(Encyclopedia) RaamsesRaamsesrāămˈsēz [key], in the Bible, city of the eastern delta of Egypt, built by Hebrew slave labor. It was rebuilt by Ramses II. The Ramses in the books of Genesis and Numbers…
(Encyclopedia) Dickson, Leonard Eugene, 1874–1954, American mathematician, b. Independence, Iowa, grad. Univ. of Texas, 1893. He studied in Leipzig and Paris and joined the staff of the Univ. of…
(Encyclopedia) transactinide elementstransactinide elementstrănsˌăkˈtənīdˌ [key], in chemistry, elements with atomic numbers greater than that of lawrencium (at. no. 103), the last member of the…
(Encyclopedia) function, in mathematics, a relation f that assigns to each member x of some set X a corresponding member y of some set Y; y is said to be a function of x, usually denoted f(x) (read “…
(Encyclopedia) AradAradāˈrăd [key], in the Bible, royal town in the Negev, the modern Tell Arad (Israel), S of Hebron. The “king Arad” in the Book of Numbers is a mistranslation for “king of Arad.”…
(Encyclopedia) mode, in statistics, an infrequently used type of average. In a group of numbers the mode is the number occurring most frequently. In the group 1, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 9, 9, the mode…
(Encyclopedia) Hummel, Johann NepomukHummel, Johann Nepomukyōˈhän nāˈpōm&oobreve;k h&oobreve;mˈəl [key], 1778–1837, Hungarian-born pianist and composer. In piano technique and improvisatory…
(Encyclopedia) amyloplastamyloplastămˈəlōplăstˌ [key], also called leucoplast, a nonpigmented organelle, or plastid, occurring in the cytoplasm of plant cells. Amyloplasts transform glucose, a simple…
(Encyclopedia) BalaamBalaambāˈləm [key], the central character in an amalgam of Israelite traditions found in the Book of Numbers. Hired by Balak, king of Moab, to curse the Hebrews encamped in the…
(Encyclopedia) atomic number, often represented by the symbol Z, the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom, as well as the number of electrons in the neutral atom. Atoms with the same atomic…
