Encyclopedia - Cycling Time Trials: Encyclopedia Ii - Cycling Time Trials - Early History
Since 1890, the National Cyclists' Union (an association established to organise and regulate bicycle racing) had banned all cycle racing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samvat: Encyclopedia Ii - Samvat - The Time Cycles In India
The time cycles in India are: 60-year cycle A year 6 seasons of a year about 60 days (2 months) in a season month (lunar) 2 pakshas in a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Cycles: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Cycles - Art And Recreational Cycles
Video game List of cycles - Music and rhythm cycles. Interval cycle - Physics of music - Rhythm - Song cycle ... See also:List of cyc...   » Read the article

Article - Spiritual Awakening: Spirals Of Time
Time Cycles and cosmic calendars from different cultures lika the maya, aztek, hopis and veda, predicting a planetary ascension, are brou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samvat: Encyclopedia - Samvat
Samvat is any of the various Hindu calendars. In India, there are several calendars in use: Vikrama Samvat: lunar months, solar sidereal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cycle Studies: Encyclopedia - Cycle Studies
Cycles are series of states or conditions that repeat themselves, usually after a regular or nearly regular period. Cyclic behaviour is o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Time: Encyclopedia - Time
Attempting to understand time has long been a prime occupation for philosophers, scientists and artists. There are widely divergent views...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cell Division: Encyclopedia - Cell Division
Cell division is the process by which a cell (called the parent cell) divides into two cells (called daughter cells). Cell division is us...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tide: Encyclopedia - Tide
The tide is the regular rising and falling of the ocean's surface caused by changes in gravitational forces external to the Earth. The ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Calendar: Encyclopedia - Maya Calendar
The Maya calendar is actually a system of distinct calendars and almanacs used by the Maya civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Calendar: Encyclopedia - Chinese Calendar
The Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar incorporating elements of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar. In China today, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cycle Of Violence: Encyclopedia - Cycle Of Violence
The Cycle of Violence, is a cycle which shows what usually happens in an abusive relationship. The cycle can happen hundreds of times in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Business Cycle: Encyclopedia - Business Cycle
The business cycle or economic cycle refers to the ups and downs seen somewhat simultaneously in most parts of an economy. The cycle invo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biogeochemical Cycle: Encyclopedia - Biogeochemical Cycle
In ecology, a biogeochemical cycle is a circuit or pathway by which a chemical element or molecule moves through both biotic ("bio-") and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tyrfing Cycle: Encyclopedia - Tyrfing Cycle
The Tyrfing Cycle is a collection of legends united by the magic sword Tyrfing. Two of them are found in the Poetic Edda, and the Hervara...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cycle Count: Encyclopedia - Cycle Count
A cycle count is an inventory management procedure where a small subset of inventory is counted on any given day. Cycle counts contrast w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyclical Pattern: Encyclopedia - Cyclical Pattern
Historians from Polybius to Giambattista Vico and Karl Marx have entertained the notion that history moves in definite cycles. Polybius r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cycle Studies: Encyclopedia Ii - Cycle Studies - Social Sciences
In modern times economic (business) cycles were studied by Joseph Kitchen, Clement Juglar, Simon Kuznets and Nikolai Kondratieff, each of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cycling At The 2000 Summer Olympics: Encyclopedia Ii - Cycling At The 2000 Summer Olympics - Road Cycling
Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's Road Race. Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's Time Trial. Cycling at the 2000 S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cycling At The 2000 Summer Olympics: Encyclopedia Ii - Cycling At The 2000 Summer Olympics - Track Cycling
Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 1 km Time Trial. Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's Individual Pursuit 4 km. Cy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cycling At The 1984 Summer Olympics: Encyclopedia Ii - Cycling At The 1984 Summer Olympics - Road Cycling
Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Road Race Men. Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Road Race Women. Cycling at the 1984 Sum...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cycling At The 1980 Summer Olympics: Encyclopedia Ii - Cycling At The 1980 Summer Olympics - Track Cycling Events
Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Men's 1000 m Individual Time Trial. Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Men's Sprint. Cycli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World Cycling Championship: Encyclopedia Ii - World Cycling Championship - Palmares
World Cycling Championship - World Cycling Champions. World Cycling Championship - World Sprint Champions. World Cycling Championshi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Four-stroke Cycle: Encyclopedia Ii - Four-stroke Cycle - Valve Train
The valves are typically operated by a camshaft, which is a rod with a series of projecting cams (lobes), each with a carefully calculate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Four-stroke Cycle: Encyclopedia Ii - Four-stroke Cycle - Output Limit
