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Orăştie
Orăştie (German: Broos, Hungarian: Szászváros) is a city in Hunedoara County, south-western Transylvania, Romania. History VIIIth to 9th century - First signs of human settlement.1206 - King of Hungary, Andrew II, mentioned Romosul, a village near Orăştie, as one of the first three village..
ORT
ORT may refer to: World ORT, a Jewish education charityChannel One (Russia), a Russian TV channel, which was called ORT (an abbreviation for Obshchestvennoye Rossiskoye Televideniye) from mid-1990s until 2001Olympiaki Radiophonio Teleorassi, a Greek TV channelOral rehydration therapy, a treatment fo..
Orta
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Orta is a district of Çankırı Province, Turkey. Çankırı | Atkaracalar | Bayramören | Çerkeş | Eldivan | Ilgaz | Kızılırmak | Korgun | Kurşunlu | Orta | Şabanözü | Yapraklı | ..
Ortac
Ortac is a small uninhabited islet about 5 km West of the coast of Alderney near to the islet of Burhou. These two islands, along with the Casquets, are part of the same sandstone ridge. The islet is noted for its large gannet colony. The Channel Islands Bailiwick of Jersey: Jersey | Minqui..
Ortaca
Ortaca is a district of Muğla Province of Turkey. Ortaca is a typical Turkish working-class town with an economy based on agriculture. It lies midway between Dalaman and Dalyan. Its name literally means "the town in the middle", possibly a reference to its location in the middle of the surround..
Ortaköy
For other uses, see Ortaköy (disambiguation). Ortaköy is a neighbourhood, formerly a small town, located in the middle of the European bank of the Bosphorus. (The Turkish name means "Middle Village".) It is part of the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul. In the past the town was a cosmopolitan area..
Ortaköy, Aksaray
Ortaköy is a district of Aksaray Province of Turkey. CITY | Acipinar | Akçakent | Altinkaya | Aratol | Armutlu | Baglıkaya | Dogantarla | Hamidiye | Helvadere | Karkin | Kutlu | Saglik | Sarayhan | Sevinçli | Sultanhani | Taspinar | Topakkaya | Ulukisla | Yenikent | Yesilova | Yesiltep..
Ortaköy, Çorum
Ortaköy is a district of Çorum Province, Turkey. Ortaköy is also the site of the ancient Hittite city of Sapinuwa dating to the second millennium BC. Archaeological Sites There are two ancient settlements in the area of Ortaköy. The oldest is found on top of a mound, but the later Hittite city..
Ortaköy (disambiguation)
Ortaköy is the name of several Turkish towns and villages. The name means "middle village" in Turkish. Ortaköy, IstanbulOrtaköy, AksarayOrtaköy, ÇorumOrtaköy, CyprusOrtaköy, Mardin This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If..
Ortaköy Mosque
Ortaköy Mosque of İstanbul is situated at waterside of the Ortaköy Pier square, one of the most popular locations on the Bosphorus. Ordered by Sultan Abdülmecit and completed in 1854, its architects were father and son Garabet Amira Balyan and Nigoğayos Balyan, who designed it in Neo-Baroque..
Ortal
Ortal is a singer, born in Israel of Berber and Andalusian origins. She began singing when she was sixteen, but it was in the year 2000 that things really started to take shape. Ortal moved to Spain and joined the group ‘Gipsy Sound’. Ortal was practically unknown until she battled it out to rep..
Orta (disambiguation)
Orta may refer to one of the following: Orta, a district of Çankırı Province, Turkey.The descriptor of the fourth game in the Panzer Dragoon series - Panzer Dragoon Orta.Orta (Janissary), a military rank of Janissaries. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles ..
Orte
Orte is a town in the province of Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. It is located at around [42°27′37″N, 12°23′10″E]. Lazio · Communes of the province of Viterbo Acquapendente | Arlena di Castro | Bagnoregio | Barbarano Romano | Bassano..
Ortega
Ortega is a Spanish surname, which comes from the Spanish word for a red-and-white feathered gallinoforme bird species. People Politicians*Carlos Ortega, Venezuelan union and political leader*Daniel Ortega (1945–), former president of Nicaragua*Humberto Ortega, Nicaraguan military leader*Jes..
Ortega, Tolima
Ortega is a municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia. The great population of the municipality was 31,650 as of the 1993 census. ..
Ortega (Castlevania)
is a non-playable man-beast from the video game [[Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness]] for the Nintendo 64. He appears only in Cornell's part of the game, during most of which he serves as the main antagonist. Character history Ortega grew up in the same village as Cornell, being a friend of his, bu..
Ortega y Gasset Awards
The Ortega y Gasset Journalism Awards are named after the Spanish philosopher and journalist José Ortega y Gasset. The awards were created by the newspaper El País in 1984. Every year, these awards are given to journalists whose work has shown a remarkable defense of freedom, independence and pr..
Ortegocactus macdougallii
Ortegocactus macdougallii is a species of cactus and the sole species of the genus Ortegocactus . The plant has a greenish-gray epidermis and black spines. It is only known from Oaxaca, Mexico. ..
Orteig Prize
Charles Lindbergh (left) and Raymond Orteig The Orteig Prize was a $25,000 reward offered in 1919 by hotel owner Raymond Orteig to the first allied aviator(s) to fly non-stop from New York City to Paris or vice-versa. Hubert Julian, René Fonck, Charles Nungesser & Francois Coli, and other a..
Ortenaukreis
Ortenaukreis Statistics State: Baden-Württemberg Capital: Offenburg } } |- | Area:||1,860.74 km² |- | Inhabitants:||412,184 (2002) |- | pop. density:||222 inh./km² |- | Car identification:||OG |- | Homepage:||http://www.ortenaukreis.de |- !colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#DEFFAD|Map |- |cols..
Ortenberg
Ortenberg may refer to two places in Germany: Ortenberg, HesseOrtenberg, Baden-Württemberg This article consisting of geographical locations is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. If an referred you here, you might want to g..
Ortenberg, Hesse
Ortenberg is a town in the Wetteraukreis district in Hesse, Germany. It is located 22 km east of Friedberg, and 38 km northeast of Frankfurt am Main. ..
Ortenburg-Neuortenburg
Ortenburg-Neuortenburg was a minor County in southeastern Bavaria, Germany, located about 10 kilometres west of Passau. Ortenburg-Neuortenburg was a partition of Ortenburg, and it inherited Ortenburg-Dorfbach in 1462 following the death of Count Alram II. Ortenburg-Neuortenburg was mediatised to Bav..
ORTF stereo technique
The ORTF stereo microphone system is a microphone technique used to record stereo sound. It was devised around 1960 at the Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF) at Radio France. This technique uses two small cardioid microphones, their capsules spaced by 17 cm, the angle formed b..
