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Singh, Charan ... sinus squeeze

Singh, Charan Indian politician who served briefly as prime minister (1979-80). Singh, Kushal Pal Indian businessman who transformed Delhi Land & Finance Limited (DLF) into one of India's largest real-estate development firms. Singh, Manmohan Indian economist and politician, who became prime minister of India in 2004. A Sikh, he was the first non-Hindu to occupy the office. Singh, Milkha Indian track-and-field athlete who became the first Indian male to reach the final of an Olympic athletics event when he placed fourth in the 400-metre race at the Rome 1960 Olympic Games. Singh, Raghubir Indian photographer noted for his evocative documentation of the landscape and peoples of India. Singh, Rana Pratap Hindu maharaja (1572-97) of the Rajput confederacy of Mewar, now in northwestern India and eastern Pakistan. He successfully resisted efforts of the Mughal emperor Akbar to conquer his area and is honoured as a hero in Rajasthan. Singh, V.P. politician and government official who was prime minister of India in 1989-90. Singh, Zail Indian politician who was the first Sikh to serve as president of India (1982-87). He was an impotent bystander in 1984 when government troops stormed the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the Sikhs' holiest shrine, in an effort to apprehend militants who were demanding independence for the state of Punjab. Singhasari kingdom based in eastern Java that emerged in the first half of the 13th century after the decline of the kingdom of Kadiri. Singhasari's first king, Ken Angrok (or Ken Arok), defeated the king of Kadiri, Kertajaya, in 1222. The last king of Singhasari, Kertanagara (reigned 1268-92), was able to ... Singin' in the Rain American musical comedy film, released in 1952, that was a reunion project for the American in Paris directorial team of Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, who was also the films' star. Singin' in the Rain emerged as a classic, considered by many to be the greatest Hollywood musical ever made. singing the production of musical tones by means of the human voice. In its physical aspect, singing has a well-defined technique that depends on the use of the lungs, which act as an air supply, or bellows; on the larynx, which acts as a reed or vibrator; on the chest and ... Singing a Different Tune The life forms in tropical forest ecosystems, as in all ecosystems, compete for the resources available. Members of different species may compete for a specific resource (interspecific competition), or members of the same species may compete with one another for a resource (intraspecific competition). In some cases, both types of ... singing sands sands that emit audible sounds when in motion. This phenomenon occurs in many parts of the world and has been known for many years. Sound may be produced by a footstep or by the slippage of sand downslope. The sounds emitted may vary with different sands from a roar to ... single crystal any solid object in which an orderly three-dimensional arrangement of the atoms, ions, or molecules is repeated throughout the entire volume. Certain minerals, such as quartz and the gemstones, often occur as single crystals; synthetic single crystals, especially silicon and gallium arsenide, are used in solid-state electronic devices such as ... single nucleotide polymorphism variation in a genetic sequence that affects only one of the basic building blocks-adenine (A), guanine (G), thymine (T), or cytosine (C)-in a segment of a DNA molecule and that occurs in more than 1 percent of a population. single photon emission computed tomography imaging technique used in biomedical research and in diagnosis. SPECT is similar to positron emission tomography (PET), in which a compound labeled with a positron-emitting radionuclide is injected into the body; however, its pictures are not as detailed as those produced using PET. single tax originally a tax upon land values proposed as the sole source of government revenues, intended to replace all existing taxes. single transferable vote multimember district proportional representation method of election in which a voter ranks candidates in order of preference. As candidates pass a specified electoral quota, they are elected and their surplus votes apportioned to the remaining candidates, until all the open seats are filled. In this way the results reflect fairly ... singlestick a slender, round stick of wood about 34 inches (slightly less than 1 m) long, thicker at one end than at the other, and used for attack and defense with the thicker end thrust through a cup-shaped hilt of basketwork to protect the hand. It originated as a practice sword ... Singletary, Mike American gridiron football player who was the middle linebacker