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31education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …
32South 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… …
33Building (mathematics) — In mathematics, a building (also Tits building, Bruhat–Tits building) is a combinatorial and geometric structure which simultaneously generalizes certain aspects of flag manifolds, finite projective planes, and Riemannian symmetric spaces.… …
34Nicolaou Taxol total synthesis — overview from raw material perspective. The Nicolaou Taxol total synthesis, published by K. C. Nicolaou and his group in 1994 concerns the total synthesis of Taxol. This organic synthesis was included in Nicolaou s book, Classics in Total… …
35Convertible — For the currency reference, see convertibility. For the stock trading reference, see convertible security. For the carriage, see Cabriolet (carriage) Jaguar XK c. 2008, with heatable glass rear window and fully automatic cloth top with integral… …
36Nicholas Spanos — Hypnosis Applications Hypnotherapy Stage hypnosis Self hypnosis Origins Animal magnetism Franz Mesmer History of hypnosis James Braid Key figures Marques of Puységur James Esdaile John Elliotson Jean Martin Charcot Ambroise Auguste Liébeault… …
37Ratner's theorems — In mathematics, Ratner s theorems is a group of major theorems in ergodic theory concerning unipotent flows on homogeneous spaces proved by Marina Ratner around 1990. The study of the dynamics of unipotent flows played decisive role in the proof… …
38Jürgen Ehlers — Infobox Scientist box width = 300px name = Jürgen Ehlers caption = At the award ceremony for the Charles University Medal in Potsdam, September 2007 imagesize = 138 birth date = birth date|1929|11|29|mf=y birth place = Hamburg residence = Germany …
39drug — drug1 /drug/, n., v., drugged, drugging. n. 1. Pharm. a chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well being. 2. (in federal law) a. any substance… …
40Drug — /droog/, n. Zoroastrianism. the cosmic principle of disorder and falsehood. Cf. Asha. [ < Avestan drauga] * * * I Any chemical agent that affects the function of living things. Some, including antibiotics, stimulants, tranquilizers,… …
