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Győr
Győr Country: Hungary County: Győr-Moson-Sopron Area: 174.61 km² Density: 127,594 730.71/km² Postal code: 9000 Area code: 96 Coordinates: Counties: Bács-Kiskun | Baranya | Békés | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | Csongrád | Fejér | Győr-Moson-Sopron | Hajdú-Bihar | Heve..
Győr-Moson-Sopron
GYŐR-MOSON-SOPRON COUNTY Region Western Transdanubia County seat Győr Area 4089 km² Population 420,000 Population density 103 /km² Municipalities 174 Győr-Moson-Sopron is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in north-western Hungary, on the border with S..
Győr-Pér International Airport
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György Bakos
György Bakos (born 6 July 1960) is a retired hurdler from Hungary. He won two medals at the European Indoor Championships. Achievements Year Tournament Venue Result Extra 1984 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 2nd 1985 European Indoor Championships Athens, Greece 1st Exte..
György Cziffra, Jr.
This article is about György Cziffra, Jr., the conductor. For his father, the pianist, see Georges Cziffra. György Cziffra, Jr. (died 1981) was a Hungarian conductor. He nearly died as a child during imprisonment with his family when his father, famous pianist Georges Cziffra, was arrested for po..
György Dalos
György Dalos (b. September 23, 1943 in Budapest) is a Hungarian novelist best known for his novels 1985 and The Guest from the Future: Anna Akhmatova and Isaiah Berlin. He was head of the Institute for Hungarian Culture in Berlin. 1985 is a sequel to George Orwell's 1984. This novel begins with the..
György Dózsa
Dózsa, by Gyula Derkovits György Dózsa (-Hungarian, Romanian: Gheorghe Doja, in other Hungarian sources: György Székely) (died 1514) was a Szekler man-at-arms (by some accounts a nobleman) from Transylvania who led a peasants' revolt against the Hungarian landed nobility. He was eventuall..
György Faludy
György Faludy or George Faludy (born September 22 1910, Budapest) is a Hungarian-Jewish poet, writer and translator. Contents 1 Works he is best known for2 Life2.1 Travels, vicissitudes, and the novels born from them2.2 Relationships2.3 A memorial park in Toronto3 W..
György Jendrassik
György Jendrassik (1898-1954) was born in Budapest,Hungary. Jendrassik completed his education at Budapest's József Technical University, then at the University of Berlin attended lectures of the famous physicists Einstein and Planck. In 1922 he obtained his diploma in mechanical engineering in B..
György Károly
György Károly (Károly György, born August 31, 1953) is a Hungarian poet and writer. His life He has some good friends from Hungarian writers and poets: András Fodor, István Bella, Imre Kerék, Erzsébet Berkes, Ferenc Horváth, Ida Makay, Huba Buzás. Publications A CéhÁrgusBá..
György Kisfaludy
György Kisfaludy, the self-described "high priest of the Huns of the world," is the leader of a movement calling for legal recognition of Huns as a minority population within Hungary. External links [News article: Hun's descendants in petition]..
György Klapka
György Klapka, or Georg Klapka (1820-1892) was a Hungarian soldier born at Temesvár on 7 April 1820, and entered the Austrian Army in 1838. He was still a subaltern when the Hungarian revolution of 1848 broke out, and he offered his services to the patriot party. He served in important staff appo..
György Kolonics
György Kolonics, born June 4, 1972 in Budapest, is a Hungarian canoer, who has won three Olympic medals in the team Canadian events. He has also had outstanding success at the canoeing World Championships. Of the paddlers currently active only Russia's Maxim Opalev can match his record of twelv..
György Konrád
György (George) Konrád (born April 2, 1933) is a Hungarian novelist and essayist, known as an advocate of individual freedom. He was a dissident under the communist regime. Contents 1 Life2 Partial list of works2.1 Fiction2.2 Non fiction3 External links Life Konrad wa..
György Kozmann
György Közmann (born March 23, 1978 in Szekszárd) is a Hungarian flatwater canoer. At the 2004 Olympics he won a bronze medal in the C2 Canadian canoe 1000m final with teammate György Kolonics. He has also won two world championship gold medals - the four-man C4 1000m in 2001 and the C4 200m ..
