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- (from the article "sand dune") ...it. The wind then separates from the surface leaving a "dead zone" in the lee into which falls the sand brought up the windward slope. When this depositional slope is steepened to the angle of repose of dry sand (about 32°), this angle is maintained and the added sand slips ...
- angle perspective
- (from the article "perspective scenery") ...the terms upstage and downstage derive. In Serlio's designs, painted scenery receded directly from the viewer toward a single vanishing point at the back of the stage. Angle perspective was an 18th-century refinement of perspective scenery. Several vanishing points were set at the centre-back of the stage and off to ...
- angle strain
- (from the article "hydrocarbon") ...requires the C&singlehorzbond;C&singlehorzbond;C angles to be 60°. This 60° angle is much smaller than the normal tetrahedral bond angle of 109.5° and imposes considerable strain (called angle strain) on cyclopropane. Cyclopropane is further destabilized by the torsional strain that results from having three eclipsed C&singlehorzbond;H bonds above the plane of ...
- angle-side-angle theorem
- (from the article "Euclidean geometry") ...theorem: If two sides and the included angle of one triangle are equal to two sides and the included angle of another triangle, the triangles are congruent. Following this, there are corresponding angle-side-angle (ASA) and side-side-side (SSS) theorems.
- Anglem, Mount
- (from the article "Stewart Island") ...Island. Roughly triangular and measuring 45 by 25 miles (70 by 40 km), the island has a total land area of 674 square miles (1,746 square km). It is generally hilly (rising to 3,215 feet [980 m] at Mount Anglem), wooded, and windswept, and its 102-mile (164-kilometre) coastline is deeply ...
- anglerfish
- any of about 210 species of marine fishes of the order Lophiiformes. Anglers are named for their method of "fishing" for their prey. The foremost spine of the dorsal fin is located on the head and is modified into a "fishing rod" tipped with a fleshy "bait." Prey fishes attracted ... [8 Related Articles]
- Anglesey
- (from the article "Wales") ...colonists were settled. The king's arrangements for the governance of Llywelyn's former lands in northwestern Wales were embodied in the Statute of Wales (1284). Three counties (shires)-Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, and Merioneth-were created and placed under the custody of a justice of North Wales. In northeastern Wales a fourth county, Flintshire, was ...
- Anglesey, Isle of
- county, northwestern Wales, separated from the North Wales mainland by the Menai Strait. The county encompasses Anglesey island-the largest island in England and Wales, with an area of 261 square miles (676 square km)-and Holy Island, adjoining just west of Anglesey. Isle of Anglesey county is coterminous with the historic ... [2 Related Articles]
- anglesite
- naturally occurring lead sulfate (PbSO4). A common secondary mineral that is a minor ore of lead, it is usually formed by the oxidation of galena and often forms a concentrically banded mass surrounding a core of unaltered galena. The formation of cerussite (lead carbonate) often accompanies or follows the formation ... [1 Related Articles]
- Angleterre
- bobbin lace comparable to fine Brussels lace in thread, technique, and design; but whether it was made in England or Brussels or both is debatable. To encourage home industries, both England and France had laws in the 1660s prohibiting the importation of Brussels lace, which was much in demand. To ... [1 Related Articles]
- anglewing
- (from the article "brush-footed butterfly") Adult anglewings show seasonal dimorphism, with the autumnal generation being hairy and lighter-coloured. Some also exhibit sexual dimorphism, with the female being less conspicuous than the male. Most species have a silvery spot on the undersurface of each hindwing. The spiny larvae feed on elm and birch trees, hops, and ...
- Anglian Glacial Stage
- (from the article "Pleistocene Epoch") ...names in different areas. Although several old gravels with glacial erratics are known, the oldest major glacial episodes with extensive till deposits are the Elsterian in northern Germany and the Anglian in England. These glaciations probably are correlative with oxygen-18 stage 12, and local evidence suggests the possibility of earlier ...
- Anglican chant
- simple harmonized setting of a melodic formula devised for singing prose versions of the psalms and canticles in the Anglican Church. The formula is made up of a reciting tone with middle and final cadences (mediation and termination), much like the Gregorian-chant psalm tones from which Anglican chant derives. When ...
