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Abruzzese
Abruzzese or Abbruzzese may refer to:*Dave Abbruzzese* David Abruzzese , Welsh footballer* Giuseppe Abruzzese , Italian footballer* Ray Abruzzese , American rule football player

Abruzzi (disambiguation)
Abruzzi may refer to:*Abruzzo, a region of central Italy*Abruzzi e Molise, the formerly combined region of Abruzzo and Molise*Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi , member of the Italian royal family and noted explorer

ABS
- Anatomy :* Abdominal muscles , which is the rectus abdominis or the stomach muscles-Music and media:Music ensembles* A.B.'s, a Japanese 80's instrumental band* Abingdon Boys School, a Japanese rock band

Abs (surname)
Abs is a German surname of:* Hermann Josef Abs , German banker* Johann Christian Josef Abs , German educator* Karl Abs , German sportsman

ABS (TV station)
ABS is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television station in Adelaide, South Australia. It began broadcasting on 11 March 1960 from studios in the suburb of Collinswood

Absalom (disambiguation)
Absalom may refer to:PeopleFictional characters* Absalom , fictional character created by Marvel Comics and a mutant member of the immortal Externals.* Absalom , a fictional character in Eiichirō Oda's manga One Piece

Absalom (name)
Absalom comes from the Old Testament Hebrew given name Avshalom , meaning "my father is peace". It is common as a given name and a surname. There are alternate spellings, including the Scandinavian Axel

Absalon (disambiguation)
Absalon is a variant form of the name Absalom and may refer to:* Absalon , Danish archbishop and statesman* Julien Absalon , French mountain biker* Absalon fili mi , a musical work

Abscess
An abscess is a collection of pus that has accumulated in a cavity formed by the tissue in which the pus resides due to an infectious process or other foreign materials

Abscission
Abscission is a term used in several areas of biology. In plant sciences it most commonly refers to the process by which a plant drops one or more of its parts, such as a leaf, fruit, flower or seed

Absence (album)
Absence is the third album by Dälek, released in 2004.-Track listing:#"Distorted Prose" – 6:00#"Asylum " – 5:48#"Culture for Dollars" – 6:43#"Absence" – 1:31#"A Beast Caged" – 6:41#"Köner" – 3:56

Absent-mindedness
Absent-mindedness is where a person shows inattentive or forgetful behaviour. It can have three different causes:# a low level of attention

Absentee
Absentee may refer to one of the following:*Absentee is a band in the UK.*The Absentee is a novel by Maria Edgeworth, published in 1812 in Tales of Fashionable Life.*The Absentee , a 1951 Mexican film.

Absenteeism
Absenteeism is a habitual pattern of absence from a duty or obligation. Traditionally, absenteeism has been viewed as an indicator of poor individual performance, as well as a breach of an implicit contract between employee and employer; it was seen as a management problem, and framed in economic or quasi-economic terms

Absinthe
Absinthe is historically described as a distilled, highly alcoholic beverage. It is an anise-flavoured spirit derived from herbs, including the flowers and leaves of the herb Artemisia absinthium, commonly referred to as "grande wormwood", together with green anise and sweet fennel

Absinthe (album)
Absinthe is the final recording from the band Naked City. Unlike the band's other genre-mixing releases, the music on Absinthe is consistently in an ambient and noise style.

Absolute magnitude
Absolute magnitude is the measure of a celestial object's intrinsic brightness. it is also the apparent magnitude a star would have if it were 32.6 light years away from Earth

Absolute Magnitude (magazine)
Absolute Magnitude is a discontinued, semi-professional science fiction magazine started in 1993 under the name Harsh Mistress. However, in 1994 after only two issues the name was changed to Absolute Magnitude. In 2002 the name was changed again to Absolute Magnitude & Aboriginal Science Fiction when the publishers acquired the rights to Aboriginal Science Fiction

Absolute pitch
Absolute pitch , widely referred to as perfect pitch, is the ability of a person to identify or re-create a given musical note without the benefit of an external reference.-Definition:

Absolute value
In mathematics, the absolute value |a| of a real number a is the numerical value of a without regard to its sign. So, for example, the absolute value of 3 is 3, and the absolute value of -3 is also 3

Absolute Value (album)
Absolute Value is the second full-length album by Boston rapper Akrobatik. It was released on February 19, 2008 by Fat Beats Records. The album features guest appearances by hip-hop luminaries such as Talib Kweli, Chuck D, and B-Real, as well as production by the likes of 9th Wonder, Illmind, J Dilla, and Da Beatminerz

Absolute zero
Absolute zero is the theoretical temperature at which entropy reaches its minimum value. The laws of thermodynamics state that absolute zero cannot be reached using only thermodynamic means.