György Kulin
György Kulin (Nagyszalonta 28 January 1905–22 April 1989 Budapest) was a Hungarian astronomer. He discovered a number of asteroids. External links [Kulin György emlékoldal (Remembering György Kulin)] – impressive website associated with the celebrations held in January 2005..
György Kurtág
György Kurtág (born February 19, 1926) is a Hungarian composer of contemporary music. György Kurtág was born on 19th February 1926 at Lugoj in Romania, not far from the birthplace of fellow Hungarian György Ligeti. Both young composers hoped to study with Bartok in Budapest in 1945, but Bartó..
György Lázár
György Lázár (b. 1924) was a Hungarian Communist politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1975 to 1987. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
György Ligeti
György Sándor Ligeti (May 28, 1923 – June 12, 2006) was a Jewish Hungarian composer born in Romania who later became an Austrian citizen. He is widely seen as one of the great composers of instrumental music of the 20th century. Many of his works are well known in classical music circles, but a..
György Márkus
György Márkus (born 1934) is a Hungarian philosopher, a student of Lukács. He completed his philosophical training at Lomonosov University in Moscow in 1957. Due to ideological disputes, he was removed from his teaching positions in Hungary in 1973, and fled in 1977 to Australia, where he has sin..
György Nébald
György Nébald (born 9 March, 1956) is a Hungarian fencer, who has won three Olympic medals in the team sabre competition. ..
György Ránki
György Ránki (November 30, 1907 – 1992) was a composer for various media. Ranki was a pupil of Zoltan Kodaly. His works were influenced by folk and jazz elements. He was interested in ethnomusicology which is evident in his works; he often used authentic folk melodies. He was born in Bud..
György Sándor
György Sándor (21 September 1912 – 9 December 2005) was a Hungarian pianist, friend of Béla Bartók and champion of his music. Sándor was born in Budapest. He studied at the Liszt Academy in Budapest under Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály, and debuted as a performer in 1930. He toured ..
György Sárosi
György Sárosi (September 15,1912-1993) was a Hungarian footballer. |thumb|György Sárosi]] --> Sarosi was a versatile footballer, and he played in several positions for Ferencváros and the Hungary national football team. Essentially a striker, he could also operate in central defense, and he he..
György Schöpflin
György Schöpflin (born on 24 November 1939 in Budapest) is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Hungarian Civic Party, part of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs. Schöpflin is a substitute member of the..
György Spiró
Gyorgy (George) Spiro (born April 4, 1946) is a dramatist, novelist and essayist who has emerged as one of post-war Hungary's most prominent literary figures. The son of an engineer from Miskolc in eastern Hungary, he graduated in Hungarian and Slavic literature from the ELTE University of Budape..
György Zala
György Zala (born September 1, 1969 in Budapest) is a retired Hungarian flatwater canoer, who won two Olympic bronze medals in the Canadian canoe C-1 1000 metre event. Zala, a hyperactive child, took up canoeing at the age of 11. A great natural athlete despite suffering from asthma, it seemed h..
Győr (county)
Győr > County seat in 1910 Győr Area in 1910 km² Population in 1910 136,300 Present country Hungary, Slovakia Győr county (in Hungarian: Győr (vár)megye) was a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary in present-day north-western Hun..
Győr ETO FC
Gyôri ETO FC is a Hungarian Football Club team. Home Colors are White Shirt, Dark green Shorts, and Dark Green Socks. Current Players on team are : GK Molnár PéterDF Zsók JózsefDF Hanák ViktorD-MF Bank IstvánD-MF Hegedűs TiborDF Regedei CsabaMF Vincze OttóMF Varga ZoltánD-MF Jäkl Ant..
Gyrase
The current mechanochemical model of Gyrase activity. DNA gyrase, often referred to simply as gyrase, is a type II topoisomerase (EC [5.99.1.3]) that introduces negative supercoils (or relaxes positive supercoils) into DNA by generating a loop in the template, cutting one of the stran..
