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Zeibekiko
Zeibekiko (Greek: ζεϊμπÎκικο) is a Greek improvisational solo dance. Its name comes from the Zeibek people of Asia Minor. The term can also describe the music which accompanies the zeibekiko dance, played in a 9/8 rhythm (occasionally in 9/4). This rhythm is common in Turkish music and is ..
Zeibeks
Zeibeks or Zeybeks were people of Thracian origin and Islamic religion living in Asia Minor. Before the Treaty of Lausanne large concentrations of Zeibeks could be found in the Ionian coast of Asia Minor and more particularly near the city of Smyrna (Izmir). Zeybeks were mountain warriors of Weste..
Zeichnungen des Patienten O. T.
Zeichnungen des Patienten O. T. (or Drawings of Patient O. T.) is the second studio album by the Berlin-based musical group Einstürzende Neubauten. Some Bizarre Records released the album in 1983 (see 1983 in music). In the United States, PVC/Jem Records released the album in 1984 as Drawings o..
Zeid
Zeid is an Arabic name for males. Persons with such a name include: Prince Zeid of the Hashemite Dynasty This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly t..
Zeidae
The Zeidae (named after Zeus, the supreme god of Greek mythology) are a family of large, showy, deep-bodied zeiform marine fish—the "true dories". Found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Ocean, the family contains just five species in two genera. All species are important and highly-regard..
Zeidane Ould Hmeida
Zeidane Ould Hmeida is a former politician in Mauritania. He was the Minister of Industry and Mines under former president Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya. Hmeida was deposed in August 2005 along with Taya. Hmeida is infamous for his involvements with the Woodside Petroleum and amendments that provided..
Zeid Heidar
Zeid Heidar belongs to the tiny Shiite community of Damascus. Born in Syria in the mid-1930s to an upper-middle class family of Arab nationalist lawyers and intellectuals, he studied political science and international relations in Beirut, were he joined the Arabian Revivalist a.k.a. “The Baathâ€..
Zeid Il Keilany
Zeid Il Keilany introduced IVF technology to the Jordanian medical field. Dr. Keilany also established Farah Hospital, a globally leading hospital dealing with fertility that helps 5000 cases of infertility yearly. Keilany also added inventive methods in gynecology, helped write several books on th..
Zeif
Zeif is a political state in the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. It is situated in the Baklunish Basin region of the Flanaess, on the southern shores of the Drawmidj Ocean. People The native folk of Zeif are more or less pureblooded Baklunish. Refere..
Zeiformes
The Zeiformes are a small order of marine ray-finned fishes most notable for the dories, a group of common food fish. The order consists of about 40 species in seven families, mostly deep-sea types. Zeiform bodies are usually thin and deep. Mouths are large, with distensible jaws, and there is no ..
Zeigarnik effect
The Zeigarnik effect states that people remember uncompleted or interrupted tasks better than completed ones. Russian psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik first studied the phenomenon after noticing that waiters seemed to remember orders only so long as the order was in the process of being served. Some s..
Zeigler, Illinois
Zeigler is a city in Franklin County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,669 at the 2000 census. Geography Zeigler is located at [37°53′59″N, 89°3′12″W] (37.899856, -89.053429)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the c..
Zeijen
The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Zeijen in the municipality of Tynaarlo. Zeijen is a town in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Tynaarlo, and lies about . In 2001, the town of Zeijen had 447 inhabitants. The built-up ar..
Zeilgalerie
Zeilgalerie is a shopping centre located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was opened in September 1992 and is 41 metres tall with 10 floors, one of which is underground. There are approximately 70 stores situated in the 800 metre long building. Contents 1 History1.1 Changes to the bu..
Zeilsheim (Frankfurt am Main)
Data Area: 4.300 km² Population: 11,840 Population density: 2,753 people per km² Postal code 65931 Telephone area code: 069 Incorporation Area district: West City districts: 604 - Zeilsheim-Ost611 - Zeilsheim-Süd612 - Zeilsheim-Nord [Website] Zeils..
Zein
Zein is a class of prolamine protein found in maize. It is usually manufactured as a powder from corn gluten meal. Zein is one of the most well understood plant proteinsMomany, Frank A.; Sessa, David J.; Lawton, John C.; Selling, Gordon W.; Hamaker, Sharon A. H.; and Willett, Julious L. "[Stru..
Zeinab Badawi
Zeinab Badawi (born November 24, 1959) is a television and radio reporter and news presenter in the United Kingdom. She co-presented Channel 4 News with Jon Snow for several years, before joining BBC News. Badawi was born in Sudan and has lived in Britain since the age of two. She graduated from..
