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-physis
The word morpheme -physis occurs at the ends of some anatomical names, usually of projecting parts of bones, and in some names of animals (e.g. Coelophysis). If with a Greek preposition, as in e.g. X-physis, it means "a process which sticks out in the direction X"; otherwise it means "form", "natur..
-phyte
Biology prefixes and suffixes bio- myco- / -mycete phagy phyto- / -phyte -vore zoo- / -zoan Top - Introduction - Etymology - List of botanical terms ending in -phyte A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other terms ending in -phyte - See also - References ..
PHY
PHY is a generic electronics term referring to a special electronic integrated circuit or functional block of a circuit that takes care of encoding and decoding between a pure digital domain (on-off) and a modulation in the analog domain. PHY is also a common abbreviation for physical layer of OSI ..
Phyaces
Phyaces is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Species Phyaces comosus Simon, 1902 (Sri Lanka) External links [Photograph of P. comosus] ..
PHYceiver
PHYceiver is a device that operates at physical layer of OSI network model. An Ethernet PHYceiver is a chip which can send and receive Ethernet frames; it typically lacks such advanced features of network interface card (NIC) chips as Wake-on-LAN or Boot ROM support. Also, unlike NIC, a PHYceiver d..
Phycidae
Phycidae is a family of hakes in the order Gadiformes. They are native to the Atlantic Ocean, but the juveniles of some species enter estuaries.["Phycidae"]. FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. February 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006. In Nelson, this family is classified as..
Phycobilin
Phycobilins are photosynthetic pigments found in cyanobacteria and in the chloroplasts of red algae, glaucophytes and some cryptomonads (though not in green algae and higher plants). They are unique among the photosynthetic pigments in that they are bonded to certain water-soluble proteins, known as..
Phycobilisome
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Phycocyanin
Phycocyanin is an accessory pigment to bacteriochlorophyll and is part of the phycobilin accessory pigment family, along with allophycocyanin and phycoerythrin. All phycobilins, short for phycobiliproteins, are water soluble and therefore cannot exist within the membrane like carotenoids, but aggreg..
Phycoerythrin
Phycoerythrin is a red protein from the light-harvesting phycobiliprotein family, isolated from red, blue-green, and cryptomonad algae. A strong absorption peak exists at about 566nm, and a strong emission peak exists at 575nm +/-10 nm. (I.e.: phycoerythrin absorbs green light and emits red light...
Phycologia Australica
Phycologia Australica is one of the most important books on phycology of the 19th century written by William Henry Harvey in five volumes between 1858 and 1863 it is an extensive work. ..
Phycologia Britannica
William Henry Harvey (1811 - 1866) was the artist and engraver of Phycologia Britannica: A History of British Sea-weeds published in four folio volumes in London from 1846 to 1851. Collectors, as recorded by WHH, are noted below and include: J.Agardh (Adriatic Sea; West Indies; Mediterranean Sea)C...
Phycologist
A phycologist is a person who studies algae, including phytoplankton and other microalgae, and seaweeds. Similar to a mycologist, a person who has been professionally trained in mycology, the study of fungi. ..
Phycology
Phycology (or algology), a subdiscipline of botany, is the scientific study of algae. Algae are important as primary producers in aquatic ecosystems. Most algae are eukaryotic, photosynthetic organisms that live in a wet environment. They are distinguished from the higher plants by a lack of true r..
Phycomin
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. Phycomin is an extract of Aphanazomenon flos-aquae (AFA) cyanobacteria containing high concentrations of the ac..
Phycomyces
Phycomyces is a genus of fungi in the zygomycota family. They are known for their strong phototropism response. Image:Phycomyces2.JPG|Phycomyces sporangium with fingers for size comparison. Image:Phycomyces3.JPG|Phycomyces exhibiting strong phototoropism. Image:Phycomyces4.jpg|newly emerged Phy..
Phycomyces blakesleeanus
Phycomyces blakesleeanus is a filamentous fungus in the Order Mucorales of the Division Zygomycota. The spore-bearing sporangiophores of Phycomyces are very sensitive to light. Most Phycomyces research has focused on sporangiophore photobiology, such as phototropism and photomecism ('light growth ..
Phycomycosis
Phycomycosis is an uncommon condition of the gastrointestinal tract and skin most commonly found in dogs. The condition is caused by a variety of molds and fungi, and individual forms include pythiosis, zygomycosis, and lagenidiosis. Pythiosis is the most common type and is caused by Pythium, a t..
Phycoremediation
Phycoremediation, or algal phytoremediation, is the use of algae to remove heavy metals, animal waste, excess nutrients, and other pollution from water or soil. ..
Phygephilia
Phygephilia is the paraphilia involving sexual attraction to fugitives or being a fugitive. ..
Phylace
In Ancient Greece, Phylace was a kingdom. Its king, Protesilaus, was the first Greek hero killed in the Trojan War. Phylace today is a tiny village in the Magnesia prefecture, in central Greece, near Almyros. ..
Phylactery
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Phylactery may mean: Phylactery, Greek term for a Judaic tefillin, leather boxes worn on the arm and head, and which contain scrolls enscribed with specific Biblical verses. See also PhariseesPhylactery, an amulet to protect the we..
Phylacus
In Greek mythology, Phylacus founded the city of Phylace, Thessaly. He was the son of Deion and Diomede, husband of Clymene, and the father of Alcimede. ..
Phylaki
Phylaki is a modern village and the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan cemetery on Crete. Archaeology The site, discovered in 1981, is a Late Minoan IIIA tholos tomb. At least nine burials were made here. Artefacts found included a gold necklace, fifteen seal stones, amulets, bronze weapons..
Phylarchus
Phylarchus (in Greek Φυλαρχoς; lived 3rd century BC) was a Greek historical writer whose works have been lost, but not before having been considerably used by other historians whose works have survived. Contents 1 Life2 His influence3 His style4 His known works5 ..
Phyla (genus)
Phyla is a genus in the plant family Verbenaceae. It sometimes called Lippia or fogfruit. Some species, including Phyla scaberrima, bear edible leaves. ..
Phyle
There are several things that have the name Phyle (Greek φυλή, clan, race, people, derived from ancient Greek φυεσθαι - to descend, to originate): Phyle is an ethnological and sociological term for a tribe, particularly in ancient Greece.*derived from this, an ancient name of FyliA socio..
Phyletic gradualism
Phyletic gradualism is a macroevolutionary hypothesis rooted in uniformitarianism. The hypothesis states that species continue to adapt to new challenges over the course of their history, gradually becoming new species. Gradualism holds that every individual is the same species as its parents, and..
Phyleus
In Greek mythology, Phyleus was a son of King Augeas of Elis and father of Meges. He supported Heracles instead of his father (in the matter of the Augean Stables) and was exiled. After Heracles killed Augeas, he gave Phyleus the kingdom. But according to other versions, Phyleus fled his homeland..
Phylicia Rashad
In a Mother's Day survey, Rashad's character on The Cosby Show, Clair Huxtable, was named, "TV mom closest to your own mom in spirit." Phylicia Rashad (born Phylicia Ayers-Allen on June 19, 1948 in Houston, Texas) is an American activist and actress, known for her role as Clair Huxtable in the..
Phylidonyris
The genus Phylidonyris is a member of the Honeyeater family. ..
PHYLIP
PHYLIP is a free Computational phylogenetics package of programs for inferring evolutionary trees (phylogenies). The name is an acronym for PHYLogeny Inference Package. It consists of 35 portable programs, i.e. The source code is written in C and precompiled executables is available for Windows (95/..
Phylis Smith
Phylis Smith (born September 29, 1965) International Athlete sprinter from Great Britain who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres relay in Barcelona 1992 and won a Commonwealth Gold Medal in the 1994 Commonwealth Games. She specialized in the 400 metres event, and had a personal best of..
Phyllanthaceae
The Phyllanthaceae is a plant family (biology), previously known as subfamily Phyllanthoideae of the Euphorbiaceae. The subfamily Phyllanthoideae was split up from the Euphorbiaceae as a result of lineage analysis. The family comprises 9 tribes, 56 genera and about 1725 species of trees, shrubs an..
Phyllantheae
Phyllantheae is a tribe of the family Phyllanthaceae. It comprises 6 subtribes and 18 genera. ..
Phyllanthus
The genus Phyllanthus ( of the family Phyllanthaceae) comprises trees, bushes, and annual or biennial herbs distributed in all tropical and subtropical regions on Earth. Leafflower is the common name for all Phyllanthus species. The circumscription of this genus has been so confusing that in the 1..
Phyllaplysia
Phyllaplysia (Fischer, 1872) is a genus of sea hares, belonging to the family Aplysiidae. Some authors place it in a separate family Dolabriferidae. A more general description can be found on the page of the superfamily Aplysioidea. Phyllaplysia engeli Marcus, 1955*Distribution : tropical waters..
Phyllida Law
Phyllida Law (born 8 May, 1932) is a Scottish actress. She was born in Glasgow, Scotland to William and Megsie Law, who divorced after World War II. Law has worked extensively in both television, including appearances in Dixon of Dock Green and Rumpole of the Bailey. She was married to Eric Thom..
Phylliidae
The family Phylliidae (often misspelled Phyllidae) contains the true leaf insects or walkingleaves, which include some of the most remarkable leaf mimics in the entire animal kingdom. They occur from Southeast Asia to Australia. At present, there seems to be no consensus as to the preferred classi..
Phyllis
:For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Phyllis is a character in Greek mythology. She was the daughter of Lycurgus, King of Thrace who married Demophoon, son of Theseus, while he stopped in Thrace on his journey home from the Trojan war. Demophoon, duty bound to Greece, returns home to help ..
Phyllis (disambiguation)
Phyllis may be: Phyllis, Greek mythologyPhyllis (TV series)Phyllis (plant), a plant genus from the madder family (Rubiaceae) 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 lin..
Phyllis (TV series)
Phyllis was a sitcom which aired on CBS from 1975 to 1977. It was a spinoff of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. The show starred Cloris Leachman as Phyllis Lindstrom, who was previously Mary Richards' landlady on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. In the new series, Phyllis and her daughter Bess moved from Minne..
Phyllis A. Whitney
Phyllis Ayame Whitney (born September 9, 1903) is an American mystery writer. She was born in Japan to American parents and spent her early years in Asia. Rare for her genre, she writes mysteries for both the juvenile and the adult markets. A review in the New York Times has dubbed her "The Queen of..
Phyllis Benjamin
Phyllis Jean Benjamin AO, MBE (born; August 30, 1907, death; 1996) Australian Labor Party politician, was a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the electorate of Hobart from 10 May, 1952 until 1976. She stood for the division of Hobart as a Labor candidate when sitting member John Sound..
Phyllis Busansky
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Phyllis Calvert
Phyllis Calvert (February 18, 1915 - October 8, 2002) was an English film and stage actress. Born Phyllis Hannah Bickle in Chelsea, she had her first film role at the age of 12, in The Arcadians (1927). She first found success the film adaptation of H. G. Wells' Kipps (1941), but it was The Man in..
Phyllis Chesler
Phyllis Chesler (born October 1, 1940) is an American writer, psychotherapist, and professor emeritus of psychology and women's studies at the College of Staten Island (CUNY). She is known as a leading feminist psychologist, and is the author of thirteen books, including the best-seller, Women and ..
