Encyclopedian Dictionary: May 2012

Johann Ludwig Faber (17th Century) Glassmaker

Beaker with View of Kraftshof near Nuremberg. Clear glass, black enamel painting. Summary: In the mid-17th century Johann Schaper of Nuremberg transferred the black vitreous painting technique known from stained-glass painting to hollow glassware and ceramic materials. He and a number of successors decorated glasses and faiences in this manner, often with coats-of-arms, vistas and townscapes, and...

fabrikoid

Pronunciation key (fab′ri-koid′) fab•ri•koid n. A fabric with cloth base but pyroxylin surface, inpervious to water or other fluid. A fabric made to resemble leather, used for upholstery, etc. A trademark or tradename. "Fabrikoid was one of DuPont’s first non-explosives products. Produced by coating fabric with nitrocellulose and marketed as artificial leather, Fabrikoid was widely used in upholstery, luggage and bookbindings during the early 20th century. In the 1920s, Fabrikoid became the...

Fabricius ab Aquapendente, Geronimo Fabrici (1537-1619) Anatomist

Fabricius ab Aquapendente Geronimo Fabrici, Girolamo Fabrizio or Fabrizi (Hieronymus Fabricius ab Aquapendente) Born May 20, 1537 in Aquapendente, Italy. Died May 21, 1619 in Padua, Italy. An outstanding surgeon and Renaissance anatomist which helped found modern embryology. The majority of his life was spent at the University of Padua where after a course of philosophy, he studied medicine under...

Johann Albert Fabricius (1668-1736) Bibliographer and Scholar

(Above) Courtesy of the NYPL Digital GalleryJohann Albert Fabricius Johann Albert Fabricius (1668-1736) German classical scholar and bibliographer, born at Leipzig. He was born the son of Werner Fabricius, the director of the St. Paul’s Church choir and was the author of several works, the most important being Deliciae Harmonicae (1656) from whom he received his first education which was later completed...

Johannes Fabricius (1587-1615) Astronomer

Johannes Fabricius Johannes Fabricius [fä-brē′tsē-s] German astronomer who discovered the sun rotates on its axis and in 1610, while a medical student he discovered sunspots about the same time as Galileo. Noting that sunspots move, he concluded the movement was a result of rotation of the sun. Born January 8, 1587 in Resterhafe, Netherlands in the East Friesland, and died in 1615. Johannes...

Rock Fabric definition

Rock Fabric"Studies that relate rock fabric to pore-size distribution, and thus to petrophysical properties, are key to quantifying geologic models in numerical terms for input into computer simulators."- utexas.edu Rock Fabric Spatial arrangement orientation of components in rocks. In igneous rocks the term refers to the shape and relationship of the crystals. They may be euhedral (have crystal...

Fabric definition

Pronunciation key (fab′rik) fab•ric n. [Etymology: Middle French. fabrique; L. fabrica, from Latin fabrica; workshop, structure.] A woven, felted, or knitted material, as cloth, felt, hosiery, or lace; also the material used in its making. Any knitted, woven or felted cloth. Sentence example: "Challis is most often seen in fabrics made of cotton, wool, or rayon." A material that resembles cloth. Structure or framework Sentence example: "The fabric of society". Something that has been fabricated,...

Philippe (-François-Nazaire) Fabre d’Églantine (1750-1794)

Philippe (-François-Nazaire) Fabre dʼÉglantineFabre d'Églantine, detail from an oil painting by Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805) in the Louvre, Paris Philippe (-François-Nazaire) Fabre dʼÉglantine (1750-1794)Born July 28, 1750 in Carcassonne, France and died on April 5, 1794 in Paris, France. He was a political drama satirist and prominent figure in the French Revolution. Fabre, a well–known poet...