The amount of power output generated by a 4-stroke engine is ultimately limited by piston speed, due to material strength. Because piston...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cycle Studies: Encyclopedia Ii - Cycle Studies - History
Early studies of cycles are found in Vedic, Buddhist and Christian sacred books. Pythagoras' study of music and Ptolemy's motion of the p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Four-stroke Cycle: Encyclopedia Ii - Four-stroke Cycle - Output Limit
The amount of power output generated by a 4-stroke engine is ultimately limited by piston speed, due to material strength. Because piston...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cycle Studies: Encyclopedia Ii - Cycle Studies - Astronomy
Although weather changes from one summer to the next and from one winter to the next, the astronomical cycles that cause seasonal changes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Maya Calendar - Venus Cycle
Another important calendar for the Maya was the Venus cycle. The Maya were excellent astronomers, and could calculate the Venus cycle ext...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Assertion Computing: Encyclopedia Ii - Assertion Computing - Usage
In languages such as Eiffel, assertions are part of the design process, in others, such as C and Java they are only used to check assumpt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Time: Encyclopedia Ii - Time - Time In Physics
Main article: Time in physics Time is currently one of the few fundamental quantities (quantities which cannot be defined via other quant...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Time: Encyclopedia Ii - Time - Measurement
Time - Present day standards. The standard unit for time is the SI second, from which larger units are defined like the minute, hour, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Time: Encyclopedia Ii - Time - Psychology
Different people may judge identical lengths of time quite differently. Time can "fly"; that is, a long period of time can seem to go by ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Time: Encyclopedia Ii - Time - Philosophy Of Time
Main article: Philosophy of space and time; Ontology In ancient thought, Zeno's paradoxes challenged the conception of infinite divisibil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tide: Encyclopedia Ii - Tide - Tides And Navigation
Tidal flows are of profound importance in navigation and very significant errors in position will occur if tides are not taken into accou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tide: Encyclopedia Ii - Tide - Tidal Physics
Ignoring external forces, the ocean's surface defines a geopotential surface or geoid, where the gravitational force is directly towards ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tide: Encyclopedia Ii - Tide - Tidal Terminology
The maximum water level is called "high tide" or "high water" and the minimum level is "low tide" or "low water". High water occurs as tw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Maya Calendar - Calendar Round
Neither the Tzolkin nor the Haab system numbered the years. The combination of a Tzolkin date and a Haab date was enough to identify a da...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Maya Calendar - Maya Concepts Of Time
With the development of the place-notational Long Count calendar (believed to have been inherited from other Mesoamerican cultures), the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Maya Calendar - Long Count
Since Calendar Round dates can only distinguish within 18980 days, equivalent to around 52 solar years, the cycle repeats roughly once ea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samvat: Encyclopedia Ii - Samvat - Months And Approximate Correspndence
The Indian months are listed below. Shaka and Chaitradi Vikram (UP, Rajasthan etc) start with Chaitra, Kartikadi Vikram (Gujarat, Maharas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Maya Calendar - General Overview
The most important of these calendars is one with a period of 260 days. This 260-day calendar was prevalent across all Mesoamerican socie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Calendar - History
Chinese calendar - Legendary beginnings. According to legend, the Chinese calendar developed during the first millennium BCE. It is sai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trichinosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Trichinosis - Signs And Symptoms
Symptoms can be divided into two types: symptoms caused by worms in the intestine, and symptoms caused by worms elsewhere. In the intesti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Maya Calendar - Tzolk'in
Mayanists have bestowed the name tzolkin (or tzolk'in, in the revised orthography which is now preferred) on the Maya version of the Meso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Calendar - History
Chinese calendar - Legendary beginnings. According to legend, the Chinese calendar developed during the first millennium BCE. It is sai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trichinosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Trichinosis - Epidemiology
Infection was once very common; however, infection is now rare. From 1991 to 1996, an annual average of 12 cases per year were reported i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Calendar - The Chinese Zodiac
The Twelve animals (十二生肖 shí'èr shēngxiào, or colloquially 十二屬相 shí'èr shǔxiāng) representing the twelve Earthly ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Calendar - The Chinese Zodiac
The Twelve animals (十二生肖 shí'èr shēngxiào, or colloquially 十二屬相 shí'èr shǔxiāng) representing the twelve Earthly ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eddy Merckx: Encyclopedia Ii - Eddy Merckx - The Greatest Cyclist Of All Times?
