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Dionysius Petavius
Dionysius Petavius , Fr. Denys Pétau, 1583-1652, French Jesuit theologian and philologist. His editions of late-Greek theological works are still important. His chief work (incomplete), on Christian doctrine, was bold in imputing slight unorthodoxy to certain Fathers of the Church and a Jan... Read more
soot
soot black or dull brown deposit of fine powder resulting from incomplete combustion of fuel of high carbon content, e.g., coal, wood, and oil. It consists chiefly of amorphous carbon and tarry substances that cause it to adhere to surfaces. Soot obtained from coal also contains sulfur and ammonia.... Read more
fistula
fistula , abnormal, usually ulcerous channellike formation between two internal organs or between an internal organ and the skin. It may follow a surgical procedure with improper healing, or it may be caused by injury, abscess, or infection with penetration deep enough to reach another organ or the ... Read more
metamorphosis
metamorphosis [Gr.,=transformation], in zoology, term used to describe a form of development from egg to adult in which there is a series of distinct stages. Many insects , amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, and fishes undergo metamorphosis, which may involve a change in habitat, e.g., from water ... Read more
Oliver Pollock
Oliver Pollock 1737-1823, American merchant, b. Ireland. He arrived in America at the age of 23 and became a successful merchant. After moving to New Orleans, Pollock speculated advantageously in land and in the slave trade and gained the confidence of the Spanish government. He contributed generou... Read more
Publius Papinius Statius
Publius Papinius Statius , c.AD 45-c.AD 96, Latin poet, b. Naples. A favorite of Emperor Domitian , he won the poetry prize at an annual festival under Domitian's auspices but later was an unsuccessful competitor at the Capitoline contest in Rome. His surviving works include two epics in the manner... Read more
Joseph Jacobs
Joseph Jacobs 1854-1916, Jewish writer, historian, and folklorist, b. Australia. He lived in England until 1900, when he went to the United States to edit a revision of The Jewish Encyclopedia. He was later a teacher at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City and editor of the American ... Read more
Salvian
Salvian , fl. 5th cent., Christian writer of Gaul. His Latin name was Salvianus. He was a monk and priest of Lérins (from c.424) and became a renowned preacher and teacher of rhetoric. Of his several works two treatises and nine letters are extant. De gubernatione Dei [on the governance of ... Read more
bug
bug common name correctly applied to insects belonging to the order Hemiptera, although members of the order Homoptera (e.g., mealybug ) are sometimes referred to as bugs, as are other insects in general. The true bugs (Hemipterans) have a characteristic pair of front wings that are partially thic... Read more
cleft palate
cleft palate incomplete fusion of bones of the palate. The cleft may be confined to the soft palate at the back of the mouth; it may include the hard palate, or roof of the mouth; or it may extend through the gum and lip, producing a gap in the teeth and a cleft lip, which is cosmetically difficult... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Incomplete"

Calorie
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture ...changes of one form of energy to another to be incomplete, various forms of energy normally can be converted...heat of combustion by correction factors for incomplete digestion and incomplete oxidation of the food in the body. In about...
Nutrition
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science ...more essential amino acids are incomplete proteins. Peas, beans, lentils...and cereal grains are sources of incomplete proteins. Anyone whose diet consists...stored in an animal's body. Incomplete protein: A protein that lacks...
Fractures
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed. ...Definition A fracture is a complete or incomplete break in a bone resulting from the application...classifications include simple, compound, incomplete and complete. Simple fractures (more...completely through the bone and described as incomplete or "greenstick" if the fracture occurs...
Coal
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...fuel, combustion of these materials is usually incomplete. During the incomplete combustion of carbon and hydrocarbons, other...compounds are converted to nitrogen oxides. The incomplete combustion of coal and the combustion of these...
Patau Syndrome
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence ...abnormalities, including heart defects; incomplete brain development; unusual facial features...retardation and may experience seizures. Incomplete development of the optic (sight) and...even fused into a single structure. Incomplete development of any structures in the...
Punctuated Equilibrium
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...record because that record is radically incomplete. Fossils form only under certain special...and Gould agree that the fossil record is incomplete, but contend that it could not be incomplete enough to account for the near-complete...
Cleft Lip Repair
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery: A Guide for Patients and Caregivers ...simart band) joins together the two incomplete lip portions. Bilateral cleft lip occurs...are further classified as complete or incomplete. A complete cleft involves the entire...and typically the alveolar arch. An incomplete cleft involves only part of the lip...
Stock Exchanges
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...corporate management. Since investors have incomplete, and sometimes inaccurate, information...fact that this information is always incomplete means that stock prices are never perfectly...executive performance. Trading with incomplete information is speculative, but unavoidable...
Breech Birth
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence ...There are three breech positions: frank, complete, and incomplete. In a complete breech, the buttocks lead the way out of...legs will stretch straight up with his feet by his head. An incomplete breech, also known as a footling breech, presents with one...
Aerosols
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science ...familiar form of a fume is smoke. Smoke is formed from the incomplete combustion of fuels such as coal, oil, or natural gas...products of fossil fuel combustion. Smoke: A fume formed by the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural...

