| Cape, Jonathan ... Capitano |
| | - Cape, Jonathan
- British publisher who in 1921 cofounded (with George Wren Howard) the firm that bears his name; it became one of the outstanding producers of general and high-quality books in the United Kingdom.
- Capecchi, Mario R.
- Italian-born American scientist who shared, with Sir Martin J. Evans and Oliver Smithies, the 2007 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his work on targeted gene modification. [3 Related Articles]
- Capek, Josef
- (from the article "Czech Republic") The Czechs have a strong tradition in the graphic arts. This includes many forms of caricature: Josef Capek, the brother of the writer Karel Capek, is remembered for a series of drawings entitled The Dictator's Boots, from ...
- Capek, Karel
- Czech novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and essayist. [3 Related Articles]
- capelin
- (Mallotus villosus), marine food fish, a species of smelt, in the family Osmeridae (order Osmeriformes). The capelin is an inhabitant of cold Arctic seas around the world but extends southward to coastal waters in the northern temperate regions. Unlike many ... [2 Related Articles]
- capella
- (from the article "diplomatics") ...was taken over by those clerics whose original duty had been to look after the most important relic of the royal court, the coat (cappa) of St. Martin of Tours. Collectively named the capella (chapel), these clerks were individually called ...
- Capella
- sixth brightest star in the night sky and the brightest in the constellation Auriga, with an apparent visual magnitude of 0.08. Capella is a spectroscopic binary comprising two G-type giant stars. It lies about 42 light-years from the Earth. [1 Related Articles]
- Capella, Martianus Minneus Felix
- a native of North Africa and an advocate at Carthage whose prose and poetry introduction to the liberal arts was of immense cultural influence down to the late Middle Ages. [1 Related Articles]
- Capellas, Michael
- (from the article "Compaq Computer Corporation") ...proved difficult; competition from other personal computer makers were cutting profit margins; and Compaq's institution of direct marketing had decimated its retail distributor network. In July 1999 Michael Capellas, who had joined Compaq in 1998 as its chief information officer, ...
- Capellen, Godert Alexander Gerard Philip, baron van der
- governor-general of the Dutch East Indies (1816-26) who helped draw up a new Dutch colonial policy for the Indies.
- Capello, Bianca
- Venetian noblewoman, renowned for her beauty and intelligence, whose court intrigues were the scandal of her time.
- Capello, Luigi
- (from the article "World War I") On the Italian front, Cadorna's 10th Battle of the Isonzo in May-June 1917 won very little ground; but his 11th, from August 17 to September 12, during which General Luigi Capello's 2nd Army captured much of the Bainsizza Plateau (Banjska ...
- Capello, Rinaldo
- (from the article "Sports and Games") ...Audi R10 totally dominated endurance road-racing competition in 2006. Audi's Frank Biela, Emanuele Pirro, and Marco Werner prevailed in the 24-Hour Le Mans Grand Prix d'Endurance, with Rinaldo Capello, Allan McNish, and seven-time winner Tom Kristensen in third place. In ...
- Capena
- ancient city of southern Etruria, Italy, frequently mentioned with the ancient Etruscan cities of Veii and Falerii. It was probably a colony of Veii, but after Veii's fall it became subject to Rome.
- capercaillie
- (from the article "capercaillie") European game bird of the grouse family. See grouse.capercaillieCapercaillie (Tetrao urogallus).Richard BartzCapernaum
- ancient city on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee, Israel. It was Jesus' second home and, during the period of his life, a garrison town, an administrative centre, and a customs station. Jesus chose his disciples Peter, Andrew, ... [1 Related Articles]
- Capetian dynasty
- ruling house of France from 987 to 1328, during the feudal period of the Middle Ages. By extending and consolidating their power, the Capetian kings laid the foundation of the French nation-state. [10 Related Articles]
- Capgrave, John
- historian, theologian, and hagiographer who wrote an English Life of St. Katharine, vigorous in its verse form and dramatically energetic in its debate. His work illustrates well the literary tastes and circumstances of his time.
