• High Point University (university, High Point, North Carolina, United States)

    High Point: High Point University, a Methodist institution, was founded there in 1924. Cultural institutions include the High Point Museum and Historical Park and North Carolina Shakespeare Festival. Inc. 1859. Pop. (2010) 104,371; Greensboro–High Point Metro Area, 723,801; (2020) 114,059; Greensboro–High Point Metro Area, 776,566.

  • high policing (public safety)

    police: High policing: the protection of national security: In continental Europe, police work that is directed at protecting national security is known as high policing, in reference to the “higher” interests of the state. There is no conventional designation for this category of policing in Anglo-Saxon…

  • High Precision Parallax Collecting Satellite (artificial satellite)

    Hipparcos, Earth-orbiting satellite launched by the European Space Agency in 1989 that over the next four years measured the distances to more than 100,000 stars by direct triangulation using observations of parallax from either side of Earth’s orbit around the Sun. It was named after the ancient

  • High Price of Bullion, a Proof of the Depreciation of Bank Notes, The (work by Ricardo)

    David Ricardo: His first published work was The High Price of Bullion, a Proof of the Depreciation of Bank Notes (1810), an outgrowth of letters Ricardo had published in the Morning Chronicle the year before. His book refueled the controversy then surrounding the Bank of England: freed from the necessity of cash…

  • High Priest (work by Leary)

    Timothy Leary: High Priest (1968) was a collection of psychedelic experiences had by Leary and his associates. Confessions of a Hope Fiend (1973) detailed his imprisonment and subsequent escape. Flashbacks: A Personal and Cultural History of an Era (1983) was a more-comprehensive autobiography.

  • high priest (Judaism)

    high priest, in Judaism, the chief religious functionary in the Temple of Jerusalem, whose unique privilege was to enter the Holy of Holies (inner sanctum) once a year on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, to burn incense and sprinkle sacrificial animal blood to expiate his own sins and those of the

  • high quartz (mineral)

    silica mineral: High quartz (β-quartz): High quartz, or β-quartz, is the more symmetrical form quartz takes at sufficiently high temperatures (about 573 °C at one atmosphere of pressure), but the relationship is pressure-sensitive. High quartz may be either left- or right-handed, and its c axis is one…

  • high relief (sculpture)

    relief: In a high relief, or alto-relievo, the forms project at least half or more of their natural circumference from the background and may in parts be completely disengaged from the ground, thus approximating sculpture in the round. Middle relief, or mezzo-relievo, falls roughly between the high and…

  • High Renaissance (European history)

    Western architecture: High Renaissance in Italy (1495–1520): High Renaissance architecture first appeared at Rome in the work of Bramante at the beginning of the 16th century. The period was a very brief one, centred almost exclusively in the city of Rome; it ended with the political and…

  • High Road, The (novel by O’Brien)

    Edna O’Brien: Other novels: title I Hardly Knew You), The High Road (1988), House of Splendid Isolation (1994), Down by the River (1996), In the Forest (2002), and The Light of Evening (2006). Many of these works examined the social and cultural changes—and the conflicts ignited by these changes—in modern-day Ireland. The wrenching novel…

  • high school (horsemanship)

    horsemanship: Dressage: Haute école is the most elaborate and specialized form of dressage, reaching its ultimate development at the Vienna school in its traditional white Lippizaner horses. Some characteristic haute école airs, or movements, are the pirouettes, which are turns on the haunches at the walk and…

  • high school (American education)

    high school, in most school systems in the United States, any three- to six-year secondary school serving students approximately 13 (or 14 or 15) through 18 years of age. Often in four-year schools the different levels are designated, in ascending order, freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior. The

  • High School Confidential! (film by Arnold [1958])

    Jack Arnold: High School Confidential! (1958), a tongue-in-cheek juvenile-delinquent film starring Mamie Van Doren and Russ Tamblyn, returned Arnold to B-film territory. The Space Children (1958) was a solemn story of mysteriously brainwashed children sabotaging a nuclear test site, while, completing a very busy 1958, Monster on…

  • High School Hero (film by Butler [1927])

    David Butler: …Butler helmed his first film, High School Hero, a comedy for Fox Film Corporation (later Twentieth Century-Fox), and he quickly became a sought-after director. His notable early films included the musicals Sunny Side Up (1929), featuring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, and Just Imagine (1930), an ambitious futuristic comedy starring…