Orthacanthus
Orthacanthus is an extinct genus of fresh-water shark from a family of prehistoric sharks known as Xenacanths. It had a long spine growing from the back of its skull and a very long dorsal fin, which ran all along its back, giving it an eel-like appearance. About 260 million years ago, Orthacanthu..
Orthanc
{|align=right |- | Location of Orthanc and Isengard in Middle-earth marked in red In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, Orthanc is the black tower of Isengard. According to Tolkien, its name is both Sindarin for "Mount Fang", and Rohirric for "Cunning Mind". The latter is ..
Orthant
In geometry of n dimensions, an orthant is one of the 2n parts of Euclidean space defined by constraining each Cartesian coordinate axis to be positive or negative. That is, an orthant is the analogue of a quadrant in the plane, and is defined by a system of inequalities εixi ≥ 0 for 1 &..
Orthe
Orthe is a series of science-fiction novels by Mary Gentle. The Orthe series consists of the books Golden Witchbreed (published 1983) and Ancient Light (1987). The story takes place on a distant planet called Orthe, which is visited by Lynn de Lisle Christie, an envoy from a future Earth that has ..
Orthellius family
The Orthellius family (also Ortelius family) is a noted family of cartographers and prominent merchants. They were originally from Augsburg, but settled in Antwerp, Belgium in the 16th century. The most famous cartographer of this family is Abraham Ortelius, author of the Theatre of the World (Thea..
Orthent
In USA soil taxonomy, Orthents are defined as Entisols that lack horizon development due to either steep slopes or parent materials that contain no permanent weatherable minerals (such as ironstone). Typically, Orthents are exceedingly shallow soils. They are often referred to as "skeletal soils" or..
Orthetrum
Orthetrum is a genus of dragonflies in the Libellulidae family. It is a very large genus, with more than 80 species, spread across the Old World. Species Orthetrum abbotti (Calvert 1892)Orthetrum africanum (Selys,1887)Orthetrum albistylum (Selys,1848)Orthetrum anceps (Schneider 1845)Orthet..
Orthetrum v. villosovittatum
Orthetrum v. villosovittatum is a species of dragonfly that ranges from Victoria through eastern New South Wales and Queensland, north inland Queensland, Cape York and north Northern Territory in Australia and overseas as far as the Moluccas, New Guinea and neighbouring islands. It is a common s..
Orthez
OrthezBridge over the Gave de Pau in Orthez Country France Région Aquitaine Départment Pyrénées-Atlantiques Arrondissement Pau Canton Orthez (chief town) INSEE 64430 Postal Code 64300 MayorCurrent Term Thierry Issartel2001-2008 ..
Ortho
''For the prefix, see [[wiktionary:ortho-]]. In organic chemistry, "ortho" (along with "meta" and "para") is used to distinguish the three types of isomer of disubstituted benzenes: it indicates that the substituents are at locants 1 and 2. It is printed in italic type, and is often abbreviated as..
Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical
Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical is a pharmaceutical manufacturer based in Raritan, New Jersey and formed from the merger of Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation and McNeil Pharmaceutical in 1993. Amongst its many prescription drugs are the oral contraceptives Ortho Tri-cyclen and Ortho-Evra. External lin..
Ortho-nitrophenyl-β-galactoside
ONPG is a colorimetric and spectrophotometric substrate for detection of beta-galactosidase activity. This compound is normally colorless. However if β-galactosidase is present, it hydrolyze the ONPG molecule into galatose and ortho-nitrophenyl. The later compound has a yellow coloration that can b..
Orthocarbonic acid
Orthocarbonic acid is the hypothetical acid with the chemical formula H4CO4. In this molecule, a single carbon atom is bonded to four hydroxyl groups. This compound is hypothetical because not even one molecule of this acid has ever been shown to exist. This is because it is highly unstable, decompo..
Orthocentric system
Orthocentric system. Notice any point is the orthocenter of the triangle formed by the other three. In geometry, an orthocentric system is a set of four points in the plane one of which is the orthocenter of the triangle formed by the other three. If four points form an orthocentric system, ..
Orthoceras
For the orchid genus, see Orthoceras (orchid). Orthoceras ("straight horn") is a genus of extinct cephalopod. The name (and the similar Orthoceratites, along with misspellings like Orthocera and Orthocerus (Sweet, 1964, p.K222)) was originally used to refer to all straight-shelled nautiloids (Fent..
Orthoceratidae
Orthoceratidae are a family of extinct nautiloid cephalopods, characterised by long, slender, usually orthoconic (straight) but sometimes slightly-curved shells, a central or subcentral orthochoanitic siphuncle that is free of deposits, a long body chamber, and cylindrical or only slightly-inflate..
Orthocerida
Orthocerida are an order of extinct nautiloid cephalopods that lived from the Early Ordovician (about 500 million years ago) to the Late Permian (250 Ma) or Late Triassic (200 Ma). One fossil find suggests they survived until the Early Cretaceous (100 Ma). But the orthocerids were most common an..
Orthochromatic
Orthochromatic refers to any spectrum of light that is devoid of red light. Orthochromatic photography refers to an emulsion that is sensitive to only blue and green light thus can be processed with a red safelight. Using it, blue objects appear lighter and red ones darker because of increased blue..
Orthoclase
Orthoclase Optical properties Crystal System: Monoclinic Color in PPL: Colorless, commonly with a dusty or cloudy appearance Pleochroism: N/A Habit/Shape: Can be anhedral or euhedral. Grains are commonly elongate with a tabular appearance. Relief: Low negative relief Cleavage/Fra..
Orthocompact space
In mathematics, in the field of topology, a topological space is said to be orthocompact if every open cover has an interior preserving open refinement. That is, given an open cover of the topological space, there is a refinement which is also an open cover, with the further property that at any poi..
Orthocomplemented lattice
An orthocomplemented lattice is an algebraic structure consisting of a bounded lattice [] along with a unary function [\perp : L \rightarrow L] called an orthocomplementation. This function must satisfy for any [ a,b \in L] Complement law: [ a^ \perp \vee a = 1 &#..
Orthocone
An orthocone is a usually long straight shell of a nautiloid cephalopods. During the 18th and 19th centuries, all shells of this type were named Orthoceras, but it is now known that many groups of nautiloids developed or retained this type of shell. An orthocone can be thought of as like a nautilu..
Orthodontics
Orthodontics (or orthodontia) is a specialty of dentistry that is concerned with the study and treatment of malocclusions, which may be a result of tooth irregularity, disproportionate jaw relationships, or both. Orthodontic treatment can focus on dental displacement only, or can deal with the cont..
Orthodontic expander
An orthodontic expander is a device attached to the roof of the mouth for patients with braces, usually to widen the palate and provide more space for the teeth. ..
