- Orchis (plant genus)
Orchis, genus of about 20 species of terrestrial orchids (family Orchidaceae) native to Eurasia and northern Africa. The tuberous roots of the early purple orchid (Orchis mascula) and several other species contain a nutritive starch. In southern Europe they are collected and dried to produce a
- Orchis anthropophora (plant)
man orchid: The common man orchid (Orchis anthropophora, formerly Aceras anthropophorum) is native to grasslands of Great Britain, Eurasia, and northern Africa. The flower spike, about 10 to 45 cm (4 to 18 inches) tall, may bear up to 90 greenish or yellowish flowers, which have an unpleasant…
- Orchis italica (plant)
man orchid: The naked man orchid (O. italica), sometimes called Italian orchid, is native to the Mediterranean region. The pink, purple, or white flowers are densely clustered on a single thick stalk and resemble a hatted naked man. The petals and sepals that constitute the “hat” are often…
- Orchis mascula (plant)
Orchis: The tuberous roots of the early purple orchid (Orchis mascula) and several other species contain a nutritive starch. In southern Europe they are collected and dried to produce a flour that is mixed with sugar, flavourings, and liquid (such as water or milk) to produce a drink called salep.
- Orchis militaris (plant)
Orchis: anthropophora), the soldier, or military, orchid (O. militaris), and the naked man orchid (O. italica) all have flowers that resemble helmeted human figures. (See also man orchid.) Other Eurasian species of Orchis include some known as marsh orchids and others known as spotted orchids.
- Orchis morio (plant)
Orchis: The green-winged orchid (O. morio) is widely distributed throughout Eurasia. The monkey orchid (O. simia), the man orchid (O. anthropophora), the soldier, or military, orchid (O. militaris), and the naked man orchid (O. italica) all have flowers that resemble helmeted human figures. (See also
- Orchis simia (plant)
Orchis: The monkey orchid (O. simia), the man orchid (O. anthropophora), the soldier, or military, orchid (O. militaris), and the naked man orchid (O. italica) all have flowers that resemble helmeted human figures. (See also man orchid.) Other Eurasian species of Orchis include some known as
- orchitis (pathology)
orchitis, inflammation and swelling of the testes as a result of infection or physical injury. The testes are a pair of organs located in the scrotum of the male; they produce sperm cells for reproduction. Connected to the back of each testis is the epididymis, which serves as a storage duct for
- Orchoë (ancient city, Iraq)
Erech, ancient Mesopotamian city located northwest of Ur (Tall Al-Muqayyar) in southeastern Iraq. The site has been excavated from 1928 onward by the German Oriental Society and the German Archeological Institute. Erech was one of the greatest cities of Sumer and was enclosed by brickwork walls
- Orchomenos (ancient town, Greece)
Orchomenus, ancient Boeotian town on a promontory on the north of the Copiac plain. The northernmost Mycenaean fortified town, it was a seat of the Minyae dynastic family and controlled a large part of Boeotia. In the Archaic period, Orchomenus was a member of the Calaurian League, but political
- Orchomenus (ancient town, Greece)
Orchomenus, ancient Boeotian town on a promontory on the north of the Copiac plain. The northernmost Mycenaean fortified town, it was a seat of the Minyae dynastic family and controlled a large part of Boeotia. In the Archaic period, Orchomenus was a member of the Calaurian League, but political
- Orchon River (river, Asia)
Orhon River, river in north-central Mongolia. The river lies entirely within Mongolia and rises from the heavily forested slopes of the Hangayn Mountains. It flows east out of the mountains and then turns north, past Karakorum, the ancient capital of the Mongol empire. The Orhon is separated from
- Orcinus citonensis (fossil whale)
killer whale: Evolution: …as a killer whale is O. citonensis from the Pliocene Epoch (5.3 million to 2.6 million years ago) in Italy. This small mammal was about 4 metres long (13.1 feet) and had 14 teeth—more like a typical dolphin. This implies that the ancestors of the present-day killer whale diverged from…
- Orcinus orca (mammal)
killer whale, (Orcinus orca), largest member of the dolphin family (Delphinidae). The killer whale is easy to identify by its size and its striking coloration: jet black on top and pure white below with a white patch behind each eye, another extending up each flank, and a variable “saddle patch”
- Orcus (Roman god)
Dis Pater, (Latin: Rich Father), in Roman religion, god of the infernal regions, the equivalent of the Greek Hades (q.v.), or Pluto (Rich One). Also known to the Romans as Orcus, he was believed to be the brother of Jupiter and was greatly feared. His wife, Proserpina (a Roman corruption of the
- Orczy, Baroness Emmuska (Hungarian author)
Baroness Emmuska Orczy was a Hungarian-born British novelist chiefly remembered as the author of The Scarlet Pimpernel, one of the greatest popular successes of the 20th century. The only child of Baron Felix Orczy, a noted composer and conductor, she was educated in Brussels and Paris, then
