- Jugendstil [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
Art Nouveau (French pronunciation: [a? nuvo], anglicised to /??rt nu??vou/) is an international movement[2] and style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that peaked in popularity at the turn of the 20th century (1890–
- Narrow-body aircraft [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
A narrow-body aircraft is an airliner with a fuselage aircraft cabin diameter typically of 3 to 4 metres (10 to 13 ft), and airline seat arranged 2 to 6 abreast along a single aisle. Narrow-body aircraft seating less than 100 passengers are commonly known
- Electron [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
An electron is a subatomic particle that carries a negative electric charge. It has no known substructure and is believed to be a point particle.[2] An electron has a mass that is approximately 1836 times less than that of the proton.[8] The intrinsic ang
- Visible spectrum [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
The visible spectrum is the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to (can be detected by) the human eye. Electromagnetic radiation in this range of wavelengths is called visible light or simply light. A typical human eye will respond to
- Transylvania [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
Transylvania (Romanian: Ardeal or Transilvania; Hungarian: Erdély; German: Siebenbürgen (help·info), see also other denominations) is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, hist
- Lost, mislaid, and abandoned property [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
Lost, mislaid, and abandoned property is a category of the common law of property which deals with personal property which has left the possession of its rightful owner without having directly entered the possession of another person.
- Aurostibite [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
Aurostibite is an isometric gold antimonide mineral which is a member of the pyrite group. Aurostibite was discovered in 1952 and can be found in hydrothermal gold-quartz veins, in sulfur-deficient environments that contain other antimony minerals. The mi
- Derivatives market [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
The derivatives markets are the financial markets for derivatives. The market can be divided into two, that for exchange traded derivatives and that for over-the-counter derivatives. The legal nature of these products is very different as well as the way
- Compact executive car [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
Compact executive car is a mainly British car classification term applied to premium cars smaller than executive cars. In American English, they are usually referred to as Entry-level luxury car or near-luxury car, though the US classification also includ
- Cloisonn%C3%A9 [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
Cloisonné, an ancient metalworking technique, is a multi-step process used to produce jewelry, vases, and other decorative items. (The resulting objects can also be called cloisonné.) The technique can be used either for enamel, today much the most common
- Queen Victoria [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and the first Empress of India of the British Raj from 1 May 1876, until her death. Her reign as the Queen l
- List of aircraft (N-Q) [pdf] [ppt] [doc]

- Zirconium [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
Zirconium (pronounced /z?r?ko?ni?m/ z?r-KOH-nee-?m) is a chemical element with the symbol Zr and atomic number 40. It is a lustrous, gray-white, strong transition metal that resembles titanium. Zirconium is used as an alloying agent due to its high resist
- Capitalism [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
Capitalism typically refers to an economic and social system in which the means of production (also known as capital) are privately controlled; labor, goods and capital are traded in a market; profits are distributed to owners or invested in new technolog
- Livery collar [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
A livery collar or chain of office is a collar or heavy chain, usually of gold, worn as insignia of office or a mark of fealty or other association in Europe from the Middle Ages onwards.
- Monetary policy [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
Monetary policy is the process by which the government, central bank, or monetary authority of a country controls (i) the supply of money, (ii) availability of money, and (iii) cost of money or rate of interest, in order to attain a set of objectives orie
- Timing belt [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
A timing belt, or cam belt (informal usage) is a part of an internal combustion engine that controls the timing of the engine's valves. Some engines, like the flat-4 Volkswagen air cooled engine, use timing gears. The term "timing belt" is also used for t
- Trinity [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
The Christian doctrine of the Trinity teaches the unity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as three persons in one Godhead.[1] The doctrine states that God is the Triune God, existing as three persons, or in the Greek hypostases,[2] but one being.[3] Each of
- Bumper sticker [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
A bumper sticker is an adhesive label or sticker with a message, intended to be attached to the bumper of an automobile and to be read by the occupants of other vehicles - although they are often stuck onto other objects. Most bumper stickers are about 30
- Windowing system [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
A windowing system (or window system) is a component of a graphical user interface (GUI), and more specifically of a desktop environment, which supports the implementation of window managers, and provides basic support for graphics hardware, pointing devi
- Tiptronic [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
Tiptronic, is a type of manumatic automatic transmission developed by Porsche, and used in its vehicles, and those of its licensees.
- McLaren (racing) [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
McLaren is a Formula One team based in Woking, Surrey, UK. Founded in 1963 by New Zealander Bruce McLaren, McLaren is best known as a Formula One constructor but has also competed in the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race and Canadian-American Challenge Cup. The
- Bulb [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
A bulb is an underground vertical shoot that has modified leaves (or thickened leaf bases) that are used as food storage organs by a dormant plant.
- Bullion [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
A precious metal is a rare naturally occurring metallic chemical element of high economic value, which is not radioactive (excluding natural polonium, radium, actinium and protactinium). Chemically, the precious metals are less reactive than most elements
- Paul MacCready [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
Paul B. MacCready, Jr. (September 25, 1925 - August 28, 2007) was an American aeronautical engineer. He was the founder of AeroVironment and the inventor of the first practical flying machine powered by a human being. He devoted his life to developing mor
- Category:Financial services companies by country [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
This category has the following 36 subcategories, out of 36 total.
