Mad scientists are typically characterized by obsessive behaviour and the employment of extremely dangerous or unorthodox methods. They often are motivated by revenge, seeking to settle real or imagined slights, typically related to their unorthodox studies. Their laboratories often hum with Tesla coils, Van de Graaff generators, Jacob's ladders, perpetual motion machines, and other visually impressive electrical oddments, or are decorated with test tubes and complicated distillation apparatus con ...

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Mad scientist, Mad scientist - Defining characteristics, Mad scientist - History, Mad scientist - Precursors, Mad scientist - Birth of science and science fiction, Mad scientist - After 1945, Mad scientist - Quotations, Mad scientist - Fields of research, Mad scientist - Untouched fields, Mad scientist - Real-life prototypes, Mad scientist - Related lists, Mad scientist - References analyzing the cultural motif

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Defining dark spirituality in the western world is difficult, because of its reliance on the individual to define their own spirituality. Dark spiritualists believe that each individual should be responsible for defining their own morality and spirituality. A person who goes to a God or authority figure to define their spirituality is often considered to be involved in light spirituality. This means even left hand religions can be considered a light spirituality if they worship some form of God or Goddess. For this reason even Theistic Satan ...

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Dark Spirituality, Dark Spirituality - Defining Dark Spirituality, Dark Spirituality - Spiritual Goal, Dark Spirituality - Morality, Dark Spirituality - Occult Beliefs

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Although area seems to be one of the basic notions in geometry, it is not at all easy to define even in the Euclidean plane. Most textbooks avoid defining an area, relying on self-evidence. To make the concept of area meaningful one has to define it, at the very least, on polygons in the Euclidean plane, and it can be done using the following definition: The area of a polygon in the Euclidean plane is a positive number such that: The area of the unit square is equal to one. Congruent polygons have eq ...

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Area geometry, Area geometry - How to define area, Area geometry - Formulae, Area geometry - Areas of 2-dimensional figures, Area geometry - Surface area of 3-dimensional figures

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Cinematic genre - Categorizing film genres. It can be argued that there are three types of film genres: Those of setting, such as westerns or science fiction films Those of mood, such as comedy films or horror films Those of format, such as musicals or documentary films ...

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Cinematic genre, Cinematic genre - Defining film genres, Cinematic genre - Categorizing film genres, Cinematic genre - What genres are not, Cinematic genre - Are film genres definable?, Cinematic genre - Film style

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The recognizable element of melodic hardcore (and later in post-hardcore) is what is usually called the "octave chord". This is what creates that resonating octave higher melody line that follows the power chords. This style is not exlusive in its usage to melodic hardcore bands (ie NOFX uses it) although it is a defining sound of this genre. Again, many "modern emo" bands have adopted the usage of octave chords as well. Emo guitar players also rely heavily on major seventh & major ninth chords used in combination with an open str ...

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A genre is always a vague term with no fixed boundaries. Many works also cross into multiple genres. In this respect film theorist Robert Stam has noted: A number of perennial doubts plague genre theory. Are genres really 'out there' in the world, or are they merely the constructions of analysts? Is there a finite taxonomy of genres or are they in principle infinite? Are genres timeless Platonic essences or ephemeral, time-bound entities? Are genres culture-bound or transcultural?... Sho ...

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Despite its intuitive clarity, vocal range is not easy to define, nor is it easy to compare the vocal ranges of singers in different genres. The tonal quality of the voice is as important in determining voice type as the range of notes themselves. The broadest definition of vocal range, given above, is simply the span from the highest to the lowest note a particular voice can produce. This broad definition, however, is quite often not the one meant when someone speaks of "vocal range." This is because some of the notes a voice can pro ...

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Vocal range, Vocal range - Vocal range defined, Vocal range - Vocal range in classical music, Vocal range - Classification of vocal range in classical music, Vocal range - Induced vocal range, Vocal range - Vocal range in popular music, Vocal range - World records and extremes of vocal range

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Although these facts are not doubted by historians, some accounts differ (often greatly) in the numbers, partially due to different definitions of what constituted the Odessa massacres, as opposed to other acts of genocide in Transnistria carried out by the Germans, Romanians, and their allies. The official report on the Romanian role in the Holocaust states that in the city of Odessa from October 18, 1941 until mid-March 1942, the Romanian military, aided by local authorities, murdered up to 25,000 Jews and deported over 35,000, most ...

