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IRR
IRR is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, including: in finance, the internal rate of returnthe Individual Ready Reserve of the United States militarythe Iranian RialInterrupt Request Register. In computer science, a register used to indicate which interrupts are waiting to be serv..
Irradiance
Irradiance, radiant emittance, and radiant exitance are radiometry terms for the power of electromagnetic radiation at a surface, per unit area. "Irradiance" is used when the electromagnetic radiation is incident on the surface. The other two terms are used interchangeably for radiation emerging fro..
Irradiated mail
Irradiated mail is mail that has been deliberately exposed to radiation, typically in an effort to disinfect it. The most notable instance of mail irradiation occurred in response to the 2001 anthrax attacks; the level of radiation chosen to kill anthrax spores was so high that it often changed the ..
Irradiation
Irradiation is the process by which an item is exposed to radiation. The exposure can be intentional, sometimes to serve a specific purpose, or it can be accidental. In common usage the term refers specifically to ionizing radiation, and to a level of radiation that will serve that specific purpose,..
Irrational
Irrational may refer to: Irrationality, in philosophyIrrational rhythm, in musicIrrational exuberance, in economics In mathematics: Irrational numberProof that e is irrationalQuadratic irrationalList of integrals of irrational functions See also: rational This is a [disambiguationdisambiguat..
Irrationalism and Aestheticism
Irrationalism and aestheticism were philosophical movements which formed as a cultural reaction against positivism in the early 20th century. These perspectives opposed or de-emphasized the importance of the rationality of human beings. Instead, they concentrated on Kant's "noumenal realm", or the e..
Irrationality
For irrationality as it relates to numbers, see irrational number. Irrationality is talking or acting without regard of rationality. Usually pejorative, the term is used to describe thinking and actions which are, or appear to be, less useful or logical than the rational alternatives. These actions..
Irrational anger
Irrational Anger, defined as: Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrongs that is often unnecessary, extremely harsh, random, and misguided; directed towards sources other than the initial problem.Aggression towards animate as well as inanimate objects that is unprovoked, yet stems from a so..
Irrational Anthems
Irrational Anthems is an album by prolific British Folk metal band, Skyclad, released in 1996; their sixth album in as many years. Track listing Inequality StreetThe Wrong SongSnake CharmingPenny DreadfulThe Sinful EnsembleMy Mother in DarknessThe Spiral StarecaseNo Deposit, No ReturnSabre DanceI..
Irrational base discrete weighted transform
In mathematics, the irrational base discrete weighted transform (IBDWT) is a variant of the fast Fourier transform using an irrational base; it was developed by Richard Crandall (Reed College), Barry Fagin (Dartmouth College) and Joshua Doenias (NeXT Software) in the early 1990s using Mathematica. ..
Irrational conformal field theory
In theoretical physics, irrational conformal field theory is a conformal field theory that is not a rational conformal field theory. It means that the conformal weights of its primary fields and the central charge are irrational numbers which makes the theory harder to solve and understand. ..
Irrational escalation
Redirect [[Template:Merge]] Irrational escalation (sometimes referred to as Irrational escalation of commitment) is a term frequently used in psychology, philosophy, economics, and game theory to refer to a situation in which people can make irrational decisions based upon rational decisions in the ..
Irrational exuberance
"Irrational exuberance" may refer to: Irrational exuberance (finance), a financial term used by Alan Greenspan, with regards to equity prices in the United States in 1996.* Irrational Exuberance, a book by Robert Shiller, which expanded on the theme of Mr. Greenspan's quote.* Irrational Exuberance ..
Irrational Exuberance (book)
For other uses of the term Irrational exuberance, see the Irrational exuberance disambiguation article. Robert Shiller's plot of U.S. home prices, population, building costs, and bond yields (from Irrational Exuberance, 2d ed. Princeton University Press). Shiller shows that inflation adjusted U...
Irrational exuberance (finance)
"Irrational exuberance" is a phrase used by former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan in a speech given at the American Enterprise Institute during the stock market boom of the 1990s. The phrase was interpreted by financial pundits as a typically cryptic warning that the market might be..
Irrational Games
Irrational Games Logo. Irrational Games is a video game developer founded in 1997 by three former employees of Looking Glass Studios: Ken Levine, Jonathan Chey, and Robert Fermier. On January 9, 2006, Take-Two Interactive announced that they had purchased Irrational, and would publish their g..
Irrational number
In mathematics, an irrational number is any real number that is not a rational number, i.e., it is not of the form [\frac] where a and b are integers. It can readily be shown that the irrational numbers are precisely those numbers whose expansion in any given base (decimal, binary, etc) ne..