Phyllis Coates
Phyllis Coates in her most famous role as Lois Lane. Phyllis Coates (born Gypsie Ann Evarts Stell on January 15, 1927 in Wichita Falls, Texas) is an American actress. After finishing high school she went to Los Angeles to study at UCLA. However, a chance meeting with entertainner Ken Murray i..
Phyllis Coey
--> Phyllis Coey is the mother of the famous Christian anti-communist soldier John Alan Coey. Her husband is Ed Coey. Her son served in the Rhodesian Army in the 1970s and was killed in combat by African communist terrorists on July 19, 1975. During her son's stay in Rhodesia, she was the recipi..
Phyllis Coleman
Phyllis Coleman (born August 31, 1949 in White Plains, New York) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the August 1973 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by William Figge,Mel Figge and Ed DeLong. At the time of her Playmate photo shoot, Phyllis was doing p..
Phyllis Connor
Phyllis Connor is a cosmetics model from the 1960's. She was Estee Lauder, Inc.'s first exclusive spokesmodel in the earlier half of the decade. ..
Phyllis Court
Phyllis Court is a private members club in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, situated by the River Thames. The Club was founded in 1906 and is located in a Georgian-style building set within its own elegant grounds, close to the town centre. It overlooks the finish line of the Henley Royal Re..
Phyllis Covell
Women's Tennis Silver 1924 Doubles Phyllis Lindrea Covell (born May 22, 1895 as Phyllis Lindrea Howkins) was a female tennis player from Great Britain. She is best remembered for her silver medal at the Paris Olympics of 1924 in the women's doubles event (partnering Kathleen McKane). S..
Phyllis Curtin
Phyllis Curtin (born December 3, 1921) is an American soprano. Curtin was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia and studied at Wellesley College and the New England Conservatory. She made her operatic debut as Lisa in The Queen of Spades with the New England Opera in 1946. She became a star of the New ..
Phyllis Diller
--> Phyllis Diller (born Phyllis Ada Driver on July 17, 1917) is an American comedian who is considered one of the pioneers of female stand-up comedy. The stage character she created was a wild-haired, oddly-dressed housewife who was ugly but didn't realize it, and who made jokes about a husband na..
Phyllis Fraser
Phyllis Fraser Cerf Wagner (born April 13, 1916) is an American actress, journalist, and children's book publisher, and the co-founder of Beginner Books. She was born Helen Brown Nichols at Kansas City, Missouri. Her mother was Virginia Owens, daughter of Walter and Saphrona Owens, who were of Wels..
Phyllis Frelich
Phyllis Frelich (born February 29, 1944 in Devil's Lake, North Dakota), is, along with Marlee Matlin and Linda Bove, one of the three most noted deaf (or hearing impaired) U.S. actresses working in the entertainment industry since the late 20th century. Frelich was born in a small town in North Dak..
Phyllis George
Phyllis George (b. 25 June 1949 in Denton, Texas) is a American businesswoman. She is a former Miss Texas and Miss America of 1971. George attended the University of North Texas until crowned Miss Texas in 1971. At that time, Texas Christian University awarded scholarships to Miss Texas honorees. A..
Phyllis Glazer
Phyllis Glazer is the founder of Mothers Organized to Stop Environmental Sin (1992); a Winona, Texas, support group for victims of environmental pollution. In 2001, Glazer was diagnosed with a brain tumor. ..
Phyllis Gotlieb
Phyllis Fay Gotlieb (born May 26, 1926) is a Canadian science fiction novelist and poet who lives in Toronto, Ontario. Her novel A Judgement of Dragons won the Aurora Award for Best Novel in 1982. She is married to Calvin Gotlieb, a computer science professor. Works: Fiction*Why Should I Have All..
Phyllis Grosskurth
Phyllis M. Grosskurth (born 1924) is a Canadian biographer. Born in Toronto, Ontario, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree, honours English from the University of Toronto and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Ottawa. In 1962, she obtained her doctorate from the University of London a..
Phyllis Haislip
Phyllis Haislip (born September 1, 1944) is an American author and historian. Her best-known work may be “Lottie’s Courage,” the story of a contraband slave growing up in the aftermath of the American Civil War. Haislip’s work is informed by a Ph.D. from Columbia University in history an..
Phyllis Hartnoll
Phyllis Hartnoll (September 22, 1906 - January 8, 1997) was a British poet and author. Hartnoll studied at the University of Oxford, where she won the Newdigate prize for poetry in 1929. Later she worked as an editor on many Oxford University Press publications including the Oxford Companion to th..
Phyllis Haver
Phyllis Haver (January 6, 1899 - November 19, 1960) was a popular American actress of the silent film era. Contents 1 Early life2 Career3 Personal life4 External links Early life Born Phyllis O'Haver in Douglas, Kansas, Phyllis Haver relocated with her family to the then s..
Phyllis Hyman
Phyllis Hyman (July 6, 1949 - June 30, 1995) was a soul artist beloved by many musicians. She began her career as a silky-voiced singer influenced by jazz, and gradually moved towards heavily-produced urban contemporary ballads. She is remembered as one of the premier female vocalists of her time,..
Phyllis Jackson
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Phyllis Jean-Jacques
Phyllis Jean-Jacques was the wife of William Patrick Hitler. Born in Germany in 1923, she became known to William through her sister who kept in correspondance with him via mail. After starting a relationship with William, Germany was already in the midst of war, and so Patrick, Phyllis, and Bridg..
Phyllis Johnson
British figure skater Phyllis Johnson won the silver medal in pairs at the 1908 Olympic Games with James Johnson. They captured the gold at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1909 and 1912. In 1920, she won the bronze at the Olympics with new partner Basil Williams. That year, she also fi..
Phyllis Kahn
Phyllis Kahn is a retired professor of Biophysics and a DFL Representative in the Minnesota State Legislature for District 59B. Educated at Cornell (B.A. in Physics), Yale (Ph.D. in Biophysics), and Harvard (M.P.A.) Universities, Phyllis Kahn has been a long-time advocate for education, health care..
Phyllis King
Phyllis April King, English poet, was the collaborator and partner of Ivor Cutler. She appears on Dandruff, Velvet Donkey and Jammy Smears. ..
Phyllis Kirk
Phyllis Kirk (born as Phyllis Kirkegaard on 18 September 1929 in Syracuse, New York) is an American actress. She had polio as a child and as a result had difficulty walking later in life. Before entering show business on stage, Kirk worked as a sales clerk, waitress, and model. She was brought to ..
Phyllis Lambert
The Toronto-Dominion Centre. Phyllis Barbara Lambert, C.C., G.O.Q., M.Arch., O.A.L., F.R.A.I.C., F.R.S.C., R.C.A., LL.D (born January 24, 1927) is a Canadian architect and member of the Bronfman family. Born in Montreal, she studied at Vassar (BA-1948) and became involved in architecture after..
Phyllis Lindstrom
Phyllis Lindstrom (née Sutherland) was a fictional character on Mary Tyler Moore and it's spin-off Phyllis. She was played by actress Cloris Leachman. Mary's busybody friend Phyllis was a busybody who was always sticking her nose into other people's business, whether it was warranted or not..
Phyllis Logan
Phyllis Logan (born 11 January 1956 in Paisley, Scotland) is an actress. She is probably best known for her part in the 1996 Mike Leigh film Secrets & Lies and for her regular role in the television series Lovejoy as Lady Jane Felsham. Logan has also appeared regularly in various TV series such as..
Phyllis Love
Phyllis Love (born December 21, 1925 in Des Moines, Iowa) is an American theatre and television actress. Throughout the 1950s she acted in Broadway productions and the occasional film. She won the Clarence Derwent Award in 1951 for her role in The Rose Tattoo. On television, she appeared principa..
Phyllis Mudford
Phyllis (Mudford) King (August 23, 1905 - January 27, 2006) was the oldest living Wimbledon champion at age 100. She won the Wimbledon Ladies' Doubles Championship in 1931 with partner Dorothy S. Shepard-Barron. External Links [link] ..
Phyllis Nelson
Phyllis Nelson (born on 3 October, 1950 in Indiana), was an American singer. Nelson worked and recorded for several years from the late 1970s into the mid 1980s without achieving much success. Her records were usually dance tracks, and she had also recorded quite a number of records during the dis..
Phyllis Newman
Phyllis Newman (born March 19, 1933 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an actress and singer who was an frequent game show panelist on shows such as What's My Line? and Match Game. She was the only regular panelist of the daytime version of To Tell the Truth. Newman was married to Adolph Green from 19..
Phyllis O'Donell
Phyllis O'Donell was an Australian surfer. She won the first women's world surfing championship, held in 1964. ..
Phyllis Pearsall
Phyllis Pearsall, MBE (1906 - 1996) was the creator of the A to Z map of London, a distinguished painter and a writer. She was born Phyllis Isobella Gross in Dulwich, London on 25 September, 1906, the daughter of Alexander Gross, a Hungarian Jewish immigrant and an Irish Italian Roman Catholic suf..
Phyllis Preuss
Phyllis A. Preuss (born c.1939) is an American golf champion. She was runner-up to Anne Quast at the 1961 United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship and earned the Medal for the lowest round at the 1967 Championship. In 1964 Phyllis Preuss won the North and South Women's Amateur Golf Champions..
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (born January 4, 1933, Anderson, Idaho) is an American author best known for her children's-novel trilogy Shiloh (a 1992 Newbery Medal winner), Shiloh Season and Saving Shiloh, all made into movies. She is also known for her "Alice" book series; the short story collection The..
Phyllis Ross
Phyllis Gregory Ross, O.C., C.B.E., M.A., LL.D. (1903–1988) was the first woman Chancellor of the University of British Columbia and in the Commonwealth of Nations. In 1967, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. [link] In 1945, she married Frank MacKenzie Ross, the Lieute..
Phyllis Schlafly
Phyllis Schlafly (born on August 15, 1924, in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American conservative political activist known for her best-selling 1964 book A Choice, Not An Echo and her opposition to feminism (see antifeminism) in general and the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in particular. She is a wid..
Phyllis Seckler
Phyllis Evalina Seckler (1917 - 2004), also known as Soror Meral, was a IXth degree member of Ordo Templi Orientis She was Master of 418 Lodge of O.T.O. from its inception in 1979 through 2004, founder of the College of Thelema and co-founder with James Eshelman of the Temple of Thelema. She led bo..
Phyllis Shand Allfrey
Phyllis Shand Allfrey, a notable name in West Indian literature, was born in 1908 in the island of Dominica in the Caribbean. She is most famous for her only novel, 1953's The Orchid House, which was made in 1991 as a Channel 4 miniseries in the United Kingdom. In politics, she founded the Dominic..
Phyllis Sherwood
Phyllis Sherwood (born 30 September 1937 in Niagra Falls, New York) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its August 1963 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar. Phyllis has worked as a bookkeeper, typist and barmaid. She has also worked as a..
Phyllis Smith
Phyllis Smith is a American film and television actor who plays Phyllis Lapin on The Office. Partial filmography The OfficeThe 40 Year Old Virgin"Mean Girls"Arrested DevelopmentI Want Someone to Eat Cheese External links [Phyllis Smith] at [TV.com] ..
Phyllis Starkey
Dr Phyllis Margaret Starkey (born 4 January, 1947, Ipswich as Phyllis Margaret Williams) is a politician in the United Kingdom. She is Labour member of Parliament for Milton Keynes South West, and was first elected in 1997. She had previously been leader of Oxford City Council. Dr Starkey's parli..
