| | - Huxley, T.H.
- English biologist, educator, and advocate of agnosticism (he coined the word). Huxley's vigorous public support of Charles Darwin's evolutionary naturalism earned him the nickname "Darwin's bulldog," while his organizational efforts, public lectures, and writing helped elevate the place of science in modern society. [11 Related Articles]
- Huy
- (from the article "Low Countries, history of") ...products were imported from northern France, the Meuse plain, and the Rhineland, where Merovingian power was more firmly established and where centres of commerce (e.g., Dinant, Namur, Huy, and Liege) developed. The more or less independent area on the North Sea coast, however, found itself threatened during the 7th century ...
- Huygens
- (from the article "Titan") ...deep brownish red tint. Extraordinarily pervasive throughout Titan's atmosphere, they are substantially dense even at altitudes as high as 300 km (200 miles) and pressures below one millibar. The Huygens entry probe observed haze particles as it descended through the troposphere, down to an altitude of about 30 km (20 ...
- Huygens gap
- (from the article "Saturn") ...who were associated with studies of Saturn (see below Observations from Earth). In addition to the Cassini division, they include the Maxwell gap (1.45 Saturn radii), within the C ring; the Huygens gap (1.95 Saturn radii), at the outer edge of the B ring; the Encke gap (2.21 Saturn radii), a ...
- Huygens' principle
- in optics, a statement that all points of a wave front of light in a vacuum or transparent medium may be regarded as new sources of wavelets that expand in every direction at a rate depending on their velocities. Proposed by the Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer, Christiaan Huygens, in ... [3 Related Articles]
- Huygens' wavelet
- (from the article "sound") ...wavefronts. The fundamental mechanism for this propagation is known as Huygens' principle, according to which every point on a wave is a source of spherical waves in its own right. The result is a Huygens' wavelet construction, illustrated in Figure 2A and 2B for a two-dimensional plane wave and circular ...
- Huygens, Christiaan
- Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist, who founded the wave theory of light, discovered the true shape of the rings of Saturn, and made original contributions to the science of dynamics-the study of the action of forces on bodies. [24 Related Articles]
- Huygens, Constantijn
- the most versatile and the last of the true Dutch Renaissance virtuosos, who made notable contributions in the fields of diplomacy, scholarship, music, poetry, and science. [3 Related Articles]
- Huynh Phu So
- Vietnamese philosopher, Buddhist reformer, and founder (1939) of the religion Phat Giao Hoa Hao, more simply known as Hoa Hao (q.v.), and an anti-French, anticommunist military and political activist. [1 Related Articles]
- Huynh Tan Phat
- one of the leading theoreticians of the National Liberation Front (NLF), the Vietnamese guerrilla organization formed in 1960 to oppose the U.S.-backed Saigon government and to reunite the country. From 1969 he was president of the South Vietnamese Provisional Revolutionary Government, which replaced the Saigon government in 1975.
- Huysmans, Camille
- socialist writer and statesman, a leader of the moderate wing of the Flemish nationalist movement during the first decades of the 20th century, and prime minister of Belgium from 1946 to 1947.
- Huysmans, Joris-Karl
- French writer whose major novels epitomize successive phases of the aesthetic, spiritual, and intellectual life of late-19th-century France. [7 Related Articles]
- Huyssens, Pieter
- (from the article "Western architecture") ...Catholicism, political opposition to Spain, and the painter Peter Paul Rubens were all responsible for the astonishing full-bodied character of Flemish Baroque. Rubens's friends Jacques Francart and Pieter Huyssens created an influential northern centre for vigorous expansive Baroque architecture to which France, England, and Germany turned. Francart's Beguinage Church (1629) ...
- Huysum, Jan van
- Dutch painter known for his still lifes of flowers and fruits. [1 Related Articles]
- Huyton-with-Roby
- urban area, metropolitan borough of Knowsley, metropolitan county of Merseyside, historic county of Lancashire, England. It lies on the eastern periphery of Liverpool. Although mentioned (as Hitune and Rabil) in Domesday Book (1086), the record of William the Conqueror's land survey of England, the town was not important until its ...
- huza system
- (from the article "Adangme") The chief Adangme occupation is farming, based on the huza system. In this system a tract of land is acquired by a group of people, usually members of an extended family; the land is subdivided among them according to the amount each has paid, and each individual thereafter has complete ...
- Huzhou
- city, northern Zhejiang sheng (province), southeastern China. It is situated close to the southern shore of Lake Tai, some 45 miles (75 km) north of the provincial capital Hangzhou and 39 miles (63 km) west of Jiaxing. Situated at the confluence of the Dongtiao and Xitiao rivers, ...
- Huzi
- (from the article "Ahvaz") ...He dammed the river, providing irrigation water, and the town prospered. When the Muslim Arabs conquered it in the 7th century, they renamed it Suq al-Ahwaz ("Market of the Huzi"). Ahwaz is the plural of Huzi, or Khuzi, a local warlike tribe that gave its name to the historical region ...
