| | - Moiseyev, Igor
- Russian choreographer and founder of the State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble of the U.S.S.R. (Gosudarstvenny Akademichesky Ansambl Narodnogo Tantsa S.S.S.R.), popularly called the Moiseyev Ensemble (Ansambl Moiseyeva). He re-created for theatrical presentation numerous national dances of the Soviet Union. [1 Related Articles]
- Moisiu, Alfred
- Albanian military expert who served as president of Albania (2002-07). He was an independent politician chosen to reconcile the opposing political parties of his country. [4 Related Articles]
- Moissan, Henri
- French chemist who received the 1906 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the isolation of the element fluorine and the development of the Moissan electric furnace. [5 Related Articles]
- moist adiabatic lapse rate
- (from the article "lapse rate") ...(troposphere). It differs from the adiabatic lapse rate, which involves temperature changes due to the rising or sinking of an air parcel. Adiabatic lapse rates are usually differentiated as dry or moist.
- moist gangrene
- (from the article "gangrene") Moist gangrene develops when the blood supply is suddenly cut off, as by a severe burn or an arterial blood clot. Tissue that has not been destroyed by the trauma begins to leak fluids, which then foster the growth of bacteria. The affected area becomes swollen and discoloured and later ...
- moist temperate coniferous forest
- (from the article "coniferous forest") A distinct subtype of the North American coniferous forest is the moist temperate coniferous forest, or coast forest, which is found along the west coast of North America eastward to the Rocky Mountains. This subtype is sometimes called temperate rain forest, although this term is properly applied only to broad-leaved ...
- moisture content
- (from the article "cocoa") ...During fermentation, the juicy sweatings of the pulp are drained away, the germ in the seed is killed by the increased heat, and flavour development begins. The beans become plump and full of moisture, and the interior develops a reddish brown colour and a heavy, sharp fragrance. The fermented beans ...
- moisture content
- (from the article "art conservation and restoration") After structural movement, the next serious adversary in building conservation is damp. Not only of itself but also allied with almost every other trouble, damp accelerates decay. Weather may be penetrating through whole surfaces, such as porous brickwork, or finding its way through cracks or defects in the roofing. Especially ...
- Moivre, Abraham de
- French mathematician who was a pioneer in the development of analytic trigonometry and in the theory of probability. [3 Related Articles]
- mojarra
- any of approximately 40 species of fishes in the family Gerreidae (order Perciformes), found in marine environments in most warm regions of the world. Brackish habitats or fresh water are entered on occasion by some species. Mojarras are silvery fishes with compressed bodies; they are distinguished by their highly protrusible ...
- Mojave
- Yuman-speaking North American Indian farmers of the Mojave Desert who traditionally resided along the lower Colorado River in what are now the U.S. states of Arizona and California and in Mexico. This valley was a patch of green surrounded by barren desert and was subject to an annual flood that ... [1 Related Articles]
- Mojave Desert
- arid region of southeastern California and portions of Nevada, Arizona, and Utah, U.S. It was named for the Mojave people. The Mojave Desert occupies more than 25,000 square miles (65,000 square km) and joins the Sonoran, Great Basin, and Chihuahuan deserts in forming the North American Desert. The Mojave extends ... [9 Related Articles]
- Mojave rattlesnake
- (from the article "rattlesnake") ...serum used in its production. The allergic reaction can result in shock and death. The most dangerous species are the Mexican west coast rattlesnake (C. basiliscus), the Mojave rattlesnake (C. scutulatus), and the South American rattlesnake, or cascabel (C. durissus). Their ...
- Mojave thorn
- (from the article "crucifixion thorn") ...spinosa, the only species of the family Koeberliniaceae, with green thorns at right angles to the branches, produces small, four-petaled, greenish flowers and clusters of black berries. Canotia holacantha, of the family Celastraceae, has ascending green thorns and rushlike green branches; it bears five-petaled flowers and oval, brown, one- or ...
- Moji
- (from the article "Kita-Kyushu") ...deep-sea fishing bases of western Japan, has a large output of cotton textiles, and contains numerous metal industries. Kokura, a former arsenal town, specializes in iron and steel and machinery. Moji contains the city's major port facilities; it is a coal-shipping and fishing port and has oil-storage facilities.
- Mojmir I
- (from the article "Moravia") ...the area, which was settled by Slavic tribes by the late 8th century. The Slavs, who took the name Moravians from the Morava River, developed a political community that emerged under Prince Mojmir I (reigned 830-846) as a united kingdom that included a part of western Slovakia. Mojmir's successors, Rostislav ...
- Mojmir II
- (from the article "Czechoslovak region, history of") ...Frankish king Arnulf his enemy. Arnulf's expedition into Moravia in 892 opened a period of troubles, which increased when Arnulf made an alliance with the Magyars of Hungary. Svatopluk's successor, Mojmir II, tried unsuccessfully to protect his patrimony; sometime in 905-908 Great Moravia ceased to exist as an independent country.
