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A/UXA/UX (from Apple Unix) was Apple Computer's implementation of the Unix operating system for some of their Macintosh computers. The latest versions of A/UX run on the Macintosh II, Quadra and Centris series of machines. A/UX was first released in 1988, with the final version (3.1.1) released in 199..
AuxThe initialism or TLA AUX or Aux may refer to: A/UX, a Unix-like operating system produced by AppleAn abbreviation of the word Auxiliary ..
Aux-sendAux-send is a feature of a professional multi-track sound mixing (or recording) console which provides an effects loop, allowing the insertion and level control of outboard audio processing to be added to an audio source or channel within the mixing console. Typically found in recording studio, con..
AuxanometerAuxanometer (Gr. ?, "to increase" + metron, "measure") , an apparatus for measuring increase or rate of growth in plants. It automatically detects and measures plant growth and stores the information in a data logger. References ..
AuxentiusAuxentius (fl. c. 355 died 374), by tradition a Scythian of Cappadocia was an Arian theologian of some eminence who held the see of Milan. Ambrose praised him for his skills in rhetoric, though he considered him "worse than a Jew" [link]. He is not to be confused with Saint Auxentius of M..
Auxentius of BithyniaAuxentius of Bythinia (b. ca. 400 in Syria, d. February 14, 473 on Mount Scopas) was a hermit and a saint in the Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches. He was in the Equestrian Guard of Roman Emperor Theodosius II, but left to become a hermit on Mount Oxia near Constantinople. He was accused o..
Auxentius of MopsuestiaAuxentius of Mopsuestia (d. 360) was bishop of Mopsuestia, and is a saint in the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches. His feast day is December 18. Baronius places Auxentius in the Roman martyrology, because of the story told by Philostorgius (in Suidas) that he was at one time an officer ..
AuxerreAuxerreCathédrale Saint-Étienne and the Yonne River in Auxerre Country France Région Bourgogne Départment Yonne(préfecture) Arrondissement Auxerre Canton Chief town of 5 cantons INSEE 89024 Postal Code 89000 MayorCurrent Term Gu..
AuxerroisAuxerrois is a historical province of France, part of Burgundy. Auxerrois is also the local French name for the Malbec (or Côt) red wine grape variety grown in the Cahors region of France. It is also, confusingly, an important white wine grape in the Alsace region called the Auxerrois Blanc. T..
AuxesisAuxesis is a form of hyperbole, in which something is referred to by a term disproportionate to its importance for the very purpose of amplifying that thing's importance or gravity. It can be contrasted with meiosis and litotes, which make deliberate use of understatement. Examples A lawyer may r..
AuxeticAuxetics are materials that become thicker in their perpendicular directions when stretched. They have a negative Poisson's ratio, that is, they get thicker and not thinner when stretched. Materials of this sort are expected to have interesting mechanical properties such as high energy absorption an..
Auxey-DuressesAuxey-Duresses Country France Région Bourgogne Départment Côte-d'Or Arrondissement Beaune Canton Savines-le-Lac INSEE 21037 Postal Code 21190 MayorCurrent Term Dominique Boire2001-2008 Intercommunality Longitude 04° 44' ..
Auxi-le-ChâteauAuxi-le-Château is a small town and commune on the river Authie, in the Pas-de-Calais département in northern France. It is so named because it was a border fort, but there is now no sign of a castle. Market day is on Saturday. ..
AuxigroThere are very few or no other articles that link to this one.Please help [[help:link|introduce links]] in articles on [related topics]. After links have been created, remove this message.This article has been tagged since July 2006. } Auxigro is a chemical-based growth-enhancer that is ..
AuxiliariesThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. The term auxiliaries comes from latin auxilia (help). It is mainly used for ..
Auxiliaries (Roman military)Auxiliaries (Latin - auxilia, help) were troops in the Roman army of the Imperial period who provided specialist support to the legions. This function had been carried out by the allied troops, but these metamorphosed into the auxiliaries after the Marian reforms of the 1st c. BC. They were usuall..