- Ord River (river, Western Australia, Australia)
Ord River, river in the Kimberley plateau region, northeastern Western Australia. It rises in the Albert Edward Range and follows an easterly and northerly course for 300 miles (500 km) to Cambridge Gulf. Chief tributaries are the Denham, Stirling, Panton, Wilson, Bow, Nicholson, and Elvire. Its
- Ord River Dam (dam, Western Australia, Australia)
Lake Argyle: Formed by the Ord River Dam (1972), it has a storage capacity of 204,719,140,000 cubic feet (5,797,000,000 cubic m). The dam, fed by the 300-mile (480-kilometre) Ord River, measures 325 feet (99 m) high and 1,119 feet (341 m) long. Lake Argyle is the main reservoir in the…
- Ord River Diversion Dam (dam, Western Australia, Australia)
Ord River: The Kununurra Diversion Dam, completed in 1967, allowed for the cultivation of the first portion of this land under the project. Kununurra town was built nearby as the service and residential centre. A larger dam, built 25 miles south of Kununurra in 1970–72, holds the main…
- Ord River Irrigation Scheme (project, Western Australia, Australia)
Lake Argyle: …the main reservoir in the Ord River Irrigation Scheme, a public works project dating from 1945 and designed to irrigate the surrounding plains. The controversial project was troubled with economic and agricultural problems, although some tropical crops flourished. The area surrounding Lake Argyle is sparsely populated, despite benefiting from an…
- Orda (Mongol prince)
Jöchi: His eldest son, Orda, founded the White Horde, his second son, Batu, the Golden Horde.
- Ordainer (English history)
Ordainer, one of a committee of 21 nobles and prelates who opposed Edward II and framed a body of “Ordinances” intended to regulate his household and power. Conflict began soon after Edward II’s accession in 1307. The King was tactless; and, after July 1309, when Thomas, earl of Lancaster, became
- Ordaz, Diego de (Spanish explorer)
Orinoco River: Study and exploration: In 1531 the Spanish explorer Diego de Ordaz voyaged up the river, and that same year another Spanish explorer, Antonio de Berrio, descended the Casanare and Meta rivers and then descended the Orinoco to its mouth.
- ordeal (trial method)
ordeal, a trial or judgment of the truth of some claim or accusation by various means based on the belief that the outcome will reflect the judgment of supernatural powers and that these powers will ensure the triumph of right. Although fatal consequences often attend an ordeal, its purpose is not
- ordeal by combat (trial process)
ordeal: In ordeal by combat, or ritual combat, the victor is said to win not by his own strength but because supernatural powers have intervened on the side of the right, as in the duel in the European Middle Ages in which the “judgment of God” was…
- ordeal by divination (trial process)
ordeal: A Burmese ordeal by divination involves two parties being furnished with candles of equal size and lighted simultaneously; the owner of the candle that outlasts the other is adjudged to have won his cause. Another form of ordeal by divination is the appeal to the corpse for…
- ordeal by fire (trial process)
ordeal: …by physical test, particularly by fire or water, is the most common. In Hindu codes a wife may be required to pass through fire to prove her fidelity to a jealous husband; traces of burning would be regarded as proof of guilt. The practice of dunking suspected witches was based…
- ordeal by physical test (trial process)
ordeal: The ordeal by physical test, particularly by fire or water, is the most common. In Hindu codes a wife may be required to pass through fire to prove her fidelity to a jealous husband; traces of burning would be regarded as proof of guilt. The practice…
- ordeal by water (trial process)
ordeal: …test, particularly by fire or water, is the most common. In Hindu codes a wife may be required to pass through fire to prove her fidelity to a jealous husband; traces of burning would be regarded as proof of guilt. The practice of dunking suspected witches was based on the…
- Ordeal of Mark Twain, The (work by Brooks)
Van Wyck Brooks: Brooks’s book The Ordeal of Mark Twain (1920; rev. ed., 1933) was a psychological study attempting to show that Twain had crippled himself emotionally and curtailed his genius by repressing his natural artistic bent for the sake of his Calvinist upbringing. In The Pilgrimage of Henry James…
- Ordeal of Richard Feverel, The (novel by Meredith)
The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, third novel by George Meredith, published in 1859. It is typical of his best work, full of allusion and metaphor, lyrical prose and witty dialogue, with a deep exploration of the psychology of motive and rationalization. The novel’s subject is the relationship between
- ordeal of the bier (legal process)
ordeal: The ordeal of the bier in medieval Europe was founded on the belief that a sympathetic action of the blood causes it to flow at the touch or nearness of the murderer.
