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TurTUR, Tur or tur can stand for: abbreviation of: Arba'ah Turim, by Rabbi Ya'akov Ba'al ha-Turim.the city of Tur, Egyptthe city of Tur, IranOne of Fereydun's sons who is predecessor of TuraniansISO 639-2 alpha-3 language code for the turkish languagethe West Caucasian Tur, a species of goat located i..
Tur'elTur'el is a Hebrew name meaning "Rock of God." ..
TuraTura can refer to: Tura River, left tributary of the Tobol River, RussiaTura, Russia, the capital of the Evenkia Autonomous District, RussiaTura, India, the capital of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, IndiaTura, Hungary, a town in HungaryTura, Egypt, a town in Egypt on the site of ancient TroiaC..
Tura, HungaryTura County Pest Area 55,91 km² Population Total (2001)Density 8009142 /km² Postal code 2194 Area code 28 Tura is a town in northern Hungary, county Pest. ..
Tura, IndiaOne of the largest towns in Meghalaya, Tura is a valley located at the foothills of the Tura Hills and right below the Tura Peak. The native god Durama was believed to reside in the hills. The name Tura is said to be a corruption (by the Brits) of the god's name. It comprises a population of about ..
Tura, RussiaTura (Russian: ) is an urban-type settlement in and the administrative center of Evenkia Autonomous District, Russia. According to the All-Russia Census, its population in 2002 was 5,836. Geographical location: [64°17′N 100°13′E]. Telephone code: +7 39113. External link ..
TurabianTurabian is the popular name of a format for the writing style of research papers (such as the arrangement and punctuation of footnotes and bibliographies). The full title of the handbook is A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, but it is usually referred to by the last nam..
Turabo UniversityTurabo University (Spanish: Universidad del Turabo) is a private, non-profit, and secular university system in Puerto Rico. It is part of the Ana G. Mendez University System and is integrated by four campuses: Turabo University at CayeyTurabo University at Gurabo - the main campus and usually refer..
Turabo University at GuraboThis article is about the campus on Gurabo, for information about the university system see Turabo University. The Turabo University at Gurabo —commonly referred as the Turabo University and known as Universidad del Turabo (UT) or UT-Gurabo in Spanish— is a private university located in..
Turab TulaTurab Tula, pseudonym of Turab Tulakhozhaev (Russian: ; 1918—1990) was a Soviet Uzbek writer, People's writer of the Uzbek SSR. ..
TuracinTuracin is a red, naturally occurring pigment that is 6% copper complexed to uroporphyrin 111. It is found only in the turaco group of birds as the red in their plumage. It is often assumed that this coloration will wash out when the birds are bathing or after heavy rains, but this is true only if ..
TuracoThe turacos, plantain eaters and go-away birds make up the bird family Musophagidae (literally banana-eaters). In southern Africa both turacos and go-away birds are commonly known as louries. Traditionally, this group has been placed in the cuckoo order Cuculiformes, but Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy r..
TuracoenaTuracoena is a small genus of Doves. It includes just 2 species. White-faced Cuckoo-dove, Turacoena manadensisBlack Cuckoo-dove, Turacoena modesta ..
TuragaTuraga are fictional characters in Lego's Bionicle story. In the story, a Turaga is a Toa who has fulfilled their destiny and given up their elemental powers. Unlike Matoran, Turaga can use mask powers, but only those of Noble Masks. In the Bionicle storyline, they are wise leaders of the Matoran o..
Turaga na GonesauNobility of Fiji Titles Adi - Bulou - Ro - Ratu Institutions Great Council of Chiefs Chairman, Great Council of Chiefs House of Chiefs Confederacies: Burebasaga - Kubuna - Tovata The Turaga na Gonesau is the chiefly title of the Paramount Chief of the Nakorotubu district in the Province of Ra ..
Turaga na RasauTuraga na Rasau is the paramount Chief of Lomaloma Tikina or District or small kingdom on the Island of Vanuabalavu which is part of the Lau group of Islands which are part of the Island Nation known as Fiji located in the South Pacific Ocean, this title is currently vacant, which is head of the Yav..
Turaga na RavunisaNobility of Fiji Titles Adi - Bulou - Ro - Ratu Institutions Great Council of Chiefs Chairman, Great Council of Chiefs House of Chiefs Confederacies: Burebasaga - Kubuna - Tovata The Turaga na Ravunisa is the title held by the Chief of Lomaloma Village, on the island of Vanua Balavu, in Fiji's..
Turaga na Tui NavadraPlease [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since July 2006. The Turaga na Tui Navadra i..
TuraifTuraif (طريف) is a town in northern Saudi Arabia, close to the border with Jordan. It is located at around [31°40′39″N, 38°39′11″E]. ..
Turakirae HeadLocation of Turakirae Head Turakirae Head is a promontory on the southern coast of New Zealand's North Island. It is located at the western end of Palliser Bay, 20 kilometres southeast of Wellington, at the southern end of the Rimutaka Ranges. The head is an excellent example of tectonic uplif..
TuralliAround 12 km south of Bangalore, off Kanakapura Road, Turalli is considered by many to be an excellent bouldering area. ..
TurambarIn J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, Turambar was a name of Túrin, a tragic hero from the First Age. Turambar means "master of doom" in the Sindarin language, and was chosen by Túrin in defiance of the curse placed upon his family by Morgoth. Turambar was also the ninth Ki..
TuranFor other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Turan (in Persian: ) is the ancient Iranian name for the Eastern nomads. In modern discourse, it is primarily an ideological term designating Turkic, Mongolic and Finno-Ugric languages and people more or less indiscriminately, implying a common ancestry and..
Turán's theoremIn graph theory, Turán's theorem is a result on the number of edges in a Ks+1-free graph. Suppose we have given the graph Kn. We can easily obtain an Ks+1-free graph by deleting some edges. For example, we can partition the set of vertices into s parts of equal size (or almost equal size). Then ..
Turana Youth Training CentreTurana Youth Training Centre now known as the Melbourne Juvenile Justice Centreis a youth corrections facility located in Parkville, Victoria, Australia. The facility is designed to accommodate 15-16 year old males through four units and a separate multi purpose unit that houses remand prisoners. ..
TurandotFor the opera by Ferruccio Busoni, see Turandot (Busoni). Turandot is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, to an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni, based on the play Turandot by Carlo Gozzi. It was left unfinished by Puccini at his death, and completed by Franco Alfano. The ..
Turandot (play and character)Carlo Gozzi wrote Turandot for the Commedia dell'arte. Although this play provides the general story for the homonymous Puccini's opera, it was Friedrich Schiller’s adaption of Turandot that Puccini based his work on. The plot of Turandot in Schiller's version is very similar to Gozzi's, but ther..