  • High School Musical: The Musical–The Series (American television series)

    Olivia Rodrigo: …Rodrigo began starring on Disney’s High School Musical: The Musical—The Series. Building on the success of the movie of the same name (and its two sequels), the TV series follows a group of high-school drama club members as they prepare and stage school performances. Rodrigo wrote and performed the song…

  • high seas (maritime law)

    high seas, in maritime law, all parts of the mass of saltwater surrounding the globe that are not part of the territorial sea or internal waters of a state. For several centuries beginning in the European Middle Ages, a number of maritime states asserted sovereignty over large portions of the high

  • High Seas Fleet (German fleet)

    Battle of Dogger Bank: Early naval action in the North Sea: …December 15, 1914, the German High Seas Fleet put to sea on a sortie that took it well across the North Sea. Five battle cruisers and four light cruisers under the command of Rear Adm. Franz von Hipper approached close to the British coast, while the British, acting on reconnaissance…

  • high sheriff (law)

    sheriff, a senior executive officer in an English county or smaller area who performs a variety of administrative and judicial functions. Officers of this name also exist in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the United States. In England the office of sheriff existed before the Norman Conquest

  • High Sierra (film by Walsh [1941])

    High Sierra, American crime film, released in 1941, that is noted for Humphrey Bogart’s sympathetic portrayal of an aging criminal. Bogart played Roy (“Mad Dog”) Earle, who is paroled from prison as part of a scheme to rob a hotel in California. He travels to a cabin in the Sierra Nevada mountains,

  • High Sierras (mountains, United States)

    Sierra Nevada, major mountain range of western North America, running along the eastern edge of the U.S. state of California. Its great mass lies between the large Central Valley depression to the west and the Basin and Range Province to the east. Extending more than 250 miles (400 kilometres)

  • High Society (film by Walters [1956])

    Charles Walters: Sinatra returned for High Society (1956), a musical remake of George Cukor’s The Philadelphia Story (1940). The popular film, which featured a number of memorable Cole Porter songs, also starred Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly (in her final feature film).

  • high society (sociology)

    luxury: Economic aspect: …toward the luxurious expenditure of the rich is a mixture of envy—sometimes accompanied by, but often devoid of, a feeling of resentment—and of approval based on popular economic reasoning. It is a very widespread belief that such expenditure is good for trade because it makes money circulate and therefore increases…

  • High Speed 1 (railway, Europe)

    Channel Tunnel: …Rail Link (CTRL), also called High Speed 1, was opened to connect the Channel Tunnel with London, facilitating even greater movement of international passenger traffic between mainland Europe and the United Kingdom. The high-speed railway runs 108 km (67 miles) and crosses under the Thames. Its trains can reach speeds…

  • High Speed Train (British passenger train)

    High Speed Train (HST), British long-distance passenger train operating nationwide since 1976, when the first service was opened between London and Bristol-South Wales. The HST introduced high-speed rail travel to the United Kingdom. Powered by two 2,250-horsepower diesel engines, the HST can reach

  • High Tatra National Park (national park, Slovakia)

    Slovakia: Plant and animal life: …wildlife is abundant and diverse; Tatry (High Tatras) National Park shelters an exceptional collection of wild animals, including bears, wolves, lynx, wildcats, marmots, otters, martens, and minks. Hunting is prohibited in the parks, and some animals, such as the chamois, are protected nationwide. The forests and lowland areas support numerous…

  • High Tatras (mountain range, Europe)

    Tatra Mountains, highest range of the Central Carpathians. The mountains rise steeply from a high plateau and extend for approximately 40 miles (64 km) along the Slovakian-Polish frontier, varying in width from 9 to 15 miles (14 to 24 km). About 300 peaks are identified by name and elevation, the

  • High Tell Mountains (mountains, Tunisia)

    Tunisia: Relief: The Tunisian Dorsale, or High Tell, a southwest-northeast–trending mountain range that is an extension of the Saharan Atlas (Atlas Saharien) of Algeria, tapers off in the direction of the Sharīk (Cape Bon) Peninsula in the northeast, south of the Gulf of Tunis. The highest mountain, Mount Chambi (Al-Shaʿnabī), located…

  • High Tide (film by Armstrong [1987])

    Gillian Armstrong: High Tide (1987) featured Davis as a backup singer for an Elvis Presley impersonator.; when she loses her job in a small coastal town, she accidentally reconnects with her teenage daughter. Fires Within (1991) and The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992) garnered little notice,…

  • high tide (physics)

    tidal power: Types: …take advantage of differences between high tides and low tides by using a “barrage,” or type of dam, to block receding water during ebb periods. At low tide, water behind the barrage is released, and the water passes through a turbine that generates electricity.