Phyllis Summers Abbott
Phyllis Summers Romalotti Abbott is a fictional character in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. Phyllis has been portrayed by actress Michelle Stafford from 1994 to 1997 and from 2000 to the present. From 1997 to 1998, the role was played by Sandra Nelson Winkler. Character Currently a ..
Phyllis Thaxter
[[Image:Jon and Martha Kent Superman movie.jpg|thumb|Jonathan (Glenn Ford) and Martha Kent (Phyllis Thaxter) in [[Superman: The Movie]] (1978)]] Movie actress Phyllis Thaxter (born Phyllis St. Felix Thaxter November 20, 1921 in Portland, Maine) was the daughter of Maine Supreme Court Justice Sidney ..
Phyllis Webb
Phyllis Webb (born 8 April 1927) is a Canadian poet and radio broadcaster. Born in Victoria, British Columbia, she attended the University of British Columbia and McGill University. Webb was a writer and broadcaster for the CBC. In 1965 she created, with William A. Young, the radio programme, Ideas..
Phyllite
Phyllite Phyllite is a type of foliated metamorphic rock primarily composed of quartz, sericite mica, and chlorite; the rock represents a gradiation in the degree of metamorphism between slate and mica schist. Minute crystals of graphite, sericite, or chlorite impart a silky, sometimes golden..
Phyllo
"Filo" redirects here. Filo is also a synonym for LIFO. Phyllo (also spelled 'filo') dough is used in thin layers to make pastries and originated in Mediterranean cuisine. Versions of phyllo can also be used as crusts for pies or casseroles. Shredded phyllo is called kataifi and is also used for pa..
Phyllobacteriaceae
The Phyllobacteriaceae are a family of bacteria that contain nine genera. The most common of these is Mesorhizobium which contains some of the rhizobia species. ..
Phyllobates bicolor
Phyllobates bicolor, also known as the black-legged dart frog or bicolored dart frog, is the second most toxic of the wild poison dart frogs. This species obtained its name due to its normally yellow or orange body with black or dark blue hindlegs and forelimbs below the elbow. It lives in the lo..
Phyllobates terribilis
One of the largest of all poison dart frogs, Phyllobates terribilis is also the main source of poison hunting darts used by the Choco Embera people in Colombia's Rainforest. Contents 1 '''Poison'''2 ''' Phases'''2.1 Mint Green2.2 Yellow2.3 Orange2.4 '''Golden'''?..
Phylloceratina
The Phylloceratina suborder of ammonites are a group very extended throughout the Lower Triassic to Upper Cretaceous periods. They are typically the robust with small volutes, a general thickness and small navels. ..
Phyllocladus
Phyllocladus is a small genus of conifers, now treated in the Family Podocarpaceae. They are morphologically very distinct from the other genera in that family, and some botanists treat them in a family of their own, the Phyllocladaceae. However, genetic analysis shows that they fall within the Po..
Phyllocladus aspleniifolius
Phyllocladus aspleniifolius (Celery-top pine) is an endemic gymnosperm of Tasmania, Australia. It is found in rainforest as a dominant, in eucalypt forest as an understorey species, and occurs occasionally as a shrub in alpine vegetation. It is confined to areas of high rainfall and low fire frequ..
Phyllocladus trichomanoides
Phyllocladus trichomanoides (Tanekaha) is a coniferous tree native to New Zealand. Tanekaha is a medium-sized forest tree growing up to 20 m in height and 1 m trunk diameter. The main structural shoots are green for 2-3 years, then turn brown as the bark thickens. The leaves are sparse, tiny, sca..
Phyllodactylus
Classification of genus Phyllodactylus: Phyllodactylus angelensisPhyllodactylus angustidigitusPhyllodactylus apricusPhyllodactylus barringtonensisPhyllodactylus bauriiPhyllodactylus bordaiPhyllodactylus bugastrolepisPhyllodactylus clinatusPhyllodactylus darwiniPhyllodactylus davisiPhyllodactylus d..
Phyllodactylus angelensis
Phyllodactylus angelensis is a species of lizard, or more precisely gecko, that is in genus Phyllodactylus (or leaf-toed geckos). It may be found on islands in the Gulf of California, Mexico. It was first identified in 1966 by James R. Dixon. ..
Phyllodactylus angustidigitus
The Paracas Gecko (Phyllodactylus angustidigitus) was described by James R. Dixon and Raymond B. Huey in 1970. It is a medium-sized gecko with a maximum snout-vent length of 57 mm. This species is endemic from the Ica Department in southern Peru, and its known geographical distribution is restri..
Phyllodactylus kofordi
The Coastal Leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus kofordi) was described by James R. Dixon and Raymond B. Huey in 1970. It is a small gecko with a maximum snout-vent length of 46 mm. The type locality of this gecko is the Cerro La Vieja in the Peruvian Region of Lambayeque. ..
Phyllodactylus lepidopygus
Phyllodactylus lepidopygus is a gecko belonging to the genus Phyllodactylus ("leaf-toed" geckos). It was described by Tschudi in 1845. The species' natural habitat is restricted to the central coast of Peru, between the regions of Ica and Ancash. In the Lima region, a large portion of its coasta..
Phyllode
Phyllodes are modified petioles or leaf stems. In some plants, these become flattened and widened, while the leaf itself becomes reduced or vanishes altogether. Thus the phyllode comes to serve the purpose of the leaf. They are common in the genus Acacia, especially the Australian species, at o..
Phyllodes tumor
Phyllodes tumors (from Greek: phullon leaf) are large, bulky, fast growing masses that form from the intralobular stroma of the breast. They may be considered benign, borderline, or malignant depending on infiltration and mitoses. Phyllodes tumors are a fibroepithelial tumor composed of an epithelia..
Phyllodon
Phyllodon is the name given to a dubious genus of dinosaur from the Late Jurassic. It is a tooth taxa, known only from dentary fossils. It is believed to be an ornithopod, but given the fragmentary remains, little else is known. The only fossils found, from Portugal, are those of the type species,..
Phyllody
Development of floral parts into leafy structures, generally caused by virus or phytoplasma infection. ..
Phylloglossum
Phylloglossum is a genus in the clubmoss family Huperziaceae. It was previously classified either in the family Lycopodiaceae or in its own family the Phylloglossaceae, but recent genetic evidence demonstrates it is most closely related to the genus Huperzia. The only species, Phylloglossum drumm..
Phyllomedusa
Phyllomedusa is a genus of leaf frog from Central and South America. It ranges from Costa Rica southward to Argentina. It has around thirty species. Some Phyllomedusa species produce a waxy secretion that reduces the evaporative water loss of their bodies, thus keeping them from drying out. Som..
Phyllonastes
Phyllonastes is a genus of leptodactylid frogs. Species Phyllonastes carrascoicola De la Riva & Köhler, 1998.Phyllonastes duellmani Lehr, Aguilar, & Lundberg, 2004.Phyllonastes heyeri Lynch, 1986.Phyllonastes lochites (Lynch, 1976).Phyllonastes lynchi Duellman, 1991.Phyllonastes myrmecoides (Lyn..
Phyllopezus
Classification of genus Phyllopezus: Phyllopezus periosusPhyllopezus pollicaris ..
Phyllophaga
Phyllophaga is from Greek phyllon meaning "leaf" and phagein meaning "eat". It may refer to: Phyllophaga, a genus of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae.Phyllophaga, a name for the group of mammals containing the sloths, more usually called Folivora. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation]..
Phyllophaga (genus)
Phyllophaga is a very large genus (>260 species) of New World scarab beetles in the subfamily Melolonthinae. They are medium to large in size (8-25 mm) and are blackish or reddish-brown in color, without prominent markings, and often rather hairy ventrally. These beetles are nocturnal, coming to li..
Phyllopharyngea
The Phyllopharyngea are a class of ciliate protozoa, including some which are extremely specialized. Motile cells typically have cilia restricted to the ventral surface, or some part thereof, arising from monokinetids with a characteristic ultrastructure. In both chonotrichs and suctoria, however..
Phylloquinone
Phylloquinone Common name phylloquinone Systematic name 2-methyl-3-(3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadec-2-enyl)naphthalene-1,4-dione Other names vitamin K1;phytonadione;phytomenadione Chemical formula C31H46O2 Molecular mass ..
Phyllorhiza punctata
Phyllorhiza punctata is a species of jellyfish, also known as the Australian spotted jellyfish or the White-spotted jellyfish. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: [Special] ..
Phyllosphere
The phyllosphere is a term used in microbiology to refer to leaf surfaces or total above-ground surfaces of a plant as a habitat for microorganisms. The below-ground bacterial habitat (i.e. the root surfaces) are referred to as the rhizosphere. All plants are host to a numerous and diverse community..
Phyllostachys
Phyllostachys is a genus of bamboo. It is thought to be originally from Central China, but can now be found in many temperate and semi-tropical areas around the world. Phyllostachys plants have a prominent groove, called a sulcus, that runs along the length of each segment (or internode). Becaus..
Phyllostachys aureosulcata
Also known as "Yellow Groove", Phyllostachys aureosulcata is a running bamboo. The Yellow Groove name comes from the distinctive yellow coloring in the internode groove. This species can also have abrupt kinks at the base of the culms. Maximum height can reach 35+' with a diameter of 2". Cold ..
Phyllostachys nigra
Phyllostachys nigra, also known as Black Bamboo, is a species of Phyllostachys, a genus of Bamboo. A striking bamboo to use as a specimen plant, this naturally forms a dramatic tall, fairly upright shape. As the finger-thick canes mature, they become glossy jet black, showing up well aga..
Phyllota
Phyllota is an Australian genus from the family Fabaceae. External link [Phyllota] ..
Phyllotaxis
opposite leaf pattern In botany, phyllotaxis or phyllotaxy is the arrangement of the leaves on the shoot of a plant. The basic patterns are alternate, opposite, whorled or spiral. With an alternate pattern, leaves switch from side to side. In an opposite pattern, two leaves grow in opposite di..
Phylloxera
The phylloxera, a true gourmet, finds out the best vineyards and attaches itself to the best winesCartoon from Punch, 6 Sep. 1890) Grape Phylloxera (Daktulosphaira vitifoliae, family Phylloxeridae, superfamily Aphidoidea) is a pest of commercial grapevines worldwide, originally native to east..
Phyllurus
Classification of genus Phyllurus: Phyllurus amnicolaPhyllurus caudiannulatusPhyllurus championaePhyllurus gulbaruPhyllurus isisPhyllurus nepthysPhyllurus ossaPhyllurus platurus ..
PhyloCode
Types of Clade (Note: "Stem-based" is now "branch-based", to avoid confusion with the term "stem group" which means "total clade minus crown clade".) The PhyloCode is a developing draft for a formal set of rules governing phylogenetic nomenclature. Its current version is specifically designed ..
Phylogenesis (novel)
Phylogenesis (1999) is a science fiction novel written by Alan Dean Foster. The full title is sometime shown as Phylogenesis: Book One of The Founding of the Commonwealth. Foster formally establishes the beginnings of the Humanx Commonwealth in this novel. First contact had already been establis..
Phylogenetica
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Phylogenetics
In biology, phylogenetics (Greek: phylon = tribe, race and genetikos = relative to birth, from genesis = birth) is the study of evolutionary relatedness among various groups of organisms (e.g., species, populations). Also known as phylogenetic systematics, phylogenetics treats a species as a group..
