Biography Category
(äb ´j ) (KEY) , city and federal capital territory (1991 est. pop. 378,700), central Nigeria. Plans to move the capital from Lagos were approved in...
in philosophy, the opposite of relative. The term has acquired numerous widely variant connotations in different philosophical systems. It means unlim...
( ky ´z t v´´) (KEY) [Lat.,=accusing], in grammar of some languages, such as Latin, the case typically meaning that the noun refers to the entity ...
(ändr ´ä äp–pyä´n ) (KEY) , 1754–1817, Italian neoclassical painter and Italian court painter of Napoleon I, active in Lombardy. His frescoe...
artificial fiber made from a special group of vinyl compounds, primarily acrylonitrile. Acrylic fibers are thermoplastic (i.e., soften when heated, re...
(s f n s´bä äng´´ sh ´lä, -s lä) (KEY) , 1532–1625, Italian painter, b. Verona, Italy. Born to a noble family, she studied first with Michel...