- Thermostat [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
A thermostat is a device for regulating the temperature of a system so that the system's temperature is maintained near a desired setpoint temperature. The name is derived from the Greek words thermos "hot" and statos "a standing". The thermostat does thi
- Poisson\'s ratio [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
Poisson's ratio (?), named after Siméon Poisson, is the ratio, when a sample object is stretched, of the contraction or transverse strain (perpendicular to the applied load), to the extension or axial strain (in the direction of the applied load).
- Ship transport [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
Ship transport is watercraft carrying people (passengers) or goods (cargo). Sea transport has been the largest carrier of freight throughout recorded history. Although the importance of sea travel for passengers has decreased due to aviation, it is effect
- Free software license [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
A free software licence is a software licence which grants recipients rights to modify and redistribute the software which would otherwise be prohibited by copyright law. A free software licence grants, to the recipients, freedoms in the form of permissio
- Fort Knox [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
Fort Knox is a United States Army post in Kentucky south of Louisville and north of Elizabethtown. The 109,000-acre (44,000 ha) base covers parts of Bullitt, Hardin, and Meade counties, with Hardin county receiving the largest benefit, economically.
- Two-stroke cycle [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
A two-stroke engine is a combustion engine that completes the thermodynamic cycle in two movements of the piston compared to twice that number for a four-stroke engine. This increased efficiency is accomplished by using the beginning of the compression st
- International Fisher effect [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
The International Fisher effect is a hypothesis in international finance that says that the difference in the nominal interest rates between two countries determines the movement of the nominal exchange rate between their currencies, with the value of the
- Air conditioning [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
Air conditioning refers to the cooling and dehumidification of indoor air for thermal comfort. In a broader sense, the term can refer to any form of cooling, heating, ventilation, or disinfection that modifies the condition of air.[1] An air conditioner (
- Mozilla Foundation [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
The Mozilla Foundation is a non-profit organization that exists to support and provide leadership for the open source Mozilla project. The organization sets the policies that govern development, operate key infrastructure and control trademarks and other
- Atacama Desert [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
Coordinates: 24°30?S 69°15?W? / ?24.5°S 69.25°W? / -24.5; -69.25
- Han Dynasty [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
The Han Dynasty (simplified Chinese: ??; traditional Chinese: ??; pinyin: Hàn Cháo; Wade-Giles: Han Ch'ao, Old Chinese: ???nh ?haw; 206 BCE–220 CE) was the second imperial dynasty of China, preceded by the Qin Dynasty (221–206 BCE) and succ
- Retail forex [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
The foreign exchange market (currency, forex, or FX) trades currencies. It lets banks and other institutions easily buy and sell currencies. [1]
- Supercritical fluid extraction [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
Supercritical Fluid Extraction (SFE) is the process of separating one component (the extractant) from another (the matrix) using supercritical fluids as the extracting solvent. Extraction is usually from a solid matrix, but can also be from liquids. SFE c
- Red Sea [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
The Red Sea (Arabic: ????? ?????? al-Ba?r al 'A?mar) is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean lying between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb sound and the Gulf of Aden. In the north are the Sinai Penins
- Peridot [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
Peridot (pronounced /?p?r?d?t/ or /?p?r?do?/) is gem-quality forsteritic olivine. The chemical composition of peridot is (Mg, Fe)2SiO4, with Mg in greater quantities than Fe.
- Blowoff valve [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
A blowoff valve is a pressure release system present in turbocharged engines. Its purpose is to prevent compressor surge and reduce wear on the engine.
- Powered paragliding [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
Powered paragliding, also known as paramotoring, is a form of ultralight aviation where the pilot wears a motor on their back (a paramotor) which provides enough thrust to take off using a paraglider wing. It can be launched in still air, and on level gro
- Shareware [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
The term shareware, popularized by Bob Wallace,[1] refers to proprietary software that is provided to users without payment on a trial basis and is often limited by any combination of functionality, availability or convenience. Shareware is often offered
- Engine configuration [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
Engine configuration is an engineering term for the layout of the major components of an internal combustion engine. These components include cylinders, pistons, crankshaft(s) and camshaft(s).
- Bowenite [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
Bowenite is a hard, compact variety of the serpentine species antigorite found in several places throughout the world, notably in Rhode Island where in 1966 it was adopted as the state mineral.[1] Other known sources include Afghanistan, China, New Zealan
- Sanskrit [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
Sanskrit (???????? ???? sa?sk?t? v?k, for short ????????? sa?sk?tam) is a historical Indo-Aryan language, one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and Buddhism,[2] and one of the 22 official languages of India.[3] It is also declared as a classical lan
- Rollerblading [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
Roller skating is the traveling on smooth terrain with roller skates. It is a form of recreation as well as a sport, and can also be a form of transportation. Skates generally come in two basic varieties: quad roller skates and inline skates or blades, th
- Myanmar [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar, is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia or Indochina. The country is bordered by China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on t
- Unsprung mass [pdf] [ppt] [doc]
In a ground vehicle with a suspension, the unsprung weight (or, more properly, the unsprung mass) is the mass of the suspension, wheels or tracks (as applicable), and other components directly connected to them, rather than supported by the suspension. (T