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hypothalamic releasing factor (physiology)
...perhaps entirely, in the hypothalamic region there. Much remains to be learned about this system, which involves the passage into the adenohypophysis of neurosecretions from the hypothalamus called hypothalamic releasing factors. Chemical characterization of these factors shows them to be simple polypeptides, in which respect they resemble the hypothalamic polypeptide hormones (discussed in the...
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hypothalamic releasing hormone (physiology)
...perhaps entirely, in the hypothalamic region there. Much remains to be learned about this system, which involves the passage into the adenohypophysis of neurosecretions from the hypothalamus called hypothalamic releasing factors. Chemical characterization of these factors shows them to be simple polypeptides, in which respect they resemble the hypothalamic polypeptide hormones (discussed in the...
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hypothalamic-hypophyseal portal circulation (physiology)
Two portal circulations in which hormones are transported are present in the human body. One system, the hypothalamic-hypophyseal portal circulation, collects blood from capillaries originating in the hypothalamus and, through a plexus of veins surrounding the pituitary stalk, directs the blood into the anterior pituitary gland. This allows......
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hypothalamic-pituitary-target organ axis (physiology)
The hypothalamic-pituitary-target organ axes of all vertebrates are similar. The hypothalamic neurosecretory system is poorly developed in the most primitive of the living Agnatha vertebrates, the hagfishes, but all of the basic rudiments are present in the closely related lampreys. In most of the more advanced jawed fishes there are several well-developed neurosecretory centres (nuclei) in the......
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hypothalamus (anatomy)
region of the brain lying below the thalamus and making up the floor of the third cerebral ventricle. The hypothalamus contains a control centre for many functions of the autonomic nervous system, and it has effects on the endocrine system because of its complex interaction with the pituitary gland, whic...
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hypothallus (fungal structure)
...that it usually cannot be removed intact. Some crustose lichens grow beneath the surface of bark or rock so that only their fruiting structures penetrate the surface. Crustose lichens may have a hypothallus—i.e., an algal-free mat of hyphae extending beyond the margin of the regular thallus. Crustose form varies: granular types such as Lepraria, for example, have no organized......
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hypothec (Roman law)
in Roman law, a type of security for a debt in which the creditor had neither ownership nor possession. It arose in cases in which a renter needed the use of the things that he pledged as security for his continued payment of rent, usually tools or equipment necessary for working the land he was renting. Possession could be...
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hypothermia (physiology)
abnormally low body temperature in a warm-blooded creature, associated with a general slowing of physiologic activity. Hibernating animals allow their body temperatures to fall to levels only slightly above ambient temperature, in a unique kind of hypothermia from which they can recover rapidly when necessary; similar tempera...
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Hypotheseis ton planomenon (work by Ptolemy)
...Islamic world and in medieval Europe. This was not due to the Almagest so much as a later treatise, Hypotheseis tōn planōmenōn (Planetary Hypotheses). In this work he proposed what is now called the Ptolemaic system—a unified system in whi...
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hypothesis (logic)
PC is often presented by what is known as the method of natural deduction. Essentially this consists of a set of rules for drawing conclusions from hypotheses (assumptions, premises) represented by wffs of PC and thus for constructing valid inference forms. It also provides a method of deriving from these inference forms valid proposition forms, and in this way it is analogous to the derivation......
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Hypothesis Physica Nova (work by Leibniz)
...without a reason). His meditations on the difficult theory of the point were related to problems encountered in optics, space, and movement; they were published in 1671 under the general title Hypothesis Physica Nova (“New Physical Hypothesis”). He asserted that movement depends, as in the theory of the German astronomer Johannes....
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hypothesis testing (statistics)
In statistics, a method for testing how accurately a mathematical model based on one set of data predicts the nature of other data sets generated by the same process. Hypothesis testing grew out of quality control, in which whole batches of manufacture...
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hypothetical imperative (philosophy)
...or absolute for all agents, the validity or claim of which does not depend on any ulterior motive or end. “Thou shalt not steal,” for example, is categorical as distinct from the hypothetical imperatives associated with desire, such as “Do not steal if you want to be popular.” For Kant there was only one such categorical imperative, which he formulated in various......
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hypothetical proposition (logic)
...complex propositions, into which they enter as integral terms; in particular, being assertions of fact rather than of logical connections, they contrast especially with hypothetical propositions, such as “If every man is mortal, then Socrates is mortal.” ...
