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Ternopil Raion

Ternopil Raion (Тернопільський район) is a district of Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Ternopil. Enlarged on 19 July 2020 under Resolution 807-IX, it spans about 6,200 km², 492 settlements, and 25 hromadas with 565,037 residents.

Terns Pharmaceuticals

Terns Pharmaceuticals was a clinical-stage California biopharmaceutical company developing oral small-molecule therapies for NASH and other chronic liver diseases, acquired by Merck in May 2026.

Ternyck Needle

Ternyck Needle (Aiguille Ternyck) is a nunatak peak east of Martel Inlet, Admiralty Bay, King George Island, South Shetland Islands; charted by Charcot's 1908-10 French expedition, first climbed by FIDS in 1949.

Terodiline

Terodiline (TD 758, Bicor) is a withdrawn antimuscarinic and calcium antagonist once used for urinary frequency and incontinence; marketed from 1986, withdrawn in 1991 for QT prolongation and torsades de pointes caused by its R(+) enantiomer.

Terpene

Terpenes are hydrocarbons of biological origin built from five-carbon isoprene units, classified by size from monoterpenes to tetraterpenes, and they dominate the essential oils of plants such as citrus, pine, and lavender.

Terpene synthase

Terpene synthases (TPSs) are enzymes that convert prenyl diphosphate substrates into the vast structural diversity of terpene hydrocarbons and alcohols, acting through class I or class II carbocation mechanisms.

Terpenoid

Terpenoids (isoprenoids) are natural products built from five-carbon isoprene units, made via MVA and MEP pathways from IPP/DMAPP; over 60,000 are known, used in drugs, flavors, and fragrances.

Terpenoid alkaloid biosynthesis

Terpenoid alkaloid biosynthesis is the set of metabolic routes by which organisms attach nitrogen to terpene carbon skeletons, producing pseudoalkaloids found chiefly in Aconitum, Delphinium, and Dendrobium.

Terpenoid blend QRD 460

Terpenoid blend QRD 460 (CIPAC 982), an EU-approved insecticide active substance of alpha-terpinene, p-cymene, and d-limonene derived from Chenopodium ambrosioides; approved 2015-2025, deleted from the EU list in 2026.

Terpenophenolic metabolism

Terpenophenolic metabolism produces hybrid plant metabolites with polyketide phenolic cores and isoprenoid prenyl chains, notably humulone in hop and THC and other cannabinoids in Cannabis sativa glandular trichomes.

Terphenyl

Terphenyl (C₁₈H₁₄) is a hydrocarbon of three linked benzene rings, existing as ortho, meta, and para isomers and used as a high-temperature heat-transfer fluid and nuclear reactor coolant.

Terpinolene

Terpinolene is a monocyclic monoterpene hydrocarbon, C₁₀H₁₆, found in many essential oils and used as a fragrance and flavoring ingredient with a sweet, citrus taste.

Terpsichore (Τερψιχόρη)

Terpsichore (Τερψιχόρη, Terpsikhore), one of the nine Greek Muses, is the goddess of choral song and dance, daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne, mother of the Sirens by Achelous, depicted with a lyre.

Terpsichore family

Terpsichore family: outer main-belt asteroid family named for (81) Terpsichore, a ~119 km dark asteroid; 138 members in NES15, 405 in AFP25, Xc/X types with albedo ~0.06 at 2.83–2.95 AU.

Terpsiphone bourbonnensis

Terpsiphone bourbonnensis, the Mascarene Paradise Flycatcher (Oiseau la Vierge, Tchitrec des Mascareignes), is a monarch flycatcher endemic to Réunion and Mauritius, IUCN Least Concern, with about 49,500 birds on Réunion and only 200-300 pairs on Mauritius.

Terra (character)

Terra is a DC Comics character, the code name of Tara Markov, a geokinetic teenager created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez, first appearing in New Teen Titans in 1982.

Terra (musician)

Terra is the psytrance alias of Bar Levy, a producer from Jerusalem, Israel, active since 2017 on Nutek Records and known for "Kundalini", "Gladiator", and Dreamstate SoCal bookings.

Terra (mythology)

Terra, also Tellus or Terra Mater, the Roman goddess personifying the earth, mother earth, counterpart of Greek Gaia: agricultural cult, Fordicidia and Sementivae festivals, Esquiline temple, imperial iconography.

Terra Australis

Terra Australis (Terra Australis Incognita), the hypothetical southern continent of Greek origin shown on 16th-century maps, disproved by Cook, and renamed Australia by Flinders in 1814.

Terra Branford

Terra Branford (ティナ・ブランフォード, Tina Branford) is the half-esper lead of Final Fantasy VI, designed by Yoshitaka Amano, with the Trance ability, Riot Blade, and appearances across Dissidia and other Final Fantasy crossovers.

Terra Cimmeria

Terra Cimmeria is a large region of ancient, heavily cratered highlands in Mars' southern hemisphere, south of Elysium Planitia and known for strongly magnetized crust.

Terra dictatorship

The Terra dictatorship, also called terrismo, was the authoritarian regime of Uruguayan President Gabriel Terra, who dissolved parliament by coup in 1933 and ruled until 1938.

Terra Drone

Terra Drone (Terra Drone株式会社) is a Japanese industrial drone and urban air mobility company founded by Toru Tokushige in Tokyo in 2016, serving surveying, inspection, and agriculture.

Terra em Transe

Terra em Transe (Land in Anguish) is a 1967 Brazilian Cinema Novo drama written and directed by Glauber Rocha, set in fictional Eldorado, starring Jardel Filho, Paulo Autran, and José Lewgoy, winner of the Cannes critics' prize and censored by the military dictatorship.

Terra Firma Capital Partners

Terra Firma Capital Partners is a London-based private equity firm founded by Guy Hands in 2002, known for buyouts of out-of-favor businesses including EMI and Annington Homes.

Terra Formars (テラフォーマーズ)

Terra Formars (テラフォーマーズ) is a Shueisha sci-fi horror manga by Yu Sasuga and Ken-ichi Tachibana, serialized from 2011, about evolved Martian cockroaches and humans grafted with insect DNA; 24 volumes, anime, and a 2016 Miike film.

Terra Mariana

Terra Mariana, also known as Old Livonia or Medieval Livonia, was a medieval ecclesiastical confederation in modern Estonia and Latvia, ruled by church lords and a military order until its partition in 1561.

Terra mystica

Terra Mystica (2012, Feuerland Spiele, Jens Drögemüller and Helge Ostertag) is a zero-luck heavy eurogame for 2-5 players: 14 factions terraform a hex map, build engines, and climb four cult tracks over six rounds.

Terra Natura (Spain)

Terra Natura Benidorm, a zoo and nature park in Benidorm, Alicante, Spain, with over 1,500 animals in Pangea, America, Asia, and Europe zones using "zoo immersion" invisible-barrier design, plus the adjacent Aqua Natura water park.

Terra Nostra

Terra Nostra is a 1975 novel by the Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes, widely regarded as his crowning work, that rewrites the history of the Hispanic world in experimental form.