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PoNi, C-terminal

PoNi, C-terminal (InterPro IPR015025) is the C-terminal domain of PoNi, the VP14460 antitoxin of Vibrio parahaemolyticus, defined by the 2.32 Å crystal structure 9VY2 of the VP14460-VP14465 type VI secretion effector-immunity module.

Ponies (TV series)

Ponies (Persons of No Interest) is a 2026 Peacock espionage dramedy created by Susanna Fogel and David Iserson, starring Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson as CIA widows in 1977 Moscow; eight episodes, Metacritic 76, canceled after one season.

Ponjikkara Rafi

Ponjikkara Rafi (പോഞ്ഞിക്കര റാഫി), born Joseph Raphael, was an Indian Malayalam novelist and screenwriter (1924–1992) whose 1958 novel Swargadoothan introduced stream-of-consciousness technique to Malayalam fiction.

Ponlawit Ketprapakorn (พลวิชญ์ เกตุประภากร)

Ponlawit Ketprapakorn (พลวิชญ์ เกตุประภากร), aka Pond Ponlawit, Thai actor and model born 1999 in Bangkok; known for 180 Degree Longitude Passes Through Us, Fourever You, Century of Love, and Reset.

Ponmagal Vandhal

Ponmagal Vandhal (பொன்மகள் வந்தாள்) is a 2020 Tamil courtroom drama directed by JJ Fredrick, starring Jyotika as lawyer Venba reopening a 2004 Ooty murder case; the first mainstream Tamil film released directly on Amazon Prime Video, 29 May 2020.

Ponmakya Corona

Ponmakya Corona, a Venusian corona at 34.3N, 11.8E, a partly hidden 'stealth corona' with a flooded interior, partial fracture annulus, and a radiating dyke swarm over 700 km long.

Ponman (പൊൻമാൻ)

Ponman (പൊൻമാൻ) is a 2025 Malayalam dark comedy thriller, Jothish Shankar's directorial debut, adapted from G.R. Indugopan's novel Naalanchu Cheruppakkar. Basil Joseph plays gold dealer PP Ajesh chasing 25 sovereigns lent for a Kollam wedding; released 30 January 2025, streaming on JioHotstar and Hulu.

Ponnam Prabhakar

Ponnam Prabhakar is an Indian National Congress politician who serves as a Telangana minister with Transport and Backward Classes Welfare portfolios, elected from Husnabad in 2023.

Ponnambalam (பொன்னம்பலம்) (actor)

Ponnambalam (பொன்னம்பலம்), born 1963, is a Tamil cinema villain actor who began as a stuntman, debuted in Kaliyugam (1988), became famous through Nattamai, and later joined AIADMK and Bigg Boss Tamil.

Ponneelan

Ponneelan (பொன்னீலன்) is the pen name of Kandeswara Bhaktavatsalan, a Tamil writer from Kanyakumari district, India, whose novel Pudhiya Dharisanangal won the 1994 Sahitya Akademi Award.

Ponniyin Selvan (பொன்னியின் செல்வன்)

Ponniyin Selvan (பொன்னியின் செல்வன்) is a Tamil historical novel by Kalki Krishnamurthy, set around 1000 CE in the Chola empire, which tells the story of Arulmozhi Varman becoming king.

Ponniyin Selvan: II

Ponniyin Selvan: II (2023) is Mani Ratnam's Tamil epic historical drama, the second of two film parts adapting Kalki Krishnamurthy's novel, a direct sequel to Part I (2022), released 28 April 2023, starring Vikram, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Karthi, Jayam Ravi, and Trisha, with music by A. R. Rahman.

Ponniyin Selvan: Part I

Ponniyin Selvan: Part I (பொன்னியின் செல்வன், பாகம் 1), often shortened to PS-1, is a 2022 Indian Tamil epic historical action film directed by Mani Ratnam, adapting Kalki Krishnamurthy's novel.

Ponniyin Selvan: Part One

Ponniyin Selvan: Part One (பொன்னியின் செல்வன்: பாகம் 1), also PS-1, is Mani Ratnam's 2022 Tamil epic adapted from Kalki Krishnamurthy's 1955 novel, starring Vikram, Karthi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jayam Ravi, and Trisha, released 30 September 2022 with music by A. R. Rahman.