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hypothetical syllogism (logic)
Theophrastus is also credited with investigations into hypothetical syllogisms. A hypothetical proposition, for Theophrastus is a proposition made up of two or more component propositions (e.g., “p or q,” or “if p then q”), and a hypothetical syllogism is an inference containing at least....
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hypothetico-deductive method (philosophy)
procedure for the construction of a scientific theory that will account for results obtained through direct observation and experimentation and that will, through inference, predict further effects that can then be verified or disproved by empirical evidence derived from other experimen...
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hypothyroidism (pathology)
a deficiency in hormone production by the thyroid gland....
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hypotrich (protozoan)
any dorsoventrally flattened, oval protozoan of the ciliate order Hypotrichida, very widely distributed in both fresh and salt water. Instead of having simple cilia (hairlike processes), the hypotrichs have groups of fused cilia (cirri) arranged on the ventral surface and used for crawling. The dorsal surface is frequently ...
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hypotrichida (protozoan)
any dorsoventrally flattened, oval protozoan of the ciliate order Hypotrichida, very widely distributed in both fresh and salt water. Instead of having simple cilia (hairlike processes), the hypotrichs have groups of fused cilia (cirri) arranged on the ventral surface and used for crawling. The dorsal surface is frequently ...
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Hypotyposeis (work by Theognostus)
...be one of the Greek Church’s distinguished teachers, Theognostus assumed the leadership of the school c. 265, although the precise line of succession is not certain. His principal work, the Hypotypōseis (Greek: “Outlines”), is a doctrinal compendium in seven books intended for use at the school....
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Hypotyposes (work by Sextus Empiricus)
...knowledge. Almost all details of his life are conjectural except that he was a medical doctor and headed a Skeptical school during the decline of Greek Skepticism. The republication of his Hypotyposes in 1562 had far-reaching effects on European philosophical thought. Indeed, much of the philosophy of the 17th and 18th centuries can be interpreted in terms of diverse efforts to......
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hypoventilation syndrome (pathology)
...in oxygen and carbon dioxide transport, impaired oxygen exchange is far more common than impaired carbon dioxide exchange. Mechanisms of abnormal gas exchange are grouped into four categories—hypoventilation, shunting, ventilation–blood flow imbalance, and limitations of diffusion....
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hypovitaminosis (pathology)
Avitaminosis (vitamin lack) may be encountered when there are increased losses of vitamins such as occur with chronic severe diarrhea or excessive sweating or when there are increased requirements for vitamins during periods of rapid growth, especially during childhood and pregnancy. Fever and the endocrine disorder hyperthyroidism are two additional examples of conditions that require higher......
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hypovolemic shock (pathology)
...(mm Hg) indicates adequate perfusion. However, when blood pressure falls to extremely low levels, shock occurs. The underlying cause of this precipitous drop characterizes shock; for example, hypovolemic shock is caused by inadequate blood volume, cardiogenic shock is caused by reduced heart function, and neurogenic shock and septic......
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hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (enzyme)
...may be curative, and gene therapy has shown promise, but enzyme replacement therapy is the standard treatment. Lesch-Nyhan syndrome is an X-linked condition caused by a deficiency in the enzyme hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase. The nervous system is affected, resulting in writhing movements in the first year of life, after......
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hypoxemia (pathology)
...altitudes is a direct result of the diminished oxygen pressure in the environment. Chronic pulmonary disease (e.g., emphysema—abnormal distension of the lungs with air) may produce chronic hypoxemia (reduced oxygen tension in the blood) and lead to polycythemia. Extreme obesity also may severely impair pulmonary ventilation and thereby cause polycythemia (pickwickian syndrome)....
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hypoxemic hypoxia (pathology)
...altitudes is a direct result of the diminished oxygen pressure in the environment. Chronic pulmonary disease (e.g., emphysema—abnormal distension of the lungs with air) may produce chronic hypoxemia (reduced oxygen tension in the blood) and lead to polycythemia. Extreme obesity also may severely impair pulmonary ventilation and thereby cause polycythemia (pickwickian syndrome)....
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hypoxia (pathology)
condition of the body in which the tissues are starved of oxygen. In its extreme form, where oxygen is entirely absent, the condition is called anoxia. There are four types of hypoxia: (1) the hypoxemic type, in which the oxygen pressure in the blood going to the tissues is too low to saturate the hemoglobin; (2) the anemi...
