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Povrly
Povrly is a village and municipality (obec) in Ústí nad Labem District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. The municipality covers an area of 25.57 square kilometres (9.87 sq mi), and has a population of 2,246 (as at 3 July 2006).
POV-Ray
The Persistence of Vision Ray Tracer, or POV-Ray, is a ray tracing program which generates images from a text-based scene description, and is available for a variety of computer platforms. It was originally based on DKBTrace, written by David Kirk Buck and Aaron A. Collins for the Amiga computers.
Meanings of minor planet names: 14001–15000
As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center, and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in the specified number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names.
Non-coordinating anion
Anions that interact weakly with cations are termed non-coordinating anions, although a more accurate term is weakly coordinating anion. Non-coordinating anions are useful in studying the reactivity of electrophilic cations.
Sorting (sediment)
Sorting describes the distribution of grain size of sediments, either in unconsolidated deposits or in sedimentary rocks. This should not be confused with crystallite size, which refers to the individual size of a crystal in a solid.
Poorly differentiated thyroid cancer
Poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma is malignant neoplasm of follicular cell origin showing intermediate histopathological patterns between differentiated and undifferentiated thyroid cancers.
Poorly Made in China
Poorly Made in China: An Insider's Account of the Tactics Behind China's Production Game is a book by Paul Midler, which chronicles his years spent working with American businessmen whose companies' products are manufactured in China. Poorly Made in China alleges the practice of quality fade—the deliberate and secret effort of Chinese manufacturers to widen profit margins through the reduction of quality inputs.
Poorly Formed
Poorly Formed is the eighth full-length album by Californian punk rock band Swingin' Utters.
Poorly Drawn Lines
Poorly Drawn Lines is a webcomic created by cartoonist Reza Farazmand. It features mostly standalone comic strips that range from just one frame to many, most of which are satirical or absurdist in tone.
Poorly cohesive gastric carcinoma
Poorly cohesive gastric carcinoma – a malignant tumour of epithelial origin, characterized by diffuse distribution of tumour cells, isolated from each other or in small groups.According to most recently endorsed classification of tumours, established by the World Health Organization/International Agency for Research on Cancer, this term is most appropriate to describe this kind of neoplasm and has its own ICD-O code: 8490/3 in the mentioned classification system.In the specialized literature can also be found such synonyms as "diffuse carcinoma", "diffuse infiltrative carcinoma." Signet-ring cell gastric carcinoma, previously regarded as an independent type of tumor, today is a special case of poorly cohesive carcinoma. It should be noted that the term as a nosological unit today seen only in the context of tumors of the stomach.
Petrovice (Znojmo District)
Petrovice is a village and municipality in Znojmo District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. The municipality covers an area of 4.72 square kilometres (1.82 sq mi), and has a population of 357 (as at 3 July 2006).
Petrov nad Desnou
Petrov nad Desnou, until 1955 Petrovice nad Desnou is a village and municipality (obec) in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It lies on the Desná River.
Petrovići (Novo Sarajevo)
Petrovići is a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the 1991 census, the village is located in the municipality of Novo Sarajevo.