- Os Sonetos Completos (work by Quental)
Antero Tarquínio de Quental: …and the 109 sonnets of Os Sonetos Completos (1886) are a history of his spiritual progress, giving expression both to his personal anxieties and to the larger ideological issues in Portugal as that country was exposed to late 19th-century European thought. Quental’s Sonnets and Poems (1922), translated by S. Griswold…
- OSA (pathology)
sleep apnea: In obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), airway collapse is eventually terminated by a brief awakening, at which point the airway reopens and the person resumes breathing. In severe cases this may occur once every minute during sleep and in turn may lead to profound sleep disruption. In…
- Osa (Russia)
Osa, city, Perm kray (territory), Russia, on the left bank of the Kama River near its confluence with the Tulva River. The city is about 60 miles (100 km) southwest of the city of Perm. Originally a village of Khanty (Ostyak), a Ugric-speaking people, it became the Russian town of Nikolskaya
- Osa Peninsula (peninsula, Costa Rica)
Osa Peninsula, peninsula, southern Costa Rica, bounded on the northwest by Coronado Bay, on the west by the Pacific Ocean, and on the east by the Gulf of Dulce. Costa Rica’s second largest peninsula, Osa measures about 20 miles (30 km) northeast-southwest and about 35 miles (55 km)
- Osaces (Parthian general)
Pacorus: …with an army commanded by Osaces, an older warrior. Osaces, however, was killed in battle, and early the next year Orodes, learning that one of his satraps was conspiring to make Pacorus king, recalled his son. In 45, Pacorus intervened in Roman politics by leading a Parthian force to help…
- Osage (people)
Osage, North American Indian tribe of the Dhegiha branch of the Siouan linguistic stock. The name Osage is an English rendering of the French phonetic version of the name the French understood to be that of the entire tribe. It was thereafter applied to all members of the tribe. The name Wa-zha-zhe
- Osage murders (series of murders, Oklahoma, United States [1920s])
Osage murders, series of murders of Osage tribal members in Oklahoma principally in the 1920s. Many of the killings were part of a conspiracy to obtain the oil wealth of Osage members. The murders were the first major criminal investigation conducted by the U.S. government agency that became the
- Osage orange (tree)
Osage orange, (Maclura pomifera), thorny tree or shrub native to the south-central United States, the only species of its genus in the family Moraceae. The Osage orange is often trained as a hedge; when planted in rows along a boundary, it forms an effective spiny barrier. The tree also serves as a
- Osage River (river, Missouri, United States)
Osage River, river rising as the Marais des Cygnes (French: “Swan Marshes”) in the Flint Hills near Eskridge, Kansas, U.S. It becomes the Osage (named for the Osage Indians) after its junction with the Little Osage near Rich Hill, Missouri, and then flows east through the Ozark highlands to enter
- Ōsaka (prefecture, Japan)
Ōsaka, fu (urban prefecture), Honshu, Japan. It includes the industrial city of Ōsaka, the prefectural capital, and numerous industrial and residential suburbs. The urban prefecture is bordered by Kyōto urban prefecture (north); by the ken (prefectures) of Hyōgo (northwest), Nara (east), and
- Ōsaka (Japan)
Ōsaka, city and capital of Ōsaka fu (urban prefecture), south-central Honshu, Japan. The city, together with its neighbouring city Kōbe and nearby Kyōto, are the centres of the Keihanshin Industrial Zone, the second largest urban and industrial agglomeration in Japan. A brief treatment of Ōsaka
- Osaka Action Agenda (Asian plan)
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation: …following year it adopted the Osaka Action Agenda, a plan to implement APEC’s goals of liberalizing trade and investment, facilitating business activities, and promoting economic and technical cooperation. Despite these commitments, APEC’s effectiveness has been limited by its requirement that all its decisions be made by consensus. Although APEC seeks…
- Ōsaka Asahi (Japanese newspaper)
Asahi shimbun, nationwide Japanese daily newspaper, one of the “big three” in influence and circulation, printed in Tokyo, Ōsaka, and several other regional centres and also as an English-language-edition daily in Tokyo. Asahi was founded in Ōsaka in 1879 and has been in the hands of the Murayama
- Ōsaka Bay (bay, Japan)