- Mokau River
- river in North Island, New Zealand. It rises in the Rangitoto Range south of Te Kuiti and flows southwest for 98 miles (158 km) to enter North Taranaki Bight of the Tasman Sea. The Mokau River drains a basin of 550 square miles (1,425 square km); its lower valley is ...
- Mokeddem, Malika
- (from the article "Literature") In Maghribi Francophone literature, Malika Mokeddem-known for shedding light on the Algerian desert in her semiautobiographical novels-released Mes hommes, a defiant rejection of all kinds of restrictions, be they social or religious, on her freedom of action and expression. In Anglophone literature the Sudanese author Leila Aboulela published her second ...
- Mokhehle, Ntsu
- Lesotho politician (b. Dec. 26, 1918, Teyateyaneng, Lesotho-d. Jan. 6, 1999, Bloemfontein, S.Af.), led government opposition both from inside the young nation and, for decades, from exile; in 1993, with the nation's first democratic elections in 23 years, he became prime minister, serving until May 1998. Mokhehle graduated (1946) with ... [2 Related Articles]
- mokhihim
- (from the article "maggid") Closely associated with the maggidim were other itinerant preachers called mokhihim ("reprovers," or "rebukers"), whose self-appointed task was to admonish their listeners of severe punishments if they failed to observe the commandments. A heavenly being (or voice) that revealed secret meanings to a Jewish mystic was also called a maggid.
- Mokil
- (from the article "Micronesian culture") ...to the southeast over about 1,400 miles (about 2,255 km). The culture of Banaba, a raised atoll, is quite similar to that of the Gilberts. Three atolls within sailing distance of Pohnpei-Mokil, Pingelap, and Ngatik-show closer cultural relationships to the people of Pohnpei than to any other large population but ...
- Mokos
- the goddess of life-giving in ancient Slavic mythology. She is the only female deity mentioned in the Old Kievan pantheon of AD 980 and has survived in East Slavic folk beliefs as Mokosa, or Mokusa. A tall woman with a large head and long arms, she spins flax and wool ...
- mokoshi
- (from the article "arts, East Asian") ...opened, the assembled faithful were treated to an impressive view of the sacred images it housed. A unique feature of the Yakushi architecture is the use of the double-roof structure, in which a mokoshi, or roofed porch, was placed between two major stories.
- Mokp'o
- port city, South Cholla do (province), southwestern South Korea. On the tip of Muan Peninsula, at the southwestern end of the Korean Peninsula, it is the door to Honam Plain, the largest granary in the country. During the Choson (Yi) dynasty (1392-1910), it was a navy base and was opened ...
- Moksha
- (from the article "Finno-Ugric religion") Farther to the south, the differentiation of the Volga Finns into separate groups probably began about 1200 BC. The Volga Finns consist today of the Mordvins (including the Moksha in the southeast and the Erzya in the northwest), living in a rather large region near the middle reaches of the ...
- moksha
- in Hinduism and Jainism, the ultimate spiritual goal, designating the individual soul's release from the bonds (bandha) of transmigration. The soul, once entered upon a bodily existence, remains trapped in a chain of successive rebirths (samsara) until it has reached perfection or the enlightenment that allows it release, or moksha. ... [11 Related Articles]
- Moksha language
- (from the article "Mordvin language") ...Uralic language in number of speakers, Mordvin ranks after Hungarian and Finnish. It has two major dialects: Erzya, spoken in the eastern portion of Mordvinia and the surrounding territory, and Moksha, spoken in the west. Both dialects are currently written and have official status, and their speakers have been known ...
- Moku Manu
- (from the article "Kaneohe Bay") ...is rimmed with ancient royal fishponds, including Waikalua Loko. The Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology of the University of Hawaii is on Moku O Loe (also called Coconut Island) in the bay. Moku Manu ("Bird Island"), 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Mokapu Point, is a twin-isle refuge for terns ...
- Mokuan Reien
- Zen Buddhist priest, one of the first Japanese artists to work in the Chinese monochromatic ink style. [1 Related Articles]
- Mokuaweoweo
- (from the article "Mauna Loa") ...rises to 13,678 feet (4,169 m) above sea level. Its dome is 75 miles (120 km) long and 64 miles (103 km) wide, and its lava flows occupy more than 2,000 square miles (5,120 square km) of the island. Mokuaweoweo, its pit crater, has an area of nearly 4 square ...
- mokushin
- (from the article "kanshitsu") ...made by preparing the rough shape with clay and covering the surface with lacquered hemp cloth, the clay being subsequently removed to leave the inside hollow; and wood-core kanshitsu (mokushin), in which a hemp-cloth coating is applied over a core carved of wood. Vessels are made by the hollow kanshitsu ...
- mola
- any of three species of oceanic fishes of the family Molidae. Molas are distinctive in appearance, with short bodies that end abruptly just behind the tall, triangular dorsal and anal fins. The fishes are also flattened from side to side and have tough skins, small mouths, and fused, beaklike teeth. [2 Related Articles]
- mola
- type of embroidered woman's outer garment, worn as part of the blouse by the Kuna Indians of the San Blas Archipelago, off the eastern coast of Panama. The mola's brightly coloured designs, done in reverse applique technique, traditionally are abstract, often based on the patterns of brain coral. Recently, schematically ... [1 Related Articles]
- Mola di Bari
- town, Puglia (Apulia) regione, southern Italy. In the European Middle Ages it was an embarkation point for the crusaders, and it has a 13th-century cathedral of Renaissance reconstruction. A fishing port and bathing resort, the modern town has tanneries and soap and button factories. Pop. (2006 est.) mun., 26,564.
