Modern definitions are concerned with the fundamental chemical reactions common to all acids.

Modern research still uses the Brodmann cerebral cytoarchitectonic map ( referring to study of cell structure ) anatomical definitions from this era in continuing to show that distinct areas of the cortex are activated in the execution of specific tasks.

Modern scholars have also provided definitions of Tantra.

Modern definitions from biologists often focus on the scientific study of individual organisms in their environment, as seen in this definition by M. Bates: " Natural history is the study of animals and Plants-of organisms.

Modern porcelain tiles are generally produced to a number of recognised international standards and definitions.

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With his unique facility for both Chinese and English idiom, Lin presided over the compilation of an outstanding Chinese-English dictionary, Lin Yutang's Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage () ( 1972 ), which contains a massive English index to definitions of Chinese terms.

Knuth produced his original Computer Modern fonts using Metafont, a program that reads stroke-based definitions of glyphs and outputs ready-to-use fonts as bitmap image files.

Modern " unabridged " versions that include Bierce " definitions " that were for various reasons missed by earlier editions continue to be popular a century later.

Modern definitions of what constitute the distinct races of humanity are still rooted in taxonomic classifications first developed in 18th and 19th century Europe, before the later availability of many tools of modern science, in particular population genetics ( see descriptions in the article Race ( classification of humans ).

Modern definition The states in dark red are almost always included in modern day definitions of the South, while those in medium red are usually included.

Modern military camouflage makes use of # Disruptive patterning | disruptively patterned equipment, face paint and natural materials

Modern surveys, like the U. S. Geological Survey, map and exhibit the natural resources within the country.

Modern jurisprudence began in the 18th century and was focused on the first principles of the natural law, civil law, and the law of nations.

Modern property rights are based on conceptions of owners and possession as belonging to legal persons, even if the legal person is not a natural person.

Modern romantic nationalism in the United States, characterized by the myth of the frontier, the assertion of natural dominance over North and South America expressed in the Monroe Doctrine, and the belief that U. S .- style democracy should prevail over other cultures ( e. g. Project for the New American Century ), has strongly influenced American foreign policy and is influencing global conflicts, and religious, ethnic and nationalist alignments.

Modern space suits augment the basic pressure garment with a complex system of equipment and environmental systems designed to keep the wearer comfortable, and to minimize the effort required to bend the limbs, resisting a soft pressure garment's natural tendency to stiffen against the vacuum.

In the Modern Age, scientists adopted atomist theories, while materialist philosophers embraced Epicurus ' hedonist ethics and restated his objections to natural teleology.

Modern theorists were focused on achieving progress and believed in the existence of natural and social laws which could be used universally to develop knowledge and thus a better understanding of society.

' Modern biotechnology ' is defined in the Protocol to mean the application of in vitro nucleic acid techniques, or fusion of cells beyond the taxonomic family, that overcome natural physiological reproductive or recombination barriers and are not techniques used in traditional breeding and selection.

The distinction became particularly pointed and controversial during the Early Modern witch-hunts, with some authors such as Johannes Hartlieb denouncing all magical practice as blasphemous, while others portrayed natural magic as not sinful.

Modern Lancaster is distinguished by a rich blend of 19th-century architecture ( best evidenced in historic Square 13, part of Zane's original plot ) and natural beauty ( best evidenced by the famous Standing Stone, today known as Mount Pleasant ) with all the typical modern accoutrements of a small-medium-sized American city.

Modern forestry generally embraces a broad range of concerns, including assisting forests to provide timber as raw material for wood products, wildlife habitat, natural water quality management, recreation, landscape and community protection, employment, aesthetically appealing landscapes, biodiversity management, watershed management, erosion control, and preserving forests as ' sinks ' for atmospheric carbon dioxide.

The geology and topography of the village lent itself to urbanisation and domestic industries ; primitive weavers ' cottages, coal pits and stonequarries were propelled by Bacup's natural supply of water power in the Early Modern period.

Modern psychologists view anger as a primary, natural, and mature emotion experienced by virtually all humans at times, and as something that has functional value for survival.

In the Early Modern Period the food of England was historically characterised by its simplicity of approach and a reliance on the high quality of natural produce.

Modern lens coatings consist of complex multi-layers and reflect only 0. 25 % or less to yield an image with maximum brightness and natural colors.

Modern research suggests that this policy was misguided, and that a certain level of wildfires is a natural and important part of forest ecology.

Modern perfumery began in the late 19th century with the commercial synthesis of aroma compounds such as vanillin or coumarin, which allowed for the composition of perfumes with smells previously unattainable solely from natural aromatics alone.

