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Angkor Wat (អង្គរវត្ត)

Angkor Wat, also known as អង្គរវត្ត, is a temple complex in Cambodia and the world's largest religious monument, built by King Suryavarman II in the early 12th century.

Angkor Wat foundation inscription

The Angkor Wat foundation inscription commemorates Angkor Wat, the temple built near Siem Reap, Cambodia, by King Suryavarman II in the 12th century and dedicated to Vishnu.

Anglares

Anglares, a medieval villar (dependent hamlet) named in charters of the eastern Pyrenees and Languedoc; first attested in 899 as a villar of villa Tezano in the county of Rosselló, and also recorded in a Gellone abbey charter.

Angle

An angle, also called a plane angle, is the figure formed by two lines or rays sharing a common endpoint, measured in radians or degrees.

Angle bisector theorem

The angle bisector theorem states that the bisector of an angle in a triangle divides the opposite side in the ratio of the two adjacent sides.

Angle class I malocclusion

Angle class I malocclusion (neutroclusion, ICD-11 DA0E.51): malocclusion with normal first-molar jaw relationship but malaligned individual teeth; the most prevalent Angle class, mainly crowding, treated with fixed appliances or aligners.

Angle grinder

An angle grinder, also called a side or disc grinder, is a hand-held power tool that spins an abrasive disc at a right angle to cut and grind metal, stone, and PVC.

Angle Lake station

Angle Lake station is an elevated light rail station in SeaTac, Washington, serving Sound Transit's Link 1 Line; it opened in September 2016 near the Alaska Airlines headquarters.

Angle of arrival positioning

Angle of arrival (AoA) positioning locates a radio transmitter from the direction its signal reaches antenna-array receivers; intersecting bearings from two or more stations fix its position.

Angle of attack

Angle of attack (AOA, also α) is the angle between a wing's chord line and the relative wind. It is the primary variable a pilot uses to control lift.

Angle of repose

The angle of repose is the steepest slope, measured from horizontal, at which a heap of granular material like sand or powder can stand without collapsing or sliding.

Angle of Repose

Angle of Repose is Wallace Stegner's 1971 Doubleday novel, winner of the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, narrated by historian Lyman Ward and based on Mary Hallock Foote's letters, with a lasting plagiarism controversy.

ANGLE trial

ANGLE trial (NCT07223762), Hyperangulated Versus Standard Geometry Laryngoscope Blade Trial: Vanderbilt-sponsored randomized trial in 2,500 critically ill ED and ICU adults comparing first-attempt intubation success and hypoxemia between hyperangulated and standard geometry video laryngoscope blades.

Angle-of-arrival estimation

Angle-of-arrival estimation, also called direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation, is a signal processing method that determines the directions signals arrive from at a sensor array, underpinning radar tracking, sonar, wireless beamforming, and 5G positioning.

Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy

Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) fires photons at a material and measures the energy and angle of ejected photoelectrons to map its electronic band structure, key to studying superconductors and 2D materials.

Angle-resolved X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Angle-resolved X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (ARXPS) is a non-destructive surface analysis method that records XPS spectra at multiple emission angles to recover depth-dependent composition and chemical states.

Angler on a Wintry Lake

Angler on a Wintry Lake (寒江独釣図, Hanjing Dudiaotu) is a small Southern Song painting attributed to Ma Yuan, showing a lone fisherman through masterful use of blank space.

Anglerfish

Anglerfishes (Lophiiformes) are marine ray-finned fishes that attract prey with a lure, a dorsal-fin spine modified into a baited stalk; about 325 species live from shallow seas to the deep ocean.

Angles

Angles, Germanic people from the North Sea coast (Angulus, near Angeln) who migrated to fifth-century Britain with Saxons and Jutes per Bede; founded Northumbria, East Anglia, Mercia; gave name to England and the English.

Angles (The Strokes album)

Angles (2011) is The Strokes' fourth studio album, their first since 2006, on RCA/Rough Trade. Ten songs, 34 minutes; recorded without Julian Casablancas, who added vocals separately; UK chart peak number 3.

Anglesey

Anglesey (Ynys Môn), Welsh island and unitary authority off northwest Wales, area 276 sq mi, population about 70,000, linked by the Menai crossings, Holyhead ferries to Dublin, tourism-led economy, Wylfa SMR site and Anglesey Freeport.

Anglesey Sea Zoo

Anglesey Sea Zoo (Sw Môr Môn) is an aquarium in Brynsiencyn on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales, displaying only native British marine life and running conservation and rescue programs.

Anglesite

Anglesite is a dense, transparent lead sulfate mineral (PbSO₄) formed in the oxidized zones of lead ore deposits by weathering of galena, and named for Anglesey, Wales.

Anglia Ruskin University

Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), founded as John Ruskin's Cambridge School of Art in 1858, is a public university in eastern England with campuses in Cambridge, Chelmsford, Peterborough, and Writtle; Anglia Polytechnic University from 1992, TEF Gold overall in 2023.

Anglian Water

Anglian Water is the regulated water and water recycling company for most of eastern England, serving around 7 million customers and supplying over 1.2 billion liters of drinking water daily.

Anglican and Episcopal schools outside Britain and Ireland

Anglican and Episcopal schools outside Britain and Ireland are church-connected schools, including about 800 Episcopal schools in the United States and nearly 155 Anglican schools in Australia.

Anglican Church in North America

The Anglican Church in North America is an Anglican jurisdiction with 129,868 members and 1,005 congregations. It was inaugurated in 2009 in Bedford, Texas, by conservatives.

Anglican church schools

Anglican church schools are schools founded or governed by Anglican churches, including 4,630 Church of England schools in England attended by about 1 million children.

Anglican Communion

The Anglican Communion, also known as the Worldwide Anglican Communion, is a worldwide family of 42 autonomous churches in communion with the See of Canterbury, spanning more than 165 countries.

Anglican ministry

Anglican ministry is the ordered ministry of the churches of the Anglican Communion, built on the threefold order of bishops, priests, and deacons and the historic episcopate.