Absolute Zero (disambiguation)
Absolute zero is the temperature at which entropy reaches its minimum value.Absolute Zero may also refer to:*Absolute Zero , a 1978 novel by Helen Cresswell*Absolute Zero , a Hardy Boys Casefiles novel

Absolute Zero (video game)
Absolute Zero is a video game developed and published for MS-DOS and Macintosh by Domark.-Gameplay:Absolute Zero is a science-fiction flight sim first-person shooter, with action taking place over 30 missions in three different locations. In each mission the player controls one of seven characters, each with their own vehicle

Absolutely
Absolutely may refer to:* Absolutely * Absolutely * Absolutely * Absolutely * Absolutely * Absolutely

Absolutely (Eurogliders album)
-Personnel:Eurogliders members* Crispin Akerman — guitar* John Bennetts — drums, percussion, drum programming* Ron Francois — bass synthesiser, bass guitar* Grace Knight — vocals

Absolutely (Rik Emmett album)
Absolutely is the debut solo album by the Canadian rock guitarist Rik Emmett, released in 1990, after leaving the heavy metal band Triumph. The album was released in 1990 and went gold in Canada and the US immediately. The album eventually reached platinum in both countries

Absoluteness (mathematical logic)
In mathematical logic, a formula is said to be absolute if it has the same truth value in each of some class of structures . Theorems about absoluteness typically establish relationships between the absoluteness of formulas and their syntactic form.There are two weaker forms of partial absoluteness

Absolution
Absolution is a traditional theological term for the forgiveness experienced in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. This concept is found in the Roman Catholic Church, as well as the Eastern Orthodox churches, the Anglican churches, and most Lutheran churches.

Absolution (Doctor Who audio)
Absolution is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Cast:*The Doctor — Paul McGann*Charley — India Fisher*C'rizz — Conrad Westmaas*Aboresh - Robert Glenister

Absolutism
The term Absolutism may refer to:* Absolute idealism, an ontologically monistic philosophy attributed to G.W.F. Hegel. It is Hegel's account of how being is ultimately comprehensible as an all-inclusive whole

Absolutism (European history)
Absolutism or The Age of Absolutism is a historiographical term used to describe a form of monarchical power that is unrestrained by all other institutions, such as churches, legislatures, or social elites

Absorption
Absorption may refer to:- Chemistry and biology :* Absorption , absorption of particles of gas or liquid in liquid or solid material* Absorption , a route by which substances can enter the body through the skin

Absorption (economics)
Absorption is the total demand for all final marketed goods and services by all economic agents resident in an economy, regardless of the origin of the goods and services themselves

Absorption (skin)
Skin absorption is a route by which substances can enter the body through the skin. Along with inhalation, ingestion and injection, dermal absorption is a route of exposure for toxic substances and route of administration for medication

Absorption band
An absorption band is a range of wavelengths, frequencies or energies in the electromagnetic spectrum which are able to excite a particular transition in a substance

Abstention
Abstention is a term in election procedure for when a participant in a vote either does not go to vote or, in parliamentary procedure, is present during the vote, but does not cast a ballot. Abstention must be contrasted with "blank vote", in which a voter casts a ballot willfully made invalid by marking it wrongly or by not marking anything at all

Abstention (disambiguation)
Abstention or abstaining is refusing to vote in an election or in a parliamentary vote. It may also refer to:*abstentionism, standing for election to an assembly while boycotting the assembly itself

Abstinence
Abstinence is a voluntary restraint from indulging in bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure. Most frequently, the term refers to sexual abstinence, or abstention from alcohol or food. The practice can arise from religious prohibitions or practical considerations.Abstinence may also refer to drugs

Abstract
Abstract may refer to:* Abstract , a summary of a legal document* Abstract , in scientific publishing* Abstract art, artistic works that don't attempt to represent reality or concrete subjects* Abstract structure in mathematics

Abstract Theory
Abstract Theory is the debut solo album released by former Five member Abs. The album was released on 1 September 2003, peaking at #28 on the UK Albums Chart. The album failed to find success elsewhere, and resulted in Abs being dropped from his record label just months later. The album spawned five singles: "What You Got", "Stop Sign", "Shame", "7 Ways" and "Miss Perfect"

Abstraction
Abstraction is a process by which higher concepts are derived from the usage and classification of literal concepts, first principles, or other methods.

Absurd
Absurd or The Absurd may refer to:* Absurdity, general and technical usage - associated with extremely poor reasoning, the ridiculous, or nonsense.

Absurd (film)
Absurd is a 1981 Italian horror film, an unofficial sequel to Antropophagus

Absurda
-Plot summary:The film is approximately 2 and a half minutes long and stationary, showing a theater with the screen showing nightmarish images. The film is Filmed like a Dream.-Synopsis:

ABT (TV station)
ABT is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television station in Hobart, Tasmania. It began broadcasting on 4 June 1960, with studios in inner city Hobart and transmitter at Mount Wellington.-Local programming:

ABTA
ABTA can refer to:* Association of British Travel Agents, the UK travel trade association for tour operators and travel agents* All Bengal Teachers Association, a teacher's movement in the Indian state of West Bengal

Abu (god)
Abu in Sumerian mythology was a minor god of plants. He was one of the eight deities born to relieve the illness of Enki.