Gyrated alternated cubic honeycomb
Schläfli symbol Type Andreini tessellation Cell type Face type Vertex figure Cells/edge Faces/edge Cells/vertex Faces/vertex Edges/vertex Euler characteristic 0 Symmetry group group [4,3,4] Dual Properties vertex-uniform The gyrated alternated cubic honeycomb ..
Gyrated tetrahedral-octahedral honeycomb
Type Andreini tessellation Cell types , Face types Edge figure rectangletrapezoid Vertex figure Triangular orthobicupola G3.4.3.4 Cells/edge [.⑪.2 Faces/edge ? Cells/vertex 8+6 Faces/vertex ? Edges/vertex ? Symmetry group P63/mmc Dual trapezo-rhombic dodecahedral honey..
Gyrated triangular prismatic honeycomb
Type Andreini tessellation Cell types (3.4.4) Face types , Edge figures ? Vertex figure ? Cells/edges E1:(3.4.4)5E2: (3.4.4)4 Faces/edges E1: 3.4.4.4.4E2: 3.4.3.4 Cells/vertex (3.4.4)12 Faces/vertex 3.8 Edges/vertex 8 Symmetry group I41/amd Dual ? Properties vertex-uniform The G..
Gyrate bidiminished rhombicosidodecahedron
Type Johnson Faces 10 triangles 20 squares 10 pentagons 2 decagons Edges 90 Vertices 50 Vertex configuration - Symmetry group - Dual polyhedron - Properties convex In geometry, the gyrate bidiminished rhombicosidodecahedron is one of the Johnson solids (J82). The 92 Johnson soli..
Gyrate rhombicosidodecahedron
Gyrate rhombicosidodecahedron Type Johnson Faces 20 triangles30 squares12 pentagons Edges 120 Vertices 60 Vertex configuration Symmetry group Dual polyhedron Properties convex In geometry, the Gyrate rhombicosidodecahedron is one of the Johnson solids (J72). It can be constructed a..
Gyration
Gyration is another term for rotation. A center of actual rotation as well as rotational symmetry may be called gyration center, gyration point, or rotocenter. See also radius of gyration. Other terms with the "gyro-" root for rotation are gyroscope and gyroelongated. See also . ..
Gyration Inc.
Gyration Inc. is a company that produces a range of wireless optical mice that utilize gyroscope technology . This allows for the motion tracking of the mouse in mid air, allowing effective use of the mouse without a worksurface. Additionally, the products may also act as tradional tabletop mice. ..
Gyration tensor
The gyration tensor is a tensor that describes the second moments of position of a collection of particles [S_ \equiv \frac\sum_^ r_^ r_^] where [r_^] is the [\mathrm}] Cartesian component of the position [\mathbf^] of the [\mathrm}] particle and..
Gyrator
The gyrator is an electric circuit which inverts an impedance. In other words, it can make a capacitive circuit behave inductively, a bandpass filter behave like a band-stop filter, and so on. The concept was invented around 1948 by B.D.H. Tellegen of Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven ("The g..
Gyrdleah
Gyrdleah is the first known reference to Yardley in Birmingham. The name was written on a passage written by monks in the year 972. ..
Gyrd and Gnupa
Gyrd and Gnupa were kings of Denmark in the 10th century according to Sweyn II of Denmark and Adam of Bremen. They were the sons of the Swedish chieftain Olof (or Olaf) the Brash who had conquered Denmark and they ruled together according to Swedish tradition. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Gyre
A gyre is any manner of swirling vortex. It is often used to describe wind or ocean currents, for example the North Pacific Gyre. The word was also used by William Butler Yeats for an occult historical concept presented in his book A Vision (a book whose ideas Yeats claimed to receive from spirits..
Gyricon
Gyricon is a type of electronic paper developed at the Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center). It has the same properties as paper: It's flexible, contains an image, and is viewable from a wide angle, but it can be erased and written thousands of times. A Gyricon sheet is a thin layer of transparen..
Gyrid
Gyrid was a Swedish princess. She was the daughter of Olof (II) Björnsson and the sister of Styrbjörn Starke whom she accompanied to Denmark where she married Harold Bluetooth. ..