  • High Tide in the Garden (poetry by Adcock)

    Fleur Adcock: …and subsequent volumes—including Tigers (1967), High Tide in the Garden (1971), The Incident Book (1986), Time Zones (1991), and Looking Back (1997)—Adcock brought a measured, Classical detachment to bear upon the vagaries of emotional experience. The Inner Harbour (1979) is generally cited as her most artistically successful work.

  • High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or Never (essays by Kingsolver)

    Barbara Kingsolver: Essay collections such as High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or Never (1995) and Small Wonder (2002) contain observations on nature, family life, and world events. In Animal, Vegetable, Miracle (2007), Kingsolver expounded upon the environmental consequences of human consumption and used anecdotes from her own experiences eating…

  • High Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire, 1571, The (poem by Ingelow)

    Jean Ingelow: …for her narrative poem “The High Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire, 1571” (1863), which reveals considerable command of language and a power to evoke feeling.

  • High Time (film by Edwards [1960])

    Blake Edwards: Films of the 1960s: Less popular was the comedy High Time (1960), in which Bing Crosby played a widower who returns to college and becomes romantically involved with an instructor. Edwards’s next project, Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961), was his breakthrough film and the one on which much of his reputation rests. The film was…

  • High Tor (play by Anderson)

    Peggy Ashcroft: …as Lise in Maxwell Anderson’s High Tor (1937). Ashcroft performed principal roles in more than 100 productions in England and on tour, displaying her versatility in both comic and tragic roles. Her other roles of particular note included Nina in The Seagull (1936), Cecily in The Importance of Being Earnest…

  • high tridymite (mineral)

    tridymite: It has three modifications: high-tridymite, middle-tridymite, and low-tridymite. Tridymite forms thin hexagonal plates that are generally twinned, often in groups of three; its name alludes to this habit. It commonly occurs in igneous rocks, more abundantly than cristobalite, as in the trachytes of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; northern Italy; and in…

  • high vacuum

    mass spectrometry: Vacuum: …at about the time that high vacuum was first attained in the laboratory. High vacuum refers to a pressure low enough that the mean free path (the distance traveled between collisions) of molecules in the residual gas is greater than the dimensions of the vacuum vessel. Mass spectroscopists invariably seek…

  • High Veld (region, Africa)

    Eswatini: Relief and soils: …to east they are the Highveld, the Middleveld, the Lowveld, and the Lubombo (Lebombo) escarpment. Geologically, the oldest formations are in the west, and the youngest are in the east.

  • high vowel (linguistics)

    Tai languages: Phonological characteristics: …accent), falling (using a circumflex), high (using an acute accent), and rising (using a wedge, or haček); for example, maa (with no diacritic) ‘to come,’ màak (with a grave accent) ‘areca nut,’ mâak (with a circumflex) ‘much,’ máa (with an acute accent) ‘horse,’ and mǎa (with a wedge) ‘dog’ are…

  • High Wall (film by Bernhardt [1947])

    Curtis Bernhardt: Early years in Hollywood: …film was the offbeat noir High Wall (1947), in which Audrey Totter is cast against type as a psychiatrist who tries to help amnesia victim Robert Taylor clear himself of a murder charge. He then directed The Doctor and the Girl (1949), with Ford and Gloria DeHaven.

  • high water (physics)

    tidal power: Types: …take advantage of differences between high tides and low tides by using a “barrage,” or type of dam, to block receding water during ebb periods. At low tide, water behind the barrage is released, and the water passes through a turbine that generates electricity.

  • high wing (aircraft)

    wing: …positioned above the fuselage (high wings), wings provide an unrestricted view below and good lateral stability. Parasol wings, placed on struts high above the fuselage of seaplanes, help keep the engine from water spray.