Turangalîla-SymphonieThe Turangalîla-Symphonie is a large-scale piece of orchestral music by Olivier Messiaen. It was written from 1946-1948, being commissioned by Serge Koussevitzky for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and was premiered by that orchestra in 1949, conducted by Leonard Bernstein. Messiaen stated that the..
TurangawaewaePlease [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since June 2006. Turangawaewae Marae is the ..
TurangiTurangi Location Country: New Zealand Island: North Island Latitude & Longitude: [39°00′00″S, 175°49′00″E] Extent Edge of the Kaimanawa Ranges; and north of the Desert Road. Statistics Population: 2001 Census) Area: - Turangi is a town on the North Island Vo..
TurangzaiHaji Sahib Turangzai led a successful Jihad against the British Imperialists from the area presently known as the Mohmand Tribal Area(Mohmand Agency). External links ["Never let the enemy know your weakness"] [Short Biography] ..
Turanian ArmyThe Turanian Army (also the Turanian Nationalist Front) was founded in early 2005. It was founded in Turkey, Finland, Hungary, Mongolia, Khakassia, Yakutia, Estonia, Baltic and Kazakhstan. See also Turanism External link [Turanian Army Website - Turanlı Ordu Otağı] ..
Turanian SocietyTuranian Society (Turkish language: Tûran cemiyti, Tatar language: Turan cämğiäte), a society founded in 1839 by Tatars, aiming at uniting the various Turkic peoples of the Russian empire. The name is derived from Turan an ancient Persian name for Turkestan , the Turkic languages areas of C..
Turanic RaidersThe Turanic Raiders are a race of nomadic pirates that attack ships throughout the galaxy in the Sierra computer game Homeworld (1999). Contents 0.1 Analysis0.2 Ships0.3 Tactics0.4 Source1 See also Analysis The true origins of the Turanic Raiders is unknown, but their f..
TuranismTuranism, or Pan-Turanism (Turancılık), is a political movement for the union of all Turanian peoples. Pan-Turanism, however, to be not only unity of all Turks (as in Pan-Turkism), but also unity of Turks with Hungarians, Finns, Mongols, Japanese, Estonians, Koreans, and Ryukyuans. Therefore, Tura..
TuranoceratopsTuranoceratops ("Turan horn face") was a ceratopsian dinosaur. It lived during the Late Cretaceous. Its fossils were found in Uzbekistan. Classification Turanoceratops belonged to the Ceratopsia (the name is Greek for "horned face"), a group of herbivorous dinosaurs with parrot-like beaks which ..
Turan (disambiguation)There are more than one article on Turan, as the term has several usages. Turan—an ethnic and geographic term referring to some or all peoples of Central Asia.Turan (town)—a town in Tuva Republic, Russia.Turan (goddess)—in Etruscan mythology, the goddess of love and vitality and p..
Turan (mythology)For other uses of "", see {{{1. In Etruscan mythology, Turan was the goddess of love and vitality and patroness of Vulci (cur: Volci). In art, she was usually depicted as a young winged girl. Pigeons and black swans were her sacred animals. Her retinue were called Lasas. She was equivalent to t..
Turan (town)For other uses of "", see ) is a town in the Tuva Republic, Russia. Founded in 1885 by Russian settlers from Siberia; town status granted in 1945. The town is located 70 km north-west of Kyzyl, the republic's capital. The name of the town comes from the Turkic word for "saline land." There ..
Turan AirTuran Air is an airline based in Azerbaijan. Code Data IATA Code: 3TICAO Code: URNCallsign: Turan External links [Turan Air] Lists of Aircraft | Aircraft manufacturers | Aircraft engines | Aircraft engine manufacturers | Airlines | Air forces | Aircraft weapons | Missiles | Time..
Turan DepressionThe Turan Depression or Turan Lowland is a vast low-lying desert basin region stretching from southern Turkmenistan through Uzbekistan to Kazakhstan. The lowland region lies to the east of the Caspian Sea and southeast of the Aral Sea. It is one of the largest expanses of sand in the world. On avera..
Turan graphThe Turán graph T(n,r) is the complete r-partite graph with n vertices whose partite sets differ in size at most 1. One can think about this graph as a process: First one takes place for the r parts. And then, one allocate the vertices to this parts in equal size (or almost equal size). The size..
TuraŭTuraŭ or Turaw (Belarusian: , Russian: , Polish: ) is a town in Žytkavičy district of Homiel Province of Belarus. History Turaŭ was an ancient capital of the Dregovichs tribe - one of the three Eastern Slavic tribes that are considered the ancestors of modern Belarusian nation (the others b..
Tura RiverThe Tura near Verkhoturye Tura River, also known as Dolgaya River (Long River) (Тура́, Долгая in Russian) is a river in the Sverdlovsk Oblast and Tyumen Oblast in Russia. It is a left tributary of Tobol. The length of the river is 1030 km. The area of its drainage basin is 80,400 sq..
Tura Satana''This article is about dancer and actress Tura Satana. For the band named after her, see Tura Satana (band). Tura Satana, as Varla, The Boss Pussycat herself. Tura Satana, born Tura Luna Pascual Yamaguchi July 10, 1935 in Hokkaido, Japan, is a Japanese-American actress and former exotic dance..
Tura Satana (band)Tura Satana was a rock band named after cult actress Tura Satana. Pioneers of the nu metal genre, they started in the early 90s under the name Manhole. But due to legal reasons they changed it after the release of their first album 'All Is Not Well'. While the music was brutal and powerful, the lyr..
TurbahA turbah (Arabic تربة) is a small piece of soil or clay used by practitioners of Shi'a Islam during the daily prayers (Salat). While use of a turbah is not compulsory, many Hadith narrate the benefits of prostration (As-Sajda|Sajda) upon the soil of the earth. Considered to have the most ben..
TurbanA Sikh man wearing a turban The turban (Arabic: , ‘imāmä; Turkish: tülbent; Persian: دلبنت, dulband) is a headdress, of Asian origin, consisting of a long scarf wound round the head or an inner hat. The turban comes in many shapes and sizes and color of turbans vary, with the ..
TurbanaTurbana disambiguation Turbana, the brand Turbana is a brand of the Colombian banana export company Uniban. Turbana distributes bananas in the United States under its own name and also under the name Darien. http://www.turbana.com/company_info/overview.htmhttp://www.uniban.com/htm/about.htm Turba..
Turban (Sikhism)The Turban is closely associated with Sikhism. Sikhism is the only religion in the world in which wearing a turban is mandatory. Vast majority of people who wear turbans in the Western countries are Sikhs. The Sikh pagṛī (ਪਗੜੀ) is also called dastār (ਦਸਤਾਰ), which is a mor..
Turban GeyserTurban Geyser is a geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Turban Geyser belongs to the Grand Group (or Grand Geyser Complex), and its eruption is tied to Grand Geyser. In the hours prior to Grand's eruption, Turban will have five minute eruptions ever..