- Ordelaffi Family (Italian family)
Ordelaffi Family, noble Italian family that ruled the town of Forlì and neighbouring places in the Romagna during most of the 14th and 15th centuries. Little is known of their rise; a reference in Dante’s Inferno indicates that Forlì had passed effectively under their control by the early 14th
- Ordelaffi, Pino III (Italian statesman)
Ordelaffi Family: …culminating in the reign of Pino III Ordelaffi, distinguished for his patronage of the arts and his murderous violence. Having seized the throne by the murder of his brother Cecco III, he killed his first wife, his mother, and his second wife before being himself murdered by his third wife,…
- ORDEN (organization, El Salvador)
El Salvador: Military dictatorships: …oversaw the formation of the Democratic Nationalist Organization (Organización Democrática Nacionalista; ORDEN), a large, secretive, and predominantly rural paramilitary organization.
- Orden del Tóison de Oro, La (European knighthood order)
The Order of the Golden Fleece, order of knighthood founded in Burgundy in 1430 and associated later especially with Habsburg Austria and with Spain. The order was founded by Philip III the Good, duke of Burgundy, at Bruges in Flanders in 1430, to commemorate his wedding there to Isabella of
- Orden Militar de Calatrava (Spanish military order)
Order of Calatrava, major military and religious order in Spain. The order was originated in 1158 when King Sancho III of Castile ceded the fortress of Calatrava to Raymond, abbot of the Cistercian monastery of Fitero, with instructions to defend it against the Moors. The order of knights and monks
- Orden vom Goldenen Vlies, Der (European knighthood order)
The Order of the Golden Fleece, order of knighthood founded in Burgundy in 1430 and associated later especially with Habsburg Austria and with Spain. The order was founded by Philip III the Good, duke of Burgundy, at Bruges in Flanders in 1430, to commemorate his wedding there to Isabella of
- Orden, Partido del (Argentine history)
Argentina: Dominance of Buenos Aires: …the regime of the so-called Party of Order instituted popular reforms, including dismantling the military apparatus that had persisted from the war. The remaining armed forces were sent to defend the frontier areas and Pampas against attacks by Indians. This prudence on the part of the government won the support…
- order (of a differential equation)
ordinary differential equation: …and is called the second-order derivative of the original function. Higher-order derivatives can be similarly defined.
- order (religion)
Eastern Orthodoxy: The episcopate: …theology also emphasizes that the office of bishop is the highest among the sacramental ministries and that there is therefore no divinely established authority over that of the bishop in his own community, or diocese. Neither the local churches nor the bishops, however, can or should live in isolation. The…
- order (logic and mathematics)
set theory: Cardinality and transfinite numbers: To compare cardinal numbers, an ordering relation (symbolized by <) may be introduced by means of the definition if A is equivalent to a subset of B and B is equivalent to no subset of A. Clearly, this relation is irreflexive and transitive:
- order (cosmos)
creation myth: Creation through emergence: …to the created order appear chaotic; the beings inhabiting these places seem without form or stability, or they commit immoral acts. The seeming chaos is moving toward a definite form of order, however, an order latent in the very forms themselves rather than from an imposition of order from the…
- order (architecture)
order, any of several styles of classical or Neoclassical architecture that are defined by the particular type of column and entablature they use as a basic unit. A column consists of a shaft together with its base and its capital. The column supports a section of an entablature, which constitutes
- order (law)
injunction, in civil proceedings, order of a court requiring a party to do or not to do a specified act or acts. An injunction is called prohibitory if it forbids the doing of an act and mandatory if it orders that an act be done. Disobedience to the order is punishable by contempt of court.