AuxiliaryAuxiliary may mean: a backup systeman auxiliary verbIn sailing, the term is used for the motor, if a sailboat has one, or can be used to describe a motorized sailboat, as in an "auxiliary sailboat".Auxiliary policeTroops supporting the main force of an army - see auxiliaries*Armed Forces auxiliaryA..
Auxiliary AnimorphsThe Auxiliary Animorphs are fictional characters from the Animorphs series by K. A. Applegate. All of them were physically disabled in some form. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Contents 1 Plot2 Characters3 Criticism & Fandom4 Lin..
Auxiliary bishopBishop Richard Pates, current auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis and the Titular Bishop of Suacia. An auxiliary bishop, in the Roman Catholic Church, is an additional bishop assigned to a diocese because the diocesan bishop is unable to perform his functions, the..
Auxiliary command shipAn Auxiliary Command Ship features the command and control components prevalent on Landing Ship (Command) and also feature the capability to land troops and equipment. These forces will be slightly less than on a pure Landing Ship due to the nature of the ship as a command vessel and hence will al..
Auxiliary DivisionThe Auxiliary Division of the Royal Irish Constabulary, generally known as the Auxiliaries or Auxies, was a paramilitary organization within the RIC during the Irish War of Independence. It was recruited in Britain from among World War I veterans who had served as army officers in the trenches. The ..
Auxiliary feedwaterAuxiliary feedwater is a backup water supply system used by Pressurized Water Reactor nuclear plants during shutdowns (including accident conditions) and sometimes during startup. This system works by pumping water to the steam generators to remove decay heat from the reactor. ..
Auxiliary fieldIn physics, and especially quantum field theory, an auxiliary field is one whose equations of motion admit a single solution. Therefore, the Lagrangian describing such a field [A] contains an algebraic quadratic term and an arbitrary linear term, while it contains no kinetic terms (derivat..
Auxiliary Field Monte CarloAuxiliary Field Monte Carlo is a method that allows the calculation, by use of Monte Carlo techniques, of averages of operators in many-body quantum mechanical problems. The distinctive ingredient of this method is the fact that the interaction is expressed, by means of a Hubbard-Stratonovich trans..
Auxiliary Fire ServiceThe Auxiliary Fire Service was formed in 1938 in Great Britain as part of Civil Defence Air raid precautions. Its role was to supplement the work of brigades at local (county, city or borough) level. In this job it was hampered severely by incompatibility of equipment used by these different brigade..
Auxiliary Medical ServicesAuxiliary Medical Services (醫療輔助隊) is a well-trained, committed voluntary medical and health services provider in Hong Kong. Its mission is to supply effectively and efficiently regular services to maintain the health and well-being of people in Hong Kong. Major events AMS was officially ..
Auxiliary PatrolThe Auxiliary Patrol, formed to help combat German submarine operations in the early stages of World War I, was the pioneer of Anti-Submarine Warfare. The majority of British trawlers were commandeered by the Admiralty, and those left were obliged to fish in groups of 20 with additional protection. ..
Auxiliary Pilot BadgeThe Auxiliary Pilot Badge was a decoration of the United States military which was issued during the years of the Second World War. The Auxiliary Pilot Badge was presented to members of the United States Army Air Forces and was authorized in three designs. The badge appeared as the standard Aviat..
Auxiliary policeA CISCO Security auxiliary police officer stands guard beside an armoured truck while his colleagues deliver high-valued goods to and from commercial clients at Raffles Place, Singapore. Auxiliary police are the part-time reserves of a regular police force. They may be armed or unarmed. They..
Auxiliary powerAuxiliary power is electric power that is provided by an alternate source and that serves as backup for the primary power source at the station main bus or prescribed sub-bus. An offline unit provides electrical isolation between the primary power source and the critical technical load whereas an..
Auxiliary Power's Demolition Derby and Figure 8 RaceAuxiliary Power's Demolition Derby and Figure 8 Race (Also called DD&F8R, and DD&F8) is a PC demolition derby and figure 8 racing game. It is regarded as the only 'true' demolition derby game, as there are no gimmicks, power-ups, or blood and gore; this game may be regarded as a demolition derby s..
