There was also a long wooden spear and a woomera, a spear-throwing device which gives the spear an enormous velocity and high accuracy.

The result was that by secret agreement draft machinery was actually ready long before the country knew that the device was to take the place of the volunteering method which Theodore Roosevelt favored.

In one of these, an exploding-wire device to study systems thermodynamically up to 6,000 Af and 100 atmospheres pressure, a major goal was achieved.

A project for the Air Force has been completed in which the NAIR infrared detecting device was developed for area monitoring of noxious or dangerous gases.

The deep concave gradient employed ( fig. 2 ) was obtained with a nine-chambered gradient elution device ( `` Varigrad '', reference ( 8 ) ) and has been described elsewhere.

Although the Taylor Scale was designed as a group testing device, in this study it was individually administered by psychologically trained workers who established rapport and assisted the children in reading the items.

In the field of entertainment there is no spur to financial daring so effective as audience boredom, and the first decade of the new device was not over before audiences began staying away in large numbers from the simple-minded, one-minute shows.

I couldn't see him, but the electric bugging device gave steady beeps when it was straight ahead, short half beeps when the car I was following was to the left, and long drawn-out beeps when it turned to the right.

Police laboratory technicians said the explosive device, containing either TNT or nitroglycerine, was apparently placed under the left front wheel.

As a simple, cheap and reliable device, the Russian abacus was in use in all shops and markets throughout the former Soviet Union, and the usage of it was taught in most schools until the 1990s.

Babbage's first attempt at a mechanical computing device, the Difference Engine, was a special-purpose calculator designed to tabulate logarithms and trigonometric functions by evaluating finite differences to create approximating polynomials.

Table-sized instead of room-sized, the device was capable of calculating tables but imperfectly.

The Atanasoff – Berry Computer ( ABC ) was the first electronic digital computing device.

He is well known as the lover of Aphrodite, the goddess of love who was married to Hephaestus, god of craftsmanship, but the most famous story involving the couple shows them exposed to ridicule through the wronged husband's clever device.

In the years following the Revolution the poetic device " Columbia " was used as a symbol of both Columbus and America, King's College of New York changed its name in 1792 to Columbia, and the new capitol in Washington was subtitled District of Columbia.

Robert Graves in The Greek Myths ( 1955 ; 1960 ) asserts that the ægis in its Libyan sense had been a shamanic pouch containing various ritual objects, bearing the device of a monstrous serpent-haired visage with tusk-like teeth and a protruding tongue which was meant to frighten away the uninitiated.

Atlas Autocode's syntax was influenced by the output device which the author had available, a Friden Flexowriter.

The cartridge was intended as a pass-through device ( similar to the later Game Genie ).

In later collages of both masters, a variety of extraneous materials are used, sometimes in the same work, and almost always in conjunction with every other eye-deceiving and eye-undeceiving device they can think of.

It is the belief of Old Babylonian scholars such as Carruccio that Old Babylonians " may have used the abacus for the operations of addition and subtraction ; however, this primitive device proved difficult to use for more complex calculations ".

An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, that is used to connect a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the vessel from drifting due to wind or current.

ReTargetable Graphics is a device driver API mainly used by 3rd party graphics hardware to interface with AmigaOS via a set of libraries.

The theory of special relativity predicts that any such device would allow communication from the future to the past, which raises problems of causality, unless the device used general relativistic curved spacetimes as an integral part.

A linear charge coupled device ( CCD ) array with 200 pixels is used as the detector.

It did not depend on the AIM client and could be used with only an AIM screenname via the WebConnect feature or a dedicated SIP device.

This type of anemometer is mostly used for middle-school level instruction which most students make themselves, but a similar device was also flown on Phoenix Mars Lander.

There is the ability to opt-out of APM control on a device-by-device basis, which can be used if a driver wants to communicate directly with a hardware device.

This class of device was used for smooth control of large motors, primarily for elevators and naval guns.

