Bosporus: The second bridge, the Fatih Sultan Mehmed (Bosporus II), was completed in 1988 and has a main span of 3,576 feet (1,090 metres). The third, the Yavuz Sultan Selim (Bosporus III) Bridge, was completed in 2016 and has a main span of 4,620 feet (1,408 metres). A rail tunnel…

fātiḥah, the “opening” or first chapter (surah) of the Muslim book of divine revelation, the Qurʾān; in tone and usage it has often been likened to the Christian Lord’s Prayer. In contrast to the other surahs, which are usually narratives or exhortations delivered by God, the seven verses of the

fātiḥah, the “opening” or first chapter (surah) of the Muslim book of divine revelation, the Qurʾān; in tone and usage it has often been likened to the Christian Lord’s Prayer. In contrast to the other surahs, which are usually narratives or exhortations delivered by God, the seven verses of the

Fátima, village and sanctuary, central Portugal. It is located on the tableland of Cova da Iria, 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Leiria. Fátima was named for a 12th-century Moorish princess, and since 1917 it has been one of the greatest Marian shrines in the world, visited by thousands of pilgrims

Harvey Keitel: …movies included the historical drama Fatima (2020) and Lansky (2021), a biopic about the gangster Meyer Lansky.

Fāṭimah was the daughter of Muhammad (the founder of Islam) who in later centuries became the object of deep veneration by many Muslims, especially the Shiʿah. Muhammad had other sons and daughters, but they either died young or failed to produce a long line of descendants. Fāṭimah, however, stood

Fāṭimah was the daughter of Muhammad (the founder of Islam) who in later centuries became the object of deep veneration by many Muslims, especially the Shiʿah. Muhammad had other sons and daughters, but they either died young or failed to produce a long line of descendants. Fāṭimah, however, stood

Our Lady of Fátima, in Roman Catholicism, the title given to the Virgin Mary in her six appearances before three peasant children near the village of Fátima, Portugal, in 1917. Since that revelation, millions of the faithful have made pilgrimages to the site where the woman, commonly called Our

Fāṭimah was the daughter of Muhammad (the founder of Islam) who in later centuries became the object of deep veneration by many Muslims, especially the Shiʿah. Muhammad had other sons and daughters, but they either died young or failed to produce a long line of descendants. Fāṭimah, however, stood

Hosayn Fatemi was an Iranian politician who supported Mohammad Mosaddeq in his power struggle with Iran’s monarch, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. Educated at Stewart Memorial College in Eṣfahān, Fatemi moved to Tehrān in 1938. There he became a contributor to the newspaper Bākhtar (“The West”), which

Fatimid dynasty, political and religious dynasty that dominated an empire in North Africa and subsequently in the Middle East from 909 to 1171 ce and tried unsuccessfully to oust the Abbasid caliphs as leaders of the Islamic world. It took its name from Fāṭimah, daughter of the Prophet Muhammad,

Isaac Newton: International prominence of Isaac Newton: His friendship with Fatio de Duillier, a Swiss-born mathematician resident in London who shared Newton’s interests, was the most profound experience of his adult life.

obesity, excessive accumulation of body fat, usually caused by the consumption of more calories than the body can use. The excess calories are then stored as fat, or adipose tissue. Overweight, if moderate, is not necessarily obesity, particularly in muscular or large-boned individuals. Obesity was

Gaston Maurice Julia: …said to belong to the Fatou set of the iteration and the latter to the Julia set of the iteration. Julia showed that, except in the simplest cases, the Julia set is infinite, and he described how it is related to the periodic points of the iteration (those that return…

Gaston Maurice Julia: …similar memoir by French mathematician Pierre Fatou, this created the foundations of the theory. Julia drew attention to a crucial distinction between points that tend to a limiting position as the iteration proceeds and those that never settle down. The former are now said to belong to the Fatou set…

fatsia, (Fatsia japonica), evergreen shrub or small tree, in the ginseng family (Araliaceae), native to Japan but widely grown indoors for its striking foliage and easy care. In nature it can attain a height to 5 metres (16 feet); the glossy, dark-green leaves, roughly star-shaped, with 7 to 9

fatsia, (Fatsia japonica), evergreen shrub or small tree, in the ginseng family (Araliaceae), native to Japan but widely grown indoors for its striking foliage and easy care. In nature it can attain a height to 5 metres (16 feet); the glossy, dark-green leaves, roughly star-shaped, with 7 to 9

the Wiggles: The original members included Jeff Fatt (the purple Wiggle), Anthony Field (blue), Greg Page (yellow), and Murray Cook (red).