Ōsaka-Kōbe metropolitan area: The city site: The southwestern boundary of Ōsaka Bay is formed by Awaji Island. On the northwestern shore of the bay is Kōbe, above which rises the granite peak of Mount Rokkō (3,058 feet). The region is geologically unstable. Although earthquakes occur only infrequently, they can be highly destructive; notable severe quakes…
- Ōsaka Castle (building, Ōsaka, Japan)
Ōsaka-Kōbe metropolitan area: The city site: …east of the central city, Ōsaka Castle, originally built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, stands on a northern extension of the upland (about 65 feet [20 metres] above sea level) that rises in the southern part of Ōsaka urban prefecture to more than 3,000 feet. The metropolitan area spreads over the deltas…
- Ōsaka mainichi shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
Mainichi shimbun, national daily newspaper, one of Japan’s “big three” dailies, which publishes morning and evening editions in Tokyo, Ōsaka, and three other regional centres. The newspaper had as its origin the Nihon Rikken Seitō shimbun (“Japan Constitutional Government Party Newspaper”), which
- Ōsaka Spinning Company (Japanese company)
Shishaku Shibusawa Eiichi: …later he began the famous Ōsaka Spinning Company. Larger and more efficient than any other of its kind, this plant established Shibusawa’s dominance over Japanese industrial life. Shibusawa, in fact, was involved in almost every enterprise associated with the country’s industrial development in this period, founding railways, steamship companies, fisheries,…
- Ōsaka World’s Fair (1970, Japan)
construction: Postwar developments in long-span construction: The Ōsaka World’s Fair of 1970 included many air-supported structures, the largest of which was the U.S. Pavilion designed by the engineers Geiger Berger Associates; it had an oval plan 138 × 79 meters (460 × 262 feet), and the inflated domed roof of vinyl-coated fabric…
- Osaka, Naomi (Japanese tennis player)
Naomi Osaka is a tennis player and activist who, with her victory at the 2018 U.S. Open, became the first player from Japan to win a Grand Slam singles title. The following year she became the first Asian player to ascend to the top of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) world rankings. In
- Ōsaka-Kōbe metropolitan area (urban industrial agglomeration, Japan)
Ōsaka-Kōbe metropolitan area, second largest urban and industrial agglomeration in Japan, located on Ōsaka Bay in west-central Honshu at the eastern end of the Inland Sea. The cities of Ōsaka and Kōbe are at the centre of what is called by geographers the Hanshin Industrial Zone; as a result of the
- Osasco (Brazil)
Osasco, city, southeastern São Paulo estado (state), Brazil. Located at 2,360 feet (720 metres) above sea level, Osasco lies along the Tietê River. It is just northwest of São Paulo city, the state capital, and is part of its metropolitan area. Osasco has experienced extremely rapid growth owing to
- Osawatomie (Kansas, United States)
Osawatomie, city, Miami county, eastern Kansas, U.S. It lies along the Marais des Cygnes River at the mouth of Pottawatomie Creek; its name combines elements of the words Osage and Pottawatomie. Settled in 1854 with support of the New England Emigrant Aid Company, Osawatomie was the headquarters
- osbec (plant and fruit)
pummelo, (Citrus maxima), citrus tree of the family Rutaceae, grown for its large sweet fruits. It is native to mainland Southeast Asia and the Malaysian portion of the island of Borneo. It is sometimes called shaddock, a name that is said to have derived from that of a captain who introduced the
- Osborn’s dwarf crocodile (reptile)
Osborn’s dwarf crocodile, (Osteolaemus osborni), small crocodile species that inhabits the tropical forests and wetlands of Africa’s Congo River basin. The geographic range of Osborn’s dwarf crocodile extends from southeastern Cameroon and southwestern Central African Republic southward to the
- Osborn, Henry Fairfield (American paleontologist)
Henry Fairfield Osborn was an American paleontologist, eugenicist, and museum administrator who greatly influenced the art of museum display and the education of paleontologists in the United States and Great Britain. Born to a prominent and wealthy family, Osborn was the eldest son of railroad
- Osborn, Mount (mountain, Alaska, United States)
Alaskan mountains: Physiography of the central ranges: …4,714 feet (1,437 meters), is Mount Osborn in the Kigluaik Mountains in the southwestern part of the peninsula. Most of that area is characterized by permafrost. The exposed bedrock is early Paleozoic metamorphics, Cretaceous sediments, and intrusions of Mesozoic igneous rock.
