Niven also occasionally refers to arcologies in his Known Space series, particularly in the stories involving Gil Hamilton, or the Pierson's Puppeteers, whose arcologies are enormous ( The smallest were cubes a mile in height, length and width.

Inorganic qualitative analysis generally refers to a systematic scheme to confirm the presence of certain, usually aqueous, ions or elements by performing a series of reactions that eliminate ranges of possibilities and then confirms suspected ions with a confirming test.

These are called " universal names "; their meaning is a " concept " and refers to a series of objects ( the extension of the concept ).

However, a number of writers of the novels and audio plays are also writing for the new television series, and Russell T Davies refers to the comic strips, audio plays and novels in an essay describing the Time War, written for the Doctor Who Annual 2006.

This particular fact was reinforced when TV Guide ranked the series number 10 on its 50 Worst Shows of All Time List in 2002 ... a full 10 years after the last first-run episode aired on May 30, 1992 ( although the entry specifically refers to the Hee Haw Honeys spinoff, not the main show itself ).

The term potential infinity refers to a mathematical procedure in which there is an unending series of steps.

Heathenism, also known as Germanic Neopaganism, refers to a series of contemporary Pagan traditions that are based upon the historical religions, culture and literature of Germanic-speaking Europe.

NATO refers to surface-to-air missile systems mounted on ships or submarines with the same names as the corresponding land-based systems, but the US DoD assigns a different series of numbers with a different suffix ( i. e., SA-N-vs. SA -) for these systems.

In the UK, the word " repeat " refers only to a single episode ; " rerun " or " rerunning " is the preferred term for an entire series / season.

The significance of the R-in the series title refers to the production code as well as the term of endearment for the player fighter craft, the " Round Canopy ".

In Gene Roddenberry's original Star Trek pitch, the starship is described as a " United Space Ship ," and in two episodes of the original series ( TOS ), Kirk refers to the " United Space Ship Enterprise ".

This occurs in a series of wafer processing steps collectively referred to as BEOL ( not to be confused with back end of chip fabrication which refers to the packaging and testing stages ).

During her own series, Xena spends almost every episode on a different mission, always trying to do the right thing, fighting for the what she refers to as the " greater good ".

Used generally to describe a series of economic events from the second half of the 15th century to the first half of the 17th, the price revolution refers most specifically to the relatively high rate of inflation that characterized the period across Western Europe, with prices on average rising perhaps sixfold over 150 years.

Muggle, a term from the Harry Potter book series by J. K. Rowling, refers to a person who lacks any sort of magical ability and was not born into the magical world.

The famous catchphrase " Beam me up, Scotty " refers to the transporter device, which was often operated by Montgomery Scott during the original series.

The Chinese democracy movement (, abbreviated as Mínyùn ()) refers to a series of loosely organized political movements in the People's Republic of China against the continued one-party rule by the Communist Party.

In the series finale of the Emmy Award-winning, critically acclaimed series Arrested Development ( which he executive produced and narrated ), Howard appears as himself in an epilogue at the end of the episode and refers to himself as " a Hollywood icon ".

The title refers to an era when competing newspapers published a series of editions during the day, in this case marking its final edition front page with five stars and the word " Final.

Unlike the 1970s series, in which the Electric Company refers to a troupe of actors in comedy sketches, the new series refers to a group of super heroes who battle villains in the name of literacy.

NBC plans a new series of three long programs exploring America's scientific plans titled `` Threshold '', to start in the fall.

Similarly, in Gregory Keyes ' series The Age of Unreason, " aetherschriebers " use two halves of a single " chime " to communicate, aided by scientific alchemy.

* Capricorn ( microprocessor ), a family of microprocessors used in the HP series 80 scientific microcomputers

For scientific purposes, after 1906 Doyen combined 15 of his films into three compilations, two of which survive, the six-film series Extirpation des tumeurs encapsulées ( 1906 ), and the four-film Les Opérations sur la cavité crânienne ( 1911 ).

This development was further strengthened by the establishment ( in 1996 ) of a series of conferences on the Evolution of Language ( now known as " Evolang "), promoting a scientific, multidisciplinary approach to the issue, and interest from major academic publishers ( e. g., the Studies in the Evolution of Language series has been appearing with Oxford University Press since 2001 ) and scientific journals.

Over the years, NASA has launched a series of Explorer spacecraft carrying a wide variety of scientific investigations.

An early functional-flavored language was Lisp, developed by John McCarthy while at Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ) for the IBM 700 / 7000 series scientific computers in the late 1950s.

The System / 360 was a single series of compatible models for both commercial and scientific use.

* Space Odyssey: Voyage To The Planets ( 2004 ) – A documentary style series about a scientific voyage by the crew of the interplanetary ship Pegasus.

In 1864 and 1865, a series of scientific findings clarified that niobium and columbium were the same element ( as distinguished from tantalum ), and for a century both names were used interchangeably.

