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121Memorylessness — For the use of the term in materials science, see hysteresis. In probability and statistics, memorylessness is a property of certain probability distributions: the exponential distributions of non negative real numbers and the geometric… …
122Origin of hangul — The Hunmin Jeong eum Eonhae, a version of Sejong s proclamation of hangul with the explanatory Chinese characters glossed in hangul. Note that these glosses, but not the hangul text, use the null symbol ㅇ at the end of a syllable when there is no …
123basketry — /bas ki tree, bah ski /, n. 1. baskets collectively; basketwork. 2. the art or process of making baskets. [1850 55; BASKET + RY] * * * Art and craft of making containers and other objects from interwoven flexible fibres such as grasses, twigs,… …
124Beijing — /bay jing /, n. Pinyin. a city in and the capital of the People s Republic of China, in the NE part, in central Hebei province: traditional capital of China. 7,570,000. Also, Peking, Peiching. Formerly (1928 49), Peiping. * * * I or Pei ching… …
125South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …
126Combinatorics — is a branch of mathematics concerning the study of finite or countable discrete structures. Aspects of combinatorics include counting the structures of a given kind and size (enumerative combinatorics), deciding when certain criteria can be met,… …
127History of mathematics — A proof from Euclid s Elements, widely considered the most influential textbook of all time.[1] …
128Maxwell's equations — For thermodynamic relations, see Maxwell relations. Electromagnetism …
