bateleur, (species Terathopius ecaudatus), small eagle of Africa and Arabia, belonging to the subfamily Circaetinae (serpent eagles) of the family Accipitridae. The name bateleur (French: “tumbler”) comes from the birds’ distinctive aerial acrobatics. About 60 cm (2 feet) long, the bateleur has a

prenatal development: Teratology: …some prescribed medications are highly teratogenic (producing physical defects within the uterus). Examples of teratogens include drugs such as thalidomide and phenytoin, the synthetic hormone diethylstilbestrol, and infection with varicella (chickenpox). Deficiencies of some fetal hormones are associated causally with bodily defects (e.g., male hormone and false

poison: Teratogenesis: Teratogenesis is a prenatal toxicity characterized by structural or functional defects in the developing embryo or fetus. It also includes intrauterine growth retardation, death of the embryo or fetus, and transplacental carcinogenesis (in which chemical exposure of the mother initiates cancer development in the…

teratology, branch of the biological sciences dealing with the causes, development, description, and classification of congenital malformations in plants and animals and with the experimental production, in some instances, of these malformations. Congenital malformations arise from interruption in

teratoma, rare tumor that originates from remnants of germ cells (the precursors of eggs and sperm) or germ layers (cell layers formed in early embryonic development)—namely, the ectoderm, endoderm, and mesoderm. Teratomas are a type of germ cell tumor and are often also considered to be a type of

bird: General features: …ago) lived a bird called Teratornis incredibilis. Though similar to the condors of today, it had a larger estimated wingspan of about 5 metres (16.5 feet) and was by far the largest known flying bird.

Count Terauchi Masatake was a Japanese soldier and politician who served as Japanese prime minister (1916–18) during World War I. He was born into a family of retainers of the Chōshū clan and originally was named Tada Jusaburō. Masatake changed his name when he was adopted into the Terauchi family

tidal power: Electricity generation potential: …21,000 terawatt-hours in 2016 (one terawatt [TW] = one trillion watts), energy experts speculate that fully built-out tidal power systems could supply much of this demand in the future. Estimates of tidal stream power—which uses ocean currents to drive underwater blades in a manner similar to wind power generation—in shallow…

athlete’s foot: Treatment: …topical antifungal medications, such as terbinafine (Lamisil) or miconazole (Micatin), which can be purchased over the counter. Prescription-strength topicals, such as clotrimazole, may also be used. Oral prescription medications such as fluconazole may be required for severe or resilient infections. If complicated with bacterial infection, antibiotics may also be necessary.

terbium (Tb), chemical element, a rare-earth metal of the lanthanide series of the periodic table. Terbium is a moderately hard, silvery white metal that is stable in air when in pure form. The metal is relatively stable in air even at high temperatures, because of formation of a tight, dark oxide

Gerard Terborch was a Dutch Baroque painter who developed his own distinctive type of interior genre in which he depicted with grace and fidelity the atmosphere of well-to-do, middle-class life in 17th-century Holland. Terborch’s father had been an artist and had visited Rome but from 1621 was

Hendrik Terbrugghen was a Dutch painter, among the earliest northern followers of the Italian painter Caravaggio. In the early 1590s Terbrugghen’s family moved to Utrecht, a strong Roman Catholic centre, where he studied with Abraham Bloemaert. Terbrugghen reportedly spent 10 years in Italy, having

Gerard Terborch was a Dutch Baroque painter who developed his own distinctive type of interior genre in which he depicted with grace and fidelity the atmosphere of well-to-do, middle-class life in 17th-century Holland. Terborch’s father had been an artist and had visited Rome but from 1621 was

aging: Genetic theories: …in a gene known as TERC (telomerase RNA [ribonucleic acid] component), which encodes an RNA segment of an enzyme known as telomerase, have been associated with reduced telomere length and an increased rate of biological aging. Telomerase normally functions to prevent the overshortening of telomeres, but in the presence of…

divine office: Terce, sext, and none correspond to the mid-morning, noon, and mid-afternoon hours. Compline, a night prayer, is of monastic origin, as was prime, recited in the early morning before being suppressed in 1964. The office has for centuries been primarily the responsibility of monks, who…

inheritance: Limits on freedom of testation: …widow had the right of terce—i.e., a life rent out of one-third of her husband’s inheritable estate. In England, freedom of testation, while unlimited by law, was kept within narrow limits by the custom among wealthy families of preventing the splitting up or alienation of the family wealth by means…