  • high wire act (circus act)

    circus: Acts of skill: In the groundbreaking high-wire act of the Russian Voljansky troupe, the wire changed from being horizontal to being at an oblique angle, while the tension was maintained. Another unique act, the Koch sisters, performed on a giant semaphore arm that revolved slowly as they balanced on the outside…

  • High Wycombe (England, United Kingdom)

    High Wycombe, town and urban area (from 2011 built-up area), Wycombe district, administrative and historic county of Buckinghamshire, southeastern England. It lies along the River Wye, at the edge of the Chiltern Hills and on the fringe of the London metropolitan area. The town is noted for

  • High, Wide and Handsome (film by Mamoulian [1937])

    Rouben Mamoulian: Films of the 1930s: … (1936) and then turned to High, Wide, and Handsome (1937), a musical, with songs by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein, that was set in the oil fields of 19th-century Pennsylvania. Neither of those films was very well received, nor was Golden Boy (1939), Mamoulian’s adaptation of Clifford Odets’s proletarian drama…

  • high-altitude balloon (aircraft)

    balloon flight: High-altitude ballooning: Beginning with the 18th century, ballooning has continually achieved higher altitudes. From Charles’s 3,000-metre (10,000-foot) ascent in 1783 to U.S. Army Air Corps Capt. Hawthorne C. Gray’s fatal ascent to 12,950 metres (42,470 feet) in 1927, the maximum altitude was only limited by…

  • high-altitude cerebral edema (pathology)

    Mount Everest: The human challenge: High-altitude cerebral edema (HACE) occurs when the body responds to the lack of oxygen by increasing blood flow to the brain; the brain begins to swell, and coma and death may occur. High-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) is a similar condition in which the body circulates…

  • high-altitude pulmonary edema (pathology)

    altitude sickness: …serious type of altitude sickness, high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE), occurs rarely among newcomers to altitude but more often affects those who have already become acclimated to high elevations and are returning after several days at sea level. In pulmonary edema, fluid accumulates in the lungs and prevents the victim…

  • high-alumina brick

    refractory: High alumina: High-alumina refractories are made from bauxite, a naturally occurring material containing aluminum hydroxide (Al[OH]3) and kaolinitic clays. These raw materials are roasted to produce a mixture of synthetic alumina and mullite (an aluminosilicate mineral with the chemical formula 3Al2O3 · 2SiO2). By definition…

  • high-bitrate DSL

    DSL: …the first variety of DSL, high-bitrate DSL (HDSL), was rolled out with the intent of being used for on-demand television. Initial efforts looked promising, but the rapidly growing number of channels provided by cable television companies made setting up an on-demand service financially less attractive. Soon after, DSL was repurposed…

  • high-boiled candy

    candy: High-boiled, or hard, candy: Sugar has the property of forming a type of noncrystalline “glass” that forms the basis of hard candy products. Sugar and water are boiled until the concentration of the solution reaches a high level, and supersaturation persists upon cooling. This solution takes…

  • high-bush huckleberry (plant)

    huckleberry: Major species: The common huckleberry (Gaylussacia baccata) of the eastern United States and Canada is also called black, or high-bush, huckleberry. Dwarf huckleberry (G. dumosa) extends from Florida to Newfoundland. Box huckleberry (G. brachycera), native to the eastern and central United States, can form huge clones, some of…

  • high-bypass turbofan (engine)

    jet engine: Medium-bypass turbofans, high-bypass turbofans, and ultrahigh-bypass engines: Moving up in the spectrum of flight speeds to the transonic regime—Mach numbers from 0.75 to 0.9—the most common engine configurations are turbofan engines, such as those shown in Figures 4 and 5. In a turbofan, only a part of…

  • high-card pool (card game)

    red dog, name for two different simple gambling card games. In one version of red dog—also known as yablon, acey-deucey, and between the sheets—each player puts up an initial stake, and the banker deals two cards faceup. Unless the ranks of the cards are the same or consecutive, the bettors may

  • high-centre polygon (ice wedge)

    permafrost: Polygonal ground: …or the polygons may be higher in the centre than the troughs over the ice wedges that enclose them. Both high-centre and low-centre tundra polygons are widespread in the polar areas and are good indicators of the presence of foliated ice masses; care must be taken, however, to demonstrate that…