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Hypsilophodon (dinosaur)
small to medium-sized herbivorous dinosaurs that flourished about 115 million to 110 million years ago during the Early Cretaceous Period. Hypsilophodon was up to 2 metres (6.5 feet) long and weighed about 60 kg (130 pounds). It had short arms with five fingers on each hand and was equipped with much longer four-toed hind feet. In its mouth was ...
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hypsilophodont (dinosaur family)
...to 65 million years ago) and were one of the most successful and enduring dinosaur lineages. Ornithopoda consisted of several subgroups, including Fabrosauridae, Heterodontosauridae, Hypsilophodontidae, Iguanodontidae, and Hadrosauridae (the duck-billed dinosaurs). The fabrosaurs were the earliest and most primitive of the ornithopods; these small, lightly built dinosaurs rea...
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Hypsilophodontidae (dinosaur family)
...to 65 million years ago) and were one of the most successful and enduring dinosaur lineages. Ornithopoda consisted of several subgroups, including Fabrosauridae, Heterodontosauridae, Hypsilophodontidae, Iguanodontidae, and Hadrosauridae (the duck-billed dinosaurs). The fabrosaurs were the earliest and most primitive of the ornithopods; these small, lightly built dinosaurs rea...
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Hypsiprymnodon moschatus (marsupial)
The musky rat kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus) is the only member of the Macropodidae that has a naked tail and retains the first digit of the hind foot. It is therefore classified by some taxonomists as a separate subfamily, Hypsiprymnodontinae....
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Hypsipyle (Greek mythology)
in Greek legend, daughter of Dionysus’s son Thoas, king of the island of Lemnos. When the women of Lemnos, furious at their husbands’ betrayal, murdered all the men on the island, Hypsipyle hid her father and aided his escape. She became queen of the island and welcomed the Argonauts when they landed; eventuall...
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hypsithermal (geology)
...appear to have been relatively warm—indeed, perhaps warmer than today in some parts of the world and during certain seasons. For this reason, this interval is sometimes referred to as the Mid-Holocene Climatic Optimum. The relative warmth of average near-surface air temperatures at this time, however, is somewhat unclear. Changes in the pattern of insolation favoured warmer summers at......
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hypsodent teeth (zoology)
Associated with these changes in the tooth surfaces is a tendency for the crown to become higher. High-crowned teeth are termed hypsodont. The hollows between the lophs of hypsodont teeth are filled with a deposit of secondary cement, which strengthens the teeth and makes them more resistant to wear. A further evolutionary trend is for......
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hypsodont teeth (zoology)
Associated with these changes in the tooth surfaces is a tendency for the crown to become higher. High-crowned teeth are termed hypsodont. The hollows between the lophs of hypsodont teeth are filled with a deposit of secondary cement, which strengthens the teeth and makes them more resistant to wear. A further evolutionary trend is for......
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hypsodont tooth (zoology)
Associated with these changes in the tooth surfaces is a tendency for the crown to become higher. High-crowned teeth are termed hypsodont. The hollows between the lophs of hypsodont teeth are filled with a deposit of secondary cement, which strengthens the teeth and makes them more resistant to wear. A further evolutionary trend is for......
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hypsographic curve (geology)
cumulative height frequency curve for the Earth’s surface or some part thereof. A hypsometric curve is essentially a graph that shows the proportion of land area that exists at various elevations by plotting relative area against relative height. In the hypsometric curve of the total Earth surface there exist two maxima of frequencies...
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hypsographic tinting (cartography)
...Hill shading requires considerable artistry, as well as the ability to visualize shapes and interpret contours. For a satisfactory result, background contours are a necessary guide to the artist. Hypsographic tinting is relatively easy, particularly since photomechanical etching and other steps can be used to provide negatives for the respective elevation layers. Difficulty in the......
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hypsometric curve (geology)
cumulative height frequency curve for the Earth’s surface or some part thereof. A hypsometric curve is essentially a graph that shows the proportion of land area that exists at various elevations by plotting relative area against relative height. In the hypsometric curve of the total Earth surface there exist two maxima of frequencies...
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hypsometry (measurement)
the science of measuring the elevation and depth of features on Earth’s surface with respect to sea level. Data collected using hypsometers, wire sounders, echo sounders, and satellite-based altimeters is used to quantify the distribution of land at different elevations across a g...
