Classical mechanics Classical mechanics is used to describe the motion of macroscopic objects, from projectiles to parts of machinery, as well as astronomical objects, such as spacecraft, planets, stars, and galaxies. It produces very accurate results within these domains, and is one of the oldest and largest subjects in science and technology.
	Classicism Classicism, in the The Arts, refers generally to a high regard for classical antiquity, as setting standards for taste which the classicist seeks to emulate. The art of classicism typically seeks to be formal and restrained. It can also refer to the other periods of classicism.
	Classics Classics, particularly within the Western world university tradition, when used as a singular noun, is the study of the language, literature, history, art, and other aspects of the Ancient Mediterranean Worldparticularly Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome during the time frame known as classical antiquity.
	Classroom A classroom is a room in which a lesson is taught by a teacher in a school or other educational institution. Classrooms may be associated with a particular subject, particularly in the cases where specific resources are required, or with a specific teacher. In the latter situation a teacher, and often the students in schools for early years, may have all their lessons in that room.
	Clastic rocks Clastic rocks refers to rocks formed from fragments of pre-existing Rock. The most common usage is for clastic or detrital sedimentary rocks. However, the usage is not restricted to sediments.
	Claude Bernard Claude Bernard was a France physiologist. He was called by Prof. I. Bernard Cohen of Harvard University, "one of the greatest of all men of science" in his Forward to the Dover edition of Bernard's classic on scientific method, An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine.
	Claude Elwood Shannon Claude Elwood Shannon , an United States of America electrical engineer and mathematician, has been called "the father of information theory", and was the founder of practical digital circuit design theory.
	Claude Lévi-Strauss Claude Lvi-Strauss born November 28, 1908, is a France anthropologist who developed structuralism as a method of understanding human society and culture. His works have largely crossed through his anthropologist field, with structuralism becoming one of the main intellectual French movements from the late 1950s until the early 1980s.
	Claude Monet Claude Monet also known as Oscar-Claude Monet or Claude Oscar Monet was a France Impressionism painter. The term Impressionism is derived from the title of his painting Impression, Sunrise.
	Claudio Monteverdi Claudio Monteverdi was an Italy composer, violinist and singer. His work marks the transition from Renaissance music to Baroque music. During his long life he produced work that can be classified in both categories, and he was one of the most significant revolutionaries that brought about the change in style.
	Claudius Christoph Ludwig Agricola was a Germany landscape painter. He was born and died at Regensburg . He spent a great part of his life in travel, visiting England, the Netherlands and France, and residing for a considerable period at Naples, Italy. His numerous landscapes, chiefly cabinet pictures, are remarkable for fidelity to nature, and especially for their skilful representation of varied phases of climate.
	Claustrophobia Claustrophobia is an anxiety disorder that involves the fear of enclosed or confined spaces. Claustrophobes may suffer from panic attacks, or fear of having a panic attack, in situations such as being in elevators, trains or aircraft. Conversely, people who are prone to having panic attacks will often develop claustrophobia.
	Clavichord The clavichord is a European stringed keyboard instrument known from the late Medieval music, through the Renaissance music, Baroque music and Classical music era eras. Historically, it was widely used as a practice instrument and as an aid to composition.
	Clavicle |- | *clavicle fractures *osteolysis *degeneration of the clavicle
	Clavier Clavier is a municipality located in the Belgium province of Liege. On January 1 2006 Clavier had a total population of 4,172. The total area is 79.12 square kilometre which gives a population density of 53 inhabitants per km. Le Castel du Val d'Or is an inn with 15 rooms located within Clavier.
	Claviers Claviers is a village in southeastern France. It is located in the province of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, and within the dpartement of Var. It is approximately 60 km west of Cannes. It has a population of 600. You can see a satellite image of Claviers and some of nearby major cities, including Cannes, Nice, and Marseilles [].
	Claw hammer A claw hammer is a tool primarily used for pounding nails into, or extracating nails from, some other object. Generally, a hammer is associated with woodworking but is not limited to use with wood products.
	Clay Clay is a term used to describe a group of hydrous aluminium Silicate_minerals#Phyllosilicates minerals , that are typically less than 2 μm in diameter. Clay consists of a variety of phyllosilicate minerals rich in silicon and aluminium oxides and hydroxides which include variable amounts of structural Water .
	Clay Pigeons Clay Pigeons is a 1998 in film written by Matt Healy and directed by David Dobkin. It stars Joaquin Phoenix as Clay Bidwell, Vince Vaughn as the Lester Long, and Janeane Garofalo as Agent Shelby.
