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Mirabilis (album)
Mirabilis is a Latin adjective meaning "amazing, wondrous, remarkable", and is used to refer to: * Annus mirabilis, a Latin phrase meaning "wonderful year" or "year of wonders" (or "year of miracles") * Anorexia mirabilis, religious fasting to the point of starvation, particularly of women and girls of the Middle Ages * RV ''Mirabilis'', a ship * ''Mirabilis'', a genus of herbaceous perennial plants * '' Welwitschia mirabilis'', a species of plant * ''Lecanopteris mirabilis'', a species of plant * Mirabilis (band), an ethereal/neo-classical band * Mirabilis (company), an internet company, owned by Digital Sky Technologies, that produced ICQ * ''Mirabilis'' (novel), a novel by Susann Cokal Susann Cokal is an American author. She is best known for having written the novels ''The Kingdom of Little Wounds'', ''Mirabilis'', ''Mermaid Moon'', and ''Breath and Bones'', along with short stories, literary and pop-culture criticism, and book ... * ''Mirabilis'' (album), album by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the Roman Republic it became the dominant language in the Italian region and subsequently throughout the Roman Empire. Even after the fall of Western Rome, Latin remained the common language of international communication, science, scholarship and academia in Europe until well into the 18th century, when other regional vernaculars (including its own descendants, the Romance languages) supplanted it in common academic and political usage, and it eventually became a dead language in the modern linguistic definition. Latin is a highly inflected language, with three distinct genders (masculine, feminine, and neuter), six or seven noun cases (nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, ablative, and vocative), five declensions, four verb conjuga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annus Mirabilis
''Annus mirabilis'' (pl. ''anni mirabiles'') is a Latin phrase that means "marvelous year", "wonderful year", "miraculous year", or "amazing year". This term has been used to refer to several years during which events of major importance are remembered, notably Isaac Newton's discoveries in 1666. 1345-1346 — Edward III Eight years after the start of the Hundred Years' War large-scale fighting had died down. Edward III of England decided to renew the war more vigorously in 1345. He despatched a small force to Gascony in south-west France under Henry, Earl of Derby and personally led the main English army to northern France. Edward delayed the disembarkation of his army and his fleet was scattered by a storm, rendering this offensive ineffective. Derby was spectacularly successful, winning victories at Bergerac and Auberoche. The following spring a large French army, led by the heir to the French throne, John, Duke of Normandy, counter-attacked Derby's forces. Edward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anorexia Mirabilis
Anorexia mirabilis, also known as holy anorexia or inedia prodigiosa or colloquially as fasting girls, is an eating disorder, similar to that of anorexia nervosa, that was common in, but not restricted to, the Middle Ages in Europe, largely affecting Catholic nuns and religious women. Self-starvation was common among religious women, as a way to imitate the suffering of Jesus in his torments during the Passion, as women were largely restricted to causing themselves voluntary pain by fasting, whereas holy men experienced suffering through physical punishment, voluntary poverty, and celibacy. Overview Etymology Anorexia mirabilis comes from the Latin meaning "miraculously inspired loss of appetite", whereas inedia prodigiosa means "great starvation". Description Anorexia mirabilis is primarily characterized by the refusal to eat, resulting in starvation, malnutrition, and oftentimes death, but differs from anorexia nervosa in that the disease is associated with religion as op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RV Mirabilis
RV ''Mirabilis'' is a deep-sea fisheries research vessel owned by the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources of Namibia. She was built in 2012 by STX Finland Rauma shipyard in Rauma, Finland, to replace the ageing RV Welwitschia, which was gifted by Japan in 1994. The vessel was procured with the help of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, which provided an interest free loan. RV ''Mirabilis'' is fitted with a state of the art Raytheon Anschutz integrated bridge navigation system. The vessel maintains positioning during scientific survey work, using a Navis Engineering DP4000 dynamic positioning Dynamic positioning (DP) is a computer-controlled system to automatically maintain a vessel's position and heading by using its own propellers and thrusters. Position reference sensors, combined with wind sensors, motion sensors and gyrocompass ... system. Sources 2012 ships Ships of Namibia Research vessels Ships built in Rauma, Finland {{Namibia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirabilis (plant)
''Mirabilis'' is a genus of plants in the family Nyctaginaceae known as the four-o'clocks or umbrellaworts. The best known species may be ''Mirabilis jalapa'', the plant most commonly called four o'clock. There are several dozen species in the genus, of herbaceous plants, mostly found in the Americas. Some form tuberous roots that enable them to perennate through dry and cool seasons. They have small, often fragrant, deep-throated flowers. Although best known as ornamental plants, at least one species, ''mauka'' ('' M. expansa''), is grown for food. Selected species *'' Mirabilis albida'' (Walter) Heimerl *'' Mirabilis alipes'' (S.Watson) Pilz *'' Mirabilis coccinea'' (Torr.) Benth. & Hook.f. *'' Mirabilis elegans'' (Choisy) Heimerl *'' Mirabilis expansa'' (Ruiz & Pav.) Standl. *'' Mirabilis greenei'' S.Watson *'' Mirabilis himalaica'' (Edgew.) Heimerl **''Mirabilis himalaica'' var. ''chinensis'' Heimerl **''Mirabilis himalaica'' var. ''himalaica'' *''Mirabilis jalapa'' L. *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welwitschia Mirabilis
