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- (from the article "solar system") ...having orbits with high eccentricity, high inclination, or both, and sometimes even retrograde motion-must represent objects formerly in orbit around the Sun that were gravitationally captured by their respective planets. Neptune's moon Triton and Saturn's Phoebe are prominent examples of ...
- capture
- (from the article "capture") in nuclear physics, process in which an atomic nucleus absorbs a smaller particle. See beta decay; neutron capture.for content on this topicelectron captureneutron capture
- Captured and Abandoned Property Acts
- (from the article "Confiscation Acts") On March 12, 1863, and July 2, 1864, the federal government passed additional measures ("Captured and Abandoned Property Acts") that defined property subject to seizure as that owned by absent individuals who supported the South. The Confederate Congress also passed ...
- capturing game
- (from the article "card game") Capturing games. The aim is to collect or capture cards by methods other than trick taking (casino, slap jack, gops, snap, beggar-my-neighbour, battle). Many-but by no means all-are children's games.Adding-up games. A running total is kept of the face values ...
- Capua
- in ancient times, the chief city of the Campania region of Italy; it was located 16 miles (26 km) north of Neapolis (Naples) on the site of modern Santa Maria Capua Vetere. The nearby modern city of Capua was called ... [5 Related Articles]
- Capua
- town and episcopal see, Campania region, southern Italy, on the Volturno River and the ancient Appian Way, north of Naples. Casilinum was a strategic road junction and was contended for by the Carthaginian general Hannibal and the Romans from 216 ... [1 Related Articles]
- Capua, Assizes of
- (from the article "Italy") ...Frederick promulgated imperial laws against heresy, based on the decrees of the fourth Lateran Council. Following his coronation, he began to restore royal authority in the kingdom of Sicily. His Assizes of Capua (1220) set forth a program to regain ...
- Capuana, Luigi
- Italian critic and writer who was one of the earliest Italian advocates of realism. Capuana influenced many writers, including the novelist Giovanni Verga and the playwright Luigi Pirandello, who were his friends. [3 Related Articles]
- Capuchin
- an autonomous branch of the Franciscan order of religious men, begun as a reform movement in 1525 by Matteo da Bascio, who wanted to return to a literal observance of the rule of St. Francis of Assisi and to introduce ... [3 Related Articles]
- capuchin monkey
- common Central and South American primate found in tropical forests from Nicaragua to Paraguay. Capuchins, considered among the most intelligent of the New World monkeys, are named for their "caps" of hair, which resemble the cowls of Capuchin monks. These ...
- Capuchin Sister
- (from the article "Poor Clare") ...and reasserting the strict principle of poverty; her followers came to be called the Colettine Poor Clares, or Poor Clares of St. Colette (P.C.C.), and today are located mostly in France. The Capuchin Sisters, originating in Naples in 1538, and ...
- Capulin Volcano National Monument
- extinct volcano in northeastern New Mexico, U.S., about 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Raton. It was established in 1916 as Capulin Mountain National Monument, its boundary changed in 1962, and it was renamed in 1987. The monument, which covers ...
- capybara
- the largest living rodent, a semiaquatic mammal of Central and South America. The capybara is the sole member of the family Hydrochoeridae, but it resembles the cavy and guinea pig of the family Caviidae. [4 Related Articles]
- Caqueta
- departamento, southern Colombia, bounded south by the Caqueta River and northeast by the Apaporis River. Given commissary status in 1910 and raised to intendency level in 1950 and to department status in the late 1970s, the territory consists of forested ...
- Caquetio
- Indians of northwestern Venezuela living along the shores of Lake Maracaibo at the time of the Spanish conquest. They moved inland to avoid enslavement by the Spaniards but were eventually destroyed as were their neighbours, the Quiriquire and the Jirajara. [1 Related Articles]
- caquetoire
- (from the article "furniture") ...design; the back became narrower, the panelled sides and base were replaced by carved and turned arms and supports, and legs were joined by stretchers at their base. A specialized chair known as a caquetoire, or conversation chair, supposedly designed ...
- car
- (from the article "railroad") After the first crude beginnings, railroad-car design took divergent courses in North America and Europe, because of differing economic conditions and technological developments. Early cars on both continents were largely of two-axle design, but passenger-car builders soon began constructing cars ...
- car bombing
- (from the article "Lebanon") ...which was pushing for a pro-Syrian president. On November 24 Gen. Emile Lahoud's nine-year extended term as president came to an end, but no one was elected to replace him. On December 12 a car bomb killed Gen. Francois al-Hajj, ...
