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- (from the article "Church Universal and Triumphant") The church believes in the I AM, or God Presence, which members believe is the higher, changeless aspect of every individual. Church members may call upon the I AM presence through the repetition of invocational prayers called decrees. As a ...
- I AM movement
- theosophical movement founded in Chicago in the early 1930s by Guy W. Ballard (1878-1939), a mining engineer, and his wife, Edna W. Ballard (1886-1971). The name of the movement is a reference to the Bible verse in which God replies ... [2 Related Articles]
- I band
- (from the article "muscle") ...at different levels of the sarcomere are examined by electron microscope, the filaments can be seen end-on, and the three-dimensional nature of the lattice of filaments can be appreciated. The I band contains only thin filaments, with a diameter of ...
- I Corps
- (from the article "Liggett, Hunter") ...character. By 1913 he was a brigadier general and president of the War College. Arriving in France with the Allied Expeditionary Force (AEF) in October 1917, Liggett took command of the U.S. Army's I Corps on Jan. 20, 1918-a sign ...
- I li
- collection of Chinese rituals probably compiled during Western Han times (206 BC-AD 8) and listed, along with two other ritual texts (Li chi, "Collection of Rituals"; Chou li, "Rites of Chou"), among the Nine, Twelve, and Thirteen Classics of Confucianism. ... [1 Related Articles]
- I novel
- form or genre of 20th-century Japanese literature that is characterized by self-revealing narration, with the author usually as the central character. [2 Related Articles]
- i region
- (from the article "semiconductor device") A p-i-n diode is a p-n junction with an impurity profile tailored so that an intrinsic layer, the "i region," is sandwiched between a p layer and an n layer. The
- i'jaz al-Qur'an
- (from the article "Arabic literature") ...and Islamic scholarship, which regarded the language of the Qur'an as its inimitable yardstick; from this belief developed the later critical doctrine of i'jaz al-Qur'an (the "inimitability of the Qur'an"), which resulted in a written (literary) language ...
- I-16
- (from the article "military aircraft") ...advantages of monoplanes with unbraced wings and retractable landing gear were evident, and fighters of this description began to appear. The first of these to see operational service was the Soviet I-16, designed by Nikolay Polikarpov. The I-16 first flew ...
- I-201
- (from the article "submarine") ...a large number of submarines of various sizes and types, including aircraft-carrying submarines, midget submarines, and "human torpedoes" carried by larger submarines. The Japanese I-201 class was a high-speed submarine, of 259 feet and 1,291 tons displacement, that had diesel ...
- I-ching
- (from the article "Indonesia") The kingdom of Srivijaya is first mentioned in the writings of the Chinese Buddhist pilgrim I-ching, who visited it in 671 after a voyage of less than 20 days from Canton. He was on the first stage of his journey ...
- I-hsing ware
- (from the article "pottery") The stoneware of I-hsing in Kiangsu Province was known in the West as Buccaro, or Boccaro, ware and was copied and imitated at Meissen, at Staffordshire, and in the Netherlands by Ary de Milde and others. Its teapots were much ...
- i-hua
- (from the article "arts, East Asian") ...traditionalism, writing that his own method was "no method" and insisting that, like nature, creativity with the brush must be spontaneous and seamless, based on the concept of i-hua, the "unifying line."
- I-It
- (from the article "Buber, Martin") ...day between the maximum of good that can be done in a concrete situation and the minimum of evil that must be done in it-calls for an I-Thou relation whenever possible and settles for an I-It relation whenever necessary-e.g., for ...
- I-lan
- (from the article "Heilungkiang") Heilungkiang was long sparsely inhabited by hunters and fishermen who used canoes, dogsleds, skis, and reindeer as transport. The town of San-hsing (now I-lan) was the home in the early 15th century AD of the ancestors of Nurhachi, the Manchu ...
- I-lan
- hsien (county), northeastern Taiwan, occupying an area of 825 square miles (2,137 square km) and bordered by the hsien of T'ai-pei (north), T'ao-yuan and Hsin-chu (west), and T'ai-chung and Hua-lien (south) and by the Philippine Sea (east). The Chung-yang Mountains ...
- I-lan
- shih (municipality) and seat of I-lan hsien (county), northeastern Taiwan, the centre of the only sizable alluvial basin on the island's mountainous eastern coast. The basin itself was largely formed as the delta of the Cho-Shui River and is about ...