- Capill, Graham
- (from the article "New Zealand") Graham Capill, a lawyer, moral crusader, and one-time police prosecutor, was convicted in Christchurch district court on July 14 and sentenced to nine years' imprisonment for having sexually molested three girls (aged 5-11) over a span of years when he ...
- capillarity
- rise or depression of a liquid in a small passage such as a tube of small cross-sectional area, like the spaces between the fibres of a towel or the openings in a porous material. Capillarity is not limited to the ... [2 Related Articles]
- capillary
- in human physiology, any of the minute blood vessels that form networks throughout the bodily tissues; it is through the capillaries that oxygen, nutrients, and wastes are exchanged between the blood and the tissues. The capillary networks are the ultimate ... [14 Related Articles]
- capillary column
- (from the article "chromatography") ...same time, detectors with extremely low limits of detection became available, which could sense the small sample sizes required by these new columns. These capillary, or Golay, columns, now called open-tubular columns and characterized by their open design and an ...
- capillary fringe
- (from the article "vadose zone") region of aeration above the water table. This zone also includes the capillary fringe above the water table, the height of which will vary according to the grain size of the sediments. In coarse-grained mediums the fringe may be flat ...
- capillary hemangioma
- (from the article "hemangioma") Capillary hemangioma, also called nevus flammeus or port-wine stain, is a common skin lesion resulting from abnormal local aggregation of capillaries, the smallest blood vessels. The stain-like lesion is smooth surfaced, not elevated, and well demarcated. It is pink to ...
- capillary tube viscometer
- (from the article "viscometer") instrument for measuring the viscosity (resistance to internal flow) of a fluid. In one version, the time taken for a given volume of fluid to flow through an opening is recorded. In the capillary tube viscometer, the pressure needed to ...
- capillary wave
- small, free, surface-water wave with such a short wavelength that its restoring force is the water's surface tension, which causes the wave to have a rounded crest and a V-shaped trough. The maximum wavelength of a capillary wave is 1.73 ... [2 Related Articles]
- capillary-column chromatography
- (from the article "chromatography") A second column geometry involves coating the stationary phase onto the inside wall of a small-diameter stainless steel or fused silica tube. These are open tubular columns. The coating may be a liquid or a solid. For gaseous mobile phases, ...
- capitaine
- (from the article "hogfish") One hogfish, Lachnolaimus maximus, usually occurs in the warm subtropical marine waters from Florida to Bermuda to the South American coast. Most specimens are red to pinkish in colour, and many reach a length of 60 cm (2 feet). Characteristically ...
- capital
- in architecture, crowning member of a column, pier, anta, pilaster, or other columnar form, providing a structural support for the horizontal member (entablature) or arch above. In the Classical styles, the capital is the architectural member that most readily distinguishes ... [5 Related Articles]
- capital account
- (from the article "international payment and exchange") There is also the capital account, which includes both long-term and short-term capital movements.
- capital and interest
- in economics, a stock of resources that may be employed in the production of goods and services and the price paid for the use of credit or money, respectively. [26 Related Articles]
- capital asset pricing model
- (from the article "Miller, Merton H.") ...work of Markowitz (whose "portfolio theory" established that wealth can best be invested in assets that vary in terms of risk and expected return) and Sharpe (who developed the "capital asset pricing model" to explain how securities prices reflect risks ...
- capital budget
- (from the article "government budget") The administrative budget traditionally deals only with current expenditures; in many countries, some items are regarded as inappropriate for inclusion because they finance capital expenditures or are loans to other public bodies. Such items are then included "below the line," ...
- capital gains tax
- tax levied on gains realized from the sale or exchange of capital assets. Capital gains have been taxed in the United States since the advent of federal income taxation. Since 1921 certain capital gains have been afforded preferential treatment. [2 Related Articles]
- capital good
- (from the article "capital") ...confine the term to material assets in the hands of productive enterprises. In this sense, there are two forms of capital. Money or financial capital is a fluid, intangible form used for investment. Capital goods-i.e., real or physical capital-are tangible ...