Orthodontic headgear
Orthodontic Headgear is a type of appliance attached to dental braces that aid in correcting severe bite problems. The most common treatment they are used for are overbites. The headgear is attached to the braces and is anchored from the back of the head or neck. Its purpose is to stop the upper ja..
Orthodontic Mechanics
This branch of orthodontics deals with the mechanical basis of orthodontic therapy. cantilever mechanics (orthodontics) ..
Orthodontic spacer
Orthodontic spacers are used in orthodontics before braces are applied on teeth. Spacers are little rubber bands that fit between the teeth. In some cases, an orthodontist may use a metal spacer, which looks like a tiny metal hinge. The spacers stay between your teeth for about one week and move the..
Orthodox-Catholic Church of America (OCCA)
The Orthodox-Catholic Church of America (OCCA) is an independent, self-governing Orthodox jurisdiction active primarily in the United States, but with clergy in the United Kingdom and Australia as well. It is governed by a synod of diocesan bishops (currently 6) and a Metropolitan Archbishop. The cu..
OrthodoxWiki
The OrthodoxWiki logo OrthodoxWiki is a MediaWiki-based online encyclopedia specializing in Orthodox Christianity. It was started in November 2004 and as of June 2006 it had over 1650 articles. It operates under a dual GFDL and Creative Commons Attribution--ShareAlike 2.5 licensing structure &#..
Orthodoxy
Separate articles treat Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Oriental Orthodoxy and Orthodox Judaism. For the book written by G. K. Chesterton see Orthodoxy (book). The word orthodoxy, from the Greek ortho ('right', 'correct') and doxa ('thought', 'teaching', 'glorification'), is typically used to refer ..
Orthodoxy (book)
Orthodoxy (1908) is a book by G. K. Chesterton that has become a classic of Christian apologetics. Chesterton considered this book a companion to his other work Heretics. In the books preface Chesterton states the purpose is to "attempt an explanation, not of whether the Christian Faith can be beli..
Orthodox apostates
redirect [[Template:Not verified]] List of Apostates from Eastern Orthodox Christianity Hamza Yusuf Joseph Stalin..
Orthodox Archbishop of Finland
List of Ecumenical Patriarchate Greek Orthodox Archbishops of Karelia and all Finland, primates of the Finnish Orthodox Church: Germanus [Herman Aav] (1925-1 Jul 1960)Paul [Paavali / Yrjö Olmari] (29 Aug 1960-1987)John [Johannes / Johannes Wilho Rinne] (15 Oct 1987-1 Oct..
Orthodox Bahá'í Faith
The Orthodox Bahá'í Faith is a Bahá'í division which formed in 1969 around the leadership of Joel Marangella, who claimed to be the legitimate successor to Mason Remey, who himself separated from the Bahá'í Faith in 1960. The basis of the dispute is over the question of legitimacy and identity..
Orthodox Catholic Church
Contents 0.1 Orthodox Catholic Church0.2 The name \"Orthodox Catholic\"0.3 Classification of Orthodox Catholic Churches0.4 Summary Orthodox Catholic Church The name "ORTHODOX CATHOLIC CHURCH" is used by many different organisations and in combination with other terms by many..
Orthodox Celts
Orthodox Celts is a band from Belgrade, Serbia which plays Irish rock music. As a popular band playing Irish music, Orthodox Celts are practically unique not only in Serbia but in the whole of Southeastern Europe and further afield. Despite their unusual music, since their founding in 1993 they hav..
Orthodox Christian
The term Orthodox Christian refers to two Christian traditions: Oriental Orthodoxy, the Miaphysite Christian Church which separated from the Chalcedonian Christian Church in the 5th century; accepting only the first three Ecumenical councils.Eastern Orthodoxy, the name of the easterly continuation ..
Orthodox Christianity
Part of a of articles onChristianity History of Christianity Timeline of Christianity The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Father God the Son (Jesus Christ) God the Holy Spirit The Bible Old Testament · LXX ..
Orthodox Christian Mission Center
The Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC) is an Orthodox Christian missions organization based in the USA and supported by all the jurisdictions of the Standing Conference of Orthodox Bishops in America (SCOBA). External link [Official website] ..
Orthodox Christian Reformed Church
The Orthodox Christian Reformed Church (OCRC) is a theologically conservative federation of churches in the Dutch Calvinist tradition. These churches confess the Bible to be the Word of God and believe it is faithfully summarized by the Belgic Confession, Heidelberg Catechism, and Canons of Dort. ..
Orthodox Church
Several Christian Churches or church bodies are commonly referred to as "Orthodox". Most of them are identifiable as part of Eastern Christianity. The three principle Orthodox movements are: The Eastern Orthodox Church, which includes the following subgroups Orthodox Church of ConstantinopleCypriot..
Orthodox Church in America
The Orthodox Church in America (OCA/TOCA) is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church, currently led by Metropolitan Herman (Swaiko). It began with the missionary work of the Russian Orthodox Church in Alaska and the Aleutian Islands with the arrival of eight monks, led by Archimandrite Ioasef, at ..
Orthodox Church of Alexandria
The Orthodox Church of Alexandria is one of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches. Its head bishop is the Patriarch and Pope of Alexandria and All Africa, who, like the Coptic Pope and the Roman Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria, claims to have succeeded the Apostle Mark the Evangelist in the ..
Orthodox Church of Constantinople
Patriarchate of Constantinople Founder Apostle Andrew Independence Traditional Recognition Traditional Primate Patriarch Bartholomew I Headquarters Istanbul, Turkey Territory Constantinople, most of Turkey, Mount Athos, Crete, parts of Northern Greece, the Dodecanese ..
Orthodox Church of Jerusalem
The Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, properly called the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, is regarded by Orthodox Christians as the mother church of all of Christendom, because it was in Jerusalem that the Church was established on the day of Pentecost with the descent of the Holy Spirit on the disc..
Orthodox file manager
Orthodox File Managers (OFM), also known as Commander-like file managers, are the family of file managers based on the old Norton Commander interface. These features more or less define the class of orthodox file managers: Two-panel directory view;Close integration with a command line;Extensive av..
Orthodox Judaism
Part of a of articles onJews and Judaism Who is a Jew? · Etymology · Culture Judaism · Core principles Tanakh (Torah / Nevi'im / Ketuvim) Talmud · Halakha · Holidays · Prayer Ethics · 613 Mitzvot · Customs · Midrash Jewish ethnic divisions A..
Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric
Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric --> Jurisdiction Patriarchate of Pec (Serbia) Diocese type Autonomous Archdiocese Founded 1018, abolished 1767; restablished 2002, legalized 2005 Current Bishop Metropolitan Jovan (John) VI See Ohrid Headquarters Skopje, Macedonia Territor..
Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem
The Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem is the head bishop of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, ranking fourth of nine patriarchs in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Until 451, Jerusalem was a Christian bishopric, but it was recognized as a patriarchate by the Council of Chalcedon that year. The earliest ..