- I-lan River
- (from the article "I-lan") ...and by the Philippine Sea (east). The Chung-yang Mountains extend over the southern part, and the Hsueh-shan Mountains border the northwestern part of I-lan hsien. In the northeast, the I-lan River has formed a fertile triangular basin, where paddy rice, ...
- i-Limb
- (from the article "Advances in Battlefield Medicine") ...at least one mental health problem. With many soldiers now surviving the loss of an arm or a leg, there is also the challenge of developing better prosthetics. One example is the bionic hand called i-Limb, which became available to ...
- I-n-Salah
- oasis town, central Algeria, on the southern edge of the arid Tademait Plateau. At the crossing of ancient trans-Saharan caravan routes, it was once an important trade link between northern and central Africa but has declined in modern times owing ...
- I-Thou
- theological doctrine of the full, direct, mutual relation between beings, as conceived by Martin Buber and some other 20th-century philosophers. The basic and purest form of this relation is that between man and God (the Eternal Thou), which is the ... [3 Related Articles]
- I-type granite
- (from the article "granite") There are two major source regions for producing molten granite: igneous and sedimentary protoliths (source rocks). These result in I-type granitoids, derived from igneous protoliths and containing moderate amounts of Al2O3 and high amounts of Na2O, and S-type granitoids, derived ...
- I-voting
- (from the article "electronic voting") As use of the Internet spread rapidly in the 1990s and early 21st century, it seemed that the voting process would naturally migrate there. In this scenario, voters would cast their choices from any computer connected to the Internet-including from ...
- i-yang ch'iang
- (from the article "arts, East Asian") The vocal style of k'un-ch'u matched the soft accompaniment and was usually performed by a male singing falsetto. Another style of opera from the same period, i-yang ch'iang, seemed more appealing to the general public and is noteworthy for its ...
- I.J. Asscher and Company
- (from the article "Cullinan diamond") ...the colourless stone was purchased by the Transvaal government and was presented (1907) to the reigning British monarch, King Edward VII. It was cut into 9 large stones and about 100 smaller ones by I.J. Asscher and Company of Amsterdam, ...
- IA channel
- (from the article "nervous system") Another outward K+ current, occurring with little delay after depolarization, is the A current. IA channels are opened by depolarization following hyperpolarization. By increasing the interval between action potentials, they help a neuron to fire repetitively at low frequencies.
- IAC/InterActiveCorp
- (from the article "Architecture") Canadian-born American architect Frank Gehry created a new headquarters for IAC/InterActiveCorp in New York City on a site across the street from the Hudson River. The building featured surfaces of glass that billowed out toward the water and were intended ...
- Iacchus
- minor deity associated with the Eleusinian Mysteries, the best known of the ancient Greek mystery religions. On the day preceding the commencement of the mysteries, Iacchus' name was invoked with the names of the earth goddess Demeter and her daughter ...
- Iachimo
- (from the article "Cymbeline") ...must marry his horrid stepson Cloten. When Cymbeline learns that Imogen is secretly married to Posthumus, he banishes Posthumus, who heads for Rome. In a conversation with a villainous Italian, Iachimo, Posthumus finds himself drawn unwisely into betting Iachimo that ...
- Iacocca, Lee
- American automobile executive who, as president and chairman of the board of the foundering Chrysler Corporation, secured the largest amount of federal financial assistance ever given to a private corporation at that time.
- Iacopone da Todi
- (from the article "Boniface VIII") ...Boniface were many of the Franciscan "Spirituals" (members of the order founded by St. Francis of Assisi who followed a literal observance of his rule of poverty), including the poet Iacopone da Todi, some of whose poems were written during ...
- Iago
- the villain of Shakespeare's tragedy Othello. One of Shakespeare's most intriguing and plausible villains, Iago frequently takes the audience into his confidence, a device that encourages close observation of his skillful manipulations and their disastrous results. He ... [2 Related Articles]
- Iakovos
- Greek Orthodox primate (b. July 29, 1911, Imroz [Imbros], Island, Ottomon Empire, [now Gokceada, Turkey]-d. April 10, 2005, Stamford, Conn.), promoted ecumenical religious unity and gained broader acceptance for the Greek Orthodox Church in the United States during his long ... [1 Related Articles]
- Iala, Koumba
- (from the article "Guinea-Bissau") ...elections in 2005. The first presidential election since the 2003 coup was due to take place in March 2005 but was postponed to June. For a time it seemed that neither deposed former president Kumba Iala, now leader of the ...