Turban Tide and Hindoo InvasionBy the late 19th century, fear had already begun in North America over Chinese immigration supplying cheap labor to lay railroad tracks, mostly in California and elswhere in the west coast. In xenophobic jargon common in the day, ordinary workers, newspapers, and politicians uniformly opposed this ..
TurbaryA Turbary is a piece of peatland from which turf may be cut for fuel.By extension, the word may be applied to the material extracted from the turbary. This means peat which seems usually, perhaps always, to be moss peat.Turbary which is more fully expressed legally as common of turbary, is the right..
TurbatTurbat (Urdu: تربت ) is city located in Balochistan, Pakistan. Contents 1 About2 Places of interest3 Transportation4 See also About The town is located in southwest of Balochistan province Pakistan it is situated on the left bank of the Kech River, which is a tributary ..
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Turba Philosophorumthe Turba Philosophorum also known as Assembly of the Philosophers is one of the oldest European alchemy texts. It was written as early as the 12th century ..
Turbe"Turbe of Damad Ali-Pasha, conqueror of Moreia", in Belgrade's Kalemegdan fortress. Note the hexagonal base. Turbe is the Turkish word for Tomb. There are many famous Turbes across Istanbul of various Ottoman Sultans, as well as of other notables from Turkish History. Konya holds the turbe ..
TurbellariaTurbellaria are a group of generally small (..
Turbett Township, PennsylvaniaTurbett Township is a township in Juniata County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 819 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 42.9 km² (16.5 mi²). 42.5 km² (16.4 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of i..
Turbeville, South CarolinaTurbeville is a town in Clarendon County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 602 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 Education4 External links Geography Turbeville is located at [33°53′22″N, 80°0′48″W] (33.889433, -80.01..
TurbheTurbhe is a place located near Vashi, India. It has a high concentration of industrial activities. Nodes of the city of Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra, India Airoli | CBD Belapur | Dronagiri | Ghansoli | Kalamboli | Khargar | Kopar Khairane | Nerul | New Panvel | Sanpada | Turbhe | Taloja | Ulwe ..
TurbiditeUSGS image Turbidite geological formations have their origins in turbidity current deposits, deposits from a form of underwater avalanche that are responsible for distributing vast amounts of clastic sediment into the deep ocean. Gorgoglione Flysch, Miocene, South Italy Contents 1&nb..
TurbidityTurbidity standards of 5, 50, and 500 NTU Turbidity is a cloudiness or haziness of water (or other fluid) caused by individual particles that are too small to be seen without a magnification, thus being much like smoke in air. Contents 1 Explanation2 Measurement of turbidity3&nbs..
Turbidity currentA turbidity current or density current is a current of rapidly moving, sediment-laden water moving down a slope through air, water, or another fluid. The current moves because it has a higher density and turbidity than the fluid through which it flows. The term "turbidity current" is most commonly..
TurbidometryThe term turbidometry is derived from turbidity meaning "cloudiness". Turbidometry is the process of measuring the amount of light that a solution absorbs. Light is passed through a filter creating a light of known wavelength which is then passed through a cuvette containing a solution. A photoel..
Turbinado sugarTurbinado sugar (popular brand name(s) include Sugar in the Raw) is a type of sugar cane extract. Put simply, it is created by spinning sugar cane in a cylinder or turbine. In comparison, white sugar removes the molasses from Turbinado sugar, and brown sugar is the result of adding molasses to w..
TurbinateIn anatomy, a turbinate is a bony projection which protrudes into the breathing passage of the nose. These increase the surface area of the inside of the nose helping improve the sense of smell. The nasal cavity is convoluted into cavities of olfactory epithelium called turbinates I-IV. Here exper..
Turbinate boneThe turbinate bone refers to any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in humans and other vertebrates. Spongy bone is also called cancellous bone, it is much less dense, and consists of an interconnecting lattice of bony spicules ( trabeculae); the cavities in between the spicules are ..
TurbineFor the developers of Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games, see Turbine Inc.. WWII era steam turbine used for ship propulsion. Gas turbine A wind turbine at Greenpark, Reading, England A turbine is a rotary engine that extracts energy from a fluid flow. Claude Burdin..
Turbine, Inc.Turbine, Inc. (formerly Turbine Entertainment Software, Second Nature, and originally CyberSpace, Inc.) is a Westwood, Massachusetts-based computer game developer that developed the popular massively multiplayer role-playing games (MMORPGs) Asheron's Call, Asheron's Call 2 and Dungeons & Dragons O..
Turbine, OntarioTurbine is a community in the Ontario city of Greater Sudbury. From 1973 to 2000, Turbine was part of the town of Walden, in the Regional Municipality of Sudbury. On January 1, 2001, the Regional Municipality was dissolved into the single-tier City of Greater Sudbury. ..
Turbine class destroyerThe Turbine class destroyer was a class of destroyer built for Regia Marina, the Italian Royal Navy, in the late 1920s. They were essentially larger versions of the earlier Sella class destroyers. Turbine class ships displaced 1,070 tons, with a length of 93.2 meters. They were armed with ..
Turbine locomotiveA turbine locomotive may be one of two things. A gas turbine-electric locomotive uses a gas turbine as a power source.A steam turbine locomotive uses a boiler and steam turbine as a power source. ..
Turbine mapIntroduction Each turbine in a gas turbine engine has an operating map. Complete maps are either based on turbine rig test results or are predicted by a special computer program. Alternatively the map of a similar turbine can be suitably scaled. Description A typical turbine map is shown on the ri..
TurbiniaThe Turbinia Turbinia was the first steam turbine powered steamship, built as an experimental vessel in 1894 and demonstrated dramatically at the Spithead Navy Review in 1897, setting the standard for the next generation of steamships. The vessel can still be seen, at the [Discovery Mu..
TurbinicarpusTurbinicarpus is a species of small to medium-sized cacti, originating from the arid lands of Central Mexico. ..
Turbi Village massacreThe Turbi Village massacre was the killing of sixty people by feuding clans in the Marsabit district of northern Kenya on the early morning of 12 July 2005. Hundreds of armed raiders of the Borana tribe attacked the Gabra people living in the Turbi area, north west of Marsabit. Twenty-two of the six..
Turbo, ColombiaTurbo is a port town in Antioquia Department, Colombia. It is located at around [8°5′53″N, 76°43′54″W]. It is located on the coast of Golfo de Urabá. ..
Turbo-Basic XLThis article is about Turbo-Basic XL, a BASIC dialect for the Atari 8-bit family. There is a different article on the unrelated Borland Turbo BASIC. Turbo-Basic XL is an advanced version of BASIC for the Atari 8-bit family of home computers. It is a compatible superset of the more commo..