- Osborn, Paul (American screenwriter)
East of Eden: Production notes and credits:
- Osborn, Sarah (American colonist)
Salem witch trials: Three witches: …Good, an irascible beggar, and Sarah Osborn (also spelled Osborne), an elderly bed-ridden woman who was scorned for her romantic involvement with an indentured servant. On March 1 two magistrates from Salem Town, John Hathorne and Jonathan Corwin, went to the village to conduct a public inquiry. Both Good and…
- Osborn, Sherard (British military officer)
Lay-Osborn flotilla: …procured the gunboats and hired Captain Sherard Osborn and a British crew to run them. After the flotilla arrived in Chinese waters in 1863, Lay and Osborn refused to comply with the wishes of the Chinese that they surrender command of the ships and continue to serve only as technical…
- Osborne (Texas, United States)
Alpine, city, seat (1887) of Brewster county, extreme western Texas, U.S., in a high valley with an altitude of 4,481 feet (1,366 metres), flanked by the Davis Mountains (north) and the Glass Mountains (east), 190 miles (306 km) southeast of El Paso. Founded in 1882 with the arrival of the railroad
- Osborne House (royal residence, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom)
Osborne House, former residence of the British royal family on the Isle of Wight, England. It lies southeast of Cowes and is one of the most popular tourist attractions on the Isle of Wight. The estate, consisting of 800 acres (324 hectares), was bought by Queen Victoria in 1845 and was
- Osborne I (computer)
computer: Handheld digital devices: The first of these, the Osborne 1, designed by Lee Felsenstein, an electronics engineer active in the Homebrew Computer Club in San Francisco, was sold in 1981. Soon most PC manufacturers had portable models. At first these portables looked like sewing machines and weighed in excess of 9 kg (20…
- Osborne v. Ohio (law case)
obscenity: Developments in the 20th century: ” In Osborne v. Ohio (1990), the court upheld a law that criminalized the private possession of a photograph of a nude adolescent.
- Osborne, Bertrand (Montserratian politician)
Montserrat: History of Montserrat: …headed by an independent member, Bertrand Osborne, as chief minister. Osborne resigned in 1997 amid criticism of his handling of the volcano crisis, and he was replaced by David Brandt. The British government was also widely criticized for its handling of the crisis, although it helped evacuate and relocate the…
- Osborne, Dorothy, Lady Temple (English gentlewoman)
Dorothy Osborne, Lady Temple was an English gentlewoman best known for the letters she wrote to her future husband, William Temple, before their marriage. The letters are simply written in an easy, conversational style and present an interesting picture of the life of a young English gentlewoman in
- Osborne, George (British politician)
George Osborne is a British Conservative Party politician who served as chancellor of the Exchequer in the cabinet of Prime Minister David Cameron (2010–16). Osborne was the son of Sir Peter Osborne, 17th baronet of Ballintaylor, a cofounder of the upmarket fabric and wallpaper designer Osborne &
- Osborne, George Gideon Oliver (British politician)
George Osborne is a British Conservative Party politician who served as chancellor of the Exchequer in the cabinet of Prime Minister David Cameron (2010–16). Osborne was the son of Sir Peter Osborne, 17th baronet of Ballintaylor, a cofounder of the upmarket fabric and wallpaper designer Osborne &
- Osborne, John (British playwright and screenwriter)
John Osborne was a British playwright and film producer whose Look Back in Anger (performed 1956) ushered in a new movement in British drama and made him known as the first of the Angry Young Men. The son of a commercial artist and a barmaid, Osborne used insurance money from his father’s death in
- Osborne, John James (British playwright and screenwriter)
John Osborne was a British playwright and film producer whose Look Back in Anger (performed 1956) ushered in a new movement in British drama and made him known as the first of the Angry Young Men. The son of a commercial artist and a barmaid, Osborne used insurance money from his father’s death in
- Osborne, Sarah (American colonist)
Salem witch trials: Three witches: …Good, an irascible beggar, and Sarah Osborn (also spelled Osborne), an elderly bed-ridden woman who was scorned for her romantic involvement with an indentured servant. On March 1 two magistrates from Salem Town, John Hathorne and Jonathan Corwin, went to the village to conduct a public inquiry. Both Good and…
- Osborne, Sir Thomas, 2nd Baronet (English statesman)
Thomas Osborne, 1st duke of Leeds was an English statesman who, while chief minister to King Charles II, organized the Tories in Parliament. In addition, he played a key role in bringing William and Mary to the English throne in 1689. The son of a Royalist Yorkshire landowner, Osborne did not
- Osborne, Thomas (American biochemist)
Lafayette Benedict Mendel: …worked with the American biochemist Thomas Osborne to determine why rats could not survive on diets of pure carbohydrates, fats, and proteins alone. Simultaneously with the American biochemists Elmer McCollum and Marguerite Davis, he discovered a fat-soluble factor in cod liver oil and butter (1913; now known to be vitamin…
- Osborne, Thomas Mott (American penologist)
Thomas Mott Osborne was an American penologist whose inauguration of self-help programs for prisoners through Mutual Welfare Leagues functioned as a model for the humanitarian programs of later penologists. Osborne served two terms on the Auburn Board of Education and in 1903 was elected mayor of
- Osbornictis piscivora (mammal)
civet: … (Civettictis civetta), and the rare Congo water civet (Genetta piscivora) are semiaquatic. Civets feed on small animals and on vegetable matter. Their litters usually consist of two or three young.