Auxiliary power unitAPIC APS3200 APU for Airbus 318/319/320/321 An Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) is a relatively small self-contained generator used in aircraft to start the main engines, usually with compressed air, and to provide electrical power, hydraulic pressure and air conditioning while the aircraft is on..
Auxiliary shipAn auxiliary ship is a naval ship which is designed to operate in any number of roles supporting combatant ships and other naval operations. Auxiliaries are not primary combatants, although they may have some limited combat capacity, usually of a defensive nature. Auxiliaries are extremely importa..
Auxiliary Territorial ServiceThe Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) was the women's branch of the British Army during World War II. The ATS was formed on 9 September 1938, initially as a women's voluntary service, and existed until 1 February 1949. The ATS had its roots in the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) which formed..
Auxiliary UnitsThe Auxiliary Units (or Auxunits) were specially trained highly secret units created with the aim of resisting the expected invasion of the British Isles by Nazi Germany during World War II. Britain was the only country during the war to create such a resistance movement in advance of an invasion. ..
Auxiliary verbIn linguistics, an auxiliary or helping verb is a verb whose function it is to give further semantic or syntactic information about the main or full verb which follows it. In English, the extra meaning an auxiliary verb imparts alters the basic form of the main verb to have one or more of the follow..
Auxilia palatinaAuxilia palatina is the technical name in Roman history for infantry units first raised by Constantine the Great as part of the new field army he created in about 325 AD. Some of the senior and probably oldest of these units had special names such as Cornuti or Brachiati; others were named after th..
Auxilium ad filium militem faciendum et filiam maritandamAuxilium ad filium militem faciendum et filiam maritandam was an ancient writ directed to the sheriff of every county, where the king or other lord had any tenants, to levy of them reasonable aid, towards the knighting of his son, and the marriage of his eldest daughter.[1] The writ was al..
Auxilium curiaeIn law, auxilium curiae signifies a court order for the summoning of one party at the suit of another. References This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain. [link] ..
AuximumAuximum was an ancient town in Picenum now known as Osimo. It is situated on a hill near the Adriatic Sea on a road between Ancona and Nuceria. The Romans used it as a fortress for their northern Picenum settlement in 174 B.C. The walls were made of large rectangular stones which are still there in ..
AuxinIAA appears to be the most active Auxin in plant growth. Auxins are a class of plant growth substance (often called phytohormones or plant hormones). Auxins play an essential role in coordination of many growth and behavioral processes in the plant life cycle. Contents 1 Overview2 ..
AuxochromeAuxochrome - this is a group of atoms attached to a chromophore which modifies the ability of that chromophore to absorb light. Example: -OH , - NH2 , Aldehydes ..
AuxologyAuxology is a meta-term covering the study of all aspects of human physical growth; though it is also a fundamental of biology, generally. Auxology is a highly multi-disciplinary science involving health sciences / medicine (pediatrics, general practice, endocrinology, neuroendocrinology, physiology..
AuxonneAuxonne is a town and commune in the Côte-d'Or département in France, over the Saône river. Auxonne is one of the sites containing the defensive structures of Vauban, clearly seen from the train bridge as it enters the Auxonne SNCF train station on the Dijon - Besançon train line. It is sister..
AuxotrophyAuxotrophy is the inability of an organism to synthesize a particular organic compound required for its growth (as defined by IUPAC). An auxotroph is an organism that displays this characteristic; auxotrophic is the corresponding adjective. Auxotrophy is the opposite of prototrophy. In genetics, a..
Auxvasse, MissouriAuxvasse is a city in Callaway County, Missouri, United States. The population was 901 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 Early History4 External links Geography Auxvasse is located at [39°0′59″N, 91°53′48″W] (39.016478, -91.896780)&..
Aux Sables River (Ontario)The Aux Sables River is a river in Ontario which flows from Lac aux Sables and empties into the Spanish River near the town of Massey, Ontario. Photo: Rapids on the Aux Sables River in Chutes Provincial Park At one time, this river was used to transport logs to sawmills downstream. It flows t..
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