Encyclopedia - Explanation: Encyclopedia - Explanation
An explanation is a statement which points to causes, context and consequences of some object (or process, state of affairs etc.), togeth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Explanation Of The Names Of Burma/myanmar: Encyclopedia Ii - Explanation Of The Names Of Burma/myanmar - Burmese Names
In the Burmese language, the country Burma/Myanmar is known as either Myanma () or Bama (). Myanma is the written, literary name of the c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Explanation Of The Names Of Burma/myanmar: Encyclopedia Ii - Explanation Of The Names Of Burma/myanmar - English Names
In English, the name officially chosen for the country at the time of independence was Burma. This was already the name that the British ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Common Purpose: Encyclopedia Ii - Common Purpose - Explanation
In English law, the doctrine derives from R v Swindall v Osborne (1846) 2 Car. & K. 230 where two cart drivers engaged in a race. One...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acceleration: Encyclopedia Ii - Acceleration - Explanation
To accelerate an object is to change its velocity in relation to time. In this strict scientific sense, acceleration can have positive an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plasmon: Encyclopedia Ii - Plasmon - Explanation
Plasmons play a large role in the optical properties of metals. Light of frequency below the plasma frequency is reflected, because the e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Analemma: Encyclopedia Ii - Analemma - Explanation
Due to the earth's tilt on its axis (23.45°) and its elliptical orbit around the sun, the relative location of the sun above the horizon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Opium Of The People: Encyclopedia Ii - Opium Of The People - Explanation
This quote is very often taken out of context and misinterpreted. Marx is not saying that religion is a tool used by the bourgeoisie to k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plasmon: Encyclopedia Ii - Plasmon - Explanation
Plasmons play a large role in the optical properties of metals. Light of frequency below the plasma frequency is reflected, because the e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cosmological Principle: Encyclopedia Ii - Cosmological Principle - Explanation
The universe, when viewed on sufficiently large distance scales, has no preferred directions or preferred places. Or, in other words, on ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Valet Parking: Encyclopedia Ii - Valet Parking - Explanation
A valet is usually an employee of the establishment, or an employee of a third party valet service. When there is a fee it is usually eit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Proper Law: Encyclopedia Ii - Proper Law - Explanation
In a Conflicts lawsuit, one or more state laws will be relevant to the decision-making process. If the laws are the same, this will cause...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Topological Defect: Encyclopedia Ii - Topological Defect - Explanation
As the universe expanded and cooled, symmetries in the laws of physics began breaking down in regions that spread at the speed of light; ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shear Modulus: Encyclopedia Ii - Shear Modulus - Explanation
The shear modulus is one of several quantities for measuring the strength of materials. All of them arise in the generalized Hooke's law....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ampere: Encyclopedia Ii - Ampere - Explanation
Because it is a base unit, the definition of the ampere is not tied to any other electrical unit. The definition for the ampere is equiva...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Velocity: Encyclopedia Ii - Velocity - Explanation
The velocity (v) is a physical quantity of an object's motion. A change in an object's velocity can therefore arise from either a change ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Variable Cost: Encyclopedia Ii - Variable Cost - Explanation
For example, a manufacturing firm pays for raw materials. When activity is decreased, less raw material is used, and so the spending for ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancillary Relief: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancillary Relief - Explanation
Since 1970, the court has had power to transfer ownership of property, order capital lump sums and periodical payments ('maintenance') to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Farad: Encyclopedia Ii - Farad - Explanation
Since the farad is a very large unit, values of capacitors are usually in range of microfarads (μF), nanofarads (nF), or picofarads (pF)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Backtracking: Encyclopedia Ii - Backtracking - Explanation
Constraint satisfaction problems are problems with a complete solution, where the order of elements does not matter. The problems consist...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ampere: Encyclopedia Ii - Ampere - Explanation
Because it is a base unit, the definition of the ampere is not tied to any other electrical unit. The definition for the ampere is equiva...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Second: Encyclopedia Ii - Second - Explanation
The factor of 60 comes from the Babylonians who used factors of 60 in their counting system. The hour had previously been defined by the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Right Ascension: Encyclopedia Ii - Right Ascension - Explanation
RA is comparable to longitude, measured from a zero point known as the vernal equinox point. RA is measured in hours, minutes, and second...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Green Flash: Encyclopedia Ii - Green Flash - Explanation
Its explanation lies in refraction of light (as in a prism) in the atmosphere and is enhanced by atmospheric layering. Whilst we would ex...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Epiphenomenalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Epiphenomenalism - Explanation
Imagine both Pierre and a robot eating a candy bar. It is widely believed that unlike the robot, Pierre is having the experience of eatin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Disk Mirror: Encyclopedia Ii - Disk Mirror - Explanation