Islamic arts: Parodies of classic forms: …Fantasy”) by the prolific writer Fattāḥī of Nīshāpūr (died 1448) and Gūy o-chowgān (“Ball and Polo-stick”) by ʿĀrefī (died 1449); the latter work is an elaboration of the cliché that the lover is helpless before the will of his beloved, just as the ball is subject to the will of…

Macchiaioli: …the group was the Florentine Giovanni Fattori (1825–1908), who attained brilliant effects of light and colour by the use of strong colour patches. Other important painters of the group were the critic and theoretician Telemaco Signorini (1853–1901), who used colour with great sensitivity in his usually socially conscious scenes; Silvestro…

concerto: The Baroque vocal-instrumental concerto (c. 1585–1650): …expanding the scoring in one Gabriele Fattorini’s …Sacri concerti a due voci… (…Sacred Concerts for Two Voices…). This work appeared originally in 1600 merely “with a basso continuo for the greater convenience of organists” and only two years later was republished “with a new addition of some four-part ripieni [or…

fatty acid, important component of lipids (fat-soluble components of living cells) in plants, animals, and microorganisms. Generally, a fatty acid consists of a straight chain of an even number of carbon atoms, with hydrogen atoms along the length of the chain and at one end of the chain and a

lipid: Mobilization of fatty acids: In times of stress when the body requires energy, fatty acids are released from adipose cells and mobilized for use. The process begins when levels of glucagon and adrenaline in the blood increase and these hormones bind to specific receptors on…

metabolic disease: Fatty acid oxidation defects: Some fatty acid oxidation disorders arise through dysfunction of carnitine transport enzymes, although most of these conditions are caused by fat-degrading enzymes directly involved in the beta-oxidation cycle itself. In individuals with inherited disorders of carnitine transport, a deficiency of carnitine may cause severe brain, liver,…

metabolism: Formation of fatty acyl coenzyme A molecules: …that can be called a fatty acyl coenzyme A [21]. This step requires ATP, which is split into AMP and inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi) in the process.

metabolism: Formation of fatty acyl coenzyme A molecules: …require the formation of a fatty acyl phosphate—i.e., the phosphorylation of the fatty acid by using ATP; ADP is also a product [21c].

soap and detergent: …chain carbon group, such as fatty alcohols or alkylbenzene. The molecule must also contain a hydrophilic (water-soluble) group, such as ―COONa, or a sulfo group, such as ―OSO3Na or ―SO3Na (such as in fatty alcohol sulfate or alkylbenzene sulfonate), or a long ethylene oxide chain in nonionic synthetic detergents. This…

Roscoe Arbuckle: …starred, including such classics as Fatty and Mabel Adrift (1916) and He Did and He Didn’t (1916).

alcoholism: Chronic diseases: …of other liver conditions, including fatty liver disease and alcoholic hepatitis, as well as the risk of certain types of cancer, including head and neck cancer (e.g., oral cancer, pharyngeal cancer), esophageal cancer, liver cancer, breast cancer, and colorectal cancer.

joint: The synovial layer: …into the bursal cavity as fatty pads (plicae adiposae); these are wedge-shaped in section, like a meniscus, with the base of the wedge against the fibrous capsule. The fatty pads are large in the elbow, knee, and ankle joints.