Zeionises
Coin of Zeionises (circa 10 BCE - 10 CE).Obv: King on horseback holding whip, with bow behind. Corrupted Greek legend MANNOLOU UIOU SATRAPY ZEIONISOU "Satrap Zeionises, son of Manigul". Buddhist Triratna symbol.Rev: King on the left, receiving a crown from a city goddess holding a cornucopia. Kha..
Zeiram
Zeiram or Zeiramu is a 1991 Japanese live-action movie in which a beautiful bounty hunter from another planet comes to Earth to do battle with Zeiram, an immortal alien creature with a strangely shaped head which resembles a wide-brimmed hat. Along with two ordinary Japanese electricians, she and Ze..
Zeise's salt
.Zeise's salt is an air-stable, yellow, crystalline compound of platinum and ethylene, with the chemical formula K[PtCl3(η2-C2H4)].H2O. Contents 0.1 Synthesis0.2 Bonding1 Related compounds2 External links Synthesis It was one of the first organometallic compounds e..
Zeisel determination
The Zeisel determination or Zeisel test is a chemical test for the presence of esters or ethers in a chemical substance. In a qualitative test a sample is first reacted with a mixture of acetic acid and hydriodic acid in a test tube. The ensuing reaction results in the cleavage of the ether or the e..
Zeisel number
A Zeisel number is a square-free integer k with at least three prime factors which fall into the pattern [p_x = ap_ + b] where a and b are some integer constants and x is the index number of each prime factor in the factorization, sorted from lowest to highest. For the purpose of determ..
Zeism
Zeism is any condition attributed to excessive use of maize (corn) in the diet, such as pellagra, because maize is low in zinc, niacin and tryptophan, and the limited niacin found in maize is not assimilated in the intestinal tract unless it has been treated with alkalis, as in the preparation of to..
Zeiss
Carl Zeiss The Carl Zeiss company is a German manufacturer of optical systems, industrial measurements and medical devices originally founded in Jena in 1846 by Carl Zeiss, Ernst Abbe and Otto Schott. Due to the results of World War II there are currently two parts, the Carl Zeiss AG located in..
Zeiss formula
In photographic optics, the so-called Zeiss formula is sometimes said to be used for computing a circle of confusion (CoC) criterion for depth of field (DOF) calculations. The formula is c = d/1730, where d is the diagonal measure of a camera format, film, sensor, or print, and c the maximum acc..
Zeiss Planar
The Zeiss Planar is a famous photographic lens design. The original Planar is a six-element symmetrical designed by Paul Rudolph in the early 1890. While very sharp this lens suffered from flare due to the large number of air-to-glass surfaces ..
Zeiss projector
A Zeiss projector is a special projector used in planetariums. Zeiss Mark 5 Optomechanical Projector at the Museum of Man and Nature planetarium in Winnipeg, Manitoba - August, 2005 The first modern planetarium projectors were designed and built by Carl Zeiss in 1924. Zeiss projectors are de..
Zeiss Sonnar
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Zeiss Tessar
The Zeiss Tessar is a famous photographic lens design conceived by Paul Rudolph in 1902. The Tessar was not evolved from the 1893 Cooke triplet design, as commonly believed, by replacing the rear element with a cemented achromatic doublet . In fact, in 1890 Paul Rudolph designed the Zeiss Anastigm..
Zeist
Zeist is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands, located east of the city of Utrecht. Contents 1 Population centres2 The town of Zeist3 People from Zeist4 External links Population centres AusterlitzBosch en DuinDen DolderHuis ter HeideZeist The town of Zeist ..
Zeisters
Zeisters, also known as Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid, is an 1986 American film. It was the sole directorial effort of John Golden. External links ..
Zeit
1996 reissue Zeit (meaning "time" in German) is a 1972 album by the German electronic music group Tangerine Dream. The style of this album is slower and more atmospheric than their previous albums. Indeed, it was considered to be a joke at the time due to its extreme avant garde nature. Flor..
Zeitgeber
Zeitgeber (from German for "time giver") is any environmental cue that keeps circadian rhythms entrained by resetting the internal clocks that generate endogenous rhythms. Zeitgebers include light, food, noise, social interactions, and alarm clocks. See also [link] Literature Aschoff J ..
Zeitgeist
This article is about the German word. For other articles using that word see Zeitgeist (disambiguation). Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Zeitgeist ([(audio)] ([Media helphelp]·[info])) is originally a German expression that means "..