Orthodox Presbyterian Church
The Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC) was founded by conservative Presbyterians who revolted against the modernist theology within the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (PCUSA) during the 1930s. Led by J Gresham Machen, who had helped found Westminster Theological Seminary, the c..
Orthodox Roman Catholic Movement
redirect [[Template:Not verified]] The Orthodox Roman Catholic Movement or ORCM is a group of priests founded by Fr. Francis E. Fenton acting on the suggestions of Fr. Joaquin Saenz y Arriaga, S.J., and was the U.S. organization parallel to the Mexican organization, the Union Catolica Trento founded..
Orthodox Study Bible
The Orthodox Study Bible is a translation of the Christian Bible currently in production by clergy and laity within the Orthodox Church. The New Testament & Psalms translation is currently the New King James Version, and the Old Testament is being directly translated from the Septuagint[link&#..
Orthodox synagogue in Košice
The Orthodox synagogue in Košice (Slovak: Ortodoxná synagóga v Košiciach) was built in the years 1926-1927 at Puškinova Street in the historic centre of Košice, Slovakia. The orthodox Jews built a representative synagogue with 800 seats with a school and the Talmud Torah school haeded by ..
Orthodox temple
An Orthodox temple is a church built in the shape of Greek cross and common in Orthodox Christianity. There are also Orthodox churches which resemble Western churches. Famous churches built in this style include Hagia Sophia, Saint Basil's Cathedral, Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Temple of Saint..
Orthodox Temples (Transnistria)
Orthodox Temples is the name of a series of memorable coins issued in Transnistria in 2001 by the Central Bank of Transnistria. According to official information from the Central Bank, the coins were issued in remembrance of the many churches which were "destroyed in times of persecutions" on the c..
Orthodox Union
The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America™ (UOJCA), more popularly known as the Orthodox Union, or OU, is one of the oldest Orthodox Jewish organizations in the United States. It is best known for its kosher supervision service, with the circled-U symbol found on the labels of many co..
Orthodromic
An Orthodromic impulse runs along an axon into its normal direction, away from the soma. ..
Orthoepy
Orthoepy means the correct use of words, from the Greek orth- + -epos, correct + word, speech. Older English forms are orthoepeia and orthoepia. The English meaning of orthoepy is correct pronunciation, or the study of pronunciation. This is the only sense in English acknowledged by the OED and Web..
Orthoester
In organic chemistry, an orthoester is a functional group containing three alkoxy groups attached to one carbon atom. The name can also refer to any organic compound that contains this functional group. An example of an orthoester is ethyl orthoacetate, CH3C(OCH2CH3)3. Othoesters are used in or..
Orthoformic acid
Orthoformic acid is a hypothetical compound with the formula HC(OH)3. In this molecule, the central carbon is bound to one hydrogen and three hydroxyl groups. The compound cannot be isolated in substance as it would decompose into water and formic acid. While the free acid does not exist, its ester..
Orthogastropoda
In their work, which has become a standard reference in the field, Ponder and Lindberg (1997) showed that the Orthogastropoda is one of two subclasses of the Gastropoda the class of molluscs, the other subclass being the Eogastropoda. This subclass, which one could call the true snails, is defin..
Orthogenesis
Orthogenesis, orthogenetic evolution or autogenesis, is the hypothesis that life has an innate tendency to move in a unilinear fashion due to some internal or external "driving force". The hypothesis is based on essentialism, finalism and cosmic teleology and proposes an intrinsic drive which slowl..
Orthognathic surgery
Orthognathic surgery is surgery to correct conditions of the jaw and face related to structure, growth, or to assist in orthodontic treatment. Bones can be cut and re-aligned, held in place with plates and screws. Orthognathic surgery is almost always performed in conjunction with orthodontic trea..
Orthogonality
In mathematics, orthogonal is synonymous with perpendicular when used as a simple adjective that is not part of any longer phrase with a standard definition. It means at right angles. It comes from the Greek orthos, meaning "straight", used by Euclid to mean right; and gonia, meaning angle. Two s..
Orthogonality (term rewriting)
Orthogonality as a property of term rewriting systems describes where the reduction rules of the system are all left-linear, that is each variable occurs only once on the left hand side of each reduction rule, and there is no overlap between them. Orthogonal term rewriting systems have the consequ..
Orthogonalization
In linear algebra, orthogonalization means the following: we start with vectors v1,...,vk in an inner product space, most commonly the Euclidean space Rn which are linearly independent and we want to find mutually orthogonal vectors u1,...,uk which generate the same subspace as the vectors v1,...,vk..
Orthogonal complement
In the mathematical fields of linear algebra and functional analysis, the orthogonal complement [W^\bot] of a subspace W of an inner product space V is the set of all vectors in V that are orthogonal to every vector in W, i.e. it is [W^\bot=\left\.\, ] In infinite-dimensional H..
Orthogonal coordinates
In mathematics, orthogonal coordinates are defined as a set of coordinates [\mathbf] that have no off-diagonal terms in their metric tensor, i.e., the infinitesimal squared distance [ds^] can be written as a scaled sum of the squared infinitesimal coordinate displacements [..
Orthogonal Defect Classification
Orthogonal Defect Classification (ODC) was invented by IBM Research to establish a "foundation for providing analysis and feedback of defect data targeting quality issues in software design and code in a procedural language environment". External links [IBM Research: Orthogonal Defect Classifi..
Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing
Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM), also sometimes called discrete multitone modulation (DMT), is a complex modulation technique for transmission based upon the idea of frequency-division multiplexing (FDM) where each frequency channel is modulated with a simpler modulation. In OFDM t..
Orthogonal functions
In mathematics, two functions [f] and [g] are called orthogonal if their inner product [\langle f,g\rangle] is zero. Whether or not two particular functions are orthogonal depends on how their inner product has been defined. A typical definition of an inner product for ..
Orthogonal group
In mathematics, the orthogonal group of degree n over a field F (written as O(n,F)) is the group of n-by-n orthogonal matrices with entries from F, with the group operation that of matrix multiplication. This is a subgroup of the general linear group GL(n,F) given by [\mathrm(n,F) = \(n,F) \mi..
Orthogonal instruction set
Orthogonal instruction set is a term used in computer science. A computer's instruction set is said to be orthogonal if any instruction can use data of any type via any addressing mode. Generally, having an orthogonal instruction set is a desirable attribute for any computer architecture. Contents..
Orthogonal matrix
In matrix theory, a real orthogonal matrix is a square matrix Q whose transpose is its inverse: [Q^T Q = Q Q^T = I\,\! .] Contents 1 Overview2 Examples3 Elementary constructions3.1 Lower dimensions3.2 Higher dimensions3.3 Primitives4 Properties4.1&nbs..
