Encyclopedia - Animal: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal - Examples
Some well-known types of animals, listed by their common names: alligator alpaca ant antelope badger bat bear bee beetle bird bison butt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Computer Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Computer Animation - Detailed Examples And Pseudocode
In 2D computer animation, moving objects are often referred to as “sprites.” A sprite is an image that has a location associated with...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Computer Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Computer Animation - Detailed Examples And Pseudocode
In 2D computer animation, moving objects are often referred to as “sprites.” A sprite is an image that has a location associated with...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animal: Encyclopedia - Animal
Animals are a major group of organisms, classified as the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa. In general they are multicellular, capable of loco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Altruism In Animals: Encyclopedia - Altruism In Animals
Altruism is a well-documented animal behaviour, which appears most obviously in kin relationships but may also be evident amongst wider s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Computer Animation: Encyclopedia - Computer Animation
Computer animation is the art of creating moving images via the use of computers. It is a subfield of computer graphics and animation. In...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cartoon Physics: Encyclopedia - Cartoon Physics
Cartoon physics is a joking reference to the fact that animation allows regular laws of physics to be ignored in humorous ways. For examp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Center Of Mass: Encyclopedia - Center Of Mass
The center of mass of an object is a point at which the object's mass can be assumed, for many purposes, to be concentrated. Center of m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bird People: Encyclopedia - Bird People
In science fiction, fantasy fiction and mythology, bird people are a race of people who resemble, or who are evolved from, birds. This is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Superhero: Encyclopedia - Superhero
A superhero is a fictional character who is noted for feats of courage and nobility, who usually has a colorful name and costume and abil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Permaculture: Encyclopedia - Permaculture
Permaculture is a design system which aims to create sustainable human habitats by following nature's patterns. The word 'permaculture', ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biological Warfare: Encyclopedia - Biological Warfare
Biological warfare, also known as germ warfare, is the use of any organism (bacteria, virus or other disease-causing organism) or toxin f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animal Rights: Encyclopedia - Animal Rights
Animal rights, or animal liberation, is the movement to protect animals from being used or regarded as property by human beings. It is a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cel-shaded Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Cel-shaded Animation - Examples Of Digital Cel-shading
Some of the more prominent films that have featured cel-shaded graphics are: Appleseed The Animatrix short films Various sequences from ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Population Bottleneck: Encyclopedia Ii - Population Bottleneck - Examples In The Animal World
Wisent, also called European bison, faced extinction in the early 20th century. The 3600 animals living in 2000 are all descended from 12...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Population Bottleneck: Encyclopedia Ii - Population Bottleneck - Examples In The Animal World
Wisent, also called European bison, faced extinction in the early 20th century. The 3600 animals living in 2000 are all descended from 12...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Altruism In Animals: Encyclopedia Ii - Altruism In Animals - Altruism : Kinship And Reciprocity
Research in evolutionary theory has been applied to social behaviour, including altruism. Some animal altruistic behaviour is explained b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cel-shaded Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Cel-shaded Animation - History
Cel-shaded animation - Video games. The first 3D video game to specifically feature cel-shaded characters among FMV backgrounds as its ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Computer Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Computer Animation - The Future
In the future, some people expect the current level of animation (2D, 3D) will be replaced with virtual reality; meaning the person watch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Computer Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Computer Animation - Equipment
Computer animation can be created with a computer and animation software. Some examples of animation software are: Amorphium (3D), Poser ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Computer Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Computer Animation - Equipment
Computer animation can be created with a computer and animation software. Some examples of animation software are: Amorphium (3D), Poser ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harem Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Harem Anime - Female Characters
This list is intended to give common examples found in harem series, but in many stories these traits are mixed or fused. The Lead Girl i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Computer Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Computer Animation - Creating Characters And Objects On A Computer
Computer animation combines Vector graphics with programmed movement. The starting point is often a stick figure in which the position of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Computer Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Computer Animation - Creating Characters And Objects On A Computer
Computer animation combines Vector graphics with programmed movement. The starting point is often a stick figure in which the position of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humane Society: Encyclopedia Ii - Humane Society - Examples
