The English-language place name "Black Swan" only occurs as a descriptive toponym once: the Black Swan Mine in the arid interior of the state near Laverton. The more generic toponym "Swan", invariably referring to black swans, has at least 34 examples in Western Australia, almost entirely in the state's south-west.

This glossary of chemistry terms is a list of terms and definitions relevant to chemistry, including chemical laws, diagrams and formulae, laboratory tools, glassware, and equipment.Chemistry is a physical science concerned with the composition, structure, and properties of matter, as well as the changes it undergoes during chemical reactions; it features …

Considering the importance of toponyms in conveying the historical and cultural heritage of a people, the extended project will examine the linguistic aspects of all Oman‟s toponyms, such as their morpho-syntactic and semantic properties and also their lexical-source domains.

Nomenclature (UK: / n ə ˈ m ɛ ŋ k l ə tʃ ɜːr /, US: / ˈ n oʊ m ə n k l eɪ tʃ ər /) is a system of names or terms, or the rules for forming these terms in a particular field of arts or sciences. The principles of naming vary from the relatively informal conventions of everyday speech to the internationally agreed principles, rules and recommendations that govern the formation and ...

French Southern and Antarctic Lands, a territory: Self-descriptive. See France at List of country-name etymologies and List of continent-name etymologies . Bassas da India , part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands: Cartographic errors misspelling original name Portuguese Baixo da Judia ("Jewess Shoal") from the name of a Portuguese ship ...

A abreaction. Abreaction is a process of vividly reliving repressed memories and emotions related to a past event. Sigmund Freud used hypnosis to rid his patients of pathological memories through abreaction.. abulia. Aboulia or Abulia, in neurology, refers to a lack of will or initiative.The individual is unable to act or make decisions independently. The condition may range from …

pl. apices The tip; the point furthest from the point of attachment. aphananthous (of flowers) Inconspicuous or unshowy, as opposed to phaneranthous or showy. aphlebia pl. aphlebiae Imperfect or irregular leaf endings commonly found on ferns and fossils of ferns from the Carboniferous Period. aphyllous Leafless; having no leaves. apical At or on the apex of a …

C calcareous Formed from or containing a high proportion of calcium carbonate in the form of calcite or aragonite, used of a sediment, sedimentary rock, or soil type. calcite A mineral that is the crystalline form of calcium carbonate (CaCO 3), showing trigonal symmetry and a great variety of mineral habits.It is one of the commonest of minerals in association with both igneous and …

Etymology. The country's name Sudan is a name given historically to the large Sahel region of West Africa to the immediate West of modern-day Sudan. Historically, Sudan referred to both the geographical region, stretching from Senegal on the Atlantic Coast to Northeast Africa and the modern Sudan. The name derives from the Arabic bilād as-sūdān (بلاد السودان), or "The Land of …

Statistics (from German: Statistik, orig. "description of a state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. In applying statistics to a scientific, industrial, or social problem, it is conventional to begin with a statistical population or a statistical model to be studied.