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Hypsypops rubicunda (fish)
...species of Pomacentrus, the black-and-white, or three-stripe, damselfish (Dascyllus aruanus) of the Indo-Pacific; the garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus), a bright orange California fish about 30 cm long; the beau gregory (Eupomacentrus leucostictus),......
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Hyptiotes
Spiders of the family Uloboridae build a web of woolly (cribellate) ensnaring silk. One group within this family (genus Hyptiotes) weaves only a partial orb. The spider, attached by a thread to vegetation, holds one thread from the tip of the hub until an insect brushes the web. The spider then alternately relaxes and tightens the thread, and the struggling victim becomes completely......
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hyracodont (fossil mammal family)
The amynodonts are known from the late Eocene and Oligocene of Eurasia and America and lived in Asia until the Miocene. They were a side branch, perhaps derived from primitive hyracodonts. Metamynodon and some other forms were about as large as hippopotamuses and may have lived in rivers. The premolars were simple and the incisors reduced, but canines and molars were enlarged....
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Hyracodontidae (fossil mammal family)
The amynodonts are known from the late Eocene and Oligocene of Eurasia and America and lived in Asia until the Miocene. They were a side branch, perhaps derived from primitive hyracodonts. Metamynodon and some other forms were about as large as hippopotamuses and may have lived in rivers. The premolars were simple and the incisors reduced, but canines and molars were enlarged....
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Hyracoidea (mammal)
any of six species of small hoofed mammals (ungulates) native to Africa and extreme southwestern Asia. Hyraxes and pikas are sometimes called conies or rock rabbits, but the terms are misleading, as hyraxes are neither lagomorphs nor exclusively rock dwellers. The term cony (coney) as used in the Bible refers to the...
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Hyracotherium (fossil equine)
extinct group of horses that flourished in North America and Europe during the early part of the Eocene Epoch (55.8–33.9 million years ago). Even though these animals are more commonly known as Eohippus, a name given by the American paleontologist ...
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hyrax (mammal)
any of six species of small hoofed mammals (ungulates) native to Africa and extreme southwestern Asia. Hyraxes and pikas are sometimes called conies or rock rabbits, but the terms are misleading, as hyraxes are neither lagomorphs nor exclusively rock dwellers. The term cony (coney) as used in the Bible refers to the...
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Hyrcania (ancient region, Iran)
(“Wolf’s Land”), ancient region located southeast of the Caspian Sea. Its capital was Zadracarta (Astrabad, modern Gorgān), and it formed part of the Median, Achaemenian, Seleucid, and Parthian empires, either as an independent province or joined with Parthia. In the list of Per...
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Hyrcanus (king of Judaea)
high priest and ruler of the Jewish nation from 135/134 to 104 bc. Under his reign the Hasmonean kingdom of Judaea in ancient Palestine attained power and great prosperity, and the Pharisees, a scholarly sect with popular backing, and the Sadducees, an aristocratic sect that comprised the priesthood, became well-defined religious parties....
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Hyrcanus (king of Judaea)
high priest of Judaea from 76 to 40 bc, and, with his brother Aristobulus II, last of the Maccabean (Hasmonean) dynastic rulers. Under Hyrcanus’ vacillating leadership, Judaea (southern of the three traditional divisions of ancient Palestine, today mostly in Israel) fell into vassalage to Rome....
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Hysing, Hans (Swedish painter)
The son of the poet and literary antiquary Allan Ramsay, he received rudimentary artistic training in Edinburgh and then went to London and worked with the Swedish portrait painter Hans Hysing (1734). His style was also influenced by Francesco Imperiali and Francesco Solimena during his studies in Italy in 1736–38. On settling in London in 1739 Ramsay soon became a popular portraitist,......
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Hyspaosines (king of Mesene)
...located in the south of Babylonia (modern southern Iraq). After the fall of the Seleucid king Antiochus VII Sidetes in 129 bc, a local prince, Hyspaosines (also called Aspasine, or Spasines), founded the Mesene kingdom, which survived until the rise of the Sāsānian empire. Hyspaosines refortified a town originally...
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hyssop (plant)
(Hyssopus officinalis), garden herb of the mint family (Lamiaceae, or Labiatae) whose flowers and evergreen leaves have long been used as a flavouring for foods and beverages and as a ...