Gyrinomimus grahami
The Gyrinomimus grahami is a flabby whalefish of the genus Gyrinomimus, found in all the southern oceans, at depths of at least 2,400 metres. Its length is from 8 to 30 centimetres. Gyrinomimus grahami is a deepwater species whose common name arose from its outline which resembles that of a whal..
Gyrl grip
The gyrl grip is a performance art group established in 1998 by Llewyn Máire and Lisa Newman. It has had over 30 public showings in the past five years. Notable performances include: the Proud to Put Out text-based performance series hosted in Portland by 2 Gyrlz, participation in the 2002 Blac..
Gyro
Gyro can mean: Gyro (or, more properly, gyros) is a pita sandwich, and also a term for the rotisserie meat in the pita sandwich.Gyro is a common abbreviation for 'gyroscope', an orientation stabilising device.Gyro is the casually used brand name of a mechanism, called a detangler, which allows the..
Gyroball
''For the gyroscopic toy Powerball, see Powerball. The gyroball is the name given to a breaking baseball pitch purported to be used by players in Japan. The pitch was developed by two Japanese researchers, Ryutaro Himeno and Kazushi Tezuka, who used computer simulations to create a new style of de..
Gyrobifastigium
Type JohnsonJ25 - J26 - J27 Faces 4 triangles4 squares Edges 14 Vertices 8 Vertex configuration 4 of 3.424 of 3.4.3.4 Symmetry group D2d Dual polyhedron - Properties convex In geometry, the gyrobifastigium is one of the Johnson solids (J26). It can be constructed by joining two face..
Gyrobus
A Gyrobus is an electric bus that uses flywheel energy storage, not overhead wires like a trolleybus. The name comes from the Greek language term for flywheel, gyros. While there are no gyrobuses currently in use commercially, development in this area continues. Contents 1 Development2 ..
Gyrocar
A gyrocar is a two-wheeled automobile. Wheels provide static stability, propulsion, steering and dynamic stability. Two wheel vehicles get stability from gyroscopes, propulsion and steering from wheels. The difference between a bike and a gyrocar is that in a bike, dynamic balance is provided by t..
Gyrocompass
The following description refers to the gyrocompasses used on ships. Aircraft also use gyrocompasses, but use different, faster means to counter the precession of the compass. One of those means is to use a magnetic compass to continually adjust the gyrocompass. Also, some gyrocompasses are driv..
Gyrodactylus salaris
Gyrodactylus salaris is a small monogenean ectoparasite (about 0.5 mm long) which mainly lives on the skin of freshwater Atlantic salmon. It attaches to the fish by a specialized attachment organ (haptor) with sharp hooks, which is situated at the parasite's tail end. When feeding, the parasite gl..
Gyrodynes and Heliplanes
For the company, see Gyrodyne Company of America A Gyrodyne is an intermediate form of heavier-than-air aircraft having some of the characteristics of a helicopter and some of an autogyro. The most famous and successful Gyrodyne was the Fairey Rotodyne. Gyrodynes and heliplanes Classically, a Gy..
Gyrodyne Company of America
Gyrodyne is also the name of a class of compound helicopter/autogyro. The Gyrodyne Company of America was founded in 1946 by Peter J. Papadakos (26 July 1914 –26 May 1992), using the assets he bought from the bankrupt Bendix Helicopter Company that was developing a one-man synchronized c..
Gyrodyne DSN
The Gyrodyne DSN (QH-50) was a remotely controlled drone helicopter with a counter-rotating co-axial rotor built by the Gyrodyne Company of America at St. James, Long Island, New York. It was designed to operate as an anti-submarine weapon delivery system from the deck of a destroyer. The vehicl..
Gyrodyne QH-50
The QH-50, better known as the DASH for Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopter, was a small, ugly drone helicopter built by Gyrodyne for use as a long-range anti-submarine weapon on ships that would otherwise be too small to operate a full-sized helicopter. It remained in production until 1969. Several ..
Gyroelongated alternated cubic honeycomb
Type Andreini tessellation Cell types , , (3.4.4) Face types , Edge figure ? Vertex figure triangular cupola joined to isosceles hexagonal pyramid Cells/edge ? Faces/edge ? Cells/vertex 3+4+(3.4.4)4 Faces/vertex ? Edges/vertex ? Symmetry group R-3-m Dual ? Properties vertex-unif..
