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Aries
Aries [Lat.,=the ram], constellation lying on the ecliptic (the sun's apparent path through the heavens) between Taurus and Pisces; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac . It contains the bright star Hamal (Alpha Arietis). About 2,000 years ago the vernal equinox was located at the... Read more |
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Pisces
Pisces [Lat.,=the fishes], constellation lying directly S of Andromeda and on the ecliptic (the sun's apparent path through the heavens) between Aries and Aquarius; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac . Pisces is traditionally depicted as two fishes. Because of the precession of the... Read more |
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India.Arie
India.Arie Singer For the Record… Selected discography Sources India. Arie made one of the most notable debuts in music history with her 2001 album Acoustic Soul. A critical and commercial hit, the album sold 1.6 million copies in its first year of release and earned the musician seven... Read more |
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Philippe Aries
Philippe Ariès 1914-84, French cultural historian, b. Paris. While at the Sorbonne, he failed a crucial exam necessary for a university career, and instead became an agronomic researcher and later the head of publications at the Institut Français de Recherches Fruitières... Read more |
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zodiac
zodiac [Gr. zoion =animal], in astronomy, zone of the sky that includes about 8° on either side of the ecliptic . The apparent paths of the sun, the moon, and the major planets all fall within this zone. The zodiac is divided into 12 equal parts of 30° each, each part being named for a... Read more |
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Ary Scheffer
Scheffer, Ary (b Dordrecht, 10 Feb. 1795; d Argenteuil, 15 June 1858). Dutch-born painter and lithographer who spent virtually all his career in Paris and became a French citizen in 1850. His work was immensely popular in his lifetime, but is now generally considered sentimental. Early in his... Read more |
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Life Stages
Life Stages. Research on the historical meaning and importance of different life stages is relatively recent, A growing interest in family history from the early 1960s on resulted in studies of the evolution of childhood, the progression to adolescence and young adulthood, and the transition from... Read more |
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Golden Fleece
Golden Fleece in Greek mythology, the magic fleece of the winged ram that saved Phrixus and Helle, the children of Nephele and Athamas, from the jealousy of Ino, Athamas' second wife. The ram flew to Colchis, but Helle fell into the sea, which was thereafter known as the Hellespont. Phrixus arrived... Read more |
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Pierre Narcisse Baron Guerin
Pierre Narcisse Guérin, Baron , 1774-1833, French painter. He won enthusiastic recognition in 1799 for his Marius Sextus (Louvre). A defender of the classicism of J. L. David, he became director of the École de Rome in 1822. He counted among his pupils Delacroix, Géricault,... Read more |
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Solo Performances
...these involved the re‐creation of historical and liter‐ary people, such as Henry Fonda's portrayal of Clarence Darrow...ball people in his self‐written pieces. Others, such as John Leguizamo and Charlayne Woodard, played themselves, writing... |
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q-ary
q-ary (q-valued) Having q values, where q is a positive integer not less than 2. In logic circuits, the treatment of q values... |
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q-ary logic
q-ary logic Digital logic employing q states. The term is sometimes used to mean digital logic in general, but more usually has the implication that there are more than two states, in which case the term is synonymous with multivalued logic. |
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m-sequence
...whose feedback coefficients form a primitive polynomial. A q-ary register (with q prime) whose generating polynomial is of degree...nonzero, and its contents will proceed through all the nonzero q-ary n-tuples. The termwise modulo-q sum of two m-sequences... |
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extension
...source. In coding theory, the process of encoding several symbols at a time, or the results thereof. If the symbols of a q-ary information source are taken r at a time, and the words of length r are treated (e.g. encoded) as if they were themselves... |
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feedback register
...polynomial by the latter. When used in coding or in digital signal processing, feedback shift registers may be binary or q-ary and may be implemented in hardware or software.When there is no external serial input, the linear feedback register can be... |
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Lee distance
...detection or error correction, a distance measure analogous to the Hamming distance but modeling more accurately a linear q-ary channel, such as the phase-modulated carrier used in modems. When q = 2 or q = 3, the Lee and Hamming distances are the... |
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linear channel
...transmission channel in which the information signal and the noise signal combine additively to form the output signal. In a q-ary linear channel, with a finite number, q, of amplitudes, the signals add modulo-q; in the binary case (q = 2), this... |
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memory element
memory element A device that stores one item of information: if it has q stable states it is said to be q-ary, and if q = 2 it is said to be binary. It is usually implemented electronically, sometimes with the assistance of the magnetic... |
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shift register
...correcting and error-detecting codes. Such registers may be implemented in hardware or in software, and may be binary or q-ary. (Hardware implementation is usually convenient only for binary and sometimes ternary logic.) See feedback register, feed... |
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sup.
