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Epimetheus
Epimetheus may mean one of several things:*Epimetheus , the Titan from Greek mythology*Epimetheus , the moon of Saturn*1810 Epimetheus, an asteroid*Epimetheus Society, a high-IQ society

Epinephrine
Epinephrine is a hormone and a neurotransmitter. It increases heart rate, constricts blood vessels, dilates air passages and participates in the fight-or-flight response of the sympathetic nervous system. In chemical terms, adrenaline is one of a group of monoamines called the catecholamines

Epiphany
Epiphany may refer to:* Epiphany , a Christian holiday on January 6 celebrating the visit of the Magi to the infant Jesus* Epiphany , a sudden realization of great truth

Epiphany (album)
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Epiphany (novel)
Epiphany is a 1997 mystery novel by British author David Hewson. The story delves between two linear timelines, one in the 1970s the other the 1990s, and explores elements of drugs, murder and quantum physical philosophy.-Plot summary:

Epiphenomenon
An epiphenomenon is a secondary phenomenon that occurs alongside or in parallel to a primary phenomenon.-Medicine:

Epiregulin
Epiregulin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EREG gene.- Structure :Epiregulin consists of 46 amino acid residues. Its secondary structure contains approximately 30 percent of β-sheet in the strand. Some of the residues form loops and turns due to the hydrogen bonding

Epirus
The name Epirus, from the Greek "Ήπειρος" meaning continent may refer to:-Geographical:* Epirus - a historical and geographical region of the southwestern Balkans, straddling modern Greece and Albania

Epirus (mythology)
Epirus or Epeiros, in Greek mythology, is the daughter of Agave and Echion. She accompanied Cadmus and Harmonia while they were carrying the body of Pentheus. While in Epirus, she died and was buried in a thicket; this thicket was later considered sacred to her and the entire country was renamed after her

Episcopal
Episcopal and episcopalian may refer to:*Bishop, an overseer in the Christian church*Episcopate, the see of a bishop – a diocese*Episcopal Church , any church with "Episcopal" in its name

Episiotomy
An episiotomy , also known as perineotomy, is a surgically planned incision on the perineum and the posterior vaginal wall during second stage of labor. The incision, which can be midline or at an angle from the posterior end of the vulva, is performed under local anaesthetic , and is sutured closed after delivery

Episode
An episode is a part of a dramatic work such as a serial television or radio program. An episode is a part of a sequence of a body of work, akin to a chapter of a book. The term sometimes applies to works based on other forms of mass media as well, as in Star Wars

Episodes
Episodes may refer to:* Episode, a part of a dramatic work* Episodes , premiered 2011* Episodes , a geological science journal* Episodes , a two-part ballet

Episodes (album)
Episodes is a compilation album by English multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield released in France in 1981.- Track listing :# "Ommadawn" - 7:01# "Tubular Bells" - 8:34# "Incantations" - 5:40

Episodes (ballet)
Episodes is a two-part ballet made by Martha Graham and George Balanchine to Anton von Webern's Symphony, Op. 21; Five Pieces, Op. 10; Concerto, Op. 24; and the Ricercata in Six Voices from Bach's Musical Offering which Webern had arranged in homage to Bach as Balanchine conceived the ballet as one to Webern

Episodic
Episodic can refer to* The nature of television series that are divided into short programs. See Episode* Episodic memory relates to the types of memory that result from specific incidents in a lifetime

Episodic memory
Episodic memory is the memory of autobiographical events that can be explicitly stated. Semantic and episodic memory together make up the category of declarative memory, which is one of the two major divisions in memory

Epistle
An epistle is a writing directed or sent to a person or group of people, usually an elegant and formal didactic letter. The epistle genre of letter-writing was common in ancient Egypt as part of the scribal-school writing curriculum. The letters in the New Testament from Apostles to Christians are usually referred to as epistles

Epistrophe
Epistrophe , also known as epiphora , is a figure of speech and the counterpart of anaphora. It is the repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences

Epitaph
An epitaph is a short text honoring a deceased person, strictly speaking that is inscribed on their tombstone or plaque, but also used figuratively. Some are specified by the dead person beforehand, others chosen by those responsible for the burial

Epitaph (film)
Epitaph is a 2007 South Korean film directed by brothers Jung Sik and Jung Beom-sik. The movie is a horror film set primarily in 1942, while South Korea was under the colonial rule of Japan. It is framed by scenes set in 1979.-Plot:

Epitaph (song)
"Epitaph" is the third track from the British progressive rock band King Crimson's debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King.