Irrational rhythm
In music, the term irrational rhythm is usually applied to a rhythm in which an unusual number of beats is superimposed on the predominating tempo. More precisely, if n evenly-spaced beats are played in the time of m beats of the underlying tempo then the rhythm is irrational if neither of n and m i..
Irrawaddy
Irrawaddy can mean: Ayeyarwady River, the primary river of MyanmarAyeyarwady Division, an administrative division of MyanmarThe Irrawaddy, a Burmese news publication based in Chiang Mai, Thailand This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same tit..
Irrawaddy dolphin
The Irrawaddy Dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) is a species of dolphin found near coasts and in estuaries in parts of south-east Asia. Contents 1 Taxonomy2 Physical description3 Population and distribution4 Human interaction5 References6 External Links Taxonomy The..
Irrawaddy Flotilla Company
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Irra Petina
Irra Petina photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Irra Petina (1900-200) was an actress and singer, as well as a leading contralto with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. She is known as the "floperetta queen" (Ken Mandelbaum). Born on April 18th, 1900 in St. Petersburg, Russia, Petina..
Irrealism
Irrealism is a philosophical term which seems to have been coined in the 1980s by Nelson Goodman to refer to the belief that the debate between realism and anti-realism was based on poor assumptions. In practice many irrealists were sympathetic to the critique on realism, but were also critical of ..
Irrealis moods
Irrealis moods are the set of grammatical moods that indicate that something is not actually the case. Simply put, they are any verb or sentence moods that are not realis moods. They may be part of expressions of necessity, possibility, requirement, wish or desire, fear, or as part of counterfactu..
Irreal Dating
Irreal Dating is most likely one of the first SMS scams. In this scam, a mobile phone user will recive an SMS from a number beginning with a + and saying "Thankyou, for subscribing to Irreal Dating. You will now be charged $2.00 a day. If you wish to unsubscribe, please visit the website www.irre..
Irreconcilable differences
''This article is about the legal term. For the 1984 film, see Irreconcilable Differences (film). The concept of irreconcilable differences provides a possible ground for divorce in a number of jurisdictions. In Australian family law with no-fault divorce it is the sole ground, adequate proof bei..
Irreconcilable Differences (film)
Irreconcilable Differences is a 1984 Comedy-Drama starring Ryan O'Neal, Shelley Long, and Drew Barrymore. The film was a minor box office success, making over $12 million, and reviews were generally favorable. [link] For their performances, both Shelley Long and Drew Barrymore were nomin..
Irredentism
Irredentism is an international relations term that involves advocating annexation of territories administered by another state on the grounds of common ethnicity and/or prior historical possession, actual or alleged. It is a feature of identity politics and cultural and political geography. Since ..
Irreducible
Irreducible can refer to: irreducible (mathematics)irreducible as a property of Markov chainsirreducible (philosophy) This 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 po..
Irreducible (mathematics)
In mathematics, the term irreducible is used in several ways. In abstract algebra, irreducible can be an abbreviation for irreducible element; for example an irreducible polynomial. In commutative algebra, a commutative ring R is irreducible if its prime spectrum, that is, the topological space Spe..
Irreducible (philosophy)
Irreducibility, in philosophy, has the sense that a complete account of an entity will not be possible at lower levels of explanation. Another way to state this is that Ockham's razor requires the elimination of only those entities that are unnecessary, not as many entities as could conceivably be e..
Irreducible complexity
Part of the series on Intelligent design Concepts Irreducible complexity Specified complexity Fine-tuned universe Intelligent designer Theistic realism Intelligent design movement Discovery Institute Center for Science and Culture Wedge strategy Critical Analysis of Evolution Teach the..
Irreducible component
In mathematics, the concept of irreducible component is used to make formal the idea that a set such as defined by the equation XY = 0 is the union of the two lines X = 0 and Y = 0. Definition of irreducibility for topological spaces A subset F of a topological space X is reducible if it can ..
Irreducible fraction
An irreducible fraction (or fraction in lowest terms) is a vulgar fraction in which the numerator and denominator are smaller than those in any other equivalent fraction. Stating it more formally, a fraction a⁄b is irreducible if there is no other equivalent fraction c⁄d with c having a..
Irreducible polynomial
In mathematics, the adjective irreducible means that an object cannot be expressed as a product of at least two non-trivial factors in a given set. See also factorization. For any field F, the ring of polynomials with coefficients in F is denoted by [F[x]]. A polynomial [p..