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Odessa massacre, Odessa massacre - Before the massacre, Odessa massacre - Massacres of October 22-24, Odessa massacre - Further massacres of the Jews of Odessa, Odessa massacre - Defining the Odessa massacres, Odessa massacre - The trial of war criminals

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Usability is often associated with the functionalities of the product (cf. ISO definition, below), in addition to being solely a characteristics of the user interface (cf. framework of system acceptability, also below, which separates usefulness into utility and usability). For example, an automobile lacking a reverse gear could be considered unusable according to the former view, and lacking in utility according to the latter view.

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Usability, Usability - Introduction, Usability - Defining usability, Usability - ISO standard, Usability - Jakob Nielsen's framework of system acceptability, Usability - Usability considerations

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Anti-Zionism is often characterized by opposition to the existence of the State of Israel as a Jewish state. Opposition to the policies of the current Israeli government, or advocacy of an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and Gaza Strip, are not synonymous with anti-Zionism. While "anti-Zionism" is not defined in modern dictionaries, its use dates back to at least 1902, and it was regularly used in the 1920s and 1930s in relation to events in the British Mandate of Palestine, when some Arab ...

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Anti-Zionism, Anti-Zionism - Defining anti-Zionism, Anti-Zionism - Anti-Zionism dictionary definitions, Anti-Zionism - Types of anti-Zionism, Anti-Zionism - Jewish anti-Zionism, Anti-Zionism - Arab anti-Zionism, Anti-Zionism - Islamist anti-Zionism, Anti-Zionism - Western anti-Zionism, Anti-Zionism - Soviet anti-Zionism, Anti-Zionism - International anti-Zionism, Anti-Zionism - Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism, Anti-Zionism - Anti-Zionism and Post-Zionism

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The term is thought to have been coined by a woman running for city council in Denver, Colorado. [citation needed] When asked for her credentials, she replied: "soccer mom." It came into widespread use in the 1990s, notably during the 1992 and 1996 presidential campaigns and since. Literally, soccer moms drive their children to play soccer. Soccer is considered a safer and more genteel competitive sport than American football, which is more prominent than soccer in mainstream American culture. At once, the soccer mom ...

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Soccer mom, Soccer mom - Defining the soccer mom, Soccer mom - In politics, Soccer mom - Political and social conservatism, Soccer mom - In Canada, Soccer mom - External link

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Anti-Zionism is often characterized by opposition to the existence of the State of Israel as a Jewish state. Opposition to the policies of the current Israeli government, or advocacy of an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and Gaza Strip, are not synonymous with anti-Zionism. While "anti-Zionism" is not defined in modern dictionaries, its use dates back to at least 1902, and it was regularly used in the 1920s and 1930s in relation to events in the British Mandate of Palestine, when some Arab ...

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Anti-Zionism, Anti-Zionism - Defining anti-Zionism, Anti-Zionism - Anti-Zionism dictionary definitions, Anti-Zionism - Types of anti-Zionism, Anti-Zionism - Jewish anti-Zionism, Anti-Zionism - Socialist Bolshevik Anti-Zionism, Anti-Zionism - Arab anti-Zionism, Anti-Zionism - Islamist anti-Zionism, Anti-Zionism - Western anti-Zionism, Anti-Zionism - Soviet anti-Zionism, Anti-Zionism - International anti-Zionism, Anti-Zionism - Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism, Anti-Zionism - Anti-Zionism and Post-Zionism

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Iranian peoples are those who speak an Iranian language, in which case Iranian is an over-arching term for various peoples and their languages, many of whom share a common descent from a particular branch of the ancient Aryans (Iranians), as discerned from the relationship between their languages, as well as between some of their other inherited core cultural traits. The term is derived from the etymological term Iran which is synonymous with Aryan. Although the modern state of Iran adopted the name (after replaci ...

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Iranian peoples, Iranian peoples - Iranian peoples defined, Iranian peoples - Geographic concentration, Iranian peoples - Genetic tests and possible links, Iranian peoples - List of Iranian peoples, Iranian peoples - Past, Iranian peoples - Present, Iranian peoples - Refernces

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Regardless if ΔP is infinitesimal or finite, there is (at least—in the case of the derivative—theoretically) a point range, where the boundaries are P ± (.5)ΔP (depending on the orientation—ΔF(P), δF(P) or ∇F(P)): LB = Lower Boundary;   UB = Upper Boundary; Anyone familiar with derivatives knows that they can be regarded as functions themselves, harboring their own derivatives. Thus each function is home to sequential degrees ("higher orders") of derivation, or differentiation. This propert ...

