In English, the phrase rule of thumb refers to an approximate method for doing something, based on practical experience rather than theory. This usage...

Tom Thumb is a character of English folklore. The History of Tom Thumb was published in 1621 and was the first fairy tale printed in English. Tom is no...

Adducted thumb syndrome recessive form is a rare disease affecting multiple systems causing malformations of the palate, thumbs, and upper limbs. The name...

or y-axis, then the third or z-axis can point along either right thumb or left thumb. The right-hand rule dates back to the 19th century when it was implemented...

Tom Thumb (stylised as tom thumb) is a 1958 British musical fantasy film produced and directed by George Pal, and released by MGM. The film, based on the...

gesture, is used by the Christian clergy to perform blessings with the sign of the cross; however Christians keep the thumb raised — the three raised...

and Stableman. From Hans Christian to Christian Hans]. Seans (in Russian) (25/26). "WORLD FAMOUS FAIRY TALE SERIES PRINCESS THUMB｜Film List｜TOEI ANIMATION"...

Oyayubihime (親ゆび姫, Thumb Princess) is a 1999 Japanese TV movie, which is a take on the 1835 fairy tale "Thumbelina". Being a part of the Kowai Dōwa (コワイ童話...

and Weissenau Abbey from 1717 until 1724. Together with Michael Thumb, Christian Thumb and Kaspar Moosbrugger, he was one of the main representatives of...

Traveling Companion", and "Thumbelina." The lattermost was inspired by "Tom Thumb" and other stories of miniature people. "The Naughty Boy" was based on a...

The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina is a 2002 American animated fantasy film directed by Glenn Chaika and starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Elijah...

The Christian right, otherwise referred to as the religious right, are Christian political factions characterized by their strong support of socially conservative...

year, Okoye rushed for 660 yards on 157 carries. The following year, a thumb injury limited him to nine games, and he finished the season with 473 yards...

window and offers to introduce her to his companion. By drawing on his thumb, Hans creates a puppet he calls Thumbelina and brings a smile to the girl's...

The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) is an international temperance organization. It was among the first organizations of women devoted to social...

illustration, so as to represent three mutually orthogonal axes on the thumb, fore finger and middle finger. Each finger is then assigned to a quantity...

1990). "A Thumb Points the Way in Java". The Christian Science Monitor. ...figures in some reliefs can be seen pointing - with their thumbs. 'Pointing...

students with visual impairments. Each finger has a value of one, while the thumb has a value of five. Therefore each hand can represent the digits 0-9, rather...

Living Dead. She also uses a pair of pruning shears to cut off Simon's thumb and ignores his pleas to turn off the Immersopod, leaving him unable to...

also have the related phrase "duim vashou" meaning "holding thumbs tightly". In pre-Christian Western Europe, a related gesture had two people crossing...

found the four income levels framework a "revelation". Of the ten rules of thumb given in the book, Gates worries most about the blame instinct, not for...

promote hoaxes and human curiosities such as the Fiji mermaid and General Tom Thumb. In 1850, he promoted the American tour of Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind...

Dalton suffered a thumb injury in the fourth quarter and did not return. It was revealed that he suffered torn ligaments in the thumb and was placed on...

Solomon) by stealing half of his pay and sucking out his vitality through the thumb on his right hand, Solomon prays in the temple and receives from the archangel...

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Fingers. In this amulet, the Two Fingers represent Isis and Osiris and the thumb represents their child Horus. It was used to invoke the protective spirits...

Gamaliel's principle, also called Gamaliel's rule, Gamaliel's rule-of-thumb, Gamaliel's counsel, Gamaliel's law, or the Gamaliel attitude, is a principle...

her to wear a neck brace for a month. Her thumb ligament tore during filming of The Old Guard when her thumb caught in another actor's jacket during a...

depiction of Jesus winking and holding a thumbs-up sign, with the text "miraculous" deals during Easter, the Christian Holy Week which celebrated Christ's...

rotation); wrist (volar and ulnar); hand (fingers in fixed flexion and thumb in palm); hip (flexed, abducted and externally rotated, frequently dislocated);...