Gyroelongated dipyramid
Set of gyroelongated dipyramids Faces 4n triangles Edges 6n Vertices 2n+2 Symmetry group Dnd Dual polyhedron truncated trapezohedra Properties convex In geometry, the gyroelongated dipyramids are an infinite set of polyhedra, constructed by elongating an n-agonal bipyramid (by inserting ..
Gyroelongated pentagonal bicupola
Type JohnsonJ45 - J46 - J47 Faces 30 triangles10 squares2 pentagons Edges 70 Vertices 30 Vertex configuration 20 of 34.410 of 3.4.5.4 Symmetry group D5 Dual polyhedron - Properties convex, chiral In geometry, the gyroelongated pentagonal bicupola is one of the Johnson solids (J46). As..
Gyroelongated pentagonal birotunda
Type JohnsonJ47 - J48 - J49 Faces 40 triangles12 pentagons Edges 90 Vertices 40 Vertex configuration 20 of 34.520 of 3.5.3.5 Symmetry group D5 Dual polyhedron - Properties convex, chiral In geometry, the gyroelongated pentagonal birotunda is one of the Johnson solids (J48). As the n..
Gyroelongated pentagonal cupola
Type JohnsonJ23 - J24 - J25 Faces 25 triangles5 squares1 pentagon1 decagon Edges 55 Vertices 25 Vertex configuration - Symmetry group C5v Dual polyhedron - Properties convex In geometry, the gyroelongated pentagonal cupola is one of the Johnson solids (J24). As the name suggests, it..
Gyroelongated pentagonal cupolarotunda
Type JohnsonJ46 - J47 - J48 Faces 35 triangles5 squares7 pentagons Edges 80 Vertices 35 Vertex configuration 10 of 34.410 of 34.55 of 3.4.5.410 of 3.5.3.5 Symmetry group C5 Dual polyhedron - Properties convex, chiral In geometry, the gyroelongated pentagonal cupolarotunda is one of ..
Gyroelongated pentagonal pyramid
Type JohnsonJ10 - J11 - J12 Faces 15 triangles 1 pentagon Edges 25 Vertices 11 Vertex configuration 6 of 355 of 33.5 Symmetry group C5v Dual polyhedron - Properties convex In geometry, the gyroelongated pentagonal pyramid is one of the Johnson solids (J11). As its name suggests, it ..
Gyroelongated pentagonal rotunda
Type JohnsonJ24 - J25 - J26 Faces 30 triangles6 pentagons1 decagon Edges 65 Vertices 30 Vertex configuration - Symmetry group C5v Dual polyhedron - Properties convex In geometry, the gyroelongated pentagonal rotunda is one of the Johnson solids (J25). As the name suggests, it can be ..
Gyroelongated square bicupola
Type JohnsonJ44 - J45 - J46 Faces 24 triangles10 squares Edges 56 Vertices 24 Vertex configuration 16 of 34.48 of 3.43 Symmetry group D4 Dual polyhedron - Properties convex, chiral In geometry, the gyroelongated square bicupola is one of the Johnson solids (J45). As the name suggest..
Gyroelongated square cupola
Type JohnsonJ22 - J23 - J24 Faces 20 triangles5 squares1 octagon Edges 44 Vertices 20 Vertex configuration - Symmetry group C4v Dual polyhedron - Properties convex In geometry, the gyroelongated square cupola is one of the Johnson solids (J23). As the name suggests, it can be constru..
Gyroelongated square dipyramid
Type JohnsonJ16 - J17 - J18 Faces 16 triangles Edges 24 Vertices 10 Vertex configuration 2 of 348 of 35 Symmetry group D4d Dual polyhedron Square truncated trapezohedron Properties convex, deltahedron In geometry, the gyroelongated square dipyramid is one of the Johnson solids (J17)...
Gyroelongated square pyramid
Type JohnsonJ9 - J10 - J11 Faces 12 triangles 1 square Edges 20 Vertices 9 Vertex configuration - Symmetry group C4v Dual polyhedron - Properties convex In geometry, the gyroelongated square pyramid is one of the Johnson solids (J10). As its name suggests, it can be constructed by t..
