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Human rights

Fundamental and universal rights and freedoms to which all human beings are entitled. They consist of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights that States are obliged to fully respect according to common standards ratified by national and international legislation.

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celestial sphere

Astronomy; General astronomy

An imaginary sphere of arbitrarily large radius, concentric with the observer, allowing observers to plot positions of objects in the sky when their distances are unknown or ...

split stock

Financial services; General Finance

(1) Purchases or sales shared with others. (2) Division of the outstanding shares of a corporation into a large number of shares. Ordinarily, splits must be proposed by directors ...

dehiscence

Biology; Ecology

release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other reproductive body to release seeds or spores or the bursting ...

consolation match

Sports; Soccer

a tournament game played between the losers of the 2 semifinal matches to determine the third-place team.

Sao Tome

Geography; Capitals

capital of Sao Tome and Principe

limbs

Sports; Archery

The two curved ends of a bow, they start at the handle or riser and move upwards. There is a lower limb and an upper limb. The bowstring runs between the two limbs. The limbs ...

prototype

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

Functionally representative rendition of a device or system that is fabricated late in the development cycle, before production; an original model on which later improved models ...

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