- iamb
- metrical foot consisting of one short syllable (as in classical verse) or one unstressed syllable (as in English verse) followed by one long or stressed syllable, as in the word ˘be|cause&stress; . Considered by the ancient Greeks to approximate the ... [7 Related Articles]
- iambe
- French satiric verse form consisting of alternating lines of 8 and 12 syllables. The total number of lines is variable. Greek writers, especially Archilochus, used iambics as a vehicle for satire, but the name came into use as a French ...
- iambic pentameter
- (from the article "metre") ...poetry. It combines Romance syllable counting and Germanic stress counting to produce lines of fixed numbers of alternating stressed and unstressed syllables. Thus, the most common English metre, iambic pentameter, is a line of ten syllables or five iambic feet. ...
- iambic tetrameter
- (from the article "tetrameter") ...a stressed one, as in the word ˘be|cause&stress; ), trochees (a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one, as in the word ti&stress;|ger),˘ or a combination of the two. Iambic tetrameter is, next to iambic pentameter, the most common metre ...
- Iamblichus
- Syrian philosopher, a major figure in the philosophical school of Neoplatonism and the founder of its Syrian branch. [7 Related Articles]
- Iao Needle
- (from the article "Iao Valley") ...erosion of the caldera whose volcano created the island's western peninsula, Iao Valley comprises a deep, narrow gorge 5 miles (8 km) long and flanked by heavily forested walls almost a mile high. Iao Needle, a volcanic monolith 2,250 feet ...
- Iao Valley
- valley, Maui county, northwestern Maui island, Hawaii, U.S. Situated on the eastern slope of Puu Kukui Mountain, it lies just north of Wailuku. Formed by erosion of the caldera whose volcano created the island's western peninsula, Iao Valley comprises a ...
- Iapetus
- outermost of Saturn's major regular moons, extraordinary because of its great contrast in surface brightness. It was discovered by the Italian-born French astronomer Gian Domenico Cassini in 1671 and named for one of the Titans of Greek mythology. [3 Related Articles]
- Iapetus Ocean
- (from the article "Appalachian orogenic belt") ...19th century; today a plate tectonic theory is invoked. The earliest Appalachian sediments were deposited near the start of the Cambrian Period (542 million years ago) on the shores of the opening Iapetus Ocean. Subduction of the Iapetus led to ...
- Iapyges
- (from the article "Messapic language") Indo-European language spoken by tribes (Messapii and Iapyges) living in the southeastern part of Italy in pre-Roman and early Roman times. Messapic inscriptions date from the 6th to the 1st century BC. The language is believed to be related to ...
- Iarbas
- (from the article "Dido") Her husband having been slain by her brother Pygmalion, Dido fled to the coast of Africa where she purchased from a local chieftain, Iarbas, a piece of land on which she founded Carthage. The city soon prospered, and Iarbas sought ...
- Iasi
- judet (county), northeastern Romania, bounded on the east by Moldova. The southward-flowing Prut River marks the county's eastern border with Moldova, and the Siret River drains the hilly terrain of the county to the south. Iasi county ...
- Iasi
- city, northeastern Romania. It is situated on the Bahlui River near its confluence with the Prut River in the Moldavian plain, 8 miles (13 km) west of the border with Moldova and 200 miles (320 km) northeast of Bucharest.
- Iasion
- in Greek mythology, according to Homer and Hesiod, Cretan youth loved by Demeter, the corn goddess, who lay with him in a fallow field that had been thrice plowed. Their son was Plutus, the wealth within the soil. According to ...
- Iatmul
- (from the article "art and architecture, Oceanic") The Sawos and the river-dwelling Iatmul, who historically derive from the Sawos, worked in styles totally different from those of the people to the north. Their ceremonial houses were long rectangular structures, with upper stories elevated on posts often carved ...
- iatrogenic disease
- (from the article "disease") ...It may result from a course of medical treatment, either as an unavoidable side effect or because the treatment itself was ill-advised; in either case the disease is classed as iatrogenic. Finally, the disease may be caused by some agent ...
- iatromathematics
- (from the article "astrology") Other forms of astrology, such as iatromathematics (application of astrology to medicine) and military astrology, are variants on one or another of the above.
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