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Gaspard
Gaspard is a Francophone male given name or family name and may refer to:* Gaspard Dughet , French painter* Gaspard de Coligny , French Huguenot leader* Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac , French mathematician

Gasper (aircraft)
In aviation, a gasper is an individual, adjustable outlet vent for ventilation in passenger transport aircraft.In a typical modern jet airliner, gaspers take the form of small, circular vents above each passenger seat that can be adjusted by passengers for their personal comfort

Gassen
Gassen is the westernmost of the large islets in Menkeøyane, part of Tusenøyane, an archipelago south of Edgeøya.-References:* Norwegian Polar Institute

Gasser
Gasser can mean:* Gasser , a fictional character also known as Heppokomaru* Gasser , a certain style of hot rod* Hungarian or Montenegrin Gasser pistols, eg: M1870 Gasser* Someone who or something that gasses in its various meanings** e.g

Gassing
Gassing can mean:* Emitting gas* Gassing , destructive gas generation in batteries* Gassing , passing newly spun yarn through a flame to remove the loose fibre ends* Harming or killing with gas, see Poison gas

Gassy
Gassy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Konstancin-Jeziorna, within Piaseczno County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Konstancin-Jeziorna, east of Piaseczno, and south-east of Warsaw.

Gastes
Gastes is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France.

Gastritis
Gastritis is an inflammation of the lining of the stomach, and has many possible causes. The main acute causes are excessive alcohol consumption or prolonged use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin or ibuprofen. Sometimes gastritis develops after major surgery, traumatic injury, burns, or severe infections

Gastroenteritis
Gastroenteritis is marked by severe inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract involving both the stomach and small intestine resulting in acute diarrhea and vomiting. It can be transferred by contact with contaminated food and water

Gastroenterology
Gastroenterology is the branch of medicine whereby the digestive system and its disorders are studied. The name is a combination of three Ancient Greek words gaster , enteron , and logos

Gastrointestinal tract
The human gastrointestinal tract refers to the stomach and intestine, and sometimes to all the structures from the mouth to the anus. .

Gastromancy
Gastromancy is from Greek gastēr and manteia . It can refer to:* Crystal ball gazing: i.e., gazing into round objects.

Gastronomica
Gastronomica is a quarterly academic journal published by the University of California Press. It was established in 2001 and is currently edited by Darra Goldstein. Gastronomica covers the history, literature, representation, and cultural impact of food.

Gastronomy
Gastronomy is the art or science of food eating. Also, it can be defined as the study of food and culture, with a particular focus on gourmet cuisine

Gastropexy
Gastropexy is a surgical operation in which the stomach is sutured to the abdominal wall.

GAT
The word Gat can refer to:* Gat , a traditional article of Korean clothing composed of a cylindrical black hat with wide rims* Gat , a composition set to a cyclic rhythm in instrumental North Indian classical music

GAT (jeans)
GAT is a clothing company specializing in jeans and shirts. GAT is based in Los Angeles, California and is known for its ultra-wide-leg denim jeans

Gat (kibbutz)
Gat is a kibbutz near Kiryat Gat, Israel. It belongs to Yoav Regional Council.Kibbutz Gat was founded in 1934 by Jewish immigrants from Poland, Yugoslavia and Austria. In 1948, some of the lands of the nearby Arab village of Iraq al-Manshiyya were transferred to the kibbutz. Primor, one of Israel's largest juice manufacturers, is operated by the kibbutz

Gata
Gata or GATA can refer to:* Gata , an Armenian sweetbread* La Gata, a 1947 Argentine drama film* Sierra de Gata, a mountainous region of Spain** Sierra de Gata, comarca, a comarca in Cáceres Province, Spain

Gata
Gata is an Armenian sweet bread or pastry, similar to coffee cake. There are many varieties of gata. One popular variety is gata with koritz , a filling made of flour, butter, and sugar. Gata can have other fillings made with nuts, most commonly walnuts.