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Difference quotient, Difference quotient - Defining the point range, Difference quotient - The primary difference quotient Ń = 1, Difference quotient - As a derivative, Difference quotient - As a divided difference, Difference quotient - Higher order difference quotients, Difference quotient - Second order, Difference quotient - Third order, Difference quotient - Ńth Order, Difference quotient - Applying the divided difference

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Most musicians would agree that it is not possible to give beats per minute (BPM) equivalents for these terms; the actual number of beats per minute in a piece marked allegro, for example, will depend on the music itself. A piece consisting mainly of minims (half notes) can be played very much quicker in terms of BPM than a piece consisting mainly of semi-quavers (sixteenth notes) but still be described with the same word. Metronome manufacturers, however, usually do assign BPM values to the trad ...

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Tempo, Tempo - Measuring tempo, Tempo - Musical vocabulary for tempo, Tempo - Understood tempos, Tempo - Italian tempo markings, Tempo - Basic tempo markings, Tempo - Common Qualifiers, Tempo - Mood markings with a tempo connotation, Tempo - Terms for change in tempo, Tempo - Tempo markings in other languages, Tempo - French tempo markings, Tempo - German tempo markings, Tempo - Tempo markings in English, Tempo - Rushing and dragging, Tempo - Can tempo terms be defined with the metronome?, Tempo - Tempo markings as movement names, Tempo - Usage note: plural

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Most musicians would agree that it is not possible to give beats per minute (BPM) equivalents for these terms; the actual number of beats per minute in a piece marked allegro, for example, will depend on the music itself. A piece consisting mainly of minims (half notes) can be played very much quicker in terms of BPM than a piece consisting mainly of semi-quavers (sixteenth notes) but still be described with the same word. Metronome manufacturers, however, usually do assign BPM values to the trad ...

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Tempo, Tempo - Measuring tempo, Tempo - Musical vocabulary for tempo, Tempo - Understood tempos, Tempo - Italian tempo markings, Tempo - Basic tempo markings, Tempo - Common Qualifiers, Tempo - Mood markings with a tempo connotation, Tempo - Terms for change in tempo, Tempo - Tempo markings in other languages, Tempo - French tempo markings, Tempo - German tempo markings, Tempo - Tempo markings in English, Tempo - Rushing and dragging, Tempo - Can tempo terms be defined with the metronome?, Tempo - Tempo markings as movement names and compositions with a tempo indicator name, Tempo - Usage note: plural

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"Folk song is usually seen as the authentic expression of a way of life now, past or about to disappear (or in some cases, to be preserved or somehow revived). Unfortunately, despite the assembly of an enormous body of work over some two centuries, there is still no unanimity on what folk music (or folklore, or the folk) 'is'" (Middleton 1990, p.127). Gene Shay, co-founder and host of the Philadelphia Folk Festival, defined folk music in an April 2003 interview by saying: "In the strictest sense, it's music that is rarely writt ...

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Folk music, Folk music - Defining folk song, Folk music - Subjects of folk music, Folk music - Variation in folk music, Folk music - The decline of folk traditions in modern societies, Folk music - Stage I: Urban influence, Folk music - Stage II: Replacement of folk music by popular music, Folk music - Stage III: Loss of musical ability in the community, Folk music - Regional variation, Folk music - Fieldwork and scholarship on folk music, Folk music - Folk revivals, Folk music - The emergence of popular folk artists, Folk music - The blending of folk and popular genres, Folk music - Pastiche and parody, Folk music - Media

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"Folk song is usually seen as the authentic expression of a way of life now, past or about to disappear (or in some cases, to be preserved or somehow revived). Unfortunately, despite the assembly of an enormous body of work over some two centuries, there is still no unanimity on what folk music (or folklore, or the folk) 'is'" (Middleton 1990, p.127). Gene Shay, co-founder and host of the Philadelphia Folk Festival, defined folk music in an April 2003 interview by saying: "In the strictest sense, it's music that is rarely writt ...

