The Tate collection includes British art from the 16th century to today as well as modern and contemporary art from around the world. It is held by four galleries: Tate Britain and Tate Modern, both in London; Tate Liverpool; and Tate St. Ives. To see all 31 of these paintings will require a trip

Ottoman Empire: The Young Turk Revolution of 1908: …Julian calendar as the “31st March Incident”) exposed the weakness of the CUP and at the same time gave it a new opportunity. The mutiny resulted from the discontent of ordinary soldiers over their conditions and their neglect by college-trained and politically ambitious officers and from what they regarded…

Cricket has been played by all-women teams since at least 1745, when an inter-village game between Bramley and Hambleton was recorded in England. Despite the early start, over the years, women’s cricket has lagged behind the men’s game because of a combination of sexism and poor organizational

meteor and meteoroid: Meteor showers: …among the asteroids and named Phaethon. Most researchers believe Phaethon is the burned-out remnant of a once-active comet, but its nature may only be established with observations by spacecraft. For additional information about Phaethon, see asteroid: Asteroids in unusual orbits.

asteroid: Early discoveries: The asteroid designated (323) Brucia, detected in 1891, was the first to be discovered by means of photography. By the end of the 19th century, 464 had been found, and that number grew to 108,066 by the end of the 20th century and more than 1,000,000 in the…

Moisés Kaufman: …also directed his own play 33 Variations (first performed 2007), starring Jane Fonda as a musicologist obsessed with Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations, and received another Tony nomination. In 2009 Kaufman and other Tectonic members arranged for 150 simultaneous readings in theatres across the globe of a sequel, The Laramie Project: Ten…

Chile mine rescue of 2010, rescue of 33 workers from the San Jose gold and copper mine on October 13, 2010, 69 days after the mine’s collapse on August 5. The mine, owned by the San Esteban Primera Mining Company, was located in the Atacama Desert of Chile, approximately 50 miles (80 km) northwest

Antonio Banderas: Later films: The Legend of Zorro and Pain and Glory: In The 33 (2015), which was based on a true event, Banderas played a worker who becomes trapped after a mine collapses in Chile. He joined the ensemble of Terrence Malick’s Knight of Cups (2015), portraying a lothario encountered by the film’s protagonist (Christian Bale). After…

AMA Plaza, a 52-story skyscraper in downtown Chicago, Illinois, U.S., designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and completed in 1972. It is a towering example of both the International Style and the elegant pin-striped steel-and-glass buildings Mies crafted in the postwar era. Rising on a narrow site

Tuskegee Airmen: …by the 99th, constituted the 332nd Fighter Group. It fought in the European theatre and was noted as one of the Army Air Forces’ most successful and most-decorated escort groups.

Lag BaOmer, minor Jewish observance falling on the 33rd day in the period of the counting of the ʿomer (“barley sheaves”), a period of semi-mourning that lasts for the 49 days between Passover and Shavuot. On the Jewish calendar, the holiday falls on the 18th day of the month of Iyyar (April or

Thomas Wentworth Higginson: …South Carolina Volunteers, later the 33rd U.S. Colored Troops, the first black regiment in the U.S. armed forces. After 1864 he wrote a series of popular biographies and histories and a novel. Higginson discovered and encouraged the poet Emily Dickinson.

technology of photography: The 35-mm miniature camera: Perforated 35-millimetre (mm) film (originally standard motion-picture film) in cartridges holding 12 to 36 exposures with a nominal picture format of 24 × 36 mm is employed in miniature cameras. Smaller image formats down to 18 × 24 mm (half frame) may…

technology of photography: The 35-mm miniature camera: Perforated 35-millimetre (mm) film (originally standard motion-picture film) in cartridges holding 12 to 36 exposures with a nominal picture format of 24 × 36 mm is employed in miniature cameras. Smaller image formats down to 18 × 24 mm (half frame) may…

Jessica Chastain: Later career: In the espionage thriller The 355 (2022), she was part of an all-star cast that included Lupita Nyong’o and Penélope Cruz. That same year Chastain took on the role of country music legend Tammy Wynette in George & Tammy, a Showtime miniseries about the singer’s rocky romance with George

On May 18, 1980, the north slope of Mount Saint Helens, a volcanic peak in the Cascades Range, was blasted away in an eruption that killed 57 people and devastated an area of approximately 200 square miles. spotlight, anniversary, volcano, mount saint helens, eruption, united states,

George Seaton: Later films: Next was 36 Hours (1965), a spy story with James Garner and Eva Marie Saint, and What’s So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968) was a whimsical comedy featuring George Peppard and Mary Tyler Moore.