	Clay-colored Robin The Clay-colored Robin or Clay-colored Thrush is a common Central American bird of the Turdidae family. It is the national bird of Costa Rica. In general appearance and habits it resembles other Turdus thrushes such as the American Robin. It is about the same length or slightly smaller: 2327 cm, and weighs 74-76 g on average.
	Claymore Claymore is a term used to describe two distinct types of swords used by Scotland soldiers.
	Claytonia Claytonia is a genus of 26 species of flowering plants in the family Portulacaceae, primarily native to North America, with a few species extending south to Guatemala in Central America, and northwest to northeastern Asia. A number of the species were formerly treated in the related genus Montia.
	Claytonia virginica Claytonia virginica is a flowering plant in the family Portulacaceae, native to eastern North America. It is found in moist woods and clearings. It is a trailing plant growing to 5-40 cm long. The leaf are slender lanceolate, 3-14 cm long and 5-13 mm broad, with a 6-20 cm long petiole.
	Cleaner Cleaner is the name of a Germany project specializing in electronic music. Formerly known as Cleen, Myer released several albums on the American Industrial music record label, Metropolis Records, as well as the labels Zoth Ommog and Accession Records.
	Clear and Present Danger Clear and Present Danger is a novel by Tom Clancy, written in 1989, part of his series featuring the character Jack Ryan . In the novel, Ryan is thrown into the position of CIA Acting Deputy Director and discovers that he is being kept in the dark by his colleagues who are conducting a covert war against drug lords in Colombia.
	Clearance Sale Clearance Sale is a List of The Price Is Right pricing games on the United States television game show, The Price Is Right. It is played for three prizes, usually valued between $500 and $3,000.
	Clearway In Australia, a clearway is a special road upon which only taxis and buses may stop at the Curb on certain times of the day. Any other vehicle which stands at the curb may be towed away. Clearways are used on congested roads where there is no room for additional traffic lanes. Clearways improve traffic flow at certain times of the day by prohibiting stopping in the lane next to the curb, adding an additional lane to the roadway.
	Clef A clef is a symbol used in musical notation that assigns the pitch of notes to lines and spaces on the Staff . The word itself is based on the French language word for key. A clef can be thought of as assigning a certain note to a specific line on the staff; adjacent spaces are assigned the notes that follow logically.
	Cleft A cleft is a separation in a body's natural structure, usually formed before birth. Clefts that occur in the oral-facial region often involve the lip, the roof of the mouth or the soft tissue in the back of the mouth. Two major types of oral-facial clefts are cleft lip/palate and isolated cleft palate, which are congenital deformity caused by a failure in facial development during gestation.
	Clematis Clematis is a genus of mostly vigorous climbing lianas, with attractive flowers. Some species are shrubby, and some others are herbaceous perennials. They are found throughout the temperate regions of both hemispheres, and also in mountains in the tropics. The cool temperate species are deciduous, but many of the warmer climate species are evergreen.
	Clematis texensis Clematis texensis is a scarlet-flowered climbing vine, a member of the family ranunculaceae, native to Texas, USA. Because of its thick-textured petals it is sometimes called the Leather Flower or Scarlet leather flower. Crosses with other clematis varieties have yielded varieties showier than the species, such as "Duchess of Albany," "Princess Diana," "Gravetye Beauty," "Sir Trevor Lawrence", and "Etoile Rose", in colors from pink to dark scarlet red.
	Clematis vitalba Clematis vitalba is a shrub of the Ranunculaceae family. In New Zealand it is declared an "unwanted organism" and it cannot be sold, propagated or distributed. It is a threat to native plants since it grows vigorously and forms a canopy which smothers all other plants.
	Clement Attlee Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, Order of the Garter, Order of Merit, Order of the Companions of Honour, Fellow of the Royal Society, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951.
	Clementine A clementine or Satsuma, or Mandarin, is the fruit of Citrus reticulata, and may be a cross between a mandarin orange and an orange created by the Algerian priest Pierre Clment in 1902. It has been proposed that it was "originally an accidental hybrid said to have been discovered by Father Clment Rodier in the garden of his orphanage in Misserghin, Algeria." - however, there are claims it originated in China much earlier.
	Clenched fist The clenched fist is a symbol and salute most often used by communism, anarchism, socialism, left-wing politics, pacifists, unionists and others in opposition to oppressive regimes. Generally the fist is used as an expression of solidarity or defiance.