- Capital Hill Farms, Inc.
- (from the article "Filion, Herve") ...the annual money- and race-winning driver. In 1976 he surpassed the total record for races won held by the German Hans Fromming (5,296), and by the early 1990s he had won more than 13,000 races. His Capital Hill Farms, Inc., ...
- capital levy
- strictly defined, a direct tax assessed simultaneously on the capital resources of all persons possessing taxable wealth in excess of a minimum value and paid at least partly out of capital resources. This definition excludes death duties because in any ...
- capital market
- (from the article "economic stabilizer") The third model brings a crucially important-but hitherto generally neglected-element into the picture of the economic system; namely, financial markets. For simplicity, the model has only one financial market; there is only one class of financial instruments (referred to as ...
- Capital One
- (from the article "Offshoring") ...savings, it seemed unlikely that the practice would fade any time soon. Offshoring's future was not entirely assured, however, and not every business was enamoured of the practice. Companies such as Capital One and Lehman Brothers had canceled outsourcing contracts ...
- capital punishment
- execution of an offender sentenced to death after conviction by a court of law of a criminal offense. Capital punishment should be distinguished from extrajudicial executions carried out without due process of law. The term death penalty is sometimes used ... [58 Related Articles]
- Capital Radio
- (from the article "Capital Radio") The launch of London's Capital Radio in October 1973 came some 16 years after the British government had outlawed the previous batch of commercial stations, the so-called pirates, whose staff and style had been recruited and diluted to shape Radio ...
- Capital Records
- (from the article "Sinatra, Frank") In 1953 Sinatra's musical style took a dramatic turn. He signed with Capitol Records and, throughout the next nine years, issued a series of recordings widely regarded as his finest body of work. He is credited (though perhaps not accurately ...
- capital structure
- (from the article "business finance") Long-term financing involves the choice between debt (bonds) and equity (stocks). Each firm chooses its own capital structure, seeking the combination of debt and equity that will minimize the costs of raising capital. As conditions in the capital market vary ...
- capital theory
- (from the article "economics") ...they seek better job opportunities, and that they are willing to migrate to other labour markets-has served as a unifying explanation of the diverse activities of households in labour markets. Capital theory has since become the dominant analytical tool of ...
- capital value
- (from the article "property tax") The three principal approaches to the contemporary assessment of property are rental value, capital value, and market value. In European countries the assessment of real property is commonly based on its capital value. The traditional thinking is that capital value ...
- capital-intensive farming
- (from the article "Europe") ...farming; cooperative systems, with or without individual landownership, prevailed elsewhere on the continent, with the consolidation of smaller holdings progressing steadily in western Europe. The capital-intensive agriculture of such western countries as The Netherlands and Great Britain produced markedly higher ...
- capital-output ratio
- (from the article "economic development") ...system of economic incentives to drive the growth mechanism. Typically, it concentrates on macroeconomic relations, particularly the ratio of savings to total output and the aggregate capital-output ratio (that is, the number of units of additional capital required to produce ...
- capitalism
- economic system, dominant in the Western world since the breakup of feudalism, in which most of the means of production are privately owned and production is guided and income distributed largely through the operation of markets. [51 Related Articles]
- capitanei
- (from the article "Italy") ...who revolted on his return to Milan after supporting Conrad in Burgundy. The roots of this revolt lay in a dispute between two ranks of Milan's warrior elite, the capitanei and the vavasours, over the inheritance of ...
- Capitanio, Loggia del
- (from the article "Palladio, Andrea") ...The latter are both Mannerist elements, used particularly by Michelangelo. Giant orders were also used in the massive and unfinished Palazzo Porto-Breganze of c. 1570 and finally in the Loggia del Capitanio of 1571. The latter was built in emulation ...
- Capitano
- stock character of the Italian commedia dell'arte. He was the prototype of a pretentious but cowardly military man. One of the earliest of the commedia characters, he was a descendant of the Miles Gloriosus, the braggart soldier of ancient Roman ... [1 Related Articles]
|
|
|
