Encyclopædia Britannica Australia -

Encyclopedias since 1768

0-9

Omkar temple ... Onassis, Aristotle Socrates

Omkar temple: (from the article "Godarpura") ...central India. It lies along the Narmada River southeast of Indore. Godarpura has noted Saivite, Vaisnavite, and Jaina temples, mostly of the 14th and 18th centuries. The Omkar temple, on an island in the river, contains one of the 12 ...
ommatidium: (from the article "insect") ...rays from a small area of the field of view fall on a single facet and are concentrated upon the rhabdom of the retinula cells below. Since each point of light differs in brightness, all the ommatidia that form the ...
ommatophore: (from the article "gastropod") ...bilaterally symmetrical, bearing one or two pairs of tentacles, often with accessory palps, and the mouth in the middle of the ventral margin. In stylommatophoran land snails the upper tentacles, or ommatophores, are invaginable (capable of being rolled in), and ...
Ommelanden: (from the article "Groningen") The early history of the province is chiefly one of almost continuous conflict between the town of Groningen and the surrounding districts known as the Ommelanden. Although Groningen acquired a dominant position in the region, the disputes persisted; the Ommelanden ...
ommochrome: any of a group of biological pigments (biochromes) conspicuous in the eyes of insects and crustaceans as well as in the changeable chromatophores (pigment-containing cells) in the skin of cephalopods. Although ommochromes, which are derived from the breakdown of the ... [1 Related Articles]
ommyo-ji: (from the article "Daoism") ...in the temples, and among the people. Records from the early 7th century contain traces of Daoism, which was appreciated chiefly for its magical claims. The "masters of yin and yang" (ommyo-ji), a caste of diviners learned in the Yijing, ...
Omni-Directional Inspection System: (from the article "Military Affairs") ...casualties in Iraq resulted from the insurgents' using remotely detonated improvised explosives, so the U.S. Army rushed into service robotic devices called unmanned ground vehicles. One type, the Omni-Directional Inspection System (ODIS), replaced the traditional method of inspecting the underside ...
omnibus hearts: (from the article "hearts") A popular four-hand variant is omnibus hearts, in which capturing the jack of diamonds (sometimes the 10 of diamonds) counts for minus 10 points. Although four players make for an ideal game, other numbers of players are possible by removing ...
omnidirectional antenna: (from the article "telecommunications media") ...used to convert a time-varying electric current into an electromagnetic wave or field, which freely propagates through a nonconducting medium such as air or space. In a broadcast radio channel, an omnidirectional antenna radiates a transmitted signal over a wide ...
omnipotence: (from the article "creation myth") ...deity may differ from culture to culture, a specific and pervasive structure of this type of deity can be discerned. The following characteristics tend to be common: (1) he is all wise and all powerful. The world comes into being ...
omnivore: animal with wide food preferences, which can eat both plant and animal matter. Many small birds and mammals are omnivorous; deer mice and mockingbirds have diets that at different times may include a preponderance of insects or berries. Many animals ... [3 Related Articles]
Omo: site of paleoanthropological excavations along the southern part of the Omo River in southwestern Ethiopia. Hominin (of human lineage) fossils unearthed there between 1967 and 1974 consist of about 200 teeth, four jaws, a partial skeleton, parts of two skulls, ...
Omo I: (from the article "Anthropology and Archaeology") The Omo I and Omo II specimens, H. sapiens fossils from the Kibish Formation in southern Ethiopia, were originally thought to be approximately 130,000 years old, but they were redated with argon-isotope measurements on feldspar crystals from volcanic deposits located ...
Omo II: (from the article "Anthropology and Archaeology") The Omo I and Omo II specimens, H. sapiens fossils from the Kibish Formation in southern Ethiopia, were originally thought to be approximately 130,000 years old, but they were redated with argon-isotope measurements on feldspar crystals from volcanic deposits located ...
Omo remains: (from the article "Omo") site of paleoanthropological excavations along the southern part of the Omo River in southwestern Ethiopia. Hominin (of human lineage) fossils unearthed there between 1967 and 1974 consist of about 200 teeth, four jaws, a partial skeleton, parts of two skulls, ...
Omo River: (from the article "Ethiopia") ...and the Baro rivers. All three rivers flow west to the White Nile in The Sudan. The second system is the Rift Valley internal drainage system, composed of the Awash River, the Lakes Region, and the Omo River. The Awash ...