During the journey, Scott sent a series of conflicting orders back to base concerning the future use of the expedition's dogs, leaving it unclear whether they were to be saved for future scientific journeys or were to assist the polar party home.

During the series, Burton's character was Chief Engineering Officer, and thus was often portrayed repairing machines or discovering new scientific phenomena.

After analyzing essays from " the academic Left ", scientists argued that some of these critical writers were ignorant of the original scientific documents they were criticizing and, therefore, were making a series of nonsensical statements about the nature and intent of science.

Although she is frequently able to offer scientific alternatives to Mulder's deductions, she is rarely able to refute them completely and, over the course of the series, becomes increasingly dissatisfied with her own ability to contextualize the X-Files in a scientific way.

The larger scientific community became aware of the significance of the EMP problem after a series of three articles were published about nuclear electromagnetic pulse in 1981 by William J.

Evident in Le Docteur Pascal, and again in Fécondité ( which is not part of the Rougon-Macquart series ), is Zola's conviction that as scientific research makes progress step by step and from generation to generation, so by slow degrees but in a similarly steadfast manner the moral progress of the human race will be achieved as the environmental faults of particular societies are swept away, as ( through innéité ) the hereditary failings of particular families are overcome and as on a universal scale – in novels beyond the framework of the Rougon-Macquart series – humanity unites in brotherhood.

" However, as the series progresses, Tom's inventions " show an increasingly independent genius as he develops devices, such as an electric rifle and a photo telephone, further removed from the scientific norm ".

Stratemeyer Syndicate employee Andrew Svenson described the new series as based " on scientific fact and probability, whereas the old Toms were in the main adventure stories mixed with pseudo-science ".

Three Ph. D. s in science were hired as consultants to the series to ensure scientific accuracy.

The winner of the series advances to play the winner of the National League Championship Series in baseball's championship, the World Series.

in 2012, the playoffs were expanded again so that two wild card teams face off in a one game wild card round to determine which team advances to the division series, with the playoffs then continuing as it had before 2012 ( though with the possibilty of a fifth seed being in the playoffs and a fourth seed being out ) after the end of the wild card round.

A coin toss is held to determine which team will take possession first ; the first team scrimmages the ball at the opponent's 35-yard line and advances through a series of downs until it scores or loses possession.

Free from many of the elements that accompany science fiction in general — whether that be space aliens, giant robots, or laser guns — the series delegates itself towards presenting a world that is quite similar to our own albeit showcasing some technological advances.

Drexler argues that we may need to wait until our conventional nanotechnology improves before solving these issues: " Molecular manufacturing will result from a series of advances in molecular machine systems, much as the first Moon landing resulted from a series of advances in liquid-fuel rocket systems.

To provide that input to the decision-making process, advances in understanding on these topics were assessed in 1989, 1991, 1994, 1998 and 2002 in a series of reports entitled Scientific assessment of ozone depletion.

A series of major advances occurred in the 1970s due to the convergence of several factors.

Additional casualties were incurred in the actual assault, which was marked by a series of brave but disorganized and uncoordinated advances.

However, it is also possible that such advances could be exploited for hostile purposes, something evidenced in a small number of incidents of bioterrorism, but more particularly by the series of large-scale offensive biological warfare programmes carried out by major states in the last century.

Joan Collins wrote that when she rejected his on-set advances, he embarked on a series of liaisons with other women including an elderly black maid who, according to Collins, was " almost toothless ".

Each hammer prints a series of dots in horizontal direction for one pass of the shuttle, then paper advances at one step and the shuttle prints the following row of dots

The success of this project would depend upon a series of technological advances in metallurgy and materials science.

The team that scores the most goals in the home-and-away series advances to the Conference Championship, which expands from a one-off match to a two-legged match starting in 2012.

* In the American comedy-drama series Freaks and Geeks, in the episode " Girlfriends and Boyfriends ", Nick makes advances towards Lindsay as he plays " Lady " on his stereo and sings to it.

Wartime advances in electronics had opened up large swaths of high frequency to practical use, and in 1948 the U. S. Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) started a series of meetings on the use of what would become the UHF channels.

She advances through the labyrinth alone and overcomes a series of obstacles during her journey, including a Knights and Knaves logic puzzle, before eventually trapping herself in an oubliette.

Only after a series of technical advances spanning decades did video tape editing finally become a viable production tool, up to par with film editing.

He described an early practical design for the reflecting telescope – the Gregorian telescope – and made advances in trigonometry, discovering infinite series representations for several trigonometric functions.

Speedo's most recent technological advances are found in the Fastskin, Fastskin FS II series and the LZR Racer suit.

The plan was to draw the Crusaders out by a series of advances followed by feigned retreats, and destroy them by sustained attacks once their ranks were broken.

Diving in the spacious third chamber of Wookey Hole led to a rapid series of advances, each of which was dignified by being given a successive number, until an air surface was reached at what is now known as " Chamber 9.