As in many other sports, assigning someone the title of The Greatest cyclist of all times will always be an intrinsically controversial i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Segregated Cycle Facilities: Encyclopedia Ii - Segregated Cycle Facilities - The Safety Of Segregated Cycle Facilities
The issue of the safety of segregated cycling facilities has been one of extreme controversy since the 1930s. Since that time, the establ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask: Encyclopedia Ii - The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask - Termina
Termina appears to be an alternate version of Hyrule: the majority of the Ocarina characters were reused in Majora's Mask with slight dif...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask: Encyclopedia Ii - The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask - Gameplay
The gameplay of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask is based on the 3D computer graphics engine used in its predecessor. Link retains a va...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eddy Merckx: Encyclopedia Ii - Eddy Merckx - Trivia & Cultural References
Merckx was known as "the cannibal" because he refused to ride tactically. He preferred to go flat out at all times, and wanted to win eve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Calendar - Year Markings
Chinese calendar - Regnal Years. Traditional Chinese years were not continuously numbered in the way that the BC/AD system is. More com...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Calendar - Year Markings
Chinese calendar - Regnal years. Traditional Chinese years were not continuously numbered in the way that the BC/AD system is. More com...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Calendar - Purpose Of The Intercalary Months
Most people, upon using or studying the Chinese calendar, are perplexed by the intercalary month because of its seemingly unpredictable n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Calendar - Purpose Of The Intercalary Months
Most people, upon using or studying the Chinese calendar, are perplexed by the intercalary month because of its seemingly unpredictable n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Estrus Cycle: Encyclopedia Ii - Estrus Cycle - Frequency
Some species—such as cows and pigs—are polyestrous and can go into heat several times a year. Seasonally polyestrous animals have mul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Personal Finance: Encyclopedia Ii - Personal Finance - A Question Of Time
Personal finance is a detailed analysis of financial flows at various points in time. For example, we may receive employment income today...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Calendar - Calendar Rules
The following rules outline the Chinese calendar since c.104 BCE. Note that the rules allow either mean or true motions of the Sun and Mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Calendar - Calendar Rules
The following rules outline the Chinese calendar since c.104 BCE. Note that the rules allow either mean or true motions of the Sun and Mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Calendar - Holidays
The Chinese calendar year has nine main festivals, seven determined by the lunisolar calendar, and the other two derived from the solar a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Calendar - Holidays
The Chinese calendar year has nine main festivals, seven determined by the lunisolar calendar, and the other two derived from the solar a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eddy Merckx: Encyclopedia Ii - Eddy Merckx - Personal Life And Personality
In 1967 Merckx married Claudine Acou. They had two children: a daughter (Sabrina) and a son (Axel, who also became a professional cyclist...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stanley Rader: Encyclopedia Ii - Stanley Rader - Proposals By Stanley Rader
Because Stanley Rader had gained the financial confidence of Herbert W. Armstrong beginning in 1956, he was able to reverse the plans of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Menstrual Cycle: Encyclopedia Ii - Menstrual Cycle - Menstruation In Other Mammals
A regular menstrual cycle as described here only occurs in the great apes. Menstrual cycles vary in length from an average of 29 days in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Menstrual Cycle: Encyclopedia Ii - Menstrual Cycle - Culture And Menstruation
Menstrual cycle - Mysticism. Mystics have sometimes elaborated "equivalencies", analogising the waxing and waning of the moon with infl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Calendar - Solar Term
Chinese months follow the phases of the moon. As a result, they do not accurately follow the seasons of the solar year. To assist farmers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Calendar - Solar Term
Chinese months follow the phases of the moon. As a result, they do not accurately follow the seasons of the solar year. To assist farmers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Business Cycle: Encyclopedia Ii - Business Cycle - Alternative Interpretations Of Business Cycles
Business cycle - Austrian School. The Austrian School of economics rejects the suggestion that the business cycle is an inherent featur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vehicular Cycling: Encyclopedia Ii - Vehicular Cycling - Negotiation
Many cycling experts explain the concept of negotiation, and its role in traffic cycling vehicularly, when merging across multiple lanes ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vehicular Cycling: Encyclopedia Ii - Vehicular Cycling - Negotiation
Many cycling experts explain the concept of negotiation, and its role in traffic cycling vehicularly, when traversing across multiple lan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eddy Merckx: Encyclopedia Ii - Eddy Merckx - Racing Career
Eddy Merckx - Successes in stage racing & single day races. Merckx started competing in 1961. Three years later he became world cha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eclipse Cycle: Encyclopedia Ii - Eclipse Cycle - Eclipse Cycles
Comments: Fortnight When there is an eclipse, there is a fair chance that at the next syzygy there will be another eclipse: the Sun and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reversible Process Thermodynamics: Encyclopedia Ii - Reversible Process Thermodynamics - Boundaries And States