Tuomas Anhava: …the technically difficult poems of 36 runoja (1958; “36 Poems”). The images in these poems are strongly reminiscent of the Japanese and Chinese poetry Anhava translated during the same period. The simplification and compression of Oriental epigrams is employed in Runoja 1961 and Kuudes kirja (1966; “The Sixth Book”). Later…

surfing: Equipment and techniques: …“reverses” (rapid changes of direction), 360s (turning the board through 360 degrees on the face of the wave), and “airs” (flying above the face of the wave).

Olafur Eliasson: Early projects: Conversely, in 360° Room for All Colours (2002), a circular space changed colors almost imperceptibly.

Suzan-Lori Parks: …year, in 2002–03 (collected as 365 Days/365 Plays [2006]).

Boeing 707: The 367-80, often called the Dash 80, had swept wings and, powered by four underslung 10,000-pound-thrust turbojet engines, could reach a top speed of 600 miles (966 km) per hour. It was first flown in a demonstration flight on July 15, 1954, and the U.S. Air…

Harlem Hellfighters, nickname given to the 369th Infantry Regiment of the United States Army during World War I. The French government decorated the entire unit with the Croix de Guerre, its highest award for bravery, as well as 170 additional individual medals for valor. The 369th’s battlefield

Juan Bautista Alberdi: …the best-known of the “Generation of ’37,” an intellectual movement of university students who debated politics, social theories, and philosophy. An opponent of the dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas, Alberdi went into exile in 1838, studying law in Uruguay and also living in Chile and in Europe. After the…

Southern rock: …other guitar-heavy bands, such as .38 Special, Molly Hatchet, and the Outlaws, amplified and fetishized the boogie-guitar approach of bluesmen Elmore James and John Lee Hooker. The Marshall Tucker Band drew from western swing, Wet Willie borrowed from soul, and the Atlanta Rhythm Section leaned toward country. A few acts,…

Curt Schilling: …company, which eventually was named 38 Studios, for the number Schilling wore during the last 16 years of his career. Originally based in Massachusetts, the company relocated to Rhode Island in 2011 after receiving a $75 million loan from the state. When the company defaulted on the loan in May…

38th parallel, popular name given to latitude 38° N that in East Asia roughly demarcates North Korea and South Korea. The line was chosen by U.S. military planners at the Potsdam Conference (July 1945) near the end of World War II as an army boundary, north of which the U.S.S.R. was to accept the

Rick Riordan: …overall story line for the 39 Clues series, about two children who race around the world searching for hidden clues. The adventure series features books written by different authors—Riordan penned the first book, The Maze of Bones (2008), and cowrote the 11th installment, Vespers Rising (2011)—and includes additional cards and…

The 39 Steps, British suspense film, released in 1935, that helped establish Alfred Hitchcock as one of the leading directors in the genre and employed themes that became hallmarks of his movies. (Read Alfred Hitchcock’s 1965 Britannica essay on film production.) While vacationing in London,

Russell Crowe: Master and Commander, 3:10 to Yuma, and Robin Hood: …an outlaw in the western 3:10 to Yuma (2007), Crowe starred as an honest policeman working in a corrupt department who tries to bring a drug lord (played by Denzel Washington) to justice in American Gangster (2007). He subsequently appeared in the CIA thriller Body of Lies (2008) and State…

Delmer Daves: Westerns: …is perhaps his best film, 3:10 to Yuma (1957). A variation on Fred Zinnemann’s High Noon (1952), it pits a farmer (Van Heflin) in a battle of wits with a captured killer (Ford, who was effectively cast against type). This “psychological” western is generally considered a classic of the genre.…

quasar: Discovery of quasars: …pattern of emission lines in 3C 273, the brightest known quasar, could be understood as coming from hydrogen atoms that had a redshift (i.e., had their emission lines shifted toward longer, redder wavelengths by the expansion of the universe) of 0.158. In other words, the wavelength of each line was…

galaxy: Quasars: …but powerful radio object designated 3C 48 with a stellar optical image. When they obtained the spectrum of the optical object, they found unexpected and at first unexplainable emission lines superimposed on a flat continuum. This object remained a mystery until another similar but optically brighter object, 3C 273, was…

chemical bonding: Boranes: …as an example of a three-centre, two-electron bond (a 3c,2e bond, as shown in Figure 19). They regard diborane as three atoms held together by a pair of electrons delocalized over three atoms but are aware that this semilocalized picture is only a part of the true picture.

