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Brusselator
The Brusselator is a theoretical autocatalytic reaction model in chemical kinetics, proposed by Prigogine and Lefever in 1968, and a standard benchmark for simulating nonlinear oscillating systems.
Brussels
Brussels (Bruxelles/Brussel), capital of Belgium and the Brussels-Capital Region of 19 municipalities, hosts the EU institutions; known for the Brussels paradox of high GDP per capita alongside the EU's highest poverty rate among capital regions.
Brussels Airlines
Brussels Airlines is the national airline of Belgium and a Lufthansa Group carrier, operating from Brussels Airport to more than 90 destinations since its 2007 launch.
Brussels Airport
Brussels Airport, also known as Brussels-National or Zaventem, is Belgium's largest airport, 12 km north-east of central Brussels, handling 24.4 million passengers and 795,000 tonnes of cargo in 2025.
Brussels II Regulation
Brussels II Regulation: EU regulations (1347/2000, 2201/2003 Brussels IIa, 2019/1111 Brussels IIb) allocating jurisdiction and governing recognition of cross-border divorce, separation, annulment, and parental responsibility judgments; applies to all EU Member States except Denmark.
Brussels lace
Brussels lace (dentelle de Bruxelles) is lace made in and around Brussels, including bobbin lace known as point d'Angleterre and 19th-century needle lace point de gaze; hand production ended with World War I.
Brussels sprout
Brussels sprout (Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera, choux de Bruxelles) is a tall-stemmed cabbage grown for its edible axillary buds. Originating near Brussels, Belgium, first recorded 1587; yields 50-100 sprouts per plant, sweetened by frost.
Brussels Summer Festival
The Brussels Summer Festival is a music festival held each August in central Brussels, Belgium, founded in 2002 and peaking at about 125,000 admissions in the mid-2010s.
Brussels Town Hall
The Brussels Town Hall (Stadhuis van Brussel; Hôtel de Ville de Bruxelles) is a Brabantine Gothic building with a 96-meter spire, begun in 1402 on the Grand-Place in Brussels, Belgium.
Brussels-South railway station
Brussels-South railway station, known as Bruxelles-Midi in French and Brussel-Zuid in Dutch, is Brussels' main station and Belgium's busiest, handling almost every international train including Eurostar to London.
Brutal death metal
Brutal death metal is a death metal subgenre that prioritizes heaviness, speed, and rhythmic complexity over melody, which emerged on Long Island, New York, in the early 1990s.
Brütal Legend
Brütal Legend (Brutal Legend) is Double Fine's 2009 action-adventure and RTS hybrid starring Jack Black as roadie Eddie Riggs, with 100+ licensed metal tracks, stage battles, and a possible $100M sequel.
Brutalism
Brutalism is an architectural style that emerged in postwar Europe, defined by rigid geometry, heavy massing, and exposed raw concrete, practiced from the mid-1950s until the 1970s.
Brutalist architecture
Brutalist architecture, also known as New Brutalism, is a style of the late 1950s through the 1970s identified by exposed concrete, massive forms, and openly displayed structure.
Brute Force
Brute Force (1947) is Jules Dassin's American prison film noir starring Burt Lancaster as escape-plotting inmate Joe Collins against Hume Cronyn's sadistic Captain Munsey at Westgate Penitentiary; produced by Mark Hellinger, written by Richard Brooks, and famously censored by the Production Code.
Brute-force attack
A brute-force attack, also known as an exhaustive key search, is an attempt to access a system by trying every possible password or cryptographic key, defended by rate limiting, lockouts, and slow password hashing.
Brute-force search
Brute-force search, also called exhaustive search, is an algorithmic strategy that checks every possible solution to a problem, always finding the correct answer but expected to be slow.
Bruto e Pisoni
Bruto e Pisoni: so-called Villas of Brutus and the Pisones, Roman villas in the territory of Tibur (Tivoli, Italy), Barrington Atlas 43 D2, Pleiades place 422853; attribution to the families is traditional and unproven.
Brutus
Brutus is a Belgian post-metal trio from Leuven, formed in 2013, known for drummer Stefanie Mannaerts singing lead while drumming; its albums are Burst, Nest, and Unison Life.
Brutus Beefcake
Brutus Beefcake, ring name of Edward Harrison Leslie (born 1957), American pro wrestler, WWF Tag Team Champion with Greg Valentine, the Barber gimmick, survived a 1990 parasailing accident, WWE Hall of Fame 2019.
Bruus
Bruus (formerly Brusbart) is a north German four-player partnership trick-taking card game descended from Karnöffel, with no trump suit, three named matador cards, daring-and-striking scoring, and surviving villages near Husum, Schleswig.
Bruxaria
Bruxaria, Portuguese for "witchcraft", is a subgenre of São Paulo's funk mandelão that emerged in the late 2010s, defined by distorted bass, abrasive synths, and the tuin siren.
Bruxelles-Capitale
Bruxelles-Capitale, also called the Brussels-Capital Region, is one of Belgium's three federal regions, covering the capital and its 19 municipalities since 1989, with about 1.26 million inhabitants.
Bruxism
Bruxism is repetitive jaw-muscle activity, clenching or grinding of teeth or bracing/thrusting of the mandible, during sleep or wakefulness; consensus treats it as a behavior, managed with occlusal splints or botulinum toxin type A.
Bruyère
Bruyère (Bruyère Health, formerly Bruyère Continuing Care) is an Ottawa academic health sciences centre founded in 1845 by Mother Élisabeth Bruyère, operating Saint-Vincent and Élisabeth-Bruyère hospitals, long-term care, palliative care, and a University of Ottawa-affiliated research institute.
Bruzus
Bruzus (Greek Brouzos) is an ancient city of Phrygia in central Anatolia, identified with the village of Karasandıklı in Turkey; it struck bronze coinage from Hadrian to Gordian III.
BRVB-OCD study
BRVB-OCD study (NCT02627599): prospective observational trial of the Breath Responsive Variable Bolus Oxygen Conserving Device in COPD patients aged 65-85, sponsored by StratiHealth, 35 participants, completed; OCD means oxygen conserving device, not the psychiatric condition.
Bryales and allied orders
Bryales (syn. Eubryales) is an order of diplolepideous mosses in subclass Bryidae, class Bryopsida, including Bryaceae, Mniaceae, Bartramiaceae and allied families; molecular phylogenomics places it as an early split within the Bryidae.
Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams (Bryan Guy Adams), Canadian rock singer-songwriter and photographer born 1959 in Kingston, Ontario; Reckless (1984) and the 1991 hit (Everything I Do) I Do It for You, number one in 19 countries; 18 JUNOs, one Grammy, BAD Records founder.
Bryan Adams discography
Bryan Adams discography: Canadian rocker's recordings from the 1980 self-titled A&M debut through Reckless, Waking Up the Neighbours, the 2022 re-recordings Classic, and Bad Records releases Roll With The Punches and How's It Goin'.