The correspondence between these values and the physical states of the underlying storage or device is a matter of convention, and different assignments may be used even within the same device or program.

* A signal from an engine order telegraph, a communications device used on a ship or submarine

Anglo-Saxon poets typically used alliterative verse, a form of verse that uses alliteration as the principal structuring device to unify lines of poetry, as opposed to other devices such as rhyme, a tool which is used rather infrequently.

* ditroff, or " device independent troff ", which allowed troff to be used with any device

* Covert listening device, or bug, commonly used in espionage and in police investigations

* A Holdout ( gambling ) device used for cheating in gambling

For these passages of doom on the various cities, the device paronomasia is used.

A similar musical device is used on BBC Radio 5 Live, and mirrors the pips on BBC Radio 4.

Once a prototype has passed the tests at a certification lab, and that model is being constructed under the control of a certified quality system, the device is entitled to bear a CE mark, indicating that the device is believed to be safe and reliable when used as directed.

The same whistleblower also sent a report entitled ‘ Special Investigation Goodbody Stockbrokers – Trading in AIB Shares ’ to the CBOI, in which questions were raised about the legality of a device used to trade in AIB shares through offshore locations in blacklisted tax havens Nevis and Vanuatu.

Trading in frozen pork bellies futures was developed as a risk management device to meet the needs of meat packers who processed pork and had to contend with volatile hog prices as well as price risks on processed products held in inventory.

Political topics addressed on The Simpsons include homophobia and gay marriage ( in the episodes " Homer's Phobia " and " There's Something About Marrying "), immigration and border control (“ Much Apu About Nothing ,” “ Midnight Rx ”, “ Coming to Homerica ”), drug and alcohol abuse (" Brother's Little Helper ", " Weekend at Burnsie's ", " Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment ", " Duffless ", " E-I-E-I -( Annoyed Grunt )", and " Days of Wine and D ' oh ' ses "), gun rights (" The Cartridge Family "), environmental issues (" The Old Man and the Lisa ", " Trash of the Titans ", " Lisa the Tree Hugger ", " The Wife Aquatic ", " The Squirt and the Whale ", in addition to being an important plot device in the feature-length film ), election campaigns (" Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish ", " Sideshow Bob Roberts ", " Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington ", " See Homer Run ", " E Pluribus Wiggum ", " Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson "), and corruption (" Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington ").

² Inside North America, the NT-1 device is considered customer premises equipment ( CPE ) and must be maintained by the customer, thus, the U interface is provided to the customer.

The ( released as the Sega CD in North America ) is an add-on device for the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis video game console, designed and produced by Sega.

In electronics, a vacuum tube, electron tube ( in North America ), thermionic valve, tube, or valve is a device controlling electric current through a vacuum in a sealed container.

In the 1989 Race Across America, one team ( Team Strawberry ) used an experimental device that consisted of a rear wheel hub, a sensor and a handlebar mounted processor.

Generally, a device ( such as a television ) can only read or display video encoded to a standard which the device is designed to support ; otherwise, the source must be converted ( such as when European programs are broadcast in North America or vice versa ).

The device was not adopted widely outside North America.

The stage show of its accompanying tour in North America was built around a detailed narrative that involved Ogre interacting with a backing film, a " virtual reality " machine, a bleeding crucifix, and a large, rotating device called " The Tree of No Cares " from which dangled severed heads and pornographic magazines.

The Paraffin lamp ( widely known in America as a Kerosene lamp ) is a type of lighting device that uses Paraffin ( British " paraffin ", as distinct from paraffin wax ) as a fuel.