Turbo-electricA turbo-electric transmission uses electric generators to convert the mechanical energy of a turbine (steam or gas) into electric energy and electric motors to convert it back into mechanical energy to power the driveshafts. Turbo-electric drives are used in some locomotives (gas turbines, e.g. w..
Turbo-folkTurbo-folk is a popular musical sub-genre that originated in the Balkans during early 1990s. Though it is closely associated with Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, it continues to be very popular in the other former Yugoslav republics, namely Macedonia, Croatia, and to a lesser degree..
Turbo-HydramaticTurbo-Hydramatic is the registered tradename of an automatic transmission developed and produced by General Motors. It uses a torque converter and two planetary gearboxes, providing three forward speeds plus reverse. The Turbo-Hydramatic (THM) was developed to replace both the original Hydramatic ..
Turbo-Hydramatic 125The Turbo-Hydramatic 125 was the first in a line of automatic transmissions from General Motors designed for transverse engine application. Introduced in 1974, the line evolved into today's 4T40/45/65/80 line. Turbo-Hydramatic 125 The 3-speed Turbo-Hydramatic 125 was introduced in 1980 and produce..
Turbo-Hydramatic 180Turbo-Hydramatic 180 was an automatic transmission developed and produced by General Motors. It was a light-duty derivative of the Turbo-Hydramatic and was manufactured and used in Europe and Asia in a variety of longitudinal engine vehicles. The TH180 was later renamed 3L30 and was replaced by the..
Turbo-Hydramatic 425Turbo-Hydramatic 425 (and later 325) was an automatic transmission developed and produced by General Motors. It was a derivative of the Turbo-Hydramatic developed for the 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado and 1967 Cadillac Eldorado and later used for other longitudinal engine front-wheel drive vehicles as t..
Turbo-Union RB199The Turbo Union RB199 The Turbo Union RB199 is an aircraft jet engine designed and built jointly by Rolls-Royce, MTU and FiatAvio (now Avio). It is produced in three versions, RB199-103 Powering Tornado IDS strike versions, with a thrust rating of 40.5 kN (dry) 71.2 kN (reheat)RB199-34R-Mk10..
Turbo: A Power Rangers MovieTurbo: A Power Rangers Movie is a feature-length movie set in the Power Rangers universe. It served as a bridge between the television series [[Power Rangers: Zeo]] and [[Power Rangers: Turbo]]. Contents 1 The story2 Box office3 Notes4 External links The story A sinister ali..
TurboCASHTurboCASH is an open source accounting software package, developed by Pink Software, a South African company. It has been continuously developed since April 1985, and was released under the GPL in July 2003. The biggest TurboCASH communities are found in South Africa, the Netherlands, the United ..
TurbochannelA DEC 3000/M600. TurboChannel slots (with cards installed) are visible in the top right quadrant. Turbochannel was a proprietary computer bus used by DEC in the majority of the MIPS-based DECstation line, some of the later VAXstations, as well as some early Alpha AXP-based systems. DEC aband..
Turbocharged Direct InjectionVW's common I4 1.9L TDI engine, capable of 66–118 kW (90–160 hp) depending on specific configuration Turbocharged Direct Injection (TDI) is the technology used for modern diesel engines produced by Volkswagen Group, and is widely used in passenger cars produced by the company (espe..
TurbochargerThis article describes the internal combustion engine component often known as a turbo. For other meanings of turbo, see turbo (disambiguation). Air foil bearing-supported turbocharger cutaway made by [Mohawk Innovative Technology Inc.] A turbocharger is an exhaust gas-driven compr..
TurbocurarineThis section does not cite its [Citing sourcesreferences or sources]. You can [WikiProject Fact and Reference Checkhelp] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations.'' d-tubocurarine (or tubocurarine) is a drug that was once used to relax throat muscles. It is the original no..
TurbodieselA turbodiesel is a name for a turbocharged diesel engine. The first example in a production car was the Peugeot 604 in 1978, with more modern applications in the Ford Power Stroke engine series and the Volkswagen and Audi Turbo Direct Injection (TDI) series. ..
TurboDuoThe TurboDuo (also called Turbo Duo) is a US video game console released on October 10, 1992 by Turbo Technologies Incorporated (a Los Angeles-based corporation consisting of NEC and Hudson Soft employees, established to market NEC consoles in North America after NEC Home Electronics USA failed to e..
TurboencabulatorThis does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Turboencabulator is a fictional machine whose alleged existence became part of an in-joke or professional humor..
TurboexpanderA turboexpander (also referred to as turbo expander, expansion turbine or simply expander) is a centrigugal or axial flow turbine through which a high pressure gas is expanded to produce work that is typically used to drive a compressor. Because work is extracted in the from the expanding high pres..
TurboExpressTurboExpress handheld, TV tuner, games The TurboExpress or (PC Engine GT in Japan) was a portable version of the TurboGrafx 16/PC Engine, released in 1990 for $249.99 (the price was briefly raised to $299.99, soon dropped back to $249.99, and by 1992 it was $199.99). It was the most advanced ..
TurbofanThis article needs more context around or a better explanation of technical details to [Make technical articles accessiblemake it more accessible] to general readers and technical readers outside the specialty, without removing technical details. See below for more information. CFM56-..
TurboGearsTurboGears is a Python web "megaframework" created by bringing together a number of mature components such as MochiKit, SQLObject, CherryPy and Kid, along with some TurboGears specific code to make everything work together easily. TurboGears was created in 2005 by Kevin Dangoor as the framewor..
TurboGrafx 16The PC Engine is a video game console released by NEC, a Japanese company, in 1987. The system was released in 1989 as TurboGrafx 16 for the North American market. A PAL version of the system also saw a very limited release in the UK and continental Europe in 1990 as "Turbografx" (not including the..
TurboGrafx CDThe TurboGrafx 16 was the first video game console in North America to have a CD-ROM peripheral (following the pioneering spirit of the PC-Engine CD-ROM add-on in Japan, although the FM Towns Marty was the first console to have a built-in CD-ROM). The TurboGrafx-CD (abbreviated as "TG-CD"), debuted ..
TurboIMAGEIMAGE is the primary reason that the HP3000 was a success. It is a reliable, simple, fast database for MPE. After about a decade of enhancements it was renamed TurboIMAGE, then TurboIMAGE/XL after the PA-RISC migration. Programs can access and update records using IMAGE intrinsics. Today it is know..
TurbojetFor the transportation company in southern China, see TurboJET. For fuller treatment of this class of engine, see Jet engine Turbojets are the simplest and oldest kind of general purpose jet engine. Two different engineers, Frank Whittle in Britain and Hans von Ohain in Germany, developed the conc..
TurboJETTurboJET (Chinese: 噴射飛航) is the brand name for the operations of the Hong Kong-based Shun Tak-China Travel Ship Management Limited (信德中旅船務管理有限公司), which is is established from the joint venture between Shun Tak Holdings Limited (信德集團有限公司) and China Tr..
