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Hermesmann v. Seyer
Hermesmann v. Seyer (State ex rel. Hermesmann v. Seyer, 252 Kan. 646, 847 P.2d 1273) is a 1993 Kansas Supreme Court case holding a 13-year-old statutory-rape victim liable for child support, consent being irrelevant in civil paternity proceedings.
Hermetia illucens
Hermetia illucens, the black soldier fly (Stratiomyidae, Diptera), native to Central and northern South America, is the leading industrial insect species; its larvae bioconvert organic waste into animal feed protein, oil, and frass fertilizer.
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, also known as the Order of the Golden Dawn, was a British magical fraternity founded in London in 1888 by Westcott, Woodman, and Mathers.
Hermetic Qabalah
Hermetic Qabalah, also known as Qabbala, is a Western esoteric system that adapts the Tree of Life of Jewish Kabbalah to magic, taking modern shape in the Golden Dawn.
Hermetic seal
A hermetic seal is a gas-tight joint or closure defined by a measured leak rate, used to protect electronics and containers from moisture and contaminants.
Hermetica
The Hermetica, also called the Hermetic Writings, are Greek and Latin religious and philosophical texts attributed to Hermes Trismegistos, composed in Roman Egypt around 100 to 300 CE.
Hermeticism
Hermeticism, or the Hermetic tradition, is a religious-philosophical tradition built on texts attributed to the legendary sage Hermes Trismegistus, written in Egypt from about 100 to 300 CE.
Hermeto Pascoal
Hermeto Pascoal (1936–2025) was a Brazilian multi-instrumentalist and composer from Alagoas, known as "o Bruxo", who blended folk styles with jazz and wrote for Miles Davis.
Hermeus
Hermeus is an American defense aviation company founded in 2018 that develops hypersonic aircraft through rapid prototyping, including the Quarterhorse drones, which went supersonic in 2026.
Hermijntje Drenth
Hermijntje Drenth (Hermine Catherine Drenth), Dutch rower born 1994 in Arnhem, R.S.V.U. Okeanos and TeamNL; Olympic gold 2024 and world champion 2023 in the women's coxless four, also healthcare project manager at partzorg.
Hermine Reuss of Greiz
Hermine Reuss of Greiz (Prinzessin Reuß zu Greiz, 1887–1947), German princess who in 1922 married exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II at Doorn; campaigned with Nazi contacts for his restoration; died under Soviet internment.
Herminia Palacio
Herminia Palacio is an American physician and public health leader who led the Guttmacher Institute and was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2023.
Hermion(e)
Hermion(e) (Ἑρμιών), ancient Greek polis at modern Ermioni in the Argolid; Homeric city, fought at Salamis and Plataia, joined the Achaean League, studied by Greek-Swedish surveys since 2015.
Hermione Baddeley
Hermione Baddeley (1906–1986), born Hermione Youlanda Ruby Clinton-Baddeley, was an English character actress of revue, film, and TV, Oscar-nominated for 140 seconds in Room at the Top and known as Mrs. Naugatuck on Maude, sister of Angela Baddeley.
Hermione Corfield
Hermione Corfield (Hermione Isla Conyngham Corfield, born 1993) is an English actress, distinct from the Hermione Granger character, known for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Rust Creek, and Outlander: Blood of My Blood.
Hermione Gingold
Hermione Gingold was a British actress and comedienne whose London and New York stage career ran from 1908 into the 1970s, best known for Gigi and The Music Man.
Hermione Granger
Hermione Jean Granger, fictional Muggle-born witch in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels; Gryffindor friend of Harry and Ron, played by Emma Watson and later Arabella Stanton, vital to Voldemort's defeat.
Hermione Granger and the Quarter Life Crisis
Hermione Granger and the Quarter Life Crisis (HGQLC) is a 2017-2019 fan-made web series by Eliyannah Amirah Yisrael's Sunshine Moxie Entertainment, starring Ashley Romans as a Black 25-year-old Hermione who leaves Ron and the Ministry for Los Angeles.
Hermione Norris
Hermione Jane Norris (born 1967) is an English actress known for Karen Marsden in Cold Feet, Ros Myers in Spooks, and Carol Jordan in Wire in the Blood.
Hermit
A hermit, or eremite, is a person who withdraws from society to live alone in prayer, ascetic practice, and silence, in a wilderness, cave, or cell.
Hermit crab
As members of the infraorder Anomura, hermit crabs are decapod crustaceans that protect their soft abdomen by occupying and trading discarded gastropod (snail) shells for progressively larger ones.
Hermitage
The Hermitage (Эрмитаж) is the state art and cultural museum of Russia in Saint Petersburg, founded by Catherine II in 1764 and one of the largest museums in the world.
Hermitage Museum (Государственный Эрмитаж)
The State Hermitage Museum (Государственный Эрмитаж) in Saint Petersburg is Russia's major art and culture museum, founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great, opened to the public in 1852, holding over 3 million items.
Hermite (crater)
Hermite is a large impact crater near the Moon's north pole, about 109 kilometers wide, where NASA's Diviner instrument recorded the Solar System's coldest measured temperature, −249 degrees Celsius, in 2009.
Hermite distribution
The Hermite distribution is a two-parameter discrete probability distribution for overdispersed or multimodal count data, introduced by C. D. Kemp and Adrienne W. Kemp in 1965.
Hermite interpolation
Hermite interpolation is a polynomial interpolation method matching function values and derivatives at nodes; matching values and first derivatives at n nodes gives a unique polynomial of degree at most 2n − 1.
Hermite normal form
The Hermite normal form (HNF) is a unique canonical echelon-like form of an integer matrix, reached by multiplying by a matrix of determinant ±1 while preserving the generated lattice.
Hermite polynomials
Hermite polynomials, also called the probabilists' Hermite polynomials in one of two conventions, are classical orthogonal polynomials on the real line with a Gaussian weight, central to the quantum harmonic oscillator.
Hermitian adjoint
The Hermitian adjoint, also called the Hermitian conjugate, is the unique operator A† with ⟨Au, v⟩ = ⟨u, A†v⟩, generalizing the conjugate transpose of a matrix.
Hermitian matrix
A Hermitian matrix, also called a self-adjoint matrix, is a complex square matrix that equals its own conjugate transpose; its eigenvalues are always real, and it is unitarily diagonalizable.