  • high-constructive delta

    river: Classification of deltas: High-constructive deltas develop when fluvial action and depositional process dominate the system. These deltas usually occur in either of two forms. One type, known as elongate, is represented most clearly by the modern bird-foot delta of the Mississippi River. The other, called lobate, is exemplified…

  • high-cristobalite (mineral)

    cristobalite: …but is not stable; and high-cristobalite, which occurs above 268° C but is only stable above 1,470° C. Natural low-cristobalite usually occurs in sub-microcrystalline masses (see opal) or fibrous to columnar spherulites (see lussatite) in igneous rocks. Cristobalite has the same chemical composition as coesite, stishovite, quartz, and tridymite but…

  • high-definition multimedia interface (technology)

    VGA: …monitors, VGA was supplanted by HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface).

  • high-definition television (broadcasting)

    HDTV, a digital broadcasting standard that offers picture and audio superior to that of traditional standard-definition television (SDTV). By the early 1990s, long-running international development efforts aimed at creating a higher-quality television signal had converged on digital transmission in

  • high-density lipoprotein (biochemistry)

    lipid: High-density lipoproteins (HDL): Lipoproteins of this class are the smallest, with a diameter of 10.8 nm and the highest protein-to-lipid ratio. The resulting high density gives this class its name. HDL plays a primary role in the removal of excess cholesterol from cells and returning…

  • high-density polyethylene

    high-density polyethylene (HDPE), linear version of polyethylene, a light versatile synthetic resin made from the polymerization of ethylene. HDPE is manufactured at low temperatures and pressures, using Ziegler-Natta and metallocene catalysts or activated chromium oxide (known as a Phillips

  • high-destructive delta

    river: Classification of deltas: High-destructive deltas form where the shoreline energy is high and much of the sediment delivered by the river is reworked by wave action or longshore currents before it is finally deposited. Deltas formed by rivers such as the Nile and the Rhône have been classified…

  • high-dimension, low-sample-size dilemma (statistics)

    metabolomics: Targeted and nontargeted approaches: …what is known as the high-dimension, low-sample-size dilemma (p>>n), which is common in -omics sciences. Overcoming this problem requires great care in statistical treatment in order to minimize the risk of false discovery. The development of methods for the integration of metabolomic data with data from other -omics platforms has…

  • high-early-strength portland cement (cement)

    cement: Types of portland cement: … (Type I), modified (Type II), high-early-strength (Type III), low-heat (Type IV), and sulfate-resistant (Type V). In other countries Type II is omitted, and Type III is called rapid-hardening. Type V is known in some European countries as Ferrari cement.

  • high-efficiency particulate air system (air filtration system)

    high-efficiency particulate air system (HEPA system), particulate air-filtration system designed to capture at least 99.97 percent of fine airborne particles larger than at least 0.3 micrometre (0.00001 inch; 1 micrometre = 10−6 metre), as specified by the United States Department of Energy (DOE)

  • high-energy mass spectrometer

    mass spectrometry: Accelerator mass spectrometry: The particle accelerators used in nuclear physics can be viewed as mass spectrometers of rather distorted forms, but the three principal elements—the ion source, analyzer, and detector—are always present. L.W. Alvarez and Robert Cornog of the United States first used an

  • high-energy physics

    particle physics, Study of the fundamental subatomic particles, including both matter (and antimatter) and the carrier particles of the fundamental interactions as described by quantum field theory. Particle physics is concerned with structure and forces at this level of existence and below.

  • high-explosive antitank (ammunition)

    tank: Ammunition: …during the 1950s was the high-explosive antitank (HEAT) shell. This shell used a shaped charge with a conical cavity that concentrated its explosive energy into a very high-velocity jet capable of piercing thick armour. The HEAT round was favoured by the U.S. Army for its 90-mm tank guns and also…

  • high-explosive warhead

    rocket and missile system: ALCM, SLCM, and GLCM: …radar homing and with a high-explosive warhead; and two intermediate-range land-attack versions, with combined inertial and Tercom guidance and with either a high-explosive or a 200-kiloton nuclear warhead. The ALCM carried the same nuclear warhead as the SLCM, while the GLCM carried a low-yield warhead of 10 to 50 kilotons.