- Anglican Church of Australia
- independent Australian church within the Anglican Communion. It developed from the churches established by the English settlers in Australia in the 18th century. The first settlers, convicts sent from England to settle the country in 1788, were accompanied by one chaplain. Subsequently, more settlers and priests went to Australia. For ...
- Anglican Communion
- religious body of national, independent, and autonomous churches throughout the world that adheres to the teachings of Anglicanism and that evolved from the Church of England. The Anglican Communion is united by a common loyalty to the archbishop of Canterbury in England as its senior bishop and titular leader and ... [23 Related Articles]
- Anglican Consultative Council
- (from the article "Anglicanism") ...meetings were held in the 20th century: in London in 1908, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., in 1954, and in Toronto, Canada, in 1963. The Lambeth Conference of 1968 recommended the formation of the Anglican Consultative Council, an advisory body of about 60 members, including bishops, clergy, and laypersons; its president ...
- Anglican Evangelical
- one who emphasizes biblical faith, personal conversion, piety, and, in general, the Protestant rather than the Catholic heritage of the Anglican Communion. Such persons have also been referred to as low churchmen because they give a "low" place to the importance of the episcopal form of church government, the sacraments, ... [5 Related Articles]
- Anglican Prayer Beads
- (from the article "rosary") The Anglican Prayer Beads are a blend of the Orthodox and the Catholic rosaries. They have four sections ("weeks") of seven beads each, four larger "cruciform" beads separating each week, and an invitatory bead and a cross at the base. A prayer is said first on the cross and then ...
- Anglican religious community
- any of various religious communities for men and for women that first began developing within the Anglican Communion in the 19th century. Although monastic communities were numerous in the pre-Reformation English Church, they were suppressed in the 16th century by Henry VIII when he broke with the Roman Catholic Church. ...
- Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission
- (from the article "Religion") In the first major Protestant-Catholic accord on devotion to the Virgin Mary, the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission released a statement in May declaring that differences on the subject need no longer be seen as "communion-dividing." The statement, titled "Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ," affirmed that the Catholic doctrines of ...
- Anglicanism
- one of the major branches of the 16th-century Protestant Reformation and a form of Christianity that includes features of both Protestantism and Roman Catholicism. Anglicanism is loosely organized in the Anglican Communion, a worldwide family of religious bodies that represents the offspring of the Church of England and recognizes the ... [42 Related Articles]
- anglicism
- (from the article "Romance languages") ...spheres has produced a crop of loanwords, especially since the 17th century, when French in particular began to borrow a fair number from its Germanic neighbours. In recent times, the influx of Anglicisms has become a flood, resisted to the death by some purists. Many of these, however, are ephemeral ...
- Anglicization
- (from the article "India") From this base Cornwallis built up the Bengal system. Its first principle was Anglicization. In the belief that Indian officials were corrupt (and that British corruption had been cured), all posts worth more than £500 a year were reserved for the company's covenanted servants. Next came the government. The 23 ...
- Anglin, Margaret
- one of the most brilliant actresses of her day, equally effective in Greek tragedies, Shakespearean plays, and contemporary dramas.
- Anglo American Corporation of South Africa, Ltd.
- (from the article "Oppenheimer, Sir Ernest") ...London diamond brokers. In 1902 he moved to Kimberley, S.Af., where he served as a Dunkelsbuhlers' representative. In 1917, with considerable backing from the financier J.P. Morgan, he formed the Anglo American Corporation of South Africa, Ltd., to exploit the east Witwatersrand goldfield. Two years later he formed Consolidated Diamond ...