Ferdinand Fabre (1827-1898)

Ferdinand Fabre Ferdinand Fabre (1827-1898), French novelist who is said to have founded the French regional novel with studies of country life. He was born at Bedarieux, in Herault in which he made his uniquely individual literature. Born the son of an architect who failed in business, he was brought up by his uncle the Abbe Fulcran Fabre.During his childhood he gave an account Ma Vocation (1889)....

Émile Fabre (1869-1955)

Émile Fabre, 1914H. Roger-ViolletBelow: An Adaptation of one of Émile Fabre's works1944, France, DrameRéalisé par Fernand RiversAdaptation d'Emile Fabre Émile Fabre (1869-1955) Born in Metz, France March 24, 1869 and died in Paris, September 25, 1955.He was the son of a stage manager, and began composing and producing plays at the age of 13. In later life he worked as a playwright and was the administrator...

fa’

Pronunciation key(fô) fa’ (fô) n. Scot. Lot; luck. Share. Fall. Also spelled faw. References Funk and Wagnall's Standard Dictionary, Comprehensive International Edition, ©1...

fa

Pronunciation key(fä) fa n. The fourth tone of any key in music, or of the so-called natural key or diatonic scale. See solfeggio. [Italian, <famuli; see GAMUT.] References Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955, ©1955 Funk and Wagnall's Standard Dictionary, Comprehensive International Edition, ©1...

Fabian definition

Pronunciation key(fā’bi·ən) Fa•bi•an adj. A member of the Fabian Society or a Fabian Socialist. of, relating to, or being a society of socialists organized in England in 1884 to gradually spread socialist principles. Using a cautious policy and strategy of delay, avoidance of battle like that of Quintus Fabius Maximus Verucosus (died 203 B.C.), who, in the Second Punic War with Hannibal, acquired the name Cunctator or Delayer, because he avoided direct engagements and used dilatory tactics,...

Peter Faber (1506-1546)

Faber, Peter also known as Pierre Lefevre, Pierre Favre or Petrus Faber (1506-1546). French Jesuit theologian and cofounder of the Society of Jesus. Tutor of Ignatius Loyola at Paris. He was appointed professor of theology at Rome by Pope Paul III (1537). He founded Jesuit colleges in Europe and was a delegate to the Council of Trent. References Encyclopedia Britannica, ©1...

Fabrication

Pronunciation key (fab′rə·kā′shən) fab•ri•ca•tion n. The art of fabricating. Something fabricated, as a structure or contrivance. A contrived or trumped-up story; a falsehood. Syn. Deception, Fiction, Lie. References Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955 Funk and Wagnall's Standard Dictionary, Comprehensive International Edition, ©1...

Fabricate

Pronunciation key (fab′rə·kāt) fab•ri•cate n. v.t. ·ca·ted, ·ca·ting To make or manufacture or build. To make by combining parts or assembly. To invent, as lies or reasons; concoct. Syn. Construct, Make. fab’ri·ca’tor n. References Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955 Funk and Wagnall's Standard Dictionary, Comprehensive International Edition, ©1...

Fabricant

Pronunciation key (fab′rə·kənt) fab•ri•cant n. A manufacturer or maker. References Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955 Funk and Wagnall's Standard Dictionary, Comprehensive International Edition, ©1...

Fabled definition

Pronunciation key(fā′bәld) fa•bled adj. Recorded in fable; made famous by fable. Existing and told only in fable; mythical. fa•bling To invent or tell (fables or stories); fabricate; lie. References Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955 Funk and Wagnall's Standard Dictionary, Comprehensive International Edition, ©19...

F (letter of alphabet)

Pronunciation key ef F n. [pl. F's, f's, Fs, fs, (efs). Usage often capitalized.] The sixth letter of the Greek, Etruscan and Latin alphabets known to the Greeks as digamma, the twentieth of the Arabic alphabet and the 23rd of the Persian alphabet. Originating from Phoenician vau through Hebrew vau (and vav as in some other kindred writings take the place of F and indicates sounds of v and u),...