for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) from 1981 to 1992. The remarkably durable Singletary played nearly every down and missed only two games in his 12-year career. Singleton town, east-central New South Wales, Australia, on the Hunter River. Founded in 1820, it was first known as St. Patrick's Plain and then renamed in 1822 after an early settler, Benjamin Singleton. Proclaimed a town in 1836, it became a municipality in 1866 and a shire in 1976. Located on ... Singleton, John American film director and screenwriter whose films often examine urban and racial tensions. He is best known for his directorial debut, Boyz n the Hood. singspiel 18th-century opera in the German language, containing spoken dialogue and usually comic in tone. The earliest singspiels were light plays whose dialogue was interspersed with popular songs. Resembling the contemporary English ballad opera and the French opera-comique (both of which stimulated its development), the singspiel rose to great popularity in ... SingStar electronic game, or karaoke video game, developed by the Sony Corporation of Japan for two of its video-game consoles: the PlayStation 2 in 2004 and the PlayStation 3 in 2007. Designed to challenge the Guitar Hero and Rock Band market for music games, SingStar allows players to download and sing ... singular solution in mathematics, solution of a differential equation that cannot be obtained from the general solution gotten by the usual method of solving the differential equation. When a differential equation is solved, a general solution consisting of a family of curves is obtained. For example, (y')2 = 4y has the general ... singularity of a function of the complex variable z is a point at which it is not analytic (that is, the function cannot be expressed as an infinite series in powers of z) although, at points arbitrarily close to the singularity, the function may be analytic, in which case it is ... Sinha, Satyendra Prassano, 1st Baron Sinha of Raipur Indian lawyer and statesman who had an extremely successful legal career, won high esteem in Indian nationalist circles, and was appointed to high office under the British government. Sinhala Maha Sabha political group in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) that was founded in 1937 by S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike. It was a communally oriented group and promoted the interests of the Sinhalese sector of the population and of Buddhism. In 1945 Bandaranaike threw the support of the Sabha behind the newly created United National ... Sinhala Only Bill (1956), act passed by the government of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) making Sinhalese the official language of the country. The bill was the first step taken by the new government of S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike to realize one of the main campaign promises that had brought about his landslide victory in the ... Sinhalese member of a people of Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) who constitute the largest ethnic group of that island. In the early 21st century the Sinhalese were estimated to number about 13.8 million, or 73 percent of the population. Their ancestors are believed to have come from northern India, traditionally in ... Sinhalese language Indo-Aryan language, one of the two official languages of Sri Lanka. It was taken there by colonists from northern India about the 5th century BC. Because of its isolation from the other Indo-Aryan tongues of mainland India, Sinhalese developed along independent lines. It was influenced by Pali, the sacred language ... sinkhole topographic depression formed as underlying limestone bedrock is dissolved by groundwater. It is considered the most fundamental structure of karst topography. Sinkholes vary greatly in area and depth and may be very large. There are two main varieties, one caused by the collapse of the roof of a cavern, the ... sinking fund fund accumulated and set aside by a corporation or government agency for the purpose of periodically redeeming bonds, debentures, and preferred stocks. The fund is accumulated from earnings, and payments into the fund may be based on either a fixed percentage of the outstanding debt or a fixed percentage of ... Sinn Fein political wing of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). Sinn Fein, organized in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, is a nationalist party in Northern Ireland, representing Roman Catholics who want to achieve a united Ireland through whatever means are necessary, including violence. The party was led by ... Sino-French War (1883-85), conflict between China and France over Vietnam, which disclosed the inadequacy of China's modernization efforts and aroused nationalistic sentiment in South China. Sino-Japanese War (1894-95), conflict between Japan and China that marked the emergence of Japan as a major world power and demonstrated the weakness of the Chinese empire. The war grew out of conflict between the two countries for supremacy in Korea. Korea had long been China's most important client state, but its ... Sino-Japanese War (1937-45), conflict that broke out when China began full-scale resistance to the expansion of Japanese influence in its territory (which had begun in 1931). In an effort to unseat the Nationalist government of Chiang Kai-shek, the Japanese occupied large areas of eastern China in 1937-38. A stalemate then ensued, and ... Sino-Tibetan languages group of languages that includes both the Chinese and the Tibeto-Burman languages. In terms of numbers of speakers, they comprise the world's second largest language family (after Indo-European), including more than 300 languages and major dialects. In a wider sense, Sino-Tibetan has been defined as also including the Tai (Daic) ... Sinop seaport on the southern coast of the Black Sea, northern Turkey. It lies on an isthmus linking the Boztepe Peninsula to the mainland and is shut off from the Anatolian Plateau to the south by high, forest-clad mountains. Because it has the only safe natural roadstead on the north coast ... Sint Anna Bay deep channel separating the two parts of Willemstad, capital of Curacao. The bay is a narrow waterway, about 1 mile (1.6 km) long and 300 to 1,000 feet (90 to 300 metres) wide. The south end opens into the Caribbean Sea, and the north end opens up into the Schottegat-a ... Sint Eustatius island and special municipality within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in the Lesser Antilles, in the northeastern Caribbean Sea. It lies about 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Saba and 5 miles (8 km) northwest of the island of St. Kitts. Its capital is Oranjestad. Sint Maarten autonomous state within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, occupying the southern third of the island of Saint Martin, Lesser Antilles, in the northeastern Caribbean Sea. The northern two-thirds of the island constitutes the French overseas collectivity of Saint-Martin. The capital of Sint Maarten is Philipsburg, which is also the main ... Sint Maarten, flag of Netherlands territorial flag consisting of two equal horizontal stripes, red above blue, and at the hoist a white triangle containing, as an emblem, the coat of arms of Sint Maarten. The flag's width-to-length ratio is 2:3. sinter mineral deposit with a porous or vesicular texture (having small cavities). At least two kinds are recognized: siliceous and calcareous. Siliceous sinter (geyserite; fiorite) is a deposit of opaline or amorphous silica that occurs as an incrustation around hot springs and geysers and sometimes forms conical mounds (geyser cones) or ... sintering the welding together of small particles of metal by applying heat below the melting point. The process may be used in steel manufacturing-to form complex shapes, to produce alloys, or to work in metals with very high melting points. In a steel-sintering plant a bed of powdered iron ore, mixed ... Sintra town, western Portugal, located about 15 miles (24 km) west-northwest of Lisbon. The town is picturesquely situated on the northern slope of the rugged Sintra Mountains. An area of former royal summer residence, Sintra possesses a beauty that was celebrated by Lord Byron in his poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, and ... Sintra Mountains mountain range, Lisboa distrito ("district"), western Portugal. It extends about 10 miles (16 km) from the resort of Sintra to the Cape da Roca on the Atlantic Ocean, reaching its highest point (1,736 feet [529 m]) just south of Sintra. The lush vegetation (both Mediterranean and northern European flora) on ... Sinuhe protagonist of a literary tale set in the early 12th dynasty (1938-c. 1756 BCE) who fled Egypt to settle in Syria. His story yields information about political and social conditions of the time. Sinuiju city, capital of North P'yongan do (province), northwestern North Korea. It was developed during the Japanese occupation (1910-45) at the Korean terminus of a railway bridge across the Yalu (Amnok) River, 7 miles (11 km) west of the old city of Uiju (Sinuiju means "New Uiju"). sinus in anatomy, a hollow, cavity, recess, or pocket; a large channel containing blood; a suppurating tract; or a cavity within a bone. Two types of sinus, the blood-filled and the air-filled sinuses, are discussed in this article. sinus squeeze pain, inflammation, and possible bleeding of the membranes lining the sinus cavities in the head, caused by a difference between the pressure inside the sinuses and that outside. Sinus squeeze is a common malady of persons flying in unpressurized aircraft and of divers.