Omok language: (from the article "Paleo-Siberian languages") ...the estuary of the Indigirka River; and Kolyma, or Forest, Yukaghir (also called Southern Yukaghir) along the bend of the Kolyma River. Extinct earlier dialects or languages related to Yukaghir are Omok and Chuvan (Chuvantsy); these were spoken south and ...
Omomyidae: (from the article "primate") ...evolved; one genus, Europolemur, is even known to have a had a toilet claw, the large claw that in modern species replaces a nail on the second toe of the foot. Representatives of the Omomyidae have been found in North ...
omophorion: (from the article "pallium") The equivalent vestment in the Eastern churches is the omophorion, a long, white silk or velvet embroidered scarf, worn by bishops celebrating the holy liturgy.use by bishopsreligious dressEastern Orthodox religious ...
Omortag: (from the article "Byzantine Empire") ...victim to assassination, but before his death events beyond his control had improved the empire's situation. Krum died suddenly in 814 as he was preparing an attack upon Constantinople, and his son, Omortag, arranged a peace with the Byzantine Empire ...
Omotic languages: family of about 40 languages spoken in western Ethiopia. Although most scholars assign them to the Afro-Asiatic language phylum, this classification is subject to ongoing debate: because their speakers were for many years very little known and reside in regions ... [1 Related Articles]
Omoto: religious movement of Japan that had a large following in the period between World War I and World War II and that served as a model for numerous other sects in that country. The teaching of Omoto is based on ...
Omotoso, Kole: Nigerian novelist, playwright, and critic who wrote from a Yoruba perspective and coupled the folklore he learned as a child with his adult studies in Arabic and English. His major themes include interracial marriage, comic aspects of the Biafran-Nigerian conflict, ...
omphacite: (from the article "Common metamorphic minerals as a function of pressure, temperature, and protolith composition") Omphacite is restricted in occurrence to the high-pressure and high-temperature rocks called eclogites. Eclogites represent the most deep-seated conditions of metamorphism and are characterized by an assemblage of omphacite and magnesium-rich pyrope garnet. Omphacite-bearing eclogite nodules are associated with peridotites ...
Omphalea: genus of tropical shrubs or trees of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae), comprising 15 species; 12 are native to the Americas, 3 to the Old World. O. triandra, the Jamaican cobnut, or pop nut, is native to the West Indies and ...
Omphalea diandra: (from the article "Omphalea") ...metres (11.5 feet) and bears yellow nuts 3.75 centimetres (1.5 inches) thick, which are edible if the poisonous embryo is removed. Juice from the fruit blackens and is used in making ink and glue. O. diandra, native to Colombia, bears ...
Omphalea megacarpa: (from the article "Omphalea") ...is removed. Juice from the fruit blackens and is used in making ink and glue. O. diandra, native to Colombia, bears edible oily seeds that are also used as hog feed. Large hunter's nuts from O. megacarpa are a stimulating, ...
omphalos: (from the article "sacrifice") ...of the universe. For the ancient Greeks the grave marker (a mound of earth or a stone) was the earth altar upon which sacrifices to the dead were made and, like other earth altars, it was called the omphalos, "the ...
Omri: (reigned 876-869 or c. 884-c. 872 BC), king of Israel, the father of Ahab. [7 Related Articles]
Omsk: oblast (province), west central Russia, covering an area of 53,900 sq mi (139,700 sq km) in the basin of the middle Irtysh River. Its entire surface is an extremely flat plain, with extensive marshes and peat bogs in the north ...
Omsk: city and administrative centre of Omsk oblast (province), west-central Russia, on the Irtysh River at its junction with the Om. Omsk, founded in 1716 as a stronghold at the eastern end of the Ishim fortified line between the Tobol and ... [2 Related Articles]
Omura: city, Nagasaki ken (prefecture), Kyushu, Japan, facing Omura-wan (Omura Bay), on the western slopes of Tara-dake (Mt. Tara). In the 12th century it was the residence of the Omura daimyo and later developed as a port and post town. It ...
Omura Masujiro: Japanese scholar and soldier popularly regarded in Japan as the founder of the modern Japanese Army.
Omura Sumitada: (from the article "Japan") ...and the acquisition of military equipment and supplies, protected Christianity. Some daimyo became Christian converts. Three Kyushu Christian lords-Otomo Sorin, Arima Harunobu, and Omura Sumitada-even sent an embassy to Rome. Farmers also increasingly became converts, in part because of the ...
