The genus Amoeba and amoeboids in general both derive their names from the ancient Greek word for change.

The adoption of a standard recognizable type for a long time, is probably because nature gives preference in survival of a type which has long be adopted by the climatic conditions, and also due to the general Greek belief that nature expresses itself in ideal forms that can be imagined and represented.

* 1871 – Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and dictator ( d. 1941 )

* 1765 – Petros Mavromichalis, Greek general and politician, Prime Minister of Greece ( d. 1848 )

* Alexander the Great, ancient Greek king and general

The Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca established the fortified settlement of Akra Leuka ( Greek:, meaning " White Mountain " or " White Point "), where Alicante stands today.

* 1967 – Greek military junta of 1967 – 1974: A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d ' état, establishing a military regime that lasts for seven years.

The fact that the Aeginetan standard of weights and measures ( developed in the mid-7th century ) was one of the two standards in general use in the Greek world ( the other being the Euboic-Attic ) is sufficient evidence of the early commercial importance of the island.

The Antigonid dynasty ( Greek: Δυναστεία των Αντιγονιδών ) was a dynasty of Hellenistic kings descended from Alexander the Great's general Antigonus I Monophthalmus (" the One-eyed ").

( In contrast, the Greek historian Ctesias refers to a similar father-in-law / general figure named Onaphas.

General Nikola Ivanov identified the activity of the Greek Navy as the chief factor in the general success of the allies.

Indeed, military operations began in 31 BC, when Octavian's general Agrippa captured Methone, a Greek town allied to Antony.

In a general sense, anything that increases the rate of a process is a " catalyst ", a term derived from Greek καταλύειν, meaning " to annul ," or " to untie ," or " to pick up.

The word catholic ( derived via Late Latin catholicus, from the Greek adjective ( katholikos ), meaning " universal ") comes from the Greek phrase ( katholou ), meaning " on the whole ", " according to the whole " or " in general ", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning " about " and meaning " whole ".

* 1898 – Konstantinos Dovas, Greek Greek general and interim Prime Minister ( d. 1973 )

In David's words, " the most prominent general characteristics of the Greek masterpieces are a noble simplicity and silent greatness in pose as well as in expression.

The word encyclopaedia comes from the Koine Greek ἐγκυκλοπαιδεία, from Greek, transliterated enkyklios paideia, meaning " general education ": enkyklios ( ἐγκύκλιος ), meaning " circular, recurrent, required regularly, general " + paideia ( παιδεία ), meaning " education, rearing of a child ", but it was reduced to a single word due to an error by copyists of Latin manuscripts.

The term “ Euclidean ” distinguishes these spaces from the curved spaces of non-Euclidean geometry and Einstein's general theory of relativity, and is named for the Greek mathematician Euclid of Alexandria.

The word " ecumenical " derives from the Greek language "", which literally means " the inhabited world ", – a reference to the Roman Empire that later was extended to apply to the world in general.

Although the origins of the term are not referred to in the text, the title served ( along with the general hype created in Australia ) to revive public interest in the legend.

In general, the word breviary may be used to refer to an abridged version of any text or a brief account or summary of some subject, but is primarily used to refer to the Catholic liturgical book.

The Orders of Morning and Evening Prayer were extended by the inclusion of a penitential section at the beginning including a corporate confession of sin and a general absolution, although the text was printed only in Morning Prayer with rubrical directions to use it in the evening as well.

The first holder of the title was John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ( 1650 – 1722 ), the noted English general, and indeed an unqualified reference to the Duke of Marlborough in a historical text will almost certainly refer to him.

Newman wrote Elements of the topology of plane sets of points ( 1939 ), a definitive work on general topology, and still highly recommended as an undergraduate text.

While Mormons believe in the general accuracy of the modern day text of the Bible, they also believe that it is incomplete and contains errors.

In 1850, for example, Blackie and Son in Glasgow published the first general dictionary of English that relied heavily upon pictorial illustrations integrated with the text.

* Information extraction ( IE ): This is concerned in general with the extraction of semantic information from text.

* ( Canonical general text about U. S. mine warfare )

Such a popular initiative is formulated as a precise new text ( general proposal initiatives have been canceled in 2009 ) whose wording can no longer be changed by parliament and the government.

Software products such as email, calendaring, text chat, wiki, and bookmarking belong to this category, whenever used for group work, whereas the more general term social software applies to systems used outside the workplace, for example, online dating services and social networking sites like Friendster, Twitter and Facebook.

Advanced Raster editors ( like Photoshop ) use vector methods ( mathematics ) for general layout and elements such as text, but are equipped to deal with raster images down to the pixel and often have special capabilities in doing so, such as brightness / contrast, and even adding " lighting " to a raster image or photograph.

Meanwhile, Charles L. Webster & Co. issued a " fourth edition, revised, corrected, and complete " with the text of Sherman ’ s second edition, a new chapter prepared under the auspices of the Sherman family bringing the general ’ s life from his retirement to his death and funeral, and an appreciation by politician James G. Blaine ( who was related to Sherman's wife ).

Although newer knowledge in biology has more sharply defined what the text in these 1946 boxes labels " electro-colloidal ," the diagram remains, as Korzybski wrote in his last published paper in 1950, " satisfactory for our purpose of explaining briefly the most general and important points.

The curriculum during the five years focuses on three main areas: general music, Jewish music and Jewish text study.

The older the text, or the more general the audience, the more likely that HFE is implied.

That text distinguishes between two types of eunuchs – spadones ( a general term denoting " one who has no generative power, an impotent person, whether by nature or by castration ", D 50. 16. 128 ) and castrati ( castrated males, physically incapable of procreation ).

The 18th century Protestant Hebrew scholar Benjamin Kennicott's analysis of the Samaritan Pentateuch stands as an notable exception to the general trend of early Protestant research on the text.

Finnegans Wake is a difficult text, and it has been noted that Joyce would not have aimed it at the general reader ; however, certain aspects of the work have made an impact on popular culture beyond the awareness of it being difficult.

Patriotic sentiment is notably absent from the text of the original two verses, due to them being written in the spirit of Scandinavism popular at the time ( Norden in general refers to the Nordic countries in Swedish, Norwegian and Danish ).

In general, in the earliest text, the Rigveda, the Asura preside over moral and social phenomena.

The text was based on blog contributions by the general public as well as interviews conducted by the artist and the artist's own views.

Another general approach to interpreting Charter rights is to consider legal precedent regarding the United States Bill of Rights, which influenced the text of the Charter and has generated a great deal of thoughts on the extent of rights in a common law, democratic system and how bills of rights should be enforced by courts.

The Venice 1625 text was heavily criticised as a forgery by Leon Modena as part of his criticisms of the Zohar as a forgery and Kabbalah in general.

In 1850, for example, Blackie and Son in Glasgow published the first general dictionary of English that relied heavily upon pictorial illustrations integrated with the text.