Terceira Island, island, part of the Azores archipelago of Portugal, in the North Atlantic Ocean. It occupies an area of 153 square miles (397 square km). Terceira (The Third) was so called because it was the third island in the Azores to be discovered by the Portuguese. The chief town and port is

Portugal: The War of the Two Brothers: …for Michael had waned, and António José de Sousa Manuel, duque de Terceira, and Captain (later Sir) Charles Napier, who had taken command of the liberal navy, made a successful landing in the Algarve (June 1833). Terceira advanced on Lisbon, which fell in July 1833, and Michael capitulated at Evora-Monte…

Álvaro de Bazán, Marqués de Santa Cruz: Three years later, at the Second Battle of Terceira, Santa Cruz defeated a superior French naval squadron sent unofficially to support a rebellion in the Azores against Philip II, the Spanish king. His victory was marred, however, by his execution of all French prisoners despite the protests of his own…

tercet, a unit or group of three lines of verse, usually containing rhyme, as in William Shakespeare’s “The Phoenix and the

Turkish literature: Forms and genres: The tercibend and terkibbend are more-elaborate stanzaic forms. Both feature stanzas with the stylistic features of the gazel, but, unlike gazels, each stanza in these forms is followed by a couplet with a separate rhyme. In the tercibend the same couplet is repeated after each stanza,…

Italy: New warfare: …Córdoba first developed the Spanish tercios, more-flexible units of 3,000 infantrymen using both pikes and harquebuses. Spanish military superiority eventually owed its success to the introduction in 1521 of the musket (an improved harquebus) and to the refinement of pike and musket tactics in the years preceding the Battle of…

bullfighting: Act two: …a trumpet call announces the tercio de banderillas, whereupon the picadors and matadors retire from the arena. The banderilleros alternate in planting three pairs of banderillas (28-inch [72-cm] dartlike sticks decorated with coloured paper and with a 1.2-inch [3-cm] barb at one end) in the bull’s shoulders at the junction…

fer-de-lance: …name to the terciopelo (B. asper) and the common lancehead (B. atrox) of South America. The name fer-de-lance has also been used collectively to describe all snakes of the Central and South American genus Bothrops and the Asian genus Trimeresurus. Among these snakes, all venomous, are the habus (T.…

cruise missile: …flight by a technique called Tercom (terrain contour matching), using contour maps stored in the system’s computerized memory. The air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) had a length of 6.3 m (20.7 feet); it attained a range of 2,500 km (1,500 miles). It was designed for deployment on the B-52 bomber. The…

Ismail Gasprinski: …bilingual Russian and Turkish paper, Tercümān (“The Interpreter”), which, as a medium for the transmission of Western ideas and for the promotion of pan-Turkic and pan-Islamic unity, became the most influential newspaper of its kind.

dragoman, official interpreter in countries where Arabic, Turkish, and Persian are spoken. Originally the term applied to any intermediary between Europeans and Middle Easterners, whether as a hotel tout or as a traveller’s guide, but there developed the official dragomans of foreign ministries and

Ottoman Empire: The Ottoman constitution, 1876: …influential newspapers were established, the Tercüman-i Ahval (1860) and the Tasvir-i Efkâr (1862); along with later newspapers, those became the vehicles for Young Ottoman ideas.

South Asian arts: Parsi theatre: Tere Kuce se Jub Hum Nikle (“Thrown Out of Your Lane”), by Naseer Shamshi, describes the pathetic condition of an aristocratic family in Delhi that is forced to leave home because of communal riots. In Lal Qile se Lalukhet Tak (“From the Red Fort to…

annelid: Annotated classification: …cm; examples of genera: Amphicteis, Terebella, Pista, Thelepus. Order Sabellida (feather dusters) Sedentary; head concealed with featherlike filamentous branchiae; body divided into thorax and abdomen; tube mucoid or calcareous; size, minute to 50 cm; examples of genera:

annelid: Annotated classification: Order Terebellida Sedentary; head concealed by filamentous tentacles; branchiae, simple or branched, arising from dorsal surface of anterior end; body divided into thorax and abdomen; tube of mucoid substance to which sediment adheres; size, 1 to 40 cm; examples of genera: Amphicteis, Terebella, Pista,