arteriosclerosis: …connective tissue is called an atheroma, or fatty plaque. The bigger the plaque, the more it affects the size of the arterial lumen, the area through which the blood flows. If the wall of the vessel is overly thickened from a large atheroma or multiple atheromas, there will be decreased…

adipose tissue, connective tissue consisting mainly of fat cells (adipose cells, or adipocytes), specialized to synthesize and contain large globules of fat, within a structural network of fibres. It is found mainly under the skin but also in deposits between the muscles, in the intestines and in

fatwa, in Islamic jurisprudence, a formal ruling or interpretation on a point of Islamic law given by a qualified legal scholar (known as a mufti). Fatwas are usually issued in response to questions from individuals or Islamic courts on practical matters of life, such as diet, finance, or family

Paris: The Bastille: …la Nation, eastward along the rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, has been one of skilled craftsmen since the mid-15th century, when the self-governing royal abbey gave space within its wide domains to those cabinetmakers who refused to abide by the restrictions of Paris guilds as to styles and types of wood…

Anne-Marie-Louise d’Orléans, duchess de Montpensier: …army from annihilation in the Battle of the Faubourg Saint-Antoine (July 2, 1652) by ordering the cannon of the Bastille to be fired against the royal troops. On Louis XIV’s return to Paris (October 1652), Montpensier went into exile until 1657. She was again exiled from court from 1662 to…

Paris: The Rue de Rivoli and Right Bank environs: …the rue Royale runs the rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. In addition to the British embassy and the Élysée Palace (residence of the French president), it has on its shop windows some of the most prestigious names in the Paris fashion trade.

New Orleans: The early 19th century: The Faubourg Sainte Marie became the “American section” in the early 19th century and the hub of most business activities. Other faubourgs (outskirts, or suburbs) were laid out above and below the two nuclear settlements and across the river and were finally absorbed into the city…

Orval Eugene Faubus was a U.S. politician who, as governor of Arkansas (1954–67), fought against the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Faubus, the son of a poor farmer, was a southern populist who supported New Deal policies. After his election as governor, he appointed six

dentistry: Development of dentistry in Europe: …1728 a leading Parisian surgeon, Pierre Fauchard, gathered together all that was then known about dentistry in a monumental book, The Surgeon Dentist, or Treatise on the Teeth. In it he discussed and described all facets of diagnosis and treatment of dental diseases, including orthodontics, prosthetics, periodontal diseases, and oral…

children’s literature: Overview: …year saw the start of Paul Faucher’s admirable Père Castor series, imaginatively conceived, beautifully designed educational picture books for the very young—not literature, perhaps, but historically comparable to Comenius. Finally, in 1934 appeared the first of Marcel Aymé’s miraculous stories about two little girls and the talking animals whose adventures…

Anthony Fauci is an American doctor and scientist who, as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID; 1984–2022), played a key role in diagnosing and treating a number of contagious illnesses, notably AIDS and COVID-19. Fauci is the youngest of two children born to

Anthony Fauci is an American doctor and scientist who, as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID; 1984–2022), played a key role in diagnosing and treating a number of contagious illnesses, notably AIDS and COVID-19. Fauci is the youngest of two children born to

diphtheria: Types of diphtheria: In faucial diphtheria, the most common type, the infection is limited mostly to the tonsillar region; most patients recover if properly treated with diphtheria antitoxin. In the most fatal form, nasopharyngeal diphtheria, the tonsillar infection spreads to the nose and throat structures, sometimes completely covering them…

faujasite, hydrated sodium and calcium aluminosilicate mineral that is a rare member of the zeolite family. Faujasite somewhat resembles chabazite in chemical composition, crystal structure, and distribution. Isolated specimens of the mineral have been found in sedimentary rocks in Germany and

François Villon: Poetry of François Villon: For example, the ballade “Fausse beauté, qui tant me couste chier” (“False beauty, for which I pay so dear a price”), addressed to his friend, a prostitute, not only supports a double rhyme pattern but is also an acrostic, with the first letter of each line of the first…

King John: … (formerly Eleanor of Aquitaine), and Philip the Bastard, who supports the king and yet mocks all political and moral pretensions.