Designed by renowned architect Peter Eisenman, the stadium was featured on The History Channel TV series, Modern Marvels because of its roll-out natural grass field.

Modern ' natural gas ' used in homes is far less toxic, and has a gassy odor added to it for identifying leaks.

Modern cremator fuels include oil, natural gas, propane, and, in some areas like Hong Kong, town gas.

Modern commercial actors are seldom held accountable for their role in the illegal exploitation of natural resources from modern conflict zones, even though pillage is prosecuted as a matter of course in other contexts.

Modern use of natural musk pods occurs in traditional Chinese medicine.

The gender system in Modern English is generally natural, semantic and logical ; however it is most similar to languages whose gender systems primarily distinguish between the animate and inanimate, and between the personal and impersonal.

Modern Algerian literature, split between Arabic, Kabyle and French, has been strongly influenced by the country's recent history.

His work in Early Modern European History focuses on the history of education, the history of the book and the history of reading.

* Swearingen Jr., William Scott Environmental City: People, Place, and the Meaning of Modern Austin ( University of Texas Press ; 2010 ) 273 pages ; traces the history of environmentalism in the Texas capital, which has been part of a larger effort to preserve Austin's quality of life and sense of place.

Modern scholars assign a wide range of genres to the Acts of the Apostles, including biography, novel and history.

Modern interpretations view the concept of bretwaldaship as complex and an important indicator of how a 9th-century chronicler interpreted history and attempted to insert the increasingly more powerful Saxon kings into that history.

Modern scholarly thinking is that the books originated by combining a number of independent texts of various ages when the larger Deuteronomistic history ( the Former Prophets plus Deuteronomy ) was being composed in the period c. 630-540 BCE.

Modern historians have used this to determine both the nature of his politics and of the aborted chapters of his civil war history.

Modern history has rejected these views, instead characterising Domitian as a ruthless but efficient autocrat, whose cultural, economic and political program provided the foundation of the peaceful 2nd century.

Modern history has refuted these claims, suggesting these stories later circulated under Flavian rule as part of a propaganda campaign to diminish success under the less reputable Emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and to maximize achievements under Emperor Claudius ( 41 – 54 ) and his son Britannicus.

Notable jazz bassists from the 1940s to the 1950s included bassist Jimmy Blanton ( 1918 – 1942 ) whose short tenure in the Duke Ellington Swing band ( cut short by his death from tuberculosis ) introduced new melodic and harmonic solo ideas for the instrument ; bassist Ray Brown ( 1926 – 2002 ), known for backing Beboppers Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum and Charlie Parker, and forming the Modern Jazz Quartet ; hard bop bassist Ron Carter ( born 1937 ), who has appeared on 3, 500 albums make him one of the most-recorded bassists in jazz history, including LPs by Thelonious Monk and Wes Montgomery and many Blue Note Records artists ; and Paul Chambers ( 1935 – 1969 ), a member of the Miles Davis Quintet ( including the landmark modal jazz recording Kind of Blue ) and many other 1950s and 1960s rhythm sections, was known for his virtuosic improvisations.

Modern history writing requires the critical evaluation of sources, and does not accept God as a cause of events.

Modern warfare since the late Renaissance has relied upon firearms, with wide-ranging effects on military history and history in general.

* Taylor, A. J. P. The Struggle for Mastery in Europe: 1848-1918 ( Oxford History of Modern Europe ) ( 1955 ), diplomatic history

The first of these was A Modern Utopia ( 1905 ), which shows a worldwide utopia with " no imports but meteorites, and no exports at all "; two travellers from our world fall into its alternate history.

The history of Libya comprises six distinct periods: Ancient Libya, the Roman era, the Islamic era, Ottoman rule, Italian rule, and the Modern era.

The History of Modern Greece covers the history of Greece from the recognition of its autonomy from the Ottoman Empire by the Great Powers ( the United Kingdom, France, and Russia ) in 1828, after the Greek War of Independence, to the present day.

The Early Modern period in French history spans the following reigns, from 1461 to the Revolution, breaking in 1789:

Modern readers are cautioned to understand that Scott's aim was to create a compelling novel set in a historical period, not to provide a book of history.

Vitebsk Museum of Modern Art: a history of creation and a collection.

Modern waka poets like Masaoka Shiki and Saito Mokichi considered him one of greatest poets in the history of Japanese literature.

The Middle Ages ( adjectival forms: medieval, mediaeval, and mediæval ) is the period of European history encompassing the 5th to the 15th centuries, normally marked from the collapse of the Western Roman Empire ( the end of Classical Antiquity ) until the beginning of the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery, the periods which ushered in the Modern Era.