- Car Nicobar
- (from the article "Nicobar Islands") ...The islands, along with the Andaman Islands to the north, constitute the boundary between the southeastern Bay of Bengal (west) and the Andaman Sea (east). The Nicobar group includes the islands of Car Nicobar (north), Camorta (Kamorta) and Nancowry (central ...
- Cara, Irene
- (from the article "1983: Other Winners") ...Adaptation Score: Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand for YentlOriginal Song: "Flashdance...What a Feeling" from Flashdance; music by Giorgio Moroder, lyrics by Irene Cara and Keith ForseyHonorary Award: Hal Roach
- Cara, Marchetto
- (from the article "frottola") ...Italy, particularly at Ferrara and Urbino. Serafino dall'Aquila (d. 1500) was an important frottola poet. The most important composers of frottola were Bartolomeo Tromboncino (d. c. 1535) and Marchetto Cara (d. c. 1530). At times the same person wrote both ...
- Caraballo Mountains
- mountains in central Luzon, Philippines. The range reaches an elevation of about 5,500 feet (1,680 metres). It joins the Cordillera Central to the north and the Sierra Madre to the east. Drained by the headwaters of the northward-flowing Cagayan River, ...
- Carabaya, Cordillera de
- (from the article "Andes Mountains") ...Real from Bolivia ends in the rough mountain mass of the Vilcanota Knot at latitude 15° S. From this knot (nudo), two lofty and narrow chains emerge northward, the Cordilleras de Carabaya and Vilcanota, separated by a deep gorge; a ...
- Carabias Lillo, Julia
- In January 2001 the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) awarded its 23rd annual J. Paul Getty Wildlife Conservation Prize to Mexican environmental scientist Julia Carabias Lillo. The WWF commended Carabias for her efforts to promote public participation in the development of ... [1 Related Articles]
- carabine a tige
- (from the article "small arm") ...the chamber so that, when fired, the bullet fit the rifling tightly. In 1844 another French officer, Louis-Etienne de Thouvenin, introduced yet a better method for expanding bullets. His carabine a tige embodied a post or pillar (tige) at the ...
- carabiner
- (from the article "mountaineering") ...often learned on local cliffs, where the teamwork of mountaineering, the use of the rope, and the coordinated prerequisites of control and rhythm are mastered. The rope, the artificial anchor, and carabiner (or snap link, a metal loop or ring ...
- Carabiniere
- one of the three national police forces of Italy. Originally an elite military organization in the Savoyard states, the corps became part of the Italian armed forces at the time of national unification (1861) and is still considered part of ... [1 Related Articles]
- Carabobo
- estado (state), northwestern Venezuela, bounded north by the Caribbean Sea, and by the states of Aragua (east), Guarico and Cojedes (south), and Yaracuy (west). It has an area of 1,795 sq mi (4,650 sq km) and was named in commemoration ...
- Carabobo, Battle of
- (June 24, 1821), during the Latin American wars of independence, a victory won by South American patriots over Spanish royalists on the plains to the west of Caracas; it virtually freed Venezuela from Spanish control. Following the instructions of the ... [1 Related Articles]
- caracal
- (Felis caracal), short-tailed cat (family Felidae) found in hills, deserts, and plains of Africa, the Middle East, and central and southwestern Asia. The caracal is a sleek, short-haired cat with a reddish brown-coat and long tufts of black hairs on ... [1 Related Articles]
- Caracalla
- Roman emperor, ruling jointly with his father, Septimius Severus, from 198 to 211 and then alone from 211 until his assassination in 217. His principal achievements were his colossal baths in Rome and his edict of 212, giving Roman citizenship ... [13 Related Articles]
- Caracalla, Baths of
- public baths in ancient Rome begun by the emperor Septimius Severus in AD 206 and completed by his son the emperor Caracalla in 216. Among Rome's most beautiful and luxurious baths, designed to accommodate about 1,600 bathers, the Baths of ... [2 Related Articles]
- Caracalla, Edict of
- (from the article "civitas") ...of Roman citizenship declined in the empire, however, because military service was no longer compulsory, and suffrage was invalidated by the abolition of republican government. In AD 212 the Edict of Caracalla granted citizenship to all free inhabitants of the ...