Orthogonal persistence
Orthogonal persistence refers to inherent support provided by a programming language or operating system of a computer that enables the state of programs written in a persistent programming language, or of the operating system itself, to remain persistent even after a crash or unexpected shutdown. ..
Orthogonal polynomials
In mathematics, an orthogonal polynomial sequence is an infinite sequence of polynomials p0(x), p1(x), p2(x) ... , in which each pn(x) has degree n, and such that any two different polynomials in the sequence are orthogonal to each other in the following sense: One can define an inner product on fu..
Orthogonal polynomials/proofs
This mathematics article is devoted entirely to providing mathematical proofs and support for claims and statements made in the article orthogonal polynomials. This article is currently an experimental vehicle to see how we might be able to provide proofs and details for math articles without clutt..
Orthogonal programming language
Orthogonal is a Befunge-like, although independently developed, two-dimensional esoteric programming language. The major difference is that each cell in an Orthogonal program consists of up to four characters, allowing directives such as "ccw" to turn the IP counterclockwise. Also, the language does..
Orthogonal projection
In geometry, an orthogonal projection of a k-dimensional object onto a d-dimensional hyperplane (d < k) is obtained by intersections of (k − d)- dimensional hyperplanes drawn through the points of an object orthogonally to the d-hyperplane. In particular, an orthogonal projection of a three-di..
Orthogonal trajectory
In mathematics, orthogonal trajectories are a family of curves in the plane that intersect a given family of curves at right angles. The problem is classical, but is now understood by means of complex analysis; see for example harmonic conjugate. ..
Orthogonal variable spreading factor
Orthogonal variable spreading factor (OVSF) is an implementation of Code division multiple access (CDMA) where before each signal is transmitted, the spectrum is spread through the use of a user's code. User's codes are carefully chosen to be mutually orthogonal to each other. These codes are deri..
Orthogonal wavelet
An orthogonal wavelet is a wavelet where the associated wavelet transform is orthogonal. That is the inverse wavelet transform is the adjoint of the wavelet transform. If this condition is weakened you may end up with biorthogonal wavelets. Basics The scaling function is a refinable function. That ..
Orthograde posture
Orthograde is a term derived from Latin [ortho (upright) + gradi(to walk)] that describes a manner of walking which is upright, with the independent motion of limbs. Both New and Old World monkeys are primarily arboreal, and they have a tendency to walk with their limbs swinging in paralle..
Orthographical variant (botany)
In botanical nomenclature, an orthographical variant is a variant spelling of the same name. The spellings Hieronyma, Hieronima and Hyeronima are different spellings of one and the same name, which has a single date of publication. Priority starts with this date of publication. In this case the spel..
Orthographic projection
This article is about technical drawings. See Orthographic projection (geometry) for linear transformations and Orthographic projection (cartography) for maps. For the language concept, see orthography. Example of orthographic drawing from a US Patent (1913), showing two views of the same obje..
Orthographic projection (cartography)
Orthographic projection (equatorial aspect) of the hemisphere 30W–150E Orthographic projection is a map projection of cartography. Like the Stereographic projection and Gnomonic projection, Orthographic projection is a perspective (or azimuthal) projection, in which the sphere is proje..
Orthographic projection (geometry)
In Euclidean geometry, an orthographic projection is an orthogonal projection. In particular, in 3D it is an affine, parallel projection of an object onto a perpendicular plane. A simple orthographic projection onto the plane z = 0 can be defined by the following matrix: [P = \begin1 & 0 & 0 ..
Orthography
The orthography of a language is the set of symbols (glyphs and diacritics) used to write a language, as well as the set of rules describing how to write these glyphs correctly, including spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. The term is derived from Greek ορθο ortho- ..
Orthohydrogen
Orthohydrogen and Parahydrogen A hydrogen molecule (H2) is made up of two atoms of hydrogen linked by a covalent bond. If we neglect the traces of deuterium and tritium which could be present, each hydrogen atom is constituted of a single proton and a single electron (this is called light hydrogen;..
Orthokeratology
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Ortholog
Orthologs are genes in different species which evolved from a common ancestral gene. Due to their separation following a speciation event, orthologs may diverge, but usually have similarity at the seqence and structure levels; furthermore, orthologs usually have identical functions. Orthology, like ..
Orthomerus
Orthomerus (meaning "straight femur") is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Cretaceous. It was a hadrosaur which lived in Europe. The type species, Orthomerus dolloi, was described by Seeley in 1883. A second species, O. weberae, was first described by Riabinin in 1945. O. transsylvani..
Orthometric height
The orthometric height is the distance H along a line of force from a given point P at the physical surface of an object to the geoid. ..
Orthomiella pontis
The Straightwing Blue (Orthomiella pontis) is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family. References Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, IndiaGaonkar, Harish (1996) Butterflies of the ..
Orthomode transducer
redirect [[Template:Context]] Orthomode transducer also known as the polarization diplexer is a device forming part of an antenna feed and serving to combine or separate orthogonally polarized signals. These transducers are used in dual-polarized radar antennas, radiometers, and communications links..
Orthomolecular medicine
Optimum nutrition and, most broadly, orthomolecular medicine emphasize the use of natural substances found in a healthy diet such as vitamins, dietary minerals, enzymes, antioxidants, amino acids, essential fatty acids, dietary fiber and intestinal short chain fatty acids (SCFA) in the prevention a..
Orthomolecular psychiatry
Orthomolecular psychiatry is a branch of orthomolecular medicine that believes that specific dietary supplements and measures may be effective in treating mental illness. Specific techniques commonly employed include individual biochemical workup, dietary measures, juice fasting, supplementation ..
Orthomyxoviridae
|- style="text-align:center; background:violet;" !Genera |- | style="padding: 0 .5em;" | Influenzavirus A Influenzavirus B Influenzavirus C Isavirus ''Thogotovirus |} The Orthomyxoviridae are a family of RNA viruses which, so far as is known, infect mainly vertebrates (Thogotovirus in ticks, Isavir..
Orthonectida
Orthonectida is a small phylum of poorly-known parasites of marine invertebrates that are among the simplest of multi-cellular organisms. Members of this phylum are known as orthonectids. Multinucleate plasmodia give rise to sexual males and females, which are free-swimming by means of cilia. They..
Orthonormality
In linear algebra, two vectors v and w in an inner product space are said to be orthonormal if they are orthogonal and of unit length (i.e. the Euclidean norm of each of them is 1). A set of vectors which are pairwise orthonormal is called an orthonormal set. A basis which forms an orthonormal set i..
Orthonormal basis
In mathematics, an orthonormal basis of an inner product space V (i.e., a vector space with an inner product), or in particular of a Hilbert space H, is a set of elements whose span is dense in the space, in which the elements are mutually orthogonal and normal, that is, of magnitude 1. An orthogona..