- order in council (English law)
order in council, in Great Britain, a regulation issued by the sovereign on the advice of the Privy Council; in modern practice, however, an order is issued only upon the advice of ministers, the minister in charge of the department concerned with the subject matter of the order being responsible
- Order in Council P.C. 1003 (Canadian labor law)
organized labour: Establishment of industrial unionism: Mackenzie King issue Order in Council P.C. 1003, granting to Canadian workers collective-bargaining rights that American workers already enjoyed under the Wagner Act. The Canadian version, however, allowed for a greater degree of public intervention in the bargaining process. Investigative and cooling-off provisions in labour disputes were already…
- Order No. 1 (Russian history)
Russian Revolution: The role of the army in the Russian Revolution: …the publication of the soviet’s Order No. 1, which directed the military, among other things, to obey only its orders and not those of the Provisional Government. It ordered that committees of soldiers were to be formed in all military and naval units in Petrograd. In their political actions, units…
- Order of American Knights (American secret society)
Knights of the Golden Circle, a semi-military secret society that was active in the Midwestern states during the American Civil War. In 1859 George Bickley, a freebooter and adventurer, launched a fraternal order which proposed the establishment of military colonies of Americans in Mexico. The
- order of architecture (architecture)
order, any of several styles of classical or Neoclassical architecture that are defined by the particular type of column and entablature they use as a basic unit. A column consists of a shaft together with its base and its capital. The column supports a section of an entablature, which constitutes
- Order of Canada (Canadian honor)
Order of Canada, Canadian honors system founded in July 1967 by Queen Elizabeth II (under the advice of Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson) on the occasion of the Canadian Confederation’s centennial. The order’s motto is “Desiderantes meliorem patriam,” Latin for “They desire a better
- Order of Geneva (religious work)
Book of Common Order, first Reformed manual of worship in English, introduced to the English congregation in Geneva by John Knox in 1556, adopted by the Scottish Reformers in 1562, and revised in 1564. The norm of public worship followed in the book is the ancient service of word and sacrament. A
- Order of Gilbertine Canons (Roman Catholic order)
Saint Gilbert of Sempringham: …or Sempringham Order), commonly called Gilbertines, the only medieval religious order of English origin.
- order of interference (physics)
spectroscopy: Diffraction: …an integer (usually called the order of interference). If light having several constituent wavelengths falls upon a grating at a fixed angle i, different wavelengths are diffracted in slightly different directions and can be observed and recorded separately. Each wavelength is also diffracted into several orders (or groupings); gratings are…
- Order of Nature, The (work by Henderson)
Lawrence Joseph Henderson: …of the Environment (1913) and The Order of Nature (1917), in which he argued that the planet’s natural environment is perfectly suited for the development of life. Furthermore, he felt that “unique physical properties of matter” made a steadily increasing variety of chemical interactions inevitable; thus, chemical evolution, the creation…
- order of reaction (chemistry)
reaction mechanism: Kinetic order: Because the possibilities that need to be considered for the transition state have been limited by determination of the chemical structures of the participants, the most powerful method of obtaining further information is the use of the kinetic method—i.e., the study of the…
- Order of Release, The (work by Millais)
John Everett Millais: The Order of Release (1853), which included a portrait of his future wife Effie Gray (then unhappily married to Ruskin, whose portrait Millais also painted), was praised by Eugène Delacroix in 1855 and earned for its artist his associateship to the Royal Academy in 1853.…
- Order of the Most Holy Trinity for the Redemption of Captives (religious order)
Trinitarian, member of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity for the Redemption of Captives (O.SS.T.), a Roman Catholic religious order that was founded in France in 1198 by St. John of Matha. The order’s original mission was to free enslaved Christians from captivity under the Moors in the Middle
- Order of Things, The (work by Foucault)
continental philosophy: Foucault: Foucault began The Order of Things by memorably citing an ancient Chinese scheme of classification, which Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) had used in his essay “The Analytical Language of John Wilkins” (1941):
- order processing (business)
logistics: Order processing: Order processing starts with the receipt of an order from a customer. It may be obtained by a salesperson, be telephoned in, or arrive by mail. Regular buyers and sellers are often linked electronically. As the buyer’s inventories become low, an electronic purchase…