A2M – A2OGM – abasiophilia – ABC strategy – aberration – abortifacient – abortion – abortion pill – abruptio placentae – abstinence – abstinence movement – abstinence, be faithful, use a condom – abstinence-only sex education – abstinence-plus sex education – acault – acceleration of physical development – accessory breast – acmegenesis – acomoclitism – acquaintance rape – acrosomal reaction – acrosome – acrotomophilia – act of union – ACTH – acupressure – Adam's apple – addiction – adelphic polyandry – adelphogamy – adipophilia – adolescence – adolescent gynecomastia – adrenal cortex – adrenal gland – adrenocortical hormone – adrenogenital syndrome – adult service provider – adultery – adulthood – affinity ( canon law ) – afterbirth – agalmatophilia – agape – age disparity in sexual relationships – age of consent – aging and sexuality – agonophilia – agony aunt – AIDS – AIDS in Africa – AIDS in Asia – AIDS in India – AIDS in Latin America – AIDS in the United States – AIDS test – Alberta Eugenics Board – albutophilia – algolagnia – algophilia – alienation of affections – alimony – alley catting – alliance theory – allure – altocalciphilia – amateur pornography – ambiguous genitalia – ambisexual – ambisexuality – amelotasis – amelotatist – amenorrhea – amenorrhoea – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists – amoebiasis – amor lesbicus – ampallang piercing – ampulla of ductus deferens – ampulla of uterine tube – amputation fetish – amputee fetishism – amputeeism – amputees – amygdala – anabolic steroid – anaclitism – anal beads – anal bleaching – anal cancer – anal contraction – anal insert – anal intercourse – anal jewelry – anal masturbation – anal orgasm – anal penetration – anal sex – anal sphincter – anal stage – anal stretching – anal wart – anal wink – analinctus – analingus – analism – Ananga Ranga – anasteemaphilia – anasyrma – anatomy – Ancient Roman marriage – Androcur – androgen – androgen ablation – androgen antagonist – androgen insensitivity syndrome – androgen replacement therapy – androgen suppression – androgen-induced hermaphroditism – androgyne – androgynophilia – androgynous – androgyny – androidism – andrology – andromania – Andromeda – andromimesis – andromimetic – andromimetophilia – andropause – androphilia – androphobia – androstenedione – androstenone – anejaculation – anerotic – anesthesia fetishism – anhedonia – anililagnia – anilinctus – anilingus – anima – animal marriage – animal transformation fantasy – animus – anisonogamist – Annual Review of Sex Research – annulment – anocutaneous reflex – anonymous sex – anorexia nervosa – anorgasmia – anorgasmic – anovulation – anovulatory – antaphrodisiac – anterior commissure of labia – anthropology – anthropomorphic cartoons – anthropomorphism – anthropophagy – Anthropophyteia – anti-marriage law ( disambiguation ) – anti-miscegenation law – anti-pornography movement – anti-prostitution movement – antiandrogen – anticipatory sororate – anus – apadravya piercing – apartment wrestling – aphallia – aphrodisiac – apodysophilia – apophasis – aposthia – apotemnophilia – appendix of the epididymis – appendix testis – aquaphilia – Arab marriage customs – arab strap ( sexual device ) – Archives of Sexual Behavior – Areoi – areola – areola mammae – arranged marriage – Ars Amatoria – artificial birth control – artificial insemination – artificial insemination by donor – artificial vagina – asceticism – asexual – asexuality – asian fetish – aspermatism – aspermia – asphyxiaphilia – asphyxiophilia – ass to mouth – assortative mating – Astroglide – atonement – attachment disorder – attachment insecurity – attraction to disability – atypical gender role – auctions – auspicious wedding date – autagonistophilia – autassassinophilia – autoabasiophilia – autoagonistophilia – autoassassinophilia – autoerotic – autoerotic asphyxia – autoerotic death – autoerotic fatalities – autoerotica – autoeroticism – autofellatio – autoflagellation – autogynephilia – autogynephilic – automasochism – automonosexualism – autonepiophilia – autonomic nervous system – autopederasty – autophilia – autosadism – autosexuality – aversion therapy – avisodomy – avunculocal residence – axillary intercourse – axillism – axon – azoospermia –

