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21metaphysics — /met euh fiz iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. the branch of philosophy that treats of first principles, includes ontology and cosmology, and is intimately connected with epistemology. 2. philosophy, esp. in its more abstruse branches. 3. the… …
22Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
23Usability — is a term used to denote the ease with which people can employ a particular tool or other human made object in order to achieve a particular goal. Usability can also refer to the methods of measuring usability and the study of the principles… …
24British Airways Flight 38 — BA38 redirects here. For the region of the human brain, see Brodmann area 38. British Airways Flight 38 G YMMM after the crash at Heathrow Airport. Accident summary …
25Ireland — Irelander, n. /uyeur leuhnd/, n. 1. John, 1838 1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888 1918. 2. Also called Emerald Isle. Latin, Hibernia. a large western island of the British …
26Infallibility — • In general, exemption or immunity from liability to error or failure; in particular in theological usage, the supernatural prerogative by which the Church of Christ is, by a special Divine assistance, preserved from liability to error in her… …
27Leonardo da Vinci — /lee euh nahr doh deuh vin chee, lay /; It. /le aw nahrdd daw dah veen chee/. 1452 1519, Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, mathematician, and scientist. * * * born April 15, 1452, Anchiano, Republic of Florence died May 2 …
28Cause — • Cause, as the correlative of effect, is understood as being that which in any way gives existence to, or contributes towards the existence of, any thing; which produces a result; to which the origin of any thing is to be ascribed Catholic… …
29St. Joan of Arc — St. Joan of Arc † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Joan of Arc In French Jeanne d Arc; by her contemporaries commonly known as la Pucelle (the Maid). Born at Domremy in Champagne, probably on 6 January, 1412; died at Rouen, 30 May,… …
301922 in Greece — See also: 1921 in Greece, other events of 1922, 1923 in Greece and the Timeline of Greek history. The year 1922 was the most calamitous in the whole history of modern Greece. It witnessed the shattering of hopes and aspirations nourished by… …
