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P.Y.T. (band)
PYT's single "Something More Beautiful" featuring (members clockwise from top): Ashley Niven, Lydia Bell, Lauren Mayhew, and Tracy Williams. PYT was a pop band in the late 1990s and early 2000s. This quartet was unique in that its members were not scouted by a talent agency or formed through a..
P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
For the band, see P.Y.T. (band) "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" is a song on Michael Jackson's 1982 hit album Thriller. The song was originally written by Jackson and was a mid-tempo R&B jam. Quincy Jones wanted it to be more upbeat so he re-wrote it and it was Jones' version that appeared on the ..
Pöytyä
Pöytyän kunta municipality in Finland Province Western Finland Region Finland Proper Sub-region Loimaa City manager Kari Jokela Official languages Finnish Area - total - land 234th409.14 km²408.74 km² density 174st6,183+ 0.5 %15.1/km² Urban..
PYT
PYT may refer to one of the following: P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) is a song by Michael Jackson released on his Thriller albumP.Y.T. (band) was an all-female pop band from Florida in the late 1990s and early 2000s, which was named for the Jackson song This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation�..
Pytalovo
Pytalovo (Russian: , Latvian: Abrene) is a town in Pskov Oblast, Russia, the administrative center of Pytalovsky District. Latvia disputes the jurisdiction of the area which it calls the Abrene region. The population in 2002 was 6,806. History Pytalovo village by 1878 had population of 57 and ..
Pytchley
Pytchley is a village in Northamptonshire, England, three miles southwest of Kettering and near the A14 road. The village has a Church of England Primary School, a church and a pub. The Pytchley Hunt is a famous fox hunt based near the village. External links [Village website] ..
Pythagoras
Bust of Pythagoras, Vatican Pythagoras (approximately 582 BC–507 BC, Greek: Πυθαγόρας) was an Ionian (Greek) mathematician and philosopher, founder of the mystic, religious and scientific society called Pythagoreans. He is best known for the Pythagorean theorem which bears his..
Pythagoras's theorem proof (rational trigonometry)
The Pythagorean theorem, expressed as a relation between the quadrances of the sides of a right triangle, is one of the five basic laws of the rational trigonometry system devised in the early 2000s by Dr. Norman Wildberger. There are many classical proofs of Pythagoras's theorem; this one is frame..
Pythagoras (crater)
Crater characteristics Coordinates ..
Pythagoras of Rhegium
Pythagoras of Rhegium, a noted Greek sculptor of the 5th century B.C., a contemporary of Myron and Polykleitos, and their rival in making statues of athletes. He was born at Samos and migrated in his youth to Rhegium, Italy. He made a statue of Philoctetes notable for the physical expression of pain..
Pythagoras tree
The Pythagoras tree is a plane fractal constructed from squares. It is named after Pythagoras because each triple of touching squares encloses a right triangle, in a configuration traditionally used to depict the Pythagorean theorem. If the largest square has a size of 1×1, the entire Pyth..
Pythagorean
Pythagorean means of or pertaining to the ancient Ionian mathematician, philosopher, and music theorist Pythagoras. See: Contents 1 Philosophy2 Mathematics3 Music4 Sports statistics Philosophy Pythagoreanism Mathematics Pythagorean theoremPythagorean triplePythagorean prim..
Pythagoreanism
Bust of Pythagoras Pythagoreanism is a term used for the esoteric and metaphysical beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers, the Pythagoreans, who were much influenced by mathematics and probably a main inspirational source for Plato and platonism. Later resurgence of ideas similar to t..
Pythagorean comma
In music, when one ascends by a cycle of justly tuned perfect fifths (ratio 3:2), leapfrogging 12 times, one eventually reaches a note around seven octaves above the note one started on, which, when lowered to the same octave as the starting point, is (a very small amount over) 23.46 cents higher th..
Pythagorean expectation
Pythagorean expectation is a formula invented by Bill James to estimate how many games a baseball team "should" have won based on the number of runs they scored and allowed. The term is derived from the formula's resemblance to Pythagoras' formula to compute the length of the hypotenuse of a triang..