Mirroring is a common function found in enterprise storage and RAID devices. In particular, RAID 1 is a disk mirroring scheme. It is diff...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Disjoint Sets: Encyclopedia Ii - Disjoint Sets - Explanation
Formally, two sets A and B are disjoint if their intersection is the empty set, i.e. if This definition extends to any collection of s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Watt-hour: Encyclopedia Ii - Watt-hour - Explanation
The watt hour is derived from the multiplication of the SI unit of power (watt) and the non-SI unit of time (hour). The kilowatt-hour is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Temporal Aliasing: Encyclopedia Ii - Temporal Aliasing - Explanation
Consider the stroboscope as used in mechanical analysis. This is a "strobe light" that is fired at an adjustable rate. Suppose you are lo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Radian: Encyclopedia Ii - Radian - Explanation
The radian is useful to distinguish between quantities of different nature but the same dimension. For example angular velocity can be me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Snowplough Turn: Encyclopedia Ii - Snowplough Turn - Explanation
The snowplough turn (also known as the wedge turn or stem turn) is a development of the stem technique, where the uphill ski is stemmed o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tort Conflict: Encyclopedia Ii - Tort Conflict - Explanation
The presumptive choice of law rule for tort is that the proper law applies. This is the law that has the greatest relevance to the issues...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Epiphenomenalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Epiphenomenalism - Explanation
Imagine both Pierre and a robot automaton eating a candy bar. Unlike the robot, Pierre is conscious of eating the candy bar while the beh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Power Factor: Encyclopedia Ii - Power Factor - Explanation
In a purely resistive AC circuit, voltage and current waveforms are in step, changing polarity at the same instant in each cycle. Where r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grunger: Encyclopedia Ii - Grunger - Explanation
Grungers are not an organisation or other affiliation. Rather, they're a group of people connected by a common taste in music, clothes, s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lex Patriae: Encyclopedia Ii - Lex Patriae - Explanation
When a case comes before a court and all the main features of the case are local, the court will apply the lex fori, the prevailing munic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lex Situs: Encyclopedia Ii - Lex Situs - Explanation
When a case comes before a court and all the main features of the case are local, the court will apply the lex fori, the prevailing munic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sequent: Encyclopedia Ii - Sequent - Explanation
A sequent has the form where both Γ and Σ are sequences of logical formulae (i.e., both the number and the order of the occurring fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lex Domicilii: Encyclopedia Ii - Lex Domicilii - Explanation
When a case comes before a court and all the main features of the case are local, the court will apply the lex fori, the prevailing munic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lex Fori: Encyclopedia Ii - Lex Fori - Explanation
Sovereignty comes into being through a process of recognition by the international community in which a de facto state is formally accept...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Candela: Encyclopedia Ii - Candela - Explanation
The frequency chosen is in the visible spectrum near green. The human eye is most sensitive to this frequency. At other frequencies, more...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pascal: Encyclopedia Ii - Pascal - Explanation
1 megapascal (MPa) = 1 000 000 Pa = 1 N/mm2. Standard atmospheric pressure is 101 325 Pa = 101.325 kPa = 1013.25 hPa = 1013.25 mbar = 760...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Justifiable Homicide: Encyclopedia Ii - Justifiable Homicide - Explanation
The normal rule in the criminal law is that those accused of crime should be convicted of an offense only if they have committed the actu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hertz: Encyclopedia Ii - Hertz - Explanation
One hertz simply means "one per second" (1 / s); 100 Hz means "one hundred per second", and so on. The unit may be applied to any pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lenz's Law: Encyclopedia Ii - Lenz's Law - Explanation
According to Lenz's law if the magnetic flux is increased then the induced emf is produced in such a way that it opposes the increase in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mokele Mbembe: Encyclopedia Ii - Mokele Mbembe - Explanation
So far, all investigations have failed to find evidence of a creature corresponding to the native legend, although casts of inexplicable ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magnetic Moment: Encyclopedia Ii - Magnetic Moment - Explanation
Magnetic moment can be explained by a bar magnet which has magnetic poles of equal magnitude but opposite polarity. Each pole is the sour...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hertz: Encyclopedia Ii - Hertz - Explanation
One hertz simply means "one per second" (1 / s); 100 Hz means "one hundred per second", and so on. The unit may be applied to any pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Right Ascension: Encyclopedia Ii - Right Ascension - Explanation
RA is comparable to longitude, measured from a zero point known as the vernal equinox point. Also known as the First Point of Aries; more...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ohm Unit: Encyclopedia Ii - Ohm Unit - Explanation
By definition from Ohm's Law, a device has a resistance of one ohm if a voltage of one volt causes a current of one ampere to flow (R = V...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constellation: Encyclopedia Ii - Constellation - Explanation
In three-dimensional space, most of the stars we see have little relation to one another, but can appear to be grouped on the celestial s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pyroelectricity: Encyclopedia Ii - Pyroelectricity - Explanation
Pyroelectricity can be visualized as one side of a triangle, where each corner represents energy states in the crystal: kinetic, electric...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coulomb: Encyclopedia Ii - Coulomb - Explanation