Irregardless
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Irregular
Something that is irregular does not follow the expected pattern. The term is used in many different fields, with quite different meanings. In astronomy, an astronomical object whose shape or behavior varies considerably from the archetype is called an irregular. This applies to irregular galaxy,..
Irregularities and exceptions in Interlingua
This page describes the irregularities in the auxiliary language Interlingua. Most of these irregularities also exist in the Romance languages which Interlingua uses as its source material. Interlingua is notable in the sense that most languages intended as auxiliary languages seek to minimise or ..
Irregular Around the Margins (The Sopranos episode)
"Irregular Around the Margins" is the 57th episode of the HBO original series, The Sopranos. It was the 5th episode for the show's fifth season. The episode was written by Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess and was directed by Allen Coulter. It originally aired on April 4, 2004. Contents 1 Gue..
Irregular chess openings
Irregular openings are chess openings with an unusual first move from White. Such openings include: Anderssen's Opening 1.a3Amar Opening (also known as Paris Opening) 1.Nh3Barnes Opening (also known as Gedult's Opening) 1.f3Benko's Opening 1.g3Clemenz Opening 1.h3Desprez Opening 1.h4Dunst Opening 1..
Irregular galaxy
NGC1427A, an example of an irregular galaxy. An irregular galaxy is a galaxy that does not fall into the Hubble classification for galaxies. These are galaxies that feature neither spiral nor elliptical morphology. They are often chaotic in appearance, with neither a nuclear bulge or any trac..
Irregular Galaxy NGC 55
NGC 55 Galaxy List of galaxies |- ! style="text-align:left;" | Apparent magnitude (V) | +7.8 |- ! style="text-align:left;" | Apparent dimensions (V) | 32.4' × 5.6' |- ! style="text-align:left;" | Constellation | Sculptor |- ! colspan="2" style="background-color: #30D5C8; text-a..
Irregular matrix
An irregular matrix, or ragged matrix, can be described as a matrix that has a different number of elements in each row. Ragged matrices are not used in linear algebra, since standard matrix transformations cannot be performed on them, but they are useful as arrays in computing. For example, the fo..
Irregular military
Irregular soldiers in Beauharnois, Quebec, 19th century Irregular military refers to any non-standard military. Being defined by exclusion, there is a lot of variance in what comes under the term. It can refer to the type of military organization, or to the type of tactics used. An irregula..
Irregular polygons
Irregular Polygons are polygons that have no lines of symmetry, no equal sides, or no equal angles. ..
Irregular variable
An irregular variable is a type of variable star in which variations in brightness show no regular periodicity. There are two main sub-types of irregular variable - eruptive irregular variables and pulsating irregular variables. Irregular eruptive variables are divided into three categories. Group..
Irregular verb
In contrast to regular verbs, irregular verbs are those verbs that fall outside the standard patterns of conjugation in the languages in which they occur. What counts as an irregular verb is strongly dependent on the language itself. In English, the surviving strong verbs are considered irregular. ..
Irregular Webcomic!
Irregular Webcomic! is a webcomic created by David Morgan-Mar, an Australian physicist. The comic is illustrated photographically, primarily with minifigures, toy people that are part of the Lego System line of building sets, although a few of the story arcs use role playing game miniatures, or a b..
Irregular Z-buffer
The irregular Z-buffer is an algorithm designed to solve the visibility problem in real-time 3-d computer graphics. It is related to the classical Z-buffer in that it maintains a depth value for each image sample and uses these to determine which geometric elements of a scen..
Irrel
Irrel is a village and a municipality in the district Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Eifel, near the border with Luxembourg, at the confluence of the rivers Prüm and Nims. It is located approx. 15 km south-west of Bitburg and 5 km north-east of Echternach. I..
Irrelevance principle
The irrelevance principle in economics was espoused by Merton H. Miller. He asserted that the costs of raising capital for a corporation by selling more stock (equity), or issuing more bonds (debt), should be equal; thus a corporation's value in the stock market is independent of its capital structu..
Irreligion
Irreligion or irreligiousness is an umbrella term which, depending on context, may be understood as referring to atheism, agnosticism, skepticism, freethought, secular humanism or heresy. Irreligion has at least three related yet distinct meanings: lack of religion (either due to a lack of informat..
Irreligious (album)
Irreligious, released in 1996, is the second full-length album by the Portuguese band Moonspell. Track listing "Perverse... Almost Religious" – 1:07"Opium" – 2:48"Awake" – 3:06"For a Taste of Eternity" – 3:53"Ruin & Misery" – 3:48"A Poisoned Gift" – 5:34"Subversion" – 2:44"Raven Cla..