Omuta: city, Fukuoka ken (prefecture), northern Kyushu, Japan, on the east coast of the Ariake-kai (Ariake Sea). Formerly a coal-mining centre, Omuta's activity declined after the 1960s with the conversion from coal to petroleum as fuel. Consequently, underground shafts were neglected, ...
OMX: (from the article "Denmark") ...under government supervision. Profits revert to the state treasury. The national stock exchange, established in 1861, is located in Copenhagen. In the early 21st century the exchange became part of OMX, a Nordic-Baltic common stock exchange, which was subsequently purchased ...
on side: (from the article "cricket") ...are 11 players on a team and 2 of them must be the bowler and wicketkeeper, only 9 other positions can be occupied at any one time. The field is spoken of as being divided lengthwise into off and on, ...
On'ami: (from the article "Zeami") ...the greatest) of the approximately 230 plays in the present repertoire. In 1422 he became a Zen monk, and his son Motomasa succeeded him. But Ashikaga Yoshinori, who became shogun in 1429, favoured On'ami (Zeami's nephew) and refused to allow ...
on-line public access computer: (from the article "library") The system that accommodates this type of search is known as OPAC (on-line public access computer). Further development of this system has made it possible to integrate other library records with the OPAC, so that patrons can reserve materials that ...
On-myo-ryo: (from the article "Dokyo") ...literary texts, (2) as an integral part of Buddhism and Chinese culture, and (3) informally, through court festivals and popular festivals and beliefs. A government department of divination, the On-myo-ryo ("Bureau of On-myo" [Chinese: Yin-Yang]), patterned after the Chinese practice, ...
On-Ogur: (from the article "Hungary") ...including three tribes of Turkic Khazars (the Kavars). Either because of this fact or perhaps because of a memory of earlier conditions, this federation was known to its neighbours as the On-Ogur (literally "Ten Arrows" or "Ten Tribes"). From the ...
On-take: (from the article "Kagoshima") ...the island groups of Osumi, Tokara, and Amami. It occupies an area of 3,539 square miles (9,167 square km). Its southern coast is deeply indented by Kagoshima Bay. The active volcano, On-take, was an island in the bay until an ...
Ona: South American Indians who once inhabited the island of Tierra del Fuego. They were historically divided into two major sections: Shelknam and Haush. They spoke different dialects and had slightly different cultures. The Ona were hunters and gatherers who subsisted ... [5 Related Articles]
Ona, Pedro de: first known poet born in Chile. [1 Related Articles]
Onactornis: (from the article "bird") ...without large carnivores until relatively recent times. The Phororhacos line evidently evolved from seriema-like stock and radiated into numerous genera and species, the largest of them (Onactornis) standing 2.5 metres (8 feet) tall and having a skull 80 cm (31 ...
onager: (Equus hemionus onager), subspecies of the wild ass of Asia that ranged from northwest Iran to Turkmenistan. Pale-coloured and small, it has a short erect mane and fairly large ears. It was domesticated in ancient times but was replaced by ... [2 Related Articles]
onager: (from the article "military technology") ...in the horizontal plane, such as that described above, are called ballistae. There is no evidence that catapults in the narrow sense were used by the Greeks; the Romans called their catapults onagers, or wild asses, for the way in ...
Onagraceae: evening primrose family of flowering plants, belonging to the myrtle order (Myrtales), comprising 21 genera concentrated in the temperate region of the New World. The family is characterized by flowers with parts mostly on the plan of four (four sepals, ... [2 Related Articles]
Onan: (from the article "masturbation") ...Once the object of extravagant superstitions and severe taboos, masturbation by adults was frowned upon in the majority of premodern societies. Christian moral teaching condemned it as the sin of Onan, who in the Old Testament was censured for spilling ...
Onaruto Bridge: (from the article "Naruto") ...as a base for viewing Naruto Strait, popularly known as the Awa no Naruto ("Roaring Gateway of Awa"), which is filled with rushing water and whirlpools at each ebb and flow of the tide. Onaruto Bridge spans the strait, connecting ...
Onassis, Aristotle Socrates: Greek shipping magnate who developed a fleet of supertankers and freighters larger than the navies of many countries. [2 Related Articles]