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Ards (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
Ards was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Ards was a county constituency comprising the town of Newtownards, the Ards peninsula and the town of Donaghadee. It was created in 1929 when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first past the post elections throughout Northern Ireland

ARE
Are, ARE or Åre may refer to: United Arab Emirates using ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code*The second-person singular and plural forms of the verb "to be", copula of the English language

Are (moth)
Are is a genus of moth in the family Arctiidae.-References:*

Area
Area is a quantity that expresses the extent of a two-dimensional surface or shape in the plane. Area can be understood as the amount of material with a given thickness that would be necessary to fashion a model of the shape, or the amount of paint necessary to cover the surface with a single coat

Area (architecture)
Area is the name given in architecture to an excavated, subterranean space around the walls of a building, designed to admit light into a basement, often providing access to the house for tradesmen and deliveries and access to vaults beneath the pavement for storage of coal and ash.-Function:The term is most commonly applied to urban houses of the Georgian period in England, where it

Area (journal)
Area is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Royal Geographical Society. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2010 impact factor of 1.548.- See also :* List of scientific journals

Area (LDS Church)
An area is an administrative unit of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which typically is composed of multiple stakes and missions

Area (travel agency)
Area Travel Agency Ltd is a major travel agency in Finland. Area is a part of Finnair Group and owned by Finnair, the national carrier of Finland. The company was founded in 1935. Area is a full-service travel agency and an American Express Representative in Finland. Area provides a comprehensive range of travel services

Area 51 (skatepark)
Area 51 is a skatepark in the center of Eindhoven, The Netherlands. It is one of the largest skateparks in Europe.-External links:*

Areae
Areae is an American computer technology corporation located in San Diego, California, that was established in July 2006 by Raph Koster. Areae has been officially changed to Metaplace, Inc. to avoid confusion

Areas (moth)
Areas is a genus of moth in the family Arctiidae.-Subgenus Melanareas Butler, 1889 :*Areas imperialis -References:, 2009: Subspecies of Areas galactina : 25 years after H.Inoue's review. Tinea 20 : 316-329.*

Arecidae
Arecidae is a botanical name at the rank of subclass. Circumscription of the subclass will vary with the taxonomic system being used ; the only requirement being that it includes the family Arecaceae.

Areg
Areg is a town in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.- References :*Kiesling, Rediscoving Armenia, p. 20, available online at the

AREMOS
AREMOS is a data management and econometrics software package released by Global Insight. Although it is still sold, it was most popular in the late 80's and 90's, when it was used by leading economists Originally developed as a DOS application by Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates - WEFA now IHS Global Insight, it has gone through many iterations since

Aren
Aren is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*

Arena
An arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the lowest point, allowing for maximum visibility

Arena (short story)
"Arena" is a science fiction short story by Fredric Brown that was first published in the June 1944 issue of Astounding magazine. It was voted one of the best of its genre by the Science Fiction Writers of America and included in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume One, 1929-1964.The Star Trek episode "Arena" had some similarity to this story, so to avoid legal

Arena (UTA station)
Arena is an island platformed Trax light rail station in Salt Lake City located adjacent to the EnergySolutions Arena. As part of both the Blue Line and the Green Line, it has service to the Salt Lake City Intermodal Hub, the West Valley Intermodal Hub, and Sandy. The station was opened on December 4, 1999, and is operated by the Utah Transit Authority

Arena Football (C64)
Arena Football is a 1988 Commodore 64 computer game coded by Chris R. Bickford III. It is essentially the first Arena or Indoor Football game ever created

Arena Gripe
Arena Gripe is an indoor sporting arena located in Split, Croatia. It is part of Sport Recreation Center . It features two halls. The capacity of the lesser arena is 3,500 people. The seating capacity of the larger one is 6,000

Arene (surname)
Arene is a French family name of the Provence region with the same origin as the Spanish Arenas and Italian Arena, all derived from the Latin root word arena, meaning sand. By family tradition, the sand in question was that of the Roman arena , thus making the original bearer a gladiator

Areni
Areni is a village in the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia. It is best known for its wine production, although the majority of wine produced locally is from the nearby village of Getap. The church of S. Astvatsatsin is a single-nave two-aisled domed Armenian church completed in the year 1321, and is located atop a plateau overlooking the Arpa River and Areni

Areola
This article is about the breast tissue. For the entomology term, see the glossary of Lepidopteran terms. For an artistic cloud motif, see aureola. For the cactus feature, see Areole.