	Cleome Cleome is a genus of the botany family Capparaceae. Species *Cleome hassleriana References * Alfred Pink,
	Cleome hassleriana Cleome hassleriana is a flower of genus Cleome. Its cultivar is Violet Queen. Its common names include Spider Flower, Spider Legs, and Grandfather's Whiskers. Cleome hassleriana is an Annual plant and can reach a height of 36-48 inches, or 90-120 cm. Its bloom time varies from late spring to early fall.
	Clerestory athedral architecture of the Western World]] Category:Church architecture Category:Windows de:Obergaden it:Cleristorio nl:Lichtbeuk no:Klerestorium pt:Clerestrio sv:Klerestorium
	Clergy Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion. The term comes from Greek language ?????? . Depending on the religion, clergy usually take care of the ritual aspects of the religious life, teach or otherwise help in spreading the religion's doctrine and practices.
	Clerical collar A Clerical collar is a piece of clerical clothing. It is a detachable collar that buttons onto a clergy shirt, being fastened by two metal studs, one attached at the front and one at the back to hold the collar to the shirt. The collar closes at the back of the neck, presenting a seamless front.
	Clerks Clerks. is a 1994 in film written and directed by Kevin Smith and starring Brian O'Halloran as Dante Hicks and Jeff Anderson as Randal Graves. It presents a day in the lives of two shop clerks and their acquaintances. Clerks. was Smith's first movie in his "View Askewniverse" films.
	Clethra Clethra is a genus of between 30-70 species of flowering shrubs or small trees. It is one of two genera in the family Clethraceae. The species may be evergreen or deciduous, and all bear flowers in clusters or inflorescences. They are distributed from temperate to tropical climates in eastern and southeastern Asia, Malesia, Central America, northern South America, the southeastern United States, and one species on the island of Madeira.
	Clethra alnifolia Clethra alnifolia, is a flowering plant in the genus Clethra, native to eastern North America from southern Nova Scotia and Maine south to northern Florida, and west to eastern Texas. It is a deciduous shrub growing to 2-4 m tall. The leaf are obovate to oblong, 4-10 cm long and 2-4 cm broad, with a serrated margin; they are green turning yellow-golden during the autumn.
	Clethraceae Clethraceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Ericales, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of Asia and the Americas, with one species also on Madeira. The family comprises two genera, Clethra and Purdiaea. In the past, most botanists included only Clethra in the family, but recent research has shown that the genus Purdiaea, previously placed in the closely related family Cyrillaceae, is more closely allied to Clethra.
	CLEVER The CLEVER is a type of Tilting three wheeler that was developed at the University of Bath. It is intended to fill a niche between true cars and motorcycles, retaining improved manoeuvrability in urban areas but without exposing the driver to the elements.
	Click Click may refer to: * Click consonant, a type of vocalization * Click, a game show hosted by Ryan Seacrest * Click, a 2006 film starring Adam Sandler * Click, a BBC TV technology show * A department store affiliated with Acme Markets#Acme Fresh Market in Akron, Ohio
	Click beetle Click beetles, sometimes called elaters, Skipjack, Snapping, or Spring Beetle, are a cosmopolitan family characterized by the unusual click mechanism they possess; there are a few closely-related families in which a few members have the same mechanism, but all elaterids can click.
	Cliff In geography, a cliff is a significant vertical, or near vertical, rock exposure. Cliffs are categorized as erosion landforms due to the processes of erosion and weathering that produce them. Cliffs are common on coasts, in mountainous areas, escarpments and along rivers.
	Cliff Swallow The Cliff Swallow is a member of the passerine bird family Hirundinidae, the swallows and martins. It breeds in North America and Mexico, and is bird migration, wintering in southern South America. This species is a very rare vagrant to western Europe.
	Clifford Odets Clifford Odets was an United States playwright, screenwriter, socialist, and social protester.
	Climate The climate is commonly considered to be the weather averaged over a long period of time, typically 30 years. Somewhat more precisely, the concept of "climate" also includes the statistics of the weather such as the degree of day-to-day or year-to-year variation expected. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change glossary definition is: Climate versus weather
	Climate change Climate change refers to the variation in the Earth's global climate or in regional climates over time. It describes changes in the variability or average state of the atmosphereor average weatherover time scales ranging from decades to millions of years. These changes may come from processes internal to the Earth, be driven by external forces or, most recently, be caused by anthropogenic climate change activities.
	Climb The climb is the part of a flight of an aircraft, after take off, consisting of getting the aircraft to the desired cruise altitude. More generally, the term 'climb' means increasing the altitude. A pilot generally induces a plane to climb by setting the appropriate power level and using elevators to adjust the pitch of the plane for the appropriate speed.