Examples of humane societies include: American Humane which was founded in 1877 as a network of local organizations to prevent cruelty to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cartoon Physics: Encyclopedia Ii - Cartoon Physics - History
The idea that cartoons behave differently (but not always randomly) than the real world is virtually as old as animation. Walt Disney, fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cel-shaded Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Cel-shaded Animation - Process
Cel-shaded animation - Hand-drawn animation. Main article: Traditional animation In hand-drawn animation or traditional animation, fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Computer Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Computer Animation - Movies And Tv Shows
CGI short films have been produced as independent animation since the 1970s, though the popularity of computer animation (especially in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Computer Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Computer Animation - Movies And Tv Shows
CGI short films have been produced as independent animation since the 1970s, though the popularity of computer animation (especially in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emoticon: Encyclopedia Ii - Emoticon - Anime Style
English anime forums spawned a form of kaomoji adapted for single-byte encoding. They have since seen use in more mainstream venues, incl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emoticon: Encyclopedia Ii - Emoticon - Anime Style
English anime fora spawned a form of kaomoji adapted for single-byte encoding. They have since seen use in more mainstream venues, includ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harem Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Harem Anime - Design & Criticism
The prototypical harem anime features a number of characters, usually with a minimum of one boy and three or more girls whose personaliti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Computer Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Computer Animation - The Future
The future of animation is unimaginable, there is no way we can know what will be released next. Every day a new program, a new rendering...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harem Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Harem Anime - Male Characters
Male characters are sparse and usually invoked only when necessary, but harem series are perceived in needing at least one audience surro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Computer Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Computer Animation - Technical Details
When an image is rendered to the screen, it is normally rendered to something called a back buffer. There the computer can draw the image...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Osmoregulation: Encyclopedia Ii - Osmoregulation - Forms Of Osmoregulation
Two major types of osmoregulation are osmoconformers and osmoregulators. Osmoconformers match their body osmolarity to their environment ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Computer Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Computer Animation - Technical Details
When an image is rendered to the screen, it is normally rendered to something called a back buffer. There the computer can draw the image...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cell Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - Cell Culture - Concepts
A cell line is a grown and maintained in the favourable conditions (e.g. 37°C, 5% CO2). culture of cells that grow and replicate continu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emoticon: Encyclopedia Ii - Emoticon - East Asian Style
Users from East Asia (particularly Japanese language speakers those who visit 2channel) popularized a style of emoticons known as vertico...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Onomatopoeia: Encyclopedia Ii - Onomatopoeia - Examples And Uses Of Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia - Everyday sounds. Some other very common English-language examples include: beep boing boom burp clap crackle hiccup pin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Computer Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Computer Animation - Explanation
To trick the eye and brain into thinking they are seeing a smoothly moving object the pictures should be drawn at around 12 frames per se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Computer Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Computer Animation - Explanation
To trick the eye and brain into thinking they are seeing a smoothly moving object the pictures should be drawn at around 12 frames per se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emoticon: Encyclopedia Ii - Emoticon - Western Style
Traditionally, the emoticon in Western style is written from left to right, the way one reads and writes in most Western cultures. Thus, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Electronic Journalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Electronic Journalism - Video Journalism
News via video is seen daily by millions of people around the world. Some of the typical uses include interviews, panel discussions, pres...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Center Of Mass: Encyclopedia Ii - Center Of Mass - Barycenter
When talking about celestial bodies, the center of mass has a special relevance: when a moon orbits around planet, or a planet orbits aro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military Science Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Military Science Fiction - Characteristics
At its best (as in, for example, Robert A. Heinlein's novel Starship Troopers or Lois McMaster Bujold's Miles Vorkosigan novels), militar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humane Society: Encyclopedia Ii - Humane Society - Purpose
National organizations primarily work on big picture approach including research, public education and assisting local shelters and rescu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military Science Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Military Science Fiction - Viewpoint
A growing tendency in military SF, largely due to the conservative authors who have dominated the genre in recent years, is to portray de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Graphics: Encyclopedia Ii - Graphics - Examples
Photograph Drawing Line Art Graph Diagram Geometric Design ... See also:Graphics, Graphics - History, Graphics - Drawing, Graphics - Pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Feral: Encyclopedia Ii - Feral - Applicability