- Osbourne, John Michael (British musician)
Ozzy Osbourne is a British musician who gained a loyal following as the vocalist for the 1970s heavy metal group Black Sabbath before embarking on a successful solo career in the 1980s. Raised in a working-class family, Osbourne dropped out of school at age 15 and held several low-paying jobs. He
- Osbourne, Ozzy (British musician)
Ozzy Osbourne is a British musician who gained a loyal following as the vocalist for the 1970s heavy metal group Black Sabbath before embarking on a successful solo career in the 1980s. Raised in a working-class family, Osbourne dropped out of school at age 15 and held several low-paying jobs. He
- Osbourne, Sharon (British businesswoman)
Ozzy Osbourne: Going solo: He then met and married Sharon Arden, who encouraged him to start a career as a solo artist. His first effort, achieved with the primary help of guitarist Randy Rhoads, was Blizzard of Ozz (1980). A multiplatinum success, thanks in part to the standout single “Crazy Train,” it was followed…
- Osbournes, The (American television program)
Television in the United States: Reality TV: …celebrities in intimate situations were The Osbournes (MTV, 2002–05), focusing on heavy metal rocker Ozzy Osbourne and his family; The Anna Nicole Show (E!, 2002–04), whose eponymous star was a former Playboy model; The Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica (MTV, 2003–05), chronicling the ultimately failed marriage of singers Nick Lachey (formerly…
- Osca (Spain)
Huesca, city, capital of Huesca provincia (province), in the comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of Aragon, northeastern Spain. It lies northeast of Zaragoza, in the region known as Hoya de Huesca, which is dominated by the Guara Mountains to the north and is watered by the Flumen River. The
- Oscan (people)
Pompeii: History: …towns were first settled by Oscan-speaking descendants of the Neolithic inhabitants of Campania. Archaeological evidence indicates that the Oscan village of Pompeii, strategically located near the mouth of the Sarnus River, soon came under the influence of the cultured Greeks who had settled across the bay in the 8th century…
- Oscan language
Oscan language, one of the Italic languages closely related to Umbrian and Volscian and more distantly related to Latin and Faliscan. Spoken in southern and central Italy, it was probably the native tongue of the Samnite people of the central mountainous region of southern Italy. Oscan was
- oscar (fish)
cichlid: …fish spotted with blue-green; the oscar (Astronotus ocellatus), an attractive fish with an orange-ringed black spot on its tail base; and the discus (Symphysodon discus), a very deep-bodied fish streaked with blue. Another popular aquarium fish of this group is the angelfish, or scalare (Pterophyllum). A notable cichlid is Tilapia…
- Oscar (motion-picture award)
Academy Award, any of a number of awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, located in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., to recognize achievement in the film industry. The awards were first presented in 1929, and winners receive a gold-plated statuette commonly
- Oscar (Soviet submarine class)
submarine: Attack submarines: …the gigantic 13,000-ton, 150-metre (500-foot) Oscar submarines, which entered service in 1980.