A reversible process changes the state of a system in such a way that the net change in the combined entropy of the system and its surrou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Honeybee: Encyclopedia Ii - Honeybee - Products Of The Honeybee
Honeybee - Pollination. Main article: Pollination management The honeybee's primary commercial value is as a pollinator of crops. Orcha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gus Bell: Encyclopedia Ii - Gus Bell - Career
A native of Louisville, Kentucky and graduate of Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget High school, Bell played nine of his 15 seasons with Cinci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Assertion Computing: Encyclopedia Ii - Assertion Computing - Disabling Assertions
Assertions can be enabled or disabled, usually on a program-wide basis; languages which distinguish different types of assertion – e.g....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Assertion Computing: Encyclopedia Ii - Assertion Computing - Comparison With Error Handling
It is worth distinguishing assertions from routine error handling. Assertions should be used to document logically impossible situations ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tide: Encyclopedia Ii - Tide - Timing
In most places there is a delay between the phases of the Moon and its effect on the tide. Springs and neaps in the North Sea, for exampl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tide: Encyclopedia Ii - Tide - Tides & Fluids
Tides and tidal effects happen in general whenever a mass with some volume moves in a gravitational field that is not uniform. This is, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tide: Encyclopedia Ii - Tide - Other Tides
In addition to oceanic tides, there are atmospheric tides as well as terrestrial tides (land tides), affecting the rocky mass of the Eart...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tide: Encyclopedia Ii - Tide - Other Tides
In addition to oceanic tides, there are atmospheric tides as well as terrestrial tides (land tides), affecting the rocky mass of the Eart...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Software Development Cycle: Encyclopedia Ii - Software Development Cycle - Development Cycle
1. Requirements and Specifications 2. Design 3. Development 4. Implementation 5. Maintenance Software development cycle - 1. Requirement...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cardiac Cycle: Encyclopedia Ii - Cardiac Cycle - Atrial Systole
Atrial systole is the contraction of the heart muscle (myocardia) of the left and right atria. Both atria contract at the same time. As t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tyrfing Cycle: Encyclopedia Ii - Tyrfing Cycle - The Forging And The Curse
The first part deals with the forging of the sword Tyrfing by the Dwarves Durin and Dvalin. They are forced to do so by Svafrlami, the ki...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Full Moon Cycle: Encyclopedia Ii - Full Moon Cycle - Fumocy And The Year
Formulated in another way: the fumocy is the period that it takes the Sun to return to the perigee of the Moon's orbit. So it is a kind o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Supercontinent Cycle: Encyclopedia Ii - Supercontinent Cycle - Relation To Global Tectonics
There is a progresion of tectonic regimes that accompany the supercontinent cycle: During break-up of the supercontinent, rifting environ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Messianic Cycle: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Messianic Cycle
Messianic Cycle Theosophical literature gives this cycle both as a period of 2,160 years, and as a grand cycle or cosmic year -- the c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diesel Cycle: Encyclopedia Ii - Diesel Cycle - Otto Cycle
In the Otto cycle (4 stroke Gasoline engine) the fuel and air are pre-mixed before being drawn into the cylinder. The mixture is then com...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Biorhythms: Natural Health Therapy Dictionary On Biorhythms
BIORHYTHMS: According to the principle of biorhythms, life is a series of progressive 'ups' and 'downs'. The physical cycle includes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biorhythm: Encyclopedia Ii - Biorhythm - The Basic Theory
The theory of biorhythms claims one's lifecycle is affected by rhythmic cycles and makes approximate predictions of cycles of physical, m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cycling Team: Encyclopedia Ii - Cycling Team - Road Cycling Teams
Like in other team-sports, different team members will have different specializations. There are climbing specialists who grind away on t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cardiac Cycle: Encyclopedia Ii - Cardiac Cycle - Complete Cardiac Diastole
Cardiac Diastole is the period of time when the heart relaxes after contraction in preparation for refilling with circulating blood. Vent...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cycle: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Cycle
Cycle. From the Greek Kuklos. The ancients divided time into end less cycles, wheels within wheels, all such periods being of various ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Full Moon Cycle: Encyclopedia Ii - Full Moon Cycle - Explanation
The variation in apparent size of the Moon is because the orbit of the Moon is distinctly elliptic, and as a consequence at one time it i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Encyclopedia Ii - Nuclear Fuel Cycle - Back End
Nuclear fuel cycle - Interim Storage. After its operating cycle, the reactor is shut down for refueling. The fuel discharged at that ti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Supercontinent Cycle: Encyclopedia Ii - Supercontinent Cycle - Relation To Climate
Two types of global earth climates: Icehouse and Greenhouse. Icehouse is characterized by frequent continental glaciations, also severe d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Maya Calendar - Haab
The Haab was the Maya solar calendar made up of eighteen months of twenty days each and a five day month at the end of the year known as ...   » Read the article