Inlay Inlay: Decorative technique of inserting pieces of coloured materials to form patterns or pictures. Most commonly used in production of decorative furniture, where pieces of coloured wood or metal are inserted into the veneer. Inlays were common on high class furniture from the late 16th century and up to the art deco style of the 1920s.
	Inlet An inlet is a body of water, usually seawater, which has characteristics of one or more of the following: * a bay * a cove * an estuary * a firth * a fjord * a geo * a sea loch * a sea lough * a Sound The Mediterranean Sea may be seen as inlets of the Atlantic Ocean.
	Inner Circle The reggae group Inner Circle was formed in 1968 by the brothers Ian and Roger Lewis in Jamaica. They are responsible for the 1989 song "Bad Boys," which serves as the theme song for Fox Network's long-running television program COPS. However, at first they covered soul and R&B hits from the United States, and then also a few reggae songs, predominately from Bob Marley.
	Inner City Inner City is an United States music group formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1987. The group consists of producer and composer Kevin Saunderson, and two vocalists; Ann Saunderson and Chicago native Paris Grey. Kevin Saunderson is renowned as one of the "Belleville Three", high school friends who later originated the Detroit Techno sound.
	Inner Hebrides The Inner Hebrides are an archipelago off the west coast of Scotland, to the south east of the Outer Hebrides. They are part of the Hebrides. In classical sources, they are referred to as the Ebudae or the Ebudes. Traditionally, the Inner Hebrides have been subdivided into two groups.
	Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is a Mongol autonomous region of China of the People's Republic of China. Inner Mongolia borders, from east to west, the provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia, and Gansu, while to the north it borders Mongolia and Russia.
	Innocence Innocence is a term that describes the lack of guilt of an individual, with respect to a crime. It may also be used to indicate a general lack of guilt, with respect to any kind of crime, sin, or wrongdoing. It can also refer to a state of unknowing, where one's experience is lesser, in either a relative view to social peers, or by an absolute comparison to a more common normative scale.
	Innocent Innocent is a graphic novel published by King Tractor Press written by Shawn Granger. Much derives from actual tales from biblical apocryphia and pseudepigraphia. The artwork is by Nando, Jennifer Aponte, Elizabeth Luntao, Julian Aguilera, Armando Abeleda, Daniel. Innocent is also a type of smoothie, made of nothing but fruit.
	Innovation The classic definitions of innovation include: #the process of making improvements by introducing something new #the act of introducing something new: something newly introduced. #the introduction of something new. # a new idea, method or device. # the successful exploitation of new ideas .
	Innsbruck Innsbruck is a city in western Austria, and the capital of the federal state of Tyrol . It is located in the Inn River valley at the junction with the Wipptal which provides access to the Brennerpass, just about 30 km south of Innsbruck. Located in the broad valley between tall mountains, the Nordkette in the north, Patscherkofel and Serles in the south, it is an internationally renowned winter sports centre.
	Inoculation Inoculation, originally Variolation, is a method of purposefully infection a person with smallpox in a controlled manner so as to minimise the severity of the infection and also to induce immunity against further infection. It preceded vaccination and is separate from it, though today the terms inoculation, vaccination and immunisation are used more or less interchangeably and popularly refer to the process of Immunization against various infectio
	Inorganic chemistry Inorganic chemistry is the branch of chemistry concerned with the properties and behavior of inorganic compounds. This field covers all chemical compounds except the myriad organic compounds , which are the subjects of organic chemistry. The distinction between the two disciplines is far from absolute, and there is much overlap, most importantly in the sub-discipline of organometallic chemistry.
	Inosculation Inosculation is a natural phenomenon in which two trees, or more commonly the branches thereof, grow together.
	Inosine Inosine is a molecule that is formed when hypoxanthine is attached to a ribose ring via a -N9-glycosidic bond. This is a very common modified nucleoside found in tRNAs and is essential for proper translation of the genetic code in Wobble base pairs. Inosine is a nucleic acid important for RNA editing.
	Inositol Inositol, or cis-1,2,3,5-trans-4,6-cyclohexanehexol, is a cyclic polyol that plays an important role as a second messenger in a cell, in the form of inositol phosphates. It is found in many foods, particularly in cereals with high bran content.