Orthonormal frame
In Riemannian geometry and relativity theory, an orthonormal frame is a tool for studying the structure of a differentiable manifold equipped with a metric. If M is a manifold equipped with a metric g, then an orthonormal frame at a point P of M is a basis of the tangent space at P consisting of ve..
Orthonychidae
The Orthonychidae is a family of birds with a single genus, Orthonyx, which comprises of two species of passerine birds endemic to Australia and New Guinea, the Logrunner and the Chowchilla. Some authorities consider the Australian family Cinclosomatidae to be part of the Orthonychidae. Both spec..
Orthopantomogram
[[Image:Orthopantomogram.jpg|thumb|An orthopantomogram showing [[Wiktionary:nascent|nascent]] wisdom teeth]] An Orthopantomogram or OPG is a panoramic scan of the teeth using an X-Ray. ..
Orthopedic cast
cast A cast is a shell, frequently made from plaster, encasing a limb (or, in some cases, large portions of the body) to hold a broken bone (or bones) in place until it has healed. Real plaster bandages contain plaster of paris, which hardens out after it has been made wet due to a chemical re..
Orthopedic Foundation for Animals
The Orthopedic Foundation for Animals is an organisation that aims to research and prevent orthopedic and Hereditary diseases in animals. It focuses on dogs, though also studies other companion animals such as cats. It was founded by John M. Olin, who started the organisation after several of his do..
Orthopedic surgery
This fracture of the lower cervical vertebrae, known as a 'teardrop fracture' is one of the conditions treated by orthopaedic surgeons. Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics (also spelled orthopaedics, see below) is the branch of surgery concerned with acute, chronic, traumatic, and overuse injur..
Orthophoto
An orthophoto or orthophotograph is an aerial photograph that has been geometrically corrected ("orthorectified") such that the scale of the photograph is uniform, meaning that the photo can be considered equivalent to a map. Unlike an aerial photograph, an orthophotograph can be used to measure tru..
Orthopnoea
Orthopnoea is breathing difficulty which occurs when lying flat. Orthopnoea is a symptom of heart failure. It can also occur in those with asthma and chronic bronchitis. It is commonly measured according to the number of pillows needed to prop the patient up to enable breathing (Example: "3 pillow ..
Orthopoxvirus
Orthopox viruses include many species isolated from non-human mammals, such as Camelpox virus, Cowpox virus, Ectromelia virus (Mousepox virus), Monkeypox virus, Raccoonpox virus, Taterapox virus (African gerbil), Vaccinia virus (no natural reservoir), Buffalopox virus, Rabbitpox virus, Variola viru..
Orthopraxis
Orthopraxy is a term derived from Greek (ορθοπραξισ?) meaning "correct practice". It refers to accepted religious practices and may include both ritual practices as well as interpersonal acts. Some religions, notably Judaism and Islam, are more concerned with orthopraxis than orthodoxy (th..
Orthoptera
The Orthoptera are an order of insects with incomplete metamorphosis, including the grasshoppers, crickets and locusts. Many insects in this order produce sound (known as a "stridulation") by rubbing their wings against each other or their legs, the wings or legs containing rows of corrugated bump..
Orthopterology
Orthopterology is the scientific study of grasshoppers, crickets and other insects of the order Orthoptera. ..
Orthoptics
Orthoptics (from the Greek words ortho meaning "straight", and optikas meaning "vision" [link]) is the discipline dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of defective eye coordination, binocular vision, and functional amblyopia by non-pharmaceutical and non-surgical methods, e.g., glasses..
Orthoreovirus
|- style="text-align:center; background:violet;" !Species |- | style="padding: 0 .5em;" | Mammalian orthoreovirus Avian orthoreovirus |} Orthoreoviruses are members of the Reoviridae virus family. They have double stranded RNA genomes and are therefore group III viruses. These viruses infect verteb..
Orthorexia nervosa
Orthorexia, or orthorexia nervosa is a term coined by Dr. Steven Bratman, a Colorado specialist, to denote what he considers to be an eating disorder characterized by a "fixation" on eating healthful food. Bratman coined the term in 1997 from the Greek orthos, "correct or right", and orexis for "a..
Orthorhombic crystal system
In crystallography, the orthorhombic crystal system is one of the 7 lattice point groups. Orthorhombic lattices result from stretching a cubic lattice along two of its lattice vectors by two different factors, resulting in a rectangular prism with a rectangular base (a by b, which is different from ..
Orthorrhapha
Orthorrhapha is a circumscriptional name which historically was used for an infraorder of Brachycera, one of the two suborders into which the order Diptera, the flies, are divided. As the group was paraphyletic, it has not been used in classifications in the last decade, and is effectively obsolete,..
Orthos
Orthos can mean either: The Morning Prayer in Greek Christianity, see Lauds.A two-headed dog in Greek Mythology, also known as Orthrus.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 chang..
Orthosie
Orthosie can mean two things: The Greek goddess of prosperity, one of the HoraeOrthosie, a small moon of Jupiter 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 di..
Orthosie (moon)
Orthosie (or-thoe'-see-ə, IPA: [ɔrˈθoʊsiə] Greek = ?), or Jupiter XXXV, is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott Sheppard in 2001, and given the temporary designation S/2001 J 9. Orthosie i..
Orthosis
An orthosis is a device that is applied to a part of the body to correct deformity, improve function, or relieve symptoms of a disease. The word is derived from ortho, meaning straight. An Orthosis is an externally applied device which supports or assists the musculo-neuro-skeletal system See also..
Orthostat
An orthostat is a large stone set upright. Menhirs and other standing stones are technically orthostats although the term is only used by archaeologists to describe individual prehistoric stones that constitute part of larger structures. Common examples include the walls of chamber tombs and other..
Orthostatic
In medicine, Orthostatic refers to the state of standing. It is most frequently used to describe the condition Orthostatic hypotension (ICD-9 458.0), which means an unusually low blood pressure when the patient is standing up. Usually medical personnel have their patients "dangle" before rising fro..
Orthostatic hypotension
Orthostatic hypotension (also known as postural hypotension and, colloquially, as head rush) is a sudden fall in blood pressure, typically greater than 20/10 mm Hg, that occurs when a person assumes a standing position. Contents 1 Symptoms2 Causes3 Treatment and management3.1&nbs..
Orthostatic intolerance
Orthostatic intolerance is the failure of the body to properly adjust to an upright position, especially with respect to blood flow, heart rate, and blood pressure. A common manifestation of chronic orthostatic intolerance is postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. The loss of orthostatic tol..
Orthosuchus
Orthosuchus is an extinct genus of crocodylian. Judging from its narrow snout and weak teeth, it was a fish eater. ..