  • high-fidelity sound system

    phonograph: …what is known as a high-fidelity sound system.

  • high-field emission (physics)

    field emission, discharge of electrons from the surface of a material subjected to a strong electric field. In the absence of a strong electric field, an electron must acquire a certain minimum energy, called the work function, to escape through the surface of a given material, which acts as a

  • High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (scientific facility, Alaska, United States)

    HAARP, scientific facility for studying the ionosphere, located near Gakona, Alaska. The main instrument is the Ionospheric Research Instrument (IRI), an array of 180 radio antennas spread over an area of 0.13 square kilometer (33 acres). The ionosphere is the outermost layer of Earth’s atmosphere.

  • high-frequency direction finder (radio technology)

    direction finder: …these devices were known as HF/DF, or Huff Duff. The use of HF/DF is given much credit, along with microwave radar and Ultra (a project for decoding encrypted German military messages), for the eventual defeat of the very serious German submarine threat.

  • high-frequency electromagnetic field (physics)

    superconductivity: High-frequency electromagnetic properties: The foregoing descriptions have pertained to the behaviour of superconductors in the absence of electromagnetic fields or in the presence of steady or slowly varying fields; the properties of superconductors in the presence of high-frequency electromagnetic fields, however, have also been studied.

  • high-frequency over-the-horizon radar

    Robert Morris Page: …the first successful demonstration of high-frequency over-the-horizon (HF OTH) radar, whose propagating waves are refracted by the Earth’s ionosphere. The detection of ships, aircraft, and ballistic missiles was thereby extended out to about 3,200 km (2,000 miles), approximately 10 times the range of microwave radars, which are limited to the…

  • high-fructose corn syrup (sweetener)

    high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), sweetener derived from processed cornstarch in which some glucose is converted into fructose, resulting in a mixture of the two sugars. Because fructose is the sweetest of the naturally occurring sugars, high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is at least as sweet as

  • high-impact polystyrene (chemical compound)

    major industrial polymers: Polystyrene (PS): This blend is marketed as high-impact polystyrene.

  • high-involvement purchase (business)

    marketing: High-involvement purchases: Complex buying behaviour occurs when the consumer is highly involved with the purchase and when there are significant differences between brands. This behaviour can be associated with the purchase of a new home or a personal computer. Such tasks are complex because the…

  • high-level heat source (meteorology)

    thunderstorm: Vertical atmospheric motion: Mountains also act as high-level sources of heat and instability when their surfaces are heated by the Sun.

  • high-level language (computing)

    computer: Machine language: …mathematics or some other “high-level language” to machine language was therefore necessary before computers would be useful to a broader class of users. As early as the 1830s, Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace had recognized that such translation could be done by machine (see the earlier section Ada Lovelace,…

  • high-level waste (radioactive waste)

    nuclear ceramics: High-level waste: …is widely accepted that this high-level waste (HLW) must be incorporated into a solid form prior to burial in deep geologic repositories.

  • high-lift pump (civil engineering)

    water supply system: Pumps: …into arterial mains are called high-lift pumps. These operate under higher pressures. Pumps that increase the pressure within the distribution system or raise water into an elevated storage tank are called booster pumps. Well pumps lift water from underground and discharge it directly into a distribution system.

  • high-order calculus (logic)

    predicate calculus: …predicates, on the other hand—called higher-order calculi—do not permit the classification of all their sentences by such routine procedures. As was proved by Kurt Gödel, a 20th-century Moravian-born American mathematical logician, these calculi, if consistent, always contain well-formed formulas such that neither they nor their negations can be derived (shown…

  • high-pass filter (acoustics)

    sound: Acoustic filtration: …openings will function as a high-pass filter, removing low frequencies. Some automobile mufflers make use of this type of filter.

