Ceplecha's method

Introspective approach to acting that aims at extreme naturalism, in which the actor seeks to identify inwardly with the character and work from this inner motivation to outward ...

method

Earth science; Mapping science

For terms beginning with this word, see under the name of the specific method, e.g., for the method of equal-altitudes or the equal-altitude method, see equal altitude method.

subtropical

Earth science; Mapping science

Relating to the warmest region of the Temperate Zones that border on the Torrid Zone.

sky

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The region above and beyond the Earth, as it is seen looking up from the ground. Sky looks blue during the day and dark at night.

South Pole

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The most southern point of the Earth. The South Pole is the southern end of the axis on which the Earth rotates.

prime meridian

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The line of longitude that passes through the town of Greenwich, England, and that measures 0 degree. It is the line from which other longitude lines are measured.

planet

Earth science; Mapping science

A celestial body revolving around a sun in a nearly circular orbit. This definition excludes comets, which have highly elliptical orbits. However, it may also exclude some of ...

area of error

Earth science; Mapping science

A figure within which the true location of a point whose location has been determined by measurement is believed to lie, with stated degree of probability.

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Hugo Chavez

Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was the President of Venezuela since 1999. After an unsuccessful coup d'etat in 1992 against ...