TurboliftA turbolift is a highspeed human transport device in the Star Trek universe which is similar to an elevator. Turbolifts travel through so-called 'Turboshafts' built into starships or buildings both horizontally and vertically to reach designated destinations. It is a part of the United Federation ..
TurbolinerThe Turboliner is a trainset built by Rohr Industries in 1976 for Amtrak. The trains were powered by diesel gas-electric turbines and were equipped with third rail shoes to enable entry into the underground tunnels approaching Grand Central Station and New York Penn Station in New York City. They w..
TurbolinuxTurbolinux is a Linux distribution company, whose distribution is popular in Asia. Turbolinux was founded in 1992, and is based out of Tokyo, Japan. Their distribution includes a registered copy of the only commercial, and hence licensed, DVD decrypter for Linux, in the form of CyberLink PowerDVD;..
TurboloidTurboloid is one of Turbonegro's first two relases, and was released in 1990 alongside the Route Zero single. The EP was release on bassist Thomas Seltzer's Straitjacket Records. Tracks Flower BoxLove In My VeinCockworkLet's Go To Mars ("Richard Burton's Penis")You Had It Coming TRBNGR Guitar: Vega..
TurbomachineryIn mechanical engineering, turbomachinery describes machines that transfer energy between a rotor and a fluid, including both turbines and compressors. While a turbine transfers energy from a fluid to a rotor, a compressor transfers energy from a rotor to a fluid. The two types of machines are gov..
TurbomasterTurbomasters were a line of Transformers, a subgroup of the Autobots who first appeared near the end of the 1st generation of the toyline, and were carried into the second. There were 6 Turbomasters in all. The common thread in their design was their missile launchers, which featured spring-powered ..
TurbomecaFounded in 1938, Turbomeca is a manufacturer of low and medium-power gas turbine for helicopters. The company also produces turbojet engines for aircraft and missiles, as well as turbines for land, industrial and marine applications. Acquired by SNECMA Group in September 2001. 1968 saw the establis..
Turboméca TM 333The Turboméca TM 333 is a turboshaft engine designed for 5 to 6-ton-class helicopters. It was originally intended to power Eurocopter's twin-engine Dauphin and Panther helicopters. The TM 333 found its first commercial application on the HAL Dhruv. The TM 333 2B2 develops 825 kW at takeoff, with gr..
TURBOMOLETURBOMOLE is a Quantum chemistry ab initio program package, developed at the group of Prof. Reinhart Ahlrichs at the University of Karlsruhe. External links [TURBOMOLE web site] ..
Turbomolecular pumpInterior view of a turbomolecular pump Turbomolecular pumps is a form of turbopump used to obtain and maintain high vacuum. These pumps work on the principle that gas molecules can be given momentum in a desired direction by repeated collision with a moving solid surface. In a turbopump, a ra..
TurbonegroTurbonegro (Turboneger in Norway) is a Norwegian band who combine heavy metal, rock and punk music into a non-politically-correct version of punk. Contents 1 Musical style2 Disbanding and reforming3 Band name4 Turbojugend5 Current members6 Former members7 Disc..
TurboNickNickelodeon has launched a new broadband channel called TurboNick. The "channel" will contain 20 hours of original programming. Unlike NICK the cable network, viewers can watch TurboNick on their own time schedule. TurboNick features up to 20 hours of new programming every week and includes adv..
TurbonillinaeTurbonillinae is one of eleven currently recognised subfamilies of the gastropod family Pyramidellidae; Odostomiinae, Turbonillinae, Chrysallidinae, Cingulininae, Cyclostremellinae, Sayellinae, Syrnolininae, Eulimellinae, Pyramidellinae, Odostomellinae and Tiberiinae. Turbonillinae was introduced by..
TURBONYCOILTURBONYCOIL is a line of synthetic oils manufactured by NYCO and designed specifically for gas-turbine engines powering aircraft, naval vessels and ground based power generation plants. TURBONYCOIL range TURBONYCOIL 160, 3 cSt, Approved to MIL-PRF-7808 Grade 3(Military Aviation, e.g. F-16, F-15, ..
TurbopauseThe turbopause marks the altitude in the Earth's atmosphere below which turbulent mixing dominates. The region below the turbopause is known as the homosphere, where the chemical constituents are well mixed and display identical height distributions; in other words, the chemical composition of the a..
TurboplanThe Turboplan is a flying model airplane with a ringwing built around 1980 by an Austrian company. External links http://www.turboplan.de/ ..
TurboPlayTurboPlay (June/July, 1991), featuring Bonk, TG-16's mascot TurboPlay Magazine was a bi-monthly, U.S.-based video game magazine published by Larry Flynt Publications (L.F.P.) from June/July 1990 through August/September 1992. It was available via subscription only ($9.95 USD per year). A total ..
TurbopropA schematic diagram showing the operation of a turboprop engine. A Turboprop (Turbo-propeller) or turboshaft engine is a type of gas turbine engine which uses its power to drive a propeller. The propeller of a turboprop looks much the same as for a piston or reciprocating engine, but the engi..
TurbopumpAs the name suggests, a turbopump comprises basically two main components: a pump driven by a turbine, both mounted on the same shaft. A turbopump can refer to either of two types of pumps. Turbomolecular pumps are also called turbopumps and are used to obtain high vacuum.Another type of turbopum..
Turboraketti IITurboraketti II is a space dog fight game for Amiga computers created by Heikki Kosola. The game is played by two people fighting each other with spaceships. The game is similar to an earlier game called Gravity Force. The ships are viewed from a side perspective and gravity pulls ships down. The sc..
TurborocketA turborocket is a type of aircraft engine combining elements of a jet engine and a rocket. Once a jet engine goes high enough in an atmosphere, there is insufficient oxygen to burn the jet fuel. The idea behind a turborocket is to supplement the atmospheric oxygen with an onboard supply. This al..
TurbosailThis does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. A turbosail is a device that uses generated lift to propel a boat. It was invented by Jacques Cousteau, Lucie..
TurboshaftSchematic diagram showing the operation of a simplified turboshaft engine. The compressor spool is shown in green and the free / power spool is in purple. Turboshaft engines and jet engines use a gas turbine to produce power. While jet engines use mostly the produced thrust as power, turboshaf..
TurbosiiselitTurbosiiselit (or Kälviän Turbosiiselit) is a Finnish table hockey team based in the municipality of Kälviä. It was established in April of 2006 by a small group of individuals who had made table hockey into a religion for themselves. One of these table hockey fanatics is Ville Hietala, who won ..
TurboSilverThere are very few or no other articles that link to this one.Please help [[help:link|introduce links]] in articles on [related topics]. After links have been created, remove this message.This article has been tagged since June 2006. } TurboSilver was one of the original 3D raytracing so..
