| | - Indian South Equatorial Current
- (from the article "equatorial current") In the Indian Ocean the place of a north equatorial current is taken by the Monsoon Current. There is, however, an Indian South Equatorial Current. Flowing westerly with the trades north of latitude 22° S, it divides to form the ...
- Indian Space Research Organisation
- (from the article "Abdul Kalam, A.P.J.") Kalam earned a degree in aeronautical engineering from the Madras Institute of Technology and in 1958 joined the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). He soon moved to the Indian Space Research Organisation, where he was project director of the ...
- Indian spectacled cobra
- (from the article "cobra") The Asian cobra (Naja naja) was formerly considered a single species with much the same distribution as the king cobra. Recently, however, biologists have discovered that nearly a dozen species exist in Asia, some being venom spitters and others not. ...
- Indian Stream, Republic of
- (from the article "Coos") ...seat, became the county's central railroad link by the 1870s. Other towns are Gorham, Northumberland, and Colebrook. The northern half of the county, which is sparsely populated, was known as the Republic of Indian Stream in 1832-40. Principal industries are ...
- Indian summer
- period of dry, unseasonably warm weather in late October or November in the central and eastern United States. The term originated in New England and probably arose from the Indians' practice of gathering winter stores at this time. This autumn ... [1 Related Articles]
- Indian Tamil
- (from the article "Sri Lanka") ...with the Sinhalese alone accounting for nearly three-fourths of the people. The Tamil segment comprises two groups-Sri Lankan Tamils (long-settled descendants from southeastern India) and Indian Tamils (recent immigrants from southeastern India, most of whom were migrant workers brought to ...
- Indian Territory
- originally "all of that part of the United States west of the Mississippi, and not within the States of Missouri and Louisiana, or the Territory of Arkansas." Never an organized territory, it was soon restricted to the present state of ... [6 Related Articles]
- Indian tobacco
- (species Lobelia inflata), annual plant of the family Campanulaceae, native to open woodlands of North America. It was once considered a medicinal plant because of the emetic alkaloid present in the plant parts, especially the roots, but is now regarded ...
- Indian wolf
- (from the article "dog") It is believed that the early dogs dating from about 12,000 to 14,000 years ago came from a small strain of gray wolf that inhabited what is now India. Thereafter, this wolf-known as Canis lupus pallipes-was widely distributed throughout Europe, ...
- Indian-Australian Plate
- (from the article "Cenozoic Era") ...produced the Alps and Carpathians in southern Europe and the Atlas Mountains in northwestern Africa, began roughly between 37 and 24 million years ago. The Himalayas were formed some time after the Indian Plate collided with the Eurasian Plate. These ...
- Indian-crested swift
- (from the article "crested swift") A widespread species is the crested tree swift (Hemiprocne longipennis), ranging from Southeast Asia eastward to the Celebes. It is about 20 cm (8 inches) long and has pale blue-gray upperparts, dark brown wings and tail, and reddish cheeks. The ...
- Indiana
- constituent state of the United States of America. The state sits, as its motto claims, at "the crossroads of America." It borders Lake Michigan and the state of Michigan on the north, Ohio on the east, Kentucky on the south, ... [14 Related Articles]
- Indiana
- county, west-central Pennsylvania, U.S., bounded to the south by the Conemaugh River. It consists of a hilly region on the Allegheny Plateau that rises to the Allegheny Mountains in the southeast and is drained by Crooked, Yellow, Two Lick, Blacklick, ...
- Indiana
- borough (town), seat of Indiana county, west-central Pennsylvania, U.S., in the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains, 46 miles (74 km) northeast of Pittsburgh. Settled about 1764, it was laid out in 1805 on land donated for a county seat by ...
- Indiana banana
- (from the article "Magnoliales") ...that are vegetative divisions of one plant), propagated by grafting, are cultivated, principally in southern Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana (where the yellowish fruits are referred to as Indiana bananas). An alcoholic beverage may be made from the fruit.
- Indiana Dunes
- area of sand dunes, woodlands, wetlands, and other environments, located on the southern shore of Lake Michigan, northwestern Indiana, U.S. Much of the region is within Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, which includes Indiana Dunes State Park. The national lakeshore extends ... [2 Related Articles]
- Indiana Pacers
- (from the article "Bird, Larry") Bird retired in 1993 and moved to a front-office position with the Celtics. He became the head coach of the Indiana Pacers (despite having no previous coaching experience) in 1997 and was named Coach of the Year after his first ...
- Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
- (from the article "Indianapolis") ...Indianapolis (1969) includes Herron School of Art (1902) and an internationally renowned medical centre. The hub of the city, Monument Circle (1901), is the site of the 284.5-foot (87-metre) Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. The Indiana War Memorial Plaza (1927) ...
- Indiana State Fairgrounds
- (from the article "Indianapolis") The Indiana State Fairgrounds, with more than 55 permanent buildings, including the Art Deco-style Pepsi Coliseum (1939), is a focus of trade and social activities. The annual state fair (August) attracts large crowds, as do the Indiana Black Expo Summer ...
- Indiana State University
- public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Terre Haute, Ind., U.S. It comprises colleges of arts and sciences, business, education, nursing, technology, and health and human performance and a graduate school. The university offers a range of undergraduate and graduate ...
- Indiana Territory
- (from the article "Harrison, William Henry") ...Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin, in 1798, and he was sent to Congress as a territorial delegate the following year. In May 1800 Harrison was appointed governor of the newly created Indiana Territory, where, succumbing to the demands of ...
- Indiana University
- state system of higher education consisting of the campuses in Bloomington (main), Gary (known as Northwest), South Bend, Kokomo, New Albany (known as Southeast), and Richmond (known as East), as well as schools operated in cooperation with Purdue University at ... [3 Related Articles]
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Indiana, Pennsylvania, U.S. It is part of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. The university comprises the Eberly College of Business and colleges of Education, Fine Arts, Health and Human Services, Humanities ...
- Indiana War Memorial Plaza
- (from the article "Indianapolis") ...of Art (1902) and an internationally renowned medical centre. The hub of the city, Monument Circle (1901), is the site of the 284.5-foot (87-metre) Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. The Indiana War Memorial Plaza (1927) is a five-block area just ...
- Indiana, flag of
- U.S. state flag consisting of a dark blue field (background) with a gold or buff (light tan) torch surrounded by 19 stars.
- Indiana, Robert
- American artist who was a central figure in the Pop art movement beginning in the 1960s. [1 Related Articles]
- Indianapolis
- city, capital of Indiana, U.S., and seat (1822) of Marion county. It lies on the White River at its confluence with Fall Creek, near the centre of the state. The city is built on a level plain surrounded by low, ... [2 Related Articles]
- Indianapolis 500
- U.S. automobile race held annually from 1911, except for the war years 1917-18 and 1942-45. The race is always run at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, a suburban enclave of Indianapolis, Indiana. Drawing crowds of several hundred thousand people, the ... [10 Related Articles]
- Indianapolis Clowns
- (from the article "Negro league") ...other black players in Organized Baseball and increasingly ignored the black leagues. The talent pool was also shrinking as young stars such as Willie Mays (Birmingham Black Barons) and Hank Aaron (Indianapolis Clowns) and old stars such as Satchel Paige ...
- Indianapolis Colts
- (from the article "Football") The Indianapolis Colts of the American Football Conference (AFC) defeated the Chicago Bears of the National Football Conference (NFC) 29-17 to win Super Bowl XLI in the rain in Miami on Feb. 4, 2007, and thereby made Tony Dungy the ...
- Indianapolis Motor Speedway
- (from the article "Indianapolis 500") U.S. automobile race held annually from 1911, except for the war years 1917-18 and 1942-45. The race is always run at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, a suburban enclave of Indianapolis, Indiana. Drawing crowds of several hundred thousand people, the ...
- indianische Blume
- (from the article "pottery") ...colours-were much copied elsewhere. Overglaze colours were introduced about 1740, their first recorded use in France. (For the first use in Europe, see below Germany and Austria.) Brilliant indianische Blumen (flower motifs that were really Japanese in origin but that ...
- Indianista novel
- Brazilian literary genre of the 19th century that idealizes the simple life of the South American Indian. The tone of the Indianista novel is one of languid nostalgia and saudade, a brooding melancholy and reverence for nature. The Indian had ... [1 Related Articles]
- Indianola
- city, Warren county, south-central Iowa, U.S., 17 miles (27 km) south of Des Moines. Founded in 1849 as the county seat, its name was taken from a newspaper account of a Texas town of the same name. The economy is ...