- Order, Book of (religious work)
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.): Organization and membership: …matters of doctrine, and the Book of Order, which is concerned with matters of church organization, membership, and government. The lowest level of governance is the session, which consists of the pastors and active elders of an individual church. Two higher levels are the regional presbytery of pastors, elders, and…
- order, long-range (chemistry)
amorphous solid: Distinction between crystalline and amorphous solids: …crystal exhibit a property called long-range order or translational periodicity; positions repeat in space in a regular array, as in Figure 2A. In an amorphous solid, translational periodicity is absent. As indicated in Figure 2B, there is no long-range order. The atoms are not randomly distributed in space, however, as…
- Order, Party of (Argentine history)
Argentina: Dominance of Buenos Aires: …the regime of the so-called Party of Order instituted popular reforms, including dismantling the military apparatus that had persisted from the war. The remaining armed forces were sent to defend the frontier areas and Pampas against attacks by Indians. This prudence on the part of the government won the support…
- order, point of (law)
parliamentary procedure: Rules of parliamentary procedure: Points of order may be made while another has the floor and when the question concerns the use of unparliamentary language. The question must be raised at the time the proceeding giving rise to the objection occurs.
- order, rules of (governance)
parliamentary procedure, the generally accepted rules, precedents, and practices commonly employed in the governance of deliberative assemblies. Such rules are intended to maintain decorum, to ascertain the will of the majority, to preserve the rights of the minority, and to facilitate the orderly
- order, short-range (chemistry)
amorphous solid: Distinction between crystalline and amorphous solids: ) The well-defined short-range order is a consequence of the chemical bonding between atoms, which is responsible for holding the solid together.
- Order, The (American white supremacist group)
The Order, American white supremacist group known for its assassination of Jewish radio talk-show host Alan Berg in 1984. The Order’s founder, Robert Jay Mathews, became involved with the movement to protest U.S. federal income taxes in the 1970s. Mathews saw taxation as a conspiracy by the federal
- ordered pair (mathematics)
set theory: Operations on sets: …the set consisting of all ordered pairs (a, b) for which a ∊ A and b ∊ B. For example, if A = {x, y} and B = {3, 6, 9}, then A × B = {(x, 3), (x, 6), (x, 9), (y, 3), (y, 6), (y, 9)}.
- ordered set (mathematics)
set theory: Axioms for infinite and ordered sets: If I is an interpretation of an axiomatic theory of sets, the sentence that results from an axiom when a meaning has been assigned to “set” and “∊,” as specified by I, is either true or false. If each axiom is true for…
- Orderic Vitalis (Norman history)
Orderic Vitalis was an English monk of Saint-Évroult in Normandy, a historian who in his Historia ecclesiastica left one of the fullest and most graphic accounts of Anglo-Norman society in his own day. The eldest son of Odelerius of Orléans, the chaplain to Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury,
- ordering (logic and mathematics)
set theory: Cardinality and transfinite numbers: To compare cardinal numbers, an ordering relation (symbolized by <) may be introduced by means of the definition if A is equivalent to a subset of B and B is equivalent to no subset of A. Clearly, this relation is irreflexive and transitive:
- ordering (mineralogy)
crystal: Alloys: Two kinds of ordering are found in crystalline alloys. Most alloys at low temperature are binary crystals with perfect ordering. An example is the alloy of copper and zinc. Copper is fcc, whereas zinc is hcp. A 50-percent-zinc–50-percent-copper alloy has a different structure—β-brass. At low temperatures it has…
- Orders, Conflict of the (ancient Rome)
plebeian: …plebeians waged a campaign (Conflict of the Orders) to have their civil disabilities abolished. They organized themselves into a separate corporation and withdrew from the state on perhaps as many as five or more critical occasions to compel patrician concessions; such a withdrawal was termed a secessio. The plebeian…
- Orderville (Utah, United States)
Orderville, town, Kane county, southwestern Utah, U.S., on the East Fork of the Virgin River, at an altitude of 5,250 feet (1,600 metres), 18 miles (29 km) north-northwest of Kanab. Settled in 1864, it was evacuated in 1866 because of Indian unrest but was reoccupied in 1871 as the site for a
- Ordet (film by Dreyer [1955])
Carl Theodor Dreyer: …Two People); and Ordet (1955; The Word), winner of the Grand Prize at the Venice Film Festival, dramatizes the complex relationship between social good and spiritual good in an ambiguous story of a hardworking, down-to-earth farm family who are burdened by the younger son’s insane delusion that he is Christ.…
- Ordet (work by Munk)
