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Brewer's: Doom-rings
or Circles of Judgment. An Icelandic term for circles of stones resembling Stonehenge and Avebury. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Doomsday SedgwickDoom…Brewer's: Circuit
The journey made through the counties of Great Britain by the judges twice a year. There are six circuits in England, two in Wales, and three in Scotland. Those in England are called the…Brewer's: Cock the Ears
(To). To prick up the ears, or turn them as a horse does when he listens to a strange sound. Here “cock” means to turn, and seems to be connected with the Greek a circle, and the verb .…Brewer's: Square
To put oneself in the attitude of boxing, to quarrel. (Welsh, cwer' —i.e. cweryl, cwerylu, to quarrel.) Are you such fools To square for this? Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus, ii. 1.…Brewer's: Gala Day
(g hard). A festive day; a day when people put on their best attire. (Spanish, gala, court dress; Italian, gala, finery; French, gala, pomp.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Finding Area
Square A = a2, in which a is one of the sides.Rectangle A = ab, in which a is the base and b is the length.Parallelogram A = bh, in which b is the base and h is the height.Circle A = πr2, in…Common Formulas
CIRCUMFERENCE Circle: C = πd, in which π is 3.1416 and d the diameter.AREA Triangle: A = (ab)/2 , in which a is the base and b the height. Square: A = a2, in which a is one of the sides.…Book, Magazine & Newspaper Awards - Caldecott Medal, Man Booker Prize, National Book Award, PEN/Faulkner Award - Infoplease.com
Discover who won the top awards in book, magazine, and newspaper writing and publishing. Decades of winners of the Man Booker Prize, the Newbery Medal, PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and the…Geometry: Non-Euclidean Geometry
Non-Euclidean GeometryGeometryWhose Geometry Is It Anyway?Non-Euclidean GeometryHyperbolic Geometry: Saddle Up!Spherical GeometryTaxi-Cab GeometryMax GeometryHow Many Shapes Can a Circle Have?…Weather: Scales of Motion
Scales of MotionWeatherGoing in CirclesFeeling the PressureHigh Points and LowWhat Makes the Weather Go 'RoundWhat's in a Name?Scales of Motion In the study of atmospheric motions, little swirls are…Trending
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