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Hyssopus officinalis (plant)
(Hyssopus officinalis), garden herb of the mint family (Lamiaceae, or Labiatae) whose flowers and evergreen leaves have long been used as a flavouring for foods and beverages and as a ...
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Hystaspes (ruler in Aryana Vaejah)
protector and follower of the Iranian prophet Zoroaster. Son of Aurvataspa (Lohrasp) of the Naotara family, Hystaspes was a local ruler (kavi) in a country called in the Avesta (the Zoroastrian scripture) Aryana Vaejah, which may have been a Greater Chorasmian state abolished by the Achaemenid king Cyrus II...
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Hystaspes (governor of Persis and Parthia)
son of Arsames, king of Parsa, and father of the Achaemenid king Darius I of Persia....
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Hysterangiales (order of fungi)
...may be olive-shaped, usually rough; included in subclass Phallomycetidae; example genera include Gomphus, Gautieria, and Ramaria. Order HysterangialesMost are saprobic; resembles puffballs when small, becoming pear-shaped and finally globose when mature; fruiting body may be pink to vibrant lilac in c...
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hysterectomy (medical procedure)
surgical removal of the complete uterus (total hysterectomy) or of the complete uterus except for the cervix (subtotal hysterectomy). The cervix is the outermost portion of the uterus, which projects into the vagina. Removal of the uterus is indicated in a number of abnormal situations, including the presence of a cancer or of a benign...
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hysteresis (physics)
lagging of the magnetization of a ferromagnetic material, such as iron, behind variations of the magnetizing field. When ferromagnetic materials are placed within a coil of wire carrying an electric current, the magnetizing field, or magnetic field strength H, caused by the current forces some or a...
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hysteresis curve (physics)
...positive saturation value. Further cycles of H retrace the broken curve, which is known as the hysteresis curve, because the change in B always lags behind the change in H. The hysteresis curve is not unique unless saturation is attained in each direction; interruption and reversal of the cycle at an intermediate field strength results in a hysteresis curve of smaller......
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hysteresis damping (physics)
Besides these external kinds of damping, there is energy loss within the moving structure itself that is called hysteresis damping or, sometimes, structural damping. In hysteresis damping, some of the energy involved in the repetitive internal deformation and restoration to original......
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hysteresis loop (physics)
...positive saturation value. Further cycles of H retrace the broken curve, which is known as the hysteresis curve, because the change in B always lags behind the change in H. The hysteresis curve is not unique unless saturation is attained in each direction; interruption and reversal of the cycle at an intermediate field strength results in a hysteresis curve of smaller......
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hysteresis loss (physics)
...cycle may be continued so that the graph of the flux density lagging behind the field strength appears as a complete loop, known as a hysteresis loop. The energy lost as heat, which is known as the hysteresis loss, in reversing the magnetization of the material is proportional to the area of the hysteresis loop. Therefore, cores of transformers are made of materials with narrow ......
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hysteresis motor (mechanics)
A distinctive feature of synchronous motors is that the speed is uniquely related to the supply frequency. As a result, several special types of synchronous motors have found wide application in devices such as clocks, tape recorders, and phonographs. One of the most extensively used is the ......
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hysteria (psychology)
a type of mental disorder in which a wide variety of sensory, motor, or psychic disturbances may occur. It is traditionally classified as one of the psychoneuroses and is not dependent upon any known organic or structural pathology. The former term, hysteria, is derived from the Greek hystera, meaning “uterus,” and...
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Hysteria, Reflex, and Instinct (work by Kretschmer)
...left Tübingen in 1926, when he became professor of psychiatry and neurology at the University of Marburg. During this period, he produced Hysterie, Reflex und Instinkt (1923; Hysteria, Reflex, and Instinct, 1960), in which he suggested that the formation of symptoms in hysteria is initially conscious but is then taken over by automatic mechanisms and becomes......
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Hysteriales (fungus order)
...and endophytic in plants; ascospores are forcibly discharged; example genera include Botryosphaeria and Guignardia.Order Hysteriales (incertae sedis; not placed in any subclass)Found on woody branches of trees; stroma is boat-shaped, opening by a......
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hysterical amnesia (psychology)
Hysterical amnesia is of two main types. One involves the failure to recall particular past events or those falling within a particular period of the patient’s life. This is essentially retrograde amnesia but it does not appear to depend upon an actual brain disorder, past or present. In the second type there is failure to register—and, accordingly, later to recollect—current ...