- Oscar (film by Landis [1991])
Sylvester Stallone: (1995), Judge Dredd (1995), and Get Carter (2000). Although most of those films had only limited success at the box office in the United States, Stallone’s ability to attract audiences overseas proved enormous. In 2010 he cowrote, directed, and starred in The Expendables, a thriller about a team of mercenaries…
- Oscar and Lucinda (film by Armstrong [1997])
Gillian Armstrong: Oscar and Lucinda (1997), set in mid-19th-century Australia and based on a novel by Peter Carey, was also well received. Her later movies included the World War II drama Charlotte Gray (2001), which starred Cate Blanchett, and Death Defying Acts (2007), a fable about Harry…
- Oscar and Lucinda (novel by Carey)
Peter Carey: …filmed 1985), Illywhacker (1985), and Oscar and Lucinda (1988; filmed 1997) are more realistic, though Carey used black humour throughout all three. The later novels are based on the history of Australia, especially its founding and early days.
- Oscar for best actor (Academy Award)
Academy Award for best actor, award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, located in Beverly Hills, California. It honors the male actor in a leading role who delivered the most outstanding performance in a movie of a given year, as determined by the academy’s
- Oscar for best cinematographer (Academy Award)
award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, located in Beverly Hills, California. It honors outstanding achievement by a cinematographer in a movie from a given year, as determined by the academy’s voting members. At the inaugural Academy Awards ceremony, in 1929,
- Oscar for best director (Academy Award)
Academy Award for best director, award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, located in Beverly Hills, California. It honors outstanding achievement by a director in a movie from a given year, as determined by the academy’s voting members. At the first Academy
- Oscar Fredrik (king of Sweden)
Oscar II was the king of Sweden from 1872 to 1907 and of Norway from 1872 to 1905. An outstanding orator and a lover of music and literature, Oscar published several books of verse and wrote on historical subjects. In home politics he proved a conservative; in foreign policy he favoured
- Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustav Adolf (king of Sweden)
Gustav VI Adolf was the king of the Swedes from 1950 to 1973, the last Swedish monarch to hold real political power after constitutional reforms initiated in 1971. The son of the future king Gustav V and Victoria of Baden, Gustav entered the army in 1902 and by 1932 had risen to the rank of
- Oscar Gustav Adolf (king of Sweden)
Gustav V was the king of Sweden from 1907 to 1950. The eldest son of King Oscar II and Sophie of Nassau, he was created duke of Värmland and from 1872 acted as crown prince. In 1881 he married Victoria, daughter of the grand duke Frederick I of Baden. Succeeding on his father’s death (Dec. 8,
- Oscar I (king of Sweden and Norway)
Oscar I was the king of Sweden and Norway from 1844 to 1859, son of Charles XIV John, formerly the French marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte. Oscar’s early liberal outlook and progressive ideas on such issues as fiscal policy, freedom of the press, and penal reform fortuitously coincided with a
- Oscar II (king of Sweden)
Oscar II was the king of Sweden from 1872 to 1907 and of Norway from 1872 to 1905. An outstanding orator and a lover of music and literature, Oscar published several books of verse and wrote on historical subjects. In home politics he proved a conservative; in foreign policy he favoured
- OSCE (international organization)
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), organization of representatives of virtually all the states of Europe, as well as the United States and Canada, committed to formalizing decisions on important questions affecting the security and stability of the European continent as a
- Osceola (Seminole leader)
Osceola was an American Indian leader during the Second Seminole War, which began in 1835 when the U.S. government attempted to force the Seminole off their traditional lands in Florida and into the Indian territory west of the Mississippi River. Osceola moved from Georgia to Florida, where,
- Osceola (Arkansas, United States)
Osceola, city, southern seat (1832) of Mississippi county (the northern seat is Blytheville), northeastern Arkansas, U.S., on the Mississippi River, about 50 miles (80 km) north of Memphis, Tennessee. It was founded in 1830 by William B. Edrington, who bartered the site (probably Plum Point) from
- Osceola (Florida, United States)
Winter Park, city, Orange county, central Florida, U.S., just north of Orlando. The city was founded as Lakeview in 1858, and the name was changed to Osceola in 1870. In 1881 Loring A. Chase and Oliver E. Chapman purchased 600 acres (240 hectares) of land on the site and laid out a town that they
- oscilla (Roman religion)
Erigone: …festival various small images (Latin oscilla) were swung from trees, and offerings of fruit were made.