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Folk music, Folk music - Overview, Folk music - Defining folk song, Folk music - Subjects of folk music, Folk music - Variation in folk music, Folk music - The decline of folk traditions in modern societies, Folk music - Stage I: Urban influence, Folk music - Stage II: Replacement of folk music by popular music, Folk music - Stage III: Loss of musical ability in the community, Folk music - Regional variation, Folk music - Fieldwork and scholarship on folk music, Folk music - Folk revivals, Folk music - The emergence of popular folk artists, Folk music - The blending of folk and popular genres, Folk music - Pastiche and parody, Folk music - Media

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The term "serial killer" was coined either by FBI agent Robert Ressler or by Dr. Robert D. Keppel in the 1970s (the credit for the term is still disputed); "serial killer" entered the popular vernacular in large part due to the well-publicized crimes of Ted Bundy and David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") in the middle years of the decade. The term allows criminologists to distinguish those who claim victims over a long period of time from those who claim multiple victims all at once (mass murde ...

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Serial killer, Serial killer - Defining serial murder, Serial killer - Psychology and development, Serial killer - Prevalence, Serial killer - Serial murder before 1900, Serial killer - Types of serial killer, Serial killer - Organized and disorganized types, Serial killer - Motive types, Serial killer - Why are serial killers not caught more quickly?, Serial killer - Serial killers in popular culture, Serial killer - Bibliography

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Anti-Zionism is often characterized by opposition to the existence of the State of Israel as a Jewish state, for instance those who advocate a bi-national state comprising the current State of Israel and the territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, in which both Jews and Palestinians would be citizens with equal rights or those who advocate a one state solution with equal rights. Opposition to the policies of the current Israeli government, or advocacy of an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank ...

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Anti-Zionism, Anti-Zionism - Defining anti-Zionism, Anti-Zionism - Anti-Zionism dictionary definitions, Anti-Zionism - Types of anti-Zionism, Anti-Zionism - Jewish anti-Zionism, Anti-Zionism - Socialist Bolshevik Anti-Zionism, Anti-Zionism - Arab anti-Zionism, Anti-Zionism - Islamist anti-Zionism, Anti-Zionism - Western anti-Zionism, Anti-Zionism - Soviet anti-Zionism, Anti-Zionism - International anti-Zionism, Anti-Zionism - Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism, Anti-Zionism - Anti-Zionism and Post-Zionism

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Musicologist Carl Dahlhaus restricted his definition of musical modernism to progressive music in the period 1890-1910: "The year 1890...lends itself as an obvious point of historical discontinuity....The "breakthrough" of Mahler, Strauss, and Debussy implies a profound historical transformation....If we were to search for a name to convey the breakaway mood of the 1890's (a mood symbolized musically by the opening bars of Strauss's Don Juan) but without imposing a fictitious unity of style on the age, we could do worse than revert to ...

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Modernism music, Modernism music - Defining musical modernism, Modernism music - Examples of modernism in music, Modernism music - Expansion and destruction of tonality, Modernism music - Comprehensiveness and depth, Modernism music - Science and sci-fi, Modernism music - Extended techniques and sounds, Modernism music - Speech and singing, Modernism music - Visual art and music, Modernism music - Individualism, Modernism music - Ethnomusicology and political advocacy, Modernism music - Neoclassicism, Modernism music - History of modernism in music, Modernism music - Late 19th century origins, Modernism music - Alternative categorizations, Modernism music - Musical modernism's reception and controversy, Modernism music - Sources

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Militant Islam - No one doctrine. As scholars of this movement have carefully outlined, in a very great variety of works up to and through the 1970s, there is little tactically in common in the various movements that seek to apply Islam as a solution, or use its terms to rationalize their solutions, to issues in the modern Islamic World. The only two objective things that can be said about all of militant Islam is: (a) they are militant and employ force or violence directly, either in offense or defense ...

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Militant Islam, Militant Islam - Militancy as the defining attribute, Militant Islam - No one doctrine, Militant Islam - More than fundamentalism, Militant Islam - More than radical, Militant Islam - 20th century militant movements, Militant Islam - The Deobandi Movement, Militant Islam - Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, Militant Islam - The Muslim Brotherhood, Militant Islam - Islamic Jihad movements, Militant Islam - Wahhabism, Militant Islam - Current movements, Militant Islam - A cover story?

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