Kaj Munk: …a success, and Ordet (1932; The Word), a miracle play set among Jutland peasants, established him as Denmark’s leading dramatist. Ordet later was made into a motion picture by the Danish director Carl Dryer. For his principal character, Munk often chose a dictator, or “strong man,” whom he showed struggling…
- ordinair-ozier (pottery)
ozier pattern: …types of ozier molding: the ordinair-ozier (“ordinary ozier”), a kind of zigzag basket weave; the alt-ozier (“old ozier”), which has radial ribs; the neu-ozier (“new ozier”), the ribs of which resemble the curves of an S, appearing around 1742; and the Brühlsches Allerei-Dessin (“Brühl’s varied design”), a pattern of basketwork…
- ordinal number (mathematics)
set theory: Schema for transfinite induction and ordinal arithmetic: …in developing a theory of ordinal numbers. In contrast to cardinal numbers, which serve to designate the size of a set, ordinal numbers are used to determine positions within a prescribed well-ordered sequence. Under an approach conceived by von Neumann, if A is a set, the successor A′ of A…
- ordinal scale
psychological testing: Types of measurement scales: …of odours), it constitutes an ordinal scale. An interval scale has equal units and an arbitrarily assigned zero point; one such scale, for example, is the Fahrenheit temperature scale. Ratio scales not only provide equal units but also have absolute zero points; examples include measures of weight and distance.
- Ordinalia (collection of Cornish plays)
Cornish literature: Ordinalia) are the finest examples of Middle Cornish literature: Origo mundi (“Origin of the World”) addresses the Creation, the Fall, and the promise of salvation; Passio Domini (“Passion of the Lord”) describes Christ’s temptation and his Crucifixion; Resurrexio Domini (“Resurrection of the Lord”) covers the…
- Ordinance 49 (South Africa [1828])
South Africa: British occupation of the Cape: Ordinance 49 permitted Black laborers from east of the Keiskamma to go into the colony for work if they possessed the proper contracts and passes, which were issued by soldiers and missionaries. This was the beginning of the pass laws that would become so notorious…
- Ordinance 50 (South Africa [1828])
Southern Africa: Changes in the status of Africans: ” Ordinance 50 of 1828, which ensured Khoisan mobility on the labour market, caused an uproar; in 1834 slaves were finally emancipated. Despite their formal equality before the law, however, newly emancipated slaves received only modest protection, from the handful of mission stations, against exploitative and…
- Ordinances (English history)
Edward II: …drafted a document—known as the Ordinances—demanding the banishment of Gaveston and the restriction of the King’s powers over finances and appointments. Edward pretended to give in to these demands; he sent Gaveston out of the country but soon allowed him to return. In retaliation the barons seized Gaveston and executed…
- Ordinances of 1784, 1785, and 1787 (United States [1784, 1785, 1787])
Northwest Ordinances, several ordinances enacted by the U.S. Congress for the purpose of establishing orderly and equitable procedures for the settlement and political incorporation of the Northwest Territory—i.e., that part of the American frontier lying west of Pennsylvania, north of the Ohio
- Ordinances of Government (work by al-Māwardī)
al-Māwardī: His Ordinances of Government became an influential statement of Muslim political theory. Although it is essentially theoretical (as a design for the restoration of the Sunnite caliphate), the work was not, as some scholars have suggested, an abstract description of caliphal authority; it did, however, adjust…
- Ordinances of the Holy Apostles Through Clement (ecclesiastical law)
Apostolic Constitutions, largest collection of ecclesiastical law that has survived from early Christianity. The full title suggests that these regulations were drawn up by the Apostles and transmitted to the church by Clement of Rome. In modern times it is generally accepted that the constitutions
- ordinary (heraldry)
heraldry: Ordinaries: The honorable ordinaries and subordinaries may be generally agreed as numbering about 20. Among them are: the chief, being the top third of the shield; the pale, a third of the shield, drawn perpendicularly through the center; the bend, a third of the shield,…
- ordinary (bicycle)
velocipede: …finally, in the ordinary, or penny-farthing, bicycle, the wheel would just go under the crotch of the rider. The “penny-farthing” nickname came from the smallest and largest British coins of the time, in reference to the disparity in the size of the wheels. By the second half of the 20th…
- Ordinary (music)
mass: The Ordinary of the mass employs texts that remain the same for every mass. Those sung by the choir are, in the Latin mass, the Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus (sometimes divided into Sanctus and Benedictus), and Agnus Dei, although the intonations of Gloria and Credo are…
- ordinary chondrite (meteorite)
meteor and meteoroid: Measurement of meteoroid orbits: All three meteorites were ordinary chondrites, the most abundant type of stony meteorite.