Dictionary entries related to "Incomplete"

incomplete
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...not having all the necessary or appropriate parts: the records are patchy and incomplete. ∎  not full or finished: the analysis remains incomplete. DERIVATIVES: in·com·plete·ly adv. in·...
incomplete dominance
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology incomplete dominance See PARTIAL DOMINANCE .
incomplete knowledge-based system
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing incomplete knowledge-based system See completeness .
Tiefland
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Footage confiscated by French occupation forces and returned incomplete to Riefenstahl, who then edited it for a February 1954 Austrian...subsequently confiscated by the French government and returned incomplete to Riefenstahl after her several years in detention camps...
energy
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition ...unabsorbed food in the faeces gives digestible energy. Allowing for loss in the urine due to incomplete combustion in the body (e.g. urea from the incomplete combustion of proteins) gives metabolizable energy. Allowing for the loss due to diet...
Nirvāṇa school
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism ...declared that the Fa-hsien/Buddhabhadra translation must be incomplete. For daring to contradict scripture, he was denounced and...in 40 fascicles that showed the earlier translation to be incomplete and provided clear statements of the universality of Buddha...
conjecture
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...x2022; n. an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information: conjectures about the newcomer the purpose of...opinion or supposition about (something) on the basis of incomplete information: many conjectured that she had a second husband...
Benivieni, Antonio
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Girolamo with the aid of a physician (Giovanni Rosati) in an incomplete form containing only 111 chapter; a copy of this first edition...Bibliotheca Marucelliana, Florence. Later issues of this incomplete version appeared at Paris (1528), Basel (1529), Cologne...
Burley, Walter
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...version of this work appears to have been composed (in incomplete form) before the appearance (ca.1324) of the Summa...separate Questiones on the Physics , extant in a single (incomplete) manuscript (MS Basel, Universit
Constantine the African
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...the West owed to Constantine. Although this list is clearly incomplete, a precise itemization of the Constantinian writings is not...Stephen complained that the earlier translation had been incomplete (he had presumably not seen the text in the form completed...

Thesaurus entries related to "Incomplete"

incomplete
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English incomplete • adjective   1. an incomplete task synonyms : unfinished, unaccomplished, partial...unexecuted, unperformed, undeveloped.   2. an incomplete set of books synonyms : deficient, lacking, wanting...
fragmentary
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus fragmentary • adjective  fragmentary evidence synonyms : incomplete, fragmented, disconnected, disjointed, broken, discontinuous, piecemeal, sketchy, uneven, patchy.
full
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...all-encompassing, all-embracing, in depth; complete, entire, whole, unabridged, uncut. antonyms: selective, incomplete.   7. a fire engine driven at full speed synonyms : maximum, top, greatest, highest. antonym: low.  ...
finished
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...executed, discharged, fulfilled, done; informal wrapped up, sewn up, polished off; formal effectuated. antonym: incomplete.   2. a finished performance synonyms : accomplished, polished, flawless, faultless, perfect; expert, proficient...
sketchy
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus sketchy • adjective  we have only a sketchy description of the assailant synonyms : incomplete, patchy, fragmentary, cursory, perfunctory, scanty, vague, imprecise, imperfect; hurried, hasty. antonym: detailed.
remaining
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...surplus, spare, superfluous, excess.   2. his remaining jobs synonyms : unsettled, outstanding, unfinished, incomplete, to be done, unattended to.   3. my only remaining memories synonyms : surviving, lasting, enduring, continuing...
partial
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus partial • adjective   1. a partial recovery synonyms : incomplete, limited, qualified, imperfect, fragmentary, unfinished. antonyms: complete, total.   2. a very partial view...
pending
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...action, undetermined, open, hanging fire, (up) in the air, on ice, ongoing, outstanding, not done, unfinished, incomplete; informal on the back burner.   2. with a general election pending synonyms : imminent, impending, about to happen...
outstanding
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...unexceptional.   3. how much work is still outstanding? synonyms : to be done, undone, unattended to, unfinished, incomplete, remaining, pending, ongoing. antonym: finished.   4. outstanding debts synonyms : unpaid, unsettled, owing...
rudimentary
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...crude, simple, unsophisticated, rough, rough and ready, makeshift. antonym: sophisticated.   3. a rudimentary thumb synonyms : vestigial, undeveloped, incomplete; Biology abortive, primitive. antonym: developed.