- Hval Fjord
- (from the article "Faxa Bay") Faxa Bay includes two eastern arms: Hval Fjord (Hvalfjordhur) and Borgar Fjord (Borgarfjordhur). Hval Fjord provides shelter for ships and was used as an anchorage for Allied naval convoys during World War II. It is now a fishing and whaling base.
- Hvannadals, Mount
- (from the article "Oraefajokull") ice-covered volcanic massif, southeastern Iceland. It lies at the southern end of the giant ice field of Vatnajokull (q.v.). Its highest peak, Mount Hvannadals, reaches an elevation of 6,952 feet (2,119 m) above sea level and is also the highest peak in Iceland.physiography of Iceland
- Hvar
- island in the Adriatic Sea, part of Croatia. At 116 square miles (300 square km) in area and 43 miles (69 km) in length, it is the longest island in the Adriatic. A rocky island, it reaches 2,054 feet (626 m) in elevation at Mount Sveti Nikola and is separated ...
- Hvar
- (from the article "Hvar") ...of various fruits, honey, lavender, rosemary, and wine, as well as to a prosperous tourist industry. Boatbuilding, fishing, and marble quarrying are other means of livelihood. The main towns are Hvar and Stari Grad. Stari Grad Plain, a natural area containing the ruins of stone structures and evidence of the ...
- Hvar Khshaita
- (from the article "Iranian religion") ...with him. In the Achaemenian inscriptions Mithra, together with Anahita, is the only other deity specifically mentioned. Although the ancient pantheon contained an individual sun god, Hvar Khshaita, in the eastern Iranian traditions reflected in the Avesta, Mithra has a hint of connection with the sun, more specifically with the ...
- hvarenah
- in Zoroastrianism, the attribute of kingly glory. Introduced to the Persian religion from Iran as part of Mithraism, hvarenah is thought of as a shining halo that descends on a leader and makes him sacred. The king thus proclaims himself divine and can rule with absolute power in the name ...
- Hveragerdi
- village, southwestern Iceland. It lies midway between the lake of Thingvallavatn to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. The centre of Iceland's hothouse industry, Hveragerdi is noted for its fruit (especially tomatoes and even bananas), vegetables, and flowers, all of which are grown under glass. The hothouses ...
- Hvergelmir
- (from the article "Niflheim") ...it was the last of nine worlds, a place into which evil men passed after reaching the region of death (Hel). Situated below one of the roots of the world tree, Yggdrasill, Niflheim contained a well, Hvergelmir, from which many rivers flowed. In the Norse creation story, Niflheim was the ...
- Hviezdoslav
- one of the most powerful and versatile of Slovak poets. [1 Related Articles]
- Hvita
- (from the article "Langjokull") ...km) long and 15 miles (24 km) wide and covers an area of 395 square miles (1,025 square km). It rises to 4,757 feet (1,450 m) above sea level in the centre and feeds several rivers, including the Hvita and Olfusa. Haga Lake (Hagavatn) is at the foot of the ...
- Hwabaek
- (from the article "Korea, history of") ...kolp'um ("bone-rank") system, in which the families of rulers customarily monopolized political power, was typical. Silla had a state deliberative body, the Council of Nobles (Hwabaek), which made important decisions. The council's membership consisted of men of chin'gol ("true-bone") class, who were of the high aristocracy.
- Hwang Woo Suk and Moon Shin Yong
- In February 2004 two researchers from Seoul (S.Kor.) National University announced that they had successfully cloned human embryos. Hwang Woo Suk, a specialist in veterinary medicine, and Moon Shin Yong, an obstetrician, harvested eggs from donors and developed cloned embryos. One of the embryos yielded stem cells-undifferentiated cells capable of ... [1 Related Articles]
- Hwang Woo Suk and Moon Shin Yong
- In February 2004 two researchers from Seoul (S.Kor.) National University announced that they had successfully cloned human embryos. Hwang Woo Suk, a specialist in veterinary medicine, and Moon Shin Yong, an obstetrician, harvested eggs from donors and developed cloned embryos. One of the embryos yielded stem cells-undifferentiated cells capable of ... [2 Related Articles]
- Hwang'yong Temple
- (from the article "arts, East Asian") ...in Puyo and at the site of the Asuka-dera temple near Kyoto, Japan. The Paekche temple also had a central octagonal wooden pagoda. In Silla, however, as can be seen in the well-known Hwang'yong Temple of Kyongju, the Koguryo-Paekche plan was modified to a one-pagoda (south), one-chapel (north) system.
- Hwang, David Henry
- (from the article "American literature") ...Homebody/Kabul (2001), a brilliant monologue followed by a drama set in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. After writing several Off-Broadway plays about Chinese Americans, David Henry Hwang achieved critical and commercial success on Broadway with his gender-bending drama M. Butterfly (1988). Richard Nelson found an enthusiastic following ...
- Hwange
- town, western Zimbabwe. It was founded about 1900 after the discovery of coal in the vicinity and was named for a local chief, Whanga, who was the dynastic head of the Abananza people. By 1908 a brickyard was established, utilizing local clays, and the production of coke began in 1913. ...