Pistacia: lentiscus) and the turpentine tree, or terebinth (P. terebinthus), produce sweet-smelling gums used in medicine. Mastic also is used in liqueurs and varnishes. Commercial pistachio nuts are extensively used as food and for yellowish green colouring in confections.

thrips: Annotated classification: Suborder Terebrantia The 10th and last abdominal segment, rarely tubelike, always split ventrally, major anal setae arising from subapical region, never from separate platelets; with sawlike ovipositor in female; wings usually with fine hairs (micotrichia) and at least 1 longitudinal vein; larvae with intermediate antennal segments…

lamp shells: Annotated classification: Order Terebratulida Pedicle functional, cyrtomatodont teeth; lophophore supported wholly or in part by a calcareous loop, short or long and free or attached to a median septum; more than 300 genera; Early Devonian to Holocene. The classes Articulata and Inarticulata were first proposed by…

gastropod: Classification: Toxoglossa Auger shells (Terebridae), cone shells (Conidae) and turrid shells (Turridae) are carnivorous marine snails with poison glands attached to highly modified radular teeth; several cone shells have caused human deaths through poisoning and can catch and kill fish. Subclass Opisthobranchia

shipworm, any of the approximately 65 species of marine bivalve mollusks of the family Teredidae (Teredinidae). Shipworms are common in most oceans and seas and are important because of the destruction they cause in wooden ship hulls, wharves, and other submerged wooden structures. Only a small

shipworm, any of the approximately 65 species of marine bivalve mollusks of the family Teredidae (Teredinidae). Shipworms are common in most oceans and seas and are important because of the destruction they cause in wooden ship hulls, wharves, and other submerged wooden structures. Only a small

shipworm: …are members of the genus Teredo, which includes about 15 species. Other genera are Bankia, Xylotrya, and Xylophaga. Teredo norvegica, of the coasts of Europe, has a tube about 30 cm (1 foot) long. The common shipworm, T. navalis (20 to 45 cm [8 to 18 inches] long), has a…

shipworm: The common shipworm, T. navalis (20 to 45 cm [8 to 18 inches] long), has a worldwide distribution but is especially destructive on the Baltic Sea coast.

terefah, any food, food product, or utensil that, according to the Jewish dietary laws (kashruth, q.v.), is not ritually clean or prepared according to law and is thus prohibited as unfit for Jewish use. Terefah is thus the antithesis of kosher (“fit”). The broad connotation of terefah derives from

terefah, any food, food product, or utensil that, according to the Jewish dietary laws (kashruth, q.v.), is not ritually clean or prepared according to law and is thus prohibited as unfit for Jewish use. Terefah is thus the antithesis of kosher (“fit”). The broad connotation of terefah derives from

terefah, any food, food product, or utensil that, according to the Jewish dietary laws (kashruth, q.v.), is not ritually clean or prepared according to law and is thus prohibited as unfit for Jewish use. Terefah is thus the antithesis of kosher (“fit”). The broad connotation of terefah derives from

terefah, any food, food product, or utensil that, according to the Jewish dietary laws (kashruth, q.v.), is not ritually clean or prepared according to law and is thus prohibited as unfit for Jewish use. Terefah is thus the antithesis of kosher (“fit”). The broad connotation of terefah derives from

Terek River, river that rises in northern Georgia and flows north and then east through Russia to empty into the Caspian Sea. It is one of the main streams draining northward from the Caucasus mountain system. The Terek is 370 miles (600 km) long and drains a basin of 16,900 square miles (43,700

Moscow: The Kremlin of Moscow: Behind it is the Terem Palace of 1635–36, which incorporates several older churches, including that of the Resurrection of Lazarus, dating from 1393. Both became part of the Great Kremlin Palace, built as a royal residence in 1838–49 and formerly used for sessions of the Supreme Soviet of the…

Terence was, after Plautus, the greatest Roman comic dramatist, the author of six verse comedies that were long regarded as models of pure Latin. Terence’s plays form the basis of the modern comedy of manners. Terence was taken to Rome as a slave by Terentius Lucanus, an otherwise unknown Roman

Terengganu, traditional region of northeastern West Malaysia (Malaya), bounded by those of Kelantan (north and northwest) and Pahang (south and southwest). It has a 200-mile- (320-kilometre-) long coastline along the South China Sea (east). Terengganu is mentioned in 1365 as a vassal of the

