Area can be defined as a function from a collection M of special kind of plane figures ( termed measurable sets ) to the set of real numbers which satisfies the following properties:

Other possible views are these: Art can act as a means to some special kind of knowledge.

An accumulator machine, also called a 1-operand machine, or a CPU with accumulator-based architecture, is a kind of CPU where, although it may have several registers, the CPU mostly stores the results of calculations in one special register, typically called " the accumulator ".

The concept of function is defined as a special kind of binary relation.

It is a special kind of square prism, of rectangular parallelepiped and of trigonal trapezohedron.

A special case is a zero byte file ; these files are either an accident ( a result of an aborted disk operation ) or serve as some kind of flag in the file system.

A Carnot cycle is a special kind of cyclic process affecting a body composed of material suitable for use in a heat engine.

In linguistics, creaky voice ( sometimes called laryngealisation, pulse phonation, vocal fry, or glottal fry ), is a special kind of phonation in which the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx are drawn together ; as a result, the vocal folds are compressed rather tightly, becoming relatively slack and compact.

:: A knowledge base ( abbreviated KB, kb or Δ ) is a special kind of database for knowledge management, providing the means for the computerized collection, organization, and retrieval of knowledge.

The objective of each level is simply to locate the exit room that leads to the next area, marked with an exit sign and / or a special kind of door, while surviving all hazards on the way.

More generally one is interested in properties and invariants of smooth manifolds which are carried over by diffeomorphisms, another special kind of smooth mapping.

The fossil wood may be the only part of the plant that has been preserved, with the rest of the plant completely unknown: therefore such wood may get a special kind of botanical name.

There is something about a storyteller becoming rich and having a reasonably full private life that has a powerful potential to irritate so that, when things go wrong, it causes a very special kind of joy.

Instruments included the double-reed aulos and a plucked string instrument, the lyre, principally the special kind called a kithara.

To control their slaves there, they breed a special kind of artificial horrendous beast, the ghouloon, out of baboons.

: " Each country has its own kind of naturism, and even each club has its own special character, for we too, human beings, have each our own character which is reflected in our surroundings.

Morality is sometimes presumed to have some kind of special binding force on behaviour, but some philosophers think " ought ", used this way, seems to wrongly attribute magic powers to morality.

Berkeley's idealism has two main strands, phenomenalism in which physical events are viewed as a special kind of mental event and subjective idealism.

Consideration of its status will show that we are limited to a special kind of truth table ".

QCD is a quantum field theory of a special kind called a non-abelian gauge theory, consisting of a ' color field ' mediated by a set of exchange particles ( the gluons ).

As each ruminant produces a special kind of rennet to digest the milk of its own species, there are milk-specific rennets available, such as kid goat rennet for goat's milk and lamb rennet for sheep's milk.

The character's special visual abilities were responsible, at least in part, for his unusually rapid advancement in rank seeing as how his enhanced eyesight was a kind of built-in diagnostic tool allowing him to sidestep certain mechanical sensory tools.

Gradually, the free pronouns shifted from accusative inflection to ergative, since they have come to be perceived by speakers as a special kind of proper name.

This generalized definition implies that the above mentioned geometric entities are a special kind of vectors, as they are elements of a special kind of vector space called Euclidean space.

" Soft-Shoe " is a rhythm form of tap dancing that doesn't require special shoes, and while rhythm is generated by tapping of the feet, it also uses sliding of the feet ( even sometimes using scattered sand on the stage to enhance the sound of the performer's sliding feet ) more often than modern rhythm tap.

He subsequently formed a band initially featuring special guest Cipollina along with the rhythm section from Cipollina's band Copperhead, bassist Hutch Hutchinson and drummer David Weber.

Vincent Canby of The New York Times described it as " a movie that is, in effect, a feature-length, two-reel comedy — something very special and eccentric and funny ", even though toward the end " a certain monotony sets in " with Allen's comedy rhythm.

A special kind of rhythm may be observed in the dirges, called by the Hebrews " kinot ".

While being transferred into a different environment puts special pressure on communication skills, there are practical difficulties to overcome, such as circadian rhythm disruption that often leads to insomnia and daylight drowsiness ; adaptation of gut flora to different bacteria levels and concentrations in food and water ; difficulty in seeking treatment for illness, as medicines may have different names from the native country's and the same active ingredients might be hard to recognize.

Lewis Carroll wrote Hiawatha's Photographing, which he introduced by noting ( in the same rhythm as the Longfellow poem ) " In an age of imitation, I can claim no special merit for this slight attempt at doing what is known to be so easy.

The ancient Greeks themselves counted among the special criteria of the dithyramb its special rhythm, its aulos accompaniment in Phrygian mode, its highly-wrought vocabulary, its considerable narrative content, and its originally antistrophic character.

in celebration of his 85th birthday: Juniflip featuring guest appearances from Love front-man Arthur Lee, vocalist ( and successful actor ) Bill Henderson, and former Hamilton band members trombonist George Bohanon and bass trombonist Jimmy Cheatham ; Believe with special guest appearances from vocalist and rhythm and blues singer Fontella Bass and trombonist George Bohanon ; 6th Avenue Romp featuring special guest appearances from guitarist Shuggie Otis, trumpeter Jon Faddis, trombonist George Bohanon, vocalist Brenna Bavis and percussionist Jaimoe of the Allman Brothers Band ; and Heritage with special guest appearances from vocalist Marya Lawrence and trombonist George Bohanon.