Feral - Animals. A feral animal is one that has reverted from the domesticated state to a stable condition more or less resembling the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biological Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Biological Warfare - The Role Of Public Health Departments And Disease Surveillance
It is important to note that all of the classical and modern biological weapons organisms are animal diseases, the only exception being s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Superhero: Encyclopedia Ii - Superhero - Common Traits
A range of attributes are commonly part of a superhero's make-up, although they are by no means definitive (see Divergent character examp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Superhero: Encyclopedia Ii - Superhero - Common Traits
A range of attributes are commonly part of a superhero's make-up, although they are by no means definitive (see Divergent character examp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Permaculture: Encyclopedia Ii - Permaculture - The Permaculture Design Innovation
The core of permaculture has always been in supplying a design toolkit for human habitation. This toolkit helps the designer to model a f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biological Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Biological Warfare - History
The use of biological agents is not new, but before the 20th century, biological warfare took three main forms: deliberate poisoning of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Graphics: Encyclopedia Ii - Graphics - Use
Graphics are visual elements often used to point readers and viewers to particular information. They are also used to supplement text in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cell Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - Cell Culture - Products From Animal Cell Culture
Important products from animal cell cultures are enzymes, hormones, vaccines, immunobiologicals (monoclonal antibodies, interleukins and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Superhero: Encyclopedia Ii - Superhero - Treatment In Other Media
Superhero - Film. Main article: Superhero films Superhero films began as Saturday movie serials aimed at children during the 1940s. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Superhero: Encyclopedia Ii - Superhero - Character Subtypes
In superhero role-playing games (particularly Champions), superheroes are informally organized into categories based on their skills and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Superhero: Encyclopedia Ii - Superhero - Character Subtypes
In superhero role-playing games (particularly Champions), superheroes are informally organized into categories based on their skills and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Graphics: Encyclopedia Ii - Graphics - History
The earliest graphics known to the modern world are cave paintings created during the Upper Palaeolithic period from 40,000 - 10,000 BC. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Center Of Mass: Encyclopedia Ii - Center Of Mass - Definition
The center of mass is defined as the weighted average of position, with in the discrete case the masses as weights, and in the continuous...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Center Of Mass: Encyclopedia Ii - Center Of Mass - More Formulas
In the discrete case: where n is the number of mass particles. Or in the continuous case: where ρ(s) is the scalar mass density as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Superhero: Encyclopedia Ii - Superhero - History Of Superheroes In Comic Books
Superhero - Antecedents. The origins of superheroes can be found in several prior forms of fiction. Many share traits with protagonists...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Superhero: Encyclopedia Ii - Superhero - History Of Superheroes In Comic Books
Superhero - Antecedents. The origins of superheroes can be found in several prior forms of fiction. Many share traits with protagonists...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bird People: Encyclopedia Ii - Bird People - Examples
Bird people - In fiction. Examples of the bird-people motif in science fiction and fantasy fiction include: The race of bird people le...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Talking Animal: Encyclopedia Ii - Talking Animal - Fiction
Talking animals are a common theme in fiction, especially in mythology and folk tales. Fictional talking animals often are anthropomorphi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Production Types Of Anime
Most anime can be categorized as one of three types: Films, which are generally released in theaters, represent the highest budgets and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Osmoregulation: Encyclopedia Ii - Osmoregulation - Osmoregulation In Plants
There are no specific osmoregulation organs in higher plants. Control of water intake and loss is by means of those internal and external...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Production Types Of Anime
Most anime can be categorized as one of three types: Films, which are generally released in theaters, represent the highest budgets and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Permaculture: Encyclopedia Ii - Permaculture - Permaculture Design For Ecological-economic Ethics
A basic principle is, therefore to "add value" to existing crops. A permaculture design therefore seeks to provide a wide range of soluti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ionizing Radiation: Encyclopedia Ii - Ionizing Radiation - Types Of Radiation
Ionizing radiation is produced by radioactive decay, nuclear fission and nuclear fusion, extremely hot objects (thermal or blackbody radi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emoticon: Encyclopedia Ii - Emoticon - History
Emoticon - Background. In 1963 the smiley face, a yellow button with a smile and two dots representing eyes, was invented by freelance ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Permaculture: Encyclopedia Ii - Permaculture - Origins
In the mid 1970s, two Australians, Dr. Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, started to develop ideas that they hoped could be used to create...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ionizing Radiation: Encyclopedia Ii - Ionizing Radiation - The Effects Of Ionizing Radiation On Animals
We tend to think of biological effects of radiation in terms of their effect on living cells. For low levels of radiation exposure, the b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Population Bottleneck: Encyclopedia Ii - Population Bottleneck - Humans