- oscillating wave (physics)
standing wave: …moving waves, interference produces an oscillating wave fixed in space.
- oscillation (physics)
electronics: Oscillation: If feedback is positive, the feedback signal reinforces the original one, and an amplifier can be made to oscillate, or generate an AC signal. Such signals are needed for many purposes and are created in numerous kinds of oscillator circuits. In a tunable oscillator,…
- oscillation, plasma (physics)
plasma oscillation, in physics, the organized motion of electrons or ions in a plasma. Each particle in a plasma assumes a position such that the total force resulting from all the particles is zero, thus producing a uniform state with a net charge of zero. If an electron is moved from its
- oscillator (electronics)
oscillator, any of various electronic devices that produce alternating electric current, commonly employing tuned circuits and amplifying components such as thermionic vacuum tubes. Oscillators used to generate high-frequency currents for carrier waves in radio broadcasting often are stabilized by
- oscillator strength (physics)
radiation: Quantum concepts: That probability, the oscillator strength, involves so-called selection rules that, in general terms, state the degree to which a transition between two states (which are described in quantum-mechanical terms) is allowed. As an illustration of allowed transition in Figure 1, the only electronic transitions permitted are those in…
- Oscillatoria (cyanobacteria genus)
Oscillatoria, genus of blue-green algae common in freshwater environments, including hot springs. This unbranched filamentous alga, occurring singly or in tangled mats, derives its name from its slow, rhythmic oscillating motion, which is thought to result from a secretion of mucilage that pushes
- oscillograph (instrument)
oscillograph, instrument for indicating and recording time-varying electrical quantities, such as current and voltage. The two basic forms of the instrument in common use are the electromagnetic oscillograph and the cathode-ray oscillograph; the latter is also known as a cathode-ray oscilloscope
- oscilloscope (instrument)
oscilloscope, device that plots the relationships between two or more variables, with the horizontal axis normally being a function of time and the vertical axis usually a function of the voltage generated by an input signal. Because almost any physical phenomenon can be converted into a
- oscine
oscine, any bird of the suborder Passeri (order Passeriformes), which includes all songbirds. See
- oscine (bird)
songbird, any member of the suborder Passeri (or Oscines), of the order Passeriformes, including about 4,000 species—nearly half the world’s birds—in 35 to 55 families. Most cage birds belong to this group. Songbirds are alike in having the vocal organ highly developed, though not all use it to
- Oscines (bird)
songbird, any member of the suborder Passeri (or Oscines), of the order Passeriformes, including about 4,000 species—nearly half the world’s birds—in 35 to 55 families. Most cage birds belong to this group. Songbirds are alike in having the vocal organ highly developed, though not all use it to
- Osco Drug, Inc. (American company)
Jewel-Osco: …with the acquisition of the Osco Drug, Inc., drug chain. The company’s retail outlets included Jewel supermarkets, Osco drugstores, and White Hen Pantry convenience stores. After 1983 most Jewel and Osco stores were constructed under one roof, although they maintained separate operations. Renamed Jewel Companies, Inc., the company was purchased…
- Osco-Umbrian languages
Osco-Umbrian languages, language group proposed by some scholars to be included in the Italic branch of Indo-European languages. The group includes Oscan, Umbrian, and the minor dialects of central Italy—Marsian, Marrucinian, Paelignian, Sabine, Vestinian, and Volscian. Oscan, the language imposed
- osculating circle (mathematics)
differential geometry: Curvature of curves: …shown in the figure) the osculating circle, from the Latin osculare (“to kiss”). He then defined the curvature of the curve (and the circle) as 1r, where r is the radius of the osculating circle. As a curve becomes straighter, a circle with a larger radius must be used to…
- osculating ellipse (astronomy)
celestial mechanics: Perturbations of elliptical motion: …perturbed orbit is called an osculating ellipse; that is, the osculating ellipse is that elliptical orbit that would be assumed by the body if all the perturbing forces were suddenly turned off.
- osculating orbit (astronomy)
celestial mechanics: Perturbations of elliptical motion: …perturbed orbit is called an osculating ellipse; that is, the osculating ellipse is that elliptical orbit that would be assumed by the body if all the perturbing forces were suddenly turned off.