Phylogenetic network
A phylogenetic network is any graph used to visualize evolutionary relationships between species or organisms. It should be employed when reticulate events such as hybridization, horizontal gene transfer, recombination, or gene duplication and loss are believed to be involved, and, even in the absen..
Phylogenetic System
Phylogenetic System: This is a system of biological classification. It is based on evolutionary sequence and genetic relationships among the organisms. Darwin's book "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection" or "The Preservation of Races in the Struggle of Life" (1859) provided suppo..
Phylogenetic tree
A phylogenetic tree is a tree showing the evolutionary interrelationships among various species or other entities that are believed to have a common ancestor. A phylogenetic tree is a form of a cladogram. In a phylogenetic tree, each node with descendants represents the most recent common ancest..
Phylogenomics
Phylogenomics is a method of assigning a function to a gene based on its evolutionary history in a Phylogenetic tree. Phylogenomics uses knowledge on the evolution of a gene to improve function prediction. ..
Phylogeography
Phylogeography is the study of the processes controlling the geographic distributions of lineages by constructing the genealogies of populations and genes . This term was introduced to describe geographically structured genetic signal within a single species. An explicit focus on a species' bio..
Phylogram
A phylogram is a phylogenetic genealogical tree showing the connection between different species.[link] Collected 5-6-6 References ..
Phylum
For the linguistic term, see Phylum (linguistics). For the plant, see Phyla (genus). Phylum (plural: phyla) is a taxon used in the scientific classification of life. "Phyla" is adopted from the Greek phylai the clan-based voting groups in Greek city-states. Phyla represent the largest generally acc..
Phylum (linguistics)
A phylum is a term in linguistics used for language classification which denotes the highest recognized level of hierarchy. Unlike a language family, the genetic relationship between members of a phylum does not have to be fully proven. ..
Phylum Monsters
Phylum Monsters is a science-fiction novel by Hayford Peirce. Contents 1 Plot introduction1.1 Explanation of the novel's title2 Plot summary3 Characters in \"~title of novel~\"4 Major themes5 Allusions/references to other works6 Literary significance & ..
Phymatodes nitidus
Phymatodes nitidus is a species of longhorn beetle. It lays its eggs on the surface of Giant Sequoia and Coast Redwood cones, into which the larvae then burrow. References Thomas, H. H., Shellhammer, H. S., and Stecker, R. E. 1980. [Giant sequoia ecology]. U.S. Department of the Interi..
Phymatopus
Phymatopus is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are six described species scattered across the Northern Hemisphere. Species P. behrensii - United States*Recorded food plants: Helenium, Lupinus, Malus, various ferns P. californicus - United States*Recorded food plants: Baccharis, Er..
Phymaturus
Classification of the genus Phymaturus Genus Phymaturus Phymaturus antofagastensisPhymaturus indistinctusPhymaturus mallimacciiPhymaturus nevadoiPhymaturus pallumaPhymaturus patagonicusPhymaturus payunaePhymaturus punaePhymaturus somuncurensisPhymaturus zapalensis ..
Phynd
Phynd is a LAN-indexing search engine used to facilitate peer-to-peer filesharing over a local area network. Although the search engine merely indexes public data that users elect to share through an integrated sharing feature in Microsoft Windows, its creators were sued by the RIAA for copyright i..
Phyntos Wasp
The Phyntos Wasp is a species in the fantasy MMORPG Asheron's Call. It is a small wasp that inhabits many areas of Dereth. The Phyntos Wasp comes in many species. The most common types are the red, blue and gold varieties. Red Phyntos wasps are common near Holtburg and Shoushi. The blue Phyntos w..
PhyQuest Connexion
Connexion is the name of a risk-reduction system developed by PhyQuest. The system ensures the communication of critical non-emergent radiology findings and was first introduced August 20, 2002, with Wellstar Health Systems and Quantum Radiology Northwest at Kennestone Hospital. The reporting syst..
Phyresis
Phyresis is the term applied for continual and boundless biological generation in the fictional world of [[Magic: The Gathering]]. Phyresis is a kind of philosophical vision created by the Thran Yawgmoth and applied in earnest in his realm of Phyrexia. It is the catagorical opposite of the pthisi..
Phyrexia
Phyrexia is one of several [[plane (Magic: The Gathering)|planes]] featured in the trading card game [[Magic: The Gathering]]. It is often called the final Hell for artifacts. Sorcerers are constantly seeking the aid of the artifacts and artifact-creatures found in Phyrexia, but there is always a pr..
Phyrganeoidea
Phyrganeoidea, the giant caddisfly superfamily, may be paraphyletic with Limnephiloidea. ..
Phyroid press
A fore runner of Hangman books, the Phyroid press was formed in 1979 by Billy Childish and Sexton Ming, publishing over 30 pamphlets of their poetry. ..
Physalaemus
Physalaemus is a genus of leptodactylid frogs. These frogs are found in Central- and South America. Species Physalaemus aguirrei Bokermann, 1966.Physalaemus albifrons (Spix, 1824).Physalaemus albonotatus (Steindachner, 1864).Physalaemus atlanticus Haddad & Sazima, 2004.Physalaemus barrioi Bokerma..
Physalin
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. Physalins are steroidal constituents of Physalis plants possessing a novel 13,14-seco-16,24-cycloergostane ske..
Physalis
For the software framework, see Physalis (software). Physalis is a genus of plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae, native to warm temperate and subtropical regions throughout the world. The genus is characterised by the small orange fruit similar in size, shape and structure to a small tomato..
Physalis (software)
Physalis is a project to build software that allows users to run a service framework (OSGi-like) on top of Microsoft .NET capable devices and computers. The project itself is a collaborative work of two persons, Karen Tamrazyan and Romuald Tisserand. In fact, this is the first attempt ever to create..
Physalis alkekengi
Physalis alkekengi (Chinese Lantern or Bladder-cherry), is a relative of P. peruviana (Cape Gooseberry), easily identifiable by the larger, bright orange to red papery covering over its fruit, which resemble Chinese lanterns. It is native from southern Europe east across southern Asia to Japan. I..
Physalis angulata
Physalis angulata is a widely-distributed herbaceous annual plant known by several names, including cutleaf groundcherry, wild tomato, camapu, and winter cherry. It is a member of the nightshade family Solanaceae. The leaves are dark green and roughly oval, often with tooth shapes around the edg..
Physalis peruviana
Physalis peruviana (commonly known as the Cape Gooseberry or Ground-cherry or Golden Berry) is a species of Physalis indigenous to Central America, but grows well in Africa. It is related to the tomato, not at all related to the gooseberry or the Chinese gooseberry that the common name might sugge..
Physcia stellaris
Physcia stellaris is a species of lichen. It is pale grey, but darker in the centre, and lacks isidia, lobules, soredia and prusina. It tests negative with potassium hydroxide. ..
Physena
Physena is a genus of flowering plants endemic (ecology) to Madagascar. It contains two species of shrubs and small trees. Physena is the sole genus of family Physenaceae. External link [Physenaceae at the DELTA database] ..
Physenaceae
Physenaceae is the botanical name for a family of flowering plants. This family has been only recently recognized by taxonomists. The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, of 1998), does recognize this family and assigns it to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots...
Physetocaris
Physetocaris is a genus of caridean shrimps, of the family Pandalidae. This genus was previously given its own superfamily (Physetocaridoidea) and family (Physetocarididae). ..
Physharmonica
The physharmonica is a keyboard instrument fitted with free reeds, a kind of harmonium much used in Germany. It resembles a small harmonium, but is differentiated from it by having no stops; being without percussion action, it does not speak readily or clearly. As in the harmonium, the bellows are w..
Physical
Physical can mean any of the following things. Pertaining to physics, the study of things related to matter and energyRelated to the bodyRelated to material things; see natureA specification of the quality of an object to occupy spacePhysical examination, a regular overall check-up with a doctorSon..
Physical-to-Virtual
Also known as "P2V" Physical-to-Virtual describes the process of decoupling and migrating a physical server's OS, applications, and data from a physical server to a virtual machine guest hosted on a virtualization platform. Contents 1 Methods of P2V1.1 Manual P2V1.2 Semi-automated ..
Physicalism
Physicalism is the metaphysical position (associated particularly with Quine) that everything is physical; that is, that there are no kinds of things other than physical things. Likewise, physicalism about the mental is a position in philosophy of mind which holds that the mind is a physical thing i..
Physically Unable to Perform
A rule in the NFL which allows teams to designate players as "Physically Unable to Perform" or "PUP". Once they are designated as such, they are prohibited from practicing with the team. They can, however, rehabilitate and participate in team meetings. If a player begins training camp on the PUP lis..
Physical (Olivia Newton-John album)
Tracklist Side A Landslide (by John Farrar)Stranger's Touch (by John Farrar & Steve Kipner)Make a Move on Me (by John Farrar & Tom Snow)Falling (by John Farrar)Love Make Me Strong (by Terry Britten & Sue Shifrin) Side B Physical (by Steve Kipner & Terry Shaddick)Silvery Rain (by Hank Marvin)Carri..
Physical (Olivia Newton-John song)
"Physical" Single by Olivia Newton-John From the album Physical Single Released September 1981 Recorded Summer 1981 Song Length 3:45 Record label MCA Chart positions #1 (USA)#1 (Australia)#7 (UK) Olivia Newton-John single chronology "Xanadu"1980 "Physical"1981 "Make a Move On Me"1982 "..
Physical (song)
"Physical" is a 2004 song by the Swedish band Alcazar. The song prominently features a sample from Londonbeats #1 single I've Been Thinking About You. ..
Physical (Sri Aurobindo)
Sri Aurobindo and The Mother Books: Life Divine, Synthesis of Yoga, Savitri, The Mother, Letters, Agenda Teachings: *Involution, Evolution *Integral yoga, Triple transformation *Physical, Vital, Mental, Psychic, Spirit *Overmind, Supermind, Gnostic being Sacred Structures: *Matrimandir Communitie..
Physical abuse
Articles related to Abuse By means Abstract concepts Violence / Coercion Abuse of power / Persecution Physical abuse Torture Child abuse Domestic violence Psychological abuse Humiliation / Intimidation Mobbing / Bullying Hate speech / Manipulation Stalking / Cyberstalking Relational a..
Physical address
In computer science, a physical address is the address presented to a computer's main memory in a virtual memory system, in contrast to the virtual address which is the address generated by the CPU. Virtual addresses are translated into physical addresses by a memory management unit (abbreviated MMU..
Physical Address Extension
In computing, Physical Address Extension (PAE) refers to a feature of x86 processors that allows for up to 64 gigabytes of physical memory to be used in 32-bit systems, given appropriate operating system support. PAE is provided by Intel Pentium Pro and above CPUs (including all later Pentium-series..
Physical and logical storage
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Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory
The Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory (PCTL) is a major chemistry laboratory at the University of Oxford, England. It is located in main science area of the University on South Parks Road. Previously it was known as the Physical Chemistry Laboratory. Selected chemists John AlberyRonnie..
Physical anthropology
Physical anthropology, or biological anthropology, studies the mechanisms of biological evolution, genetic inheritance, human adaptability and variation, primatology, primate morphology, and the fossil record of human evolution. See also: Race. Physical anthropology developed in the 19th century, p..
Physical appearance of Michael Jackson
American musician Michael Jackson is said to have had extensive plastic surgery to change his appearance. Along with his skin conditions, Michael Jackson's plastic surgery has blurred the traditional and conventional barriers surrounding race and gender in society. Skin color Although Jackson'..