IAG – ice dildo – ice play – ICSH – ICSI – Ideal Marriage: Its Physiology and Technique – idealization of romantic love – identical twins – idiographic – idiopathic – idiopathic adolescent gynecomastia – illegal sex – illegitimacy – illegitimate child – image club – Imaginative Sex – immissio penis – immunocontraception – imperforate hymen – impersonator – Implanon – impotence – impotentia coeundi – impotentia procreandi – impregnation – imprinting – imsak ( sexual technique ) – in flagrante – in flagrante delicto – in vitro fertilisation – in vitro fertilization – incest – incontinence – incubus – indecent exposure – Indian marriage customs – indolamine – infancy – infantilism – infantophilia – infatuation – infertility – infibulation – infidelity – inflatable doll – inflatable fetishism – inflation fetishism – informed consent – infundibulum of uterine tube – inhibited orgasm – inhibited sexual desire – Inis Beag – innate bisexuality – insect fetish – insemination – insertion fantasy – Institut für Sexualwissenschaft – Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality – insufflation – interaxillary intercourse – intercourse – intercrural intercourse – interfemoral intercourse – intergenerational – interlabial sulci – intermammary intercourse – intermarriage ( disambiguation ) – intermediate part of male urethra – internal orifice of the uterus – internal pudendal artery – internal spermatic fascia – internal urethral orifice – internalized homophobia – International Academy of Sex Research – International Encyclopedia of Sexuality – Internet pornography – interoceptive – interracial pornography – interreligious marriage – interrogation scene – intersex – Intersex Society of North America – intersexuality – interstitial cell stimulating hormone – intimacy – intimacy-avoidancy – intimate examination – intimate relationship – intracavernosal injection – intracytoplasmic sperm injection – intrauterine device – introitus – intromission – Inuit marriage customs – Inuit wedding – inunction – invert – inviolacy – involuntary celibacy – involuntary sterilization – irrumatio – irrumation – Isabella piercing – ischiocavernosus muscle – Islamic marriage customs – Islamic view of marriage – Islamic views of homosexuality – isthmus of uterine tube – IUD – IUS – IVF –

In Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America, an additional device manufactured by Neurelec, of France, is available.

Sharp introduced a very different device from the clamshells in the form of the SL-6000 in early 2004 ; the SL-6000L ( Wi-Fi only, no Bluetooth ) was sold in North America, the last and only device since the 5xxx series to be officially sold outside Japan.

The first practical commercial night vision device offered on the market was developed by Dr. Vladimir K. Zworykin working for the Radio Corporation of America and was intended for civilian use.

It is also frequently used as an auditory symbol of rural America, as in Washington Irving's story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, or as a plot device.

The invention of the TWT is widely attributed to Rudolf Kompfner in 1942 – 1943, although Nils Lindenblad, working at RCA ( Radio Corporation of America ) in the USA did patent a device in May 1940 that was remarkably similar to Kompfner's TWT.

Plans for this service were considered in North America, with the device being renamed the Tele-Genesis, and was in fact advertised in several early product and accessory line-ups for the console, but these plans were also cancelled.

The invention of the device at first sight doesn't seem to be obscure, but it would appear that it was developed in both America and the United Kingdom, more or less at the same time.

Many television news programs, particularly local news ones in North America, have also used live television as a device to gain audience viewers by making their programs appear more exciting.

Bashir repeated his claim that a nuclear device was released by the CIA, saying the attack was conspiracy between " America, Australia and the Jews "

The comics were something of a throw-back to the Golden Age, in that they had more pages than most of their contemporaries and usually featured five or six independent stories, with all the main characters coming together for the final story of the issue, a common Golden Age plotting device used in team books such as DC Comics's Justice Society of America.

In 1819, Moody patented the throstle filling frame, a device which greatly contributed to the steadily decreasing cost of cotton manufacture in America.