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Incomplete Kawasaki disease: a pediatric diagnostic conflict/ Inkomplet Kawasaki hastaligi: pediatrik tanisal zorluk.(Letters to the Editor/Editore Mektuplar)(Letter to the editor)
Magazine article from: The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology (Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi); 6/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...We read with interest the article Incomplete Kawasaki disease: a pediatric diagnostic...They reported two children with incomplete Kawasaki disease (KD) who responded...artery abnormality (CAA) prevalence of incomplete KD (18.4%) was higher than that...
Welfare of incomplete markets economy with permanent as well as transitory shocks
Magazine article from: Seoul Journal of Economics; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...transitory, the welfare properties of the incomplete markets economy with only bonds are...shocks become more persistent, the incomplete markets economy behave much differently...More patience does not always move the incomplete markets economy closer to the complete...
Incomplete markets and hyperbolic discounting.
Magazine article from: Journal of Risk and Insurance; 3/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...intertemporal general equilibrium model with incomplete insurance markets, this article demonstrates...hyperbolic discount function fall within incomplete market valuation bounds. INTRODUCTION...intertemporal general equilibrium model with incomplete insurance markets (hereafter, referred...
Use of MRI for Incomplete Intertrochanteric Fractures.
Newspaper article from: Radiology Alert; 3/1/2000; 700+ words ; Use of MRI for Incomplete Intertrochanteric Fractures Abstract...the method of choice for diagnosing incomplete intertrochanteric fractures. This...conservatively. Source: Schultz E, et al. Incomplete intertrochanteric fractures: Imaging...
'Incomplete' grade can harm down the road, U. Oklahoma officials warn
News Wire article from: University Wire; 9/20/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...NORMAN, Okla. -- While taking an incomplete grade can seem like a temporary solution...graduate school but does not expect the incomplete grades to alter his chances of being...I don't think I ever asked for an incomplete that I can think of," Styron said...
On portfolio analysis, market equilibrium and corporation finance with incomplete information.
Magazine article from: International Journal of Business; 3/22/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...model of capital market equilibrium with incomplete information presented in Merton (1987...decisions within firms in a context of incomplete information. Expressions of the cost...taxes in the presence of shadow costs of incomplete information. JEL: G11, G12, G31...
A complete characterization of the linear, log-linear, and semi-log incomplete demand system models
Magazine article from: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics; 12/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...restrictions for two additional classes of incomplete demand system models to be integrable...dependent variables in the specified incomplete demand systems. With environmental...linear, log-linear, and semi-log incomplete demand system models. Key words. incomplete...
Incomplete Bicruciate Injuries: Fix only the ACL.(Report)
Newspaper article from: Sports Medicine Reports; 5/1/2002; 700+ words ; Incomplete Bicruciate Injuries: Fix only the ACL...PCL tear (previously described as an incomplete bicruciate injury) were treated with...in the specific injury pattern of an incomplete bicruciate knee. Wolf and Lemak report...
Incomplete bicruciate injuries: fix only the ACL. (Abstract & Commentary).
Newspaper article from: Sports Medicine Reports; 5/1/2002; 700+ words ; ...PCL tear (previously described as an incomplete bicruciate injury) were treated with...in the specific injury pattern of an incomplete bicruciate knee. Wolf and Lemak report...posterior cruciate ligament ([PCL] incomplete bicruciate injury) with PCL injury...
Lawmakers given `incomplete' grade.(Capital Region)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 6/1/2005; 700+ words ; ...its 2005 session on June 23, gets an incomplete grade on most of 10 reform measures...the awarding of contracts. Grade: Incomplete. Ending a loophole that lets state...escape penalty by resigning. Grade: Incomplete. Improving voting as required by the...