Río de la Plata: The people of the Río de la Plata: Others, like the Bororo, Tereno, and Bacairi, constitute minorities who have adopted some aspects of Christianity and Brazilian culture but who also have retained separate tribal identities and live on the fringe of the region. A significant element in the population of the Alto Paraná region of Brazil consists…

Gaius Maecenas: …recently married the beautiful, petulant Terentia. Her brother by adoption, Varro Murena, quarreled with Augustus, was disgraced, and plotted his assassination. The conspiracy was detected and Murena executed (23), though Maecenas had earlier revealed the plot’s discovery to Terentia, thus giving his kinsman a chance to escape. Augustus forgave the…

carboxylic acid: Aromatic acids: are called phthalic, isophthalic, and terephthalic acid, for the ortho, meta, and para isomers, respectively. Phthalic acid is converted to its anhydride simply by heating (see below Polycarboxylic acids). Phthalic anhydride is used to make polymeric resins called alkyd resins, which are used as coatings, especially for appliances and automobiles.…

Paraguay: Daily life and social customs: A common pastime is drinking tereré (a bitter tea made from the same type of leaves that are used to brew yerba maté) from a shared gourd or from a hollowed cow’s horn, or guampa, which often is beautifully carved.

Fred Zinnemann: Films of the 1950s: Zinnemann’s next film, Teresa (1951)—the story of an Italian war bride who encounters prejudice when she accompanies her U.S. soldier husband home—introduced another set of Hollywood newcomers, Pier Angeli (in the title role), Rod Steiger, and Ralph Meeker.

Afonso I: …married Alfonso VI’s illegitimate daughter, Teresa, who governed Portugal from the time of her husband’s death (1112) until her son Afonso came of age. She refused to cede her power to Afonso, but his party prevailed in the Battle of São Mamede, near Guimarães (1128). Though at first obliged as…

Edith Stein ; canonized October 11, 1998; feast day August 9) was a Roman Catholic convert from Judaism, Carmelite nun, philosopher, and spiritual writer who was executed by the Nazis because of her Jewish ancestry and who is regarded as a modern martyr. She was declared a saint by the Roman

Venezuela: Cultural institutions: The modern Teresa Carreño Theatre provides a forum for international and national music and dance performances.

St. Teresa of Ávila ; canonized 1622; feast day October 15) was a Spanish nun, one of the great mystics and religious women of the Roman Catholic Church, and an author of spiritual classics. She was the originator of the Carmelite Reform, which restored and emphasized the austerity and

Mother Teresa ; canonized September 4, 2016; feast day September 5) was the founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic congregation of women dedicated to the poor, particularly to the destitute of India. She was the recipient of numerous honours, including the 1979 Nobel

St. Teresa of Ávila ; canonized 1622; feast day October 15) was a Spanish nun, one of the great mystics and religious women of the Roman Catholic Church, and an author of spiritual classics. She was the originator of the Carmelite Reform, which restored and emphasized the austerity and

St. Thérèse of Lisieux ; canonized May 17, 1925; feast day October 1) was a Carmelite nun whose service to her Roman Catholic order, although outwardly unremarkable, was later recognized for its exemplary spiritual accomplishments. She was named a doctor of the church by Pope John Paul II in 1997.

Mother Teresa ; canonized September 4, 2016; feast day September 5) was the founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic congregation of women dedicated to the poor, particularly to the destitute of India. She was the recipient of numerous honours, including the 1979 Nobel

Valentina Tereshkova is a Soviet cosmonaut and the first woman to travel into space. On June 16, 1963, she was launched in the spacecraft Vostok 6, which completed 48 orbits in 71 hours. In space at the same time was Valery F. Bykovsky, who had been launched two days earlier in Vostok 5, and the

Valentina Tereshkova is a Soviet cosmonaut and the first woman to travel into space. On June 16, 1963, she was launched in the spacecraft Vostok 6, which completed 48 orbits in 71 hours. In space at the same time was Valery F. Bykovsky, who had been launched two days earlier in Vostok 5, and the

Edith Stein ; canonized October 11, 1998; feast day August 9) was a Roman Catholic convert from Judaism, Carmelite nun, philosopher, and spiritual writer who was executed by the Nazis because of her Jewish ancestry and who is regarded as a modern martyr. She was declared a saint by the Roman

Dominican: …these congregations, such as the Maryknoll Sisters, are devoted to work in foreign missions.