	Inquisition The term Inquisition refers broadly to a number of historical movements orchestrated by the Roman Catholic Church aimed at securing religious and doctrinal unity through the conversion, and sometimes persecution, of alleged heretics.
	Insanity Insanity, or madness, is a general term for a semi-permanent, severe mental disorder. The concept has been used in a number of ways historically. Today it is most commonly encountered as a generic informal term, or in the more narrow legal context of criminal insanity. In the medical profession, it is nowadays avoided in favor of specific diagnoses of mental illness.
	Inscribe In geometry, an inscribed planar shape or solid is one that is enclosed by and "fits snugly" inside another geometric shape or solid. Specifically, there must be no object similarity to the inscribed object but larger and also enclosed by the outer figure. Familiar examples include circles inscribed in polygons, and triangles or regular polygons inscribed in circles.
	Insect Insects are invertebrates that are alpha taxonomy referred to as the class Insecta. They are the most numerous and most widespread landform taxon within the phylum Arthropoda. Insects are the most diverse group of animals on the earth, with around 925,000 species described—more than all other animal groups combined.
	Insect repellent An insect repellent is a substance applied to skin, clothing, or other surfaces which discourage insects from landing or climbing on that surface. There are also insect repellent products based on sound production, particularly ultrasound or the sounds of natural enemies of various insects.
	Insectivora The Order Insectivora or Lipotyphla is a biological clade within the class of mammals. All shrews now are considered to belong to the Order Eulypotyphla. In the past the clade was used as a scrapbasket for a variety of small to very small, relatively unspecialised, insectivorous mammals.
	Insectivore An insectivore is an organism with a diet that consists chiefly of insects and similar small creatures. Although individually small, insects exist in enormous numbers and make up a very large part of the animal biomass in almost all non-marine environments. In Queensland pastures, for example, it is normal to have a greater total weight of scarab beetle larvae under the surface than of the beef cattle grazing above it.
	Inside Job Inside Job is an album by Don Henley, released in 2000.
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	Insolation Insolation is the incoming solar radiation that reaches a planet and its atmosphere or, by extension, any object exposed to solar rays, such as a spacecraft or building. In construction, it is an important consideration when Design a building for a certain climate.
	Insolence General Info Insolence is a rapcore band which was created in San Jose, CA in 1995.
	Insomnia Insomnia is characterized by an inability to sleep and/or to be incapable of remaining asleep for a reasonable period. Insomniacs typically complain of being unable to close their eyes or "rest their mind" for more than a few minutes at a time. Both organic and nonorganic insomnia constitute a sleep disorder.
	Instability Instability in systems is generally characterized by some of the outputs or internal state growing without bounds. Not all systems that are not stability are unstable; systems can also be marginal stability or exhibit limit cycle behavior. In control theory, a system is unstable if any of the roots of its characteristic equation has real part greater than zero.
	Instar An instar is a developmental stage of arthropods, such as insects, between each ecdysis, until sexual maturity is reached. Arthropods must shed the exoskeleton in order to grow or assume a new form. Differences between instars can often be seen in altered body proportions or changes in the number of body segments.
	Instinct Instinct is the inherent disposition of a life organism toward a particular behavior. Instincts are generally inherited patterns of responses or reactions to certain kinds of stimuli. In humans they are most easily observed in behaviors such as emotions, Human sexuality, and other bodily functions, as these are largely biologically determined.
	Insulin Insulin is a polypeptide Peptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism. Apart from being the primary effector in carbohydrate homeostasis, it has effects on fat metabolism and it can change the liver's ability to release fat stores. Insulin's concentration has extremely widespread effects throughout the body.
	Integral In calculus, the integral of a function is an extension of the concept of a sum. The process of finding integrals is integration, in its mathematical meaning. The process is usually used to find a measure of totality such as area, volume, mass, displacement etc when its distribution or rate of change with respect to some other quantity is specified.
	INTEGRAL The European Space Agency's INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory is detecting some of the most energetic radiation that comes from space. It is the most sensitive gamma ray observatory ever launched. INTEGRAL is an ESA mission in cooperation with the Russian Federal Space Agency and NASA.
	Integrated circuit A monolithic integrated circuit is a miniaturized electronic circuit which has been manufactured in the surface of a thin substrate of semiconductor material. A hybrid circuit is a miniaturized electronic circuit constructed of individual semiconductor devices, as well as passive components, bonded to a substrate or circuit board.