- ordinary differential equation (mathematics)
ordinary differential equation (ODE), in mathematics, an equation relating a function f of one variable to its derivatives. (The adjective ordinary here refers to those differential equations involving one variable, as distinguished from such equations involving partial derivatives of several
- ordinary finance
France: Military and financial organization: …of Francis I (1515–47) between ordinary and extraordinary finance—i.e., between revenue emanating from the king’s patrimonial rights and taxes raised throughout the kingdom. By the reign of Francis I, the king, even in times of peace, was unable to make do with his ordinary revenue from rents and seigneurial dues.…
- Ordinary Girl (autobiography by Summer)
Donna Summer: In her autobiography, Ordinary Girl (2003; with Marc Eliot), Summer disclosed her drug and alcohol addictions and her 1979 conversion as a born-again Christian. She attempted to adapt her autobiography into a stage musical, but the project never materialized. Summer continued to score hits into the early 21st…
- Ordinary Heroes (novel by Turow)
Scott Turow: In Ordinary Heroes (2005) a crime reporter discovers papers that reveal the truth about his father’s court-martial during World War II. Innocent (2010; television film 2011) is a sequel to Presumed Innocent. Identical (2013) concerns a politician who is confronted by accusations that he committed a…
- ordinary illegal act (Chinese law)
crime: China: …way, crimes are distinguished from ordinary illegal acts. Crime is defined as behavior punishable by a court under the criminal law or other laws calling specifically for criminal punishment for violators. Ordinary illegal acts can be punished administratively by nonjudicial bodies (such as the police) on their own initiative and…
- ordinary language analysis
ordinary language analysis, method of philosophical investigation concerned with how verbal expressions are used in a particular, nontechnical, everyday language. The basic source for this school of thought is the later writings of the Viennese-born philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, followed by the
- Ordinary Life, An (work by Čapek)
Karel Čapek: …judgments; and Obyčejný život (1934; An Ordinary Life) explores the complex layers of personality underlying the “self” an “ordinary” man thinks himself to be.
- Ordinary Light (memoir by Smith)
Tracy K. Smith: Smith also authored a memoir, Ordinary Light (2015), which explores the making of her identity, including her growing awareness as an adolescent of her Black heritage and the death of her mother from cancer when Smith was 22. Her fourth collection of poetry, Wade in the Water (2018), contemplates issues…
- Ordinary Man (album by Osbourne)
Ozzy Osbourne: Later music: He followed with Scream (2010), Ordinary Man (2020), and Patient Number 9 (2022). The latter won the Grammy for best rock album, and its single “Degradation Rules” (featuring Tony Iommi) was named best metal performance. In 2023 Osbourne canceled his upcoming concerts because he was “not physically capable” of the…
- Ordinary of the Mass (music)
mass: The Ordinary of the mass employs texts that remain the same for every mass. Those sung by the choir are, in the Latin mass, the Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus (sometimes divided into Sanctus and Benedictus), and Agnus Dei, although the intonations of Gloria and Credo are…