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Palmprint recognition
Palmprint recognition is a biometric method in computer vision that authenticates people by matching line, texture, and orientation patterns from palm images, used in access control and payment.
Palms Casino Resort
The Palms Casino Resort, also known as Palms Las Vegas, is a casino hotel near the Las Vegas Strip that opened in 2001 with 703 rooms and a 94,065-square-foot casino.
Palmy
Palmy (ปาล์มมี่), the stage name of Eve Pancharoen, is a Thai-Belgian pop singer whose self-titled 2001 debut album sold one million copies, Thailand's top seller that year.
Palmyra
Palmyra (Tadmor, تدمر), an ancient caravan oasis city in the Syrian desert northeast of Damascus, flourished 1st-3rd centuries AD on Silk Road trade under Rome, famed for its 1,100 m colonnaded street and Queen Zenobia; UNESCO-listed 1980, heavily damaged by Islamic State in 2015.
Palmyra Atoll
Palmyra Atoll, an uninhabited Northern Line Islands atoll halfway between Hawaii and American Samoa, is a U.S. National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Conservancy preserve, and the only incorporated U.S. territory, with over 130 coral species.
Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge is a U.S. refuge covering an uninhabited equatorial Pacific atoll about 956 nautical miles south of Honolulu, established in 2001.
Palmyra offensive (March 2016)
The March 2016 Palmyra offensive: Syrian forces with Russian air support retook Palmyra from ISIS on 27 March 2016, ending ten months of occupation; later reversed in December 2016.
Palmyrene coinage
Palmyrene coinage is the coinage of ancient Palmyra: small local bronzes of the 2nd to early 3rd centuries AD, and issues of 270–272 struck for Zenobia and Vaballathus.
Palmyrene Empire
The Palmyrene Empire (c. 267–272 CE) was a breakaway state centered on Palmyra in Syria, founded by Odaenathus and expanded by Queen Zenobia and her son Vaballathus across Egypt, Arabia, and Asia Minor before Aurelian destroyed it in 272–273.
Palmyrene rebellion
The Palmyrene rebellion (ثورة تدمرو وزنوبيا) was Zenobia's revolt against Rome from Palmyra, which seized Egypt and Asia Minor before Emperor Aurelian crushed it in 272.
Palmyrene revolt of Zenobia
The Palmyrene revolt of Zenobia was the attempt of Palmyra, ruled by Queen Zenobia, to become an independent power, defeated by Emperor Aurelian in 272; Palmyra was sacked in 273.
Palmyrene War
The Palmyrene War (حرب تدمر) was the 272–273 conflict in which the Roman emperor Aurelian defeated Zenobia's Palmyrene regime in Syria, captured her, and took Palmyra.
Palnati Viracharitra
Palnati Viracharitra (పల్నాటి వీర చరిత్ర), also called Palnati Bharatam, is a Telugu narrative poem by the 15th-century poet Srinatha about a war among kin in Palnadu, Andhra Pradesh.
Palnati Yuddham
Palnati Yuddham (పల్నాటి యుద్ధం) was a 12th-century war in the Palnadu region of Andhra Pradesh between half-brothers Nalagama Raju and Malideva Raju, begun after a cockfight wager.
Palo (religion)
Palo, also called Palo Monte or Regla de Palo, is a Cuban religion of Kongo origin centered on the nganga, a cauldron housing a spirit of the dead.
Palo Alto (2013 film)
Palo Alto (2013) is Gia Coppola's directorial debut drama, adapted from James Franco's short story collection, starring Emma Roberts, Jack Kilmer, Nat Wolff, and Franco; Metascore 69, released May 9, 2014.
Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is an American cybersecurity company in Santa Clara, California, founded by Nir Zuk in 2005 and best known for pioneering the next-generation firewall.
Palo Alto, California
Palo Alto, California: Bay Area city named for El Palo Alto redwood, founded 1894 around Stanford University (opened 1891), birthplace of Silicon Valley, about 69,700 residents with municipal utilities.
Palo Duro Canyon
Palo Duro Canyon, the "Grand Canyon of Texas," is the second largest canyon system in the United States: about 120 miles long, up to 20 miles wide and 800 feet deep, carved by the Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River, with a 28,000-acre state park.
Palo encebado
Palo encebado, or cucaña, is a greased-pole climbing game from 16th-century Naples, spread by Spain to Latin America and the Philippines, played at festivals with prizes at the pole's top.
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, also known as PVNGS, is a nuclear power plant in Maricopa County, Arizona, west of Phoenix, operated by Arizona Public Service.
Paloma Baeza
Paloma Baeza (born 1975, London) is a British actress, director, and writer, also known as the spouse of Alex Garland. She won the 2018 BAFTA for Best Short Animation with Poles Apart and directed a segment of Netflix's The House.
Paloma Beamer
Paloma Beamer is an exposure scientist and environmental engineer at the University of Arizona, a 2025 recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
Paloma Faith
Paloma Faith (Paloma Faith Blomfield, born 1981, Hackney, London) is an English retro-soul singer, songwriter and actress; Brit Award winner, six albums, UK No. 1 single 'Changing', No. 1 album The Architect.
Paloma Mami
Paloma Mami (Paloma Rocío Castillo Astorga, born 1999, Manhattan) is a Chilean American singer-songwriter of bilingual R&B, trap, and reggaeton. Signed to Sony Music Latin in 2018; albums Sueños de Dalí (2021) and Códigos de Muñeka (2025).
Paloma Más
Paloma Más is a Spanish plant biologist and CSIC Research Professor who leads a circadian clock group at CRAG in Barcelona, studying Arabidopsis and crops.
Paloma Partners
Paloma Partners is a multi-strategy hedge fund based in Greenwich, Connecticut, founded by S. Donald Sussman in 1981, known for seeding more than 130 firms including D.E. Shaw and Elliott Management.
Paloma Picasso
Paloma Picasso (born 1949), daughter of Pablo Picasso and Françoise Gilot, is a French-Spanish jewelry designer known for her Tiffany & Co. collections since 1980, her Graffiti and Olive Leaf designs, the 1984 Paloma Picasso fragrance, and her role since 2023 as administrator of the Succession Picasso.
Palomar 12
Palomar 12, also cataloged as the Capricornus Dwarf, is a young, metal-rich globular cluster in Capricornus that the Milky Way captured from the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy.
Palomar 5
Palomar 5 (Pal 5) is a sparse globular cluster of the Milky Way halo, about 75,000 light years away, being torn apart by tides into two long tails of stars.