	Intellectual property In law, intellectual property is an umbrella term for various legal entitlements which attach to certain types of information, ideas, or other intangibles in their idea-expression divide. The holder of this legal entitlement is generally entitled to exercise various exclusive rights in relation to the subject matter of the IP.
	Intelligence quotient An intelligence quotient or IQ is a score derived from a set of standardized tests of intelligence. Intelligence tests come in many forms, and some tests use a single type of item or question. Most tests yield both an overall score and individual subtest scores. Regardless of design, all IQ tests attempt to measure the same general intelligence factor.
	Interahamwe The Interahamwe was the most important of the militias formed by the Hutu ethnic majority of Rwanda. Together with the smaller Impuzamugambi and state army and police forces they were responsible for over 800,000 deaths in the Rwandan Genocide of 1994. Robert Kajuga, ironically a Tutsi, was the President of the Interahamwe.
	Intercom An intercom is an electronic communications system within a building or group of buildings. Intercoms are generally composed of fixed microphone/speaker units which connect to a central control panel. A small home intercom might connect a few rooms in a house. Larger systems might connect all of the rooms in a school or hospital to a central office.
	InterContinental InterContinental is a brand of upscale luxury hotels owned by InterContinental Hotels Group. The chain operates over 200 hotels and resorts in approximately 75 nations. InterContinental began in 1946 when Pan American Airlines decided that there was a lack of quality hotels in many of its destinations.
	Intercontinental ballistic missile An intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, is a very long-range ballistic missile typically designed for nuclear weapons delivery, that is, delivering one or more nuclear weapon. Their range and their firepower are so powerful that they are the weapons most often considered to be the type that would be used in an all out global nuclear war.
	Interest Interest is the 'rent' paid to borrow money. The lender receives a compensation for deferring his own consumption. The original amount lent is called the 'principal', and the percentage of the principal which is paid/payable over a period of time is the "interest rate".
	Interference Interference is the Superposition principle of two or more waves resulting in a new wave pattern. As most commonly used, the term usually refers to the interference of waves which are correlated or Coherence with each other, either because they come from the same source or because they have the same or nearly the same frequency.
	Interferon Interferons are a class of natural proteins produced by the cells of the immune systems of most animals in response to challenges by foreign agents such as viruses, bacterium, parasites and tumor cells. Interferons belong to the large class of glycoproteins known as cytokines.
	Interlace Interlace is a technique of improving the picture quality of a video transmission without consuming any extra bandwidth. It was invented by RCA engineer Randall C. Ballard in the late 1920s . It was ubiquitous in television until the 1970s, when the needs of computer monitors resulted in the reintroduction of progressive scan.
	Interlaken Interlaken is a municipality in the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. The place is a well known tourist destination near the centre of Switzerland close to the Alps. The Aare River flows through the town. Interlaken is located between Lake Brienz to the east and Lake Thun to the west.
	Interlingua The constructed language Interlingua is an international auxiliary language published in 1951 by the International Auxiliary Language Association . It is the most successful naturalistic constructed language. In appearance, Interlingua combines a Romance languages vocabulary with a simplified Romance grammar, and can thus be seen as a modernized and simplified Latin .
	Interlocking In railway signaling, an interlocking is an arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through an arrangement of tracks such as junctions, crossings, and so forth. The signaling appliances and tracks are sometimes collectively referred to as an interlocking plant.
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	Internal Revenue Service The Internal Revenue Service is the United States government agency that collects taxes and enforces the tax law. The IRS is a bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury. The official U.S. Treasury regulations provide :
	International Atomic Energy Agency The International Atomic Energy Agency/IAEA, was established as an autonomous organization on July 29, 1957. It seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for nuclear weapon. United States President of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower envisioned, in his "Atoms for Peace" speech before the UN General Assembly in 1953, the creation of this international body to control and develop the use of atomic energy.
	International Bank for Reconstruction and Development The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development is one of the five institutions consisting the World Bank Group. The IBRD is an international organization whose original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by WWII. Now, its mission has expanded to fight poverty by means of financing states.
	International Civil Aviation Organization The International Civil Aviation Organization , an agency of the United Nations, codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international scheduled air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth. The ICAO Council adopts standards and recommended practices concerning air navigation, prevention of unlawful interference, and facilitation of border-crossing procedures for international civil aviation.