The coulomb is also the unit of electric flux. (See Gauss Law). The coulomb could in principle be defined in terms of the charge of an el...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angular Resolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Angular Resolution - Explanation
The resolving power of a lens is ultimately limited by diffraction effects. The lens' aperture is a "hole" that is analogous to a two-dim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Linear Amplifier: Encyclopedia Ii - Linear Amplifier - Explanation
An RF linear amplifier can be based on either solid state or vacuum valve technology. Most commercially manufactured 1 to 2 kilowatt line...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tesla Unit: Encyclopedia Ii - Tesla Unit - Explanation
The tesla is the value of the total magnetic flux (a magnet's "power") divided by area. Hence, reducing the affected area will generally ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Investment Policy: Encyclopedia Ii - Investment Policy - Explanation
As globalization integrates the economies of neighboring and of trading states, they are typically forced to trade off such rules as part...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tonne: Encyclopedia Ii - Tonne - Explanation
The official symbol is t, but T and mT and mt (especially in the combination mmt for "million metric tons") are also used. In France and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lex Causae: Encyclopedia Ii - Lex Causae - Explanation
When a case comes before a court and all the main features of the case are local, the court will apply the lex fori, the prevailing munic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tonne: Encyclopedia Ii - Tonne - Explanation
The official symbol is t, but T and mT and mt (especially in the combination mmt for "million metric tons") are also used. In France and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Total Harmonic Distortion: Encyclopedia Ii - Total Harmonic Distortion - Explanation
In most cases, the ideal transfer function is linear and time-invariant. When a signal passes through a non-linear device, additional con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sievert: Encyclopedia Ii - Sievert - Explanation
Various terms are used with this unit: Dose equivalent Ambient dose equivalent Directional dose equivalent Personal dose equivalent Orga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuclear Isomer: Encyclopedia Ii - Nuclear Isomer - Explanation
An isotope, is an element in which the difference is the number of neutrons in the nucleus. Metastable isomers of a particular atom are u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Benford's Law: Encyclopedia Ii - Benford's Law - Explanation
This can be explained by the fact that if the first digits have a particular distribution, it must be independent of the measuring system...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Actual Idealism: Encyclopedia Ii - Actual Idealism - Explanation
While realists agree the world known to them is the only one they possibly know 'as a static concept,' they continue to regard something ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lumen Unit: Encyclopedia Ii - Lumen Unit - Explanation
One lumen is the luminous flux emitted by a light source that puts out one candela of luminous intensity over a solid angle of one sterad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Electrical Substation: Encyclopedia Ii - Electrical Substation - Explanation
Transformation may take place in several stages and at several substations in sequence, starting at the generating plant substation where...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Potential Difference: Encyclopedia Ii - Potential Difference - Explanation
Potential difference is the difference in some quantity between two points in a conservative vector field of that quantity. Some examples...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Displacement Current: Encyclopedia Ii - Displacement Current - Explanation
The displacement current density is mathematically defined by the rate of change of the electric displacement field, D: (since D = εE)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Americanism General: Encyclopedia Ii - Americanism General - Explanation
Languages are not static. They evolve to meet new situations and, when one group devises a new word, others may borrow it. Hence, English...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gravitational Slingshot: Encyclopedia Ii - Gravitational Slingshot - Explanation
Consider a spacecraft on a trajectory that will take it close to a planet, say Jupiter. As the spacecraft approaches the planet, Jupiter'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shadow People: Encyclopedia Ii - Shadow People - Explanations
Several explanations have been proposed for the appearance of shadow people. Shadow people - Paranormal explanations. Some explanations...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Books On Non-evolutionary Explanations For The Diversity Of Life: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Books On Non-evolutionary Explanations For The Diversity Of Life - D
William A. Dembski "The Design Revolution" (2004) InterVarsity Press, ISBN 0830823751. Michael Denton "Evolution: A Theory in Chaos" (199...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olbers' Paradox: Encyclopedia Ii - Olbers' Paradox - Explanations
One explanation attempt is that the universe is not transparent, and the light from distant stars is blocked by intermediate dark stars o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kirlian Photography: Encyclopedia Ii - Kirlian Photography - Explanations
The accepted explanation amongst scientists is that the images produced are those typically caused by a high voltage corona effect, simil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ed: Encyclopedia Ii - Ed - Explanation Of The Example
Here we started with an empty file, and used a to append text (all ed commands are single letters). That put us into insert mode, which i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helicopter Parent: Encyclopedia Ii - Helicopter Parent - Explanations
The rise of the cell phone is often blamed for the explosion of helicopter parenting — it has been called "the world's longest umbilica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emela-ntouka: Encyclopedia Ii - Emela-ntouka - Explanation?