Pythagorean hammers
According to legend, Pythagoras discovered the foundations of music by listening to the sounds of four blacksmith's hammers, which produced consonance and dissonance when they were struck simultaneously. Specifically, he noticed that hammer A produced consonance with hammer B when they were struck t..
Pythagorean interval
Names Ratio Cents comma 531441/524288 23.5 limmaminor semitone 256/243 90.2 apotomemajor semitone 2187/2048 113.7 tone 9/8 203.9 semiditone 32/27 294.1 ditone 81/64 407.8 perfect fourthdiatessaronsesquitertium 4/3 498.0 tritone 729/512 611.7 pe..
Pythagorean means
The three classical Pythagorean means are the arithmetic mean (A), the geometric mean (G), and the harmonic mean (H). They are defined by: [ A(x_1, \cdots, x_n) = \frac(x_1 + \cdots + x_n) ][ G(x_1, \cdots, x_n) = \sqrt[n] ][ H(x_1, \cdots, x_n) = \frac + \cdots + ..
Pythagorean prime
A Pythagorean prime is prime number of the form 4n + 1. These are exactly the primes that can be the hypotenuse of a Pythagorean triangle. The first few Pythagorean primes are 5, 13, 17, 29, 37, 41, 53, 61, 73, 89, 97, 101, 109, 113 (sequence [[OEIS:A002144|A002144]] in OEIS). Fermat's ..
Pythagorean theorem
In mathematics, the Pythagorean theorem or Pythagoras' theorem is a relation in Euclidean geometry among the three sides of a right triangle. The theorem is named after the Greek mathematician Pythagoras, who by tradition is credited with its discovery.Heath, Vol I, p. 144. The theorem is as fo..
Pythagorean trigonometric identity
The Pythagorean trigonometric identity is a trigonometric identity expressing the Pythagorean theorem in terms of trigonometric functions. Along with the sum-of-angles formulae (see trigonometric identity#Angle sum and difference identities) it is the basic relation among the sin and cos functions ..
Pythagorean triple
A Pythagorean triple consists of three positive integers a, b, and c, such that a2 + b2 = c2. Such a triple is commonly written (a, b, c), and a well-known example is (3, 4, 5). If (a, b, c) is a Pythagorean triple, then so is (ka, kb, kc) for any ..
Pythagorean tuning
Pythagorean tuning is a system of musical tuning in which the frequency relationships of all intervals are based on the ratio 3:2. Its discovery is generally credited to Pythagoras. It is the oldest way of tuning the 12-note chromatic scale and, as such, it is the basis for many other methods of tun..
Pytheas
Pytheas (c. 380 – c. 310 BC) was a Greek merchant, geographer and explorer from the Greek colony Massalia (today Marseille). He made a voyage of exploration to northwestern Europe around 325 BC. He traveled around a considerable part of Great Britain, circumnavigating it between 330 and 320 BC..
Pytheas (crater)
Crater characteristics Pytheas (lower left) and Copernicus (top) from Apollo 17. NASA photo. Coordinates ..
Pythia
Aegeus, a mythical king of Athens, consults the Pythia, who sits on a tripod. An inscription on the cup identifies the Pythia as Themis. Tondo of an Attic red-figure kylix, by the Kodros painter, ca. 440-430 BC, now in the Berlin Museum (Berlin Mus. 2538). This is the only contemporary image of t..
Pythian Castle
Pythian Castle (in Springfield, Missouri) was originally built in 1913 by the Knights of Pythias and later owned by the U.S. Military. It is now open to the public and the owners offer swing and ballroom dance lessons, dances, murder mystery nights and other activities. [link] External li..
Pythian Games
View of the stadium of the Delphi sanctuary, used for the Pythian Games. The stone steps on the left were added under the Romans. This starting line at the Delphi stadium used for the Pythian Games at Delphi, Greece has a design representative of that of many ancient Greek stadiums: stones ..