- Hwange National Park
- park in northwestern Zimbabwe, on the Botswana frontier. It was established in 1928 as a game reserve, and as a national park in 1930. The park's area of 5,657 square miles (14,651 square km) is largely flat and contains fine hardwood forests of mukwa and Zimbabwean teak. Hwange is one ... [1 Related Articles]
- Hwanghae
- (from the article "Korea, North") ...natural environment and historical background. Of the eight Korean provinces of the Choson (Yi) dynasty (1392-1910), North Korea contains the three provinces of P'yongan, Hwanghae, and Hamgyong and the northern parts of Kangwon and Kyonggi provinces. Each province not only was a political unit but also had characteristics of a ...
- Hwanung
- (from the article "Tangun") mythological first king of the Koreans, the grandson of Hwanin, the creator, and the son of Hwanung, who fathered his child by breathing on a beautiful young woman. Tangun reportedly became king in 2333 BC.
- hwarang
- (from the article "Hwarangdo") (Korean: "Way of the Flower of Manhood"), unique military and philosophical code developed in the ancient Korean state of Silla around the 6th century AD. The Hwarangdo provided the basis of training for the elite society of youths known as the hwarang; this training placed almost equal emphasis on academic ...
- Hwarangdo
- (Korean: "Way of the Flower of Manhood"), unique military and philosophical code developed in the ancient Korean state of Silla around the 6th century AD. The Hwarangdo provided the basis of training for the elite society of youths known as the hwarang; this training placed almost equal emphasis on academic ... [1 Related Articles]
- Hwicce
- the inhabitants of one of the subkingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England that coincided with the medieval diocese of Worcester, a territory that then encompassed present Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, and southwest Warwickshire. The southern part had been wrested from the Britons by the West Saxons sometime after 577, and the northern part was ... [3 Related Articles]
- Hy-Speed Longhand
- (from the article "shorthand") Another American method, Hy-Speed Longhand, was first published under that title in 1932. Based on Andrew J. Graham's Brief Longhand, published in 1857, its principles include the omission of silent letters and most vowels, the substitution of letters, numbers, or signs, and the combination of certain letters.
- hyacinth
- any ornamental plant of the genus Hyacinthus of the family Hyacinthaceae, consisting of about 30 species of bulbous herbs native primarily to the Mediterranean region and tropical Africa. The common garden hyacinths are derived from H. orientalis.
- hyacinth
- a red, orange, or yellow variety of the gemstone zircon (q.v.). [2 Related Articles]
- Hyacinthia
- (from the article "Hyacinthus") The death of Hyacinthus was celebrated at Amyclae by the second most important of Spartan festivals, the Hyacinthia, in the Spartan month Hyacinthius. Probably an early summer festival, it lasted three days, the rites gradually passing from mourning for Hyacinthus to rejoicing in the majesty of Apollo. This festival was ...
- hyacinthine macaw
- (from the article "macaw") ...America. These brightly coloured, long-tailed birds are some of the most spectacular parrots in the world. The sexes look alike, which is uncommon among vividly coloured birds. The cobalt-blue hyacinthine macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) of Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay is the largest of all parrots, measuring 95-100 cm (37.5-39.5 inches) long. ...
- Hyacinthus
- in Greek legend, a young man of Amyclae in Laconia. According to the usual version, his great beauty attracted the love of Apollo, who killed him accidentally while teaching him to throw the discus; others related that Zephyrus (or Boreas) out of jealousy deflected the discus so that it hit ... [3 Related Articles]
- Hyades
- in Greek mythology, daughters of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Aethra, the five (or more) sisters of the Pleiades who nursed the infant wine god, Dionysus, and as a reward were made the five stars in the head of the constellation Taurus, the bull. According to another version, they ...
- Hyades
- cluster of several hundred stars in the zodiacal constellation Taurus. As seen from Earth, the bright star Aldebaran appears to be a member of the cluster, but in fact Aldebaran is much closer to the Earth than the Hyades' distance of about 150 light-years. Five genuine members of the group ... [3 Related Articles]
- Hyaenidae
- (from the article "carnivore") ...related species), Mustelidae (weasels, badgers, otters, and related species), Mephitidae (skunks and stink badgers), Herpestidae (mongooses), Viverridae (civets, genets, and related species), and Hyaenidae (hyenas). There are three aquatic families: Otariidae (sea lions and fur seals), Phocidae (true, or earless, seals), and Odobenidae (the walrus). These aquatic families are...classification
- Hyaenodon
- extinct genus of carnivorous mammals that first appeared in the fossil record about 42 million years ago during the middle of the Eocene Epoch and persisted until about 25 million years ago near the end of the Oligocene Epoch. The genus, in the order Creodonta, contained about 30 species. Hyaenodon ...
- Hyaenodontidae
- (from the article "Creodonta") ...the skull was relatively long and low. Prominent crests present on the skull served for the attachment of well-developed chewing muscles. Two main families are distinguished: the Oxyaenidae and the Hyaenodontidae. The oxyaenids, long-bodied, weasel-like animals with short legs, first appeared during the late Paleocene Epoch (more than 57.8 million ...
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