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81pottery — /pot euh ree/, n., pl. potteries. 1. ceramic ware, esp. earthenware and stoneware. 2. the art or business of a potter; ceramics. 3. a place where earthen pots or vessels are made. [1475 85; POTTER1 + Y3] * * * I One of the oldest and most… …
82Hiberno-Saxon style — Decorative style that resulted when Irish (Hibernian) monks went to England in 635. It mingled the Celtic decorative tradition curvilinear and trumpet forms, scrolls, spirals, and a double curve motif with the interlaced zoomorphic patterns and… …
83South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …
84Thonet, Michael — born July 2, 1796, Boppard, Trier died March 3, 1871, Vienna, Austria German Austrian pioneer in the industrialization of furniture manufacture. He developed a system of steam bent veneers с 1830 and created light, curvilinear chairs. By 1856 he… …
85numerals and numeral systems — ▪ mathematics Introduction a collection of symbols used to represent small numbers, together with a system of rules for representing larger numbers. Just as the first attempts at writing came long after the development of speech, so… …
86painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present. Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in …
87National Botanic Gardens (Ireland) — National Botanic Gardens Garraithe Náisiúnta na Lus Type Botanic Garden Location Glasnevin …
88curvilineal — adjective characterized by or following a curved line curvilinear tracery curvilinear motion • Syn: ↑curvilinear • Similar to: ↑curved, ↑curving …
89Curvilineal — Cur vi*lin e*al ( al), Curvilinear Cur vi*lin e*ar ( ?r), a. [L. curvus bent + E. lineal, linear.] Consisting of, or bounded by, curved lines; as, a curvilinear figure. [1913 Webster] …
90Divergence — For other uses, see Divergence (disambiguation). Topics in Calculus Fundamental theorem Limits of functions Continuity Mean value theorem Differential calculus  Derivative Change of variables Implicit differentiation …