Irrepressible.info
Irrepressible.info is a campaign and website by Amnesty International and The Observer. It is based in the United Kingdom and was developed by Soda Creative, but is open to participation from people around the world. The campaign, which is intended to mark 45 years of activism by Amnesty Internatio..
Irresistible
Irresistible may refer to Irresistible (film) - 2005 film in productionIrresistible (album) - Jessica Simpson This 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 direc..
Irresistible (album)
Irresistible Album by Jessica Simpson Released May 29, 2001 Recorded ??? Genre Pop Length 50 min 43 sec Label Columbia Certification Gold album Producers Walter Afanasieff,Louis Biancaniello,Rhett Lawrence,Corey Rooney,Sam Watters Professional reviews AMG 2.5/5 [link] Jessica..
Irresistible (song)
"Irresistible" Single by Jessica Simpson From the album Irresistible Released 2001 Format 12" single Genre Pop Length 3:14 Label Columbia Records Writers Anders BaggeA. BrigissanPamela Sheyne Producers Anders BaggeA. Brigissan Chart positions #15 US#11 UK#16 CAN#21 AUS Jessica Simpson..
Irresistible (Stargate Atlantis)
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Irresistible Bliss
Irresistible Bliss was Soul Coughing's 1996 (see 1996 in music) second album. The band initially planned for Tchad Blake, producer of their first album, Ruby Vroom, to helm the album, but the death of a family member in a car accident caused Blake to take a hiatus to grieve. Over the objections of ..
Irresistible force
The term irresistible force (or unstoppable force) is part of the formulation of a classic paradox (see irresistible force paradox).Irresistible Force is the production identity of ambient DJ Mixmaster Morris. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated wit..
Irresistible force paradox
The Irresistible force paradox is a classic paradox formulated as follows: What happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object? Common responses to this paradox resort to logic and semantics. Logic: if such a thing as an irresistible force exists, then no object is immovable, and vi..
Irresistible grace
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Irresistible impulse
In jurisprudence, irresistible impulse is a defense by excuse, in this case some sort of insanity, in which the defendant argues that they should not be held criminally liable for their actions that broke the law, because they could not control those actions. In 1994, Lorena Bobbitt was found not ..
Irresponsible (Stargate Atlantis)
"Irresponsible" }||}}} }|episode list=|overridean=}} episode }|episode list=}} of the science fiction}}} television series Stargate SG-1}}}. Plot } Colonel Sheppard and his team arrive on another world, where they find a village under siege by a band of thugs. With weapons raised, the gang's lead..
Irréversible
Irréversible (2002, France) is a film written, directed, edited, and photographed by Gaspar Noé. It is considered to be one of the most disturbing and controversial films of 2002, due to its explicit on-camera depiction of rape and murder. The film has also been compared to the films Memento and..
Irreversible
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Irreversible could mean: A process that is not reversibleIrréversible, a 2002 film.This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you ..
Irréversible (soundtrack)
Irréversible (Original Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the highly controversial film, Irréversible. The soundtrack is produced by Thomas Bangalter, who is best known for being one-half of the French house duo, Daft Punk. Track listing IrreversibleTempus Edax RerumRectumNight BeatsStressParis ..
Irreversible circuit
An irreversible circuit is a circuit whose inputs cannot be reconstructed from its outputs. Such a circuit, of necessity, consumes energy. See also reversible computing. ..
Irricana, Alberta
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Irrigation
redirect[[Template:Portal]] type:city}}) Irrigation is the replacement or supplementation of rainfall with water from another source in order to grow crops or plants. In contrast, agriculture that relies only on direct rainfall is sometimes referred to as dryland farming. Contents 1 O..
Irrigation Association
The Irrigation Association, formerly the Association of Sprinkler Irrigation Equipment Manufacturers, is a worldwide industry trade group for irrigation professionals and manufacturers. Each year in November, the IA hosts a large trade show for manufacturers to display and market their products. T..
Irrigation in Saudi Arabia
Center Pivot Irrigation in Saudi Arabia is typical of many isolated irrigation projects scattered throughout the arid and hyper-arid regions of the Earth. Fossil water is mined from depths as great as 1 km (3,000 ft), pumped to the surface, and distributed via large center pivot irrigation feeds...
Irrigation scheduling
Irrigation scheduling is the process used by irrigation system managers to determine the correct frequency and duration of watering. The following factors may be taken into consideration: Precipitation rate of the irrigation equipment - how quickly the water is applied, often expressed in inches ..
Irrigation sprinkler
A rotary irrigation sprinkler in action. Irrigation Sprinklers are used on farms, golf courses, residential yards, and other places to water crops, lawns, gardens or other plants in the event of drought. They are also used for recreation or as a cooling system. Contents 1 Sprinkler typ..