Michael von Faulhaber was a German cardinal and archbishop of Munich who became a prominent opponent of the Nazis. Educated at Rome, Faulhaber was ordained in 1892. He taught at the German universities of Würzburg (1899–1903) and Strassburg (1903–11), subsequently serving as bishop of Speyer

William Faulkner: The major novels: In 1929 he married Estelle Oldham—whose previous marriage, now terminated, had helped drive him into the RAF in 1918. One year later he bought Rowan Oak, a handsome but run-down pre-Civil War house on the outskirts of Oxford, restoration work on the house becoming, along with hunting, an important…

William Faulkner was an American novelist and short-story writer who was awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature. As the eldest of the four sons of Murry Cuthbert and Maud Butler Falkner, William Faulkner (as he later spelled his name) was well aware of his family background and especially of

William Faulkner was an American novelist and short-story writer who was awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature. As the eldest of the four sons of Murry Cuthbert and Maud Butler Falkner, William Faulkner (as he later spelled his name) was well aware of his family background and especially of

Birdsong: Sebastian Faulks, published in 1993.

tort: Liability without fault: Whatever the original foundations of tortious liability, by the 19th century it had come to rest firmly upon the notion of fault. The principle that a human being should make good the harm caused by his fault seemed eminently…

handball: Principles of play.: …short ball, which is a fault. Two successive faults retire the side. In the one-wall game, if the ball lands beyond the long line, it is a long ball, also a fault; if it goes outside the sidelines, it is a handout—that is, the side (hand) serving loses service but…

fault, in geology, a planar or gently curved fracture in the rocks of Earth’s crust, where compressional or tensional forces cause relative displacement of the rocks on the opposite sides of the fracture. Faults range in length from a few centimetres to many hundreds of kilometres, and displacement

Precambrian: Occurrence and distribution of Precambrian rocks: shields, provinces, or blocks. Some examples include: the North Atlantic craton that incorporates northwestern Scotland, central Greenland, and Labrador; the Kaapvaal and Zimbabwean cratons in southern Africa; the Dharwar craton in India

fault: …it is referred to as fault breccia. Occasionally, the beds adjacent to the fault plane fold or bend as they resist slippage because of friction. Areas of deep sedimentary rock cover often show no surface indications of the faulting below.

fault: …fine-grained, claylike substance known as fault gouge; when the crushed rock is relatively coarse-grained, it is referred to as fault breccia. Occasionally, the beds adjacent to the fault plane fold or bend as they resist slippage because of friction. Areas of deep sedimentary rock cover often show no surface indications…

John Green: Young adult books: …and was turned into a film in 2014. It explores the relationship between two teenagers battling cancer. Turtles All the Way Down (2017) deals with mental illness. The story is told from the perspective of Aza, who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder and comes to realize that she must learn to…

Nancy Huston: …into French of her novel Fault Lines, originally written in English but not published in that language until 2007.

Paul Horgan: …publication of the satirical novel The Fault of Angels (1933), about a Russian emigré’s attempt to bring high culture to an American city. His trilogy Mountain Standard Time (1962), consisting of Main Line West (1936), Far From Cibola (1938), and The Common Heart (1942), depicts life in the Southwest in…

fault: …of inclination of a specific fault plane tends to be relatively uniform, it may differ considerably along its length from place to place. When rocks slip past each other in faulting, the upper or overlying block along the fault plane is called the hanging wall, or headwall; the block below…

computer science: Architecture and organization: Fault tolerance is the ability of a computer to continue operation when one or more of its components fails. To ensure fault tolerance, key components are often replicated so that the backup component can take over if needed. Such applications as aircraft control and manufacturing…

petroleum trap: …of structural trap is the fault trap. Here, the fracture and slippage of rock along a fault line may bring an impermeable stratum in contact with a layer of permeable reservoir rock and thus forms a barrier to petroleum migration.

continental landform: Orogenic geomorphic systems: …following set of special attributes:

Ben Jones: Twilight Tear, Armed, Coaltown, Fervent, Faultless, Bewitch, Wistful, and Pot o’ Luck. In 1947 Jones retired as a full-time trainer and became general manager of Calumet Farm, where his son, Horace Allyn Jones, called Jimmy, or H.A., also was a trainer. In 1952 Hill Gail, a horse trained by the…

faun, in Roman mythology, a creature that is part human and part goat, akin to a Greek satyr. The name faun is derived from Faunus, the name of an ancient Italic deity of forests, fields, and herds, who from the 2nd century bce was associated with the Greek god

Pompeii: Description of the remains: The House of the Faun occupies an entire city block and has two atria (chief rooms), four triclinia (dining rooms), and two large peristyle gardens. Its facade is built of fine-grained gray tufa from Nuceria, the chief building material of this period. The walls are decorated…

Fauna, in ancient Roman religion, a goddess of the fertility of woodlands, fields, and flocks; she was the counterpart—variously considered the wife, sister, or daughter—of Faunus

floristic region, any of six areas of the world recognized by plant geographers for their distinctive plant life. These regions, which coincide closely with the faunal regions as mapped by animal geographers, are often considered with them as biogeographic regions. The chief difference is the

faunal region, any of six or seven areas of the world defined by animal geographers on the basis of their distinctive animal life. These regions differ only slightly from the floristic regions (q.v.) of botanists. Each region more or less coincides with a major continental land mass, separated from

Karl August Möbius: His Fauna der Kieler Bucht, 2 vol. (1865–72; “Fauna of Kiel Bay”), established an important methodology for modern ecology and helped secure his own appointment to the University of Kiel.

Karl August Möbius: His Fauna der Kieler Bucht, 2 vol. (1865–72; “Fauna of Kiel Bay”), established an important methodology for modern ecology and helped secure his own appointment to the University of Kiel.

faunal region, any of six or seven areas of the world defined by animal geographers on the basis of their distinctive animal life. These regions differ only slightly from the floristic regions (q.v.) of botanists. Each region more or less coincides with a major continental land mass, separated from

law of faunal succession, observation that assemblages of fossil plants and animals follow or succeed each other in time in a predictable manner, even when found in different places. Sequences of successive strata and their corresponding enclosed faunas have been matched together to form a

Plymouth Rock: …generally recognized until 1741, when Thomas Faunce spoke up to stop construction of a wharf that would have covered it. Faunce, then 94 years old, was the son of a settler who had arrived in Plymouth only three years after the Pilgrims. Legends soon became attached to the rock. According…

faunizone: …geologic time is called a faunichron.

faunizone, stratigraphic unit that is distinguished by the presence of a particular fauna of some time or environmental significance. It differs from a biozone because it is based on a fossil assemblage rather than a particular genus or species (compare biozone). The corresponding unit of geologic

Lord Fauntleroy, fictional character, a young American boy who becomes heir to an English earldom in Frances Hodgson Burnett’s sentimental novel Little Lord Fauntleroy

Lord Fauntleroy, fictional character, a young American boy who becomes heir to an English earldom in Frances Hodgson Burnett’s sentimental novel Little Lord Fauntleroy

Faunus, ancient Italian rural deity whose attributes in Classical Roman times were identified with those of the Greek god Pan. Faunus was originally worshipped throughout the countryside as a bestower of fruitfulness on fields and flocks. He eventually became primarily a woodland deity, the sounds

automobile: Early electric automobiles: …1859–60 and its improvement by Camille Faure in 1881 made the electric vehicle possible, and what was probably the first, a tricycle, ran in Paris in 1881. It was followed by other three-wheelers in London (1882) and Boston (1888). The first American battery-powered automobile, built in Des Moines, Iowa, c.…

Edgar Faure was a French lawyer and politician, premier (1952, 1955–56), and a prominent Gaullist during the Fifth Republic. The son of a military doctor, Faure studied Russian at the Paris School of Eastern Languages, later graduating from the Paris faculty of law and practicing in the capital.