3D printing: The term 3D bioprinting is used to describe the application of 3D printing concepts to the production of biological entities, such as tissues and organs. Bioprinting is based largely on existing printing technologies, such as ink-jet or laser printing, but makes use of “bioink” (suspensions of living…

3D printing, in manufacturing, any of several processes for fabricating three-dimensional objects by layering two-dimensional cross sections sequentially, one on top of another. The process is analogous to the fusing of ink or toner onto paper in a printer (hence the term printing) but is actually

radar: Antennas: …beams (as in the so-called 3D radars, which measure elevation angle in addition to azimuth and range), and in applications that require ultralow antenna sidelobe radiation.

Data Encryption Standard: This is known as “triple DES” and involves using two normal DES keys. As proposed by Walter Tuchman of the Amperif Corporation, the encryption operation would be E1D2E1 while decryption would be D1E2D1. Since EkDk = Dk

mobile telephone: Development of cellular systems: …for a set of “third-generation” (3G) cellular standards, known collectively as IMT-2000. The 3G standards are based loosely on several attributes: the use of CDMA technology; the ability eventually to support three classes of users (vehicle-based, pedestrian, and fixed); and the ability to support voice, data, and multimedia services.…

Sikhism: Sects: …to wear turbans is the Sikh Dharma of the Western Hemisphere, founded in the United States in 1971 by Harbhajan Singh, who was always known as Yogi Bhajan. It is commonly known as the 3HO movement (Healthy Happy Holy Organization), though this is, strictly speaking, the name only of its…

3M Company, diversified American corporation manufacturing a wide range of products, including abrasives, adhesive tape and related products, and consumer-electronics components. It is headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota. The company was incorporated as Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

3x3 basketball, variation of basketball played on a half-court between teams of three players. Pronounced “three-ex-three,” this condensed version of basketball was established as a professional sport in the early 21st century. The game focuses on speed, versatility, and agility more than on the

ancient Iran: The Old Elamite period: … of the 3rd dynasty of Ur (c. 2094–c. 2047 bc). Eventually the Elamites rose in rebellion and overthrew the 3rd Ur dynasty, an event long remembered in Mesopotamian dirges and omen texts. About the mid 19th century bc, power in Elam passed to a new dynasty, that of Eparti. The…

Battle of the Chosin Reservoir: Crossing into North Korea: Barr), and the 3rd Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. Robert H. Soule). The corps also had control of the Capital and 3rd divisions of the South Korean I Corps, which was already crossing the 38th parallel on the east coast highway.

The Third of May 1808, oil painting by Spanish artist Francisco Goya that was completed in 1814. It evokes the horrors of war with great emotional force and is stylistically revolutionary. On March 17, 1808, the Revolt of Aranjuez ended the reign of King Charles IV of Spain and his wife, María

Beverly Johnson: …Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and 3rd Rock from the Sun. In the 1980s she appeared in the music videos for Michael Jackson’s “Liberian Girl” and Bobby Brown’s “On Our Own” (both 1989). Johnson later served as a judge on the reality competition She’s Got the Look (2008–10), in which women…

3x3 basketball, variation of basketball played on a half-court between teams of three players. Pronounced “three-ex-three,” this condensed version of basketball was established as a professional sport in the early 21st century. The game focuses on speed, versatility, and agility more than on the

Beyoncé: B’Day, I Am…Sasha Fierce, 4, and Beyoncé: …England’s Glastonbury Festival, Beyoncé released 4 (2011), a genre-bending mix of ballads and dance tracks that evokes influences ranging from Motown-era torch songs to the audio collages of rapper M.I.A. In early 2013 Destiny’s Child reunited for a halftime appearance at the Super Bowl and released a new song, “Nuclear.”…

number symbolism: 4: The number of order in the universe is 4—the four elements of earth, air, fire, and water; the four seasons; the four points of the compass; the four phases of the Moon (new, half-moon waxing, full, half-moon waning). The Four Noble Truths epitomize Buddhism.…