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hysterical neurosis, dissociative type (psychology)
...also studied people who had lost memory of extensive periods in the past, also without evidence of organic disorder. He was led to regard these amnesias as hysterical, explaining them in terms of dissociation: a selective loss of access to specific memory data that seem to hold some degree of emotional significance. In his experience, reconnection of dissociated memories could as a rule be......
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“Hysterie, Reflex und Instinkt” (work by Kretschmer)
...left Tübingen in 1926, when he became professor of psychiatry and neurology at the University of Marburg. During this period, he produced Hysterie, Reflex und Instinkt (1923; Hysteria, Reflex, and Instinct, 1960), in which he suggested that the formation of symptoms in hysteria is initially conscious but is then taken over by automatic mechanisms and becomes......
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hystero-epilepsy (pathology)
hysterical seizures that resemble epilepsy and, in diagnosis, must be distinguished from it. In hystero-epilepsy the reflexes and responses to stimulation in the part of the body affected are normal, and the electroencephalogram shows no significant abnormality in the brain waves. Usually the person affected can be roused by painful stimuli and is never completely unconscious. The convulsion usual...
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Hysterocarpus traski (fish)
the sole freshwater species of surfperch....
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hysterosalpingography (medicine)
...tract; PID often follows infection with an STD, such as gonorrhea or chlamydia. The traditional test for evaluating the patency (openness) of the fallopian tubes is a radiological exam called hysterosalpingography. Dye injected through the cervix flows into the uterus and through the fallopian tubes. X-rays can then precisely define abnormalities in the fallopian tubes; spillage of the......
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hysterotomy (surgical procedure)
...by injection, suppository, or other method may be used to induce contractions, but these substances may cause severe side effects. Hysterotomy, the surgical removal of the uterine contents, may be used during the second trimester or later. In general, the more advanced the pregnancy, the greater the risk to the female of......
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Hystoria de menina e moça (novel by Ribeiro)
The poet Bernardim Ribeiro, whose five eclogues introduced pastoral poetry to Portugal, was equally an innovator in prose with his pastoral novel Hystoria de menina e moça (1554; “Story of My Childhood and Adolescence”), a tale of rustic love and melancholy with chivalric elements. It adopted themes and emotions previously found only in poetry. From it Jorge......
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Hystricidae (rodent)
...but their tails range from short to long, with some being prehensile. The quills, or spines, take various forms depending on the species, but all are modified hairs embedded in skin musculature. Old World porcupines (Hystricidae) have quills embedded in clusters, whereas in New World porcupines (Erethizontidae) single quills are interspersed with bristles, underfur, and hair. No porcupine......
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Hystricognatha (rodent suborder)
...species in 1 genus, 8 extinct genera. Late Eocene to present in North America, Oligocene and Miocene in Europe, Pliocene in Asia.Suborder Hystricognatha (porcupine-like rodents)16 extant families (8 extinct families containing 26 genera). Late Eocene to present.......
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Hystricomorpha (rodent suborder)
...species in 1 genus, 8 extinct genera. Late Eocene to present in North America, Oligocene and Miocene in Europe, Pliocene in Asia.Suborder Hystricognatha (porcupine-like rodents)16 extant families (8 extinct families containing 26 genera). Late Eocene to present.......
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Hystrix (rodent)
...congregate to rest and feed. Brush- and long-tailed species shelter in tree roots, hollow trunks, rocky crevices, termite mounds, caves, abandoned burrows, or eroded cavities along stream banks. Short-tailed porcupines (genus Hystrix) are the largest, weighing up to 30 kg, with bodies almost a metre long and a tail 8–17 cm long. They move slowly in a......
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Hystrix cristata (mammal)
...rock crevices, or aardvark burrows, Hystrix species also excavate burrows of their own that can become extensive over years of occupation. European populations of the African crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata) retreat into their dens during storms and cold spells, but they do not hibernate. This species lives in Italy and Sicily,......
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Hythe (England, United Kingdom)
town (parish), Shepway district, administrative and historic county of Kent, England, on the English Channel coast at the eastern end of Romney Marsh and on th...