Félix Faure was the sixth president of the French Third Republic, whose presidency (January 15, 1895, to February 16, 1899) was marked by diplomatic conflicts with England, rapprochement with Russia, and the continuing problem of the Dreyfus Affair. After a successful career as an industrialist in

Félix Faure was the sixth president of the French Third Republic, whose presidency (January 15, 1895, to February 16, 1899) was marked by diplomatic conflicts with England, rapprochement with Russia, and the continuing problem of the Dreyfus Affair. After a successful career as an industrialist in

Gabriel Fauré was a composer whose refined and gentle music influenced the course of modern French music. Fauré’s musical abilities became apparent at an early age. When the Swiss composer and teacher Louis Niedermeyer heard the boy, he immediately accepted him as a pupil. Fauré studied piano with

Gabriel Fauré was a composer whose refined and gentle music influenced the course of modern French music. Fauré’s musical abilities became apparent at an early age. When the Swiss composer and teacher Louis Niedermeyer heard the boy, he immediately accepted him as a pupil. Fauré studied piano with

Fauresmith industry, a sub-Saharan African stone tool industry dating from about 75,000 to 100,000 years ago. The Fauresmith industry is largely contemporaneous with the Sangoan industry, also of sub-Saharan Africa. The two industries apparently correspond to different habitats, however, Fauresmith

Claude Fauriel was a French scholar and writer who, through his interest in foreign literatures and cultures, contributed to the development of the study of comparative literature and to the revival of literary-historical studies. He was educated at the Oratorian colleges of Tournon and Lyons, but,

Shortland Islands: …607 feet (185 metres); and Fauro Island, which measures 10 by 6 miles (16 by 10 km) and rises to 1,312 feet (400 metres) at two points along a central ridge. The Shortlands, which have a total area of 160 square miles (414 square km), are planted with coconut palms…

Jessie Redmon Fauset was an African American novelist, critic, poet, and editor known for her discovery and encouragement of several writers of the Harlem Renaissance. Fauset graduated from Cornell University (B.A., 1905), and she later earned a master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania

François Villon: Poetry of François Villon: For example, the ballade “Fausse beauté, qui tant me couste chier” (“False beauty, for which I pay so dear a price”), addressed to his friend, a prostitute, not only supports a double rhyme pattern but is also an acrostic, with the first letter of each line of the first…

François Villon: Poetry of François Villon: For example, the ballade “Fausse beauté, qui tant me couste chier” (“False beauty, for which I pay so dear a price”), addressed to his friend, a prostitute, not only supports a double rhyme pattern but is also an acrostic, with the first letter of each line of the first…

Bellecour: He wrote a successful play, Les Fausses Apparences (“The False Appearances”), in 1761.

Kraftwerk: …such innovative bands as Can, Faust, and Neu!, but Kraftwerk became the best known.

Faust, hero of one of the most durable legends in Western folklore and literature, the story of a German necromancer or astrologer who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power. There was a historical Faust, indeed perhaps two, one of whom more than once alluded to the devil

Faust, opera in five (or sometimes four) acts by French composer Charles Gounod (French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré) that premiered in Paris on March 19, 1859. The work draws upon Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s two-part play based on the German legend of a man who sells his soul to the

Jan Švankmajer: …famous work, Lekce Faust (1993; Faust), gave a new spin to the familiar tale of the Faustian bargain. The film is set in a foreboding puppet theatre that lures the main character inside. There he experiences a strange version of the Faust play, which includes giant puppets and clay figures…

Faust, two-part dramatic work by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Part I was published in 1808 and Part II in 1832, after the author’s death. The supreme work of Goethe’s later years, Faust is sometimes considered Germany’s greatest contribution to world literature. Part I sets out the magician Faust’s

Estanislao del Campo: …Opera”; published in English as Faust).

program music: …specifically programmatic works—such as the Faust Symphony and some of his symphonic poems—are not often performed. In Liszt’s works without written program, notably the Piano Sonata in B Minor and his two piano concerti, similar types of moods are expressed in a style resembling that of the symphonic poems.