Orthoteny Principle
The Orthoteny Principle is a theory that states that UFO sightings generally occur in a straight line during a short term period of time. History The Orthoteny Principle was created by Aimé Michel, a French journalist, in 1958. The theory is extensively documented in the well known UFO researc..
Orthotes
Orthotes is a greek philosophy concept which means approximately "an eyes correction". In Plato's philosophy it's told to be the passage from the physical eyes to the eyes of the intelect. At least this seems to be the interpretation of Martin Heidegger (as says Marilena Chaui in her philosophy cla..
Orthotics
Orthotics is the medical field concerned with the application and manufacture of orthoses, devices which support or correct the function of a limb or the torso. The term is derived from the Greek "ortho", to straighten. Sciences such as materials engineering, gait analysis, anatomy and physiology, ..
Orthotic Prosthetic Center
The Orthotic Prosthetic Center (OPC) is a family owned and operated prosthetics lab with offices in Fairfax, Virginia and Rockville, Maryland. The company is also featured on [[Rebuilt: The Human Body Shop]], a reality TV show that debuted in January 2006 on the Discovery Health Channel. OPC was fou..
Orthotomic
In geometry, the orthotomic is the set of reflections of a given point around the tangents of a given curve. The evolute of the orthotomic is the catacaustic. The orthotomic is also the envelope of the circles through the point and centered on the curve. External links [Mathworld] ..
Orthotropic
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 directly to the intended article. Orthotropic is a term that can have several meanings In materials science, an..
Orthotropic deck
An orthotropic bridge or orthotropic deck is one whose deck material is an integral part of the bridge's load-bearing structure. Such decks, which integrate the bridge structure and the driving surface, are lighter and more efficient on long-span bridges than non-structural decks such as concrete...
Orthotropic material
This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one, or improve this page yourself}} if you can. See [discussion page] for details. An orthotropic material is a material that has two or more orthogonal planes of elastic symmetry, along ..
Orthovoltage X-rays
Orthovoltage X-rays are produced by linear accelerators operating at voltages in the 200–500 kV range, and therefore an energy in the 200–500 keV range (see External beam radiotherapy for an explanation of the maximum and mean energies as a function of voltage). When used to treat patien..
Ortho Bionomy
Ortho Bionomy is structural corrective bodywork that has its roots in osteopathy. It’s founder, the late Dr. Arthur Lincoln Pauls D.O., created the work in the 1970s. It is practised in Europe, North America, and many other places in the world. External link http://www.ortho-bionomy.ca/hist_phil_..
Orthrelm
Orthrelm is an avant garde rock duo originally from Washington, D.C., made up of Mick Barr (Crom-Tech, Octis, Ocrilim, The Flying Luttenbachers, Quix*o*tic, Angelblood ) on electric guitar and Josh Blair (Supersystem,ABCs, WWWIII) on drums. They play highly complex, structured music that is heavily..
Orthros
Orthros may refer to: Orthrus, the two-headed dog of Greek mythologyMatins, the Christian morning prayer serviceUltros, a recurring villain in the SNES game, Final Fantasy VI. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referre..
Orthrus
Orthrus is also a genus of jumping spiders. In Greek mythology, Orthrus (also called Orthros, Orthos, Orthus, Orth and Orphus) was a two-headed dog and the brother of Cerberus. He was owned by the three-bodied titan, Geryon. Orthrus and his master, Eurytion, were charged with guarding Geryon's her..
Orthrus (spider)
Orthrus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Etymology Orthrus was a two-headed dog, the brother of Cerberus in Greek mythology. Species Orthrus bicolor Simon, 1900 (Philippines)Orthrus calilungae Barrion, 1998 (Philippines)Orthrus muluensis Wanless, 1980 (Borneo)Orthrus..
Orticulation
Orticulation is a pamphlet collecting the single-panel cartoons by Win Jones from The Lawrentian, the student newspaper of Lawrence University. Orticulation features cartoons from 1950 through 1954. Most of the cartoons cover college life in the United States during the 1950s, though a couple feat..
Ortigas Center
Ortigas Center is the second most important commercial and business district in Metro Manila, Philippines. With an area of at least 100 hectares, the district is located at the boundary of Pasig City, Mandaluyong City, and Quezon City. It is governed by Ortigas Center Association, Inc. It is home t..
Ortigueira
Ortigueira, [43°41′02.50″N, 7°51′12.13″W] a seaport and borough of Ferrolterra in North-western Spain, in the province of A Coruña; on the northern slope of the Serra da Faladoira, on the river Mera and on the eastern shore of the Ria de Santa Marta--a winding, rock-bound and ..
Orting, Washington
Orting is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 3,760 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 History - A Suburb at Risk2 Geography3 Demographics4 External links History - A Suburb at Risk An evacuation Route sign, in Orting to be followed in case ..
Ortis
Ortis Deley is a British television presenter. Contents 1 Career1.1 Acting1.2 LWT1.3 Trouble TV1.4 BBC2 Other appearances Career Deley studied for a degree in Pharmacy at Sunderland University, which is a far cry from his present role as a TV presenter. Acting As a..
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Ortíz
Spanish surname around since the 12th century David Ortiz - Dominican Baseball player..
Ortizan Salossa
Ortizan Salossa (born in Papua) is an Indonesian footballer. His brother, Boaz, is also a footballer. Ortizan plays at Persija while Boaz plays at Persipura. They met in a match at the 2005 Liga Indonesia final, where Persipura beat Persija 3-2. ..
Ortler
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Ortler Alps
The Ortler Alps (Italian Ortles) are a mountain range in the central Alps of Italy. They are considered to be part of the Central Eastern Alps or the Southern Limestone Alps. The Ortler Alps are separated from the Livigno Range in the north-west by the Stelvio Pass and the Adda River valley (Valte..
Ortley, South Dakota
Ortley is a town in Roberts County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 54 at the 2000 census. Geography Ortley is located at [45°19′58″N, 97°11′51″W] (45.332650, -97.197628)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the t..
Ortner's syndrome
Ortner's syndrome is a rare cardiovocal syndrome and refers to recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy from cardiovascular disease Bickle IC et al., Ortner's Syndrome. The Ulster Medical Journal. 71(1) 55-56 [link]. It was first described by N. Ortner, a Dutch anatomist, in 1897. The most com..
Ortnit
Ortnit, or Otnit, German hero of romance, was originally Hertnit or Hartnit, the elder of two brothers known as the Hartungs, who correspond in German mythology to the Dioscuri. His seat was at Holmgard (Novgorod), according to the Thidrekssaga (ch. 45), and he was related to the Russian saga heroe..
Ortobene
Mount Ortobene ("Orthobene" in the local dialect) is the mountain of Nuoro, in central Sardinia, Italy. There are two main parks: "Sedda Ortai" and "Il Redentore". On its top there's the bronze Statue of Christ Redemptor made by Vincenzo Jerace in 1901. ..