Paul Auster: …first novel in seven years, 4 3 2 1, was published in 2017. The book offers four variations of each chapter, so that its main character, Archie Ferguson, experiences four alternate lives. The nonfiction works Talking to Strangers: Selected Essays, Prefaces, and Other Writings, 1967–2017 and Groundwork: Autobiographical Writings, 1979–2012…

Fountains are a common feature of many cities, but Italy has a handful of unusually notable ones. There’s also one in England that, arguably, reflects the cultural differences between the two countries. Earlier versions of the descriptions of these fountains first appeared in 1001 Amazing Places

16th Street Baptist Church bombing: …Lee in the Oscar-nominated documentary 4 Little Girls (1997). In the film, Lee interviews witnesses to the bombing and family members of the victims while at the same time exploring the backdrop of segregation and white harassment that were central to the time period.

Norway became independent in 1905, though it has been home to humans since perhaps 10,000 BCE. That long history means a vast cultural heritage, of which these five paintings form a tiny part. Earlier versions of the descriptions of these paintings first appeared in 1001 Paintings You Must See

The Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum originated as a private art collection during the 20th century. It moved into Madrid’s Villahermosa Palace, newly renovated as a museum, in 1992 and was acquired by the Spanish state a year later. It is located near the Prado Museum and the Queen Sofia Museum,

Tennis star Naomi Osaka is one of the most popular athletes today. Her affable spirit and dominance in major tournaments—she was the first player from Japan to win a Grand Slam singles title and the first Asian player to ascend to the top of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) world

Are you curious about artificial intelligence as an investment opportunity? The rise of generative AI—as embodied by tools like ChatGPT—is bringing the tech to Internet users everywhere. AI start-ups have been proliferating, and many legacy enterprises are developing significant AI capabilities.

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4′33″, musical composition by John Cage created in 1952 and first performed on August 29 of that year. It quickly became one of the most controversial musical works of the 20th century because it consisted of silence or, more precisely, ambient sound—what Cage called “the absence of intended

Laurales: Lauraceae: Eugenol, an oil distilled from the green leaves, is used as a substitute for clove oil, as an ingredient in some perfumes, and as a flavouring for sweets, foods, and toothpaste. Camphor is derived from Cinnamomum camphora, the camphor tree, of China, Taiwan, and Japan.…

drug: Drugs that affect skeletal muscle: …acetylcholine release, including tetraethylammonium and 4-aminopyridine. They work by blocking potassium-selective channels in the nerve membrane, thereby prolonging the electrical impulse in the nerve terminal and increasing the amount of acetylcholine released. This can effectively restore transmission under certain conditions, but these drugs are not selective enough for their actions…

organosulfur compound: Disulfides and polysulfides and their oxidized products: Asparagusic acid (4-carboxy-1,2-dithiolane), found in asparagus roots, is considered to be a major factor in the natural resistance (i.e., survival in the soil) of this plant; 4-methylthio-1,2-dithiolane is a photosynthesis inhibitor from the stonewort. The characteristic flavour of the shiitake mushroom is due to the…

4-H Club, one of an organization of clubs for youth aged 10 to 21 who engage in programs of “learning by doing.” The clubs are found principally in the United States and Canada, though some 80 other nations have adopted the idea. The 4-H Club emblem is the four-leaf clover with the letter H on each

antimicrobial agent: Antiseptics and germicides: …creosote, while such bisphenols as hexyl resorcinol and hexachlorophene are widely used as antiseptic agents in soaps. Chlorine and iodine are both extremely effective agents and can be used in high dilution. Chlorine is widely used in the disinfection of drinking-water supplies, and among its derivatives, the hypochlorite solutions (e.g.,…

chemical compound: Aromatic hydrocarbons (arenes): vanillin, for example, have pleasant aromas.

allopurinol, drug used in the treatment of gout, a disease that is characterized by severe inflammation in one or more of the joints of the extremities. Allopurinol inhibits an enzyme that is necessary to form uric acid, a substance present in abnormally large amounts in the blood of persons with

isoprenoid: Sesquiterpenes: …found in bicyclic sesquiterpenes, the cadalene and the eudalene types, and the carbon skeleton of a sesquiterpene may frequently be determined by heating it with sulfur or selenium to effect dehydrogenation to the corresponding naphthalenic hydrocarbons: cadalene, 4-isopropyl-1,6-dimethylnaphthalene; or eudalene, 7-isopropyl-1-methylnaphthalene. In those cases in which sulfur dehydrogenation fails to…

cresol: cresol, meta- (m-) cresol, and para- (p-) cresol.

