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Dazzle camouflage, also known as razzle dazzle (in the U.S.) or dazzle painting, is a family of ship camouflage that was used extensively in World War I, and to a lesser extent in World War II and afterwards. Credited to the British marine artist Norman Wilkinson, though with a rejected prior claim by the zoologist John Graham Kerr, it ...
Discomfort glare is a psychological sensation caused by high brightness (or brightness contrast) within the field of view, which does not necessarily impair vision. In buildings, discomfort glare can originate from small artificial lights (e.g. ceiling fixtures) that have brightnesses that are significantly greater than their surrounding.
Alliteration. Alliteration is the repetition of syllable -initial consonant sounds between nearby words, or of syllable-initial vowels, if the syllables in question do not start with a consonant. [1] It is often used as a literary device. A common example is " P eter P iper p icked a p eck of p ickled p eppers," in which the "p" sound is repeated.
Virtuoso. A virtuoso (from Italian virtuoso, Italian: [virˈtwoːzo] or Italian: [virtuˈoːso]; Late Latin virtuosus; Latin virtus; 'virtue', 'excellence' or 'skill') is an individual who possesses outstanding talent and technical ability in a particular art or field such as fine arts, music, singing, playing a musical instrument, or ...
The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (often abbreviated as DAR or NSDAR) is a lineage -based membership service organization for women who are directly descended from a person involved in supporting the American Revolution. [1] A non-profit group, the organization promotes education and patriotism.
Port with the disembarkation of Cleopatra in Tarsus (1642), by Claude Lorrain, Musée du Louvre, Paris. Light in painting fulfills several objectives, both plastic and aesthetic: on the one hand, it is a fundamental factor in the technical representation of the work, since its presence determines the vision of the projected image, as it affects certain values such as color, texture and volume ...
The first use of an equals sign, equivalent to 14 x + 15 = 71 in modern notation. From The Whetstone of Witte by Robert Recorde of Wales (1557). [1] In mathematics, an equation is a mathematical formula that expresses the equality of two expressions, by connecting them with the equals sign =. [2] [3] The word equation and its cognates in other ...
In astronomy, axis mundi is the Latin term for the axis of Earth between the celestial poles . In a geocentric coordinate system, this is the axis of rotation of the celestial sphere. Consequently, in ancient Greco-Roman astronomy, the axis mundi [1] is the axis of rotation of the planetary spheres within the classical geocentric model of the ...