  • high-performance ceramics (ceramics)

    advanced ceramics, substances and processes used in the development and manufacture of ceramic materials that exhibit special properties. Ceramics, as is pointed out in the article ceramic composition and properties, are traditionally described as inorganic, nonmetallic solids that are prepared

  • high-performance liquid chromatography (chemistry)

    chemical analysis: Liquid chromatography: …of columnar liquid chromatography is high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The method uses a pump to force one or more mobile phase solvents through high-efficiency, tightly packed columns. As with gas chromatography, an injection system is used to insert the sample into the entrance to the column, and a detector at…

  • high-pressure apparatus (scientific technology)

    high-pressure phenomena: Producing high pressure: Scientists study materials at high pressure by confining samples in specially designed machines that apply a force to the sample area. Prior to 1900 these studies were conducted in rather crude iron or steel cylinders, usually with relatively inefficient screw seals. Maximum laboratory…

  • high-pressure device (scientific technology)

    high-pressure phenomena: Producing high pressure: Scientists study materials at high pressure by confining samples in specially designed machines that apply a force to the sample area. Prior to 1900 these studies were conducted in rather crude iron or steel cylinders, usually with relatively inefficient screw seals. Maximum laboratory…

  • high-pressure phenomena (physics)

    high-pressure phenomena, changes in physical, chemical, and structural characteristics that matter undergoes when subjected to high pressure. Pressure thus serves as a versatile tool in materials research, and it is especially important in the investigation of the rocks and minerals that form the

  • high-pressure sodium-vapour lamp (instrument)

    sodium-vapour lamp: High-pressure sodium-vapour (HPS) lamps have an inner discharge tube made of translucent alumina that can withstand the corrosive effects of a mixture of mercury and sodium under greater pressure and higher temperature. HPS lamps give a whiter light and are used for extra-bright lighting in…

  • high-pressure steam engine

    Oliver Evans: …added a third invention, his high-pressure steam engine. He continued to work on this for the next several years, envisioning both a stationary engine for industrial purposes and an engine for land and water transport. In 1801 he built in Philadelphia a stationary engine that turned a rotary crusher to…

  • high-profits principle (economics)

    excess-profits tax: The other, identified as the high-profits principle, is based on income in excess of some statutory rate of return on invested capital.

  • high-protein meal (agriculture)

    feed: High-protein meals: Vegetable seeds produced primarily as a source of oil for human food and industrial uses include soybeans, peanuts (groundnuts), flaxseed (linseed), canola, cottonseed, coconuts, oil palm, and

  • high-ratio cake (food)

    cereal processing: Milling: …production of specialized cakes, called high-ratio cakes, that are especially light and have good keeping qualities.

  • High-Rise (film by Wheatley [2015])

    Jeremy Irons: …of a class war in High-Rise (2015), an adaptation of a J.G. Ballard novel; and as a villain in the fantasy adventure Assassin’s Creed (2016), based on a video game. Irons later appeared in the spy thriller Red Sparrow (2018). His credits from 2021 included Munich: The Edge of War,…

  • high-rise (architecture)

    high-rise building, multistory building tall enough to require the use of a system of mechanical vertical transportation such as elevators. The skyscraper is a very tall high-rise building. The first high-rise buildings were constructed in the United States in the 1880s. They arose in urban areas

  • high-rise building (architecture)

    high-rise building, multistory building tall enough to require the use of a system of mechanical vertical transportation such as elevators. The skyscraper is a very tall high-rise building. The first high-rise buildings were constructed in the United States in the 1880s. They arose in urban areas

  • high-risk pregnancy

    high-risk pregnancy, pregnancy in which the mother, the fetus, or the newborn has an elevated risk of experiencing an adverse health condition. Health problems can range from delayed fetal or infant growth to preterm labour to maternal or infant death. Many factors can contribute to an increased

  • high-security prison (penology)

    prison: Types of prisons: …most serious criminals, there are high-security prisons, where the movement of every prisoner is closely supervised so that they have little chance of escaping. For the majority there are medium-security prisons, where prisoners are expected to work, attend educational programs, or participate in other activities that prepare them for release.…

  • high-solid coating (technology)

    surface coating: Solvents and carrier liquids: …pollution-control regulations are identified as high-solids coatings because of the relatively small fraction of solvent that they contain.

  • high-solids–high-acid principle (food processing)

    food preservation: Concentration of moist foods: …industry, is based on the high-solids–high-acid principle, with its moderate heat-treatment requirements. Fruits that possess excellent qualities but are visually unattractive may be preserved and utilized in the form of concentrates, which have a pleasing taste and substantial nutritive value.