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- archaeological site in the foothills of the Anti-Taurus Mountains, south-central Turkey. Samal was one of the Late Hittite city-states that perpetuated the more or less Semitized southern Anatolian culture for centuries after the downfall of the Hittite empire (c. 1190 ... [4 Related Articles]
- zincite
- mineral consisting of zinc oxide (ZnO), usually found in platy or granular masses. Its blood-red colour and orange-yellow streak are characteristic, as is also its common association with black franklinite and white calcite. Notable specimens have been found at Franklin ...
- Zindel, Paul
- American playwright and novelist whose largely autobiographical work features poignant, alienated characters who deal with life's difficulties in pragmatic and straightforward ways. [1 Related Articles]
- Zinder
- city, south-central Niger. The country's second largest city, it was the capital of a Muslim dynasty established in the 18th century, which freed itself from the sovereignty of Bornu in the mid-19th century. The city was occupied by French troops ... [1 Related Articles]
- Zinder, Norton David
- American biologist who discovered the occurrence of genetic transduction-the carrying of hereditary material from one strain of microorganisms to another by a filterable agent such as a bacteriophage, or bacterial virus-in species of the Salmonella bacteria. [1 Related Articles]
- Zingarelli, Nicola Antonio
- one of the principal Italian composers of operas and religious music of his time. [1 Related Articles]
- Zingiberaceae
- the ginger family of flowering plants, the largest family of the order Zingiberales, containing about 52 genera and more than 1,300 species. These aromatic herbs grow in moist areas of the tropics and subtropics, including some regions that are seasonably ... [2 Related Articles]
- Zingiberales
- the ginger and banana order of flowering plants, consisting of 8 families, 92 genera, and more than 2,100 species.
- Zinjanab
- (from the article "jewelry") ...sumptuous and elaborate. In the 19th century, native traditions were corrupted by European influence, often with an eye toward European consumption. Traditional designs, however, have persisted in Zinjanab and among the Kurdish mountaineers of northwest Iran. Silver decorated with twisted ...
- Zinkernagel, Rolf M.
- Swiss immunologist and pathologist who, along with Peter C. Doherty of Australia, received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1996 for their discovery of how the immune system distinguishes virus-infected cells from normal cells. [2 Related Articles]
- Zinn's zonule
- (from the article "eye, human") Within the cavities formed by this triple-layered coat there are the crystalline lens, suspended by fine transparent fibres-the suspensory ligament or zonule of Zinn-from the ciliary body; the aqueous humour, a clear fluid filling the spaces between the cornea and ...
- Zinn, Walter Henry
- Canadian-born nuclear physicist, who contributed to the U.S. atomic bomb project during World War II and to the development of the nuclear reactor.
- Zinnemann, Fred
- Austrian-born American motion-picture director whose films are distinguished by realism of atmosphere and characterization. [5 Related Articles]
- zinnia
- any of about 11 species of herbs and shrubs constituting the genus Zinnia of the family Asteraceae (Compositae), and native primarily to North America. They are perennial where they are native-from the southern United States to Chile, being especially abundant ...
- Zinnia angustifolia
- (from the article "zinnia") ...less than 0.3 metre (1 foot) tall with flowers 2.5 cm (1 inch) in diameter to giant forms up to 1 metre tall, with flowers up to 15 cm (6 inches) across. A less well-known species of zinnia is Z. ...
- Zinnia elegans
- (from the article "zinnia") ...leaves arranged opposite each other and often clasping the stem. The numerous garden varieties grown for their showy flowers are derived from the species Zinnia violacea (Z. elegans). The solitary flower heads are borne at the ends ...
- zino
- (from the article "subatomic particle") ...have supersymmetric partners, dubbed sleptons and squarks, with integer spin; and the photon, W, Z, gluon, and graviton have counterparts with half-integer spins, known as the photino, wino, zino, gluino, and gravitino, respectively.
- Zinovyev Letter
- (from the article "Crowe, Sir Eyre") ...Peace Conference, where his fluency in both French and German proved invaluable. In October 1924, in the absence of the prime minister (Ramsay MacDonald), he made the decision to publish the Zinoviev Letter (addressed to the Communist Party in Britain ...
