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Elbridge Gerry
Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814), Massachusetts merchant-turned-statesman, signer of the Declaration of Independence, refused to sign the 1787 Constitution for lacking a bill of rights, and as governor inspired the term gerrymander before dying in office as Madison's fifth vice president.
Elbrus (microprocessor)
Elbrus (Эльбрус) is a family of Russian general-purpose microprocessors developed by MCST in Moscow on the proprietary E2K VLIW architecture, which runs x86 software through dynamic binary translation.
Elbtunnel
The Elbtunnel, officially the St. Pauli Elbtunnel and popularly called the Alter Elbtunnel, is a two-tube tunnel under the Elbe in Hamburg, opened in 1911 to carry harbor workers.
Elburz Mountains
Elburz (Alborz) Mountains, northern Iran range separating the Caspian lowlands from the Iranian plateau; over 500 km long, highest peak Mount Damavand (~5,610-5,678 m), a dormant volcano with fumaroles.
Elcano Montes
Elcano Montes is a 488-km-wide mountain group on Pluto's southern hemisphere, IAU-named in 2019 for explorer Juan Sebastián Elcano, lying in the putative cryovolcanic region southwest of Sputnik Planitia near Wright and Piccard Mons.
Elcaset
Elcaset, meaning "large cassette," was an audio cartridge format from Sony, Matsushita, and Teac, announced in 1976 and abandoned by 1980 after the improved compact cassette erased its quality edge.
Elche
Elche (Elx), city in Alicante province, Valencian Community, Spain. Home of the Palmeral palm grove (UNESCO 2000), Misteri d'Elx play (2001), Pusol museum (2009), and Spain's leading footwear industry.
Elche CF
Elche CF (Elche Club de Fútbol), Spanish football club founded 1923 in Elche, Alicante; plays at Estadio Martínez Valero (31,388 seats), one Copa del Rey final (1969), relegated administratively in 2015, owned by Christian Bragarnik since 2019.
Elchonon Wasserman (אלחנן בונים וסרמן)
Elchonon Wasserman, also known as Elchonon Bunim Wasserman, was a Lithuanian rosh yeshiva who led Yeshivas Ohel Torah in Baranovich from 1921 until his murder in the Holocaust in 1941.
Elçin Sangu
Elçin Sangu (born 1985, Izmir) is a Turkish actress and model of Circassian descent, known as Defne in Kiralık Aşk and for Yaşamayanlar, Çarpışma, and Leyla Everlasting. Not the researcher Elçin YM or ELC Aluminium.
Eld's deer
Eld's deer (Rucervus eldii), also called brow-antlered deer or thamin, is an endangered Southeast Asian deer with lyre-shaped stag antlers; about 1,500 remain in the wild, declining over 50 percent in 15 years.
Elda Luna-Nájera
Elda Luna-Nájera is an American Democratic member of the Arizona House of Representatives representing District 22, appointed by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to fill a vacancy.
Eldad Farkash
Eldad Farkash is an Israeli technology entrepreneur who co-founded Sisense and then Firebolt in 2019, a Tel Aviv cloud data warehouse company he led as chief executive.
Eldecalcitol
Eldecalcitol (ED-71, Edirol) is a Japanese-approved 0.75 μg/day oral vitamin D3 analog for osteoporosis that lowers vertebral fracture risk and raises BMD more than alfacalcidol, with hypercalciuria as its main safety signal.
Eldece Clarke-Lewis
Eldece Clarke-Lewis (born 1965), Bahamian sprinter of the 'Golden Girls' 4x100m relay; Olympic gold Sydney 2000 (heats), silver Atlanta 1996, world gold Seville 1999; personal best 10.96 in the 100m.
Elden Henson
Elden Henson (born 1977 as Elden Ryan Ratliff), American actor, Fulton Reed in The Mighty Ducks trilogy, Foggy Nelson in Daredevil, Defenders, and Daredevil: Born Again, Pollux in The Hunger Games Mockingjay films.
Elden Ring
Elden Ring is FromSoftware's 2022 open-world dark fantasy action RPG, directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki with worldbuilding by George R.R. Martin; over 23 million copies shipped, Game of the Year 2022, with the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion in 2024.
Elden Ring (film)
Elden Ring (film): upcoming live-action A24/Bandai Namco adaptation of FromSoftware's 2022 action RPG, written and directed by Alex Garland, starring Kit Connor, releasing March 3, 2028 in IMAX.
Elden Ring Nightreign
Elden Ring Nightreign: FromSoftware's standalone 3-player co-op roguelike action RPG in the Elden Ring universe, released May 30, 2025, directed by Junya Ishizaki; timed Limveld expeditions against 8 Nightlords, over 5 million shipped.
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is FromSoftware's June 21, 2024 DLC expansion for Elden Ring, set in the Land of Shadow with Miquella's story, 50 Scadutree Fragments, 10 million sales, Metacritic 94.
Elder (band)
Elder is an American heavy rock band formed in Massachusetts in the mid-2000s, known for moving from stoner doom to long progressive albums like Lore (2015).
Elder abuse
Elder abuse, also called elder mistreatment, is harm to an older adult within a trusting relationship, spanning physical, sexual, psychological, and financial abuse, neglect, and abandonment, affecting about 1 in 6 people over 60 each year.
Elder Futhark
The Elder Futhark, also called Old Futhark, is the oldest form of the runic alphabet, 24 characters used in northern Europe from roughly the 2nd to 8th centuries CE.
Elder Race (novella)
Elder Race is a 2021 science fantasy novella by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor.com), told in alternating fantasy and science-fiction perspectives of princess Lynesse and anthropologist Nyr Illim Tevitch on Sophos 4; 2022 Hugo Best Novella finalist, second place.
Elder Technologies, Inc.
Elder Technologies, Inc., doing business as Sage, is a New York software company founded in 2020 offering a technology-enabled elder care platform for home-based, live-in, and dementia care.
Elder Vogel
Elder Vogel is an American Republican politician who has represented Pennsylvania's 47th Senate district since 2008, chairs the Agriculture and Rural Affairs committee, and is a fourth-generation farmer.
Elderflower cordial
Elderflower cordial (also elderflower syrup or squash) is a non-alcoholic sugar-syrup concentrate made from Sambucus nigra flowers with lemon and citric acid, diluted before drinking; distinct from alcoholic elderflower liqueur.
Elderly care
Elderly care (long-term care for older people) covers personal, social, and medical support for older adults losing capacity. Key facts: informal care is up to 80% of European LTC, 80+ population to triple to 426 million by 2050, and LTC workers average 5 per 100 people 65+ in OECD countries.
Elderly person
Elderly person: a human in later adult life, defined by age (UN 60+, most developed countries 65+). Covers definitions, demographics (1 billion aged 60+ in 2019), health, assessment, and policy.
Elders of the Universe
Elders of the Universe: Marvel Comics group of virtually immortal cosmic beings, each the last survivor of an ancient species bonded by the Power Primordial; includes the Collector and Grandmaster, first group appearance Avengers #174 (1978).