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W. O. Bentley
Walter Owen Bentley (September 16 1888 – August 3 1971), often known as W.O. Bentley or just "W.O." was the founder of Bentley Motors. One of five brothers and four sisters, he was educated at Clifton College, a boarding school near Bristol, from 1902 until 1905 when he left to start work as an ap..
WOB
WOB is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: WOB, the German vehicle licence plate code for Wolfsburg, the home of Volkswagen.WOB, the National Rail code for Woburn Sands railway station, England. External links: [Location map]; [live departures and ..
Wobbegong
Wobbegong is the common name given to the seven species of carpet sharks in the family Orectolobidae. They are found in shallow temperate and tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean and eastern Indian Ocean, chiefly around Australia and Indonesia, although one species occurs as far north as ..
Wobbe index
The Wobbe index is a value indicating the interchangeability of fuel gases. It is the best indicator of the similarity between a specific natural gas and propane-air mixture. It is defined as: Wobbe Index = higher heating value/(square root of specific gravity) It is used to compare the energy in..
Wobble
Wobble can mean: Wobble base pair, a type of basepair in genetics translationMilankovitch wobble, the change in the axial tilt, axial precession and orbital eccentricity of the earth over long periodsWobble (music), a style of drum and bass so called because of its wobbly basslinesWobbles (equine ..
Wobbler (fishing)
A wobbler (or "plug") is a fishing lure designed to resemble a fish of prey, or some other natural food of predatory fish. As the name signifies, it makes wobbling movements that are caused by the mouth dish or "bill" on the plug which causes it to wobble and dart as it moves through the water. ..
Wobbler disease
Wobbler disease is a condition of the cervical vertebrae that causes an unsteady gait and weakness in dogs. It is also known as cervical vertebral instability, cervical spondylomyelopathy, and cervical vertebral malformation. The disease is most common in large breeds, especially Great Danes and D..
Wobble base pair
Wobble base pairs for inosine Wobble base pairs for Uracil A wobble base pair is a G-U and I-U / I-A / I-C pair fundamental in RNA secondary structure. Its thermodynamic stability is comparable to that of the Watson-Crick base pair. Wobble base pairs are critical for the proper translati..
Wobble board
This article is about the musical instrument. For the fitness device, see Wobble board (exercise). The wobble board is an instrument popularized by the Australian musician and artist Rolf Harris and featured in his most well-known song "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport". A wobble board, like some other ..
Wobble board (exercise)
A wobble board is a piece of training equipment used to develop physical balance. It is often used for rehabilitation purposes, although it can be very useful to improve balance and reflexes. Structure The wobble board is a wooden disk. The top side, on which the individual stands, is flat and us..
Wobble frequency
DVDs and CDs have their data encoded on a single spiral which covers the surface of the disc. In case the optical medium is recordable, this spiral contains a slight sinusoidal deviation from a perfect spiral. This deviation is used to encode addressing information. The period of this sine curve c..
Wobbly (band)
Wobbly is the moniker of Jon Leidecker a San Francisco based musician/composer of experimental electronic music. He has released works on Tigerbeat6, Illegal Art, Alku, Phthalo, and others. He has be producing music since 1987 and ongoing studio and live projects involve collaborations with People..
Wobbly Dog Productions
Wobbly Dog Production is a British theatre production company specialising in small cast music theatre. It was set up and is managed by two performers, Barry Clark and Janet Cowley. Wobbly Dog Production produce four shows with connections to the Gilbert and Sullivan repertoire, one Edwardian sal..
Wobbly hedgehog syndrome
Wobbly Hedgehog Syndrome (WHS) is a disease found in hedgehogs that is closely related to multiple sclerosis (MS). The disease is prominent in the domesticated hedgehog. Symptoms and treatment As with MS, WHS slowly degrades the hedgehog's muscle control. This first appears as a wobble while the ..
Wobbuffet
Wobbuffet (ソーナンス Sōnansu in Japanese, Woingenau in German and Qulbutoke in French) is a fictional character from the Pokémon series. It is Pokémon #202 in the National Pokédex and #161 in the Hoenn Pokédex. The name 'Wobbuffet' probably comes from the words '[[wikt:wobble|wobble]]'..