Gyroelongated triangular bicupola
Type JohnsonJ43 - J44 - J45 Faces 20 triangles6 squares Edges 42 Vertices 18 Vertex configuration 12 of 34.46 of 3.4.3.4 Symmetry group D3 Dual polyhedron - Properties convex, chiral In geometry, the gyroelongated triangular bicupola is one of the Johnson solids (J44). As the name ..
Gyroelongated triangular cupola
Type JohnsonJ21 - J22 - J23 Faces 16 triangles3 squares1 hexagon Edges 33 Vertices 15 Vertex configuration - Symmetry group C3v Dual polyhedron - Properties convex In geometry, the gyroelongated triangular cupola is one of the Johnson solids (J22). As the name suggests, it can be c..
Gyroelongated triangular prismatic honeycomb
Frame model (perspective) Schläfli symbol Type Andreini tessellation Cell type Face type Vertex figure Cells/edge Faces/edge Cells/vertex Faces/vertex Edges/vertex Euler characteristic 0 Symmetry group group [4,3,4] Dual Properties vertex-uniform The gyroelonga..
Gyroid
A gyroid is an infinitely connected triply periodic minimal surface discovered by Schoen in 1970. The gyroid has space group [Ia\bard]. Channels run through the gyroid labyrinths in the (100) and (111) directions; passages emerge perpendicular to any given channel as it is traversed, t..
Gyrojet
The Gyrojet Family, which are two Gyrojet pistols, a carbine and the rifle. In the top-right corner is a box of 13 mm rockets, and at the bottom is a diagram book for the guns. The Gyrojets were a family of unique firearms developed in the 1960s. Firing small rockets rather than inert bullets..
Gyromagnetic ratio
In physics, the gyromagnetic ratio or Landé g-factor is a dimensionless unit which expresses the ratio of the magnetic dipole moment to the angular momentum of an elementary particle or atomic nucleus. The gyromagnetic ratio of the electron has been measured to extremely high precision, and is o..
Gyromancy
Gyromancy is one of the many forms of divination, or fortune- or future-telling that has been used throughout the ages. Gyromancy is not used much in today's modern times, and involves what could be deemed a rather silly practice. Gyromancy involves writing the alphabet on the ground in a largish ..
Gyromite
Gyromite (also known as Robot Gyro) is a video game released in 1985 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, designed for use with the Robotic Operating Buddy. Gyromite is one of two games in Nintendo's Robot Series, the other being Stack-Up. Contents 1 Story2 Equipment3 Game princ..
Gyromitrin
Gyromitrin is a toxic and possibly carcinogenic chemical present in most members of the False Morel genus of mushrooms. In the body it is metabolized to monomethylhydrazine (MMH). Gyromitrin is volatile and water soluble, and can be mostly removed from the mushrooms by cutting them to small piece..
Gyron Aether Theory
A non-mainstream, contemporary, aether-based unified physical theory devised by Slovenian-born Pittsburgh resident Frank M. Meno (1934-), that provides the best possible illustration of a radically different epistemological approach, a debate over which was raging two hundred and fifty years ago, ..
Gyroptychius
Gyroptychius is an extinct genus of coelacanthiform lobe-finned fish from the Devonian period. It was about 30 cm (1 ft) long. Gyroptychius was a fast river predator with an elongated body shape. It is presumed to have hunted by smell rather than sight; its eyes were quite small. Gyroptychius had ..
Gyroradius
The gyroradius (also known as radius of gyration or cyclotron radius) defines the radius of the circular motion of a charged particle in the presence of a magnetic field. Derivation If the charged particle is moving, then it will experience a Lorentz force given by: [\vec = q(\vec \times \ve..
Gyros
Gyros or gyro (in Greek, γύρος IPA [ˈʝiros] 'turning', but in English usually ['dʒaɪɹəʊ]) is a kind of meat roasted on a vertical rotisserie, or by extension the pita sandwich it is usually found in. In addition to the meat, there are also various salads and ..
