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1Detached object — Trans Neptunian objects beyond 100AU: SDO (in grey) and detached objects (in white) Detached objects are a dynamical class of bodies in the outer Solar System beyond the orbit of Neptune. These objects have orbits whose points of closest approach …
2Arran View, Greenock — Arran View is an area of Gourock, but due to its proximity to Greenock, it is often mistakenly named as a suburb of the town. It is an estate that is around 19 years old, with all the street names taken from English towns, which end in mouth .… …
3Seventeenth-century materialism: Gassendi and Hobbes — T.Sorell In the English speaking world Pierre Gassendi is probably best known as the author of a set of Objections to Descartes’s Meditations. These Objections, the fifth of seven sets collected by Mersenne, are relatively long and full, and… …
4Varna (Hinduism) — Varna ( sa. वर्ण IAST|varṇa ) is a Sanskrit term derived from the root IAST2| vṛ meaning to enclose . [ M. Mayrhofer, Etymological Dictionary II 518] In historical Indic traditions the varna and caste systems are not the same system, although… …
5Luke Watson — Rugger name = Luke Watson caption = birthname = Luke Watson nickname = King Luke, No46, Fluke Watson, Frodo dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|10|26 placeofbirth = Port Elizabeth, South Africa height = convert|1.84|m|ftin|abbr=on weight =… …
6Zdeněk Mlynář — (Müller) (22 June 1930, Vysoké Mýto 15 April 1997, Vienna) was a Czech intellectual who went against the grain during a critical time in the development of Eastern European political history. Mlynář wrote the noteworthy political manifesto… …
7literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
8United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
9Christianity — /kris chee an i tee/, n., pl. Christianities. 1. the Christian religion, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches. 2. Christian beliefs or practices; Christian quality or character: Christianity mixed with pagan elements; …
10KABBALAH — This entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction general notes terms used for kabbalah the historical development of the kabbalah the early beginnings of mysticism and esotericism apocalyptic esotericism and merkabah… …