- Zinovyev, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich
- Russian writer and scholar (b. Sept. 29/Oct. 29, 1922, Pakhtino, Kostroma district, Russia-d. May 10, 2006, Moscow, Russia), was the prolific author of scholarly books and articles on mathematical logic, notably Philosophical Problems of Many-Valued Logic (1963), as well as ...
- Zinovyev, Grigory Yevseyevich
- revolutionary who worked closely with Lenin in the Bolshevik Party before the Russian Revolution of 1917 and became a central figure in the Communist Party leadership in the Soviet Union in the 1920s. He later was a victim of Joseph ... [6 Related Articles]
- Zinsou, Emile Derlin
- nationalist politician and president (1968-69) of Dahomey (now Benin), noted for the success of his attempts to solve his country's overwhelming economic and financial problems.
- Zinzendorf, Nikolaus Ludwig, Graf (Count) von
- religious and social reformer of the German Pietist movement who, as leader of the Moravian church (Unitas Fratrum), sought to create an ecumenical Protestant movement. [9 Related Articles]
- Ziolkowski, Korczak
- (from the article "Custer") ...Located 5 miles (8 km) north of Custer are the Indian Museum of North America and Crazy Horse Memorial, an unfinished colossal statue carved out of a mountain; American sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski (1908-82) began carving the monumental...
- Zion
- in the Old Testament, the easternmost of the two hills of ancient Jerusalem. It was the site of the Jebusite city captured by David, king of Israel and Judah, in the 10th century BC (2 Samuel 5:6-9) and established by ... [4 Related Articles]
- Zion
- city, Lake county, northeastern Illinois, U.S. It lies along Lake Michigan, near the Wisconsin border. The area was originally inhabited by Potawatomi Indians. Zion was founded in 1900 by John Alexander Dowie, an evangelist originally from Scotland, as the headquarters ... [1 Related Articles]
- Zion Canyon
- (from the article "Zion National Park") The park's principal feature is Zion Canyon, which received its name from the Mormons who discovered it (1858) and settled there in the early 1860s. A portion of the area was first set aside as Mukuntuweap National Monument in 1909. ...
- Zion Gate
- (from the article "Jerusalem") ...Hasmonean times. The Old City may be entered through any of seven gates in the wall: the New, Damascus, and Herod's gates to the north, the St. Stephen's (or Lion's) Gate to the east, the Dung and Zion gates to ...
- Zion National Park
- dramatic landscape of colourful deep canyons, high cliffs, mesas, and forested plateaus in southwestern Utah, U.S. The park lies on the northwestern edge of the Colorado Plateau about 30 miles (50 km) northeast of the city of St. George. Cedar ...
- Zion, Song of
- (from the article "Psalms") ...they feature the king, portraying him as both the representative of Yahweh to the community and the representative of the community to Yahweh. Psalms are also classified according to their use; the "Zion" hymns (46, 48, 76, 84, 87, 122), ...
- Zionism
- Jewish nationalist movement that has had as its goal the creation and support of a Jewish national state in Palestine, the ancient homeland of the Jews (Hebrew: Eretz Yisra'el, "the Land of Israel"). Though Zionism originated in eastern and central ... [43 Related Articles]
- Zionist church
- any of several prophet-healing groups in southern Africa; they correspond to the independent churches known as Aladura (q.v.) in Nigeria, "spiritual" in Ghana, and "prophet-healing churches" in most other parts of Africa.
- Zionist Congress
- (from the article "Herzl, Theodor") Herzl went to London in an effort to organize the Jews there in support of his program. Not all the Jewish leaders in England were happy to see him because his political approach was not in tune with their ideas, ...
- Zionist Organization of America
- (from the article "Wise, Stephen Samuel") ...of the first Jewish leaders in the United States to become active in the Zionist movement. He attended the Second Zionist Congress in Basel, Switz., in 1898, and that same year he helped found the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), ...
- ZIP Code
- system of zone coding introduced by the U.S. Post Office Department (now the U.S. Postal Service) in 1963 to facilitate the sorting and delivery of mail. After an extensive publicity campaign, the department finally succeeded in eliciting from the public ... [1 Related Articles]
- Zipf's Law
- (from the article "information theory") The best-known formula for studying relative word frequencies was proposed by the American linguist George Zipf in Selected Studies of the Principle of Relative Frequency in Language (1932). Zipf's Law states that the relative frequency of a word is inversely ...