Teresina, city, capital of Piauí estado (state), northeastern Brazil. The city lies along the Parnaíba River (there bridged to Timon in Maranhão state), 220 miles (354 km) upstream from the Atlantic port of Parnaíba. Founded in 1852 as the new capital of Piauí, it was originally named Therezina for

Teresópolis, city, central Rio de Janeiro estado (state), southwestern Brazil. It lies in the Órgãos Mountains at 2,959 feet (902 metres) above sea level, about 35 miles (56 km) north-northeast of the city of Rio de Janeiro. Named for the Brazilian empress Teresa Cristina in 1890 and originally

Tereus, in Greek legend, king of Thrace, or of Phocis, who married Procne, daughter of Pandion, king of Athens. Pretending that Procne was dead, Tereus later seduced his wife’s sister Philomela and tricked her into a sham marriage. Other versions describe the encounter as a brutal rape. In order to

Easter Island: …square km); its highest point, Mount Terevaka, is 1,969 feet (600 metres) above sea level.

Theresienstadt, town in northern Bohemia (now in the Czech Republic), founded in 1780 and used from 1941 to 1945 by Nazi Germany as a walled ghetto, or concentration camp, and as a transit camp for western Jews en route to Auschwitz and other extermination camps. Reinhard Heydrich, the head of the

Anne Sofie von Otter: Two years later she released Terezin/Theresienstadt, a widely acclaimed album of songs written by Jewish composers while they were imprisoned in the Theresienstadt concentration camp during World War II. Her interpretation of famous Bach arias, Bach: Cantatas, appeared in 2009.

Bryn Terfel is a Welsh opera singer known for his bass-baritone voice and his performances in operas by Mozart, Richard Strauss, and Richard Wagner. Terfel’s parents were cattle and sheep farmers, and his family was a musical one. In school he excelled in athletics and sang in choirs. He was

Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot: …camp of marathon world-record holder Paul Tergat in the Ngong Hills near Nairobi. When asked, Cheruiyot credited Tergat and Tanui with having taught him the patience to handle—and win—major international races.

Trieste, city and capital of Friuli-Venezia Giulia regione and of Trieste provincia, northeastern Italy, located on the Gulf of Trieste at the northeastern corner of the Adriatic Sea 90 miles (145 km) east of Venice. It was under Roman control by about 177 bce; Julius Caesar made it a colony and

León de Greiff: His first book, Tergiversaciones (1925; “Tergiversations”), while displaying the musicality common to the Latin-American modernist poets, was innovative in its invention of words, use of strange adjectives, and breaking of the flow of language in an attempt to portray a world laden with symbolic meanings. Libro de los…

Albert Payson Terhune was an American novelist and short-story writer who became famous for his popular stories about dogs. After schooling in Europe, Terhune graduated from Columbia University in 1893, traveled in Egypt and Syria, and joined the staff of the New York Evening World in 1894. His

Mary Virginia Hawes Terhune was an American writer who achieved great success with both her romantic novels and her books and columns of advice for homemakers. Mary Hawes grew up in her hometown of Dennisville, Virginia, and from 1844 in nearby Richmond. She was well educated by private tutors and

French Polynesia: History of French Polynesia: Teriaroa, north of Tahiti, was a royal retreat, and Taputapuatea, on Raiatea, was the most sacred shrine in the islands.

Himera: …the 5th century the tyrant Terillus, who had been driven out of Himera by Theron of Acragas, encouraged an unsuccessful Carthaginian invasion of Sicily, which ended in the death of Hamilcar at the Battle of Himera in 480 bc. Four years later, the citizens of Himera appealed to Hieron of…

teriyaki, in Japanese cuisine, foods grilled with a highly flavoured glaze of soy sauce and sake or mirin (sweet wine). Garlic and fresh ginger are sometimes added to the mixture. In westernized Japanese cooking, the teriyaki sauce is frequently used as a marinade as well as a basting sauce. Beef,

Uzun Ḥasan: …the Ak Koyunlu at the Battle of Terjan and thus emerged supreme in Anatolia.