Physical attractiveness
Physical attractiveness is the perception of the physical traits of an individual human person or a group, race, or type of people, as attractive or beautiful. Such beauty or attractiveness can include many various implications, including but not limited to sexual attractiveness, "cuteness", and ph..
Physical attractiveness stereotype
The physical attractiveness stereotype is a term that psychologists use to refer to the tendency to assume that people who are physically attractive also possess other socially desirable personality traits. Many studies have found that people tend to think that more attractive people are also happi..
Physical body
In physics, a physical body (sometimes called simply a body or even an object) is a collection of masses, taken to be one. For example, a baseball can be considered an object but the baseball also consists of many particles (pieces of matter). Specifically, a physical body is an object which can b..
Physical body (Theosophy)
The Physical body is understood in Theosophy as simply the last of seven progressively denser "vehicles of consciousness". In Blavatskyian Theosophy it is called by the Vedantic name sthula sarira - "gross body" - and distingusihed from the linga sarira, the "subtle body" or astral double. These t..
Physical capital
In general physical capital refers to any non-human asset made by humans and then used in production. Often, it refers to economic capital in some ambiguous combination of infrastructural capital and natural capital. As these are combined in process-specific and firm-specific ways that neoclassical ..
Physical change
In chemistry, a physical change is when a substance undergoes some form of change that does not change the substance at the molecular level (i.e. a chemical change). Physical changes do not create new substances, as in a chemical change, but result in the same substance in a different form or shape...
Physical characteristics of the Buddha
Part of a onBuddhism History of Buddhism Timeline of Buddhism Buddhist councils Foundations Four Noble Truths Noble Eightfold Path The Five Precepts Nirvāna · Three Jewels Buddhism In Depth Three marks of existence Skandha · Karma · Dharma Samsara · Rebirth..
Physical chemistry
According to renowned chemist Gilbert Lewis "Physical chemistry is anything interesting." As a combined science of physics, chemistry, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, and quantum mechanics it functions to provide molecular-level interpretations of observed macroscopic phenomena. Typically, chang..
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) is a scientific journal published since 1996 by the Royal Society of Chemistry on behalf of fourteen participating societies: the Deutsche Bunsen-Gesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie, Institute of Chemistry of Ireland, Israel Chemical Society, Kemisk F..
Physical Coding Sublayer
The Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS) further helps to define physical layer specifications for 10 gigabit ethernet after having been broken down into their Physical Media Dependent Sublayer or PMD. Each sublayer places the 10GBASE standards into either LAN or WAN specifications. Physical Coding Subla..
Physical coefficient
A physical coefficient is an important number that characterizes some physical property of a technical or scientific object. A coefficient also has a scientific reference which is the reliance on force.To find the coefficient of a chemical compound, you must balance the elements involved in it. Fo..
Physical comedy
Physical comedy is comedic performance relying mostly on the use of the body to convey humor. Whether a pratfall (i.e. landing on the buttocks), a silly face or by walking into walls, physical comedy (even used to entertain small children) is very rarely subtle, but a clownesque exploitation of th..
Physical compression
Physical compression is the result of the subjection of a material to compressive stress, resulting in reduction of volume. Compression has many implications in material science, physics and structural engineering, for compression yields noticeable amounts of stress and tension. By inducing compre..
Physical computing
This article lacks information on the [Importanceimportance] of the subject matter. If you are familiar with it, please expand the article, or discuss its significance on the talk page. Physical computing, in the broadest sense, means building interactive physical systems by the use of sof..
Physical constant
In science, a physical constant is a physical quantity whose numerical value does not change. It can be contrasted with a mathematical constant, which is a fixed value that does not directly involve a physical measurement. There are many physical constants in science, some of the most famous being ..
Physical cosmology
Physical cosmology Age of the universeBig BangMetric expansion of spaceComoving distanceCosmic microwave backgroundDark energyDark matterFLRW metricFriedmann equationsGalaxy formationHubble's lawInflationLarge-scale structureLambda-CDM modelNucleosynthesisObservable universeRedshiftShape of t..
Physical culture
Physical culture is the promotion of muscular growth, strength and health through various physical exercise regimens like resistance training, bodybuilding, sports, stretching, and posture correction techniques. Eugen Sandow and Bernarr Macfadden were two of its earliest popularisers. Bernarr Macf..
Physical custody
Physical custody involves the day-to-day care of a child and establishes where a child will live. The parent with physical custody has the right to have his/her child live with him/her. If a child lives primarily with one parent, that parent is said to be the custodial parent with sole physical cu..
Physical data model
A physical data model (a.k.a. database design) is a representation of a data design which takes into account the facilities and constraints of a given database management system. In the lifecycle of a project it is typically derived from a logical data model, though it may be reverse-engineered fro..
Physical dependence
Physical dependence describes increased tolerance of a drug combined with a physical need of the drug to function. Abrupt cessation of the drug is typically associated with negative physical withdrawal symptoms. Physical dependence is distinguished from addiction. While addiction tends to descr..
Physical economics
Physical economics is a school of thought and area of research in economics that aims to study the economy along the lines of natural sciences (in particular, physics) with the use of mathematical modeling. Physical economics puts aside the financial and monetary aspects of the economy, and treats..
Physical education
Physical Education Physical instruction at the U.S. Naval Training Station, Newport, RI, 1917 In most educational systems, physical education (PE), also called physical training (PT) or gym, is a course in the curriculum which utilizes the learning medium of large-muscle activities in a play ..
Physical Education (album)
This article or section contains information about scheduled or expected . Physical Education is the sophomore album by Brooke Valentine, due to be released on October 3, 2006 (see 2006 in music). The album contains the lead singe D-Girl (Dope Girl), that features Pimp C in it. [Vale..
Physical Education Association of the United Kingdom
The Physical Education Association of the United Kingdom (PEAUK) is the leading body in the United Kingdom for physical education. It was founded in 1899 as the Ling Association. External links [Official website] ..
Physical effect
Physical effect is transformation at which physical action on an object causes the occurrence of some field or action. As a rule, these are phenomena connected with the transformation of energy or with a change of aggregation state. One of the basics terms in TRIZ, a problem solving methodology. ..
Physical effects
Physical effects is the term given to a sub-category of special effects in which mechanical or physical effects are recorded. Visual effects are usually planned in preproduction and created in production. Physical effects may be divided into at least four categories: ExplosionsSpecial mechanical r..
Physical evidence
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Physical examination
In medicine, the physical examination or clinical examination is the process by which the physician investigates the body of a patient for signs of disease. It generally follows the taking of the medical history — an account of the symptoms as experienced by the patient. Together with the medi..
Physical exercise
"Exercise" redirects here. For , see exercise (options). U.S. Marine emerges from the water upon completing the swimming portion of a triathlon. Physical exercise is the performance of some activity in order to develop or maintain physical fitness and overall health. It is often directed towar..
Physical Fatness
Fat Music Volume 3: Physical Fatness was the third compilation album released by the Fat Wreck Chords record label, in 1997. Track list "Olive Me" - NOFX"Stand" - Good Riddance"Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?" (cover of TV show theme) - Snuff"Ultimate Devotion" - Strung Out"Biggest Joke" - ..
Physical fitness
Physical fitness is an attribute required for service in virtually all militaries. --> The notion of physical fitness is used in two close meanings. Contents 1 General fitness2 Task-oriented fitness2.1 Military-style3 Notable fitness instructors4 See also5 Ex..
Physical Fitness Badge
Army Physical Fitness Badge The Physical Fitness Badge is an award of the United States Army and is presented to those soldiers who obtain a score of 270 (or higher, with a score of 90 or above in each event) on the 300-point scale of the Army’s physical fitness test. The Physical Fitness ..
Physical force Irish republicanism
Patrick Pearse"President of the Provisional Government", leader of the 1916 Rising. Physical force Irish republicanism is a term used by historians in Ireland to describe the recurring appearance of non-parliamentary violent insurrection in Ireland between 1798 and the present. It is often desc..
Physical formatting
Redirect [[Template:Merge]]Physical formatting, or low-level formatting, is the division of hard disk platters into tracks, sectors, and cylinders. Tracks, sectors, and cylinders define the divisions in which a hard disk accesses a data from a hard disk platter. This was considered to be a dangerous..
Physical geodesy
Ocean basins mapped with satellite altimetry. Seafloor features larger than 10 km are detected by resulting gravitational distortion of sea surface. (1995, NOAA) Physical geodesy is the study of the physical properties of the gravity field of the Earth, the geopotential, with a view to their ..
Physical geography
Physical geography or physiography is a subfield of geography that focuses on the systematic study of patterns and processes within the hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, and lithosphere. It aims to understand the physical layout of the Earth, its weather and global flora and fauna patterns. Many a..
Physical gill
Physical gills are a type of structural adaptation common among aquatic insects, in which atmospheric oxygen is held within an area into which the spiracles open. The structure (often called a plastron) typically consists of dense patches of hydrophobic setae on the body, which prevent water entry i..
Physical Graffiti
Physical Graffiti is a double album by the English rock and roll band Led Zeppelin. The album was released on February 24, 1975 (see 1975 in music) and was the band's first release on their own Swan Song Records label. Physical Graffiti has proven to be one of the band's most popular albums. It..
Physical Illucinations in the Sewer of Xuchilbara (The Red God)
Physical Illucinations in the Sewer of Xuchilbara (The Red God) is an EP by British cinematic industrial black metal band The Axis of Perdition. It was released on 15 November 2004 (see 2004 in music) on Code666 Records, catalogue number CODE026. Originally intended to be half of a split CD wit..
Physical information
In physics, physical information refers generally to the information that is contained in a physical system. Its usage in quantum mechanics is important, for example in the concept of quantum entanglement to describe effectively direct or causal relationships between apparently distinct or spatially..
Physical intimacy
"Caress" redirects here. There is also the U.S. community of Caress, West Virginia. Physical intimacy is informal proximity and/or touching, usually between two persons. It can be enjoyed by itself and/or be an expression of feelings (such as close friendship, love, and/or sexual attraction) which ..
Physical inventory
Physical inventory is a process where a business stops all inventory transactions, and physically counts its entire inventory. A physical inventory may be mandated by financial accounting rules or the tax regulations to place an accurate value on the inventory, or the business may need to count inv..
Physical law
A physical law, scientific law, or a law of nature is a scientific generalization based on empirical observations of physical behavior. They are typically conclusions based on the confirmation of hypotheses through repeated scientific experiments over many years, and which have become accepted unive..
Physical layer
OSI Model 7 Application layer 6 Presentation layer 5 Session layer 4 Transport layer 3 Network layer 2 Data link layer 1 Physical layer The physical layer is level one in the seven level OSI model of computer networking. It performs services requested by the data link layer. This level re..
Physical linguistics
Physical linguistics, which was invented by the chief scientist of Yang's Scientific Research Institute, Tao Yang in 2002, consists of two indispensable components: computational verbs and computational nouns. The computational verb theory addresses issues of computational verbs while probability ..
Physical manipulation
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Physical map
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Physical Markup Language
Physical Markup Language (PML) is a markup language based on XML for communicating a description of physical environments and the objects within them, their relationships to you, each other and the space. Within a location the devices (RFID tags) controlled by the PML language act as parts of a brow..