Epitaxy
Epitaxy refers to the deposition of a crystalline overlayer on a crystalline substrate, where the overlayer is in registry with the substrate. In other words, there must be one or more preferred orientations of the overlayer with respect to the substrate for this to be termed epitaxial growth. The overlayer is called an epitaxial film or epitaxial layer

Epithalamium
Epithalamium refers to a form of poem that is written specifically for the bride on the way to her marital chamber

Epithelium
Epithelium is one of the four basic types of animal tissue, along with connective tissue, muscle tissue and nervous tissue. Epithelial tissues line the cavities and surfaces of structures throughout the body, and also form many glands. Functions of epithelial cells include secretion, selective absorption, protection, transcellular transport and detection of sensation

Epithet
An epithet or byname is a descriptive term accompanying or occurring in place of a name and having entered common usage. It has various shades of meaning when applied to seemingly real or fictitious people, divinities, objects, and binomial nomenclature. It is also a descriptive title

Epitome
An epitome is a summary or miniature form; an instance that represents a larger reality, also used as a synonym for embodiment.

Epitome (image processing)
In image processing, an epitome is a condensed digital representation of the essential statistical properties of ordered datasets, such as matrices representing images, audio signals, videos, or genetic sequences

Epizootic
In epizoology, an epizootic is a disease that appears as new cases in a given animal population, during a given period, at a rate that substantially exceeds what is "expected" based on recent experience . Epidemic is the analogous term applied to human populations

Epoch
-An epoch :* Epoch , a moment in time chosen as the origin of a particular era* Epoch or geologic epoch, a span of time smaller than a "period" and larger than an "age"

Epoch (film)
Epoch is a 2001 science fiction film directed by Matt Codd, starring David Keith, Stephanie Niznik, and Brian Thompson. In it, a strange monolith is discovered, and the team sent to study it encounters repeated disasters.-Marketing:

Epoch (magazine)
Epoch is a three-times-a-year American literary magazine founded in 1947 and published by Cornell University. The widely respected magazine has published well-known authors and award-winning work including stories reprinted in The Best American Short Stories series and poems later included in The Best American Poetry series.The publication features fiction, poetry, essays,

Eponym
An eponym is the name of a person or thing, whether real or fictitious, after which a particular place, tribe, era, discovery, or other item is named or thought to be named

Epos (speakers)
Epos Ltd is a British loudspeaker company that specialises in home cinema and hi-fi speakers.-History:Epos was founded in 1983 by Robin Marshall. In 1998 Epos was sold to Mordaunt-Short who had been bought by the TGI PLC group in 1987

Epoxy
Epoxy, also known as polyepoxide, is a thermosetting polymer formed from reaction of an epoxide "resin" with polyamine "hardener". Epoxy has a wide range of applications, including fiber-reinforced plastic materials and general purpose adhesives.

EPROM
An EPROM , or erasable programmable read only memory, is a type of memory chip that retains its data when its power supply is switched off. In other words, it is non-volatile. It is an array of floating-gate transistors individually programmed by an electronic device that supplies higher voltages than those normally used in digital circuits

Epsilon
Epsilon is the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, corresponding phonetically to a close-mid front unrounded vowel . In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 5. It was derived from the Phoenician letter He

Equa
EQUA is a UK-based world fusion music project, founded by the multi-media artist and record producer Sadia Sadia and composer & sound designer Stephen W Tayler.

Equal
Equal commonly refers to a state of equality.Equal or equals may also refer to:* Equal , a brand of artificial sweetener* EQUAL Community Initiative, an initiative within the European Social Fund of the European Union

Equal rights
Equal rights can refer to:*Equality before the law, when all people have the same rights*Human rights, when such rights are held in common by all people*Civil rights, when such rights are held in common by all citizens of a nation

Equality
Equality may refer to:Social concepts* Egalitarianism, the belief that all/some people ought to be treated equally* Equality before the law* Equal opportunity* Equality of outcome or equality of condition* Gender equality* Racial equality

Equality (book)
Equality is a utopian novel by Edward Bellamy, and the sequel to Looking Backward: 2000–1887 and was first published in 1897. The book contains a minimal amount of plot; Bellamy primarily used Equality to expand on the theories he first explored in Looking Backward.-Synopsis:The story takes up immediately after the events of Looking Backward with the main characters

Equalization
Equalization, is the process of adjusting the balance between frequency components within an electronic signal. The most well known use of equalization is in sound recording and reproduction but there are many other applications in electronics and telecommunications. The circuit or equipment used to achieve equalization is called an equalizer

Equalization (computing)
In computing, equalization is a type of bandwidth management that makes adjustments to the flow of data along a computer network. By adding latency to low-priority tasks, it ensures high-priority tasks receive sufficient bandwidth.