- caracara
- any of about 10 species of birds of prey of the New World subfamily Polyborinae (or Daptriinae) of the family Falconidae. Caracaras feed largely on carrion, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. They are gregarious and aggressive. In spite of their smaller ... [1 Related Articles]
- Caracas
- city, capital of Venezuela, and one of the principal cities of South America. It is Venezuela's largest urban agglomeration and the country's primary centre of industry, commerce, education, and culture. Founded in 1567 as Santiago de Leon de Caracas, the ... [10 Related Articles]
- Caracas Lions
- (from the article "Baseball") The 2006 Caribbean Series was held February 2-7 in the Venezuelan cities of Maracay and Valencia. The Caracas Lions (Leones) went 6-0 to give Venezuela that country's first series title since 1989. The entry from the Dominican Republic, the Licey ...
- Caracas, Poliedro de
- (from the article "building construction") ...115.3 metres (384 feet) in diameter using steel tube members. These are used as workshops for the Union Tank Car Company in Wood River, Ill., and Baton Rouge, La. The largest geodesic dome is the Poliedro de Caracas, in Venezuela, ...
- Caracciola, Rudolf
- German automobile-racing driver who was one of the most successful and versatile of modern times. He participated in hill climbs and speed trials as well as races.
- Caracciolo, Domenico
- (from the article "Italy") ...which called for equal justice for all, state intervention in economic affairs, and broad educational reforms, ranks among the most important works of the European Enlightenment. At the same time, Domenico Caracciolo, the viceroy to Sicily from 1781 to 1785, ...
- Caracciolo, Francesco, duca di Brienza
- Neapolitan admiral who was executed on the orders of the British admiral Horatio Nelson for supporting the republican revolution at Naples in 1799. Considered a traitor by some Italians, he at first supported King Ferdinand IV of Naples but later ...
- Caracciolo, Giovanni
- (from the article "Joan II") Joan appointed her next lover, Giovanni Caracciolo (called Sergianni), as grand seneschal; he made peace with Sforza and appointed him grand constable. Nevertheless, Sforza supported Louis III of Anjou's claim to the Neapolitan throne. Joan thereupon called on Alfonso V ...
- Caracol
- major prehistoric Mayan city, now an archaeological site in west-central Belize, 47 miles (76 km) southeast of the Guatemalan Mayan city of Tikal. The name is Spanish (meaning "snail"); the original Mayan name is unknown.
- Caracol, El
- (from the article "astronomical observatory") ...and planets from atop their terraced towers known as ziggurats. No astronomical instruments appear to have been used. The Indians of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico carried out the same practice at El Caracol, a dome-shaped structure somewhat resembling a ...
- caracole
- (from the article "tactics") ...infantry formations by approaching them in serried ranks, firing at point-blank range, and withdrawing in turn-a maneuver resembling the orderly moves of a ballroom dance and known as the caracole. Insofar as they sacrificed the cavalry's greatest advantages-namely, its mobility ...
- Caradon
- district, administrative and historic county of Cornwall, England. It lies between Bodmin Moor and the English Channel in southeastern Cornwall; the River Tamar forms the boundary with Devon to the east. The district depends on Plymouth in Devon for many ...
- Carafa, Oliviero
- (from the article "Bramante, Donato") ...his activity as a designer and was devoting himself to the study of the ancient monuments in and around Rome, even ranging as far south as Naples. In the meantime, he had come in contact with Oliviero Carafa, the wealthy ...
- Caragiale, Costache
- actor-manager who helped to encourage the development of a unique Romanian drama.
- Caragiale, Ion Luca
- Romanian playwright and prose writer of great satirical power. [1 Related Articles]
- Caraja
- tribe of South American Indians living along the Araguaia River, near the inland island of Bananal, in central Brazil. Their language may be distantly related to Ge, which is spoken by most of the surrounding tribes. The three subtribes of ...
- Carajas, Serra dos
- (from the article "mineral deposit") Lake Superior-type BIFs are known and mined on all continents. Among the most famous are the Lake Superior deposits of Michigan and Minnesota, the Labrador Trough deposits of Canada, Serra dos Carajas in Brazil, the Transvaal Basin deposits of South ...
- Caraka
- (from the article "medicine, history of") ...1000, was marked especially by the production of the medical treatises known as the Caraka-samhita and Susruta-samhita, attributed, respectively, to Caraka, a physician, and Susruta, a surgeon. Estimates place the Caraka-samhita in its present form as dating from the 1st ...
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