Physical Media Dependent
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Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) or physiatry is a branch of medicine dealing with functional restoration of a person affected by physical disability. A physician who has completed training in this field is referred to as a physiatrist (fizz ee at' trist). In order to be a physiatrist..
Physical memory
The computer hardware that is the primary memory system of a computer (normally RAM). The term is only used in contrast to logical memory or Virtual memory. ..
Physical modelling synthesis
Physical modelling synthesis is the synthesis of sound by using a set of equations and algorithms to simulate a physical source of sound. Sound is then generated using parameters that describe the physical materials used in the instrument and the user's interaction with it, for example, by plucking..
Physical oceanography
World Oceans Physical oceanography is the study of physical conditions and physical processes within the ocean, especially the motions and physical properties of ocean waters. Physical oceanography is one of several sub-domains into which oceanography is divided; others include biological, c..
Physical optics
In physics, physical optics, or wave optics, is the branch of optics which studies interference, diffraction, polarization, and other phenomena for which the ray approximation of geometric optics is not valid. This usage tends not to include effects such as quantum noise in optical communication. ..
Physical paradox
A physical paradox is an apparent contradiction relating to physical descriptions of the universe. As such, there are many different uses for the term ranging from a challenging thought experiment that seems to belie common sense to an actual breakdown of the mathematical theory that describes the p..
Physical phenomenon
Lightning. A physical phenomenon is a phenomenon that is describable by physics and involved with some form of matter, energy, or spacetime. Physical phenomena are usually regarded as, at least in theory, subjects of observation - Niels Bohr, one of the fathers of quantum mechanics, is quoted..
Physical plane
Planes of existence Subtle bodies Theosophy Causal plane: Causal body Mental plane: Mental body Astral plane: body, projection Etheric plane: Etheric body Physical plane: Physical body Rosicrucian The 7 Worlds & the 7 Cosmic Planes The Seven-fold constitution of Man The Ten-fold constitut..
Physical plant
A physical plant or mechanical plant refers to the necessary infrastructure used in support of a given facility. The operation of these facilities, or the department of an organization which does so, is called plant operations. This usually includes air conditioning (both heating and cooling syste..
Physical property
1) A physical property is an aspect of an object that can be experienced using one of the five human senses without changing its chemical composition: touch, taste, smell, sight or sound, or, in an extended sense, detected through any measuring device. 2) Properties can be intensive or extensive 3..
Physical quality
Physical quantities are well understood in physics, and it is common today to see physical theories as connecting physical quantities. In fact, physical quantities can be seen as coordinates over abstract manifolds, the spaces of physical qualities. Then, physical theories can be developed intrinsic..
Physical quality-of-life index
The physical quality-of-life index (PQLI) is an attempt to measure the quality of life or well-being of a country. The value is a single number derived from basic literacy rate, infant mortality, and life expectancy at age one, all equally weighted on a 0 to 100 scale. It was developed for the Over..
Physical quantity
A physical quantity is either a quantity within physics that can be measured (e.g. mass, volume, etc.), or the result of a measurement. Physical quantities are usually expressed as the product of a numerical value and a physical unit (SI units are usually preferred today). The notion of physical dim..
Physical Readiness Test
A Physical Readiness Test is conducted by United States military organizations to determine the physical fitness of an ensign. There are multiple scoring ranges including (from lowest to highest): satisfactory, good, excellent, and outstanding with low, medium and high in each category. The required..
Physical Realm (Legacy of Kain)
The Physical Realm (a.k.a. the Material Realm) is a fictional world from the Legacy of Kain series. The Physical Realm has appeared in [[Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain]], [[Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver]], [[Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2]], and [[Legacy of Kain: Defiance]]. It is essentially identical to..
Physical Research Laboratory
The Physical Research Laboratory is a national centre for research in space and allied sciences, supported mainly by Department of Space. This research laboratory currently has ongoing research programmes over astronomy and astrophysics, planetary atmosphere and aeronomy, earth sciences, solar sys..
Physical restraint
Physical restraint refers to the practice of rendering people helpless or keeping them in captivity by means such as handcuffs, shackles, straitjackets, ropes, straps or other forms of physical restraint. Alternatively, unarmed combat techniques or sheer force of numbers may be used to restrain a ..
Physical Review
Physical Review (frequently abbreviated as Phys. Rev.) is one of the oldest and most-respected scientific journals publishing research on all aspects of physics. It is published by the American Physical Society (APS). History Physical Review commenced publication in July 1893, organized by Cornell ..
Physical Review Focus
Physical Review Focus is an internet service of the American Physical Society, aiming to explain new developments in physics in a language understandable to the educated non-physicist. One or two short articles are published weekly and are available without payment. External link http://focus.aps...
Physical Review Letters
Physical Review Letters is one of the most prestigious journals in physics. Since 1958, it has been published by the American Physical Society as an outgrowth of The Physical Review. Physical Review Letters specializes in short articles called "letters", at most four or five pages long. External l..
Physical science
Physical science is an encompassing term for the branches of natural science, and science (generally), that study non-living systems, in contrast to the biological sciences. However, the term "physical" creates an unintended, somewhat arbitrary distinction, since many branches of physical science a..
Physical security
Physical security describes measures that prevent or deter attackers from accessing a facility, resource, or information stored on physical media. It can be as simple as a locked door or as elaborate as multiple layers of armed guardposts. The field of security engineering has identified three elem..
Physical Society of London
The Physical Society of London, England, existed from 1874 to 1921. It was a scientific society and produced the Proceedings of the Physical Society of London. The society later became the Physical Society and then the Institute of Physics (IOP). Reference [Information] from [NAHSTE&..
Physical strength
The magnitude of physical strength, often referred to as just strength, determines the ability of a person or animal to exert force on physical objects using muscles. Increasing physical strength is the goal of strength training. Strength can be divided into two categories. Short-term endurance an..
Physical symbol system
The physical symbol system hypothesis was formulated by Newell and Simon (1963) as the result of success of GPS (General Problem Solver) and subsequent programs as models of cognition. It states that "a physical symbol system has the necessary and sufficient means of general intelligent action." W..
Physical system
A physical system is a system that is comprised of matter and energy, about we are capable of gaining knowledge using the tools physics. In this context, a "system" is taken to mean "an interrelated, interworking set of objects that operates independently". For example, a lake is a physical system,..
Physical theater
Physical theater is a general term describing a genre of performance in which action is given primacy or equal expression to other theatrical elements. It may utilize pre-existing text, but the first consideration is the body. It is a highly visual theater. The action in physical theater may have..
Physical theatre
Physical theatre is a catch-all term used to describe any mode of performance that pursues storytelling through primarily physical means. There are several quite distinct traditions of performance which all describe themselves using the term "physical theatre", which has led to a lot of confusion as..
Physical Therapist
According to the American Physical Therapy Association (2006, para. 1): Physical therapists (PTs) are health care professionals who diagnose and treat people of all ages who have medical problems or other health-related conditions that limit their abilities to move and perform functional activities..
Physical therapy
This article concerns itself with the health profession. For the band by the same name, see Physical Therapy (band) Physical Therapy (also known as physiotherapy) is an allied health profession concerned with the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of disease and disability through physical means...
Physical Therapy (album)
Physical Therapy is the self-titled debut of Jazz fusion band Physical Therapy, and features eleven tracks. The title track was used in late 1998 for the Weather Channel's local forecast segment. "Played Me" is the only song on the album to feature vocals. Within the liner notes, Physical Therapy ..
Physical Therapy (band)
Physical Therapy is a jazz fusion band from St. Louis, Missouri active in the 1990s. They produced two albums under the Sweatshop Records label, the first being the eponymous Physical Therapy (1992), and the second work being a theme album called Casino (1997). The band used a variety of instrume..
Physical Training Instructor
Physical Training Instructor (PTI) is a term used primarily in the British Armed Forces and British police for an instructor in physical fitness. In the armed forces, they are usually specialists drawn from a separate branch, such as the Army Physical Training Corps, and are attached to individual ..
Physical Training Instructor (Singapore Armed Forces)
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Physical training uniform
The physical training uniform is a military uniform used during calisthenics drills and, in some cases, very casual periods of time (off-duty time during Initial Entry Training in the Army, for example). The United States Army and Navy require use of a physical training (PT) uniform during calisthen..
Physical trauma
Physical trauma refers to a physical injury. In medicine, however, the words trauma patient usually refer to someone who has suffered serious and life-threatening physical injury potentially resulting in secondary complications such as shock, respiratory failure and death. Contents 1 Specia..
Physical universe
In religion and esotericism, the term "physical universe" or "material universe" is used to distinguish the physical matter of the universe from a proposed spiritual or supernatural essence. In the Book of Veles, and perhaps in traditional Slavic mythology, the physical universe is referred to as ..
Physical vapor deposition
Physical vapor deposition (PVD) is a group of vacuum coating techniques used to deposit thin films of various materials onto various surfaces (e.g., of semiconductor wafers) by physical means, as compared to chemical vapor deposition. PVD coatings are used in a vast array of industries and hundred..
Physical verification
Physical verification of the design, involves DRC(Design rule check), LVS(Layout versus schematic) Check, XOR Checks, ERC (Electrical Rule Check) and Antenna Checks. XOR Check This step involves comparing two layout databases/GDS by XOR operation of the layout geometries. This check results a datab..
Physical world hyperlinks
A physical world hyperlink is any machine readable identifier that can be resolved by a cell phone and provides a direct Internet connection. Examples of physical world hyperlinks: barcodes2d codesRFID tagsimagessoundsnumbersfingerprints ..
Physician
This article is about the term physician, a medical doctor; for other uses of the word doctor see Doctor (disambiguation). The word physician should not be confused with physicist, which means a scientist in the area of physics. Physician examining a child A physician (also called doctor in s..
Physician-patient privilege
In the laws of many common law jurisdictions, the concept of legal privilege, or the rule that certain conversations are so private and confidential that they cannot be used as evidence in court, extends to communication between a patient and physician. Although the rule is sometimes thought to appl..
Physicians' Desk Reference
The Physicians' Desk Reference (PDR) is a commercially published compilation of manufacturers' prescribing information on prescription drugs, updated annually. While designed to provide physicians with the full legally mandated information relevant to writing prescriptions (just as its name suggests..
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., whose stated purpose is to promote preventive medicine, conduct clinical research, and encourage higher standards for ethics and effectiveness in research. Contents 1 Membersh..
Physicians for Human Rights
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) is an organization that promotes health by protecting human rights. It is an organization that believes that human rights are essential preconditions for the health and well-being of all people. They investigate and expose violations of human rights worldwide using ..
Physicians For Life
Physicians For Life is an IRS nonprofit organization dealing with the issues of abortion, euthanasia, stem cell research, cloning, sexual education and various other life issues. Physicans For Life was founded in 1986, and has produced a series of pro-life brochures, booklets, and digests which are ..
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Physicians for Social Responsibility is an activist group and member of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. ..
Physician assistant
In the United States, Physician Assistants (PAs) are non-physician clinicians licensed to practice medicine with a physician's supervision. This supervision, in most cases, need not be direct or on site and many PAs practice in remote or underserved areas in satellite clinics. PAs can treat patients..
Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Badge
PA and NP Badge The Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Badge is a military badge of the United States Coast Guard that is authorized for wear by enlisted medical personnel who have qualified as medical technicians and nurse practitioner. The decoration is similar to the Air Force Enl..
