Mahākāla
Mahākāla. Sanskrit name meaning ‘The Great Black One’. Originally a non-Buddhist deity, sometimes seen as a form of the Hindu god Śiva (see
Hinduism), he is a wrathful tutelary deity (
yi-dam) and protector of the faith (
dharmapāla). In
tantric Buddhism he is considered to be a manifestation of the
Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, and his worship (
pūjā) and related practices are described in detail in the
Mahākāla Tantra. Various iconographic forms exist of Mahākāla in Indian and Tibetan tantric Buddhism with between four and sixteen arms. A non-wrathful form exists in
Japan where he is associated with good fortune and is known as
Daikokuten.
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Retrieval of Model Grid-Scale Heat Capacity Using Geostationary Satellite Products. Part I: First Case-Study Application
Magazine article from: Journal of Applied Meteorology; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...use of the recovered heat capacity improved model predictions...the recovery of the heat capacity may, in practice...of the retrieved heat capacities and issues with sensitivity...Background on the heat capacity parameter The correct...
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Study of heat capacity enhancement in some nanostructured materials.(Report)
Magazine article from: Pure and Applied Chemistry; 10/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...positive excess specific heat that is not present...the measurement of heat capacities of materials. Heat capacity is one of the fundamental...highly precise heat capacity data [13]. Hence...done to measure heat capacities with adiabatic calorimetric...
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The electron heat capacity of high-purity alpha and stabilized-delta plutonium
Magazine article from: JOM; 9/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...the low-temperature heat capacities of [alpha] (monoclinic...asymptotically =]300 K. Heat capacity measurements were made...the electronic heat capacity of [delta]-Pu...SPECIFIC HEAT Heat capacity measurements were made...magnetic field. All heat ...
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Hydration heat capacity of nucleic acid constituents determined from the random network model
Magazine article from: Biophysical Journal; 10/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ABSTRACT The heat capacities of hydration (dCp) of the five...accessible surface area (ASA) models of heat capacity. In ASA models, nitrogen, oxygen...Electrostatic contributions to heat capacity changes of DNA-ligand binding...
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Analyzing heat capacity profiles of peptide-containing membranes: Cluster formation of gramicidin A
Magazine article from: Biophysical Journal; 4/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...effect of peptide mixing behavior on heat capacity profiles of lipid membranes with...lipid membranes. The shape of the heat capacity profiles was found to be...Abbreviations used: c^sub P^, excess heat capacity; DMPC, dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine...
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Determination of Melting Points, Specific Heat Capacity and Enthalpy of Catfish Visceral Oil During the Purification Process
Magazine article from: JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society; 3/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...points, enthalpy, and specific heat capacity of catfish visceral oil at each...deodorized oil. The specific heat capacities at 20 C for crude, degummed...purification * Melting point * Specific heat capacity Introduction Channel catfish...
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Relaxation kinetics of lipid membranes and its relation to the heat capacity
Magazine article from: Biophysical Journal; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...error proportional to the heat capacity. We provide a statistical...relaxation times close to the heat capacity maximum. The quality of the...model that relates the heat capacity very closely to the relaxation...proportional to the excess heat capacity and can therefore ...
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Toward the physical basis of thermophilic proteins: Linking of enriched polar interactions and reduced heat capacity of unfolding
Magazine article from: Biophysical Journal; 12/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Another tendency, featuring lower heat capacity of unfolding ((Delta)C^sub...solvation of ions: Part 1. The heat capacity of hydration at 298.15...Electrostatic contributions to heat capacity changes of DNA-ligand...
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Enthalpy of formation and heat capacity of Fe-Mn alloys
Magazine article from: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions; 4/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...70 J mol^sup -1^ at chi = 0.5. The heat capacities of these alloys as well as the heat capacity of pure iron and alpha-FeMn alloys with...contribution. The composition dependencies of heat content, Curie and Neel temperatures, enthalpy...
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Heat capacity of protein folding
Magazine article from: Biophysical Journal; 8/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...molecules is also introduced. The heat capacity of the model exhibits, the common...such as the free energy and the heat capacity of the protein. In the...in the IR region and compare the heat capacity to experimental results...
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Heat Capacity
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...to be heated (i.e., it takes more heat energy to warm a large amount of water...heated (water, for example, has a high heat capacity and heats up slowly, while metals have low heat capacities and heat up quickly); and the temperature...
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heat capacity
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
heat capacity or thermal capacity, ratio of the change...calorimetry . In the metric system, heat capacity is often expressed in units of calories...definitions of the calorie and Btu, these two heat capacity units are equivalent; the heat capacity...
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specific heat capacity
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
specific heat capacity Heat necessary to raise the temperature of one kilogram (1kg) of a substance by one kelvin (1°C). It is measured in J/kgK (J equals joule).
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specific heat
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...specific heat ratio of the heat capacity of a substance...Thus, the specific heat of some other substance...numerically equal to its heat capacity; for this reason...often used when the heat capacity actually is meant. Because the heat capacities of most ...
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Heat
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...x2013; 1779) developed the concept of specific heat capacity, defined as the amount of heat that raises the temperature of a substance by one degree. The empirical definition of heat is based on this concept: the amount of heat...
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