Gate
A gate is a point of entry to a space enclosed by walls, or a moderately sized opening in a fence. Gates may prevent or control entry or exit, or they may be merely decorative. Other terms for gate include yett and port

Gate (cytometry)
A gate in cytometry is a set of value limits that serve to isolate a specific group of cytometric events from a large set. Gates can be defined by discrimination analysis, or can simply be drawn around a given set of data points on a printout and then converted to a computer-useful form. Gates can be implemented with a physical blinder

Gate (disambiguation)
A gate is an opening in a wall or fence fitted with a moveable barrier allowing it to be closed.Gate or GATE may also refer to:*Gate , a specified location for boarding or leaving an aircraft in an airport

Gate receipts
Gate receipts is the sum of money taken at a sporting venue for the sale of tickets.Traditionally, gate receipts were largely or entirely taken in cash. Today, many sporting venues will operate a season ticket scheme, which will mean they allocate a proportion of season ticket moneys when announcing gate receipts for a particular event.

Gatecrasher (comics)
Gatecrasher, in comics, may refer to:* Gatecrasher , a Marvel Comics character and leader of Technet* Gatecrasher , the first title from Black Bull Entertainment, a short-lived division of Wizard Entertainment

Gatecrasher (Marvel Comics)
Gatecrasher is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.-Publication history:Gatecrasher was created by Jamie Delano and Alan Davis, and first appeared in the UK comic Captain Britain Vol. 2 #3 . The character made her U.S

Gatekeeper
Gatekeeper or gatekeeping may refer to:* Gatekeeper , a professional boxer who is considered a test for aspiring boxers* Gatekeeping , a person or organization who manages or constrains a flow of knowledge

Gatekeeping (education)
Gatekeeping is the process of controlling the rate at which students progress to more advanced levels of study in the academic setting. The term can also be more widely applied to refer to the social structures which test individuals for a certain level of understanding before allowing them to perform certain social functions Gatekeeping is the process of controlling the rate at which students progress to more advanced levels of study in the academic setting. The term can also be more widely applied to refer to the social structures which test individuals for a certain level of understanding before allowing them to perform certain social functions Gatekeeping is the process of controlling the rate at which students progress to more advanced levels of study in the academic setting. The term can also be more widely applied to refer to the social structures which test individuals for a certain level of understanding before allowing them to perform certain social functions (e.g

Gatepost
A gatepost is a structure used to support gates or crossbars which control entry to an area, such as a field or driveway.- Purpose :If the gatepost is utilitarian in purpose then gateposts will be made as strictly functional structures; however as part of the 'advertisement' of the status of the family who live beyond, they are often carefully designed and constructed and sometimes

Gates
-Places:*Gates, British Columbia, a rural community in British Columbia, Canada**Gates River, a river in British Columbia, Canada**Gates Valley, a valley in British Columbia, Canada*Gates, New York, a US town in Monroe County, New York

Gates (Berkshire cricketer)
Gates was an English professional cricketer who made 8 known appearances in major cricket matches from 1794 to 1807.-Career:He was mainly associated with Berkshire and also played for Marylebone Cricket Club .-External sources:*

Gates (surname)
-Gates family:The Gates family of Seattle, Washington. Members of this family include:* Bill Gates , Chairman of Microsoft* Melinda Gates , American philanthropist, wife of Bill Gates

Gateway
A gateway is a point of entry or exit at which a gate may be hung.Gateway may also refer to:-Computer terminology:*Gateway , a computer or a network that allows or controls access to another computer or network

Gateway (computer program)
A gateway is a link between two computer programs or systems such as Internet Forums. A gateway acts as a portal between two programs allowing them to share information by communicating between protocols on a computer or between dissimilar computers.