''Welwitschia'' is a monotypic gymnosperm genus, comprising solely the distinctive ''Welwitschia mirabilis'', endemic to the Namib desert within Namibia and Angola. ''Welwitschia'' is the only living genus of the family Welwitschiaceae and order Welwitschiales in the division Gnetophyta, and is one of three living genera in Gnetophyta, alongside ''Gnetum'' and ''Ephedra''. Informal sources commonly refer to the plant as a "living fossil". Naming ''Welwitschia'' is named after the Austrian botanist and doctor Friedrich Welwitsch, who described the plant in Angola in 1859. Welwitsch was so overwhelmed by the plant that he, "could do nothing but kneel down ..and gaze at it, half in fear lest a touch should prove it a figment of the imagination." Joseph Dalton Hooker of the Linnean Society of London, using Welwitsch's description and collected material along with material from the artist Thomas Baines who had independently recorded the plant in Namibia, described the species. Wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lecanopteris Mirabilis
''Lecanopteris mirabilis'' is a species of tropical fern in the genus ''Lecanopteris'' native to Papua New Guinea and Sulawesi. An epiphyte, its name means "wonderful" or "marvelous". Like others of its genus, it grows from a large rhizome that in this case can be up to in diameter. This rhizome forms a shelter for ants, making this a myrmecophyte Myrmecophytes (; literally "ant-plant") are plants that live in a mutualistic association with a colony of ants. There are over 100 different genera of myrmecophytes. These plants possess structural adaptations that provide ants with food and/o ..., though unlike others of its genus the rhizome is flattened and doesn't contain hollow galleries. Individual fronds may be up to long. References mirabilis Plants described in 1929 Plants described in 1825 Plants described in 1920 {{Polypodiaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirabilis (band)
Mirabilis is an American neoclassical dark wave musical project formed in 2001 by Dru Allen of This Ascension and Summer Bowman of the Machine in the Garden. Mirabilis uses vocals as the primary instrumentation, crafting original musical compositions and interpreting traditional classical vocal pieces from a number of different periods. The music is melodic and borrows from classical, ethereal, darkwave, and gothic genres. The name Mirabilis is Latin for something that is wonderful, miraculous, or unusual. In December 2003, the band's first release, a limited edition 7-inch self-titled EP was released on Fossil Dungeon. They quickly followed up with a full-length debut CD in 2004 on the Middle Pillar Presents label. The album ''Pleiades'' is named for a mysterious star cluster which in Greek mythology told the fates of seven sisters. Dru and Summer are the core members of Mirabilis, but they use the project as an avenue to bring in other like-minded artists as guest performers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirabilis (company)
Mirabilis is an Israeli company that developed the ICQ instant messaging program, a pioneer of online chatting that revolutionized communication over the Internet. History Mirabilis was founded in July 1996 by Arik Vardi, Yair Goldfinger, Sefi Vigiser and Amnon Amir. Goldfinger, Visiger, Vardi and Amir met while working for a Tel Aviv software company, Zapa Digital Arts, that specialized in three-dimensional graphic tools for the Internet. In 1996, they left Zapa and began to toy with ideas for new Internet innovations. They created ICQ in less than two months, but had no funding. Yossi Vardi, the father of Arik Vardi and one of the founders of Israel Chemicals, agreed to invest a few hundred thousand dollars to develop the technology. Mirabilis was established in a small apartment in San Jose, California, where Internet access was cheaper. ICQ grew as people encouraged their friends to join so they could communicate with each other. This established a powerful network effect as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirabilis (novel)
Mirabilis is a Latin adjective meaning "amazing, wondrous, remarkable", and is used to refer to: * Annus mirabilis, a Latin phrase meaning "wonderful year" or "year of wonders" (or "year of miracles") * Anorexia mirabilis, religious fasting to the point of starvation, particularly of women and girls of the Middle Ages * RV ''Mirabilis'', a ship * ''Mirabilis'', a genus of herbaceous perennial plants * ''Welwitschia mirabilis'', a species of plant * ''Lecanopteris mirabilis'', a species of plant * Mirabilis (band), an ethereal/neo-classical band * Mirabilis (company), an internet company, owned by Digital Sky Technologies, that produced ICQ * ''Mirabilis'' (novel), a novel by Susann Cokal Susann Cokal is an American author. She is best known for having written the novels ''The Kingdom of Little Wounds'', ''Mirabilis'', ''Mermaid Moon'', and ''Breath and Bones'', along with short stories, literary and pop-culture criticism, and book ... * ''Mirabilis'' (album), album by Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susann Cokal
Susann Cokal is an American author. She is best known for having written the novels ''The Kingdom of Little Wounds'', ''Mirabilis'', ''Mermaid Moon'', and ''Breath and Bones'', along with short stories, literary and pop-culture criticism, and book reviews. ''The Kingdom of Little Wounds'' won a Printz silver medal from the American Library Association in 2014. Cokal has contributed short stories to anthologies and journals including ''The Saturday Evening Post'', ''Prairie Schooner'', '' Hayden's Ferry Review'', ''Bellevue Literary Review'', ''The Cincinnati Review'', and Ohio State University's ''The Journal''. She also contributed essays about contemporary writers to ''Critique'', '' Scandinavian Studies'', ''Texas Studies in Literature and Language'', ''Style'', ''Broad Street Magazine'', and ''The Centennial Review''. She has reviewed almost four dozen books for the '' New York Times Book Review'' and has contributed reviews and essays to numerous other reviewing organs. Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