The first rational explanation that jumps to mind after reading the descripition of the emela-ntouka is a Rhinoceros. Many zoologists, ho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pharming: Encyclopedia Ii - Pharming - Explanation Of Pharming
Every host on the Internet has a so-called IP Address which consists of four numbers, each between 0 and 255, which are separated by . (d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bit: Encyclopedia Ii - Bit - History And Explanation
Claude E. Shannon first used the word bit in a 1948 paper. Shannon's bit is a portmanteau word for binary digit (or possibly binary unit)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shotgunning: Encyclopedia Ii - Shotgunning - Scientific Explanation
It can readily be seen that when one pours liquid from an open vessel such as a glass or mug it emerges in a steady stream, whereas when ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dowsing: Encyclopedia Ii - Dowsing - Proposed Explanations
Skeptics of dowsing and many supporters of it believe dowsing apparatus has no special powers but simply amplifies small but otherwise im...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Synchronicity: Encyclopedia Ii - Synchronicity - Alternative Explanations
The feeling of making a connection where there is none has been described as apophenia. Aspects of the subjective experience of schizophr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canntaireachd: Encyclopedia Ii - Canntaireachd - Explanation Of Table
The table given is based on the advice of Charles Bannatyne of Salsburgh, Holyhead. Some of the notes resemble each other very closely, b...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Explanate Coral Colony: Oceanography Dictionary - Explanate Coral Colony
  Definition and meaning of explanate coral colony:   explanate coral colony - a colony that spreads horizontally as the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fuzzy Clustering: Encyclopedia Ii - Fuzzy Clustering - Explanation Of Clustering
Data clustering is the process of dividing data elements into classes or clusters so that items in the same class are as similar as possi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tidal Acceleration: Encyclopedia Ii - Tidal Acceleration - Qualitative Explanation
The mass of the Moon is sufficiently large and it is sufficiently close to raise tides in the Earth: the matter of the Earth, in particul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ultimatum Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Ultimatum Game - Explanations
The classical explanation of the Ultimatum game as a well-formed experiment approximating general behaviour often leads to a conclusion t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Panic Of 1819: Encyclopedia Ii - Panic Of 1819 - Explanations
Different economic schools of thought have offered explanations for the Panic of 1819. Panic of 1819 - Monetarism. According to monetar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Exploding Toad: Encyclopedia Ii - Exploding Toad - Explanations
Berlin veterinarian Franz Mutschmann collected corpses and performed autopsies. From his work, it was determined that the phenomenon was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lillibullero: Encyclopedia Ii - Lillibullero - An Explanation Of The Lyrics
The lyrics of the song are very closely related to Irish poilitics of the 1680s and '90s. "Teague" or Taig was (and is) an abusive term f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hybrid Drive: Encyclopedia Ii - Hybrid Drive - Function Explanation
Unlike most standard hard drives, the hybrid drive in its normal state has its platters at rest, as if it were off. During this time, any...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Luhn Algorithm: Encyclopedia Ii - Luhn Algorithm - Informal Explanation
The formula generates a check digit, which is usually appended to a partial account number to generate the full account number. This acco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reduplicative Paramnesia: Encyclopedia Ii - Reduplicative Paramnesia - Medical Explanations
Early psychodynamic explanations suggested that reduplicative paramnesia was not directly connected to brain injury, but arises from a mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wow! Signal: Encyclopedia Ii - Wow! Signal - Possible Explanations
Two possible equatorial coordinates are given: R.A. = 19h22m22s ± 5s or 19h25m12s ± 5s, and both dec. = -...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crookes Radiometer: Encyclopedia Ii - Crookes Radiometer - Thermodynamic Explanation
Crookes radiometer - External radiant source motion. For any heat engine to turn, there must be a difference in temperature. In this ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abhimanyu: Encyclopedia Ii - Abhimanyu - Explanation Of His Death
The death of such a virtuous and young hero leaves the Pandavas flabbergasted. The fates of most characters are openly prophesized in the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claymation: Encyclopedia Ii - Claymation - Technical Explanation
In clay animation, each object is sculpted in clay or a similarly pliable material such as Plasticine, usually around an armature. As in ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Explanation Of Benefits, Eob: Health Insurance Glossary Dictionary - Explanation Of Benefits, Eob
Definition and meaning of Explanation of Benefits, EOB :   Explanation of Benefits (EOB):  The statement sent to a partici...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Explanation Of Medicare Benefits: Health Insurance Glossary Dictionary - Explanation Of Medicare Benefits
Definition and meaning of Explanation of Medicare Benefits :   Explanation of Medicare Benefits:  A notice which is sent t...   » Read the article