- Mola Vidal, Emilio
- (from the article "fifth column") clandestine group or faction of subversive agents who attempt to undermine a nation's solidarity by any means at their disposal. The term is credited to Emilio Mola Vidal, a Nationalist general during the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). As four of his army columns moved on Madrid, the general referred to ...
- Molale language
- (from the article "Penutian languages") ...three extinct Costanoan languages), Sahaptin (two languages), Yakonan (two extinct languages), Yokutsan (three languages), and Maiduan (four languages)-plus Klamath-Modoc, Cayuse (extinct), Molale (extinct), Coos, Takelma (extinct), Kalapuya, Chinook (not to be confused with Chinook jargon, a trade language or lingua franca), Tsimshian, and...
- molality
- (from the article "liquid") In electrolyte solutions it is common to distinguish between the solvent (usually water) and the dissolved substance, or solute, which dissociates into ions. For these solutions it is useful to express composition in terms of molality, designated as m, a unit proportional to the number of undissociated solute molecules (or, ...
- molar
- (from the article "tooth") In humans the primary dentition consists of 20 teeth- four incisors, two canines, and four molars in each jaw. The primary molars are replaced in the adult dentition by the premolars, or bicuspid teeth. The 12 adult molars of the permanent dentition erupt (emerge from the gums) behind the primary ...
- molar gas constant
- (symbol R), fundamental physical constant arising in the formulation of the general gas law. For an ideal gas (approximated by most real gases that are not highly compressed or not near the point of liquefaction), the pressure p times the volume V of the gas divided by its absolute temperature ... [3 Related Articles]
- molar susceptibility
- (from the article "magnetism") Since the magnetization M is proportional to the number N of atoms per unit volume, it is sometimes useful to give the susceptibility per mole, chimole. For a kilogram mole (the molecular weight in kilograms), the numerical value of the molar susceptibility is
- molar thermal capacity
- (from the article "Dulong-Petit law") statement that the gram-atomic heat capacity (specific heat times atomic weight) of an element is a constant; that is, it is the same for all solid elements, about six calories per gram atom. The law was formulated (1819) on the basis of observations by the French chemist Pierre-Louis Dulong and ...
- molarity
- (from the article "mole") ...used to determine the simplest formula of a compound and to calculate the quantities involved in chemical reactions. When dealing with reactions that take place in solutions, the related concept of molarity is useful. Molarity (M) is defined as the number of moles of a solute in a litre of ...
- molas
- (from the article "applique") Applique is used worldwide as a decorative technique for banners, clothing, and display pieces. Molas are made by the Kuna Indians of Panama by the reverse-applique technique in which the upper layers of cloth are cut away and turned back to expose the lower layers. The intricate
- molasse
- thick association of continental and marine clastic sedimentary rocks that consists mainly of sandstones and shales formed as shore deposits. The depositional environments involved include beaches, lagoons, river channels, and backwater swamps. The sands are deposited on beaches and in river channels and eventually form shoestring bodies (thickness:width = 1:5) ... [1 Related Articles]
- Molasse Basin
- (from the article "mountain") As Europe was flexed down under the weight of the Alps thrust onto it, a foreland basin (see below) formed just north of the Alps: this is the Molasse Basin of northern Switzerland and southern Germany. Continental convergence in the past 10,000,000 years has caused folding and thrusting in the ...
- molasses
- syrup remaining after sugar is crystallized out of cane or beet juice. Molasses syrup is separated from sugar crystals by means of centrifuging. Molasses is separated from the sugar crystals repeatedly during the manufacturing process, resulting in several different grades of molasses; that obtained from the first extraction contains more ... [4 Related Articles]
- Molasses Act
- (1733), in American colonial history, a British law that imposed a tax on molasses, sugar, and rum imported from non-British foreign colonies into the North American colonies. The act specifically aimed at reserving a practical monopoly of the American sugar market to British West Indies sugarcane growers, who otherwise could ... [1 Related Articles]
- Molay, Jacques de
- last grand master of the Knights Templars, an order of knighthood founded during the Crusades that had attained extensive power and wealth. He failed to exercise effective leadership at the time of the suppression of the order by King Philip IV the Fair of France and Pope Clement V. [2 Related Articles]
- Molcho, Solomon
- martyr who announced the messiah, arousing the expectations of European Jews. [1 Related Articles]
- mold
- in biology, a conspicuous mass of mycelium (masses of vegetative filaments, or hyphae) and fruiting structures produced by various fungi (kingdom Fungi). Fungi of the genera Aspergillus, Penicillium, and Rhizopus form mold and are associated with food spoilage and plant diseases. [8 Related Articles]
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