The rhythm and song of Yosim Pancar dance are now being modernized with special effect sounds and pop dance beat.

* Krivo Sadovsko Horo ( Twisted chain dance from Sadovo, Northern Thrace ): Very fast dance, with special rhythm ( 13 / 8 ), this dance has many versions.

Danish musicologist Charlotte Rørdam Larsen states that in the 1970s, Danish groups such as Kim Larsen's Gasolin gave Danish music a special Danish rhythm and significance, linguistically, if not wholly distinct musically from international styles.

The dance steps have special names: Bolivar ( quick with regular jumps ); camba ( very agile, one meter high jumps ); chucu-chucu ( with a faster rhythm that amuse the audience, in the foot tips, almost in the knees ); and the cullahui jump.

The dance performers move in a circle, striking small sticks and keeping rhythm with special steps.

For the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the baton had special significance as it marked the Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen and was designed to symbolise the uniqueness of the individual and the common rhythm of humanity.

Yet he did drop his badinage with the ordinary country girl as much in deference to the Grafin as acknowledgement that here, indeed, was something special.

For lawyers, reflecting perhaps their parochial preferences, there has been a special fascination since then in the role played by the Supreme Court in that transformation -- the manner in which its decisions altered in `` the switch in time that saved nine '', President Roosevelt's ill-starred but in effect victorious `` Court-packing plan '', the imprimatur of judicial approval that was finally placed upon social legislation.

Each song or ditty was prefaced by an author's note which indicated the origin and meaning of the song as well as special interest the song had, musical arrangement, and most of the chorus and verses.

On January 24 Paul Bang-Jensen, accompanied by Adolf Berle, was met by Dragoslav Protitch and Colonel Frank Begley, former Police Chief of Farmington, Conn., and now head of U.N. special police.

A special guard was posted at my end of the bridge to make sure I didn't cross, the ludicrousness of the situation being revealed fully in that everyone else -- men, women, and children, dogs, cats, horses, cars, trucks, baby carriages -- could cross Kehl bridge into Kehl without surveillance.

The special guard, however, was still posted on Kehl bridge.

There must have been special feelings of joy and patriotism in the heart of Daniel Morgan too, when the news was received on April 30th of the recognition by France of the independence of the United States.

Yet, the idea imbedded in each was identical: to surround the unknown with mystery and to isolate that class which had been given special dominion over the secrets of God.

To do this successfully required great skill and a special talent for both solemn and ribald raillery, a talent not bestowed on many persons, but one with which Milton was marked as being endowed and in which, at least in this performance, he obviously reveled.

The situation with regard to the Southern Pacific was therefore a special one and not necessarily applicable to other situations in other industries.

It seems that Khrushchev himself took a very special pride in having made a world-shaking contribution to Marxist doctrine with his Draft Program ( a large part of his twelve-hour speech at the recent Congress was, in fact, very largely a rehash of that interminable document ).

Then epistolatory me was a foreign correspondent dispatching exciting cables and communiques, full of dash and wit and glamor, quoting from the books I read, imitating the grand styles of the authors recommended by a teacher in whose special, after-school class I was enrolled.

Until 1958 the state was also entitled to a special type of manufacturers' discount through the dealers.

His soil was `` nothing special '', just prairie land, but he had harrowed in compost until it was loose, spongy and brown-black.

The bubble was filled to the top and special precautions were taken to prevent any sample from remaining in the capillary.

A titre personnel and a special office was created in the Ministry of the Interior to plan and to conduct the elections.

Political interference in Africa and Asia and even in Latin America ( though limited in Latin America by the special interest of the United States as expressed in the Monroe Doctrine, itself from the outset related to European politics and long dependent upon the `` balance of power '' system in Europe ) was necessary in order to preserve both common economic values and the European `` balance '' itself.

The final step was a vote for a $230,000 bond issue for the construction of a sewage system by the 1959 town meeting, later confirmed by a two-thirds vote at a special town meeting June 21, 1960.

special equipment required for registering respiration and for recording the contraction of smooth muscles under various conditions was developed by the Instruments Section ( Victor Jackman, W. C. Barnes, J. F. Reiss ) ; ;

One of the President's special assistants, the Harvard dean McGeorge Bundy, was co-author with Henry L. Stimson of the latter's classic memoir, On Active Service.

In a far distant part of the United States, I was talking to an instructor about a boy who in the twelfth grade was doing special work.

This had a pleasant effect upon the Sunday gate receipts as well as upon the intake of the rail and bus companies, some of which began to offer special excursion rates, including seats at the park, just as the trolley and ferry companies had when baseball was new.