Physician Specialty Codes
Contents 1 Physician Self Designated Practice Codes in the United States2 codes3 See also4 Related External Links Physician Self Designated Practice Codes in the United States Physicians in the United States report their primary and secondary practice specialty via American Me..
Physician to the Queen
Physician to the King/Queen is the title of one (or more?) physicians acting as officer of the Medical Household of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. The current Physician to the Queen is Sir Richard Thompson, KCVO DM FRCP, appointed 1993, and Head of the Medical Household..
Physicist
Not to be confused with physician, a person who practices medicine. Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who studies or practises physics. Physicists investigate a wide range of physical phenomena spanning all length scales: from the sub-atomic particles from whi..
Physicist (Devin Townsend album)
Physicist is the third solo album by Canadian musician Devin Townsend, released in 2000. It is distinguished from the rest of Townsend's solo portfolio for the crossing of the style of his work in Strapping Young Lad with elements that had been explored in Ocean Machine/Biomech and Infinity. Line ..
Physics
The first few hydrogen atom electron orbitals shown as cross-sections with color-coded probability density. View of the Earth as seen by the Apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon. The deepest visible-light image of the Universe, the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. Physics (from the Gre..
PhysicsWeb
PhysicsWeb is a web site providing various up-to-date information relating to the study and application of physics. The most significant content of the site is news, employment, and upcoming-events-related information. It is maintained by the Institute of Physics, an organization in the United Kingd..
Physics (Aristotle)
Aristotle's Physics, frontispice of an 1837 edition Physics (or "Physica", or "Physicae Auscultationes" meaning "lessons") is a key text in the philosophy of Aristotle. It inaugurates, in the current Andronichean order, the long series of Aristotle's physical, cosmological and biological work..
Physics (band)
Physics was an instrumental band from San Diego, California, USA that had featured a rotating cast of musicians, but was mainly composed of Jeff Coad on synths, Rob Crow on guitars, Jason Soares on guitars, brothers Will Goff and John Goff on guitars/synths, and Cameron Jones on drums. Formed in la..
Physics Analysis Workstation
PAW screen capture The Physics Analysis Workstation (PAW) is an interactive, scriptable computer software tool for data analysis and graphical presentation in high energy physics (HEP). Developed at CERN since 1986, it is optimized for processing very large amounts of data. It is based on a..
Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme
PACS is acronym for Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme. PACS numbers, developed by the American Institute of Physics, have been used in Physical Review since 1975 to identify fields and sub-fields of physics. External links http://publish.aps.org/PACS/ PACS ..
Physics and Star Trek
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Physics and Star Wars
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Physics card
A physics card is an expansion card for computers, similar to a graphics card but which is used to process physics interactions as opposed to graphics. By taking over the processing of these effects, the CPU can use more of its power for other tasks. A physics card is centered around a physics proce..
Physics education
Physics education refers both to the methods currently used to teach physics and to an area of pedagogical research that seeks to improve those methods. Historically, physics has been taught at the high school and college level primarily by the lecture method together with laboratory exercises aime..
Physics engine
A physics engine is a computer program that simulates Newtonian physics models, using variables such as mass, velocity, friction and wind resistance. It can simulate and predict effects under different conditions that would approximate what happens in real life or in a fantasy world. Contents 1&..
Physics Engineering
Physics Engineering, is an undergraduate and graduate degree program, which refers to Engineering Physics or Applied Physics. Such a program is offered at Istanbul Technical University, Hacettepe University and some other universities in Turkey. ..
Physics Essays
Physics Essays " An International Journal Dedicated To Fundamental Questions In Physics" is a quarterly international publication started in 1988, by the Editor, Emilo Panarella, a fusion researcher, Chief Technology Officer of ALFT (at the time, Advanced Laser and Fusion Technology, Inc.). This p..
Physics First
Physics First is an educational program that teaches a basic physics course in the ninth grade (usually 15-year-olds), rather than the biology course which is more standard in public schools. It began as an organized movement among educators approximately 15 years ago, and has been slowly catching ..
Physics of computation
The study of the physics of computation relates to understanding the fundamental physical limits of computers. This field has led to the investigation of how thermodynamics limits information processing, the understanding of chaos and dynamical systems, and a rapidly growing effort to invent new qua..
Physics of firearms
From the viewpoint of physics (dynamics, to be exact), a firearm, as for most weapons, is a system for delivering maximum destructive energy to the target with minimum delivery of energy on the shooter. The force and momentum delivered to the target however cannot be any more than that (due to recoi..
Physics of gliders
---Under Construction--- Chapter 1-Introduction Introduction Throughout history, it has been man’s dream to soar the skies. Humans looked up at the birds as inspiration that flight is possible. They tried to mimic the structure and mechanics of birds to achieve the vision that one day, man ..
Physics of skiing
The Physics of skiing refers to the analysis of forces applied on a skier using the discipline of physics. A common question any analytical thinker might ask is: "Do big people go faster?". The answer is yes, to an extent. This is because heavier people can get more potential energy and also since ..
Physics of the guitar
This is an article about the physics of the acoustic guitar Contents 1 Construction of the Guitar2 Strings2.1 Vibration2.2 Construction3 Frets4 Harmonics5 Acoustic amplification6 Conclusion7 References Construction of the Guitar In order to achieve t..
Physics olympiad
Physics olympiad is a competition in physics, usually among high school students, where the participants solve problems and/or perform and analyze experiments. In many countries, physics olympiads are held annually on a national level, forming a team of students representing the country in the Inter..
Physics olympiad set of problems
Soviet Student Olympiads were annual contests for students in USSR. This article shows examples of problems given to the university students on the final All-Union round of the Olympiad on Physics. Contents 1 Contest format2 Theoretical part2.1 Sample problems2.1.1 Problem 13&..
Physics package
Photographs of warhead casings, such as this one of the W80 thermonuclear warhead, are as close as one can get to seeing a "physics package" outside the world of classification. The physics package is the portion of a nuclear weapon that includes the actual explosive portion of the weapon: th..
Physics processing unit
A physics processing unit (PPU) is a dedicated microprocessor designed to handle the calculations of physics, especially in video games. Examples of calculations a PPU might include rigid body dynamics, soft body dynamics, collision detection, fluid dynamics, hair and clothing simulation, finite ele..
Physics Today
Physics Today magazine, created in 1948, is the flagship publication of The American Institute of Physics. It is provided to 130,000 members of twelve physics societies. Famous physicists of the last 50 years have written for the magazine, including Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, and Richard Feynman. ..
Physics World
Physics World is the membership magazine of the Institute of Physics, one of the largest physical societies in the world. It is described as an international monthly magazine covering all areas of physics, both pure and applied, and is essential reading for physicists in research, industry and edu..
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
The Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) is based in Braunschweig and Berlin. It is the national institute for natural and engineering sciences and the highest technical authority for metrology and physical safety engineering in Germany. Part of its brief is the accurate measurement of time...
Physiocrats
The Physiocrats were a group of economists who believed that the wealth of nations was derived solely from agriculture. Their theories originated in France and were most popular during the second half of the 18th century. Physiocracy was perhaps the first well developed theory of economics. Histor..
Physiognomy
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Physiographic regions of Peru
When the Spanish arrived, they divided Peru (because of political reasons) in three main regions: the Coastal reigon, that is bounded by the Pacific Ocean; the Highlands, that is located on the Andean Heights, and the Jungle, that is located on the Amazonian Jungle. But Javier Pulgar Vidal, a ge..
Physiologia Plantarum
Physiologia Plantarum Is a pay to publish "scientific journal". For publishing, researchers must pay up to $65 a page and up to $2500 for web-publishing, in addition to paying for a subscription membership. It appears to be widely cited, and actively encourages citing between its contributers. The j..
Physiologically-based pharmacokinetic modelling
Physiologically-based pharmacokinetic modelling (PBPK) is a mathematical modelling technique for human health risk assessment and investigation of toxicity. Bibliography Reddy, M. et al. (2005) Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling : Science and Applications [pbpk.org] ..
Physiological interaction
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Physiological plant disorders
It is important to be able to distinguish between plant growth problems that are caused by pathogens, such as a virus or fungus, and those which are caused by nonpathological disorders in the functioning of the plant system, such as poor light, weather damage, water-logging or lack of nutrients. Whi..
Physiological psychology
Physiological psychology is sometimes related to psychiatry, and in fact may end up becoming the parent branch which contains psychiatry. This term is not universally accepted as being official jargon, but the concept behind it is rather clear and it does unify several previously similar areas of r..
Physiological tolerance
In physiology, tolerance occurs when an organism builds up a resistance to the effects of a substance after repeated exposure. This can occur with environmental substances such as salt or pesticides. It is also commonly encountered in pharmacology (see drug tolerance), when a subject's reaction to..
Physiologist (Russian literature)
Originally, Physiologist was an ancient collection of stories about nature, which probably appeared in Alexandria in 200 - 300 A.D. The ancient Russian Physiologist (Russian: Физиолог) in its 15th-century version is a translation from Bulgarian. The Bulgarian version, in turn, was translated..
Physiology
Physiology (in Greek physis = nature and logos = word) is the study of the mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions of living organisms. Physiology has traditionally been divided into plant physiology and animal physiology but the principles of physiology are universal, no matter what parti..
Physiome
The physiome of an individual's or species' physiological state is the description of its functional behavior. The physiome describes the physiological dynamics of the normal intact organism and is built upon information and structure (genome, proteome, and morphome). The term comes from "physio-" (..
Physis
Physis is a Greek theological, philosophical, and scientific term usually translated into English as "nature". In origin the word is related to the natural growing of plants and animals, and to the Greek word for plants generally. In medicine the word physis is used for the growing part of a bone,..
Physisorption
Physisorption or physical adsorption is a type of adsorption in which the adsorbate adheres to the surface only through Van der Waals force (weak intermolecular) interactions. It is characterised by: Low temperature, always under the critical temperature of the adsorbateType of interaction: Intermol..
Physitheism
Physitheism is the attribution of a physical form and attributes to deities, a practice associated with the ancient Greeks and to a lesser extent the Romans. In modern Jewish and Christian theology the Abrahamic God is held to be a transcendent spirit with no body parts. However, a vestige of physi..
Physocarpus
Physocarpus (Ninebark) is a genus of about ten species of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae, native to North America (most of the species) and northeastern Asia (one species). They are deciduous shrubs growing to 1-3 m tall. The name comes from the appearance of the bark, which is flaky, pe..
Physocarpus capitatus
Physocarpus capitatus (Pacific ninebark or tall ninebark) is a species of Physocarpus native to western North America from southern Alaska east to Montana and Utah, and south to southern California. It is a dense deciduous shrub growing to 1-2.5 m tall. The name comes from the appearance of the b..
Physogaleus
Physogaleus is a small prehistoric shark that lived in the Eocene. It was featured in the book adaptation of the 2003 BBC series Sea Monsters, a spin-off to Walking With Dinosaurs (1999). ..
PhysOrg
PhysOrg is a science and technology news website, with a particular focus on nanotechnology and physics. Its news contain alot of new and original content, and lacks the promotions and editorial pieces which plague Slashdot and similar sites. It also provides forums to discuss news and current e..
Physostigmine
Physostigmine (also known as eserine) is a parasympathomimetic, specifically, a reversible cholinesterase inhibitor obtained from the Calabar bean. By interfering with the metabolism of acetylcholine, physostigmine indirectly stimulates both nicotinic and muscarinic receptors. Clinical Uses Physos..