Equalize
Equalize is an Urban Desi album by the UK band Swami released on September 24, 2007.Their two previous albums were DesiRock in 2004, and So Who Am I in 2005

Equalizer
Equalizer or equaliser may refer to:*Equalization, the process of adjusting the strength of certain frequencies within a signal*An equalization filter for used audio and similar signals

Equalizer (Datel)
The Equalizer is a game-hacking, cheat cartridge by Datel that was released for the Nintendo 64. It was the last cheat cartridge Datel produced for the N64, and was designed to be sold at a lower price point compared to other competing cheat cartridges, such as Datel's Action Replay Professional and the Blaze Xplorer64

Equate
Equate may refer to:*Equate, A brand name of Wal-Mart*Equate , a board game manufactured by Conceptual Math Media*Determining comparable scores on two forms of an examination via a statistical methodology

Equation
An equation is a mathematical statement that asserts the equality of two expressions. In modern notation, this is written by placing the expressions on either side of an equals sign , for examplex + 3 = 5\,asserts that x+3 is equal to 5

Equator
An equator is the intersection of a sphere's surface with the plane perpendicular to the sphere's axis of rotation and containing the sphere's center of mass.

Equator (BBC TV series)
Equator is a BBC television documentary series in three parts charting presenter Simon Reeve's journey along the Equator through Africa, Asia and South America.

Equator (disambiguation)
Equator can refer to:* Equator, an imaginary circle drawn around a spherical or roughly spherical object at a distance halfway between the poles* Equator , a 2006 documentary series based on a journey along the equator

Equatorial
Equatorial may refer to:* Equator of the Earth* Equatorial climate in meteorology* The ring-shaped outer boundary of the cross-section of a round three dimensional shape or object in geometry* The equatorial bond of a molecule in chemistry

Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea where the capital Malabo is situated.Annobón is the southernmost island of Equatorial Guinea and is situated just south of the equator. Bioko island is the northernmost point of Equatorial Guinea. Between the two islands and to the east is the mainland region

Equestrian
Equestrian may mean:*Equestrianism, the art of horse riding*Equestrian order, one of the upper classes in ancient Rome*Equestrian statue, a statue of a leader on horseback

Equestrianism
Equestrianism more often known as riding, horseback riding or horse riding refers to the skill of riding, driving, or vaulting with horses

Equiangular
In geometry equiangular relates to having equal angles. In particular:*Equiangular polygon - a polygon with equal angles.*The Logarithmic spiral or equiangular spiral a type of spiral.

Equiareal
In differential geometry, an equiareal map is a smooth map from one surface to another that preserves the area of figures. If M and N are two surfaces in the Euclidean space R3, then an equi-areal map ƒ can be characterized by any of the following equivalent conditions:* The surface area of ƒ is equal to the area of U for every open set U on

Equilateral
In geometry, an equilateral polygon is a polygon which has all sides of the same length.For instance, an equilateral triangle is a triangle of equal edge lengths

Equilibrium
Equilibrium is the condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced. The word may refer to:-Biology:* Equilibrioception, the sense of a balance present in human beings and other animals

Equilibrium (album)
"Equilibrium" is the sixth studio album released by Crowbar on 7 March 2000.-Track listing:# I Feel The Burning Sun - 3:37# Equilibrium - 4:40# Glass Full of Liquid Pain - 3:28# Command of Myself - 3:16# Down Into the Rotting Earth - 5:16

Equilibrium (film)
Equilibrium is a 2002 American science fiction action film written and directed by Kurt Wimmer. It stars Christian Bale as John Preston, a warrior-priest and enforcement officer in a future dystopia where both feelings and artistic expression are outlawed and citizens take daily injections of drugs to suppress their emotions

Equilibrium (puzzle)
Equilibrium, also known as "Equi-librium" is an interlocking puzzle in the shape of a sphere. Copyrighted in 1974 by Reiss Games, Inc., it consists of 6 closed arch pieces, 5 of which have pegs on their straight center. The two pegs block the other pieces from being shifted back or forth, only the sixth piece is different having only one peg and two notches

Equilibrium (seaQuest 2032 episode)
"Equilibrium" is the seventh aired episode of seaQuest 2032`s third season and eighth produced overall. It was originally shown on November 15, 1995.The episode features the return of Nathan Bridger who left the series after "Brave New World."

Equinox
An equinox occurs twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth's axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the center of the Sun being in the same plane as the Earth's equator

Equinox (celestial coordinates)
-Overview:In astronomy, equinox is a moment in time at which the vernal point, celestial equator, and other such elements are taken to be used in the definition of a celestial coordinate system. The position at other equinoxes can be computed by taking into account precession, nutation and aberration, which directly affect e.g

Equinox (electro-industrial band)
Equinox is the name of an electro-industrial/drum'n'bass musical project, featuring Bill Leeb and Chris Peterson of Front Line Assembly.Equinox released one album, Holon, in 1998.-External links:*

Equinox (novel)
Equinox is a 1973 novel by Samuel R. Delany, and is Delany's first published foray into explicitly sexual material. It tells of a series of erotic and violent encounters in a small American seaport following the arrival of an African-American sea captain