climate classification: Empirical classifications: Terjung’s 1966 scheme was an attempt to group climates on the basis of their effects on human comfort. The classification makes use of four physiologically relevant parameters: temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and solar radiation. The first two are combined in a comfort index to…

climate classification: Genetic classifications: …is the 1970 classification of Werner H. Terjung, an American geographer. His method utilizes data for more than 1,000 locations worldwide on the net solar radiation received at the surface, the available energy for evaporating water, and the available energy for heating the air and subsurface. The annual patterns are…

Sonia Delaunay was a Russian painter, illustrator, and textile designer who was a pioneer of abstract art in the years before World War I. Delaunay grew up in St. Petersburg. She studied drawing in Karlsruhe, Germany, and in 1905 moved to Paris, where she was influenced by the Post-Impressionists

Studs Terkel was an American author and oral historian who chronicled the lives of Americans from the Great Depression to the early 21st century. After spending his early childhood in New York City, Terkel moved with his family to Chicago at age nine. His parents ran the Wells-Grand Hotel, a

Studs Terkel was an American author and oral historian who chronicled the lives of Americans from the Great Depression to the early 21st century. After spending his early childhood in New York City, Terkel moved with his family to Chicago at age nine. His parents ran the Wells-Grand Hotel, a

Niẓām al-Mulk: The Seyāsat-nāmeh: …enemy of the sultan’s wife Terken Khatun by preferring the son of another wife for the succession.

Turkish literature: Forms and genres: The tercibend and terkibbend are more-elaborate stanzaic forms. Both feature stanzas with the stylistic features of the gazel, but, unlike gazels, each stanza in these forms is followed by a couplet with a separate rhyme. In the tercibend the same couplet is repeated after each stanza, while in…

term, in the visual arts, element consisting of a sculptured figure or bust at the top of a stone pillar or column that usually tapers downward to a quadrangular base. Often the pillar replaces the body of the figure, with feet sometimes indicated at its base. The pillar itself may be a separate

spectroscopy: Total orbital angular momentum and total spin angular momentum: A term is the set of all states with a given configuration: L, S, and J.

term, in logic, the subject or predicate of a categorical proposition (q.v.), or statement. Aristotle so used the Greek word horos (“limit”), apparently by an analogy between the terms of a proportion and those of a syllogism. Terminus is the Latin translation of this word, used, for example, by

life insurance: …of life insurance contracts are term life, whole life, variable life, and universal life. Under term insurance contracts, a set amount of coverage, such as $50,000 or $500,000, is issued for a specified period of time. The premiums on such policies tend to increase with age, meaning that premium costs…

Taraji P. Henson: …No Good Deed (2014), and Term Life (2016).

life insurance: …of life insurance contracts are term life, whole life, variable life, and universal life. Under term insurance contracts, a set amount of coverage, such as $50,000 or $500,000, is issued for a specified period of time. The premiums on such policies tend to increase with age, meaning that premium costs…

If you’re looking to purchase life insurance, you may be wondering whether to get a term insurance policy—which covers you for a set period—or permanent life, which typically provides lifetime coverage and a cash value that builds over time. Although both types offer a payout should you die within

Algeria: Bouteflika’s third term and the Arab Spring protests of 2011: …a constitutional amendment abolishing presidential term limits. The arrangement permitted Bouteflika the opportunity to run for his third consecutive term, which he easily won in April 2009.

Algeria: Bouteflika’s third term and the Arab Spring protests of 2011: …a constitutional amendment abolishing presidential term limits. The arrangement permitted Bouteflika the opportunity to run for his third consecutive term, which he easily won in April 2009.

business finance: Term loans: A term loan is a business credit with a maturity of more than 1 year but less than 15 years. Usually the term loan is retired by systematic repayments (amortization payments) over its life. It may be secured by a chattel mortgage on…

history of logic: Aristotle: Aristotle’s logic was a term logic in the sense that it focused on logical relations between such terms in valid inferences.

Frederick Emmons Terman was an American electrical engineer known for his contributions to electronics research and anti-radar technology. Terman, the son of the noted psychologist Lewis Madison Terman, earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in chemistry and chemical engineering, respectively,

Lewis Terman was an American psychologist who published the individual intelligence test widely used in the United States, the Stanford-Binet test. Terman joined the faculty of Stanford University in 1910, where he became professor of education in 1916, the year he published The Measurement of