Ares
Ares is the Greek god of war. He is one of the Twelve Olympians, and the son of Zeus and Hera. In Greek literature, he often represents the physical or violent aspect of war, in contrast to the armored Athena, whose functions as a goddess of intelligence include military strategy and generalship.The Greeks were ambivalent toward Ares: although

Ares (Hercules episode)
"Ares" is the fifth episode of the first season of the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. Written by Steve Roberts and directed by Harley Cokeliss, it first aired in the United States on February 13, 1995.-Overview:

Ares (manhwa)
Vagrant Soldier Ares is a Korean manhwa written and drawn by Ryu Kum-chel. The story centers around young swordsman Ares and takes place in a world similar to Ancient Rome.The manhwa is noted for fluid, dynamic action and subtle anachronism

Arethusa (mythology)
For other uses, see ArethusaArethusa means "the waterer". In Greek mythology, she was a nymph and daughter of Nereus , and later became a fountain on the island of Ortygia in Syracuse, Sicily.

Arethusa (see)
Arethusa is a Roman Catholic titular see in the former Roman province of Syria, near Apameia. The modern, Arabic name of the site is Er-Rastan.

ARFCN
In GSM cellular networks, an absolute radio-frequency channel number is a code that specifies a pair of physical radio carriers and channels used for transmission and reception on the Um interface, one for the uplink signal and one for the downlink signal. ARFCNs are defined in GSM Specification 45.005 Section 2.Each ARFCN has a bandwidth of 270.833 kHz

Arg (mathematics)
In mathematics, arg is a function operating on complex numbers . It gives the angle between the line joining the point to the origin and the positive real axis, shown as in figure 1 opposite, known as an argument of the point In mathematics, arg is a function operating on complex numbers (visualised as a flat plane). It gives the angle between the line joining the point to the origin and the positive real axis, shown as in figure 1 opposite, known as an argument of the point In mathematics, arg is a function operating on complex numbers (visualised as a flat plane). It gives the angle between the line joining the point to the origin and the positive real axis, shown as in figure 1 opposite, known as an argument of the point (that is, the angle between the half-lines of the position vector representing the number and the positive real

Argal
Argal can refer to:* Argal, a word meaning "therefore" and "thus", derived from the Latin ergo, famously used by a gravedigger in William Shakespeare's Hamlet, * Argal , a Village Development Committee in Nepal

Argasidae
Argasidae is a family of ticks containing the soft ticks. They lack the hard scutum that is present in the hard ticks . The capitulum is located on the underside of the animal's body and is not readily visible

Argent
In heraldry, argent is the tincture of silver, and belongs to the class of light tinctures, called "metals". It is very frequently depicted as white and usually considered interchangeable with it

Argent (album)
Argent is the first album by British rock band Argent. Released in 1970 on CBS Records , the album did not chart in either the U.S. or the U.K. and did not produce any hit singles, although the song "Liar" would become a top-10 Billboard hit the following year through a cover version by Three Dog Night

Argent (disambiguation)
Argent is the heraldic tincture of silver.Argent may also refer to:In entertainment:* Argent , a 1960s-1970s British rock band** Argent , an album by the band

Argente
Argente is a municipality located in the province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 258 inhabitants.

Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires

Argentino (disambiguation)
Argentino may refer to:* Argentine argentino, a former Argentine currency* Lake Argentino, a lake in the Andes in Patagonia* Argentino, a citizen of Argentina

Argentite
Argentite was primarily treated as a mineral belonging to the galena group, cubic silver sulfide , occasionally found as uneven cubes and octahedra, but more often as dendritic or earthy masses, with a blackish lead-grey color and metallic lustre. All these forms are structurally not argentite, but its monoclinic polymorph, acanthite

Argento
Argento may refer to:*Dario Argento , Italian film-maker*Asia Argento , Italian actress*Dominick Argento , American composer*Tomás Argento , Argentinian hockey player

Argile (magazine)
Argile is a French poetry and art magazine founded in 1973 by the poet Claude Esteban and published in Paris by Maeght until its 24th issue in 1981.-External links:*

Argina
Argina is a moth genus in the family Arctiidae. Not long ago it was divided into three genera: Argina , Alytarchia , Mangina Argina is a moth genus in the family Arctiidae. Not long ago it was divided into three genera: Argina (A. cribraria), Alytarchia (A. amanda, A. leonina), Mangina Argina is a moth genus in the family Arctiidae. Not long ago it was divided into three genera: Argina (A. cribraria), Alytarchia (A. amanda, A. leonina), Mangina (M. argus, M. syringa, M

Arginine
Arginine is an α-amino acid. The L-form is one of the 20 most common natural amino acids. At the level of molecular genetics, in the structure of the messenger ribonucleic acid mRNA, CGU, CGC, CGA, CGG, AGA, and AGG, are the triplets of nucleotide bases or codons that codify for arginine during protein synthesis

Argo
In Greek mythology, the Argo was the ship on which Jason and the Argonauts sailed from Iolcos to retrieve the Golden Fleece. It was named after its builder, Argus.-Legend:

Argo (1800)
The Argo was an American schooner that was wrecked in Fiji during January 1800.Owned by Robert Berry it was on its way from China to Sydney, when sometime during January 1800 it was wrecked on Argo Reef, south-east of Fiji. Its crew reached Tongatapu where all but two were killed by natives

Argo (1853)
The Argo was an iron screw steamer launched in 1853, and the first steamship to intentionally circumnavigate the earth.-History:Argo was built by C.J. Mare and Company of Leamouth, London for the General Screw Steam Shipping Company and launched in 1853

Argo (film)
Argo is a 2006 short romance drama film that marks Jordan Bayne's short film writing and directorial debut. Co-written and co-directed by Bayne and Michael Knowles, the film was shot on location in Joshua Tree, California, in 2005.-Synopsis:

Argo (ship)
The Argo was a ship that disappeared in 1814 off the coast of Tasmania.The Argo was a ship of some 150 tons, armed with four guns and having a crew of thirty-two. Constructed at Chittagong India, the ship was registered in Calcutta to Payne & Tyrce. In 1814 the ship illegally departed Hobart with thirteen or fourteen convicts on board

Argo Navis (magazine)
Argo Navis is a Chilean scientific journal of popular science, centred on astronomy, focused on amateur astronomers of Hispanic speech. Its first issue was published in April of 2005, and it continues being published of two-monthly basis.- Characteristics :

Argon
Argon is a chemical element represented by the symbol Ar. Argon has atomic number 18 and is the third element in group 18 of the periodic table . Argon is the third most common gas in the Earth's atmosphere, at 0.93%, making it more common than carbon dioxide

Argon (1908 automobile)
The Argon was made by Grannaway Engineering Co, Earls Court, London S.W. in 1908. It was a fairly large touring car using a 25 hp 6-cylinder Coventry-Simplex engine. It was priced at 750 pounds. In 1905, the company was said to be planning a car deemed the Grannaway, but it is not clear whether this ever came to fruition.

Argonaut
Argonaut may refer to:* Argonaut , a kind of octopus in the genus Argonauta* Jason and the Argonauts, sailors in Greek mythology* Argonauts of Saint Nicholas, a military order in Naples

Argos (EGFR Inhibitor)
Argos is a secreted protein that is an inhibitor of the epidermal growth factor receptor pathway in Drosophila melanogaster . The name derives from the phenotype of mutant flies with eye defects and refers to Argus Panoptes. The mechanism by which Argos attenuates the EGFR pathway is by sequestration of ligand and not by direct interaction with the receptor

Argot
An Argot is a secret language used by various groups—including, but not limited to, thieves and other criminals—to prevent outsiders from understanding their conversations. The term argot is also used to refer to the informal specialized vocabulary from a particular field of study, hobby, job, sport, etc.The author Victor Hugo was one of the first to research argot extensively