4-methylthioamphetamine (4-MTA), synthetic psychoactive drug known primarily for its effects on serotonin, a monoamine neurotransmitter in the brain that is associated with the regulation of mood. Chemically, 4-methylthioamphetamine (4-MTA) is classified as an amphetamine, and it is structurally

4-methylthioamphetamine (4-MTA), synthetic psychoactive drug known primarily for its effects on serotonin, a monoamine neurotransmitter in the brain that is associated with the regulation of mood. Chemically, 4-methylthioamphetamine (4-MTA) is classified as an amphetamine, and it is structurally

Reconstruction: Radical Reconstruction: The dream of “40 acres and a mule” was stillborn. Lacking land, most former slaves had little economic alternative other than resuming work on plantations owned by whites. Some worked for wages, others as sharecroppers, who divided the crop with the owner at the end of the year.…

TEU: A related unit is the 40-foot equivalent unit (FEU), which refers to a shipping container with dimensions of 40 feet long (12.2 meters), 8 feet 6 inches high, and 8 feet wide. Two TEU equals 1 FEU. The 40-foot containers are the most commonly used.

Judd Apatow: …produced the surprise hit movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin, starring Steve Carell, an actor Apatow met while producing the 2004 film Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.

The 400 Blows, French film drama, released in 1959, that defined the New Wave cinema movement created by young French directors in the late 1950s and ’60s. It was the first film in François Truffaut’s acclaimed Antoine Doinel series, which followed a character widely considered to be the director’s

St. Maximus the Confessor: In his 400 Capita de caritate (“Four Hundred Chapters on Charity”), Maximus counselled a Christian humanism, integrating asceticism with ordinary life and active charity.

Olympic Games: Tokyo, Japan, 1964: …become the heptathlon) and the 400-meter run were added to the slate of women’s athletics events.

In the United States, a 401(k) is a retirement savings program organized by employers but funded primarily by workers through paycheck deductions. Because employees generally do not make withdrawals from the fund until after they have retired, the 401(k) is considered a deferred compensation plan.

A 401(k) rollover is the process of moving the funds from an existing employer-sponsored 401(k) to a new account. Generally, a 401(k) rollover happens when you’re switching jobs, retiring, or looking for more flexibility and choice when it comes to your investment options. 401(k) RolloversIt's a

One of the perks of working for an employer is the prospect of a 401(k), 403(b), or other workplace retirement plan. It’s even better when your company matches a portion of your contributions. In fact, about 98% of employers that offer a 401(k) plan provide some type of match, according to the Plan

A 403(b) plan is a tax-deferred, employer-sponsored retirement savings plan available to public schools and other tax-exempt organizations. It allows educators, government employees, and nonprofit employees to make pretax contributions up to a certain limit. These 403(b) plans are tax advantaged,

HTTP 404, HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) error indicating that an online resource could not be located. A 404 error, which falls under the client error response category of HTTP errors, is one of the most commonly seen of the 63 total HTTP status codes. A 404 error appears when the user

On April 30, 1975, North Vietnamese forces occupied the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon, concluding a three-decade conflict that had claimed more than three million lives. spotlight, vietnam war, saigon, viet cong,

advance fee fraud: It was sometimes called 419 fraud, after the relevant section of the Nigerian criminal code. The 419 fraud scheme was a variation of the confidence swindle, which preys on peoples’ greed and naïveté.

advance fee fraud: It was sometimes called 419 fraud, after the relevant section of the Nigerian criminal code. The 419 fraud scheme was a variation of the confidence swindle, which preys on peoples’ greed and naïveté.