TurbosphereThe turbosphere (or homosphere) is that portion of the atmosphere that is sufficiently well-stirred by atmospheric motion that long-lived gases are well-mixed and do not appreciably separate by weight. The turbosphere extends up to about 110 km and includes the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere..
TurbosteamerA turbosteamer is a term used by BMW to describe steam engine that uses exhaust heat from an internal combustion engine to power it. This increases the fuel efficiency of the car. The turbosteamer device is affixed to the exhaust system. It salvages the heat wasted in the exhaust (as much as 80% of ..
TurbotFor other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Turbot (pronounced tur-bit [tʊɹbɨt]) (family Scophthalmidae, order Pleuronectiformes) are flatfish native to marine or brackish waters of the North Atlantic. The taxon name comes from the Greek language, with skopein meaning "to look" and ophtha..
TurbotanksTurbotanks is a simplistic Java game found at [turbotanks.com]. The concept is a simple battle game: either one human player against another, or one human player can embark on the single-player game alone. Contents 1 Features2 Gameplay2.1 First player specifics3 C..
TurbotrainThis article is about the French Turbotrain.For the UAC Turbo used in Canada and the United States, see Turbo (train). SNCF's turbotrain in Houlgate on the Deauville-Dives line. The Turbotrain was an early French high-speed train working on gas turbines. It was born in 1967, for use on France..
TurbotronicThe Turbotronic is an arcade game-style controller for the Nintendo Entertainment System released by Camerica. It is a clone of the NES Advantage, and it has the same buttons. Because of the similarities to the NES Advantage, Nintendo filed a lawsuit against Camerica over the Turbotronic and their ..
Turbotville, PennsylvaniaTurbotville is a borough in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 691 at the 2000 census. Geography Turbotville is located at [41°6′9″N, 76°46′16″W] (41.102454, -76.771188)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Ce..
Turbot (disambiguation)See also Turbot, flatfishUSS Turbot, submarines named after the fish,The Turbot War, a fishing dispute between Canada and the European UnionTurbot Township, Pennsylvania, United States This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an ..
Turbot Township, PennsylvaniaTurbot Township is a township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,677 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.4 km² (14.1 mi²). 35.9 km² (13.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.6 km² (0.2 mi..
Turbot WarThe Turbot War of 1995 was an international fishing dispute between Canada and the European Union which ended in Canada arresting a Spanish fishing trawler in international waters. Canada claimed that European Union factory fishing trawlers were illegally overfishing the nose and tail of the Grand ..
TurboVisionTurboVision was a TV tuner adapter made for the TurboExpress game system. It allowed a player to either watch television, or go back to playing games with the flip of a switch. Turbo Vision was a DOS-based character-mode GUI framework by Borland. It was deprecated in favor of Object Windows Library..
Turbo (album)Turbo is a 1986 album by British heavy metal band Judas Priest. The album was recorded at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas and mixed January - February 1986 at the Record Plant in Los Angeles, California. A re-mastered CD was released in 2002, which added two bonus tracks. The album marked ..
Turbo (comics)Turbo (real name Michiko "Mickey" Musashi) is a fictional character and comic book superheroine in the Marvel Comics universe, debuting in New Warriors #28 Character biography Originally, the Turbo suit was created by the Dire Wraiths in their attempts to duplicate the Spaceknights' armors. They ..
Turbo (disambiguation)Turbo is a common contraction for turbocharger, an internal-combustion engine component. Turbo may also refer to: Turbo button, a control on computer equipment that causes it to function fasterTurbo coding, a form of error-correction coding, usually used in telecommunicationsTurbo Pascal, an Integ..
Turbo (group)Turbo (터보) is a Korean group that was widly popular in its days. There are few singers in Korea whose voice can identify a whole genre of music. There is the rock voice of Kim Kyung Ho, the trot voice of Joo Yun Me and also the dance voice of Turbo. Ever since their debut Turbo has stood out of ..
Turbo (Polish band)Turbo is a Polish heavy metal band. It was started in January 1980 by Henryk Tomczak. Turbo is best know for Dorosłe Dzieci and Kawaleria Szatana II. Members Wojciech Anioła (1980-1983) - DrumsWojciech Hoffmann(since 1980) - GuitarWojciech Sowula (1980) - vocalHenryk Tomczak (1980-1981) - Bass g..
Turbo (train)This article is about the United Aircraft Corporation TurboTrain, a train used in Canada and the United States.For the French Turbotrains, see Turbotrain. The UAC TurboTrain was an early high-speed train manufactured by United Aircraft Corporation that operated in Canada between 1968 and 1982 and ..
Turbo AssemblerThe Turbo Assembler (TASM) mainly PC-targeted assembler package was Borland's offering in the x86 assembler programming tool market. As one would expect, TASM worked well with Borland's high-level language compilers for the PC, such as Turbo C and Turbo Pascal. Along with the rest of the Turbo suite..
Turbo BASICThis article is about the Borland version of Turbo-Basic. There is an article on Turbo Basic XL - a dialect of BASIC for the Atari 8-bit family. Turbo BASIC is a BASIC compiler and dialect originally created by Robert 'Bob' Zale and bought from him by Borland. When Borland decided to stop publishin..
Turbo Boyer–Moore algorithmRedirect [[Template:Merge]] In computer science, the Turbo Boyer-Moore algorithm is a string searching algorithm. It is a variant of the Boyer-Moore string search algorithm which takes an additional constant amount of space to complete a search within 2n comparisons (as opposed to 3n for Boyer-Moore..
Turbo buttonTurbo button refers to a button on a piece of electronic equipment, which makes the equipment run faster in some way. Its three most popular incarnations are: On some desktop computers, the Turbo button changes the effective speed of the system. It usually accomplishes this by either adjusting the..
Turbo CTurbo C is a Borland Integrated Development Environment and compiler for the C programming language. Version history version 1.0, in 1987 - It offered the first integrated edit-compile-run development environment for C on IBM PCs, borrowed from Borland's existing Turbo Pascal compiler. It ran in 3..
Turbo C++Turbo C++ is a Borland C++ compiler with an integrated IDE, famous for its ultra-high compilation & linkage speed - hence the term "Turbo". It was a part of Borland's highly popular family of compilers including Turbo Pascal, Turbo Basic, Turbo Prolog and Turbo C. Turbo C++ was a successor of Turb..
Turbo codeTurbo codes are a class of recently-developed high-performance error correction codes finding use in deep-space satellite communications and other applications where designers seek to achieve maximal information transfer over a limited-bandwidth communication link in the presence of data-corrupting ..
Turbo dispatchTo meet Wikipedia's and conform with our [NPOVNPOV] policy, this article or section may require [Cleanupcleanup].The current version of the article or section reads like an [What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a soapboxadvertisement].Please discuss this issue on the..