	International Court of Justice The International Court of Justice is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. Its seat is in the Peace Palace at The Hague, Netherlands. Established in 1945 by the Charter of the United Nations, the Court began work in 1946 as the successor to the Permanent Court of International Justice.
	International Date Line The International Date Line, also known as just the Date Line, is an imaginary line on the surface of the Earth opposite the Prime Meridian which offsets the date as one travels east or west across it. Roughly along 180 longitude, with diversions to pass around some territories and island groups, it corresponds to the time zone boundary separating +12 and -12 hours GMT.
	International Labour Organization The International Labour Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations to deal with labour issues. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. Founded in 1919, it was formed through the negotiations of the Treaty of Versailles, and was initially an agency of the League of Nations.
	International Maritime Organization International Maritime Organization : Formerly known as the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization , was established in 1958 through the United Nations to coordinate international maritime safety and related practices. Headquartered in London, United Kingdom, the IMO promotes cooperation among governments and the shipping industry to improve maritime safety and to prevent marine pollution.
	International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund is an international organization that oversees the global financial system by observing exchange rates and balance of payments, as well as offering financial and technical assistance when requested. Its headquarters are located in Washington, D.C.
	International organization An international organization, or more formally intergovernmental organization , is an organization whose members are state or other IGOs . Such organization function according to the principles of intergovernmentalism, which means that unanimity is required.
	International Organization International Organization is a peer-reviewed journal that covers the entire field of international affairs. Subject areas include: foreign policy, international relations, international and comparative political economy, security policies, environmental disputes and resolutions, European integration, alliance patterns and war, bargaining and conflict resolution, economic development and adjustment, and international capital movements.
	International Society for Krishna Consciousness The International Society for Krishna Consciousness, also known as 'the Hare Krishna' was founded in 1966 by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. While some classified the sect as a new religious movement, its core philosophy is based on scriptures such as the Bhagavad-Gita and Srimad Bhagavatam, both of which date back thousands of years.
	International System of Units The International System of Units is the modern form of the metric system. It is the world's most widely used system of units, both in everyday commerce and in science. The older metric system included several groupings of units. The SI was developed in 1960 from the metre-kilogram-second system, rather than the centimetre gram second system of units system which, in turn, had many variants.
	International waters The terms international waters or transboundary waters apply where any of the following types of bodies of water transcend international boundaries: oceans, large marine ecosystems, enclosed or semi-enclosed regional seas and estuaries, rivers, lakes, groundwater systems, and wetlands .
	Internet The Internet is the worldwide, publicly accessible network of interconnected computer networks that transmit Data by packet switching using the standard Internet Protocol . It is a "network of networks" that consists of millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and government networks, which together carry various information and services, such as electronic mail, online chat, Computer file transfer, and the interlinked Web pages and other documents of the World Wide Web.
	Internet Explorer Internet Explorer, abbreviated IE or WIE , is a proprietary software graphical user interface web browser made by Microsoft and included as part of most members of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems. It has been the Usage share of web browsers since 1999.
	Internment "Internment" is the imprisonment or confinement of people, commonly in large groups, without due process of law and a trial. It also refers to the practice of neutral country in time of war to hold belligerent armed forces and equipment which enter their territory, under the Hague Conventions#Hague Convention of 1907.
	Interoperability Interoperability is the ability of products, systems, or business processes to work together to accomplish a common task. The term can be defined in a technical way or in a broad way, taking into account social, political and organizational factors.
	Interplanetary medium The interplanetary medium is the material which fills the solar system and through which all the larger solar system bodies such as planets, asteroids and comets move.
	Interplanetary space Interplanetary space is that part of outer space between planets in a solar system and its local star, many of which are binary star. Around any one planet, "interplanetary" space begins in the broad region where any Earth's atmosphere, magnetic field and natural satellites end, ceding dominance to the local star; in our case, the Sun.
	Interpol Interpol was created in 1923 to assist international criminal police co-operation. Interpol, once merely the organization's telegraphic address, was officially incorporated into the organization's new name adopted in 1956, prior to which it was known as the International Criminal Police Commission.
	Interpolation In the mathematics subfield of numerical analysis, interpolation is a method of constructing new data points from a discrete set of known data points. In engineering and science one often has a number of data points, as obtained by sampling or experiment, and tries to construct a function which closely fits those data points.