WOBL
WOBL is an AM radio station licensed to Oberlin, Ohio and serving the western portion of the Cleveland, Ohio market, operating on 1320 kHz. WOBL features a classic country format, dubbed as "Gold Counrty 1320," along with an array of local newscasts and high school sports coverage. WOBL signed on..
WOBN
WOBN (FM) Slogan: Westerville's Alternative Westerville, Ohio 101.5 FM Owner Otterbein College Founded 1957 or 1958 as WOBC-AM, 1968 as WOBN-FM at 91.5 FM Signal Radius Westerville, OH Transmitter location Cowan Hall Callsign Meaning Based on letters found in Otterbein. Former Callsigns..
Wobulation
Wobulation is a technology invented by Hewlett-Packard. The term is loosely derived from the word 'wobble' and was inspired by HP's work with the overlap of printing ink. Wobulation reduces the cost and complexity of components required for the creation of high resolution displays. Wobulation wor..
Woburn
Woburn is the name of some places: Woburn, Toronto, Canada*The high school is Woburn Collegiate Institute.Woburn, Bedfordshire, UK*Woburn Abbey is nearby which is also home to Woburn Safari ParkWoburn, Massachusetts, USAThis article consisting of geographical locations is a [disambiguationdisam..
Woburn, Bedfordshire
St. Mary's parish church in Woburn Woburn is a small town and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England. It is best known as the location of Woburn Abbey, a stately home, and Woburn Safari Park. A new Center Parcs holiday resort is to be built nearby. Woburn annually stages a world famous 'Oy..
Woburn, Massachusetts
Note: This page contains IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for a pronunciation key. Woburn (/'wubə(r)n/) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. The population was 37,258 at the 2000 census. Woburn is the birthplace of Anglo-American scientist Benjamin Thomp..
Woburn Abbey
Woburn Abbey, near Woburn in Bedfordshire, is the seat of the Duke of Bedford, head of the Russell Family. The Abbey was a sad half-demolished, half-derelict house in 1953 when the 12th Duke died, exposing the family estates to heavy death duties for the second time in thirteen years. The Abbey, ..
Woburn Challenge
The Woburn Challenge is a programming competition organized by high-school students of Woburn Collegiate Institute, in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. The contest is similar in structure to the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest. In the past years, the contest has consisted of three divi..
Woburn Collegiate Institute
Principal Gayle Ferguson Founded 1963 School type Public Religious affiliation None Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada Enrollment 1266 (as of 2004) Campus surroundings Suburban Mascot Wildcat Motto Studium Eruditionis Crescat School colours Red, Blue, White Woburn Coll..
Woburn Golf and Country Club
Woburn Golf and Country Club is located near Milton Keynes in England, about fifty miles north of central London. There are three courses, the "Duke's Course" which opened in 1976, the "Duchess Course", which followed in 1978, and the "Marquess Course", which dates from 2000. The courses are situate..
Woburn Rookie Drama Festival
The Woburn Rookie Drama Festival (usually just called Rookie) is a festival of short plays held annually every spring at Woburn Collegiate Institute in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The most notable part of the festival is that it all of the plays are directed, acted, crewed, and sometimes written enti..
Woburn Sands
Woburn Sands is a settlement that is mainly in the Borough of Milton Keynes, England. The county boundary with Bedfordshire runs through[link], the town so that the smaller part of the town, and especially its primary school, is that county. It is located to the south-east of Milton Keyne..
Woburn Sands railway station
Woburn Sands railway station is a railway station that serves the village of Woburn Sands in Buckinghamshire. It is located on the Bletchley-Bedford Marston Vale line. The station is served by Silverlink County local services from Bletchley to Bedford. Services are operated using Class 150/1 diesel..
Woburn Square
Woburn Square is the smallest of the Bloomsbury Squares and owned by the University of London. Designed by Thomas Cubitt in 1829, it is named for Woburn Abbey, the main country seat of the Dukes of Bedford, who developed much of Bloomsbury. See also Other squares on the Bedford Estate in Bloomsbur..
WOBZ-LP
WOBZ-LP is a Class A low power television station in East Bernstadt, Kentucky, broadcasting on Channel 9. Licensed in 1991 as W09BZ, the station now goes by WOBZ9, a simple rearrangement of the original calls. Although the calls were assigned in 1991, the station didn't go live until two years lat..
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