Irrigation Way
Irrigation Way is a major regional highway that runs approximately 90 kilometres through the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area in south western New South Wales, Australia. Irrigation Way runs through three Local Government Area's. It begins at the town of Narrandera on the Newell Highway and runs 30 kilo..
Irrigon, Oregon
Irrigon is a town in Morrow County, Oregon, on the Columbia River and U.S. Highway 730. Irrigon was incorporated in 1957. The Umatilla Chemical Depot, and the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility, is located four-miles south of the town, northeast of the intersection of I-84 and I-82. Three-m..
Irritability
Irritability is an excessive response to stimuli. Irritability takes many forms, from the contraction of a unicellular organism when touched to complex reactions involving all the senses of higher animals. In plants response is usually different from that found in animals but is nonetheless presen..
Irritability (webcomic)
Irritability is an irregularly updated webcomic by Mike E. Woodson. Originally appearing in The Daily Texan (the University of Texas at Austin student newspaper), it now appears on his website. It has run since 1998. Irritability is primarily about the fantastic interacting with modern day life,..
Irritable bowel syndrome
In gastroenterology, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or spastic colon is a functional bowel disorder characterized by abdominal pain and changes in bowel habits which are not associated with any abnormalities seen on routine clinical testing. It is fairly common and makes up 20-50% of visits to g..
Irritable Male Syndrome
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Irritable Male Syndrome (IMS) is a recently adopted term for a set of symptoms that is caused by a drop in test..
Irritant
The word irritant may refer to: Something that causes irritation, often a chemical substance.Irritant, a 2002 psychedelic trance album by X-Dream. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may w..
Irritant (album)
Irritant is a psychedelic trance album released by X-Dream in 2002. Track listing "Irritant" (8:24)"Rewind" (7:43)"No Process" (7:58)"Thorazin" (7:11)"Peter's Hoover" (8:34)"Fall Out (Dong Edit)" (6:07)"Universal Chaos" (7:30)"Intercorporal Stimulator" (7:20)"Magic Moments (rmx)" (5:13)"All Ri..
Irritating Rainbow
Irritating Rainbow is a band originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin consisting of Peter Batchelder, Todd Bishop, and Ryan Plato. The trio met in film school. A film project's background music eventually grew into a full-fledged album, Hockle Peachers, recorded in the school's sound studio. Irritating ..
Irritating Stick
Irritating Stick, also known as Dengeki Iraira Bou (Irritating Electric Stick in Japanese), is a PlayStation video game published by Jaleco Entertainment, based on the Japanese game show, which in turn was based on a carnival game, where the player tries to maneuver a metal rod through a metal maze..
Irritation
This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry.Please improve the article or discuss proposed changes on the talk page. See Wikipedia's [Guide to writing better articlesguide to writing better articles] for suggestions. Irritation, in ..
Irritator
Irritator challengeri is a spinosaurid dinosaur related to Spinosaurus. It is thought to have lived in the early Cretaceous period, around 110 million years ago. Current estimations indicate a length of 8 metres (26 feet) and a height of 3 metres (9 feet). It was named by paleontologists Martill, ..
Irrlicht
Irrlicht (German for "will o' the wisp") may refer to: Irrlicht (album), a 1972 album by Klaus SchulzeIrrlicht Engine, a free/open-source 3D engineThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wi..
Irrlicht Engine
Irrlicht is an open source 3D engine. It is cross-platform, currently running on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux with bindings for several programming languages. Irrlicht is known for its speed and 3D engine capabilities, along with its shallow learning curve. Other capabilities that games require ..
Irrotational vector field
In vector calculus, an irrotational or conservative vector field is a vector field whose curl is zero. If the field is denoted as [\mathbf], then [ \operatorname \, \mathbf = \nabla \times \mathbf = 0 ]. There is an identity of vector calculus which states that the curl of any ..
Irruptive growth
Irruptive growth, sometimes called Malthusian growth, is a growth pattern defined by population explosions and subsequent sharp population crashes, or diebacks. It is an extension of the Malthusian growth model and can occur when populations overshoot their carrying capacity, a phenomenon typically ..
Irruputuncu
Irruputuncu Elevation: 5,163 m (16,939 ft) Coordinates: [20°44′0″S, 68°33′0″W] Location: Bolivia/Chile Range: Andes Type: Stratovolcano Last eruption: unknown First ascent: Easiest route: Irruputuncu is a stratovolcano which lies on the border of Chile and Boli..
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