Physual
The word physual is an amalgam that combines the three words physical, virtual and visual. Physual is the basis for the framework Physual Designing, a theoretical framework for engineering collaboration in geographically dispersed teams. The term physual was coined by Kjetil Kristensen in a paper pu..
PhysX
The PhysX PPU (see below) is a chip and SDK that is designed to perform complex physics calculations. It is being designed by AGEIA. On July 20 2005, Sony signed an agreement with AGEIA to use the NovodeX SDK in the upcoming PlayStation 3. This will allegedly allow developers to design games with co..
Phytalus
In Greek mythology, Phytalus gave Demeter hospitality when she was searching for her daughter, Persephone. He was revered in Eleusis. ..
Phytanic acid
Phytanic acid (or 3,7,11,15-tetramethyl hexadecanoic acid) is present in human diet or in animal tissues where it may be derived from chlorophyll in plant extracts. Phytanic acid derives from the corresponding alcohol, phytol, and is oxidized into pristanic acid. It can also characterize a precise..
Phytase
Phytase is an enzyme that can break down the undigestible phytic acid (phytate) part found in grains and oil seeds and thus release digestible phosphorus and calcium. Phytase is used as an animal feed supplement to enhance the nutritive value of plant material by liberation of inorganic phosphate f..
Phytelephas
Phytelephas is a genus of five species of palms, native to tropical South America. The genus name means 'plant elephant', which refers to the very hard, white seed endospem, which resembles (and can be used as a substitute for) elephant ivory. They are medium-sized to tall palms reaching up to 20..
Phytelephas aequatorialis
The palm tree Phytelephas aequatorialis, which bears the common names tagua palm and ivory-nut palm, is a main source of vegetable ivory, or tagua, a botanical alternative to ivory. This palm is found in the tropical rainforests of South America, especially in Ecuador. It has a woody trunk which c..
Phyteuma
Phyteuma is a genus of about 40-45 species of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, native to Europe and western Asia. The common name is Rampion. Rampion features prominently in some versions of the story of Rapunzel. The species are herbaceous perennial plants, growing to 5-90 cm tall. ..
Phytic acid
IP6 redirects here. For the Internet Protocol, see IPv6 Phytic acid Chemical name myo-Inositol-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexakisphosphate Chemical formula C6H18O24P6 Molecular mass 660.08 g/mol Melting point ? °C Boiling point ? °C Density ? g/cm3 CAS number 83-86-3 SMILES C1(..
Phyto-
Biology prefixes and suffixes bio- myco- / -mycete phagy phyto- / -phyte -vore zoo- / -zoan The prefix phyto- is used to form words in botany; the purpose of this article is to provide a single point of reference for these terms. List of botanical terms beginning phyto- This list i..
Phytoalexin
Phytoalexins are antibiotics produced by plants that are under attack. Phytoalexins tend to fall into several classes including terpenoids, glycocortesoids and alkaloids; however, researchers often find it convenient to extend the definition to include all phytochemicals that are part of the plant'..
Phytochemical
Phytochemicals are sometimes referred to as phytonutrients; these terms are often used interchangeably. In broad terms, they are said to be any chemical or nutrient derived from a plant source. However, in common usage, they have a more limited definition. They are usually used to refer to compounds..
Phytochemistry
Phytochemistry is in the strict sense of the word the study of phytochemicals. These are chemicals derived from plants. In a narrower sense the terms are often used to describe the large number of secondary metabolic compounds found in plants. Many of these are known to provide protection against in..
Phytochrome
Phytochrome is a photoreceptor, a pigment that plants use to detect light. It is sensitive to light in the red and far-red region of the visible spectrum. Many flowering plants use it to regulate the time of flowering based on the length of day and night (photoperiodism) and to set circadian rhythms..
Phytoestrogen
Phytoestrogens are plant compounds with effects similar to those of estrogen, although somewhat weaker. The best-researched phytoestrogens are isoflavones, which are commonly found in soy and red clover. The uses for these isoflavones are just like that of soy, simply because isoflavones are foun..
Phytoestrogens
Phytoestrogens are trace substances in our food which mimic and supplement the action of the body's own hormone, estrogen (sometimes spelt as 'oestrogen'). They are a comparatively recent discovery, and researchers are still exploring the nutritional role of these substances in such diverse metabol..
Phytofluene
Phytofluene is a carotenoid found naturally in tomatoes. ..
Phytofruit
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Phytogenics
Contents 1 Definition2 Benefits of phytogenics3 Mode of action of phytogenics3.1 Effect on feed intake3.2 Effect on gut microflora3.3 Effect on secretion saliva and digestive enzymes4 References5 External Links Definition Phytogenics are a group of Natural..
Phytogeography
Phytogeography is the branch of biogeography that is concerned with the geographic distribution of plant species, or more generally, plants. Phytogeography is concerned with all aspects of plant distribution, from the controls on the distribution of individual species ranges to the factors that gove..
Phytohaemagglutinin
Phytohaemagglutinin (PHA, or phytohemagglutinin) is a lectin found in plants, especially beans. It is found in the highest concentrations in the red kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). It has a number of physiological effects and is used in medical research. In high doses it is a toxin. Crystal s..
Phytol
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Phytolaccaceae
Phytolaccaceae is the botanical name for a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been almost universally recognized by taxonomists, although its circumscription has varied. It is also known as the Pokeweed family. The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, of 1998), also r..
Phytolacca americana
American Pokeweed, Phytolacca americana, is a large, shrubby perennial native to eastern North America. The plant has a large white taproot, green or red stems, and large, simple leaves. White flowers are followed by purple berries, which are a good food source for songbirds. Also known as Americ..
Phytolacca icosandra
Phytolacca icosandra, sometimes known as Tropical pokeweed, is a species of flowering plant found in the neotropics, introduced into the warmer areas of the western USA. It reaches up to 3 m in height, with leaves of 10-20 cm by 5-9 cm. The flowers are produced in racemes 10-15 cm long, each flow..
Phytoline
Phytoline is a biofuel for gasoline engine made from vegetable oil. External links http://www.phytoleum.org/ ..
Phytolith
A Phytolith ("Plant stone") is a rigid microscopic body that occurs in many plants. The most common type of phytolith is the silicon phytolith, also called opal phytolith. Silicon phytoliths vary in size and shape depending on the plant taxon and plant part (stem, leaf, root) in which they (natural..
Phytomyxea
The Phytomyxea are a group of protists that are parasites of plants. A more common name for them is the plasmodiophorids, but this does not always include Phagomyxa. They typically develop within plant cells, causing the infected tissue to grow into a gall or scab. Important diseases caused by p..
Phyton
Greyhawk Deity Phyton Title(s) The Woodshaper Homeplane Olympian Glades of Arborea Power Level Lesser Alignment Chaotic Good Portfolio Nature, Beauty, Farming Domains Chaos, Good, Plant, Sun, Water ..
Phytoncide
Phytoncides are antimicrobial allelochemic volatile organic compounds derived from plants. The word, which means "exterminated by the plant", was coined in 1937 by Dr. Boris P. Tokin, a Russian biochemist from Leningrad University. He found that some plants give off very active substances which prev..
Phytonym
A phytonym (..
Phytopathology
Phytopathology or plant pathology is the science of diagnosing and managing plant diseases. It covers all infectious agents that attack plants and abiotic disorders, but does not include herbivory by insects, mammals, etc. Approximately ten percent of food production is lost to disease worldwide. C..
Phytopharm
Phytopharm is a pharmaceutical company with a plant extract division. Phytopharm has two operating divisions. The pharmaceutical division is dedicated to the discovery and development of novel chemical entities as prescription medicines and the plant extract division is focussed on the development o..
Phytophthora
Phytophthora is a genus of water moulds, including many plant pathogens of considerable economic importance. It is a species of oomycete, an fungal-like organism that actually belongs to a different kingdom altogether: Chromista. Phytophthora is a good example of convergent evolution, as the pathog..
Phytophthora cinnamomi
Phytophthora cinnamomi is a soil-borne water mould that produces an infection which causes a condition in plants called "root rot" or "dieback". P. cinnamomi infects the roots by zoospores entering the root behind the root tip. Zoospores need water to swim through the soil, therefore infection is ..
Phytophthora infestans
Phytophthora infestans is a water mould, that causes the serious disease of the potato, late blight or potato blight. (Early blight, caused by Alternaria solani, is also often called potato blight). This disease was a major culprit in the causation of the 1847 Irish potato famine and also the High..
Phytoplankton
Diagrams of some typical phytoplankton Phytoplankton refers to the autotrophic component of the plankton that drifts in the water column. The name comes from the Greek terms, phyton or "plant" and πλανκτος ("planktos"), meaning "wanderer" or "drifter" (Thurman, 1997). Most phytoplankt..
Phytoplasma
Phytoplasma, formerly known as 'Mycoplasma-like organisms' or MLOs, are specialised wall-less bacteria being obligate parasites of plant phloem tissue, and some insects. They can't be cultured in vitro in cell-free media. Phytoplasmas are pathogens of important crops causing a wide variety of sympt..
Phytoremediation
Phytoremediation describes the treatment of environmental problems (bioremediation) through the use of plants. The term phytoremediation describes a range of processes mediated by plants that are useful in treating environmental problems: Phytoextraction - uptake and concentration of substances fro..
Phytosaur
Phytosaurs - family Phytosauridae or Parasuchidae - were a group of large (2 to 12 meters long - average size 3 to 4 meters) semi-aquatic predatory archosaurs that flourished during the Late Triassic period. These long snouted and heavily armoured archosaurs bore a remarkable resemblance to modern..
Phytosociology
Phytosociology is the study of the characteristics, classification, relationships, and distribution of plant communities. A phytosociological system is a system for classifying these communities. It is often suggested that it is not a Science in its formal sense. The aim of phytosociology is to ac..
Phytosterol
β-sitosterol Phytosterols (also called plant sterols) are a group of steroid alcohol, phytochemicals naturally occurring in plants. They are white powders with mild, characteristic odor, insoluble in water and soluble in alcohols. They have many applications as food additives, and in medicine ..
Phytotreatment
Phytotreatment is an environmental term referring to the cultivation of specialized plants that absorb specific contaminants from the soil through their roots or foliage. This reduces the concentration of contaminants in the soil, but incorporates them into biomasses that may be released back into t..
Phytotron
A phytotron is a completely closed greenhouse that can be used for study of environmental conditions on plant growth. Also, the production (consumption) of gases can be monitored. ..
Phyxelididae
The Phyxelididae are a spider family with 54 described species in twelve genera. They are grouped with the Titanoecidae within the Titanoecoidea superfamily. Genera Ambohima Griswold, 1990 (Madagascar)Kulalania Griswold, 1990 (Kenya)Lamaika Griswold, 1990 (South Africa)Malaika Lehtinen, 1967 (Sou..
Phyxius
Phyxius (performance figures are estimated) Phyxius [larger version] Description RoleRemotely piloted firebomber Crew1 (R/C pilot) Dimensions Length47.2 in Wingspan84 in Height11 in Wing area5.4 ft² (0.5 m²) Weights Empty9.6 lb Loaded18.5 lb Powerplant Engines1 Graupner ..
Phyza Jameel
This article lacks information on the [Importanceimportance] of the subject matter. If you are familiar with it, please expand the article, or discuss its significance on the talk page. Phyza Jameel works for CNBC Pakistan as reporter/Producer, is a National College of Arts graduate and ..

 

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