- Anglo-Afghan Wars
- (1839-42; 1878-80; 1919), three conflicts in which Great Britain, from its base in India, sought to extend its control over neighbouring Afghanistan and to oppose Russian influence there. The first war demonstrated the ease of overrunning Afghanistan and the difficulty of holding it. The second war proved to be a ... [9 Related Articles]
- Anglo-America
- cultural entity of North America whose common spoken language is English and whose folkways and customs historically have been those of northern Europe. It comprises most of the United States and Canada, with French-speaking Canada a notable exception. The term also designates a geographical area on the North American continent ... [2 Related Articles]
- Anglo-American
- (from the article "Anglo-America") ...a geographical area on the North American continent as apart from Latin, Spanish, or Ibero-America (comprising Middle and South America) with strong Hispanic traditions and heritage. The expression Anglo has come to signify a white, English-speaking North American as distinct from one of Latin-American descent.Arizona
- Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
- (from the article "Palestine") In November 1945, in an effort to secure American coresponsibility for a Palestinian policy, Bevin announced the formation of an Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry. Pending the report of the committee, Jewish immigration would continue at the rate of 1,500 persons per month above the 75,000 limit set by the 1939 ...
- Anglo-Arab
- (from the article "horse") The Anglo-Arab breed originated in France with a crossing of English Thoroughbreds to pure Arabians. The matings produced a horse larger than the Arabian and smaller than the Thoroughbred, of easy maintenance, and capable of carrying considerable weight in the saddle. Its coat is generally chestnut or bay.
- Anglo-Australian Telescope
- (from the article "Table 1: Some Important Ground-Based Optical Telescopes") ...Spring Observatory was originally a field station for the Mount Stromlo site, but it has become in itself one of the most important optical observatories in the world. Its main telescope is the Anglo-Australian Telescope, which was jointly built by Australia and Great Britain and has been operated by them ...
- Anglo-Belgian Basin
- (from the article "Tertiary Period") ...that essentially rim the North Sea basin, itself the site of active subsidence during the Paleogene and infilling during the Neogene. The marine Hampshire and London basins, the Paris Basin, the Anglo-Belgian Basin, and the North German Basin have become the standard for comparative studies of the Paleogene part of ...
- Anglo-Burmese Wars
- (1824-26, 1852, 1885), three conflicts that collectively forced Burma (now Myanmar) into a vulnerable position from which it had to concede British hegemony in the region of the Bay of Bengal. The First Anglo-Burmese War arose from friction between Arakan in western Burma and British-held Chittagong to the north. After ... [9 Related Articles]
- Anglo-Catholicism
- movement that emphasizes the Catholic rather than the Protestant heritage of the Anglican Communion. It was an outgrowth of the 19th-century Oxford Movement (q.v.), which sought to renew Catholic thought and practice in the Church of England. The term Anglo-Catholic was first used in some of the writings of leaders ... [4 Related Articles]
- Anglo-Dutch Wars
- (English Wars), the four 17th- and 18th-century naval conflicts between England and the Dutch Republic. The first three wars, stemming from commercial rivalry, established England's naval might, and the last, arising from Dutch interference in the American Revolution, spelled the end of the republic's position as a world power. [13 Related Articles]
- Anglo-Egyptian Agreement
- (from the article "Egypt") ...An agreement signed in February 1953 established a transitional period of self-government for the Sudan, which became an independent republic in January 1956. Prolonged negotiations led to the 1954 Anglo-Egyptian Agreement, under which British troops were to be evacuated gradually from the canal zone. Some Egyptians criticized the treaty from ...
- Anglo-Egyptian Condominium
- the joint British and Egyptian government that ruled the eastern Sudan from 1899 to 1955. It was established by the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium Agreements of Jan. 19 and July 10, 1899, and, with some later modifications, lasted until the formation of the sovereign, independent Republic of The Sudan on Jan. 1, ... [2 Related Articles]
- Anglo-Egyptian Slave Trade Convention
- (from the article "Sudan, history of the") ...the slave trade and, to assist him in this humanitarian enterprise, surrounded himself with a cadre of European and American Christian officials. In 1877 Isma'il had signed the Anglo-Egyptian Slave Trade Convention, which provided for the termination of the sale and purchase of slaves in the Sudan by 1880. Gordon ...