Abu (volcano)
is the name of a group of shield volcanoes located on the coast of Japan on the southwest end of the island of Honshū. It is primarily based in the city of Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture.The group dates from 800,000 years ago and was active into the Holocene era

Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi , literally Father of Gazelle, is the capital and the second largest city of the United Arab Emirates in terms of population and the largest of the seven member emirates of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western coast

Abu Dhabi (emirate)
Abu Dhabi, officially the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, , is one of seven emirates that constitute the United Arab Emirates . It is the capital of UAE and is the largest emirate by area , and second-largest by population , accounting for approximately 86% of the total land area of the UAE

Abundance
Abundance may refer to:In science and technology:* Abundance , the opposite of scarcities* Abundance , growing food with plentiful resources that will not run out -- sunshine, CO2, and waste or brine water.

Abundance (ecology)
Abundance is an ecological concept referring to the relative representation of a species in a particular ecosystem. It is usually measured as the large number of individuals found per sample

Abundantius
Abundantius is the name of several Christian saints.-Abundantius of Putignano:This Abundantius died as a martyr. His relics are venerated at Putignano. His feast day is celebrated on March 22.-Abundantius of Fiesole:

Abundius (disambiguation)
Abundius was a saint and bishop of Como, Italy.Abundius is also the name of:*Abundius and Irenaeus , saints and martyrs*Abundius and Abundantius , saints martyred north of Rome in the Diocletian persecution

ABUS
ABUS is a German lock manufacturer founded in 1924, based in the town of Wetter in North Rhine-Westphalia. The name ABUS is an acronym for August Bremicker und Söhne KG.

Abuse
Abuse is the improper usage or treatment for a bad purpose, often to unfairly or improperly gain benefit. Abuse can come in many forms, such as: physical or verbal maltreatment, injury, sexual assault, violation, rape, unjust practices; wrongful practice or custom; offense; crime, or otherwise verbal aggression.-Abuse of authority:Abuse of authority, in the form of political

Abut
In property law, when two parcels abut it means they are adjacent to each other and against each others' borders.

Abutilon
Abutilon is a large genus of approximately 150 species of broadleaf evergreens in the mallow family, Malvaceae. The genus includes annuals, perennials, shrubs, and small trees from 1–10 m tall, and is found in the tropical and subtropical regions of all continents. The leaves are alternate, unlobed or palmately lobed with 3-7 lobes

Abutment
An abutment is, generally, the point where two structures or objects meet. This word comes from the verb abut, which means adjoin or having common boundary. An abutment is an engineering term that describes a structure located at the ends of a bridge, where the bridge slab adjoins the approaching roadway

Abutter
An abutter is a person whose property is adjacent to the property of another.In land use regulations, concerns of an abutter may be given special attention, being the one most likely to suffer specific harm from a hasty, uninformed decision

ABY
ABY is a three-letter acronym that may refer to:* Archbishop of York, a senior post in the Church of England* Aby, a village in Lincolnshire, England* After the Battle of Yavin, in Star Wars fiction

Aby
Aby is a village in the civil parish of Aby with Greenfield, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is approximately east of Lincoln, and south of Louth.

Abyss
-Sciences:* Abyssal plain, a flat area on the ocean floor* Abyssal zone, a deep extent of the sea* Abyssinia , various uses, including an old name for Ethiopia-Philosophy:* Abyss , is a bottomless depth

Abyss (alien)
Abyss is a fictional character in the Marvel UK comics' universe, a supervillain who has fought Nova and other Marvel cosmic entities. He is a predator and destroyer in the Realm of Nothingness Dimension, a para-demon who presumably travels from dimension to dimension, consuming everything there and moving on.-Origin:Most of Abyss' origins are unrevealed

Abyssal (Envy album)
Abyssal is an EP by the Japanese screamo band Envy. Abyssal likens itself with Insomniac Doze's more atmospheric sound. Recorded and mixed at Bazooka Higashinakano, Spring 2007.Mastered at Parasight Mastering.

Abyssinia
Abyssinia may refer to:* Ethiopia, the modern nation* Ethiopian Empire, a historical nation* SS Abyssinia, 1870 Canadian Pacific steamship* HMS Abyssinia , British armoured ship* Abyssinia * Abyssinia

Abyssinia (musical)
Abyssinia is a musical with music by Ted Kociolek, lyrics by James Racheff, and a book by both Racheff and Kociolek, based on the novel Marked by Fire, by Joyce Carol Thomas.- Productions :

Abyssinian
Abyssinian may refer to:* Abyssinian, Habesha people and things from parts of Ethiopia and Eritrea, formerly known as Abyssinia* Abyssinian , a cat breed* Abyssinian, a breed of guinea pig* The Abyssinians, a Jamaican roots reggae group

Abyssinian (horse)
The Abyssinian, also known as the Gala, is a light horse breed that originated in Ethiopia.- Characteristics :They generally stand around 13.3 hands high but show wide variability in coloration, size and conformation.