Zeitgeist (band)
Zeitgeist is a Darkwave/Gothic rock act from Sydney, Australia. Contents 1 Members2 Former Members3 Discography4 External links Members Dryne (Guitars) Pantha (Vocals) Cindel (Keyboards and piano) Tryst (bass and backing vocals) Matt (drums and electric pads) Troy (gui..
Zeitgeist (comics)
Zeitgeist (Axel Cluney) is a fictional mutant character and superhero in the Marvel Comics Universe, a member of the second team of X-Force. Zeitgeist was created by Peter Milligan (writer) and Mike Allred (artist). Character history Axel Cluney remembered the first time his powers activated when h..
Zeitgeist (disambiguation)
Zeitgeist, apart from its German definition (for which see Zeitgeist) may refer to one of the following: ZeitGeist, a German magazineZeitgeist, a Darkwave act from Sydney, AustraliaZeitgeist is a Marvel Comics mutantZeitgeist was previously the name of a Marvel Comics supervillainZeitgeist Films Lt..
Zeitgeist (Marvel Comics)
Zeitgeist is a fictional superhero who first appeared in X-Force #116, when writer Peter Milligan and artist Mike Allred re-envisioned the series from a group of militrastic mutant heroes into a story of glory seeking celebraties that also act as mercenaries. Zeitgeist was the leader of the first i..
Zeitgeist Films
Zeitgeist Films is an American independent film distributor based in New York City. It was founded in 1988 by co-presidents Nancy Gerstman and Emily Russo. Films distributed by Zeitgeist Films are strongly auteur-driven and offer a very distinct visual style and often unique content. Amongst the fil..
Zeitgeist Zero
Zeitgeist Zero are a music band from Leeds, UK. Contents 1 Line up2 Music3 History4 Discography5 External link Line up Teresa Dead – Lead Vocals & LyricsCorin – Guitars, Synths & ProgrammingKerry – Keyboards, Synths, Programming & Backing Vocals Music Inspired by..
Zeitlin
Zeitlin may refer to: Aaron ZeitlinDenny Zeitlin /Danny Zeitlin, jazz pianistsSolomon Zeitlin ("S. Zeitlin")Joshua Zeitlin , Shklov born Russian rabbinical scholar and philanthropistJoshua ben Aaron Zeitlin , Kiev born Russian scholar and philanthropistLawrence ZeitlinMark Tseitlin, see List of Is..
Zeitoun
Zeitoun, also El-Zeitoun or Zeitun, is a district of Cairo, Egypt. It is noted for its Marian apparitions. According to purported witnesses, the Virgin Mary appeared in different forms over the Coptic Orthodox Virgin Mary Church at Zeitoun for a period of 2–3 years beginning on April 2, 1968 ..
Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Physik
Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Physik (Z. angew. Math. Phys. / ZAMP), aka Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics (paper ed. ISSN 0044-2275; online ed. ISSN 1420-9039), is a bi-monthly academic journal published by Birkhäuser Verlag AG of Basel, Switzerland. First published in 1950,..
Zeitschrift für instrumentenbau
The Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau was a German-language journal dealing in large part with the manufacture of musical instruments. It was published in Leipzig from 1880 through 1943 and serves as a chronicler of the musical world and as an intelligent reporter on some of the more technical aspe..
Zeitschrift für Physik
The Zeitschrift für Physik (Journal of Physics) was published from 1920 until 1997. In 1998, it was in effect continued as The European Physical Journal. History From the time of its creation in 1845, the Physics Society of Berlin (Physikalische Gesellschaft zu Berlin) published Fortschritte der P..
Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie
Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie is a German publication transliterated as "International journal of research in physical chemistry and chemical physics". It covers the latest developments and research in the field of physical chemistry including electrochemistry and thermodynamics. External l..
Zeitun
Zeitun may refer to: Süleymanli, a town now in TurkeyZeitoun, a district of Cairo, Egypt This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended..
Zeitz
Zeitz is an old town in the south of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, is situated on the river Weiße Elster in the middle of the triangle of the federal states Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Saxony. Zeitz was first recorded under the name Cici in the synode of Ravenna in 967. Between 968 and 1028 Zeitz was ..
Zeit der Schwerter
Zeit der Schwerter Founded 2005 Location Germany Period Middle Ages Speciality Combat reenactment, Living History Members > 100 Member groups > 10 Website n/a Zeit der Schwerter is a German medieval reenactment umbrella group founded by several groups from the Rhine-Ruhr reg..
Zeit Wissen
Zeit Wissen is a bi-monthly magazine spun off from, and published by, the German newspaper Die Zeit. Zeit Wissen frequently is compared to the American publication Wired, in that it covers the "cutting edge" of such diverse topics as technology, science, history, fashion, modern lifestyles, avant-ga..
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