- Anglo-Egyptian Treaty
- (Aug. 26, 1936), treaty signed at Montreux, Switz., in May 1937 that officially brought to an end 54 years of British occupation in Egypt. Nevertheless, Egyptian sovereignty remained circumscribed by the terms of the treaty, which established a 20-year military alliance that allowed Great Britain to impose martial law and ... [2 Related Articles]
- Anglo-Ethiopian Treaty
- (from the article "Hawd Plateau") Under the Anglo-Ethiopian treaty of 1897, Great Britain ceded the northeastern part of the Hawd Plateau, a traditional Somali grazing area, to Ethiopia. In 1960 the newly independent Somali government refused to acknowledge this transfer, and a major dispute erupted in 1964. Later, Ethiopia decided to continue to allow Somali ...
- Anglo-French Treaty
- (from the article "international trade") ...and urged the negotiation of trade agreements with foreign powers. This change in attitudes led to the signing of a number of agreements embodying the new liberal ideas about trade, among them the Anglo-French Treaty of 1786, which ended what had been an economic war between the two countries.
- Anglo-French War of 1213-14
- (from the article "France") ...were alienated from their Capetian suzerain, Philip found himself seriously threatened in his northern heartlands. John's desire to avenge the loss of his French fiefs finally prompted him to act in 1214; he led a force from the west, and his major allies marched on Paris from the north. Philip ...
- Anglo-French War of 1294-1303
- (from the article "France") ...to Parlement. When Gascon castles occupied by the French as part of the settlement were not returned to the English on schedule, Edward renounced his homage and prepared to fight for Aquitaine. The war that ensued (1294-1303) went in favour of Philip the Fair, whose armies thrust deep into Gascony. ...
- Anglo-German Agreement
- (from the article "eastern Africa, history of") ...Britain in Europe, secured the grant of an imperial charter for his German East Africa Company. With this, the European scramble for Africa began. In east-central Africa the key occurrence was the Anglo-German Agreement of 1886, by which the two parties agreed that their spheres of influence in East Africa ...
- Anglo-German Naval Agreement
- (from the article "international relations") ...May 21, 1935, in which he offered bilateral pacts to all Germany's neighbours (except Lithuania) and assured the British that he, unlike the Kaiser, did not intend to challenge them on the seas. The Anglo-German Naval Agreement of June 18, which countenanced a new German navy though limiting it to ...
- Anglo-Hindu School
- (from the article "Roy, Ram Mohun") In 1822 Roy founded the Anglo-Hindu School and four years later the Vedanta College, in order to teach his Hindu monotheistic doctrines. When the Bengal government proposed a more traditional Sanskrit college, in 1823, Roy protested that classical Indian literature would not prepare the youth of Bengal for the demands ...
- Anglo-Indian
- (from the article "India") ...of elected members of the Lok Sabha to 530 from the states and 20 from the union territories, allotted roughly in proportion to their population. The president may also nominate two members of the Anglo-Indian community if it appears that this community is not being adequately represented. Members of the ...
- Anglo-Iraqi Treaty
- (from the article "Cox, Sir Percy") ...23, 1921). Cox and Faysal shared the credit for overcoming serious difficulties in establishing the constitution and the political structure of the nation. On Oct. 10, 1922, Cox signed the Anglo-Iraq Treaty (not ratified by Iraq until 1924), which provided for a 20-year alliance, later reduced to 4 years. He ...
- Anglo-Iraqi Treaty
- (from the article "World War II") ...Rashid Ali on April 3 seized power in Baghdad with help from some army officers and announced that the temporarily absent regent was deposed. The British, ostensibly exercising their right under the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1930 to move troops across Iraqi territory, landed troops at Basra on April 19 and ...
- Anglo-Irish Agreement
- (from the article "Hume, John") ...from 1981, encouraged United States President Ronald Reagan to persuade British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to pursue closer relations with Ireland. The improved relations made possible the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985, which gave the Irish Republic an official consultative role in the affairs of Northern Ireland.effect on Northern Ireland
- Anglo-Irish Treaty
- (from the article "Griffith, Arthur") ...to the self-government treaty conference. Finally agreeing to exclude six Ulster counties from the republic, he was the first Irish delegate to accept the British terms, later embodied in the Anglo-Irish Treaty (December 6, 1921). Though not satisfied, Griffith insisted that the treaty offered Ireland the best possible opportunity to ...
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