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Many star names are, in origin, descriptive of the part in the constellation they are found in; thus Phecda, a corruption of Arabic فخذ الدب ( fakhdh ad-dubb, 'thigh of the bear'). Only a handful of the brightest stars have individual proper names not depending on their asterism; so Sirius ('the scorcher'), Antares ('rival of Ares ', i.e ...
A measure of the brightness of a celestial body as seen by an observer on Earth, adjusted to the value it would have in the absence of the atmosphere. The brighter the object appears, the lower its magnitude. appulse. The closest approach of one celestial object to another, as viewed from a third body.
The system is composed of 11 lines – Bakerloo, Central, Circle, District, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee, Metropolitan, Northern, Piccadilly, Victoria, and Waterloo & City – serving 272 stations. [3] It is operated by Transport for London (TfL). Most of the system is north of the River Thames, with six of the 32 London boroughs in the south of ...
Raava is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, created by Saladin Ahmed and Christian Ward, first appeared in Black Bolt #1 (May 2017). She is a Skrull pirate and the mother of Skragg. Raava was in a deep-space torture prison for being against the Skrull Empire, conspiring with Black Bolt ...
The following is a List of authors by name whose last names begin with R: Abbreviations: ch = children's; d = drama, screenwriting; f = fiction; nf = non-fiction; p ...
Hence the name is derived from Malayalam words, cērnna ("added") and ālam ("land"), hence the Sanskrit keralam, "the land added on". (2) The Chera Kingdom, which ruled most of Kerala from the 1st to the 5th centuries AD, gave its name to the region; chēra ālam later became Keralam. This is often disputed in academic circles because the word ...
The singular form is never vita. Curriculum is already singular, vitae is genitive from vita, i.e., "of life", despite the plural-appearing vitae modifier. The true plural is curricula vitae. [5] cwt. centum weight. " hundredweight " [1] This is a mixture of Latin and English abbreviations. D.V.
The legal, moral, political, and social principles used by a court to compose a judgment's rationale. ratio legis. reasoning of law. A law's foundation or basis. ratione personae. by reason of his/her person. Also "jurisdiction ratione personae" the personal reach of the courts jurisdiction. [1] ratione soli.