Ortolan
Ortolan may mean Ortolan Bunting, a birdJoseph Louis Elzear Ortolan (1802-1873), French jurist 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 directly to the inte..
Ortolan Bunting
The Ortolan, or Ortolan Bunting, Emberiza hortulana, is a bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a passerine family now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae. The bird's common name is French, from the Latin hortulanus, the gardener bird, (from hortus, a garden). A nati..
Ortoli Commission
The Ortoli Commission is the European Commission that held office from January 6 1973 to 1977. It consisted of its president, François-Xavier Ortoli, and the other commissioners. It was the successor to the Mansholt Commission and was succeeded by the Jenkins Commission. Contents 1 Members..
Orton
Orton can refer to more than one place/person: Places Orton, CambridgeshireOrton, Carlisle, CumbriaOrton, Eden, CumbriaOrton, Moray People Beth OrtonJoe OrtonRandy OrtonBob OrtonBob Orton, Jr.Barry OrtonKyle OrtonEdward J. Orton, Sr.Edward J. Orton, Jr. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation&..
Orton, Cambridgeshire
Orton is a district of the City of Peterborough, England, United Kingdom. It is split into two wards, Orton Waterville and Orton Longueville. Orton was designated the second township in the New Town expansion of Peterborough. It is composed of the ancient villages of Orton Waterville and Orton Long..
Orton, Cumbria
There are two places in Cumbria called Orton Orton, CarlisleOrton, Eden This article consisting of geographical locations is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. If an referred you here, you might want to go back and fix it to ..
Orton, Eden
Orton is a small picturesque village in Cumbria, England containing many 17th and 18th century cottages. It is located at the foot of a hill called Orton Scar, which was used in the movie version Anne Brontë's novel The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. There are two becks flowing through the village. It h..
Orton/Smith Field Airport
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Ortona
See also Ortona dei Marsi. Ortona is a coastal town and municipality of the Province of Chieti in the Italian region of Abruzzo, 42°21N 14°24E, 72 m (236 ft) above sea-level, with 22,700 inhabitants (2003 census). A view of Ortona from the sea. Ortona was the site of fierce f..
Ortona dei Marsi
Ortona dei Marsi is a comune and town in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy ..
Ortonville
Ortonville is the name of several places in the United States: Ortonville in MichiganOrtonville in MinnesotaOrtonville Township in Minnesota 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..
Ortonville, Michigan
Ortonville is a village in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,535 at the 2000 census. Overview Ortonville, a northern exurb of Detroit, was founded in 1848 by Amos Orton who built a dam across Kearsley Creek to furnish water power for his sawmill. The town was platt..
Ortonville, Minnesota
Ortonville is a city in Minnesota at the southern tip of Big Stone Lake, along the border with South Dakota. The population was 2,158 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Big Stone County6. Big Stone Lake State Park is nearby. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the c..
Ortonville Township, Minnesota
Ortonville Township is a township in Big Stone County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,287 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 48.1 km² (18.6 mi²). 45.2 km² (17.5 mi²) of it is land and 3.0 km² (1.1 mi²) ..
Orton Ceramic Foundation
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Orton Grain
Orton Irwin Grain (August 9, 1863—?) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1899 to 1903, and again from 1907 to 1913. Grain was born in Fergus, Canada West (now Ontario), and attended the Toronto School of Medicine. He practiced medicine, a..
Orton Hall
Orton Hall, one of the oldest remaining buildings on The Ohio State University campus, opened in 1893 and is named after Dr. Edward J. Orton, Sr. who served as OSU's first president, Professor of Geology from 1873-1899, and Ohio's State Geologist from 1882 until his death in 1899. Orton Hall is a..
Orton Island, Queensland
Orton Island is an island about 1 km South East of Cape Grenville in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland, Australia, in Temple Bay about 200km North East of Iron Range National Park and LockhartRiver in the Cape York Peninsula. This island is part of Home Islands. Aerial photos & maps C..
Orton Mere
Orton Mere is a station on the Nene Valley Railway and is situated between Ferry Meadows and Peterborough Nene Valley. Location Situated in adjacent to the River Nene Sluice, and several moorings for boats navigating the River Nene, Places of interest Orton Mere provides access to the Wes..
Orton on the Hill
Orton on the Hill, from its high situation on a hill overlooking four counties, (also formerly called Wortone or Overtone) a parish in Sparkenhoe Hundred, Leicestershire. Orton adjoins Morebarne, Sheepy and Newhouse Grange on the south, Appleby and Austrey to the east. Domesday Book (1086) records i..
Orton Phonography
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Orton Township, Minnesota
Orton Township is a township in Wadena County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 220 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 90.1 km² (34.8 mi²). 89.1 km² (34.4 mi²) of it is land and 1.0 km² (0.4 mi²) of it (1.0..
Orto botanico di Palermo
The Orto Botanico di Palermo (Palermo Botanical Garden) is both a botanic garden and a research and educational institution forming part of, and managed by, the Department of Botany within the University of Palermo. It lies in the city of Palermo ([38°06′44″N, 13°11′15″E]) a..
Ortrand
Ortrand is a town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 24 km southwest of Senftenberg, and 36 km north of Dresden. ..
Ortrud
Ortrud is a female character from Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin (1848). Role In act I, Ortrud and her husband Friedrich von Telramund accuse Elsa von Brabant of murdering her brother Gottfried. Gottfried having disappeared, they claim the land of Brabant as Ortrud's. This claim fails when the mys..
Ortucchio
Ortucchio is a comune and town in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy ..
Ortuella
Ortuella is a town and municipality located in the province of Bizkaia, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. External link [ORTUELLA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)] () [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit &..
Ortvin Sarapu
Ortvin Sarapu MBE (22 January 1924 in Narva, Estonia – 13 April 1999 in Auckland, New Zealand) Known as "Mr NZ Chess", he dominated New Zealand chess from his arrival in New Zealand from Estonia in 1950 until his retirement in 1998. Represented New Zealand at 10 Chess Olympiads. and won the ..
Ortygia
Ortygia is an island in Siracusa, Sicily. The island is also known as Città Vecchia (Old City), it contains many of the Historical Landmarks of Siracusa. Leto could not have her children where she was so she went to the island Ortygia, and there she had one of her twins Artemis who was born fir..
ORT Braude College of Engineering
ORT Braude College offers a wide range of studies and training for careers in the latest technologies. The College's activities are concentrated in four areas Training students in engineering technologies, resulting in a Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree (B.Sc.); Preparing students for care..
OR Tambo District Municipality
OR Tambo is one of the 7 districts of Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of OR Tambo is Umtata. The majority of its 1 676 463 people speak IsiXhosa (2001 Census). The district code is DC15. Contents 1 Geography1.1 Neighbours1.2 Local municipalities2 Demographi..
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