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Cenci, Beatrice
(Encyclopedia) Cenci, BeatriceCenci, Beatricebāˌätrēˈchā chānˈchē [key], 1577–99, Italian noblewoman, tragic figure of the late Renaissance. Her father, Francesco Cenci (1549–98), was a Roman noble…Polyglot Bible
(Encyclopedia) Polyglot BiblePolyglot Biblepŏlˈēglŏt [key], Bible in which different texts, often in different languages, are laid out in parallel columns. Polyglot Bibles serve as tools for textual…plea bargaining
(Encyclopedia) plea bargaining, negotiation in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a criminal charge in exchange for concessions by the prosecutor (representing the state). The defendant…Schönbrunn
(Encyclopedia) SchönbrunnSchönbrunnshönbr&oobreve;nˈ [key], former imperial palace in Vienna, built during the reigns of Emperor Charles VI and Maria Theresa. Mainly designed by Fischer von…recapitulation
(Encyclopedia) recapitulation, theory, stated as the biogenetic law by E. H. Haeckel, that the embryological development of the individual repeats the stages in the evolutionary development of the…gyroscope
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Three-frame gyroscope gyroscopegyroscopejīˈrəskōpˌ [key], symmetrical mass, usually a wheel, mounted so that it can spin about an axis in any direction. When spinning, the…hysteresis
(Encyclopedia) hysteresishysteresishĭsˌtərēˈsĭs [key], phenomenon in which the response of a physical system to an external influence depends not only on the present magnitude of that influence but…chemical reaction
(Encyclopedia) chemical reaction, process by which one or more substances may be transformed into one or more new substances. Energy is released or is absorbed, but no loss in total molecular weight…cladistics
(Encyclopedia) cladisticscladisticsklədĭsˈtĭks [key] or phylogenetic systematicscladisticsfīˌlōjənĕtˈĭk [key], an approach to the classification of living things in which organisms are defined and…equation
(Encyclopedia) equation, in mathematics, a statement, usually written in symbols, that states the equality of two quantities or algebraic expressions, e.g., x+3=5. The quantity x+3, to the left of…Trending
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