Términos

Devices comprising a tube or pipe, often bent with one end placed in a container or reservoir of liquid, such as a bottle or basin, and the other end outside it at a lower level. The aim is to convey liquid upwards from the container and out from the lower end of the pipe or tube. The liquid is conveyed through differences in atmospheric pressure on the liquid in the upper container that pushes it into the tube as gravity pulls downwards the liquid in the lower length of tubing; another force that accounts for the rise of the liquid up the tube has been attributed to the cohesiveness or tensile strength of the moving liquid rather than to atmospheric pressure.

Nationality or culture of Syrause, Italy; especially used with reference to ancient Syracuse.

Dialect of Middle Aramaic that was once spoken across much of the Fertile Crescent and Eastern Arabia, dating to at least the 4th century BCE as a spoken language. It is known as a script from the 1st century CE. Classical Syriac became a major literary language throughout the Middle East from the 4th to the 8th centuries.

Scripts used for writing by the Syriac Christians from the 1st century ad until about the 14th century. Using a Semitic alphabet, it is descendent Aramaic cursive with 22 letters, all representing consonants, and was typically written from right to left, although occasionally vertically downward. Diacritical marks used to represent vowels were introduced in the 8th century and two systems of vocalization were developed, one similar to the system in Arabic, and one using small Greek letters above or below the line.

Nationality and culture of the modern nation of Syria, the Syrian Arab Republic.

General term for the vocal music of the various Syrian Christian churches, including Eastern Orthodox churches such as the Jacobites and Nestorians, and the Eastern churches in union with Rome.

The Islamic culture and style of Syria.

Genus comprising around 1100 species of flowering plants, native from Africa and Madagascar through southern Asia east through the Pacific.

Species of medium-sized tree native to Indonesia, now also grown in Madagascar, Zanzibar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India, and Vietnam. The dried bud of was very important in the earliest spice trade and believed to be originally indigenous to the Moluccas (Spice Islands) of Indonesia. Strong of aroma and hot and pungent in taste, cloves are used to flavor many foods, particularly meats and bakery products; in Europe and the United States the spice is a characteristic flavoring in traditional Christmas holiday foods including wassail, pumpkin pie, fruit cake, and mincemeat.

A Hungarian variation of Art Nouveau.

Se refiere a la cultura de fabricación de herramientas Paleolítica Superior que es contemporánea a la cultura Auriñacense y que se concentra en Europa oriental. Se caracteriza por buriles, perforadores, puntas en forma de hoja, lascas Levallois, raspadores laterales, y raspadores de punta.

Gran santuario chino ancestral, generalmente asociado con los edificios palaciegos.

A school of Chinese Buddhism, founded by Hui Ssu (515-577 CE) and Chih I (538-597 CE), which emphasizes the importance of the 'Lotus Sutra,' one of the integral scriptures of the Mahayana tradition. The name comes from Mount Tien in China where Hui Ssu lived and lectured. Essential features of T'ien T'ia include the concept of the threefold truth of empty, temporary, and middle, implying that all things are both distinct and part of a whole at the same time. An extension of this concept is the T'ien T'ia belief that all beings, though distinct, share the same Buddha nature and are therefore able to reach Buddhahood eventually. While T'ien T'ia acknowledges all other schools of Buddhism, it sees Buddhism as divided in 5 periods culminating in the 'Lotus Sutra' as the crown of the religion. T'ien T'ia declined in China after the persecutions of 845 CE but became popular in Korea and Japan as Tendai.

Shoes with a strap around the ankle or instep, with an extra strap that comes out of the vamp (as to form a 'T') with the strap around the ankle.

Having a form or outline comprising two crossed bars or lines, with one line meeting the second at a right angle in the center of the second line, resembling the uppercase letter T.

Úsese para los objetos pequeños, a menudo de metal y con seis púas, necesarios en el juego de las tabas.