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Hytner, Nicholas (British director)
When Stuff Happens—David Hare’s dissection of the Second Persian Gulf War, with U.S. Pres. George W. Bush, members of his administration, and British Prime Minister Tony Blair as the main characters—opened at the National Theatre (NT) in September 2004, it was only the latest in a string of diverse, innovative productions that Nicholas Hytner had brought to London audie...
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Hytner, Nicholas Robert (British director)
When Stuff Happens—David Hare’s dissection of the Second Persian Gulf War, with U.S. Pres. George W. Bush, members of his administration, and British Prime Minister Tony Blair as the main characters—opened at the National Theatre (NT) in September 2004, it was only the latest in a string of diverse, innovative productions that Nicholas Hytner had brought to London audie...
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Hytrel (chemical compound)
...Among many applications, they are made into solid tires and other automotive parts—particularly where resistance to heat, chemicals, and oil is required. A prominent copolyester elastomer is Hytrel, a trademarked product of DuPont Company in the United States....
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Hyundai Corporation (South Korean corporation)
major diversified corporation in South Korea. The international company supplies a product line that ranges from ships to stereo equipment. Headquarters are in Seoul....
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Hyundai Group (South Korean corporation)
major diversified corporation in South Korea. The international company supplies a product line that ranges from ships to stereo equipment. Headquarters are in Seoul....
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Hyundai Heavy Industries (South Korean corporation)
major diversified corporation in South Korea. The international company supplies a product line that ranges from ships to stereo equipment. Headquarters are in Seoul....
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Hyundai Motor Company (South Korean corporation)
major diversified corporation in South Korea. The international company supplies a product line that ranges from ships to stereo equipment. Headquarters are in Seoul....
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hyung (martial arts)
...do is carried out by learning individual techniques of kicking, punching, and blocking, which are practiced in combined series of techniques in traditional sets known as hyung. (Proficiency in the graded series of hyung determines rank in the lower grades.) Students also practice basic sparring combinations......
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Hyvastijatto Lintukodolle (work by Lehtonen)
...industrial society as a disease. The same cultural pessimism appears in Henkien taistelu (1933; “The Struggle of Spirits”) and in his poems, Hyvästijättö Lintukodolle (1934; “Farewell to the Bird’s Nest”), which were written shortly before his suicide. Lehtonen’s influence on ......
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Hyvinge (Finland)
city, southern Finland, north of Helsinki. It is the centre of Finland’s woollen industry, and is an important rail junction with direct lines to the ports of Hanko (Hangö, the southernmost in Finland), Helsinki, and Porvoo (Borgå). The city also has railway workshops, a granite quarry, and a rubber-products plant. Because of its hilly and timbered surroundi...
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Hyvinkää (Finland)
city, southern Finland, north of Helsinki. It is the centre of Finland’s woollen industry, and is an important rail junction with direct lines to the ports of Hanko (Hangö, the southernmost in Finland), Helsinki, and Porvoo (Borgå). The city also has railway workshops, a granite quarry, and a rubber-products plant. Because of its hilly and timbered surroundi...
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Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd (Welsh warrior-prince and poet)
Welsh warrior-prince and poet who was the first to develop the courtly love lyric in Welsh in the manner of the troubadours. Among his eight extant compositions is a gorhoffedd, or “boasting poem,” which gives exuberant expression to his love for his country. The son of Owa...
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Hywel ap Cadell (Welsh ruler)
chieftain called in the prologues to the Welsh lawbooks “king of all Wales.” This epithet was indeed appropriate for Hywel, particularly during the last years of his reign....
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Hywel Dda (Welsh ruler)
chieftain called in the prologues to the Welsh lawbooks “king of all Wales.” This epithet was indeed appropriate for Hywel, particularly during the last years of his reign....
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Hywel the Good (Welsh ruler)
chieftain called in the prologues to the Welsh lawbooks “king of all Wales.” This epithet was indeed appropriate for Hywel, particularly during the last years of his reign....
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Hz (unit of measurement)
unit of frequency. The number of hertz (abbreviated Hz) equals the number of cycles per second. The frequency of any phenomenon with regular periodic variations can be expressed in hertz, but the term is used most frequently in connection with alternating electric currents, electromagnetic waves (light, radar, etc.), and sou...
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HZDS (political party, Slovakia)
...in the legislature. Major parties include the populist Smer (“Direction”), the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union, the Slovak National Party, the Party of the Hungarian Coalition, the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia, and the Christian Democratic Movement....
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