Turbo EspritTurbo Esprit is a 1986 video game for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC published by Durell Software. In the game you patrol the streets in a Lotus Esprit chasing drug smugglers. The game was very detailed and advanced for its time. The steering wheel turns, the car have idicator lights,..
Turbo Folk PartyTurbo Folk Party is an album of Croatian singer Josip Ivančić. It was released in 2002. Track listing "Schumacher mix"# "Vještice i vile"# "Ginem, ginem"# "Schumacher"# "Noćna ptica""Turbo mix"# "Jutro je"# "Tražio si sve"# "Putuj, putuj srećo moja"# "Kunem ti se"# "Lutalica""Safir mix"# "..
Turbo generatorA turbo generator is a turbine directly connected to an electric generator for the generation of electric power. Large Steam powered turbo generators (steam turbine generators) provide the majority of the world's electricity and are also used by steam powered, turbo-electric ships. Smaller turbo-ge..
Turbo ListerTurbo Lister is a free listing tool from eBay for medium to high volume sellers. External links [http://pages.ebay.com/turbo_lister/][http://pages.ebay.co.uk/turbo_lister/][Turbo Lister Forum] ..
Turbo MattressTurbo Mattress is the debut EP from The Chinese Stars released in 2003 on Skin Graft Records. Track listing "Sick Machine" - 2:53"Fastest Horse Yet" - 2:45"Arson Hotline" - 2:37"Loose Traffic" - 3:31"Eyes of the Secret North" - 2:47 ..
Turbo Modula-2Turbo Modula-2 was a compiler and an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the Modula-2 programming language running on MS-DOS, developed by Borland, but never released by them. Instead, a group including Borland cofounder Niels Jensen, acting as Jensen and Partners, bought the unreleased cod..
Turbo NavigatorTurbo Navigator is advanced, highly customisable freeware file manager for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000. It works as Windows Explorer but with one main difference: it uses two file panels, as in Symantec's Norton Commander which is a well known commercial file manager for DOS and Windows. Some of th..
Turbo OutrunTurbo OutRun is a videogame by Sega released to arcades in 1989. It is the second game in the Out Run series (although not an 'official' sequel), and runs on identical hardware to the original. Contents 1 Overview2 Stage Order3 Music4 Trivia5 Releases6 External link..
Turbo PascalTurbo Pascal 3.0 manual front page Turbo Pascal is a compiler and a Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the Pascal programming language running mainly on MS-DOS, developed by Borland. The name Borland Pascal was generally reserved for the high end packages (with more libraries and st..
Turbo PhotoTurbo Photo is a royalty free, stock photography provider that caters to graphic designers and web designers. Unlike iStockphoto which uses the micropayment business model, Turbo Photo provides cheap stock photos, but not on a credit basis. As of 2006, Turbo Photo's images are more expensive than ..
Turbo PolkaTurbo Polka is Atomik Harmonik's first world hit. The song is a cover version of their first hit Brizgalna Brizga. The remix for the song contributed Eiffel 65. Track listing Turbo Polka (radio mix) (3:26)Turbo Polka (radio extended) (5:22)Turbo Polka (apres ski mix) (3:41)Turbo Polka (dance mix..
Turbo SlidersTurbo Sliders is a racing game with a classic top-down perspective that allows up to 20 network drivers compete against each other over the internet. Created by a small gaming company called Jollygood Games, who make computer games for Windows, Linux and Macintosh. It initially comes as a Demo dow..
Turbo Tech ControllerThe Turbo Tech Controller is a controller for the Nintendo Entertainment System made by an unknown company. This controller is similar in design to the Zipper controller. Like most other controllers, the Turbo Tech included a turbo feature. Not to be confused with a Technical Controller of the US..
Turbo TeenTurbo Teen is an animated series that aired Saturday mornings on the ABC network for twelve episodes between 1984 and 1985. Since the series was short lived, several websites feature Turbo Teen as one of the worst cartoon series ever made. The series was once rerun on the USA Network's now-defunct U..
Turbo timerA turbo timer is a device designed to keep an automotive engine running for a pre-specified period of time in order to automatically execute the cool-down period required to prevent premature turbo wear and failure. After a period of driving when a turbocharger has been working hard, it is important..
Turbo Touch 360The Turbo Touch 360 was a series of aftermarket third-party controllers made for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and Sega Genesis. What separated them from other controllers on the market was the fact that instead of a D-pad, they had a touch-sensitive panel,..
Turbo trainerThis does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. A turbo trainer is any device used to convert a road bicycle to a stationary exercise bicycle, by mounting the c..
Turbo Tu-Tone''CROOKS Turbo Tu-tone Real name Unknown Background Getaway Crook CROOKS Position Henchmen. Trademark Features Curve Mustache, small beard, huge jowls, a left over from the Gangster Era. Extra Specialty A proud driver of the Crooks Roadster. Can be seen going at over 100 MPH..
Turbo warrantThe turbo warrant is a stock option with two new features. It has a "low vega", the option price is much less affected by the "implied volatility" of the stock market. The strike price of the option is also a "barrier", if the stock hits that price the option expires worthless. As a comparison: a r..
TurbulatorA turbulator is a device for improving the flow of air over a wing. See also aerodynamics When air flows over the wing of an aircraft, there is a layer of air called the boundary layer between the wing's surface and where the air is undisturbed. Depending on the profile of the wing, the air will ..
TurbulenceFor the film of the same name, see Turbulence Turbulent flow around an obstacle; the flow further upstream is laminar Laminar and turbulent water flow over the hull of a submarine Turbulence in the tip vortex from an airplane wing In fluid dynamics, turbulence or turbulent fl..
Turbulence (film)Turbulence is a 1997 film directed by Robert Butler which stars Ray Liotta and Lauren Holly. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Ryan Weaver (Liotta) is a serial killer who is being transported with another prisoner, Stubbs (Gleeson), on a commercial Boei..
Turbulence HardcoreTurbulence Hardcore is a hardcore dance music record label based in Portsmouth, UK. After the original label, Turbulence Records, started in 2006 they decided to expand into the hardcore dance music scene. Their hardcore dance club brand, Fusion, has just been started and their next event is Digit..
Turbulence modelingTurbulence modeling is the area of physical modeling where a simpler mathematical model than the full time dependent Navier-Stokes Equations is used to predict of the effects of turbulence. Joseph Boussinesq was the first practitioner of this, introducing the concept of eddy viscosity. In this m..
Turbulence RecordsTurbulence Records is a trance music record label based in Portsmouth, UK. It began its life back in 2005 with the release of See The Light by Paradise (who also remix regularly for the labels other releases). Turbulence Records have recently expanded into new dance music genres. Their new sub-la..
