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AGuIX
AGuIX (Activation and Guidance of Irradiation by X-ray) is a 5 nm gadonium-based nanoparticle developed by NH TherAguix in France as an MRI contrast agent and X-ray radiosensitizer for tumors.
Aguja Formation
Aguja Formation: Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) sandstone, shale, clay, and lignite unit in Trans-Pecos Texas and Coahuila/Chihuahua, Mexico; overlies Pen Formation, underlies Javelina Formation; named by Adkins 1933; fossiliferous.
Agulhas Current
The Agulhas Current is the strong, warm western boundary current of the southwest Indian Ocean and the Southern Hemisphere's strongest, flowing along South Africa's east coast.
Agulhas leakage
Agulhas leakage is the transport of warm, salty Indian Ocean water into the South Atlantic south of Africa, via Agulhas rings and other eddies, feeding the global overturning circulation.
Agulhas Plateau
Agulhas Plateau, an oceanic large igneous province plateau in the Southwest Indian Ocean about 1000 km southeast of Cape Town; formed 100–94 Ma with Maud Rise and Northeast Georgia Rise at the Bouvet triple junction; overthickened 20 km oceanic crust; drilled by IODP Expedition 392.
Agum II
Agum II, also called Agum-kakrime, was an early Kassite ruler of Babylon in the sixteenth century BCE, known from one inscription claiming he returned Marduk's statue to Babylon.
Agum III
Agum III was a Kassite king of Babylon who flourished in the 15th century BC, a grandson of Burnaburiaš I who suppressed a Sealand revolt and captured Dur-Enlil.
Agunah
Agunah (עגונה, 'chained woman'): a Jewish woman unable to remarry because her husband is missing and cannot be proven dead or refuses to grant a get; covers mesorevet get cases, halakhic remedies, Israeli sanctions, and denominational responses.
Aguner Poroshmoni
Aguner Poroshmoni (আগুনের পরশমণি) is a Bengali novel by Humayun Ahmed about the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, set in Dhaka under Pakistani army control, first published in 1986.
Agurk
Agurk, Danish for cucumber and also called 21, is a Scandinavian trick-avoidance card game for 2-7 players where the last trick's winner scores its card's rank and is eliminated at 21 points; known abroad as Gurka, Ogórek, Kurkku.
Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono
Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, commonly known as AHY, is an Indonesian politician who chairs the Democratic Party and serves as Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Affairs under President Prabowo Subianto.
Agus Subiyanto
Agus Subiyanto (born 1967, Cimahi) is an Indonesian Army general, Kopassus-trained, Army Chief of Staff from 25 October 2023 and TNI Commander (Panglima TNI) since 22 November 2023 under Keppres 102/TNI/2023.
Agus Suwage
Agus Suwage (born 1959, Purworejo, Central Java) is an Indonesian contemporary artist known for self-portraits in painting, sculpture, and installation commenting on Indonesian society and politics.
Agust D
Agust D is the solo alias of Min Yoon-gi (Suga of BTS); the name is Suga backwards plus DT for Daegu Town. He released the mixtapes Agust D (2016) and D-2 (2020) and the album D-DAY (2023).
Agusta
Agusta, also known as Elicotteri Meridionali, is an Italian aerospace company founded by aviation pioneer Giovanni Agusta that became one of Europe's principal helicopter manufacturers.
Agusta A129 Mangusta
The Agusta A129 Mangusta, also called Agusta Mangusta, is a twin-engine, tandem-seat attack helicopter built by Italy's Agusta, first flown in 1983 as Europe's first combat helicopter design.
AgustaWestland
AgustaWestland was an Anglo-Italian helicopter manufacturer created in 2000 by merging Italy's Agusta and Britain's Westland, then second largest worldwide; it built the AW139 and AW101 before becoming Leonardo Helicopters.
AgustaWestland Apache
The AgustaWestland Apache, or WAH-64, is a British license-built variant of the AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter flown by the Army Air Corps from 2004 to 2024.
AgustaWestland AW101
The AgustaWestland AW101, known in UK service as the Merlin, is a medium-lift multi-role helicopter developed jointly by Agusta of Italy and Westland Helicopters of the United Kingdom.
AgustaWestland AW109
The AgustaWestland AW109, originally the Agusta A109, is an Italian twin-engine eight-seat multi-purpose helicopter built by Leonardo, first flown in 1971 and still in production.
AgustaWestland AW139
The AgustaWestland AW139, originally developed as the Bell/Agusta AB139, is a 15-seat medium twin-engine helicopter that first flew in 2001 and became Leonardo's best-selling rotorcraft, with nearly 1,500 ordered in around 90 nations.
AgustaWestland AW149
The AgustaWestland AW149 is a twin-engine medium-lift military multirole helicopter built by Leonardo as an enlarged, militarized development of the AW139, carrying up to 19 troops.
AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat
The AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat, formerly called Future Lynx and Lynx Wildcat, is a British multi-role military helicopter serving with the British Army and Royal Navy since 2012.
AgustaWestland AW169
The AgustaWestland AW169, now marketed by Leonardo Helicopters, is a twin-engine Italian intermediate helicopter that entered production in 2015 and serves in medical, rescue, and offshore-wind roles.
AgustaWestland AW189
The AgustaWestland AW189 is an Italian twin-engine medium helicopter built by Leonardo, certified in 2014 and used for offshore energy transport, search and rescue, and public-service missions.
AgustaWestland AW609
The AgustaWestland AW609 is a pressurized civil tiltrotor from Leonardo that takes off like a helicopter and flies like a turboprop, designed to cruise at 270 knots.
Agustiar Sabran
Agustiar Sabran (born 1972, Sampit) is Governor of Central Kalimantan since 20 February 2025, a Gerindra politician and former DPR-RI member who won the 2024 Pilkada with Edy Pratowo.
Agustín Barrios
Agustín Barrios, also Agustín Pío Barrios Mangoré and Nitsuga Mangoré (1885–1944), Paraguayan classical guitarist and composer of La Catedral and Julia Florida; toured Latin America and Europe, revived by John Williams's 1970s recordings.
Agustín Coppel Luken
Agustín Coppel Luken is a Mexican businessman who chairs Grupo Coppel, the family-owned retail and banking group in Culiacán, Sinaloa, and led it as chief executive from 2008 to 2025.
Agustín de Iturbide
Agustín de Iturbide (Agustín I), 1783–1824, Mexican royalist turned independence leader, author of the Plan de Iguala, signer of the Treaty of Córdoba, and briefly emperor of Mexico before his 1823 abdication and 1824 execution.