Ponniyin Selvan: Part Two

Ponniyin Selvan: Part Two (பொன்னியின் செல்வன் - 2), also called Ponniyin Selvan: II, is Mani Ratnam's 2023 Tamil epic concluding his two-part adaptation of Kalki's novel, released April 28, 2023, starring Vikram, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Karthi, and Jayam Ravi.

Pono (digital music service)

Pono, also known as PonoMusic, was a high-resolution digital music service and portable player created by Neil Young, funded on Kickstarter in 2014, with its download store closing in 2017.

Ponor

Ponor (swallow hole, swallet, stream sink): a karst opening in the bottom or side of a closed depression where a surface stream sinks underground; Slavic-origin term central to karst hydrogeology and polje flooding.

Ponos Corporation (ポノス)

Ponos Corporation, known as PONOS, is a Japanese video game company founded in Osaka in 1990 and headquartered in Kyoto, best known for The Battle Cats.

Pons

Pons: largest part of the brainstem, between midbrain and medulla, Latin for bridge. Develops from the metencephalon; houses cranial nerve nuclei V-VIII, pontine nuclei linking cortex to cerebellum, and basilar-artery supply.

Pons Aeli

Pons Aeli (Pons Aelius), the Aelian Bridge, was a Roman auxiliary fort and settlement on Hadrian's Wall at Newcastle upon Tyne, occupied 2nd-4th centuries AD, garrisoned by the First Cohort of Cornovii, distinct from Hadrian's Tiber bridge of the same name.

Pons Aemilius

Pons Aemilius (Ponte Rotto), Rome's first stone bridge over the Tiber, begun 179 BC by censors Nobilior and Lepidus, completed with stone arches in 142 BC; one arch survives.

Pons Aeni

Pons Aeni (Ad Enum), Roman road station, customs post, and vicus at a bridge over the Inn near Pfaffenhofen am Inn, Upper Bavaria, linking Raetia and Noricum; major Westerndorf terra sigillata pottery center, Mithraeum, late-antique fort.

Pons Aerarius

Pons Aerarius, a Roman toll-bridge road station in the 333 Itinerarium Burdigalense between Nemausus (Nîmes) and Arelate (Arles), traditionally located near Bellegarde, Gard, France; no remains found, emblem of Bellegarde since 1922.

Pons Agrippae

Pons Agrippae (Bridge of Agrippa) was an ancient Roman bridge over the Tiber in Rome linking the Campus Martius with Trastevere, probably carrying the Aqua Virgo aqueduct.

Pons Aluti

Pons Aluti (Ponte Aluti), Roman bridge station on the Olt (Alutus) at Ioneștii Govorii, Vâlcea, Romania; a Limes Alutanus fort with cohors III Gallorum brick stamps and a 151-152 antoniniani hoard (Caracalla to Philip I).

Pons asinorum

Pons asinorum, or "bridge of asses," is the traditional name of the isosceles triangle theorem, Proposition 5 of Book I of Euclid's Elements: in an isosceles triangle the base angles are equal.

Pons Aufidi

Pons Aufidi (Ponte Aufidi), Roman bridge and road station on the Via Appia over the Ofanto river between Aquilonia and Venusia, listed on the Peutinger map and Antonine Itinerary; identified with either Ponte S. Venere or the Pietra dell'Oglio bridge.

Pons Aureoli

Pons Aureoli (Pons Aurelius), an ancient Roman Tiber bridge on the site of the modern Ponte Sisto, attested in 4th-5th century lists, restored under Antoninus Pius, destroyed 791-792, and rebuilt by Sixtus IV as the Ponte Sisto.

Pons Campanus

Pons Campanus (Ad Ponte Campanu), a Roman bridge and mutatio on the Via Appia over the river Savo between Capua and Sinuessa, 9 miles from Sinuessa, mentioned by Horace and Pliny, located at la Marchesa.

Pons Cestius

Pons Cestius (Ponte Cestio, Pons Gratiani), ancient Roman bridge linking Tiber Island to the right, Trastevere bank of the Tiber; built late 1st century BC by a Cestius, rebuilt 369-370 by Valentinian I, Valens, and Gratian, and re-erected 1888-1892.