Gyroscope
A gyroscope is a device for measuring or maintaining orientation, based on the principle of conservation of angular momentum. In physics this is also known as gyroscopic inertia or rigidity in space. The essence of the device is a spinning wheel on an axle. The device, once spinning, tends ..
Gyroscope (band)
Gyroscope is a post-grunge rock band from Perth, Western Australia. Contents 1 Early years2 Sound Shattering Sound3 Are You Involved?4 Band members5 Discography5.1 Albums5.2 EPs5.3 Singles5.4 Miscellaneous6 External links Early years Gyroscope ..
Gyrosteus
Gyrosteus mirabilis is an extinct ray-finned fish. It was found near Whitby (UK) and was about 5 m (17 ft) long. ..
Gyrotour
The Gyrotour is a revolving observation tower at Futuroscope at Poitiers, France. It is 45 m tall. http://www.attractionland.com/fr/futuroscope/attractions/gyrotour.html ..
Gyrotron
Gyrotrons are high powered electron tubes which emit a millimeter wave beam by bunching electrons with cyclotron motion in a strong magnetic field. Typical output powers range from 10s of kilowatts to 1-2 megawatts. Output frequencies range from about 20 to 250 GHz. Gyrotrons can be designed for ..
Gyrovagues
Gyrovagues (sometimes Gyrovagi or Gyruvagi) were wandering monks without fixed residence or leadership who relied on charity and the hospitality of others. The term is used to refer to a class of monks, rather than a specific order, and may be pejorative as they are almost universally denounced by ..
Gyro Gearloose
Gyro Gearloose is a fictional character, an anthropomorphic parrot created by Carl Barks for the Walt Disney company who originally appeared in the comic books as a friend of Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck and anyone who is associated with them. He is the son of Fulton Gearloose. Gyro is Duckburg's..
Gyro gunsight
A gyro gunsight is a type of gunsight in which target lead (the amount of aim-off in front of a moving target) and bullet drop are allowed-for automatically, the sight incorporating a gyroscopic mechanism that computes the necessary deflections required to ensure a hit on the target. The sight w..
Gyro Monorail
The gyro monorail, gyroscopic monorail, gyro-stabilized monorail, or gyrocar all denote a single track land vehicle, road or rail, which uses the gyroscopic action of a spinning wheel, which is forced to precess, to overcome the inherent inverted pendulum instability of balancing on top of a sing..
Gyro Tower
Gyro Tower in the Heide Park A Gyro Tower or Panoramic Tower is an evolution of the observation tower with a vertical moving platform. A Gyro Tower's observation deck can not just be raised to provide its passengers a spectacular view, it can also be rotated around the supporting mast, either..
Gyrth Godwinson
Gyrth Godwinson was the fourth son of Godwin, and so a younger brother of Harold II of England. He went with his eldest brother Swein into exile to Flanders in 1051. After the death of his father in 1053 he was made an earl. According to Orderic Vitalis and William of Malmesbury, he tried (ineffectu..
Gyrus
Gray's FIG. 726– Lateral surface of left cerebral hemisphere, viewed from the side. Gray's Fig. 727 - Medial surface of left cerebral hemisphere. A gyrus (pl. gyri) is a ridge on the cerebral cortex. It is generally surrounded by one or more sulci. Notable gyri Fornicate gyrusSuperio..
Gyruss
Gyruss is a shoot-em-up video arcade game released by Konami in 1983. The game was licensed to Centuri in the United States. It follows in the tradition of space war games such as Space Invaders and Galaga. The game's background music consists of portions of J. S. Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Mi..
Gyr Falcon
Gyr redirects here. "Gyr" can also be an abbreviation for a gigayear, i.e. a thousand million years. The Gyr Falcon (Falco rusticolus), also spelled Gyrfalcon (The 'g' is pronounced as "j" in "jar"), is a large bird of prey. This species breeds on Arctic coasts and islands of North America, Europ..
Gyrðir Elíasson
Gyrðir Elíasson is a leading "young" writer in Iceland. He was born in northern Iceland in 1961. He has written ten volumes of poetry and five books of prose. His style is called "highly personal" among other things.[link] He is also a translator with an interest in works about the Indig..
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