mania and melancholia. In 1844, Karl Wigand Maximilian Jacobi (1775–1858), chief physician of Siegburg asylum in Germany, noted that Exaltation and… …
120sexual generation — noun : the generation that reproduces by a sexual process in animals or plants which exhibit alternation of generations compare alternation of generations, gametophyte * * * the gametophyte generation in the alternation of generations in plants… …