Arguendo
Arguendo is a Latin legal term meaning for the sake of argument. The phrase "assuming, arguendo, that ..." is used in courtroom settings and academic legal settings to designate provisional and unendorsed assumptions that will be made at the beginning of an argument in order to explore their implications

Argument
In philosophy and logic, an argument is an attempt to persuade someone of something, or give evidence or reasons for accepting a particular conclusion.Argument may also refer to:-Mathematics and computer science:

Argument
In philosophy and logic, an argument is an attempt to persuade someone of something, by giving reasons or evidence for accepting a particular conclusion. The general structure of an argument in a natural language is that of premises in support of a claim: the conclusion

Argument (ship)
The Argument was an Australian sloop wrecked in 1809.In March 1809, three ships, the Argument, the Experiment and the Hazard left Pittwater, New South Wales, bound for Sydney with a cargo of wheat. A squall arose and the master of the Argument, Bejamin Pate, watched as the Hazard was driven ashore and wrecked

Argumentative
Argumentative is an evidentiary objection raised in response to a question which prompts a witness to draw inferences from facts of the case. An argumentative objection is raised as "badgering the witness."

ARGUS
ARGUS, all capitalized, may refer to:* ARGUS , a particle physics experiment that ran at DESY* ARGUS distribution, a function used in particle physics named after the above experiment

ARGUS (experiment)
The ARGUS experiment was a particle physics experiment that ran at the electron-positron collider ring DORIS II at DESY. It is the first experiment that observed the mixing of the B mesons .

Argus (TV show)
Argus was a Norwegian debate show hosted by Mona Høiness, that aired on TV3.In the summer of 1993 Høiness threatened to quit her job as a host in protest of TV3 airing the show Bikini, an American show featuring scantily-clad women on a podium surrounded by cheering men. Høiness didn't want that kind of entertainment on a channel with which she was associated

Argyll (disambiguation)
Argyll is a registration county of Scotland, and part of the council area of Argyll and Bute.Argyll can also refer to:*Argyll , a Scottish motor car marque manufactured from 1899 to 1932, and again from 1976 to around 1990

Argyrades
Argyrades is a village in the southern part of the island of Corfu. It was the seat of the municipality of Korissia. Its 2001 population was 1,000 for the village and 2,033 for the municipal district. Argyrades is located south of the city of Corfu and west-northwest of Lefkimmi. Several hills dominate the area and farmlands cover the area

Arhat (Buddhism)
Arhat , in Buddhism, signifies a spiritual practitioner who has realized certain high stages of attainment. The implications of the term vary based on the respective schools and traditions.-Etymology:

Aria
An aria in music was originally any expressive melody, usually, but not always, performed by a singer. The term is now used almost exclusively to describe a self-contained piece for one voice usually with orchestral accompaniment

Aria (Belgian comic)
Aria is a Belgian comic book written and drawn by Michel Weyland, colours by Nadine Weyland.- Synopsis :Aria is a Woman warrior without bonds, living in an unknown medieval era which could very well be in the past as well as in the future, fighting for freedom.- Volumes :# La Fugue d'Aria # La Montagne aux sorciers # La Septième Porte # Les Chevaliers d'Aquarius

ARIA (cipher)
In cryptography, ARIA is a block cipher designed in 2003 by a large group of South Korean researchers. In 2004, the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards selected it as a standard cryptographic technique.

Aria (guitar company)
Aria is a Japanese manufacturer of acoustic and electric guitars and basses.- History :Aria was formed in Japan in 1953 by Shiro Arai as Arai and Company. They began retailing acoustic guitars in 1960, although the company didn't actually start manufacturing their own until 1964. Aria arranged for Matsumoku, the musical instrument maker, to build the guitars for them under contract

Ariadne (empress)
Aelia Ariadne was the Empress consort of Zeno and Anastasius I of the Byzantine Empire.-Family:Ariadne was a daughter of Leo I and Verina. Her mother was a sister of Basiliscus.