Turbulent IndigoTurbulent Indigo is a 1994 album by Joni Mitchell. One of her most commercially and critically successful releases, the album won the Grammy Award for Pop Album of the Year. The album takes inspiration from Van Gogh for Mitchell's self-portrait on the cover, and draws on a similar energy throughout..
Turbulent Kinetic EnergyTurbulent Kinetic Energy (TKE) is the mean kinetic energy per unit mass associated with eddies in turbulent flow. It is a concept used to assess what contribution to buoyancy is brought by turbulence. The production of TKE equals the sum of mechanical/shear/frictional turbulence plus the buoyancy, ..
Turbutt WrightTurbutt Wright (February 5, 1741– 1783) was an American planter and political leader from Queen Anne's County, Maryland. He was a delegate for Maryland in the Continental Congress sessions of 1782. Turbutt was born on his father's plantation of White Marsh near Centreville and lived there his..
Turby wind turbineThe Turby is a brand of vertical axis Darrieus wind turbine. The three vertical aerofoil blades have a helical twist of 60 degrees, similar to Gorlov's water turbines [link]. Since the wind pulls each blade around on both the windward and leeward sides of the turbine, this feature spreads ..
Turchin StadiumTurchin Stadium is a baseball stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana. It hosts the Tulane University Green Wave college baseball team. The stadium holds 4,708 people and was built in 1991. External links [Article about stadium expansion] ..
Turčianske TepliceTurčianske Teplice (German: Bad Stuben, Hungarian: Stubnyafürdő) is a town in central Slovakia in the Žilina Region. It is about halfway between Martin and Kremnica. As of 2002 the town's population was 7,031. The town is one of the oldest spa towns in Europe, and was originally known as Štubn..
Turčianske Teplice DistrictTurčianske Teplice District (okres Turčianske Teplice) is a district in the Žilina Region of central Slovakia. Until 1918, the district was part of the Hungarian county of Turiec. Municipalities AbramováBlažovceBodorováBorcováBrieštieBudišČremošnéDubovéHájHorná ŠtubňaIvančin..
Turckheim'''Turckheim The view atop the Brand, Turckheim''' Country France Région Alsace Départment Haut-Rhin (préfecture) Arrondissement Colmar Canton Chief town of 2 cantons INSEE 68230 Postal Code 68230 MayorCurrent Term Jean-Pierre SCH..
Turco-MongolThe Turco-Mongols were the aristocratic, nomadic, mostly Turkic-speaking horsemen of Mongol origin who served as rulers and conquerors in the Turco-Persian society. ..
Turco-PersianThe Turco-Persians were a heterogeneous confederation of certain Iranic, Mongol and Turkic peoples that eventually conquered most of central, western, and south Asia in the 15th and 16th centuries. The most famous member of this society was Timur. The Turco-Persian leader Babur, Timur's direct desce..
TurcopoleDuring the Crusades, turcopoles, turcoples, or turcopoliers' (Greek: "sons of Turks") were mounted archers. The crusaders first came across Turcopoles in the Byzantine army during the First Crusade. They were children of mixed Greek and Turkish parentage, and were at least nominally Christian altho..
Turcot syndromeTurcot syndrome is the association between familial adenomatous polyposis and brain tumors like medulloblastoma,malignant glioma. It was first reported by Canadian surgeon Jacques Turcot (1914- ) et al in 1959 and hence carries the first author's name.Turcot J, Després JP, St. Pierre F. Malignant t..
TurdaWikimedia Commons has media related to: [Special] Turda (Hungarian: Torda, German: Thorenburg) is a city and Municipality in Cluj County, Romania, situated on the Arieş river. Contents 1 History2 People3 See also4 Sister cities History Potaissa today ..
TurdetaniThe Turdetani were an ancient (pre-Roman) people of the Iberian peninsula (the Roman Hispania), living in the valley of the Guadalquivir in what was to become the Roman Province of Hispania Baetica (modern Andalusia, Spain). Strabo (Geography III, 4, 13) considers them to have been the successors to..
TurduckenA bacon-coated Turducken A turducken is a de-boned turkey stuffed with a de-boned duck, which itself is stuffed with a small de-boned chicken. The cavity of the chicken and the rest of the gaps are filled with, at the very least, a highly seasoned breadcrumb mixture or sausage meat, although s..
TurduliThe Turduli were an ancient Celtiberian tribe of Lusitania, akin to the Lusitanians, living in the south of modern Portugal, in the east of the province of Alentejo, along the Guadiana valley. External links [Detailed map of the Pre-Roman Peoples of Iberia (around 200 BC)] ..
Turduli VeteresThe Turduli Veteres, or Ancient Turduli were an ancient Celtiberian tribe of Lusitania, akin to the Lusitanians and Calaicians or Gallaeci, living south of the estuary of the river Douro, in the north of modern Portugal. External links [Detailed map of the Pre-Roman Peoples of Iberia (around 2..
Turdulorum OppidaThe Turdulorum Oppida, or Turduli living in the Portuguese region of Estremadura (coastal central Portugal), were an ancient Celtiberian tribe of Lusitania, akin to the Lusitanians. External links [Detailed map of the Pre-Roman Peoples of Iberia (around 200 BC)] ..
Turdus musicusNorwegian band started in 1998 by Carl Christian Lein Størmer and the brothers Juhani and Timo Silvola. The name "Turdus musicus" is latin for "beautiful song of the redwing" Band members Paulo Alejandro Velasquez: DrumsAleksander Johannessen: Bass/backing vocalsFinn H. Fodstad: Guitar/backing vo..
Turdus SolitariusTurdus Solitarius (Latin for solitary thrush) was a constellation created by Pierre Charles Lemonnier in 1776 from stars of Hydra's tail. It was replaced by another constellation, Noctua (the Owl). Neither of these constellations are in use anymore. External links http://www.pa.msu.edu/people/horva..
Turdu AhunTurdu Ahun was a traditional Chinese Uyghur folk musician in the Xinjiang region. In 1956 he made important recording of 12 muqams. ..
Turd BlossomTurd Blossom is a Texan term for a flower which grows from a pile of cow dung[link]. The term has gained notoriety in the United States of America, as reportedly this is one of President George W. Bush's terms of endearment for his chief political advisor, Karl Rove. In July 2005, several ..
Turd burglarTo call someone a turd burglar is to insultthem. By calling an individual a turd burglar is to imply that they another individual's faeces. An example of the term 'turd burglar' in use would be, "Hey there, you turd burglar". Origin The exact origins of the term, are unknown. However it is thought ..
Turebergs FKTurebergs FK is a Swedish athletics club. ..
TureenA Sevres tureen, made in 1782, owned by John and Abigail Adams. A tureen is a broad, deep, usually covered dish used for serving foods such as soups or stews. The tureen's history may be traced to the use of the communal bowl. The tureen as a piece of art and a practical vessel may have become..
TurehuIn Māori mythology, the turehu are a