- Indic writing systems
- those that include the syllabic Kharosthi and semialphabetic Brahmi scripts of ancient India. No systems of writing subsequently developed from the Kharosthi script. Brahmi, however, is thought to be the forerunner of all of the scripts used for writing the ... [3 Related Articles]
- indicated horsepower
- (from the article "horsepower") ...termed brake horsepower or shaft horsepower, depending on what kind of instrument is used to measure it. Horsepower of reciprocating engines, particularly in the larger sizes, is often expressed as indicated horsepower, which is determined from the pressure in the ...
- indicative mood
- (from the article "mood") Languages frequently distinguish grammatically three moods: the indicative, the imperative, and the subjunctive. The indicative is generally used for factual or neutral situations, as in English "John did his work" and Spanish "Juan hizo su trabajo." The imperative conveys commands ...
- indicative planning
- (from the article "China") There are three types of economic activity in China: those stipulated by mandatory planning, those done according to indicative planning (in which central planning of economic outcomes is indirectly implemented), and those governed by market forces. The second and third ...
- indicator electrode
- (from the article "analysis") ...while the electric current (usually nearly zero) between the electrodes is controlled. In the most common forms of potentiometry, two different types of electrodes are used. The potential of the indicator electrode varies, depending on the concentration of the analyte, ...
- indicator species
- organism-often a microorganism or a plant-that serves as a measure of the environmental conditions that exist in a given locale. For example, greasewood indicates saline soil; mosses often indicate acid soil. Tubifex worms indicate oxygen-poor and stagnant water unfit to ... [1 Related Articles]
- indicator variable
- (from the article "probability theory") ...the experiment of drawing balls from an urn containing black and red balls, R, the number of red balls drawn, is a random variable. A particularly useful random variable is 1[A], the indicator variable of the event A, which equals ...
- Indictable Offences Bill
- (from the article "Stephen, Sir James Fitzjames, 1st Baronet") British legal historian, Anglo-Indian administrator, judge, and author noted for his criminal-law reform proposals. His Indictable Offences Bill (late 1870s), though never enacted in Great Britain, has continued to influence attempts to recast the criminal law of Commonwealth nations and ...
- indiction
- in ancient Rome, the fiscal year. During the inflation of the 3rd century AD the Roman government supplied court and army employees by ordering the requisition, or by compulsory purchase (indictio), of food and clothing. Such indictiones were irregular, often ... [5 Related Articles]
- indictment
- in the United States (and, until recently, in England), a formal written accusation of crime affirmed by a grand jury and presented by it to the court for trial of the accused. The grand jury system was eliminated in England ... [3 Related Articles]
- Indies Party
- (from the article "Indonesia") ...that the real figure was likely to have been no more than 400,000, but even with this greatly reduced estimate, Sarekat Islam was clearly much larger than any other movement of the time. In 1912 the Indies Party (Indische Partij)-primarily ...
- Indies, Council of the
- supreme governing body of Spain's colonies in America (1524-1834). Composed of between 6 and 10 councillors appointed by the king, the council prepared and issued all legislation governing the colonies in the king's name, approved all important acts and expenditures ... [5 Related Articles]
- Indies, Laws of the
- the entire body of law promulgated by the Spanish crown during the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries for the government of its kingdoms (colonies) outside Europe, chiefly in the Americas; more specifically, a series of collections of decrees (cedulas) compiled ... [2 Related Articles]
- indifference
- (from the article "applied logic") The fundamental tools of the logic of preference are as follows: (1) (strong) preference: x is preferable to y, symbolically x ≫ y, (2) indifference: x and y are indifferent, x ≊ y, defined as "neither x ≫ y nor ...
- indifference
- in the mathematical theory of probability, a classical principle stated by the Swiss mathematician Jakob Bernoulli and formulated (and named) by the English economist John Maynard Keynes in A Treatise on Probability (1921): two cases are equally likely if no ... [1 Related Articles]
- indifference curve
- in economics, graph showing various combinations of two things (usually consumer goods) that yield equal satisfaction or utility to an individual. Developed by the Irish-born British economist Francis Y. Edgeworth, it is widely used as an analytical tool in the ... [1 Related Articles]
- Indigenismo
- movement in Latin America advocating a dominant social and political role for Indians in countries where they constitute a majority of the population. A sharp distinction is drawn by its members between Indians and Europeans, or those of European ancestry, ... [4 Related Articles]
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