Gateway (web page)
Gateway is a phrase used by webmasters and search engine optimizers to describe a webpage designed to attract visitors and search engines to a particular website. A typical gateway page is small, simple and highly optimized. Its primary goal is to attract visitors searching for relevant key words or phrases, and provide hyperlinks to pages within the website.

Gateway drug
The gateway drug theory is the hypothesis that the use of less deleterious drugs may lead to a future risk of using more dangerous hard drugs and/or crime

Gateways
Gateways may refer to:Books*Gateways , the seventh volume of the Repairman Jack books by F. Paul Wilson*Gateways , a 2001 crossover novel series*Strange Gateways, a collection of stories by E

Gather
Gather, gatherer, or gathering may refer to:In anthropology and sociology:*Hunter-gatherer, a person or a society whose subsistence depends on hunting and gathering of wild foods

Gather (sewing)
Gathering is a sewing technique for shortening the length of a strip of fabric so that the longer piece can be attached to a shorter piece. It is commonly used in clothing to manage fullness, as when a full sleeve is attached to the armscye or cuff of a shirt, or when a skirt is attached to a bodice.In simple gathering, parallel rows of running stitches are sewn along one edge of the

Gatherer
Magicthegathering.com is the official website of Wizards of the Coast to promote and offer information on their trading card game Magic: The Gathering

Gathers
Gathers is an American surname, and may refer to:* Hank Gathers , African American basketball player* James Gathers , American athlete

Gatling gun
The Gatling gun is one of the best known early rapid-fire weapons and a forerunner of the modern machine gun. It is well known for its use by the Union forces during the American Civil War in the 1860s, which was the first time it was employed in combat

Gator
Gator is often used as an aphaeresis of the word "alligator".Gator may refer to:*Gator , a 1976 action movie starring and directed by Burt Reynolds*Gator , a swimming pool game*Gatorade, a popular brand of sports drink

Gattinara (wine)
Gattinara is a red Italian wine with Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita status produced from Nebbiolo grapes grown within the boundaries of the commune of Gattinara which is located in the hills in the north of the province of Vercelli, northwest of Novara in the Piedmont region

Gauche
Gauche can refer to:* Gauche , an implementation of the Scheme programming language.* In stereochemistry, gauche refers a specific conformer

Gaucho
Gaucho is a term commonly used to describe residents of the South American pampas, chacos, or Patagonian grasslands, found principally in parts of Argentina, Uruguay, Southern Chile, and Southern Brazil

Gaucho (currency)
The Gaucho was the name of a currency intended to be used by Argentina and Brazil in the context of the Argentina-Brazil Integration and Economics Cooperation Program or PICE to make interregional payments

Gaudy
Gaudy or gaudie is a term used to reflect student life in a number of the ancient universities in the United Kingdom

Gauge boson
In particle physics, gauge bosons are bosonic particles that act as carriers of the fundamental forces of nature. More specifically, elementary particles whose interactions are described by gauge theory exert forces on each other by the exchange of gauge bosons, usually as virtual particles.- Standard Model gauge bosons :In the Standard Model, there are three kinds of gauge bosons:#

Gaul
Gaul was a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age and Roman era, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg and Belgium, most of Switzerland, the western part of Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the left bank of the Rhine. The Gauls were the speakers of the Gaulish language native to Gaul

Gaul (disambiguation)
Gaul was an ancient region in Western Europe approximating present-day France, Belgium, north Italia and adjacent areas.Gaul may also refer to:* FV Gaul, a British trawler lost at sea in 1974* Gauls, the native Celtic population of Gaul

Gauloises
Gauloises is a brand of cigarette of French manufacture. It is produced by the company Imperial Tobacco following their acquisition of Altadis in January 2008.- Cigarette :

Gauls
The Gauls were a Celtic people living in Gaul, the region roughly corresponding to what is now France, Belgium, Switzerland and Northern Italy, from the Iron Age through the Roman period. They mostly spoke the Continental Celtic language called Gaulish.