Pythias (Roman)
Pythias was a Roman slave bound to Octavia, the wife of Nero until 62 A.D. He was tortured and famously proclaimed that Octavia's genitalia was cleaner than Tigellinus' mouth. ..
Pythidae
The family Pythidae is a small group of beetles with no vernacular common name, though recent authors have coined the name dead log bark beetles. ..
Pythio
Pythio or Pythion (Greek, Modern: Πύθιο, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on), older form Pithio and Pithion, is a town located in the eastern part of Didymoteicho municipality and the province. It is 16 km ENE of the centre. Turkey is located south and east of the town. The settlement is connected so..
Pythion
Pythion (Greek: Πύθιον) or Pythium, was an ancient city of Perrhaebia in Thessaly, situated at the foot of Mount Olympus, and forming a Tripolis with the two neighbouring towns of Azorus and Doliche. Pythion derived its name from a temple of Apollo Pythius situated on one of the summits of Oly..
Pythis
Pythis, also known as Pytheos or Pythius, was one of the most noted Greek architects of the later age. He cultivated the Ionic order, in which he constructed the temple of Athena at Priene. The dedicatory inscription, which is in the British Museum, records that the founder was Alexander the Great. ..
Pythium
Pythium root rot is a common crop disease caused by a water mould of the same name. Pythium damping off is a very common problem in fields and greenhouses where the organism kills newly emerged seedlings (Jarvis, 1992). Many Pythium spp., along with their close relatives, Phytophthora spp. are pl..
Pythium oligandrum
Pythium oligandrum is an Oomycete. It has been shown to parasitise many fungi and other oomycetes including Botrytis, Fusarium and Phytophthora.It has been licensed as a biocontrol agent in the form of an oospore soil treatment, which reduces pathogen load and concomitant plant disease. P. oligand..
Pythius
For the plant genus Pythius, see its current synonym Euphorbia. Pythius is a Lydian who’s mentioned in book VII of Herodotus' Histories, 27-29 and 38-39. Xerxes, king of Persia, son of Darius, encounters Pythius on his way to invade Greece in c.481BC. Pythius entertains him and offers to provide..
Python
Python is the common name for a group of non-venomous constricting snakes, specifically the family Pythonidae. Other sources consider this group a subfamily of the Boas (Pythoninae). Pythons are more related to boas than to any other snake-family. There is also a genus within Pythonidae which car..
Pythonomorpha
Pythonomorpha was originally proposed by paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope (1869) as a reptilian order comprised of snakes and mosasaurs. Cope wrote, "In the mosasauroids, we almost realize the fictions of snake-like dragons and sea-serpents, in which men have been ever prone to indulge. On accoun..
Python (automobile maker)
Python is a Cobra replica company that was founded by George Vidovic. ..
Python (disambiguation)
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Python is the common name for a group of non-venomous constricting snakes of the family Pythonidae. Python can also refer to: Python (mythology), the oracular serpent of DelphiPython (film), a horror movie by Richard ClabaughPython..
Python (film)
Python (2000) is a horror movie directed by Richard Clabaugh. The film features several cult favorite actors, including William Zabka of The Karate Kid fame, Wil Wheaton, Jenny McCarthy, Keith Coogan, Robert Englund (best known for his role as Freddy Krueger in the A Nightmare on Elm Street series..
Python (genus)
Python is a genus within the family Pythonidae which contains probably the best known species typically referred to as pythons. Species Angolan Python, Python anchietae (Bocage, 1887)Borneo Short-tailed Python, Python breitensteini (Steindachner, 1881)Red Blood Python, Python brongersmai (Stull,..
Python (mythology)
In Greek mythology Python was the earth-dragon of Delphi, always represented in the vase-paintings and by sculptors as a serpent. Pytho was the chthonic enemy of Apollo, who slew it and remade its former home his own oracle, the most famous in Greece. (But see also Dodona.) There are various versio..
Python 3
Python 3, an interpreted programming language, is currently being developed by Guido van Rossum. It will be fully dynamically typed and use automatic memory management, as the current version. It is thus similar to Perl, Ruby, Scheme, Smalltalk, and Tcl. Python is developed as an open source pro..