- Zipf, George
- (from the article "information theory") The best-known formula for studying relative word frequencies was proposed by the American linguist George Zipf in Selected Studies of the Principle of Relative Frequency in Language (1932). Zipf's Law states that the relative frequency of a word is inversely ...
- zipper
- device for binding the edges of an opening such as on a garment or a bag. A zipper consists of two strips of material with metal or plastic teeth along the edges, and a sliding piece that draws the teeth ...
- Zipporah
- (from the article "Moses") ...flocks. Again Moses showed his courage and prowess as a warrior because he took on the shepherds (perhaps with the girls' help) and routed them. Moses stayed on with Jethro and eventually married Zipporah, one of the daughters. In assuming ...
- Zirc
- (from the article "Veszprem") ...as an entity, from the Arpad era. Veszprem city was home to Queen Gizella, the wife of Stephen I, and the castle there was the seat of Hungarian queens in the 10th century. At Zirc, high in the Cuha valley, ...
- Zircaloy-2
- (from the article "nuclear reactor") ...metal canned in aluminum, cooled with carbon dioxide, and employed a moderator consisting of a block of graphite pierced by fuel channels. In the advanced gas-cooled reactor, fuel pins clad in Zircaloy (trademark for alloys of zirconium having low percentages ...
- zircon
- silicate mineral, zirconium silicate, ZrSiO4, the principal source of zirconium. Zircon is widespread as an accessory mineral in felsic igneous rocks; it also occurs in metamorphic rocks and, fairly often, in detrital deposits. It occurs in beach sands in many ... [9 Related Articles]
- zirconia
- zirconium dioxide, an industrially important compound of zirconium and oxygen usually derived from the mineral zircon (see zirconium). [5 Related Articles]
- zirconium
- chemical element, metal of Group IVb of the periodic table, used as a structural material for nuclear reactors. [5 Related Articles]
- zirconolite
- (from the article "materials science") The other candidate is a synthetic rock made of mineral mixtures such as zirconolite and perovskite. These are very insoluble and, in their natural state, are known to have sequestered radioactive elements for hundreds of millions of years. They are ...
- Ziri ibn Manad
- (from the article "North Africa") ...of Morocco in 927 and 931, respectively, and from there organized tribal resistance to the Fatimids. In eastern Algeria, however, the Fatimids were loyally supported by Ziri ibn Manad, chief of the Takalata branch of the Sanhajah confederation, to which ...
- Zirid Dynasty
- Muslim dynasty of Sanhajah Berbers whose various branches ruled in Ifriqiyah (Tunisia and eastern Algeria) and Granada (972-1152). Rising to prominence in the mountains of Kabylie, Algeria, where they established their first capital, Ashir, the Zirids became allies of the ... [3 Related Articles]
- Zirkel, Ferdinand
- German geologist and pioneer in microscopic petrography, the study of rock minerals by viewing thin slices of rock under a microscope and noting their optical characteristics. [1 Related Articles]
- Ziryab
- (from the article "Islamic arts") ...the Almoravids. In Spain, encounter with different cultures stimulated the development of the Andalusian, or Moorish, branch of Islamic music. The most imposing figure in this development is Ziryab (fl. 9th century), a pupil of Ishaq al-Mawsili, who, because of ...
- Zitelle, Le
- (from the article "Venice") ...Its mass of brilliant white marble rises majestically above the Gothic palaces of the Grand Canal. The churches of San Giorgio Maggiore (1566, completed in 1610), Il Redentore (1577-92), and Le Zitelle (1582-86) were all designed by Andrea Palladio; their ...
- zither
- any stringed musical instrument whose strings are the same length as its soundboard. The European zither consists of a flat, shallow sound box across which some 30 or 40 gut or metal strings are stretched. The strings nearest the player ... [3 Related Articles]
- zither family
- (from the article "zither") Instruments of the zither family assume a variety of forms. The body may be a flexible stick, as in the musical bow, or may be a rigid bar, as in many Indian and Southeast Asian and some African zithers. Bar ...
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