DNA evidence suggests that humans today are a legacy of a population bottleneck which occurred 70,000 years ago. This would have had the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Center Of Mass: Encyclopedia Ii - Center Of Mass - Aeronautical Significance
The center of mass is an important point on an aircraft, as it defines the amount of mass forward or behind the center of gravity that ne...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Center Of Mass: Encyclopedia Ii - Center Of Mass - Motion Of The Center Of Mass
The following equations of motion assume that there is a system of particles governed by internal and external forces. An internal force ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Electronic Journalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Electronic Journalism - Photographs Graphics Animation
Apart from moving images and sound recording, electronic journalism makes liberal use of still images, graphics and animation in reports....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Osmoregulation: Encyclopedia Ii - Osmoregulation - Osmoregulation In Protoctists And Animals
Amoeba make use of contractile vacuoles to collect excretory waste, such as ammonia, from the intracellular fluid by both diffusion and a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Feral: Encyclopedia Ii - Feral - Conclusions
The difficulties of defining the nature of and predicting the properties of species that undergo domestication, even after the fact, are ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animated Cartoon: Encyclopedia Ii - Animated Cartoon - Technologies
The advent of film technology opened opportunities to develop the art of animation. The basic animation process is described in the artic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traditional Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Traditional Animation - Techniques
Traditional animation - The cel & limited animation. The cel is an important innovation to traditional animation, as it allows some...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animated Cartoon: Encyclopedia Ii - Animated Cartoon - History
The first examples of trying to capture motion into a drawing can already be found in paleolithic cave paintings, where animals are depic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animated Cartoon: Encyclopedia Ii - Animated Cartoon - Technologies
The advent of film technology opened opportunities to develop the art of animation. The basic animation process is described in the artic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Population Bottleneck: Encyclopedia Ii - Population Bottleneck - Humans
DNA evidence suggests that humans today are a legacy of a population bottleneck which occurred 70,000 years ago. This would have had the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animal Testing: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal Testing - Allegations Of Abuse
Undercover investigations by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animated Cartoon: Encyclopedia Ii - Animated Cartoon - History
The first examples of trying to capture motion into a drawing can already be found in paleolithic cave paintings, where animals are depic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animated Cartoon: Encyclopedia Ii - Animated Cartoon - History
The first examples of trying to capture motion into a drawing can already be found in paleolithic cave paintings, where animals are depic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Educational Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Educational Animation - Animations For Education
Educators are enthusiastically taking up the opportunities that computer animation offers for depicting dynamic content. For example, Pow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animism: Encyclopedia Ii - Animism - Differences Between Animism And Religion
Animism is commonly described as the most primitive form of religion, but properly speaking it is not a religion at all. Animism is in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military Science Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Military Science Fiction - Authors
Defining authors of the genre include: Robert A. Heinlein, author of Starship Troopers, among other books. David Drake, author of the Ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animal Testing: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal Testing - Allegations Of Abuse
Undercover investigations by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traditional Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Traditional Animation - Techniques
Traditional animation - The cel & limited animation. The cel is an important innovation to traditional animation, as it allows some...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animal: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal - Groups Of Animals
The sponges (Porifera) diverged from other animals early. As mentioned, they lack the complex organization found in most other phyla. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animal: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal - History Of Classification
Aristotle divided the living world between animals and plants, and this was followed by Carolus Linnaeus in the first hierarchical classi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animal: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal - Structure
With a few exceptions, most notably the sponges (Phylum Porifera), animals have bodies differentiated into separate tissues. These includ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animal: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal - Reproduction And Development
Nearly all animals undergo some form of sexual reproduction. Adults are diploid or occasionally polyploid. They have a few specialized re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animal: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal - Origin And Fossil Record
Animals are generally considered to have evolved from flagellate protozoa. Their closest living relatives are the choanoflagellates, coll...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animal: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal - Characteristics
Aristotle divided the living world between animals and plants, and this was followed by Carolus Linnaeus in the first hierarchical classi...   » Read the article