Gaunt
- People with the name Gaunt :* Elizabeth Gaunt , convicted traitor* John of Gaunt , English prince* Jon Gaunt , British radio presenter and newspaper columnist, late 20th and early 21st century* Maurice de Gaunt - People with the name Gaunt :* Elizabeth Gaunt (d. 1685), convicted traitor* John of Gaunt (1340-1399), English prince* Jon Gaunt (born 1961), British radio presenter and newspaper columnist, late 20th and early 21st century* Maurice de Gaunt - People with the name Gaunt :* Elizabeth Gaunt (d. 1685), convicted traitor* John of Gaunt (1340-1399), English prince* Jon Gaunt (born 1961), British radio presenter and newspaper columnist, late 20th and early 21st century* Maurice de Gaunt (fl

Gauntlet
Gauntlet or gantlet may mean:* Gauntlet , protective gloves used as a form of armour* Gauntlet track, a section of two railroad tracks that overlap to allow them to pass a narrow bridge or tunnel in little more than the space of one track

Gauntlet (comics)
The Gauntlet , is a comic book superhero in the . Created by Dan Slott, he first appeared in She-Hulk #100.-Publication history:

Gauntlet (Gladiators)
Gauntlet is an event played in several incarnations of the television series Gladiators. In this event, a contender must run through a narrow alleyway defended by five Gladiators.-Rules:

Gauntlet (Inhuman)
Gauntlet is a fictional supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. He is a member of the Dark Riders, employed by Apocalypse, and is one of the Inhumans. He is fitted with a cybernetic gauntlet, high powered weapons, and wears a mechanical device over one eye, used for tracking and scoping out prey

Gauntlet (NES)
The Nintendo Entertainment System version of Gauntlet is an original game based on the Gauntlet arcade game, with a unique storyline and 100 levels.-Story:

Gauntlet (shoot 'em up)
Gauntlet is a shoot 'em up game written in 1984 by Donald R. Lebeau for the Atari 8-bit family of computers. It was released as shareware, with a full-version available for registration of USD$35

Gaur
The gaur , also called Indian bison, is a large bovine native to South Asia and Southeast Asia. The species is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1986 as the population decline in parts of the species' range is likely to be well over 70% over the last three generations

Gauri
Gauri may refer to:*Gauri , an India musical raga * The Hindu deity Parvati*Gauri Khan, Indian film producer*Gauri Pradhan Tejwani, Indian television actress*Gauri, Bheri, a village in Nepal*Gauri, Lumbini, a village in Nepal

Gauss
Gauss may refer to:*Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician and physicist*Gauss , a unit of magnetic flux density or magnetic induction*GAUSS , a software package*Gauss , a crater on the moon

GAUZE
Gauze is the first studio album released by Dir En Grey on July 28, 1999. It is the band's first full-length record. Five tracks were produced by X Japan co-founder Yoshiki Hayashi, all of which had been previously released as singles

Gauze
Gauze is a thin, translucent fabric with a loose open weave.-Uses and types:Gauze was originally made of silk and was used for clothing. It is now used for many different things, including gauze sponges for medical purposes. When used as a medical dressing, gauze is generally made of cotton

Gav
GAV may stand for:* Gross annual value, a municipal value of the actual rent or fair rental value* Gross asset value, a value of consolidated properties a company owns* Global as View, a term used in theory of data integration

GAVE
GAVE may refer to:* Gave , a parish in Portugal* Gave , a French word meaning torrential river in the west Pyrenees* Gastric antral vascular ectasia , a medical condition

Gave (stem)
The French word gave is a generic name referring to torrential rivers, in the west side of the Pyrenees. In the central part of the Pyrenees, the name neste has the same function.

Gavel (comics)
Gavel is a minor fictional character in the Marvel comics universe.-Fictional character biography:Gavel was a masked mystery man who served as the judge for all of The Jury's trials which were usually little more than a farce before they executed their prisoners