Search results for "The Five K's" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Literature in Sanskrit, the classical language of India, represents ... literature, primarily in Hinduism, and the fact that most modern Indian ...19 KB (2,849 words) - 03:17, 23 December 2022
- white, inert metal. It is a member of the platinum group of elements ... it is a symbol of wealth and is occasionally used in the presentation ...13 KB (1,685 words) - 20:04, 8 December 2022
- Giant squid is the common name for any of the very large squid comprising ... Giant squid can grow to a tremendous size. Recent estimates put the ...27 KB (3,958 words) - 07:44, 24 January 2023
- statement of a set of business goals, the financial background and nature ... mission statement, a detailed description of the business, a marketing plan ...19 KB (2,741 words) - 18:51, 22 November 2023
- alkaline earth metal. When freshly prepared, the pure metal is brilliant white ... The applications of radium are mainly based on its radioactivity. ...13 KB (1,820 words) - 22:47, 7 December 2022
- (Vom Ursprung und Ziel der Geschichte, The Origin and the Goal of History ... Jaspers saw a crisis of time in the loss of authentic existence of ...13 KB (1,830 words) - 07:16, 5 October 2022
- anthropology and a leading figure at the London School of Economics ... Firth connected to the heart of the people whose culture he studied ...14 KB (2,002 words) - 01:37, 8 December 2022
- national park since 1982, nestled high in the West Himalayas. The park stretches ... . The Valley of Flowers has enshrined in Hindu Mythology. It won international ...14 KB (1,829 words) - 14:15, 3 May 2023
- pentose sugar (monosaccharide with five carbon atoms) that is an important ... Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a nucleic acid based on the sugar ribose ...7 KB (1,027 words) - 09:19, 10 August 2022
- A legendary child prodigy, Mozart is among the most enduringly popular of ... The young Mozart toured as a child and won the patronage of both nobility ...34 KB (5,408 words) - 16:10, 10 October 2020
- or table salt, is a chemical compound with the formula NaCl. Its mineral ... As the main ingredient in edible salt, it has long been used as a ...16 KB (2,377 words) - 15:04, 27 April 2023
- signals from other neurons and transmits the signals toward the cell body ... of twig-like dendrites that cluster near the cell body. The term dendrite ...15 KB (2,188 words) - 02:26, 25 August 2020
- major classes of cells in neural tissues, the other being neurons, for which ... Glia, which is Greek for glue, have traditionally been viewed as the ...15 KB (2,279 words) - 07:55, 24 January 2023
- rare, silver-white metal. It is a member of the platinum group of elements ... detectors for carbon monoxide and tests for the corrosion-resistance of stainless ...13 KB (1,749 words) - 06:25, 18 November 2022
- condition in which there is deterioration in the macula area of the retina ... Macular degeneration is predominately found in elderly adults and ...18 KB (2,740 words) - 04:52, 5 November 2022
- The development of the germanium transistor opened the door to numerous ... Germanium is obtained commercially from the smelter dust of zinc ore ...13 KB (1,672 words) - 18:19, 21 May 2024
- throat or scarlet fever) and can involve the heart, joints, skin, and brain ... One of the most obvious preventive actions is addressing the original ...14 KB (1,938 words) - 20:01, 8 December 2022
- segments are called its edges or sides, and the points where two edges meet ... In the computer graphics (image generation) field, the term polygon ...23 KB (3,520 words) - 08:42, 24 November 2022
- Midge is the common name for a small, fragile, flying insects belonging ... Non-biting midges are generally harmless, while the females of most ...13 KB (1,785 words) - 17:34, 9 November 2022
- The kinetic energy of an object is the extra energy it possesses due ... a non-moving observer has kinetic energy in the reference frame of this observer ...22 KB (3,694 words) - 14:17, 5 October 2022