- osculum (sponge)
sponge: Water-current system: …and capture food; and the oscula, openings through which water is expelled (excurrent system). Three types of water-current systems of increasingly complex structure may be distinguished by the arrangement of choanocytes and the development of canals—ascon, sycon, and leucon. The simplest, or ascon, type, found only in certain primitive genera…
- Oscura Peak (mountain, New Mexico, United States)
Socorro: …the Sierra Oscura, which includes Oscura Peak (8,732 feet [2,661 metres]). Mountain ranges west of the river are the Ladron, Bear, Gallinas, Magdalena (including 10,783-foot [3,286-metre] South Baldy), and San Mateo (including Mount Withington and San Mateo Peak, both over 10,000 feet [3,000 metres]). Most of the residents at the…
- OSDL (consortium for Linux development)
Linus Torvalds: …under the auspices of the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a consortium created by such high-tech companies as IBM, Intel, and Siemens to promote Linux development. In 2007 OSDL merged with the Free Standards Group to form the Linux Foundation. In 2012 Torvalds was awarded the Millennium Technology Prize by…
- Oseberg ship (Viking artifact [about 800 CE])
Oseberg ship, 9th-century Viking ship that was discovered in 1903 on a farm in southeastern Norway and excavated in 1904. It was found in a burial mound that included the skeletons of two women and several animals along with various elaborately decorated objects such as wooden sleighs, embroidered
- Osee (king of Israel)
Hoshea, in the Old Testament (2 Kings 15:30; 17:1–6), son of Elah and last king of Israel (c. 732–724 bc). He became king through a conspiracy in which his predecessor, Pekah, was killed. The Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III claimed that he made Hoshea king, and Hoshea paid an annual tribute to
- Osee, Book of (Old Testament)
Book of Hosea, the first of 12 Old Testament books that bear the names of the Minor Prophets, considered as one book, The Twelve, in the Jewish canon. According to the superscription, Hosea began his prophetic activity during the reign of Jeroboam II (c. 786–746 bc). His prophetic announcements
- Osei Bonsu (king of Asante empire)
Fante confederacy: …of hostility, the Asante king Osei Bonsu conquered the Fante confederacy (1806–24) and gained direct access to the coast. After his death Asante power declined, and in 1831 the British administrator of Cape Coast, George Maclean, negotiated a treaty providing for Fante independence and Asante use of trade routes to…
- Osei Kwadwo (king of Asante empire)
Asante empire: Kings Osei Kwadwo (ruled c. 1764–77), Osei Kwame (1777–1801), and Osei Bonsu (c. 1801–24) established a strong centralized state, with an efficient, merit-based bureaucracy and a fine system of communications.
- Osei Kwame (king of Asante empire)
Asante empire: 1764–77), Osei Kwame (1777–1801), and Osei Bonsu (c. 1801–24) established a strong centralized state, with an efficient, merit-based bureaucracy and a fine system of communications.
- Osei Tutu (king of Asante empire)
Osei Tutu was the founder and first ruler of the Asante (Ashanti) empire (in present-day Ghana) who as chief of the small state of Kumasi came to realize (c. 1680–90) that a fusion of the small separate Asante kingdoms was necessary to withstand their powerful Denkyera neighbours to the south. Osei
- Ösel (island, Estonia)
Saaremaa, island, Estonia. It is the largest of the islands in the Muhu archipelago that divides the Baltic Sea from the Gulf of Riga. The island is low-lying and is composed largely of limestones and dolomites. Some of the places with poorer soils are characterized by the alvary—poor bushy
- oseltamivir (drug)
oseltamivir, antiviral drug that is active against both influenza type A and influenza type B viruses. Oseltamivir and a similar agent called zanamivir (marketed as Relenza) were approved in 1999 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and represented the first members in a new class of antiviral
- Oserya (plant genus)
Podostemaceae: …northern tropical South America), and Oserya (7 species, Mexico to northern tropical South America). A majority of the remaining 35 genera contain only one or two species each.
- osetrova caviar (food)
caviar: …black or gray; the smaller osetrova grayish, gray-green, or brown; sevruga, the smallest, is greenish black. The rarest caviar, made from the golden eggs of the sterlet, was formerly reserved for the table of the tsar; more recently it found its way to the tables of Soviet dignitaries and that…