	Climbing Climbing covers a range of recreational, adventurous or sporting activities involving using one's hands and feet to move up the surface of a steep object. Evolving from the pursuit of mountaineering, rock climbing is the scaling of steep rocky surfaces, usually using ropes and other climbing equipment for protection .
	Clime The 7 climes was a notion of dividing the Earth into zones in Classical Antiquity. The lists of klimata found in early geographers vary in their extension, but by convention, they numbered seven, counted from south to north. This number was taken up by Ptolemy who in his Geography divided the northern temperate zone into seven zones.
	Clinch River The Clinch River rises in southwestern Virginia and flows into East Tennessee. It is dammed twice: by Norris Dam, the first dam built by the Tennessee Valley Authority; and by Melton Hill Dam, the only TVA dam with a canal lock not located on the main channel of the Tennessee River.
	Clinic A clinic or outpatient clinic is a small medical facility that provides health care for ambulatory patients - as opposed to inpatients treated in a hospital. Most clinics are run by one or more general practitioners but there are clinics operated by private corporations, government organizations or hospitals.
	Clinical depression Clinical depression is a state of sadness, melancholia or despair that has advanced to the point of being disruptive to an individual's social functioning and/or activities of daily living. Although a low mood or state of dejection that does not affect functioning is often referred to as depression , clinical depression is a medical diagnosis and is different from the everyday meaning of "being depressed".
	Clinid Clinids are blenny; perciform marine fish of the family Clinidae. Temperate blennies, the family ranges from the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Indian Oceans, in both the Southern Hemisphere and Northern Hemisphere.
	Clinker brick Clinker bricks are bricks used in the construction of buildings. In early brick firing kilns, the surface of the bricks that were too close to the fire changed into the volcanic textures and darker/purplish colors, and were called "clinkers". They were originally discarded, but around 1900, these bricks were discovered by architects to be usable, distinctive and charming in architectural detailing, adding the earthy quality favored by Arts & Crafts style designers.
	Clinopodium Clinopodium is a genus of about 13 species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae Clinopodium species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Coleophora. ;Selected species *Clinopodium arkansanum - Limestone Calamint
	Clintonia The genus Clintonia contains the bead Lily, which flower and then fruit into berry-like structures. Plants of this genus are distributed across North America and eastern Asia. This genus was named after De Witt Clinton, an 18th-century botanist and U.S.
	Clio In Greek mythology, Clio or Kleio is the muse of heroic poetry and history. Like all the muses, she is a daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne. She had one son, Hyacinth, with the King of Macedonia, Pierus. Some sources say she was also the mother of Hymenaios.
	Clioquinol Clioquinol is a powerful anti-infective drug available for topical and internal use. It is neurotoxic in large doses and is associated with the SMON epidemic in Japan between 1957 and 1970 that affected over 10,000 people. Recent research at University of California, San Francisco indicates Clioquinol appears to block the genetic action of Huntington's disease in mice and in cell culture.
	Clip art Clip art, in the graphic arts, refers to pre-made images used to illustrate any media. Today, clip art is used extensively in both personal and commercial projects, ranging from home-printed greeting cards to commercial candles. Clip art comes in many forms, both electronic and printed. However, most clip art today is created, distributed, and used in an electronic form.
	Clipboard A clipboard is a thin board that is typically slightly larger than a pad of standard sheets of paper, with a large clip at the top. It is used to rigidly support the pad of paper with one hand, while writing on it with the other. Clipboards are typically used in situations where one is not assured of finding good writing surfaces.
	Clipped Clipped is a video released by AC/DC in 1991. It contains three tracks from " The Razors Edge" and two tracks from "Blow Up Your Video." In 2002, a DVD version of this video collection was released, and included the videos for the songs "Big Gun" and "Hard as a Rock"
	Clipper A clipper was a very fast multiple-masted sailing ship of the 19th century. Generally narrow for their length, limiting in their bulk freight carrying capacities, and small by later 19th century standards, the clippers had a large relative sail area. "Clipper ships" were mostly products of British and American shipyards, though France, the Netherlands and other nations also produced a number of them.
	Clique A clique is an informal and restricted social group formed by people who share common interests. They are often subsets of larger social groups. Cliques are often associated with groups of teenagers, but can be found in most social groups. Teenage cliques have been relevantly addressed both in literature and cinema.
	Clitocybe Hundreds of species of mushrooms compose the genus Clitocybe. They are characterized by white spore print, gills running down the stem, and pale white to brown or lilac coloration. They are primarily saprotroph, decomposing forest ground litter. A few members of the genus are considered edible; many others are poisonous, containing the toxin muscarine among others.