Chadwick Boseman: …Robinson in the much-anticipated biopic 42 (2013). His performance as a man who had to keep his feelings hidden was generally praised, as was his athleticism. He next played linebacker prospect Vontae Mack in Draft Day (2014), starring Kevin Costner, before taking on the portrayal of music legend James Brown…

Gutenberg Bible, the first complete book extant in the West and one of the earliest printed from movable type, so called after its printer, Johannes Gutenberg, who completed it about 1455 working at Mainz, Germany. The three-volume work, in Latin text, was printed in 42-line columns and, in its

U.S.A.: by John Dos Passos, comprising The 42nd Parallel (1930), covering the period from 1900 up to World War I; 1919 (1932), dealing with the war and the critical year of the Treaty of Versailles; and The Big Money (1936), which moves from the boom of the 1920s to the bust…

42nd Street, American musical film, released in 1933, that featured innovative production numbers choreographed by Busby Berkeley. It was named for the Manhattan street that hosts many Broadway theatres. An instant and enduring classic, 42nd Street transformed the musical genre. The story follows

442nd Regimental Combat Team, United States infantry unit made up almost entirely of Nisei (second-generation) Japanese American volunteers, formed in 1943 during World War II and active from 1944 until 1946. Also called the Purple Heart Battalion, the unit is the most-decorated in United States

phonograph: …afterward RCA Corporation introduced the 45-RPM disc, which could play for up to 8 minutes per side. These LP’s and “singles” supplanted 78s in the 1950s, and stereophonic (or “stereo”) systems, with two separate channels of information in a single groove, became a commercial reality in 1958. Stereo phonographs capable…

Anne Sexton: …Awful Rowing Toward God (1975), 45 Mercy Street (1976, edited by her daughter, Linda Gray Sexton), and Uncollected Poems with Three Stories (1978) were published posthumously. Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters, edited by Lois Ames and Linda Gray Sexton, was published in 1977 and No Evil Star: Selected Essays,…

phonograph: …afterward RCA Corporation introduced the 45-RPM disc, which could play for up to 8 minutes per side. These LP’s and “singles” supplanted 78s in the 1950s, and stereophonic (or “stereo”) systems, with two separate channels of information in a single groove, became a commercial reality in 1958. Stereo phonographs capable…

Charlotte Rampling: Oscar nomination and controversy: …their husbands’ secret lives in 45 Years (2015) and Hannah (2017) garnered particular praise. She received her first Oscar nomination, at the age of 69, for the former. The honor, however, was eclipsed by a controversial comment she had made to France’s Europe 1 radio in 2016. That was the…

Brazilian literature: Poetry: The poets of the Generation of 1945 provided a new direction, drawing upon Symbolism, Surrealism, and Hermeticism. From this group João Cabral de Melo Neto and Ledo Ivo distinguished themselves, with Melo Neto regarded as being among Brazil’s greatest poets. His Constructivist poetry is characterized by antilyrical language that…

A 457(b) plan is a tax-advantaged retirement savings plan available to local government workers and some employees of nonprofit organizations. It’s similar to a 401(k) plan, but one that’s available to firefighters, law enforcement officers, municipal employees, and other civil servants. As with

Soviet Union: The NEP and the defeat of the Left: …the party was the “Letter of the 46,” in October 1923. In late 1923 it was Trotsky who (though not himself a signatory) spoke in the Politburo for the antibureaucratic faction. The Central Committee banned the letter but later allowed discussion that showed widespread support in the party for…

Eric Clapton: …successful comeback with the album 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974), which included his hit remake of Bob Marley’s “I Shot the Sheriff.” On the album Clapton adopted a more relaxed approach that emphasized his songwriting and vocal abilities rather than his guitar playing.

47 rōnin, the 47 loyal samurai of the lord of Akō, whose vendetta ranks as one of the most dramatic episodes of Japanese history. The incident began in April 1701, when imperial envoys from Kyōto arrived in Edo (now Tokyo), the capital of the shogunate. Three provincial daimyo were appointed to

47 rōnin: …treatments included director Mizoguchi Kenji’s Genroku Chūshingura (1941; The 47 Ronin); Ichikawa Kon’s Shijūshichinin no shikaku (1994), which cast Japanese film legend Ken Takakura in the role of Ōishi; and the Hollywood-produced 47 Ronin (2013), a special effects-driven fantasy starring Keanu Reeves that bore only a passing resemblance to the…

star cluster: Globular clusters: The cluster designated 47 Tucanae (NGC 104), with an absolute visual magnitude of −9.42 at a similar distance of 14,700 light-years, has a different appearance with strong central concentration. It is located near the Small Magellanic Cloud but is not connected with it. For an observer situated at…

trisomy X, sex chromosome disorder of human females, in which three X chromosomes are present, rather than the normal pair. Although trisomy X can be inherited, it most often is caused by a random failure in chromosome separation. When the error occurs via nondisjunction—the failure of chromosomes