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Therapeutic touch
Therapeutic touch Definition Therapeutic touch, or TT, is a noninvasive method of healing derived from an ancient laying-on of hands technique. In TT, the practitioner alters the patient's energy field through a transfer of energy from the hands of the practitioner to the... Read more |
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dominant
dominant 1. (in genetics) Describing the allele that is expressed in the phenotype when two different alleles of a gene are present in the cells of an organism. For example, the height of garden peas is controlled by two alleles, ‘tall’ (T) and ‘dwarf’ (t). When both are... Read more |
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Juan Carlos I
Juan Carlos I , 1938-, king of Spain (1975-), b. Rome. The grandson of Alfonso XIII , he was educated in Switzerland and in Spain. Placed by his father, Don Juan de Borbón, under the care of Francisco Franco as a possible successor, he graduated from Spain's three military academies and... Read more |
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Saint Walburga
Saint Walburga , d. c.779, English missionary in Germany; sister of St. Willibald. She went there to assist St. Boniface, settling at Heidenheim, near Eichstätt (NW of Ingolstadt), where another brother, Winnebald (or Wynbald), had an abbey. St. Walburga's convent became a principal center of... Read more |
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barycentric coordinates
Barycentric Coordinate Time (TCB) The time‐scale used in the Barycentric Celestial Reference System, the unit of which is the SI second. TCB differs from Terrestrial Time (TT) because of the movement of the Earth in the Barycentric Celestial Reference System and the Earth's immersion in the... Read more |
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Heavy Metals
Heavy Metals The heavy metals, which include copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), and chromium (Cr), are common trace constituents in the earth crust. Their concentrations in the ambient environment have increased dramatically since the Industrial Revolution,... Read more |
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Falange
Falange [Span.,=phalanx], Spanish political party, founded in 1933 as Falange Española by José António Primo de Rivera, son of the former Spanish dictator. Professing generally the principles of fascism , the Falange distinguished itself from other fascist groups by its great... Read more |
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ephemeris time
ephemeris time (ET), astronomical time defined by the orbital motions of the earth, moon, and planets. The earth does not rotate with uniform speed, so the solar day is an imprecise unit of time. Ephemeris time is calculated from the positions of the sun and moon relative to the earth, assuming... Read more |
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Luis Carrero Blanco
Luis Carrero Blanco , 1903-73, Spanish statesman and naval officer. Following the Spanish civil war, during which he served in the Nationalist navy, he became chief of naval operations on the admiralty staff and one of Francisco Franco's intimate collaborators. In 1951 he was appointed ministerial... Read more |
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Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco , 1892-1975, Spanish general and caudillo [leader]. He became a general at the age of 32 after commanding the Spanish Foreign Legion in Morocco. During the next 10 years he enhanced his military reputation in a variety of commands and became identified politically with the... Read more |
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