Python breitensteini
The Borneo short-tailed python (Python breitensteini) is a species of heavy-bodied python native primarily to the island of Borneo. Once considered a subspecies of Python curtus, they have since been reclassified as a separate species, however, they are still generally grouped with two other speci..
Python Imaging Library
Python Imaging Library (abbreviated as PIL) is an extension for the Python programming language that adds support for opening, manipulating, and saving many different image file formats. File formats Some of the file formats supported include PNG, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, and BMP. It is also possible to cr..
Python kiss
The concept behind the python kiss originates from mythologies surrounding Apollo, the Romanized Greek God. Apollo was gifted in mathematics, medicine, prophecy and music. During his adulthood, Apollo searched for an appropriate location where his shrine would be established. He discovered a locati..
Python Lee Jackson
Python Lee Jackson was a 1960s Australian band. The group's most famous hit was In a Broken Dream featuring Rod Stewart as guest vocalist. Stewart originally only sang 'guide' vocals on this track, and the intention was for another singer to sing the recording 'proper', once Python Lee Jackson re..
Python License
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Python missile
The Python is a family of air-to-air missiles (AAMs) built by the Israeli weapons manufacturing company RAFAEL Armament Development Authority. The first was the Shafrir-1 missile developed in 1959, followed by the Shafrir-2 in early 1970s. Afterwards the missiles were given the western name of "..
Python philosophy
Users of the Python programming language often refer to the the Python philosophy. Code which follow the Python principles of readability and transparency are said to be "pythonic". Conversely, opaque or obfuscated code is regarded as "unpythonic". These principles were famously characterized by Pyt..
Python primary
According to researcher Chuck Hansen, the W-34 Python was a gas-boosted fission primary used in several designs of American thermonuclear weapons. Primary is the technical term for the fission bomb trigger of a thermonuclear or fusion bomb, which is used to compress, heat and ignite the fusion fuel..
Python programming language
Python is an interpreted programming language created by Guido van Rossum in 1990. Python is fully dynamically typed and uses automatic memory management; it is thus similar to Perl, Ruby, Scheme, Smalltalk, and Tcl. Python is developed as an open source project, managed by the non-profit Python So..
Python sebae
The African Rock Python (Python sebae) is a species of large python found throughout the tropical savannah habitats of sub-Saharan Africa. Contents 1 Description2 Behavior3 Taxonomy4 In captivity5 Conservation status6 References Description Attaining lengths of 30..
Python Service Objects
Python Service Objects (PSO) is a software package that simplifies HTTP handlers. PSO was developed by Thanos Vassilakis in 1996, and was used for a series of first-generation internet casinos, including Caesars, Can-Can, and LuckyNumbers. Later, it was used for the New York Stock Exchange's first..
Python software
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Python Software Foundation
The Python Software Foundation (PSF), is a non-profit organization devoted to the Python programming language. It was launched March 6, 2001. See also Python programming language External links [Python Software Foundation] ..
Python Software Foundation License
The Python Software Foundation License is an open source license which is compatible with the GNU General Public License (GPL). Its primary use is for distribution of the Python project software. Early versions of this license were not compatible with the GPL. The reason given by Free Software Fo..
Python syntax
The syntax of the Python programming language is the set of rules that defines how a Python program will be written and interpreted (by both the runtime system and by human readers). Python was designed to be a highly readable language. It aims toward an uncluttered visual layout, uses English key..
Pyttipanna
Pyttipanna - meaning bits of food in a pan - is a Swedish hash food, traditionally consisting of potatoes, onions, and sausage or ham, finely chopped and then fried in a pan. It is often served with either fried eggs and beetroot, or sour pickled gherkin. The dish was originally made from leftovers..
Pytt Geddes
Pytt Geddes (1917-2006) was the first European to teach Tai Chi Chaun in Britain. Gerda Meyer Bruun (always known as "Pytt") was born at Bergen, Norway, on July 17 1917, the daughter of a successful businessman and politician who served in the Norwegian government as Minister of Trade. She ..
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