sup. superficial• superfine• superior• superlative• Grammar supine (noun)• supplement(ary)• supply• supra (Latin: above)• supreme |
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The Ary era draws to close After 36 years, Conant coach ready to...
Byline: John Bumbales Daily Herald...unfolding this fall, Jack Ary has seen the best of times...since opening in 1964, Ary has not only seen the...benefited according to Ary. "It's unbelievable...girls assistant coach John Powers placed 21st ... |
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Collapse: Aries Insurance fell apart very quickly--and very expensively....
...Department officials had been unable to keep Aries Insurance Co. in business late last year...to $140 million, making Miami-based Aries one of the biggest failures ever of Florida...will raise an initial $98 million to pay Aries' claims. "Aries had $22 ... |
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Enthusiasm, commitment trademarks of Ary's career at Conant.(Sports)
Byline: John Bumbales Daily Herald...unfolding this fall, Jack Ary has seen the best of times...school opened in 1964, Ary has not only seen the...benefited according to Ary. "It's unbelievable...girls assistant coach John Powers placed 21st ... |
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Discovery Channel Multimedia and Aries Online Games Ink Deal for Multiplayer...
...announced an agreement that names ARIES Online Games, a sister company...million online subscribers through ARIES' distribution agreements with...games." Porter continued, "ARIES was an obvious choice for us...market our products attract." John Taylor, ... |
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News Corp's Kesmai Spins Off Publishing Division, Launches New Games Service,...
...MPOGs), today announced ARIES Online Games, a new online...game development arm, and ARIES Online Games, a publisher and...departure from other game services, ARIES Online Games incorporates a...content in the industry," said John Taylor, President and ... |
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Aries names Cushman & Wakefield listing agent for the Banning-Lewis Ranch....
ARIES NAMES CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD LISTING...Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Aries Properties Inc. has selected...nation," stated Frank A. Aries, chairman of the board of Aries...the firm was selected by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur... |
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Accolade and ARIES Online Games Ink Exclusive Multi-Year Deal for New Golf...
...leading game publisher, and ARIES Online Games, a pioneer and...president and CEO of Accolade. "Aries' experience in tournaments...the caliber of Accolade choose ARIES as its online multiplayer solution...important game developers," said John Taylor, ... |
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St. Jude Medical announces acquisition of assets of Aries Medical.
...ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF ASSETS OF ARIES MEDICAL ST. PAUL, Minn...it has acquired the assets of Aries Medical, Inc., of Woburn, Mass. Aries is a subsidiary of Teleflex...0- 12/22/88 /CONTACT: John Buske of St. Jude Medical... |
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Teleflex completes sale of Aries unit. (Aries Medical Inc.)
TELEFLEX COMPLETES SALE OF ARIES UNIT LIMERICK, Pa., Dec. 22...of the assets of its subsidiary, Aries Medical Inc., to St. Jude Medical...0- 12/22/88 /CONTACT: John H. Remer or John F. Schoenfelder, 215-948-5100... |
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Paul L. Aries, at 44, a retired tax manager.(Obituary)
Paul L. Aries of Norton, a retired John Hancock tax manager and assistant...He was 44. Born in Boston, Mr. Aries was raised in Richmond, Va., before...Bentley College. Mr. Aries worked for John Hancock Advisers Inc. in Boston as... |
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